Les oyes de Frere-Philippe [graphic] : conte tiré de La Fontaine = Friar-Phillip's geese : a tale from La Fontaine / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engrav'd by Thos. Watson.
- Creator:
- Watson, Thomas, 1750-1781, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [3 October 1782]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : stipple engraving with etching in red ink on laid paper ; circular image 30.7 cm, on sheet 41.2 x 36.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title in French and English etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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Six lines of verse, in French and English, etched below each title. Verses in English begin: Oh the sweet bird, cries the lad in the utmost transport of joy, prithee sing a little ... - Abstract:
- "Two girls in black capes and chip hats, their hair dressed high with ringlets, playing guitars, with a couple of dogs for audience, while a young man in a plumed hat ogles them but is pushed aside by a horrified monk, behind to right, a norman castle in the background."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Friar-Phillip's geese :
- Topics:
- Capes (Clothing)
Castles & palaces.
Dogs.
Hats.
Monks.
Stringed instruments. - Topics:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
La Fontaine, Jean de,--1621-1695--Illustrations.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Watson, Thomas, active 1781-1792, publisher. - Language:
- English
French - Genre:
- Illustrations.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1782. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Call Number:
- 49 3563
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 15377561
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr21984
- OID:
- 17355630
- PID:
- digcoll:5255732
