"In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young children build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings after paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting i`n loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
In a room, a small group of women and children watch as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at the right; a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay. On a chair on the right a lapdog jumps on the woman standing between the two young boys; in the left foreground two little girls build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background; after a painting by Hayman for Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in upper right corner: V. 6.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A collection of prints, mostly after designs by H.W. Bunbury and engraved by: Charles Bretherton, F. Bartolozzi, T. Trotter, M. Haughton, G. Shepheard, J. Baldrey, T. Watson, P.W. Tomkins, C. Knight, and J. Bretherton. Most prints were published by W. Dickinson; other publishers include: Watson and Dickinson, J. Jones, T.R. Smith. Other artists included: C. Bretherton, Angelica Kauffmann, and B. Scarron. Many of the prints are in multiple states, including proof before letters as well as multiple impressions, colored and uncolored
Description:
Title from spine., Bound in three quarter tan calf, marble boards, with spine title in gold: Bunbury album., and Typed list with titles and page numbers inserted; cross-referenced with Horace Walpole's two volume collection of Bunbury prints.
A young woman stands on a city street breast feeding her young baby who is cradled in a shawl tied around her body. She carries a large bundle of reeds over her left shoulder as she stands probably calling out words of her trade. She stands next to a pillar, her body obscuring the writing: Reign [...]412 [...]ine [...um].
Alternative Title:
Soho Square
Description:
Title etched below image., Probable book illustration. Possibly from a version of "London Cries" or related title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: John Hayes 1804.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 72 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Breast feeding, City & town life, Infants, Mothers, and Reeds (Plants)
Volume 2, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 5. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman seated in profile to right, holding a handkerchief on her laps with both hands; a little girl standing next to her, almost in profile to left, putting both hands on the woman's lap and looking up towards her; to right, an older girl seated, holding a book open on her lap with both hands, looking up to the sky; to left, a boy seated, in profile to left, blowing a trumpet; in a roundel; after H Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., State with dedication added above imprint statement. For an earlier state lacking this text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.953., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below title: The shade of my mother hovers round me, when in a still evening I sit in the midst of her children, I wish that she could look down upon us, and see that I fulfil the promise I made her to be a mother to them. Sorrows of Werter, Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the Honble. Miss Grenville, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Illustration to Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther., and Mounted on page 14 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 21st, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 5. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman seated in profile to right, holding a handkerchief on her laps with both hands; a little girl standing next to her, almost in profile to left, putting both hands on the woman's lap and looking up towards her; to right, an older girl seated, holding a book open on her lap with both hands, looking up to the sky; to left, a boy seated, in profile to left, blowing a trumpet; in a roundel; after H Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., State with dedication added above imprint statement. For an earlier state lacking this text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.953., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below title: The shade of my mother hovers round me, when in a still evening I sit in the midst of her children, I wish that she could look down upon us, and see that I fulfil the promise I made her to be a mother to them. Sorrows of Werter, Dedication etched above imprint statement: To the Honble. Miss Grenville, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Illustration to Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther., Mounted on page 5 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; circular image 30.0 cm, on sheet 40.1 x 36.0 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 21st, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
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
Title below image., Temporary local subject terms: Cupids -- Vases: amphoras -- Allusion to the myth of Artemis -- Architecture: bridges., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 5, 1792, by I.F. Tomkins, No. 49 New Bond Street
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 August 1786]
Call Number:
Drawer 786.08.29.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Companion print to "Children spouting tragedy" published by J.R. Smith October 27, 1785., Temporary local subject terms: Children acting -- Expressions of speech: spouting., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 29th 1786 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street