[A dancing bear] [graphic]Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker[21 July 1801]engA soldier with a long stick in his left hand stands in front of wall baiting a muzzled and chained brown bear that stands upright and facing him, paws curled. Off to the right, a second soldier stands behind the first and plays a horn; he also holds a stick in the crock of his left arm. On the far left, a third man, with his back to the viewer, observes the bear, his right arm bent suggesting that he is addressing a comment to the soldier?Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue.Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 1 April 1774. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.5.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.