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Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs
Title
Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].
Production
[Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]
Physical Description
2 volumes : etchings (some hand-colored), pencil drawings, engravings ; 63 cm
Notes
Title vignette.
Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1].
Exhibited: "Works of Genius: Amateur Artisits in Walpole's Circle" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, September 2009 - March 2010.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 8, 50 to H.G. Bohn; (London, 733).
With armorial bookplate of Horace Walpole.
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Summary
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3563
Etchings by Henry William Bunbury. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Etchings by Henry William Bunbury. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Genre prints.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770-1779.
Etchings - England - London.
Stipple engravings - England.
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Also listed under
Watson & Dickinson, printmakers.
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