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: [29 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, 29th 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: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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 : sheet 26.0 x 17.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English