Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 27th Jany. 1781.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 29. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One corner of a billiard-table is visible, the rest being cut off by the right, margin of the print. A player, in profile to the right, holds up with exaggerated care a cue in front of a ball lying near the corner. He wears a long pigtail queue, on the back of his coat is a large ribbon bow or cockade to which a key is attached. A number of spectators stand round watching intently: of two behind the player, one resembles a footman. Two others stand behind the corner of the table, one wearing a hat like that of a coachman; two others stand on the right behind the table. They are probably all men-servants. The wall behind is papered or stencilled in a pattern of horizontal lines and spots. On it are a rack of cues, the "[Rules of the Ga]me [of Billia]rds", three framed pictures: (a horse-race, a duel, and an oval portrait) and what appears to be a satirical print."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Games -- Domestic service., and Mounted on page 29 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Volume 1, page 29. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A game of billiards is being played on a table, one corner of which only is visible, so curiously elongated that it gives the impression of a triangular table. The two players stand by the corner of the table, the one who is about to make a stroke appears from his leanness, frogged coat, and long pigtail queue to be a Frenchman; he leans over the table in profile to the left, wearing pince-nez. His opponent watches him, standing on top-toe, his cue held over his left shoulder, his face screwed up in anxiety; he wears a bag-wig. A number of spectators look on with expressions of amusement or concern: on the right two men stand together grinning; on the left a man watches open-mouthed; behind the table a man watches with an expression of alarm, another takes cover behind him with a grin; a small boy stands beside them. In the foreground are two dogs, one, a greyhound, stands between the player's legs. On the wall behind the table is a rack of cues and two clock-faced scoring boards both pointing to the figure X. On the right is a door, on the left a small casement window. Pictures and prints decorate the wall (left to right): a print of Wilkes (bust) with two caps of liberty; a print of a nymph and satyr; a print of a man seated, three quarter length; a print of a man and woman whole-length; two framed landscapes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 29 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Billiard rooms, Billiards, Dogs, Games, Men, Servants, and Pictures
Volume 1, page 23. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bilson Bishop Winton and Bilson Bishop Winchester
Description:
Title inscribed in upper right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 23 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Page 121.5. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title of top drawing from note in Horace Walpole's hand written beside it; title of bottom drawing supplied by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, positioned above and below twelve lines of manuscript in Horace Walpole's hand beginning: Sir Jeffery Burwell's mother was daughter & heiress of Jeffery Pitman ..., and Mounted on page 121.5 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Volume 2, page 73. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a man wearing large-brimmed and feathered hat and carrying a rifle over his shoulder, his catch attached to his belt, which two of the six dogs grouped around him look at with interest at left; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "First state with etched letters, before re-publication"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.442., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 73 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd January 5th, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Volume 1, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, a man rowing at left, land and ships on the sea behind; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker attribution to Charles Knight from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., Two lines of verse etched below title: Her less'ning boat, unwilling rows to land; Adieu! she cries, and wav'd her lily hand. Gay., Companion print to: Blouzelind., Temporary local subject terms: Ballads., and Mounted on page 23 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Volume 2, page 83. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a field, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet, behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker attribution to Charles Knight from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.831., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., The name "Gay" follows title, etched in small letters., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'., Companion print to: Black-eyed Susan., and Mounted on page 83 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"Another and probably later version of BMSat 5606; the two men have labels coming from their mouths containing words, and are more correctly drawn. The house on the right. is a more important building and its door has a plate inscribed "Lieut: Genl Bombardi. . N° 40". Grey Cooper stands at a different angle, showing more than his profile, his forefinger is laid against his cheek. He is saying "Then - My Led and I - his Ledship introduced the Affair you and I know of". Sir R. Hamilton (Bombardinian) answers "Hum-Aye-Mum". The same quotation from Churchill is engraved under the title. An inscription etched in the lower right. corner has been obliterated, the last words seem to resemble "J. Sayers."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of verse below title: "Important blanks in Natures mighty roll." Churchill., Traces of text burnished from plate in lower right corner of the image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Robert Hamilton, 4th Bt., d. 1786 (Bombardinian) -- Mythology: Temple of Fame on Parnassus -- Military uniforms: Lt. General, 40th Regiment of Foot -- Scandals: Sir Robert Hamilton, 1779 -- Dogs -- Cradles -- Orders: Order of the Thistle -- Literature: quotation from Charles Churchill, 1731-1764 -- Fame, with wreath and trumpet -- Bundles: childbed linens -- Documents -- Altars., and 1 print on laid paper: etching ; plate mark 34 x 25.8 cm., on sheet 39 x 27 cm.
"Another and probably later version of BMSat 5606; the two men have labels coming from their mouths containing words, and are more correctly drawn. The house on the right. is a more important building and its door has a plate inscribed "Lieut: Genl Bombardi. . N° 40". Grey Cooper stands at a different angle, showing more than his profile, his forefinger is laid against his cheek. He is saying "Then - My Led and I - his Ledship introduced the Affair you and I know of". Sir R. Hamilton (Bombardinian) answers "Hum-Aye-Mum". The same quotation from Churchill is engraved under the title. An inscription etched in the lower right. corner has been obliterated, the last words seem to resemble "J. Sayers."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of verse below title: "Important blanks in Natures mighty roll." Churchill., Traces of text burnished from plate in lower right corner of the image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Robert Hamilton, 4th Bt., d. 1786 (Bombardinian) -- Mythology: Temple of Fame on Parnassus -- Military uniforms: Lt. General, 40th Regiment of Foot -- Scandals: Sir Robert Hamilton, 1779 -- Dogs -- Cradles -- Orders: Order of the Thistle -- Literature: quotation from Charles Churchill, 1731-1764 -- Fame, with wreath and trumpet -- Bundles: childbed linens -- Documents -- Altars., Matted to 48 x 39 cm., and Watermark: J Whatman.