Caricatures.- Bretherton (James) A Tour to Foreign
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NO RESERVE Caricatures.- Bretherton (James, fl. 1750-1799) A Tour to Foreign Parts, large satire after Henry William Bunbury, illustrating a scene in the courtyard of a French posting inn with a young gentleman on a Grand Tour accompanied by his clergyman, etching on laid paper without watermark, sheet 395 x 510 mm. (15 1/2 x 20 1/8 in), trimmed to image and remargined, old folds, minor surface dirt, publication date partly burnished out, unframed, [BM Satires 4732], [1787 or slightly later]; together with a slightly compromised impression of The Kitchen of a French Post House, La Cuisine de la Poste, [BM 4764], and A Family Piece, after Bunbury, from an edition published aside from William Dickinson's series, etching and stipple with original hand-colouring on wove paper, platemark 260 x 350 mm. (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 295 x 405 mm. (11 5/8 x 15 3/4 in), marginal loss to upper left corner, surface dirt and minor handling creases, unframed, [BM 5921], [circa 1780s] (3)
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Caricatures.- Bretherton (James) A Tour to Foreign
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