Print made by Charles Bretherton, ca. 1760–1783, British, Postiglione Germanico, 1772
- Title:
- Postiglione Germanico
- Date:
- 1772
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (27.5 x 21.6 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (21 x 14.9 cm), Image: 7 3/16 x 5 5/8 inches (18.3 x 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "18445"; on back, lower right: "III"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "JWBunbury delin."; lower center: "POSTIGLIONE GERMANICO | Publish'd as the Act directs April 1772 by J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street."; lower right: "Chas. Bretherton junr. f."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11172
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- building | coat | costume | dog (animal) | door | driver | genre subject | German | hat | man | parody | pipe (smoking equipment) | postilion | satire | smoke | smoking (activity) | stairs | trees | waistcoat | whip
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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