[Album of drawings by Henry William Bunbury and Henry Bunbury] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Album of drawings by Henry William Bunbury and Henry Bunbury] [art original].
- Creator
- Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860, collector, artist
- Contributor
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
- Published / Created
- [between 1780 and 1821]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
An album compiled by Sir Henry Edward Bunbury containing character studies and humorous depictions of coaching, hunting, military, domestic scenes, dogs, and people (mostly caricatures) from a variety of social stations, drawn by him or his father in a variety of mediuma directly on the blue album paper or drawn on laid paper that has been mounted on the album paper. Many of the drawings include titles and dates. Also included is a sheet of eleven men shown in profile drawn by an amateur artist "Miss Jones" and entitled "The worthy magistrates and other inhabitants of [illegible] Ashford ... taken by representative of R.B. Esq. at [illegible] ... 1806 by Miss Jones."
- Description
-
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Edward Bunbury (1778-1860), a professional military officer and later, member of Parliament and published historian, was also a caricaturist whose work is very similar to that of his father, Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811).
Title devised by cataloger.
Dated from internal evidence.
Three drawings removed and folded separately.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- From the collection of Professor John C. Riely. Sold at Brunk Auctions, 26 September 2024, lot 55, to The Old Print Shop for The Lewis Walpole Library.
- Extent
- 43 drawings in 1 album : binding 32 x 50 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B87 780
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Amateur works
Caricatures
Graphite drawings
Ink drawings
Chalk drawings
Albums (books)
Satires (Visual works) - Material
- graphite, pen, and chalk ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Caricatures
Clegy
Carriages & coaches
Country life
Couples
Dogs
Hunting
Judges
Servants - Subjects
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Caricatures
Clegy
Carriages & coaches
Country life > England
Couples
Dogs
Hunting
Judges
Servants
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Sir Henry Bunbury, Album of drawings by Henry William Bunbury and Henry Bunbury. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17416528
- Object ID (OID)
- 33283518