Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 March 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 61. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 131. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three soldiers capturing a young man, his kneeling lover clutching his arm, the scene watched by two monks standing in the left foreground, one shaking his fist in encouragement, and another soldier at right; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frederick Zemmerman, having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe ...
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2934., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 131 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 45.8 x 55.8 cm.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 March 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 61. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 131. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three soldiers capturing a young man, his kneeling lover clutching his arm, the scene watched by two monks standing in the left foreground, one shaking his fist in encouragement, and another soldier at right; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frederick Zemmerman, having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe ...
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2934., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 61 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., Ink annotations in lower margin provide the title "Fred. Zemmerman having escaped from the Abbey of La Trappe & recover'd his beloved mistress is seiz'd & thrown into a dungeon for life", the statements of responsibility "Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton f.", and the publication line "Publish'd 9th March 1788"., and Price written in pencil in lower right corner of sheet: £1-5s. pair.
Detail of the left portion of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress: a older woman with signs of syphilis pox on her face, holds a fan to her face as she reaches with her left hand towards the right
Description:
Title supplied by curator. and On page 209 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1788 by Thos. King, New Bond Street
Detail of the left portion of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress: a older woman with signs of syphilis pox on her face, holds a fan to her face as she reaches with her left hand towards the right
Description:
Title and date from curator. and Imprint, artist and printmakers' names burnished from plate: Hogarth delint. ; Livesay fecit. Published Octr. 1788 by Thos. King, New Bond Street.
An elderly woman in spectacles sleeps in a chair, a jug and glass on a table beside her. Under the table, sits a cat; a book lies open on the floor at her feet. A pair of scissors hangs from a chain on her lap. Behind the high backed chair, a man embraces a young woman who has her finger to her lips to quiet the spectator
Description:
Title provided in manuscript; artist name lacking. and Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
"The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
"Francis, wearing his hat, stands in a theatrical attitude, his head turned in profile to the right, glaring fiercely (as in British Museum Satires No. 7268). His fists are clenched, the left arm across his breast. Beside him is etched: '"I hate Alonzo" Zanga'". Francis, inveterate enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7268, is represented as Zanga in Dr. Young's 'The Revenge' (1721)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
"I hate Alonzo" Zanga
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.4 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 10 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Francis.
Publisher:
Publd. by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Philip, Francis, Sir, 1740-1818 and Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
"Francis, wearing his hat, stands in a theatrical attitude, his head turned in profile to the right, glaring fiercely (as in British Museum Satires No. 7268). His fists are clenched, the left arm across his breast. Beside him is etched: '"I hate Alonzo" Zanga'". Francis, inveterate enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7268, is represented as Zanga in Dr. Young's 'The Revenge' (1721)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
"I hate Alonzo" Zanga
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 17 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Publd. by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Philip, Francis, Sir, 1740-1818 and Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
"Francis, wearing his hat, stands in a theatrical attitude, his head turned in profile to the right, glaring fiercely (as in British Museum Satires No. 7268). His fists are clenched, the left arm across his breast. Beside him is etched: '"I hate Alonzo" Zanga'". Francis, inveterate enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7268, is represented as Zanga in Dr. Young's 'The Revenge' (1721)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
"I hate Alonzo" Zanga
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Publisher:
Publd. by Jas. Bretherton
Subject (Name):
Philip, Francis, Sir, 1740-1818 and Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
"Rosenhagen, fashionably dressed, stands in profile to the left, holding his hat and cane. He gazes with a complacent smile at a bust portrait of Lord Lansdowne. Beside him is etched 'In te Domine speravi'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
In te Domine speravi
Description:
"The Rev. Philip Rosenhagen (1737?-1798) was an intimate at Shelburne House and popular in the Prince of Wales's circle until he became a Pittite, perhaps in consequence of his repeated refusal to perform the marriage of Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince. 'D.N.B.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue., This print was not published according to the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with one other print on leaf 11 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Rev. Mr. Rosenhagen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rosenhagen, Philip, 1737?-1798 and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
