In two rows of three, from top left: a young man, his right knee resting against a rock, pulls back his short cape to reveal a small bouquet of flowers; a young couple embrace and toasting with wine glasses; a young couple seated and in conversation; a young woman in a headdress with feathers and touches to her face a folded fan; a couple dance; an older, short woman stands in profile to the right, her head slightly turned towards the viewer
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: royal cipher with initials GR inside a cirle.
Volume 1, page 32. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three young women dancing holding their hands, within oval; young boy seated on carved stone playing flute on left, landscape in the background, after Henry Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist and printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.951., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 32 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Statements of responsibility added in ink below image: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 10th, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., Proof state before title. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The tender mother., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
A young woman, viewed in profile, sits on a stool reading a book as Cupid, with his bow in hand, reaches to touch her with his arrow turning to smile at the viewer as he does so. In front of the woman is a table with more books, paper, and a feather pen in an ink well as well as an oil lamp. To the left on the ground is a large urn
Description:
Title and publication date assigned by curator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Books, Cupids, Lamps, Reading, Women, Vases, and Writing materials
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)
"Young woman holding music score and singing with her young brother on left, two other women playing lute and singing on right, dog asleep in the foreground, landscape seen through arch in the background, within roundel; after Henry Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Young musicians
Description:
Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi., "Proof with publication details only"--British Museum online catalogue., For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, verses, and dedication added below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.949., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1874,0711.776., and Mounted on page 41 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1st, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
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
"A lady nurses a sleeping baby while another older girl approaches from the left; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.10396., Proof state before title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., Companion print to: The happy mother., Sheet annotated at top with the name "James Gillray," written in ink and in a contemporary hand., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
In a winter landscape, a man smoking a pipe carries an axe under one arm as he walks down a path in a field, a dog walking beside him; in his belt is a large knife, and in the distance on the left is a thatched cottage beyond a fence and stone wall
Description:
Title from published state. See: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1941,1011.3. and Artist, printmaker, and publication information from statement of responsibility and imprint on published state: Barker pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt. London, Published June 1, 1792, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1780]
Call Number:
Bunbury 780.03.04.01.3+
Collection Title:
Page 29. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"'Three French girls before a castle gate', standing in the line with books under their arms, the girl at left with her hands under her apron, looking at the ground, the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked into her dress and the third with flowers on her bonnet, at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Three girls before Medieval gate
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Edmeads 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd 4th March 1780 by Js. Bretherton, New Bond Street
