A modern spread eagle [graphic]

Description

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 97 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, with brown wash ; sheet 25.1 x 16.6 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of publication statement from bottom edge.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.8 x 19.1 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 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]