Portrait of Robert De Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford; head in profile to right, wearing jewelled crown
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a drawing kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 204 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 13.3 x 10.2 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published July 10th, 1782, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Ireland, Robert de Vere, Duke of, 1362-1392, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 4. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A maid standing in a landscape with an empty basket in hand, looking out longingly, another behind her bends down to pick up a pail, in the distance across fields a steeple at left and cottage at right; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2971., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse etched below title: No care, but love, can discompose her breast. Love, of all cares, the sweetest, and the best., and Mounted on page 4 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 20, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
"A woman sitting in a chair at left reading from a book to a girl with a dog and boy standing and another girl sitting at right, all with sullen expressions; after Bunbury, second state before publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3002., Four lines of verse below title: By angels caught, all-hallow'd as they flow, are tears we shed for sorrows not our own; and bosoms heaving for anothers woe, waft their own incense to the heavenly throne. EW [monogram]., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: ?Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687., and Mounted on page 101 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 29, 1782, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
"A woman sitting in a chair at left reading from a book to a girl with a dog and boy standing and another girl sitting at right, all with sullen expressions; after Bunbury, second state before publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3002., Four lines of verse below title: By angels caught, all-hallow'd as they flow, are tears we shed for sorrows not our own; and bosoms heaving for anothers woe, waft their own incense to the heavenly throne. EW [monogram]., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: ?Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687., Mounted on page 101 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : stipple engraving in sepia ink on laid paper ; sheet 28.6 x 19.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 29, 1782, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Volume 1, page 26. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman sitting to left, singing from the book of music she holds in her hand, turned slightly away from the viewer and dressed in volumptuous skirts and a turban; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably engraved by John Raphael Smith; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0512.533., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to Sir William Jones's poem 'The palace of fortune, an Indian tale'., Two lines of verse below title: Through the calm air, the melting numbers float, and wanton echo lengthens every note., Temporary local subject terms: Music., and Mounted on page 26 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 20, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
"A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visible above trees behind and landscape beyond at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kate of Aberdeen and Scene in the Scottish Highlands
Description:
Title from text below image., "It is assumed that the inscribed engraver's name is a mistake, and should read 'P.W. Tomkins'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to a circular shape with loss of all text apart from the statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1870,1008.36., Eight lines of verse below title, beginning: "Now Blithsom oer the dewy mead ...", and Mounted on page 33 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 4, 1782, by T. Macklin, No. 30 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Villages, Country life, Celebrations, and Shepherds
Volume 2, page 8. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two girls in black capes and chip hats, their hair dressed high with ringlets, playing guitars, with a couple of dogs for audience, while a young man in a plumed hat ogles them but is pushed aside by a horrified monk, behind to right, a norman castle in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Friar-Phillip's geese : a tale from La Fontaine
Description:
Title in French and English etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Six lines of verse, in French and English, etched below each title. Verses in English begin: Oh the sweet bird, cries the lad in the utmost transport of joy, prithee sing a little ..., and Mounted on page 8 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 3d, 1782, by T. Watson, No. 33 Strand
White, Charles William, active 1775-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 March 1782]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 4. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman in fashionable dress standing whole-length to front, head bowed to right, her hands clasped together in front of her in fur-trimmed gloves; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury, first (possibly only) state, from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther., "Plate the 13th"--Lower right corner., and Mounted on page 4 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published March the 21st, 1782, by C.W. White, Kemps Row, Chelsea, London