"An etching, representing an elderly man standing upright, turned in three-quarters view to our right, with his hands joined behind him. In the breast of his coat many books are "stuffed"."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title supplied from the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from contemporary manuscript note: Publish'd Febry. 29, 1774., A date of 1769 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of quote below image: Cleanse thy stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff (Shakes. Mack.)., Two lines of description below quote: Taken from the life Jany 1769 & now by desire of several of his old customers dedicated to [the] pious & decent memory of Mr. Wm. Lynch., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act V, Scene 3, line 44 -- William Lynch, publisher, d. 1770? -- Booksellers., and Manuscript note in contemporary hand at bottom of plate: Publish'd Fbr. 29, 1774.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Jany. 10th, 1774.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 85. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large Italian vetturino rides a small horse which along with a large horse is pulling a heavy chaise. Inside the chaise sits a tired looking man in a night cap
Alternative Title:
Italian vetturino
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum catalogue., Mounted on page 85 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 18.6 x 29.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Jany. 10th, 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.01.10.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 85. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large Italian vetturino rides a small horse which along with a large horse is pulling a heavy chaise. Inside the chaise sits a tired looking man in a night cap
Alternative Title:
Italian vetturino
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 18.5 x 29.9 cm, on sheet 25 x 37 cm., and Watermark: J. B[...?] 180[?].
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1774]
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.02.23.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bench in a kitchen on which are seated, from left to right: a coachman half asleep, in brown breeches and waistcoat and green coat, his stockings falling down; a huge cook seated facing us, arms akimbo, in brown, with a blue and white kerchief; and a rather drowsy black boy in brown breeches and green waistcoat with sleeves. A shelf with pots and pans on it is on the wall to the left. At the extreme right is a grandfather clock, brown with a yellow face. There are two drawings pinned to the wall, the top one of a fat gentleman in blue asleep in a chair, the other of a bald man in brown
Description:
Title and publication date from later state., Early state. For later state with title, imprint, and other text added below image, see Lewis Walpole call no.: Bunbury 774.02.23.01.2+., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right side of upper edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: High life below stairs -- Amateur theatricals., Imperfect; printmaker's signature mostly erased from lower right corner of sheet., An additional shelf with five plates added in watercolor to upper left corner of design., Title added below image in a contemporary hand: High life below stairs., and Lines of dialogue added below image in a contemporary hand: Blackee you go! Cook, Sambo, answer the door. Cookey you go!
