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1.
The Salutation Tavern [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 21, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Wigs, Bowing, Etiquette, and Plazas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Salutation Tavern [graphic]

2.
[A dancing bear] [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A soldier with a long stick in his left hand stands in front of wall baiting a muzzled and chained brown bear that stands upright and facing him, paws curled. Off to the right, a second soldier stands behind the first and plays a horn; he also holds a...
Description:
Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Chains, Wind instruments, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A dancing bear] [graphic]

3.
[A dancing bear] [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A soldier with a long stick in his left hand stands in front of wall baiting a muzzled and chained brown bear that stands upright and facing him, paws curled. Off to the right, a second soldier stands behind the first and plays a horn; he also holds a...
Description:
Title from description of earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 21, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Chains, Wind instruments, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A dancing bear] [graphic]

4.
Strephon & Chloe [graphic]

Creator:
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 Museu...
Alternative Title:
Strephon and Chloe
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 1, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccdilly [sic]
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Strephon & Chloe [graphic]

5.
[Portrait of a man in coat and hat with walking stick] [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on an unidentified man strolling in the countryside carrying a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Unknown satirical portrait
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.102. Alternative title from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccdilly [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Walking, Staffs (Sticks), and Boots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of a man in coat and hat with walking stick] [graphic]

6.
The siege of Namur by Captn. Shandy & Corporal Trim [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.07+
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 lef...
Alternative Title:
Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The siege of Namur by Captn. Shandy & Corporal Trim [graphic]

7.
A militia meeting [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on volunteers: an officer and another man sit at a table while a soldier presents two potential - but unprepossessing - recruits, the second man shabbily dressed; behind them a large dog menaces a smaller one; on the wall a map and a portrait ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, Dogs, and Maps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A militia meeting [graphic]

8.
The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 May 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.04+
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 ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed and publish'd as the act directs, May 23 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
College administrators and Students
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The hopes of the family an admission at the university / [graphic]

9.
The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr. Slop, short and fat, seated in an arm-chair (centre) holding in his left hand the book containing the form of excommunication, points with his right at Obadiah who is disappearing (left), one leg and his back alone being visible. A handkerchief h...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Servants, Maps, Chairs, and Brooms & brushes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]

10.
Billiards [graphic]

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right, margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the corner. He wears a long pigtail queue, on t...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Billiard rooms, Billiards, Servants, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Billiards [graphic]