A tale of love [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A tale of love [graphic]
- Creator
- Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher. - Published / Created
- [3 March 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 3 March 1786 by James Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"A group in a garden room listening to a girl read, seated in the centre with the book in her lap, two woman sitting on either side of her, one patting a dog at right, the other with solemn expression, which has been noticed by a man standing against the wall at right, gesturing towards her, another standing directly behind her looks on with concern, a child sitting on the floor beside a large sleeping dog, his eyes raised up; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse, from William Shenstone's ballad 'Jemmy Dawson', engraved below title: Come listen to my mournful tale, ye tender hearts and lovers dear; nor will you scorn to heave a sigh, nor need you blush to shed a tear. Vide Shenston.
Dedication engraved above imprint statement: To the Countess Sutherland this plate after an original Drawing by Mr. Bunbury, in her Ladyship's possession, is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyship's most obliged humble servant, James Bretherton.
Mounted on page 56 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 45.8 x 37.1 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 2, page 56. 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
Stipple engravings England London 1786
Engravings England London 1786 - Material
- stipple engraving and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Shenstone, William, 1714-1763.
- Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress
Children
Courtship
Dogs
Reading - Subjects
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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
Clothing & dress > 18th century
Children
Courtship
Dogs
Reading
England > London > 1786
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
- 15388241
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355609
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