[James Moss, dog seller] [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [James Moss, dog seller] [graphic].
33178946
Description
- Title
- [James Moss, dog seller] [graphic].
- Creator
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher. - Published / Created
- [not after 15 May 1773]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- J. Bretherton
- Abstract
-
"Satire on the dog-dealer James Moss; whole length, walking to left on a road beside a wooden fence, carrying two puppies inside his coat, holding hat in his right hand, the left in his pocket; he appears to be blind or very short-sighted; the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description
-
Title supplied by cataloger.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: HWBunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f.
Early (proof?) state, before lettering but after drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, published 15 May 1773 by J. Bretherton and bearing the dedication "To all encouragers of arts & sciences this portrait of the inimitable Mr. James Moss ..." below image, see no. 4721 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 287.
Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 22.9 x 17.1 cm, on sheet 23.2 x 17.2 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State before letters, with drypoint shading].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 113. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Drypoints England London 1773 - Material
- etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Westminster Abbey,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Dogs
Fences - Subjects
-
Westminster Abbey
Dogs
Fences
England > 1773
England > London > 1773
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15602171
- Object ID (OID)
- 33178946