Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 129. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Landscape, with rolling hills dotted with trees in the distance, a cloud-filled sky above. Several houses sit at the base of the hills, in the middle distance at left; a field separates the houses from a river, which curves from the left towards the center foreground, a forest extending from its right bank to the edge of the image. Scraggly shrubs and small trees are seen in the immediate foreground; a stag stands in the lower right corner of the image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 129 of: Bunbury album.
Page 185. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Birds'-eye view down the River Thames, looking towards Westminster; Somerset House is seen on the right, with Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the mid-distance; many boats are on the water
Alternative Title:
Southeast prospect of Westminster
Description:
Title etched below image., "Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton in Newgate Street"--Above image., Date of publication from the Yale Center for British Art online catalog., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1998.14.676., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 185 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:
J. Hinton
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
View of Windsor Castle from across the river Thames, with boats on the water and two swans to the left. Three men with fishing poles and two women are seen on the bank in the foreground; a tree stands on the right
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Windsor
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.: 29635:13., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1804., and Leaf 19 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Berkshire (England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Rivers, and Boats
"View of the villa with house to the left, the river to the right with bridge in the back; a cart in the river collecting water, two figures talking in the left, looking towards the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eleventh in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 60 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Richmond Bridge (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Asgill, Charles, Sir, 1762-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Bridges, Dwellings, and Carts & wagons
"View at the entrance to the bridge, looking across the river towards Putney; people passing in foreground including a man with a donkey, and a milkmaid with yoke and pails."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe du Pont de Fulham regardant Putney
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 7 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Putney (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Bridges, Pedestrians, Sailboats, and Rowboats
"View of the gardens fronting Somerset House, with the River Thames on the left, Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the distance on the left, and Somerset House and gardens on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Jarden Royal de Somerset, du cote de la riviere
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Watermark: 1817., Leaf 43 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: Old Somerset House.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Somerset House (London, England), and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Rivers, Castles & palaces, Bridges, and Boats
"View from the river of the Custom House, looking east towards the Tower of London; a large boat flying a flag with raised sails in foreground to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Douane anec une partie de la Tour de Londres prise de dessus la Tamise
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably a later state, with slight alteration to the plate numbering format. For a state with "No. 4" in upper right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.4907., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Leaf 23 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Thames River (England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Customhouses, Rivers, Piers & wharves, Rowboats, and Sailing ships
"View of the Thames from Richmond Hill, with animals grazing in the foreground, a woman guiding a herd of cows towards the right, a coach and a covered cart going in opposite directions, and three figures talking at the centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paisage du haut de la Montagne de Richmond en assendant la Tamise
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably after a painting by Jolly; statement of responsibility "Jolly pinxit" is present on another print of identical composition. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1436., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 3 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Boats, Livestock, Carriages & coaches, and Dwellings
Page 192. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in pencil on verso., Mounted above on the same page is another drawing by the same artist: View of the lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792., and Mounted on page 192 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
"Westminster from the river; view of Westminster abbey taken from mid-stream, with the Parliament on the left the Hall and Westminster stairs in the centre; boats in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.5 x 27.2 cm., and Mounted before page 175 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey,, Westminster Hall (London, England),, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
"View of buildings of Whitehall Palace from the river, from an inlet of the Thames in Lambeth Marsh; boats in the foreground, Banqueting House in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print by Hollar that was originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.9 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 172 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"View of the Thames, with the Adelphi at far left on opposite shore, St Paul's in mid-distance, Blackfriars Bridge to its right and the steam engine at the York Buildings waterworks on the far right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 89., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 279.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Blackfriars Bridge (London, England), Thames River (England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England), and York-Buildings Company,
Subject (Topic):
Waterfronts, Buildings, Bridges, Rivers, Sailboats, and Rowboats
"View of the Thames from Lambeth, with Westminster Hall on the opposite shore at the left, and Westminster Bridge at the right; in the foreground to the left men raise the sails of a boat, to their right a number of people hurry towards the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 104., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 278.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Westminster Bridge (London, England), Thames River (England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Waterfronts, Buildings, Bridges, Rivers, Sailboats, and Rowboats
Drawing of the view from Richmond Hill, with the Thames in the distance surrounded by fields and rows of trees. Two boats are on the river; people and horses are visible in the fields. On the road in the foreground are several men on horseback, a strolling man and woman with a dog running behind them, a milkmaid accompanied by a boy, and a coach driving to the right. A vast sky is above
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist below image, in lower left., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Sailboats, Carriages & coaches, Pedestrians, and Horseback riding
"Leopold of Brunswick drowning in the Oder river while trying to save the inhabitants of a village from the flood."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Deatd of Prince Leopold of Brunswick, Death of Prince Leopold of Brunswick, and Mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Place and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.148., "The print is a piracy of Gaugain's print after Northcote's painting now at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (GLAHA_44386), see M. Hopkinson, 'James Northcote's The death of prince Maximilian Leopold of Brunswick', The British Art Journal, IV,2, 2003, pp.29-36."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., With five lines of text below each title that describe the flood and the Prince's death., and Mounted on an blue sheet: 44 x 53 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Oder River, and Germany.
Subject (Name):
Maximilian Julius Leopold, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Leuneburg, 1752-1785,
Noble art and mystery of printing was first invented by John Guttenburg a soldier in the year of our Lord 1440, and brought into England by John Islip, an abbot of Westminster, in the year 1447
Description:
Title from dealer's invoice; remainder of title from item. and For further information, consult library staff.
Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[28 February 1784]
Call Number:
784.02.28.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Seven nude men swim in a river with grassy banks, following a frightened duck they try to catch. Among them are Charles Fox and Lord North. The title refers to a favorite plebeian sport of duck hunting with spaniels
Alternative Title:
State spaniels after the duck
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 25 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow Feby. 28, 1784, White Lion Bull Stairs, Surry Side Black Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Ducks, Rivers, and Swimming
A shepherdess greets a young man (left) who sits on the bank of a river under a tree. She is shown full length walking towards the right and holding a crook decorated with vegetation; two sheep drink from the river beside her
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Plate numbered '220' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sheep, Shepherdesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Rivers
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Thames watermen pull a pair-oar wherry towards riverside stairs, much amused at the effects of the wind on a fat 'cit' and a pretty young woman whom he is leading out of the boat. His hat and wig blow off, as does her hat, while her parasol is blown inside out. Other fat and elderly grotesques on the stairs (right) chase hats and wigs. Two comely young women sit in the stern (left). The houses by the stairs are ancient and small. The river is wide; on the opposite side (left) are buildings closely grouped round a large church, and suggesting Southwark."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Scudding under bare poles
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate., Publisher and date of publication from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. May 10th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11620 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Design was previously etched in nearly identical form on a different plate. For this earlier version published 10 April 1810 by Thomas Tegg, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 186., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 1 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Thames watermen pull a pair-oar wherry towards riverside stairs, much amused at the effects of the wind on a fat 'cit' and a pretty young woman whom he is leading out of the boat. His hat and wig blow off, as does her hat, while her parasol is blown inside out. Other fat and elderly grotesques on the stairs (right) chase hats and wigs. Two comely young women sit in the stern (left). The houses by the stairs are ancient and small. The river is wide; on the opposite side (left) are buildings closely grouped round a large church, and suggesting Southwark."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Scudding under bare poles
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate., Publisher and date of publication from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. May 10th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11620 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Design was previously etched in nearly identical form on a different plate. For this earlier version published 10 April 1810 by Thomas Tegg, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 186., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
