Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 21. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman is seen from behind, walking away from the viewer with her head turned to the left. A boy holds her right hand and a smaller girl holds her left hand. An instrument hangs from a strap around her shoulders. On the rise above her to the right is a house, and a town is visible in the distance on the left
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 25 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Clothing & dress, Musical instruments, and Dwellings
Volume 2, page 95. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy (left), both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury that were first published by Thomas Macklin., For a reissue published 1 January 1809 by J. Deeley, see no. 11456 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Mounted on page 95 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 10th, 1796, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Military uniforms, Hand lenses, Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Muffs, Dogs, and Pulleys
Volume 2, page 6. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man driving (right to left) one of the new high two-wheeled gigs, see British Museum Satires Nos. 5933, 6143. Its small body is poised high on springs above the large wheels; the driver leans forward to whip his pair of high-stepping horses, which are about to descend a precipitous hill. He wears the plain high-crowned hat which was so great a novelty in 1781 (see British Museum Satires No. 5931, &c.) and top-boots. On the panel of the gig is a draped escutcheon with monogram or cipher. In the foreground are bushes and rough ground with a milestone, "Miles XXI"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. "Sir Gregory Gigg ...", song from Son in law -- Vehicles: Two-wheeled gigs., and Mounted on page 6 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. July 23d, 1782, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Horses, Whips, and Traffic signs & signals
Volume 2, page 88. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"St. Bernard, a circular halo above his head, stands with admonitory upraised thumb addressing two shamefaced men who, like himself, wear monk's robes; behind the Saint is a seated dog. In the background are three other monks. Two doorways, one gothic, are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Bruno reproving his desciples and St. Bruno reproving his disciples
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 88 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs June 1st, 1794, by J. Jones, No. 74 Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 94. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two sailors stand behind a stout woman with a mischievous look on her face and eagerly attempt to embrace her. A soldier wearing a tricorne and carrying a musket stands on the right and watches the scene. An arched passageway is visible on the wall in the background; a low pylon with chains attached is seen on the far left
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One of a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury that were first published by Thomas Macklin., For a mention of the reissued set of plates published 1 January 1809 by J. Deeley, see no. 11456 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Mounted on page 94 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 10th, 1796, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Volume 2, page 84. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of polite conversation
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For prints of similar composition and subject matter, see nos. 8537 and 8538 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Mounted on page 84 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 1st, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 December 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In his kitchen, the angry sultan stands at right with a stick in his hand, ready to swing for the figure in the fireplace at left, which is actually the body of a man suspended by loops of rope under his arms, the sultan's wife standing behind at right; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 45 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Decr. 24, 1785, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Sultans, Anger, Kitchens, Staffs (Sticks), and Fireplaces
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 90. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 90 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Augst. 1, 1791, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 47. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and two women with turbans seated round a table drinking from large goblets; in the background cushions and a lute; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Belle estrangère empoisonneé par sa soeur, tiré de lhistoire du docteur juif : vide le petit bossu, daus Les contes arabes
Description:
Titles from text in English and French below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 47 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, 31st March 1787, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Tables, Turbans, and Lutes
Volume 2, page 99. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The beggar kneeling to left, holding a stick, his hat on the ground in front of him, at right a dog jumping up at a woman; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "First state before letters of title filled in"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0716.240., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A blind beggar that had long lost his sight, he had a fair daughter of beauty most bright, and many a gallant brave suitor had she, for none was so comely as pretty Bessey ..., Illustration to the anonymous ballad 'The blind beggar of Bethnal Green'., and Mounted on page 99 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 20, 1790, by T. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
