[Black-eyed Susan] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Black-eyed Susan] [graphic].
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: [28 December 1780]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, land and ships on the sea behind; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from that of a later copy, published 1 November 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec.
Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'.
Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 31.1 cm, on sheet 31.5 x 31.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : circular image 32 cm, on sheet 43.6 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. 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: Illustrations
Etchings England London 1780
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching in brown ink ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic): Boats
Dogs
Farewells
Subjects: Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Illustrations
Boats
Dogs
Farewells
England > London > 1780
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership