A modern spread eagle [graphic]

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Title: A modern spread eagle [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd 3d Jany. 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "In front of the sign of the (Hapsburg) Spread Eagle on a vertical post, a lady and gentleman stand together in back view, their attitude reflecting that of the bird with its two necks. She stands (left) slightly behind him taking his arm and looking to the left, holding up a closed fan. He bends to the right holding out his hand as if to greet an acquaintance. In the background (right) is the side of a building."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image; the letter "s" in "spread" is etched backwards.
Digit "3" in "3d" and digit "2" in "1782" are etched backwards in publication statement.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: Hapsburg spread eagle.
Mounted on page 14 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 : sheet 27.8 x 19.1 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 97. Bunbury album.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching with drypoint ; and laid paper brown wash and touches of color.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Fans (Accessories)
Subjects: Fans (Accessories)
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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