A conversation in the Tuileries [graphic]

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Title: A conversation in the Tuileries [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Jones, J. approximately 1745-1797, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs June 1st, 1794, by J. Jones, No. 74 Great Portland Street
Abstract: "A scene of the ancien régime: two elaborately dressed Frenchmen wearing swords stand 'chapeau-bras', facing each other in profile; one (left) wears a ribbon and rests his hands on a long cane. A monk (left) walks off in profile to the left. A stout elderly lady (right) holding a fan walks off to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 88 in volume 2 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 16.3 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 88. 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]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Crayon manner prints England London 1794
Material: crayon manner ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Daggers & swords
Monks
Staffs (Sticks)
Fans (Accessories)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > France > 18th century
Daggers & swords
Monks
Staffs (Sticks)
Fans (Accessories)
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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