The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]

Description

Title: The Fish-Street macaroni [graphic]
Creator: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs March 29, 1772, by J. Bretherton, New Bond Street No. 134
Abstract: "Satire on a prosperous City of London merchant: a portly man, grinning happily, beside the entrance to a suburban pleasure garden called "The New Paradise" to which "No Gentlemen or Ladies to be admitted with Nails in their Shoes. Recreation & Refreshment at 6d. pr. Head"; he wears an embroidered waistcoat and carries a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tea gardens: 'The New Paradise,' Fish-Street.
Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 26.5 x 17.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.6 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 37 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English