[Three French girls before a castle gate] [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [Three French girls before a castle gate] [graphic].
17355467
Description
- Title
- [Three French girls before a castle gate] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Three girls before Medieval gate
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1780]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"'Three French girls before a castle gate', standing in the line with books under their arms, the girl at left with her hands under her apron, looking at the ground, the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked into her dress and the third with flowers on her bonnet, at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
- Description
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec.
State before letters. For a later state with artist and printmaker signatures and the publication line "Publish'd 4th March 1780 by Js. Bretherton, New Bond Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2999.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 15 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : image diameter 28.7 cm, on sheet 33.1 x 30.7 cm
- Language
-
No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Genre prints
Etchings England London 1780 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper brown ink hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Girls
Gates - Subjects
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Girls
Gates
England > London > 1780
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
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
- 15376817
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355467
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