Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Punch-like figure is shown standing to front, with head in profile to the left, holding a paper in each hand. A goat stands beside him on the right; a pole with a sign 'To Wynnstay' (lettered backwards) is on the left, pointing to the right. A design for an admission ticket for the theater at Wynnstay, the private theater of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
Alternative Title:
To Wynnstay
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with a related drawing and a print on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design, with image and letters in reverse, for no. 7069A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Volume 2, page 91. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman walks between two children, her left hand grasping one handle of a basket laden with flowers while the young girl walking beside her grasps the other handle with both hands. She looks down to the left at the boy walking on her right side; he balances a basket of fish on his head. Grass is seen on the path in the foreground; a tower is visible in the background
Alternative Title:
Carrying flowers
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 91 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 20, 1795, by W. Dickinson, No. 53 Piccadilly
Volume 2, page 91. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two women walk holding the ends of a stick stretched between them, from which a large basket loaded with grapes is suspended. A young girl walks to the left of them, absorbed in the bunch of grapes she holds in front of her face. Greenery and a distant village are seen in the background
Alternative Title:
Carrying grapes
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 91 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 20, 1795, by W. Dickinson, No. 53 Piccadilly
Volume 2, page 63. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman in a bonnet hunching over and pulling her cloak around her against the high wind and rain, blowing her skirts from the left; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2427., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 63 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The storm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.440., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 62 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The repose.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 March 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 59. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 133. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Figures grouped around the body of the Count on a bed, his face obscured by the canopy, his lover kneeling over him and holding his hand, a man seen from the back kneeling in prayer before the bed and a small boy carrying a bowl and towel at the end, in the foreground at left a guard stands sentry; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2993., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 59 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Ink annotations in lower margin provide the title "The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage", the statements of responsibility "Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f.", and the publication line "Publish'd 9th March 1788".
Publisher:
James Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Deathbeds, Canopy beds, Wounds & injuries, Prayer, and Guards
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text on reissued state, published by J. Harris on 1 March 1799; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 799.03.01.01., For a slightly earlier state, before the date following printmaker's name was changed from "Jany." to "March", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., A single design on three plates., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 27 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 3 prints forming 1 image : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheets 52 x 47 cm or smaller., and Sheet trimmed within plate marks.
Volume 2, page 43. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of sailors at rest, one leaning against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand, opposite him three of his companions are grouped around a barrel while another is in an embrace with a woman on a sack in the foreground, a figure behind him looking solemnly out to the front, the masts of a ship over a wall behind, another figure beyond tugging a rope; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H. Bunbury Esqr
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 43 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Volume 2, page 18. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Bothwell sitting beside a cot, where a child lies sleeping, her hands raised, looking down at it sorrowfully, while another sits with her back to the viewer, pouring a cup and a lady wearing a beret stands in the doorway in the background to right, looking out; in a roundel; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi., State with publication line only. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, verses, and dedication added below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1597., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to the ballad 'Lady Ann Bothwell's lament'., Mounted on page 18 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title "Lady Bothwell's lamentation" added by Horace Walpole in ink below image, beneath which he also added the verses "Ballow, my babe, lie still and sleep, it grieves me sore to see thee weep".
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 20th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Bothwell, Ann, Lady,
Subject (Topic):
Cribs (Children's beds), Infants, Grief, and Pitchers
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., and Mounted on page 15 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street