Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.1 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts, but a sailor's trousers are indicated through the petticoat. At this figure a dog (right) is barking. He walks behind, and in pursuit of, a young woman."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image., Text within etched banner in top part of image: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with imprint mostly burnished out, of a plate originally published 2 July 1772 by J. Bretherton. See no. 5083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text within etched banner in top part of design: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Temporary local subject terms: Cavendish, Elizabeth, d. 1779 -- Horace Walpole refers to subject of print, YW. 9. 171, n. 7, 8; 31. 53, n. 18 -- Masquerades -- Costume, 1772., and Watermark, mostly trimmed: Strasburg bend.
"A woman (whole length) walking to the left full face. Her hair is dressed high with tight curls at the side. She wears a fur-bordered cloak with a hood over a frilled and flounced petticoat with a looped-up train. Her hands are in a muff trimmed with frills of ribbon. A double row of pearls or beads is round her neck. A well-known house of ill-fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, was known as Lovejoy's."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act, Feby. 9th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Leaf 68. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman (whole length) walking to the left full face. Her hair is dressed high with tight curls at the side. She wears a fur-bordered cloak with a hood over a frilled and flounced petticoat with a looped-up train. Her hands are in a muff trimmed with frills of ribbon. A double row of pearls or beads is round her neck. A well-known house of ill-fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, was known as Lovejoy's."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4995 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Muffs trimmed with lace -- Demi-reps -- Jewelry -- Cloaks: Fur trimmed with hood., and Third of three plates on leaf 68.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act, Feby. 9th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Prostitutes, Muffs, and Capes (Clothing)
Title etched below image., Earlier state without plate number and with publication date. Cf. No. 5092 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Dishes: tea-cups and saucers -- Furniture: chairs -- Pictures amplifying subject: two monkeys drinking tea at a table.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Lawyers, and Wigs
Title from item., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: female dressing room -- Female dress, 1772 -- High headdress -- Artificial flowers -- Furniture: dressing table -- Chair -- Carved stool -- Jewelry -- Reference to Pantheon, London.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Three whole length standing figures. On left a man with a Jewish profile and a small beard is in profile to the right. In his left hand is a long cane, in his right a rolled document. Bundles of papers protrude from his pocket. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. The centre figure is full-face; his hat is in his hand. A paper, "Annuities 20 pr cent", hangs from his pocket. The third figure is in profile to the left. He smiles and holds the arm of the centre figure; in his left hand is a cane. The two men in profile are dressed in an old-fashioned way with wide-brimmed hats and long coats."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., E.T. is Edward Topham., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '11' in upper right corner., and For an earlier state, see No. 5012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Annuities, Clothing & dress, Jews, Staffs (Sticks), and Usury
Leaf 75. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three whole length standing figures. On left a man with a Jewish profile and a small beard is in profile to the right. In his left hand is a long cane, in his right a rolled document. Bundles of papers protrude from his pocket. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. The centre figure is full-face; his hat is in his hand. A paper, "Annuities 20 pr cent", hangs from his pocket. The third figure is in profile to the left. He smiles and holds the arm of the centre figure; in his left hand is a cane. The two men in profile are dressed in an old-fashioned way with wide-brimmed hats and long coats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 1st, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Annuities, Clothing & dress, Staffs (Sticks), and Usury
Leaf 75. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three whole length standing figures. On left a man with a Jewish profile and a small beard is in profile to the right. In his left hand is a long cane, in his right a rolled document. Bundles of papers protrude from his pocket. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. The centre figure is full-face; his hat is in his hand. A paper, "Annuities 20 pr cent", hangs from his pocket. The third figure is in profile to the left. He smiles and holds the arm of the centre figure; in his left hand is a cane. The two men in profile are dressed in an old-fashioned way with wide-brimmed hats and long coats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 75., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 1st, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Annuities, Clothing & dress, Staffs (Sticks), and Usury
"Three whole length standing figures. On left a man with a Jewish profile and a small beard is in profile to the right. In his left hand is a long cane, in his right a rolled document. Bundles of papers protrude from his pocket. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. The centre figure is full-face; his hat is in his hand. A paper, "Annuities 20 pr cent", hangs from his pocket. The third figure is in profile to the left. He smiles and holds the arm of the centre figure; in his left hand is a cane. The two men in profile are dressed in an old-fashioned way with wide-brimmed hats and long coats."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., E.T. is Edward Topham., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '11' in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see No. 5012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Annuities, Clothing & dress, Jews, Staffs (Sticks), and Usury
