Grosvenor Prints

Clod Lumpwitz. Gib: Prof.
WHB [Henry Bunbury]. C.T.
[Bury St. Edmunds: G. Ingram, 1801.]
A rare etching. 172 x 171mm. 6¾ x 6¾".
A portrait of Professor Lumpwitz, harrassed by demons. Lumpwitz was supposed to be the author of 'Tales of the Devil, from the gibberish of Professor Lumpwitz S.U.S and C.A.C. in the University of Snoringberg'; however the book was written and illustrated by Henry W. Bunbury and was an attack on the fashion for gothic horror poetry, particularly Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.
[Ref: 14424] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Fish-Street Macaroni.
H.W.Bunbury delin: 1772 J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 29 1772 by J.Bretherton New Bond Street No.134
Etching. 165 x 225mm. Trimmed within platemark.
BM Satire 4713.
[Ref: 1036] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Damn Mambrino!
M.r Bunbury dek, J.s Bretherton f.
[n.d., c.1779.]
Etching. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate at sides, laid on album paper, foxing.
A seated fat man looks off to the right in disgust, having lost a wager, watched by his hunched dog. This satire was originally published in 1774 with the title ''Damn Bucephalus!'', probably inspired by the horse's close defeat by the famous Eclipse at Newmarket on 17 April 1770. Tim Clayton is quoted on the British Museum website: ''Lord Grosvenor's Mambrino had a highly successful career on the turf from 1773 to 1776 before being put out to stud; he attempted a comeback in 1779 which was unsuccessful. It appears likely, therefore, that Bretherton changed the title of the print from Damn Bucephalus! to Damn Mambrino! about 1779''.
BM 4731 & J,6.91.
[Ref: 59220] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Man with cane]
Mr. Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23d. December 1773.
Etching, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
BM Satire 4762.
[Ref: 1053] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Marian. The Parson's maid & neatest of the Plain Gay
W.m Bunbury Esq.r delt. J: Baldrey Sculp.
Pubd. May 20th, 1781 by I: Baldrey No.37, Green St. Grosr. Square & Sold by E: Hedges No.92 Cornhill Londn.
Stipple, 280 x 285mm (11 x 11¼").
A maid in simple dress sitting in profile on a rock in a hilly landscape, holding the handle of a bucket on the ground beside her, a figure on horseback on a path about to crest the hill in the distance at right. Illustrates 'The Shepherd's Week' (1714) by poet and dramatist John Gay (1685 - 1732). After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 10374] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Going to Market. [&] [Home from Market.]
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Engrav'd by M. Haughton. [&] Engrav'd by G. Shepheard.
London, Publish'd June 1st 1790 by W. Dickinson, Engraver, Bond Street.
Pair of stipples, printed in sepia, with very large margins. Each 380 x 280mm (15 x 11". Very fine.
A pair of oval stipples, the first showing two women going to market with baskets of produce, the second a woman teasing a boy with a bunch of grapes. Although the second plate is untitled the British Museum gives the title as above, describes them as a pair and notes that Tim Clayton only lists a single state of 'Home'.
BM: 1917,1208.2974 & 1917,1208.2973.
[Ref: 28192] £480.00 view all images for this item

Masquerade Scene Kensington Gardens. Jack on a Cruise. A Missey in y.e Offing.
Sam: Sharp-Eye del. ad vivum. [Bunbury ?] J.Bretherton fec.
Publish'd as the Act directs [2nd July 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.]
Coloured engraving. 180 x 205mm. Second half of publication line erased.
BM Satire 5083.
[Ref: 12206] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Me and My Wife and Daughter.
[after Henry Bunbury.]
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 165 x 235mm (6½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A horse seen from behind, a stout man riding, with equally stout women in baskets on either side. William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), a pharmacist and publisher of popular prints and satires between 1812 and 1817.
BM: 1991,0615.68.
[Ref: 41952] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Compliments of the Season. Kibe Heels & Chilblains.
W.H.B. [Bunbury] invt.
[London, n.d., c.1785.]
Hand coloured etching with stipple, 210 x 185mm. 8¼ x 7¼".
The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. A witch-like woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains". Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5806
[Ref: 11532] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Compliments of the Season. Kibe Heels & Chilblains.
W.H.B. [Bunbury] invt.
[London, n.d., c.1785.]
Scarce stipple. Plate: 210 x 185mm, (8¼ x 7¼"). Small margins.
An old man sits in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. A woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains". Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5806
[Ref: 39831] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Mendicant. It was one of those Heads which Guido has often Painted Mild, Pale, Penetrating, free from all common place Ideas of fat contented Ignorance looking downwards upon the Earth, it look'd forwards, but look'd as if it look'd at something beyond this World. Vide Sterne.
W. Bunbury Esq.r del.t. J.K. Baldrey Sculp.t
Published March 8.th 1794 by S.W. Fores No.3 Piccadilly.
Stipple and etching. 381 x 249mm (15 x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A friar standing in a landscape, a walking stick in his left hand and his hat down by his side in his right, a sack slung over his shoulder.
for another Bunbury print with similar subject matter see ref. 1058.
[Ref: 28182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Front, Side View, And Back Front, of a Modern fine Gentleman.
Design'd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.
[London Publish'd March 24th 1783 by J.R. Smith N83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street]
Stipple, sheet 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line. Foxing.
Three views of a slim and foppish young man demonstrating the fashion of the day. Caricature by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Tim Clayton).
BM Satires 6342.
[Ref: 41552] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Front, Side View, And Back Front, of a Modern fine Gentleman.]
[Design'd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.]
[London Publish'd March 24th 1783 by J.R. Smith N83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street]
Stipple, proof before title. Sheet 230 x 260mm (9 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, perhaps losing publication line, pencil mss. in title area.
Three views of a slim and foppish young man demonstrating the fashion of the day. Written in pencil is 'Gilbert Our Macaroni from Bow'; perhaps this is a clue to the identity of Bunbury's subject.
BM Satires 6342. See Ref: 41552 for lettered example
[Ref: 54349] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Monks]
H.W.Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Published 1st April 1774.
Soft-ground etching, 290 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Two studies of monks. Etched after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245; for another Bunbury print with a similar subject see ref. 28182.
[Ref: 1058] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Monsieur Le Fouet La Francia.
H.W.Bunbury delin:1772 I.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 6th March 1772. by I.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Small margins. Light foxing. Trimmed to plate mark on bottom.
French coachman holding his whip and taking snuff. Etched by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4753; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 52767] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Evening, or the Man of Feeling. [&] Morning, or the Man of Taste.
Design's by W. H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London, Publish'd Oct.r. the 19th, 1781 by J. R. Smith No.83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Pair of stipple engravings, printed in sepia 305 x 360 mm plate mark containing a roundel of 290mm in diameter with title.
Smith generally didn't like the popular satirists but these engravings are part of a very small group of prints after Bunbury that Smith chose to produce between 1780 and 1783.
[Ref: 1060] £750.00 view all images for this item

Morning Employments.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r. Del.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t.
London Published June 14 1784 by T. Macklinm No 59 Fleet Street & C. White Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished, 18th century watermark; Sheet 430 x 395mm (17 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tear top right.
Very decorative scene showing three women passing the time. One plays a spinet (a small harpsichord); the second works on an embroidery, watched by a small boy; and the third winds thread onto a bobbin. Although the spinet has the name 'Thomas Kirkman', the predominant makers of the period were Jacob Kirckman (anglicised to Kirkman), with his nephew Abraham and son Joseph .
[Ref: 52874] £480.00

Morning Employments.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r. Del.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t.
London Published June 14 1784 by T. Macklin, No 59 Fleet Street & C. White Stafford Row Pimlico.
Fine stipple. 430 x 395mm (17 x 15½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Very decorative scene showing three women passing the time. One plays a spinet (a small harpsichord); the second works on an embroidery, watched by a small boy; and the third winds thread onto a bobbin. Although the spinet has the name 'Thomas Kirkman', the predominant makers of the period were Jacob Kirckman (anglicised to Kirkman), with his nephew Abraham and son Joseph .
[Ref: 54486] £420.00

The Morning News. The Rabble gather round the Man of News / And listen with their mouths. / Some tell, some hear, some judge of news, some make it, / And he that lyes most, is most beleiv'd.
Bretherton f. [after H.W. Bunbury]
Published as the Act directs 10th December 1772 By J. Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street
Etching. 260 x 240mm (10¼ x 9½"). Edged with brown tape on reverse.
One of many satires on the absorption of the common people in politics to the neglect of their own business, emphasised by the dog helping itself to a plate of food on a stump. A later version of this satire by Rowlandson names Bunbury as designer.
BM Satires 5086.
[Ref: 51700] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Moses.
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton F.
Publish'd 23.d Jan.y 1783.
Etching, open letters, 18th century watermark. 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides.
A stout man rides a small horse towards Hackney, followed by a black servant on a rough-looking pony, carrying a basket of hay and a box.
BM Satires 6339.
[Ref: 59627] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

To all Encouragers of Arts & Sciences This Portrait of the Inimitable Mr. James Moss is with great respect dedicated by his & their Obedient humble Servant H.W.B.
H.W..Bunbury del. J. Bretherton s.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 15th. 1773, By J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet: 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of dog seller James Moss, shown with two puppies peeping out of his top pockets, the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background. He appears to be blind or very short-sighted.
BM: Satires 4721. See 19437 & 41901 for uncoloured versions.
[Ref: 54328] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

To all Encouragers of Arts & Sciences This Portrait of the Inimitable Mr. James Moss is with great respect dedicated by his & their Obedient humble Servant H.W.B.
H.W..Bunbury del. J. Bretherton s.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 15th. 1773, By J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet: 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate, some marking and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of dog seller James Moss, shown with two puppies peeping out of his top pockets, the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background. He appears to be blind or very short-sighted.
BM: Satires 4721
[Ref: 41901] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

To all Encouragers of Arts & Sciences This Portrait of the Inimitable Mr. James Moss is with great respect dedicated by his & their Obedient humble Servant H.W.B.
H.W. Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 15th. 1773, By J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 228 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed and laid on separate sheet.
A portrait of dog seller James Moss, shown with two puppies peeping out of his top pockets, the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background. He appears to be blind or very short-sighted.
BM Satire 4721.
[Ref: 19437] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mutual Accusation - When once you've told & cant recall a Lye / Boldly, percist in't or your Fame will die. /Learn this ye Wives, with unrelenting Claws /Or right or wrong, Afsert your husbands cause.
Mr. Bunbury del. Js.Bretherton f.
Publish'd by Bretherton 3d. January 1774.
Etching, platemark 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Good margins; glued to backing sheet; occasional spotting.
Two rival quack doctors (whose premises, both advertising Antiscorbutic Pills to prevent scurvy, face each other) argue while their wives fight each other. Even their cats and dogs are involved in the rivalry! Etched after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton). The dubious claims of both are emphasised by the crest top centre, featuring two ducks and the motto 'quack quack quack'.
BM Satire 5279; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1062] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Newmarket. A Shot at a Hawk.
Mr. Bunbury del. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 1.st March. 1777.
Etching. Platemark: 245 x 265mm (9¾ x 10½"). Large margins. Slight staining small ink stain in lower right corner.
Two men stand in front of a building with window labeled 'Catchpenny Alley' into which a dog chases a cat. One man (on the left) looks despondent, while the other gleefully records a happy result in a small notebook.
[Ref: 38711] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Newmarket:: A Shot at a Pigeon.
Mr.Bunbury f. J.Bretherton.
Publish'd 1st March, 1777.
Etching. 250 x 270mm ( 9½ x 10½"). Trimmed plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A group of locals point at an open-mouthed young gentleman holding a riding whip, who they see as a gullible gambler. He is accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a mongrel drags its bottom along the ground in front of him. 'Mambrino' is written on the wall. One of a pair with 'Newmarket: A Shot at a Hawk' (BM Satire 4717).
BM Satire 4719a.
[Ref: 59221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Origin of the Gout.
Etch'd from an Original Sketch, by W. H. Bunbury Esqr.
Publish'd as the Act directs, April 20th. 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street.
Etching with some stippling, small margins; published state. 220 x 260mm, 8¾ x 10¼". Two faint printer's creases.
A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair playing the cello. Both legs are padded, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hand, holds a hot coal against the right knee with a pair of tongs. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a clock on the wall behind point to 1.25. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 6881.
[Ref: 26253] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Park Politicians.
HWBunbury inv.
Pubd. according to Act Decr 8. 1766 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 170 x 245mm. 6¾ x 9¾".
A copy of an engraving by Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). Numbered '6' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
[Ref: 14102] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Paysanne la France
H.Bunbury fecit
Etching, platemark 165 x 145mm (6½ x 5¾")/ Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
A 'French peasant' draped with Catholic symbols and wearing exaggerated regional costume, as was the norm in 18th century caricatured prints of Frenchmen. Etched by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4751; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1066] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Paysanne de la Bourgogne
H.W.Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 2d. Feb 1773 By J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Engraving. 175 x 245mm. Trimmed to platemark.
[Ref: 1067] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Courier Francois.
WH. Bunbury Inv. T. Scratchley f. [Darly.]
Pubd. accordg. to Act Jany. 1st 1772 by T. Scratchley. [Darly.]
Etching, 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
Caricature of a courier raising his whip on a galloping post-horse; a thatched building with a sign inscribed 'Poste Royale' to left background. The same design was etched on a larger scale by J. Bretherton, see No. 4737, who also etched a smaller version in reverse. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). Numbered '4' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
Not in BM: see BM Satire 4737 & 5056. For a version by Bretherton see item 1022.
[Ref: 14104] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Courier Francois.
WH. Bunbury Inv. T. Scratchley f. [Darly.]
Pubd. by T. Scratchley accor to Act July 1st 1771. [Darly.]
Soft ground etching, 250 x 345mm. 9¾ x 13½".
Caricature of a courier raising his whip on a galloping post-horse; a thatched building with a sign inscribed 'Poste Royale' to left background. The same design was etched on a larger scale by J. Bretherton, see No. 4737, who also etched a smaller version in reverse. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
See BM Satires: 5056. For a smaller version see item 14104.
[Ref: 14111] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Happy Peasant.
HWB. [Bunbury.]
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. Augt. 2d: 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 150 x 110mm. 6 x 4¼".
A man walking in giant clogs holding a hat and pipe. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811), a copy by Darly from one figure from a drypoint by Bunbury of a peasant and monk. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '14' upper right.
BM Satires: 4681.
[Ref: 14148] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Peasant of the Alps.
HB invt. [Bunbury.]
Pub.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t by MDarly (39) Strand. April 2d: 1771.
Etching, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A gaunt man, hair in a long queue, striding to left with his hands in a huge muff. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '7' upper right.
BM Satires: 4675.
[Ref: 14153] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Paysan Des Alpes.
H. Bunbury fec.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Drypoint etching. 165 x 150mm (6½ x 5¾"). With thread margins, trimmed to platemark top right.
A French peasant, hair in a long queue, hands in a fur muff.
BM Satire 4750. See 14153.
[Ref: 54589] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Peasants of the Vale of Langollen.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r del.t. J. Baldrey Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Nov.r. 2; 1783, by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Coloured stipple. 280 x 285mm. Tear to image at left.
[Ref: 1068] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Peasants of the Vale of Llangollen.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r del.t. J. Baldrey Sculp.t.
London, Pub'd Nov.r. 1; 1781, by J. Baldrey, No.37 Green St. Gros.r Sq.r & Sold by J. Wilkinson Cornhill.
Coloured stipple. 280 x 285mm (11 x 11¼").
[Ref: 1069] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Pioneer.
H. Bunbry Esq.r delin.t A. Suntach direx.t
Publish'd December 31.th 1792 by A. Suntach.
Stipple and etching, face in colour. Plate 305 x 197mm. 12 x 7¾". Trimmed to plate top and bottom
A soldier walking with an axe over his right shoulder, wearing a bearskin hat; a dagger attached to his waist, a fur covered pack on his back.
[Ref: 18989] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

From a Sketch taken at Portsmouth by W. H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Publish'd [illegible] 1780 by J R Smith No 83 Oxford Street.
Rare stipple, proof with stippled title and publication line. 430 x 380mm (17 x 15"). Narrow margins, some creasing and surface abrasion, publication very faint. Laid down.
A group of sailors at rest on the shoreline at Portsmouth, three with 'Edgar' on their caps. One leans against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand; another is locked in an embrace with a woman. HMS Edgar fought at the battles of St Vincent (1780) and St Spartel (1782) before becoming a guardship in Portsmouth in 1783. The first published state is 1785.
See BM 1906,0419.117 for the first published state.
[Ref: 54588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Postiglione Germanico
H.W.Bunbury delin. Chas.Bretherton jun. f.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 145 x 185mm (5¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet.
BM Satire 4740.
[Ref: 1070] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Postiglione Inglese.
H.W.Bunbury delin. Chas.Bretherton Jun f.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1772 By I.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street
Etching. 140 x 190mm. Trimmed to platemark.
BM Satire 4739.
[Ref: 1071] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A French Postillion gesturing.]
H.B. F [Henry Bunbury].
[n.d., c.1768.]
Etching with drypoint. 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼") Thread margins.
A postillion with huge boots with arms outspread to right.
BM Satire 4746.
[Ref: 41780] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[A French Postillion with a whip in one hand, the other in pocket, birds, horses and a barn behind.]
[Henry Bunbury].
[n.d., c.1768.]
Etching with drypoint. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"), very large margins.
A postillion with huge boots.
BM Satire 4743.
[Ref: 41781] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A French Postillion with a whip in one hand, the other in pocket, birds, horses and a barn behind.]
[after Henry Bunbury].
[n.d., c.1770.]
Ink and wash, sheet 130 x 100mm (5¼ x 4").
A postillion with huge boots.
See BM Satire 4743 for the etched version.
[Ref: 41782] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A French Postillion (A)].
Mr.Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd 20th Jan. 1774
Etching, 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Etching after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4741; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1072] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[A French Postillion (b)]
C.L.S. Tom Squint f.
Publish'd July 30th 1772 by J.Bretherton
Etching. 140 x 185mm. Trimmed to platemark
BM Satire 4742.
[Ref: 1073] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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[A French Postillion (D)].
[n.d. c.1774.]
Etching, platemark 125 x 80mm (5 x 3¼"). Glued to album sheet.
Small etching by/after Henry Bunbury.
[Ref: 1074] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[A Postillion (g)]
Mr.Bunbury del. Js.Bretherton f.
Publish'd 10th Jan. 1774.
Etching, 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Glued to backing sheet.
A coachman holding his whip. Etched after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4747; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1075] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of French postillions.]
[Henry Bunbury].
[n.d., c.1768.]
Two etchings with drypoint on one sheet. Each 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"), paper watermarked 'R & E'. Unfinished proof.
Two caricatures usually found separately. On the left is a French Postillion with a whip in one hand, the other in his pocket, birds, horses and a barn behind. On the right is another Postillion, looking over his shoulder, whip in hand, with a distant church. Both men wear oversized boots.
BM Satire 4743 & 4745.
[Ref: 61315] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Procession Of A Country Corporation.
M.r H. Bunbury Del. Etched by T. Rowlandson.
Pub.d August 12. 1799 by T. Rowlandson N.o1 James Street Adelphi.
Very rare etching, sheet 285 x 405mm (11¼ x 16"). Trimmed within plate. Centre fold. Some surface dirt.
Not in BM. Grigo I 366.
[Ref: 59043] £460.00

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