Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1777]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Satire on betting on horses: a fat man seated in a chair looks angrily to right, a dog sits beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Intermediate state of the plate, after additional drypoint shading added but before title changed. For an earlier state with less drypoint shading, see no. 4730 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4. For a later state with the title "Damn Mambrino", see no. 4731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Date of publication from a brief mention of the print on page 278 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Gout -- Horse racing -- Horses: Becephalus.
Mounted on page 109 of: Bunbury album. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.7 x 18.0 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State with additional drypoint shading].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 109. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Drypoints England London 1777 - Material
- etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Gambling
Anger
Dogs - Subjects
-
Gambling
Anger
Dogs
England > 1777
England > London > 1777
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15593780
- Object ID (OID)
- 33178921