Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 February 1781]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 119. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The left sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, looking with astonishment at an elderly lady (right) walking from left to right followed by a little black boy carrying her umbrella. She wears an enormous calash hood, see BMSat 5434, &c, and holds in her left hand a shepherdess's crook. Three men (left) ride side by side, from left to right, the nearest pulls on his reins, leaning back, the next looks at the lady through his spy-glass, the third, staring open-mouthed, lashes his horse. The horse of a stout man riding from right to left, immediately behind the lady, is rearing. In the foreground an old woman sits by the roadside with a sheaf of ballads or newspapers. Behind (left) are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, "A central three plate composition. Riders in Hyde Park. A fat coachman (right) rides (left to right) a coach-horse in blinkers, his mistress is seated behind him, in back-view, wearing an enormous calash hood, see British Museum Satires No. 5434, &c, and holding a fan. The horse has planted its forefeet on the ground, its rider is applying spurs and a coach-whip. On the left a lady and a slim and elegant young man are galloping from right to left; he turns towards her, she looks straight ahead. Behind them rides a groom. In the background (right) is a group of trees, in the foreground grass and (left) three dogs."--British Museum online catalogue, and "The right sheet of a three-plate composition, British Museum Satires Nos. 5925-7. Riders, probably in Hyde Park, with a pedestrian who is being worried by four dogs, apparently on account of his dress. He stands (left) on tiptoe, in profile to the right, holding up his arms, a stick in his right hand. His coat is spotted like a leopard and it and his waistcoat are edged with fur. He is probably a Frenchman. Two dogs worry at his coat, a larger one standing on its hind-legs, puts one paw on his chest, a fourth is biting his long pigtail queue. Three riders, riding from right to left, look with interest at the man and dogs. The foremost is a military officer in uniform, with holsters and rolled cloak on his saddle. A fourth man rides stiffly from left to right, looking straight in front of him."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image on second sheet., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on two edges., A single design on three plates., Tipped in at page 21 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 3 prints forming 1 image : etching with rocker, drypoint, and engraving in bistre ink on laid paper ; sheets 62 x 55 cm or smaller., and Sheets trimmed within plate mark.
Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780
Description:
In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
Billhead from M. & J. Callendar nursery and seedsmen with itemized merchandise sold to Thomas Adams of Alnwick for his estate at Eshott in Northumberland. The vignette and engraved capitals are from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Docketed and dated 1779 -1780 by Adams on verso. Signed and dated by Callendar Sept. 2 1780
Description:
In English. and For further information, consult library staff.
"An English sailor (left) with clenched fists faces Holland, France, Spain, and America, all but the first appearing "hors de combat". Numbers indicate the names of the 'Four Confederates which are given below the design. (1) America (right), "Yanky Doodle", an Indian brave with a feathered head-dress and girdle, is prone on the ground, his spear beside him; he says "This fall has hurt my Back". (2) France or "Monsieur Louis Baboon" dressed as a French fop with a bag-wig, is vomiting, his hand across his breast, his knees bent; he says, "Dem Jersey Pills have made a me Sick". (3) Spain or "Don Diego", dressed as a Spanish don, is bleeding from one eye, he stands behind America, saying "by St Jago he has almost Blinded me". These three are grouped together on the left, turning away from Jack England. No. 4 or "Mynheer Frog", dressed as a Dutch peasant, is standing with his legs wide apart, his fists clenched, smoking a pipe, he faces Jack, saying "I have almost forgot how to fight". In the background are ships. Beneath the title is engraved: "To Arms you Brave Britons to Arms the Road to Renown Lyes before you.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, no. 35 Cheapside, Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Fighting, Sailors, British, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 32. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"John Bull stands on a stone on tiptoe under a tree, a rope round his neck attached to a branch of the tree. He holds the rope with both hands, to prevent strangulation. On the right stands a Frenchman (France) holding out a leek to John Bull, between them is a stream or river. John Bull is a moderately stout man with a thick neck, wearing an ill-made bob-wig, not the characteristic John Bull of later satires, who had already appeared, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5611, 5612. The Frenchman is very thin, wearing a night-cap, a long pigtail queue, a ruffled shirt, and sabots stuffed with grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: France as a French peasant -- Emblems: Leek for France -- ?Reference to defeat at Yorktown., and Second of two plates on leaf 32.
Publisher:
M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Hangings (Executions), Nooses, Peasants, Onions, Streams, and Wigs
"A domestic interior. In the upper margin is engraved, "Give me the sweet delight of Love - a Catch", and the design illustrates the lines of the catch: "A smoky house, a failing trade, Six squalling brats, and a scolding jade." A man (full-face) stands disconsolately, his hands clasped while his virago of a wife (left) threatens him with her fist. One small child pulls his coat and points to a little brother kicking on the floor, while a rather older girl weeps with her pinafore to her eyes, and another boy blows a trumpet. This group is on the right. On the left one child clutches another by the hair. The man's toes protrude through one of his shoes, he is without breeches, and these hang from a nail on the wall (right) next his wife's hat. A parroquet sits screeching on the outside of its cage. The plaster has fallen from the wall in patches, showing bricks. A smoky fire burns in the grate (left); on the chimney-piece are tea-things."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Plaisir du mènage, Plaisirs du mènage, and Give me the sweet delight of love : a catch
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1781, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Families, Children, Domestic life, Couples, and Clothing & dress
published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large feathered hat; they look towards each other. On the wall (left) is a framed picture of a camp scene. Through the large sash-window (right) are trees and (?) tents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue; dated to ca. May of 1781 by curator, based on series number., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., Plate numbered "439" in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Militia camps: ?Coxheath -- Furniture -- Female costume: Feathered hats -- Military dress (quasi) -- Male costume, 1781 -- Tea services., Folded to 30.5 x 26 cm., Numbered "48" in brown ink on verso., and Bound in opposite page 113 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
