[A game at chess] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A game at chess] [graphic].
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Bretherton
Abstract: "Two women playing chess, seated at opposite sides of a square table, a young man standing behind watching as the player at left makes her move, all three dressed in turbans, [two] dogs in the foreground ...; oval design after Bunbury, proof before letters or wall at left and large dog added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from later state.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec.
For lettered state with additions to the design, published 1 March 1780 by J. Bretherton, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.821.
Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark.
Mounted on page 37 of: Bunbury album.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : oval image 29.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 33.8 x 37.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: English