Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st March 1777.
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.03.01.02.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication statement is lightly etched and barely visible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., and Watermark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1 March 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 53. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Catchpenny Alley
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, with artist and printmaker signatures only. For a later state with title, publication line, and drypoint shading of the image added, see no. 4717 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date inferred from publication line on later state: Publish'd 1st March 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket., and Mounted on page 53 of: Bunbury album.
