The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]

Description

Title: The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, March 1772, by J. Bretheron, No. 134 New Bond Street
Abstract: "Satire on the French, evidently inspired by British Museum Satires No. 4668: a grinning man with a long queue smoking a pipe stands wearing wooden shoes holding out a pair of shears; under his left arm is a struggling dog and two more dogs are tied to a post on which is a sign reading, "Qua[i] Ch[...]" beside a stool; a view, presumably intended for Paris, behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Early (proof?) state of the plate, before day of publication added to imprint and before drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, see no. 4669 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Church of the Sorbonne, dome -- Quais: Paris, In La Cité -- Dog barbers -- Dog barber instruments.
Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.8 x 17.3 cm, on sheet 26.3 x 17.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State without drypoint shading].
Language: English