- Creator:
- James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, Britishafter Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
- Title:
- Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One
- Date:
- 1774
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "44551 (encircled)"; on back, lower right: "I"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11143
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- waistcoats | taming | wigs | tamer | costume | queue wigs | muzzle | tricornes | genre subject | bear | gesture | entertainer | chain | satire | men | music | parody | trumpet | animal | breeches (trousers) | coats | staff (walking stick) | audience | humor | performance
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30583