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![Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.](jpegs/54540.jpg)
Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Execudit.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.o Harris No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street, London.
Pair of stipples. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾") very wide margins left & right (marginal tears). 'Breakfast' trimmed to plate at top, 'Dinner' with loss of margin to plate at bottom.
The 'Breakfast' shows sportsmen in a bare breakfast parlour; the 'Dinner' shows five men and two ladies seated at a more opulent dinner-table. These plates would have been originally published by Dickinson in the 1780s.
See BM Satires 8537 & 8538 for 1794 editions.
[Ref: 54540] £480.00 view all images for this item
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Execudit.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.o Harris No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street, London.
Pair of stipples. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾") very wide margins left & right (marginal tears). 'Breakfast' trimmed to plate at top, 'Dinner' with loss of margin to plate at bottom.
The 'Breakfast' shows sportsmen in a bare breakfast parlour; the 'Dinner' shows five men and two ladies seated at a more opulent dinner-table. These plates would have been originally published by Dickinson in the 1780s.
See BM Satires 8537 & 8538 for 1794 editions.
[Ref: 54540] £480.00 view all images for this item
Eques Cantab.
[after Henry Bunbury.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching with drypoint. 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Album stains at corners. Small margins.
A Cambridge student with a macaroni queue holding out his driving whip as if it is a lance, riding a defecating horse. King's College Chapel can be seen in the distance.
BM Satire 4724.
[Ref: 54592] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[after Henry Bunbury.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching with drypoint. 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Album stains at corners. Small margins.
A Cambridge student with a macaroni queue holding out his driving whip as if it is a lance, riding a defecating horse. King's College Chapel can be seen in the distance.
BM Satire 4724.
[Ref: 54592] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A Camp Scene.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. G. White Sculp.t.
Publish.d June the 25th 1784 by C. White, Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 315 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom. Small margins left & right. Foxing.
A scene in a military encampment. Three visitors (two men and a woman) watch with amusement as a soldier, dressed in full regimentals including a busby, shaves another despite having a spade and axe thrust through his belt.
BM Satires 6727.
[Ref: 54586] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. G. White Sculp.t.
Publish.d June the 25th 1784 by C. White, Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 315 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom. Small margins left & right. Foxing.
A scene in a military encampment. Three visitors (two men and a woman) watch with amusement as a soldier, dressed in full regimentals including a busby, shaves another despite having a spade and axe thrust through his belt.
BM Satires 6727.
[Ref: 54586] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the Choir. mem: of the Comte de Comminge.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 20;th 1782, by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple and aquatint, 18th century watermark. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Thread margins top and bottom.
A scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d’Arnaud. A girl, dressed in male clothing, is apprehended by two Trappist monks.
[Ref: 54587] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 20;th 1782, by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple and aquatint, 18th century watermark. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Thread margins top and bottom.
A scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d’Arnaud. A girl, dressed in male clothing, is apprehended by two Trappist monks.
[Ref: 54587] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian Foragers on ye Eve of his Marriage. [&] Fred. Zemmerman having escaped from ye Abbey of La Trappe & recover'd his beloved Mistress is seiz'd & thrown into a Dungeon for Life. [ink mss titles.]
Mr Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f. [ink mss]
[n.d., c.1787.]
Pair of mixed method engravings, proofs before all letters with colour wash. Sheets 485 x 570mm (19 x 22½"), 1st on Whatman laid paper, 2nd with large 18th century watermark. Creasing and slight staining. Cut inside platemark.
Two well-executed sketches, with the titles and inscriptions of the smaller etchings published by James Bretherton in 1787. The first shows the Count lying on a bed, attended by his fiancée M.lle de Benskow, her mother and her brother, as a boy brings soup for the dying man. The second shows a young man being captured by soldiers as a pair of monks watch, a scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d’Arnaud.
[Ref: 54536] £550.00 view all images for this item
Mr Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f. [ink mss]
[n.d., c.1787.]
Pair of mixed method engravings, proofs before all letters with colour wash. Sheets 485 x 570mm (19 x 22½"), 1st on Whatman laid paper, 2nd with large 18th century watermark. Creasing and slight staining. Cut inside platemark.
Two well-executed sketches, with the titles and inscriptions of the smaller etchings published by James Bretherton in 1787. The first shows the Count lying on a bed, attended by his fiancée M.lle de Benskow, her mother and her brother, as a boy brings soup for the dying man. The second shows a young man being captured by soldiers as a pair of monks watch, a scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d’Arnaud.
[Ref: 54536] £550.00 view all images for this item
The Country Club.
H Bunbury Esqr Dele. Lambeth.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, tears in edges.
Caricatures of the members of a club.
BM 1935,0522.8.105, a reversed copy of BM Satires 7452. See Ref: 53368, 24488.
[Ref: 54561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H Bunbury Esqr Dele. Lambeth.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, tears in edges.
Caricatures of the members of a club.
BM 1935,0522.8.105, a reversed copy of BM Satires 7452. See Ref: 53368, 24488.
[Ref: 54561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Dancing Bear.]](jpegs/54333.jpg)
[A Dancing Bear.]
Mr Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 1st April 1774.
Etching with drypoint part 18th century watermark; 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). With small margins.
A showman pointing with a staff at the chained muzzle of a standing bear, while another man plays on a horn and a third watches.
[Ref: 54333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 1st April 1774.
Etching with drypoint part 18th century watermark; 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). With small margins.
A showman pointing with a staff at the chained muzzle of a standing bear, while another man plays on a horn and a third watches.
[Ref: 54333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dancing Bear.
H. Bunbury del.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with very wide margins.
A showman pointing with a staff at the chained muzzle of a standing bear, while another man plays on a horn and a third watches. A reversed copy of the etching by James Bretheton published 1774.
[Ref: 54513] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury del.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with very wide margins.
A showman pointing with a staff at the chained muzzle of a standing bear, while another man plays on a horn and a third watches. A reversed copy of the etching by James Bretheton published 1774.
[Ref: 54513] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
D.r Dawdle in a hurry.
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
1st March 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins.
An elderly doctor on a wretched cob, threatening it with a whip.
BM Satires 6142.
[Ref: 54591] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
1st March 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins.
An elderly doctor on a wretched cob, threatening it with a whip.
BM Satires 6142.
[Ref: 54591] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Englishman at Paris. 1767.
Mr. Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23d Feb.y 1782.
Etching, with partial hand colour. 330 x 410mm (13 x 16"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, tear entering image at top.
A satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wears a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, amusing the passers-by with his lack of elegance. These include: a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, carring a parasol'; a grinning fat monk; and an elegant man driving a cabriolet, with his footman dressed in furs.
BM Satires 4185.
[Ref: 54323] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23d Feb.y 1782.
Etching, with partial hand colour. 330 x 410mm (13 x 16"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, tear entering image at top.
A satire contrasting English and French styles of dress. A stout middle-aged Englishman wears a heavy coat and three-cornered hat and carrying a stick, amusing the passers-by with his lack of elegance. These include: a hairdresser wearing his hair in a large queue, carring a parasol'; a grinning fat monk; and an elegant man driving a cabriolet, with his footman dressed in furs.
BM Satires 4185.
[Ref: 54323] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Front, Side View, And Back Front, of a Modern fine Gentleman.]](jpegs/54349.jpg)
[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)
[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)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)