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Newmarket: A Shot at a Hawk

Satirical Print
March 1777 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Caricature print of a book-maker and his client.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNewmarket: A Shot at a Hawk (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Newmarket: A Shot at a Hawk. Caricature of a book-maker and his client. Etching by James Bretherton after Henry William Bunbury, 1777.
Physical description
Caricature print of a book-maker and his client.
Dimensions
  • Cut height: 24.1cm
  • Cut width: 25.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Mr. Bunbury del J. Bretherton f. Published [1st?] March 1777.' (Lettered with title and)
Credit line
Given by Westminster City Council
Object history
The caricature is dated c.1770 in the British Museum Catalogue, but this impression shows faintly the publication dated quoted.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1738-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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