Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 March 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 59. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 133. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Figures grouped around the body of the Count on a bed, his face obscured by the canopy, his lover kneeling over him and holding his hand, a man seen from the back kneeling in prayer before the bed and a small boy carrying a bowl and towel at the end, in the foreground at left a guard stands sentry; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
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.: 1917,1208.2993., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 59 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Ink annotations in lower margin provide the title "The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage", the statements of responsibility "Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f.", and the publication line "Publish'd 9th March 1788".
Publisher:
James Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Deathbeds, Canopy beds, Wounds & injuries, Prayer, and Guards
Title and date of publication from a later state in the British Museum, registration number: 1876,0708.2575., Earlier state lacking title, dedication, and description of the scene. Later state has altered imprint: Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 30th 1788 by Mrs. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand., and Ms. annotations in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Detail of the right side of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress; an older man sits at a table holding the hands of the two young people whose marriage he has just arranged. Only the forearms of the betrothed couple are shown
Description:
Title devised by curator. and On page 209 in volume 3.
"Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from list of prints at beginning of volume., Publication date based on that of the bound volume in which this print appears., Two designs on one plate, each with a coat of arms etched below., and Plates XXXIX and XL from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2.
