Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1773?]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.02.06.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Cambridge don in profile looking left, wearing mortar board and walks with his hands in his pockets. He has a large belly and his chin protudes towards his nose. In the distance in the background are Cambridge University buildings
Description:
Title from text below image. and State without imprint. For a variant state published 6 February 1773 by J. Bretherton, see no. 4726 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Leaf 71. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Markett place at Cambridge, Market place at Cambridge, and Marketplace at Cambridge
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 408., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 71 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Cambridge (England)
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Buildings, Teachers, Students, Academic costumes, and Street vendors
"View in an oval frame, showing different parts of the school and hospital on Newgate Street, London; an arcade at the back lines one side of the courtyard, pupils and school masters in yard; below a paragraph on the history of the building, from a separate plate; illustration to Smith's 'Antiquities of London'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington
Description:
Title etched within lower border of oval image., Heading to six lines of engraved text on a separate plate (7.5 x 17.5 cm), printed beneath plate with image: A view of the library founded in 1429 by Richard Whittington., Citation at bottom of text on separate plate: See Pennants London 3d edition., Plate from: Smith, J.T. Antiquities of London and its environs. London : Pubd. by J. Sewell [etc.], 1791[-1800]., and Bound in opposite page 205 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by N. Smith, Gt. Mays Buildings, St. Martins Lane
Leaf 73. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes printed on one sheet, the subjects relate to Bunbury's days as a student at Cambridge. "Pot Fair Cambridge": pots are laid out on tables for sale. A fat divine stumbles backward as dogs fight in the foreground. A seller at right is alarmed as he threatens to fall onto her table. "The College Gate": Three men ride off in different directions after coming through a gate with square brick pillars surmounted by stone vases. Behind the left rider walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap. Through the gateway we are shown a short fat man in a clerical wig standing on a mounting block as a groom approaches with his horse."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Alternative Title:
Pot fair Cambridge ; The college gate
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with its own title and statement of responsibility., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1790, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1861., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Top image is a reduced copy of no. 4729 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Bottom image is a reduced copy of no. 5804 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and On leaf 73 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
University of Cambridge, and King's College (University of Cambridge). Chapel,
Subject (Topic):
Pottery, Dogs, Students, Teachers, Gates, Horses, and Clergy
A group of three students wearing mortar caps sit in the center of a classroom as their examiners on either side pose questions in Latin. The large student in the middle rubs his chin, a worried look on his face. In the foreground on the right, a dog urinates on an open volume of Aristotle
Alternative Title:
Examination in the public schoots at Ox-d for a degree and Examination in the public schools at Oxford for a degree
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably by James Hook., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Britannia with olive branch on oval shield with crown above.
Publisher:
Pub. June 20, 1789, by I. Bradshaw, Coventry St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford
Subject (Topic):
Students, Education, Dogs, Classrooms, Examinations, Teachers, and Urination
Leaf 62. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of four academics sit at a table playing cards; a fifth stands to the left in front of a screen. A thin serving woman (right) brings in a bottle of wine and a glass of wine on a tray. A portrait of a smiling man hangs on the back wall, along with cloaks and hats. One little dog stands next to the servant; a second dog is on the left
Alternative Title:
Christmas academics, playing a rubber at whist
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike; plate originally published ca. 1800?, Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A copy in reverse of no. 4728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and On leaf 62 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Servants, and Teachers
Title below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from Puck's city of origin., Above image: Puck., Published in Puck, 14 April 1880., 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 (Name):
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery.
Subject (Topic):
Medical students, Medical education, Physicians, Malpractice, Mills, Teachers, Diplomas, and Cemeteries
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 January 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 59. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Cambridge academics: four dons are playing whist, grimacing at each other; a man standing beside the table holds up his hand spreading his fingers to signal the cards held by a player seated in front of him; an old woman serves wine; two dogs approach the table; on the wall behind is a portrait of Archbishop Synge."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Christmas academics
Description:
Title from text below image, Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Games: Whist -- Cambridge: Combination Room -- Archbishop Singe -- Christmas., and Mounted on page 59 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 20th Jany. 1773 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
