Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior scene, with a family gathered on the left and looking over at a seated man on the opposite side of the room. The father, sitting in a chair, lights his pipe using the candle on the small table next to him; a pitcher and two mugs are also seen on the table. Behind the father stands his wife, and on the floor beside him sits a young girl. The other man, sitting across the table from the father, is wearing a coat and hat; his left hand is extended, perhaps reaching for his mug
Description:
Title and date from local card catalog record., Signed within image with the artist's initials., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Conversation, Candles, Pipes (Smoking), Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
A drawing for Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Description:
Title and date based on published print engraved by J. Coles and published in London by Thomas Macklin, November 30th, 1792. and Formerly in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. See Macklin print.
A full-length caricature of a man in profile walking to the left with a folded umbrella held in the crook of his arm. Behind in on the right, a small figure
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
A caricature of an elderly woman, shown full-length, walking in profile to the left and holding a folded fan in her hand. A tiny dog (sheep?) follows behind her
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by curator. and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four men stand at center, in front of an exterior wall or fence and beside a barrel on the left. One man plays a horn, in response to which a dog on the far right stands on its hind legs
Description:
Title and date from local card catalog record., Signed with the artist's initials in lower right portion of image., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Subject (Topic):
Trained animals, Dogs, Wind instruments, and Barrels
SH Contents B87 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room A:B
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A view of Richmond Hill, near Twickenham
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Formerly hung on the staircase at Strawberry Hill. See Description of Strawberry Hill, vol. ii, p. 420., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Richmond Hill (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
A soldier, possibly from the English Civil War, looks with shock towards an arrow embedded in his chest. He sits, surrounded by foliage, holding a dagger in his right hand
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attributed to Henry William Bunbury., and Date from dealer's description.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, War casualties, Arrows, and Daggers & swords
Two peddlers carrying wares walk down the street possibly engaged in the 'cries' of their trade. The man carries a bundle of wood on his back, and the woman carries dead fowl by their legs
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Bunbury., and For further information, consult library staff.
Two men gently lay an unconscious woman down on a soft mound of turf in the forest while a third man and two dogs observe the effort. The three men are armed with quivers of arrows and swords
Alternative Title:
Three men rescuing an injured woman and Supposed death of Imogen
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Bunbury., Date from local catalog card., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Wounds & injuries, Loss of consciousness, Dogs, and Rescues
William Pitt, wearing a tricorn hat and large sword at his side, stands defiantly shouting at a group of four men and one woman. He holds a rolled document in his fist behind him. One of the men, his hands outstretched as if to hold off Pitt or calm him down, confronts him while his companions cower behind him. The woman has fallen to her knees and turns in terror
Alternative Title:
Dreaded apparition
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Undated, but possibly just after Pitt's death; signed in lower right., Written in pencil in another hand: Vide Life of Mr. Pitt by the Bishop of Winchester. Page 285 - Vol. 1., and Written in pencil on verso in a later hand: Dreaded apparition.