Eleven plain, elderly women walk in a procession from left to right between the tombstones of a country church yard. Two of them, at the head of the procession, carry a small coffin with a cat's effigy on it. Behind them walks a crying woman with a handkerchief raised to her eyes. She is the only one who does not carry a cat under her arm. The feline participants of the funeral appear agitated
Description:
Title from item., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: No lover's corse this virgin train attend ..., Printseller's announcement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of caricatures and other humorous prints and drawings. Admittance 1 shilling., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mentioned in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, under no. 8558, as in Anthony de Rothschild's collection, v. 2, p. 138.
Publisher:
Published by William Holland at Garrick's, Richard No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Cemeteries, Churches, Coffins, Crying, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Single women, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Volume 2, page 46. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman reclining on a bed at left with her breasts exposed, at right a man lying in the arms of an angel; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Genii takes beddridin Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus and Genii takes bedridden Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus
Description:
Title from text below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 23d, 1786, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
Volume 2, page 46. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman reclining on a bed at left with her breasts exposed, at right a man lying in the arms of an angel; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Genii takes beddridin Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus and Genii takes bedridden Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 46 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching in bistre ink on laid paper ; sheet 30.6 x 36.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 23d, 1786, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.440., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 62 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The repose.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
