Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1st March 1777.
Call Number:
Bunbury 777.03.01.03+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 73. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a gullible young gambler; a street scene with a group of local Newmarket men and a small boy pointing at an open-mouthed young gentleman his right hand in his pocket holding a riding whip accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a street dog defecates in front of the young man; the wall behind the men has been chalked with the name of the famous racehorse Mambrino; in the distance three men converse outside a building."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint statement lightly etched and barely visible., Companion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a hawk., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket -- Slang: Pigeon., 1 print : etching and drypoint with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 24.5 x 26.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, trimmed.
A young gentlemen sits in a chair opposite three fashionable young ladies and their mother who are seated on a sofa. His wide grin suggests that he has amused himself with an anecdote, but the expressions on the ladies' faces indcate that he has failed to amuse them. One of the young ladies looks down at the dog in her lap, another looks at her fan
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A capital joke., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A broadside satirising the Jacobite Alderman William Benn, who was involved in a drunken fight with another alderman at a London City feast because the former had proposed to the health of the Young Pretender; with an etching showing in the foreground Benn on the ground, holding in his right hand a bottle, his wig is pulled off by a dog, on the right another alderman, attacking Benn with a raised bottle, in the background a group of people looking on; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title and verses in three columns, and with two vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wars broke out in the city
Description:
Caption title., Broadside illustrated with an etching at top of sheet (plate mark 20.3 x 33.1 cm)., First line: Draw near, ye sober citizens., and Temporary local subject terms: Animals: dog wearing a collar "Charls's [sic] Breed" and chains -- Drunken battle with wine bottles -- Bottles: wine bottles used as weapons -- Hospitals of Bethlem and Bridewell -- Gold chains -- City of London feast -- Ass's ears on William Benn -- Envelope -- Aldermen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766. and Benn, William, 1702-1755
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Jacobites, Dogs, and Wigs
Title etched below image., Date and place of publication from item., Depicts wet nurses waiting to be selected., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by W. Sams 1 St. James Street
Subject (Topic):
Nursing, Breastfeeding, Wet nurses, Infants, Government buildings, Nurses, Carts & wagons, Soldiers, Dogs, and Horses
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Phrases: horned cattle (Cf. King's speech, Jan. 9, 17700 -- Eight-oared barge -- Gaff-rigged cutter -- Skiff -- Female dress: fan -- Farmyard -- Trades: applewoman -- Pets: English spaniel., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and song verses below title. Imprint statement supplied from: A catalogue of 18th-century British mezzotint satires in North American collections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherry venders -- Irishmen -- Female costume: high-waisted dresses -- Reticule -- Miniature portrait as a brooch -- Pets -- Architectural details -- Wrought iron fences -- Songs: Patty O'Blarney.
Publisher:
Published 20th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Baskets, Hats, Miniatures (Paintings), Dogs, Doors & doorways, Fountains, and Children
Leaf 43. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Restrike. For possible original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 222., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 43 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Restrike. For possible original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 222., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1836?], page 43., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower right corner of sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, Eyeglasses, Fishing, and Pipes (Smoking)
Leaf 37. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published ca. 1824, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 824.00.00.13., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 3., and On leaf 37 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Fishing, Fishing & hunting gear, Frogs, and Dogs
