Cleanse thy stuff'd bosom of that perilous Stuff (Shaks.r Mack;); A Seller of Pamphlets, 1767: P.14835-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cleanse thy stuff'd bosom of that perilous Stuff (Shaks.r Mack;); A Seller of Pamphlets, 1767
Portrait of of William Lynch, Seller of Pamphlets

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bretherton, Charles
Draughtsman: Orde, Thomas (After)

Entities

Description

Etching on laid paper. Full-length portrait of a middle-aged man standing with his hands behind his back turned slightly towards the right, a settle behind him to the left. He wears a short wig, cravat and waistcoat with a long coat that is unbuttoned to the waist and shoes with square buckles. Title and production details inscribed on the plate below: 'Cleanse thy stuff'd bosom of that perilous Stuff (Shaks.r Mack;) / Taken from the life Jany 1769 y now by desire of several of his old / customers dedicated to y.e pious y decent memory of Mr W.m Lynch / Mr Orde del. Ch.s Bretherton f.'. On the verso, a handwritten inscription in graphite: 'A seller of pamphlets 1767' and at upper left, an inscription written in brown ink which relates the print to the collection of John Chaloner Smith (1827-1895): 'JCSmith / 8.391(2)'. P.14835-R is mounted on a sheet of heavy, wove paper impressed with the collector's stamp of John Chaloner Smith at upper left. Curatorial transcriptions in graphite on the sheet below the print: 'Orde del. [to left] 'Chas Bretherton fe.' [to right] / 'on back - A seller of pamphlets 1767 / Bretherton also etched / the plate "A Concert / (at Cambridge) / see in large Cambridge / Portraits portfolio'. In a different hand at lower left: 'Sometimes called a portrait of Macklin [Charles Macklin 1690-1797] / the actor, whom it slightly resembles.'. Written on the sheet in the same hand underneath the print: '1958*'. See Notes.