Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British, The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted, 1773
- Title:
- The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1773
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 inches (27.1 x 38.4 cm), Plate: 8 3/4 x 12 15/16 inches (22.3 x 32.8 cm), Image: 7 13/16 x 12 3/8 inches (19.9 x 31.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "44541 (encircled)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Mr. Bunbury del. | Scarron. B. 2d."; lower center: "THE SLUMBERS OF RAGOTIN INTERRUPTED."; lower right: "Js. Bretherton f. | Publish'd May 29th. 1773."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11180
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal | attack | bed (furniture) | bowls (vessels) | canopy (bed component) | cape (outerwear) | caricature | chairs | coats | comedy | costume | dresses | dwarf | feathers | fiction | fireplace | fringe | frown | genre subject | hats | headscarves | humor | illustration | interior | jackboots | lovers | men | novel | parody | pots | ram (animal) | satire | scheming | sword | The Roman Comique, 1651-1659, by Paul Scarron (1610-1660) | women
- Associated People:
- Inezilla
Ragotin - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30643
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