The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher. - Published / Created
- [29 March 1772]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street No. 134
- Abstract
-
"Satire on a prosperous City of London merchant: a portly man, grinning happily, beside the entrance to a suburban pleasure garden called "The New Paradise" to which "No Gentlemen or Ladies to be admitted with Nails in their Shoes. Recreation & Refreshment at 6d. pr. Head"; he wears an embroidered waistcoat and carries a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tea gardens: 'The New Paradise,' Fish-Street.
Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.5 x 17.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.6 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 37 x 24 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 111. 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 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching with drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Merchants - Subjects
-
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Merchants
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10119888
- Object ID (OID)
- 33178932