[A tale of love] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A tale of love] [graphic].
Creator: Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: James Bretherton
Abstract: "A group in a garden room listening to a girl read, seated in the centre with the book in her lap, two woman sitting on either side of her, one patting a dog at right, the other with solemn expression, which has been noticed by a man standing against the wall at right, gesturing towards her, another standing directly behind her looks on with concern, a child sitting on the floor beside a large sleeping dog, his eyes raised up; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description: Title, printmaker, artist, and publication information from lettered state.
Proof before letters. For a later state published 3 March 1786, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1940,1109.105.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Note on verso: From Bunbury Album, p. 50.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 444 x 357 mm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Proofs before letters
Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Material: stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Children
Clothing & dress
Courtship
Dogs
Reading
Subjects: Children
Clothing & dress > 18th century
Courtship
Dogs
Reading
England > London > 1786

Access: Public
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