Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[27 February 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.02.27.06+
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, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Christmas academics
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 20 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 27th, 1799, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Title from item., From: The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World, London: Printed by William Jackson, 1733-1739., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
William Jackson
Subject (Topic):
Circumcision, Religious aspects, Judaism, Rites and ceremonies, Rabbis, Infants, Knives, Chairs, Wine, and Spectators
"Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Business at an end till Monday
Description:
Title from text below image., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a church -- Slang: crow & pigeon -- Placards., and Printmaker's name in lower left of image partially erased from plate. Possibly a restrike.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Cats, Clergy, Dogs, Firearms, Glassware, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, Tithes, Wine, and Wine cellars
"A pretty young woman leans back in an arm-chair while a hairdresser applies paint to her face from a small box. She wears a morning-gown which leaves her breast much exposed. A woman (left) stands full-face behind her chair pouring out a glass of 'Hollands'. On the right is a dressing-table. L. & W., No. 127 (where the title continues, 'of an Impure's Face')."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue; original drawing is in the Huntington Library., No. 127 in Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdressers -- Female costume: morning dress -- Furniture -- Domestic service: woman-servant -- Beverages., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend, top of sheet.
Publisher:
Published 13th Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Women domestics, and Wine
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Oxford chambers -- Oxford scholars -- Furniture: armchairs -- Screen -- Books -- Literature: Ovid's Art of Love -- Viola -- University education -- Slang: rook & gull., and Watermark: E & P.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Fireplaces, Glassware, Interiors, Musical instruments, and Wine
A man with multiple carbuncles on his face holds a map in his hands. Through the center of the map runs 'Rhino Fluvius'. The land is divided into provinces or states with names based on types of wines. Behind on the wall is a shelf with wine bottles, bowls, and glasses
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain probably the pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Later impression, imprint visibly worn.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st 1801 by Mr. Howitt, No. 15 Queen St., Soho
"A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image., First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title., Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ..., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
"A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silenus, fat, and partly draped in tartan; his right hand grasps Pitt's shoulder, in his left he holds up a brimming glass. He also is crowned with vine branches. Bunches of grapes hang down from a vine above their heads and are indicated as a background to the cask whose trestles are on a dais covered with a fringed carpet. Opposite the tun stands John Bull in profile to the left, looking up at Pitt, hat in hand; in his left hand is a lank purse, under his arm three empty bottles. He is a yokel, with lank hair and hydrocephalic head, wearing a smock and wrinkled gaiters. He says: "Pray Mr Bacchus have a bit of consideration for old John; - you know as how I've emptied my Purse already for you - & its waundedly hard to raise the price of a drop of Comfort, now that one's got no Money left for to pay for it!!!" Pitt says: "Twenty Pounds a T-Tun, ad-additional Duty i-i-if you d-d-don't like it at that, why t-t-t-then Dad & I will keep it all for o-o-our own Drinking, so here g-g-goes old Bu-Bu-Bull & Mouth!!! - "."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Wine duty, 1796 -- Mythology: Bacchus -- Silenus -- Containers: wine casks -- Allusion to Treasury., and Watermark: I Taylor.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
