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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures, Clegy, Carriages & coaches, Country life, Couples, Dogs, Hunting, Judges, and Servants
A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
Alternative Title:
Changing horses on the road to Paris
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
Subject (Geographic):
Clermont (France) and France.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Carlisle, Isabella Howard, Countess of, 1721-1795, artist
Published / Created:
[1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 9 Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with the artist's initials in lower portion of image., Date of production from ink annotation below image: Isabella Carlisle 1760., and Mounted on page 9 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated in ink on verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
