A whole-length standing portrait of Dr. Bragge who is pictured as a very fat and round-shouldered man who leans both hands on a walking-stick and wears a loose overcoat and pince-nez. Illustration to a letter describing Dr. Robert Bragge, a collector who "... generally goes by the name of the Connoisseur".
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, 1768-[1776], v. 8, p. 69.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Four elderly men sit and stand round a small circular table on which are glasses, a bottle, a paper of tobacco. A man in profile to the left is reading
Description:
Title etched below image., Two figures are tentatively identified as Dr. Robert Bragge and Dr. Michael Lort., and Plate from: Grose, F. Rules for drawing caricaturas. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Lort, Michael, 1725-1790 and Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Three elderly antiquarians stand together; one, lean and knock-kneed, reads a catalogue through spectacles. Another, very stout and in back view, faces him, bending to the left. The third (right) stands erect in profile to the left, his hands behind his back
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and One of the caricatures possibly Dr. Robert Bragge, art dealer.
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Sheet 249 x 152 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., and For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Third of three plates on leaf 63., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.7 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 823); whole-length seated to left, facing and eyes to upper right, wearing sash and star, with a large volume held in both hands and resting on his lap, his left elbow resting on table to right with decorative jug and rolls of paper; the floor scattered with books, papers and artefacts, and a large urn to right; curtain above and landscape through window to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honble. Sir William Hamilton, K.B. and Honourable Sir William Hamilton, K.B.
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imprint from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Bottom two corners also trimmed at an angle; mounted to sheet 693 x 448 mm.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 20th. 1787 by H. Hudson, and sold by J. Young No. 28 Newman Street, London
A caricature of Robert Bragge, the art dealer, pushing coins into a large sack (after BM Satires 3647)
Alternative Title:
Doctor Bragge
Description:
Title and artist from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of verse at the bottom of image: The duper is a cunning fool who brags a blue string is a tool., and Annotated on verso in contemporary hand: Dr. Bragg.
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Collings delt. ; etch'd by T. Rowlandson., An unlettered state of a print published ca. 1786 by E. Jackson. Cf. Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810884., Companion print to the early, oval version of: The chamber of genius., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Collectors, Collectibles, Sarcophagi, Skeletons, Mice, Balloons (Aircraft), and Hats
