Damn Bucephalus! [graphic]

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