An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Volume 1, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 277); half-length standing to front with eyes to left, within landscape; dressed in plain coat and spotted waistcoat with his right hand resting on the portfolio held under his left arm; the lower part of the image cast in shadow; state with title and description."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1833,0610.12., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 1 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and With a clipping from volume 4 of Anecdotes of painting in England pasted below, beneath which Horace Walpole has added "pref. to 4th vol. of Anecd. of Painting" in ink.
Volume 2, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Lawrence; seated three-quarter length slightly to left in an oval, looking to the right, holding a sheet of figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet', completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand, which rests on a table at left; pilllar and trees behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 24 April 1789, by S. Watts, No. 28 Walcot-place, Lambeth & to be had at T. Ryders, No. 34, Great Titchfield St.
Volume 2, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Lawrence; seated three-quarter length slightly to left in an oval, looking to the right, holding a sheet of figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet', completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand, which rests on a table at left; pilllar and trees behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 1 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; oval image 32.1 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 41.4 x 32.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 24 April 1789, by S. Watts, No. 28 Walcot-place, Lambeth & to be had at T. Ryders, No. 34, Great Titchfield St.
Profile portrait depicting the young traveller Henry Bunbury wearing an academic gown and mortar board. This drawing was used as the basis for Thomas Patch’s conversation piece of the interior of his Florentine studio painted in 1770 and now in the collection of the Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington
Alternative Title:
Mr. Bunbury, 1769
Description:
Title and date inscribed by the artist (?) in lower right., Unsigned; attributed to Thomas Patch., Inscribed below the title in a different hand: Drawn by Gezze at Florence., and From the same sheet as another drawing of "Valentino, Servitore di Piazza, 1769", now separated.
A caricature conversation group portrait depicting a gathering in the studio of the amateur artist Henry William Bunbury. Bunbury is seated at a round table in the center. The man presenting arms to him is Captain Walcott. At the right, wearing a tricorne hat is Captain Elliott. Patch is seated at his easel in the background and is painting the commmedia dell-arte character Puchinello. On the left, a servant holding back a curtain for an arriving guest has been identified as Valentino, Servitore di Piazza. Two paintings hang on the back wall. One to the left is a view of King’s College Cambridge. The other a figure and a horse
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Inscribed on verso: Henry Wm. Bunbury Rome 1770, aetat suae 20"., and Identifications are based on drawings published by W.B. Watson, “Thomas Patch, Some new light on his work” Apollo (May 1967), 348-353.
