Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on age and pretension: a caricatured elderly couple dancing together; behind two people laugh at them through a window; on the wall to right is a bill lettered, "Assembly / Hockley in the Hole / H Hog master of the ceremonies"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Strephon and Chloe
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 28 November 1772 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4755 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Remnant of former publisher's street address left unburnished below image: No. 134., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides with partial loss of statement of responsibility from right edge. Complete statement of responsibility from earlier state in the British Museum., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 1, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccdilly [sic]
