The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker[March 1772]eng"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 stateTitle 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.