I Will Pay No More Debts of Her Contracting

Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British, I Will Pay No More Debts of Her Contracting, 1772

Creator:

Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
after Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Published by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806

Title:

I Will Pay No More Debts of Her Contracting

Additional Title(s):

I Will Pay No More Depts of Her Contracting

Date:

1772

Medium:

Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 1/2 inches (33.1 x 24.2 cm), Plate: 10 1/8 x 6 9/16 inches (25.7 x 16.7 cm), Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (22.3 x 15.8 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "44538 (encircled)"

Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Mr. Bunbury delin."; lower center: "I will pay no more debts of her Contracting. | Publish'd 5th. (5 reversed) December 1772 by J. Bretherton New Bond Street (S reversed)"; lower right: "J. Bretherton f."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.11155

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30600

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