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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:
- 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]
2. 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]
3. Monsieur Le Fouet La Francia / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [6 March 1772]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 772.03.06.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on French pretensions: a coachman standing in profile to left; he has a curled moustache, laced coat and a large bag wig, and holds a long whip and taking snuff."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs 6th March 1772 by I. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Coach drivers and Ethnic stereotypes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monsieur Le Fouet La Francia / [graphic]
4. 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]
5. The morning news [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1812]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C22 781
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A group of men standing outside a dilapidated building, part of which is visible on the right. One, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, holds in his left hand a torn paper on which parts of words are visible: "[Pet]itio[n] ... [Fr]eehold[rs] . . . Minist[ry] . . ." His right forefinger is extended as if laying down the law to his companions. On his right stands a man holding his chin with an expression of deep thought. In his right hand is (?) a turncock. Next him (left) is an artisan, listening intently, his breeches unfastened at the knee, his stockings ungartered; he holds a short hammer and is probably a shoemaker. Behind (right) a man wearing a waistcoat over a ruffled shirt, but no coat, lounges against the stump of a tree and listens open-mouthed. On the top of the stump is an open dish of food which a dog is eating, his head twisted backwards in a peculiar manner. Beneath the design is engraved, "The Rabble gather round the Man of News And listen with their mouths. Some tell, some hear, some judge of news, some make it, And he that lyes most, is most beleiv'd -""--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Variant state. Cf. No. 5086 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., No. 10 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs 10th December 1812 by J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, City & town life, and Newspapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The morning news [graphic]
6. The morning news [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1812]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 812.12.10.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Artist and printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with altered date in imprint statement, of a print originally published 10 Dec. 1772. Cf. no. 5086 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: The rabble gather round the man of news and listen with their mouths ..., Description based on imperfect impression; text below image, probably statements of responsibility, have been erased from sheet., Watermark, partially trimmed: 1809., and The right and left edges of the lines of verse below image were erased and have been written over in pencil.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 10th December 1812, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, City & town life, and Newspapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The morning news [graphic].
7. The siege of Namur by Captn. Shandy & Corporal Trim [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [26 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.01.26.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Uncle Toby (right) marches from right to left, a crutch under his left arm, pointing with his right crutch towards the fortifications (left) built on the bowling green, where the 'Gate of St Nicolas' is flanked on each side by a jack-boot. In his left hand he holds the 'London Gazette'. Trim, holding up a pickaxe, marches in front of his master. He has a long pig-tail, and a pad is tied over his left knee. On the ground behind is a grenadier's cap. Behind Uncle Toby is the sentry-box, in it is pasted up the plan of a fortification. The background is a rough paling behind which are trees. Shandy Hall appears behind the Gate of St. Nicolas. Beneath the design is engraved, "What an honest triumph in my Uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickaxe ready to execute the Contents; what intense pleasure in his Eyes as he stood over the Corporal! Heaven! Earth! Sea!"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Text below title: Tris. Shan., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark: VI.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 26 Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The siege of Namur by Captn. Shandy & Corporal Trim [graphic]
