Details

Subject(s)

• Caricature [Browse]
• Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660. Roman comique—Illustrations [Browse]
• Accidents—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Animals—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Dogs—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Sleep—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• French fiction—17th century—Illustrations [Browse]
• French literature—17th century—Illustrations [Browse]

Illustrator

• Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811 [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Etchings
• Depiction: Caricature illustration of room with four men and three women; dog leaps at small man who sleeps while seated in a chair.
• Signed in plate, lower left: "Mr. Bunbury del. Scarron B 2d".
• Signed in plate, lower right: "Js. Bretherton f.".

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 5218

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