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James Bretherton

14 works

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Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark doublet and white ruff collar, captioned Thomas Allen M.A.

Thomas Allen. Etching by J. Bretherton

Etching of a ragged seated beggar on a bank, cloak draped over his shoulders, looking toward the viewer.

Beggar seated on a bank

1760

Etching of an old man shading his eyes with his raised hand, wearing a hat and fur-trimmed collar.

Old man shading his eyes with his hand

1760

Etching of a haloed figure with raised arms preaching to a crowd around a stone block in an arched interior.

Christ preaching ('La petite Tombe')

1760

Etching of Christ seated at a well speaking with the Samaritan woman, surrounded by crumbling arches and ruins.

Christ and the woman of Samaria among ruins

1760

Etching of a rat catcher with a pole and hanging dead animals, speaking to figures in a doorway beside a barrel.

The rat catcher

1760

Etching of an elderly woman with closed eyes wearing a plumed headdress and fur-trimmed collar against hatched shadow.

Old woman sleeping

1760

Sepia etching of a crowded Sunday concert with musicians around a harpsichord and an audience in period dress.

A Sunday Concert

n.d.

A Sketch (Portrait of George Stubbs)

second half 18th century

Pen and ink caricature of three men playing cello, horn and flute, titled Concerto Spirituale, 1773.

Concerto Spirituale

March 23, 1773

Etching of a line of 18th-century figures in tall bonnets and tricorn hats walking along a coastal cliff path.

A Trip to Scarborough

March 3, 1783

Beggar man and woman behind a bank

1760

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a high fur cap and fur collar, turned three quarters right, gazing outward.

Bust of a man wearing a high cap, three quarters right: the artist's father (?)

1760

Etching of an old bearded man with his head bowed forward, shaded hair and flowing beard, within a thin border.

Bust of an old man with a flowing beard: the head bowed forward: left shoulder unshaded

1760

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