The slumbers of Ragotin interrupted [graphic]

Description

Title: The slumbers of Ragotin interrupted [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Scarron, Paul, 1610-1660.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd May 29th, 1773. and [printed ca. 1799]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from caption below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" etched backwards.
Statements of responsibility from impression in the British Museum.
Later printing. Date of publication based on watermark.
The Lewis Walpole Library impression: statements of responsibility erased from sheet, and year of publication in imprint changed in ms. from "1773" to "1793."
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Scene from Roman comique (1651), Book II, by Paul Scarron, 1610-1660 -- Clowns: Ragotin -- Male costume -- Swords -- Dogs.
Watermark: Russel & Edmeads 1799.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v, 1793.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.1 x 33 cm, on sheet 24 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with drypoint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1773
England > London > 1799

Access: Public
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