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1. Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [2 July 1772]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 772.07.02.04.1 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 81. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts, but a sailor's trousers are indicated through the petticoat. At this figure a dog (right) is barking. He walks behind, and in pursuit of, a young woman."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Text within etched banner in top part of image: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Kensington Gardens (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]
2. Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [2 July 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 81. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts, but a sailor's trousers are indicated through the petticoat. At this figure a dog (right) is barking. He walks behind, and in pursuit of, a young woman."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Text within etched banner in top part of image: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on page 81 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 19.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Kensington Gardens (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens [graphic]
3. The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [3 January 1774]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 774.01.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on a socially aspirational family: a youth is being examined by a tutor for admission to Cambridge university; the tutor, in academic robes, is seated at a table pointing at a large mathematical volume resting beside a globe; the youth stands counting on his fingers while his eager father, wearing countryman's boots, urges him on; on the left a woman, probably the tutor's housekeeper, holds two volumes, one lettered "Longinus", and on the right an elegant undergraduate stands smiling; on the wall behind are portraits of "Dr Allcock" and "Mrs Allcock", a Roman bust with turned down mouth on the lintel above the door, and a frame with the plan and elevation of a building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
- Publisher:
- Printed and publish'd as the act directs, 3d Jany. 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- College administrators, Students, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]
