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[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00