Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Gin lane. A cross-looking S. Gripe pawnbroker (1) stands in the doorway of his shop in the slum of St. Giles, Westminster as he examines a coat and a saw strapped to it as another man (2) in a hat converses with him. Below a man (3) and dog both knaw on a bone. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Detail of a reversed copy of William Hogarth's Southwark Fair. From the left portion of the original design showing a theatrical establishment showing the fall of Troy as a figure in a plumed Roman helmet (1) tumbles backwards as two figures (2 and 3) grasp a pole. The lantern center is labeled "The fall of Bajazet'. Above the drawing is the letter 'K'. Images are numbered as if to a key which is lacking here
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature head and shoulders in profile looking right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Subject and printmaker identified by Horace Walpole on his impression in: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq., and after his designs. [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792], v. 1, page 9 (Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature head and shoulders in profile looking right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Subject and printmaker identified by Horace Walpole on his impression in: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq., and after his designs. [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792], v. 1, page 9 (Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 9 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 13.1 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink below plate mark: Dr. Goldsmith, drawn & etched by Mr. Bunbury.
A man (a pugilist?) carrying his hat in his right hand runs along the street of Covent Garden Pizza, a switch in his left hand with a bundle of switches in under his left arm
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: [The] roaring blades who nightly rove, [the] fam'd Broughtonian sons ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: John Smith, fl. 1732-1746., Watermark: countermark W., and Manuscript note in later hand above image: Jack Smith better known by the name of Buck Horse -- The celebrated old pugilist -- Scene Covent Garden Piazza.
Publisher:
Publish'd & sold by Thos. Bowen, Printseller at [the] Golden Pallet in Shug Lane, near the Haymarket, St. James's
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on A dictionary of English costume by C. Willett Cunnington et al., London : A. & C. Black [1960], p. 249., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Priests.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
