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[A masquerade scene Kensington Gardens.] Jack on a Cruise. A Missey in ye Offing.
Sam: Sharp-Eye del.t ad vivam. J. Bretherton fec.t.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 2d July 1772, by J. Bretherton N° 134 New Bond Street.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 185mm (8¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing title and publisher's line.
A figure, wearing a woman's hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts but with a sailor's trousers bow legs, bears down on an unsuspecting young woman. A dog barks at the disguised sailor.
BM Satires 5083, suggesting the artist was Bunbury.
[Ref: 41779] £95.00
[Publish'd as the Act directs 2d July 1772, by J. Bretherton N° 134 New Bond Street.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 185mm (8¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing title and publisher's line.
A figure, wearing a woman's hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts but with a sailor's trousers bow legs, bears down on an unsuspecting young woman. A dog barks at the disguised sailor.
BM Satires 5083, suggesting the artist was Bunbury.
[Ref: 41779] £95.00