The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher. - Published / Created
- [23 May 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed and publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"Satire on a socially aspirational family: a youth is being examined by a tutor for admission to Cambridge university; the tutor, in academic robes, is seated at a table pointing at a large mathematical volume resting beside a globe; the youth stands counting on his fingers while his eager father, wearing countryman's boots, urges him on; on the left a woman, probably the tutor's housekeeper, holds two volumes, one lettered "Longinus", and on the right an elegant undergraduate stands smiling; on the wall behind are portraits of "Dr Allcock" and "Mrs Allcock", a Roman bust with turned down mouth on the lintel above the door, and a frame with the plan and elevation of a building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 3 Jan. 1774 by J. Bretherton. Cf. no. 4727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge.
Watermark: I. Taylor. - Provenance
- Walter Schatzki; February 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 278 x 393 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Bunbury 799.05.23.04+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching with drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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College administrators
Students - Subjects
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College administrators
Students
England > 1774
England > London > 1799
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10163407
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941369