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Bunbury. POSTIGLIONE INGLESE.
Published April 1772 by J. Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
6 x 8¼. Uncoloured on laid paper with good margins.
B. M. 4739.
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Bunbury. Untitled etching
of a French Postillion.
Published c 1770. 3 ¼ x 4 ¾. Uncoloured. Minor handling
marks with very small margins outside the plate mark and on good
early laid paper.
B.M. 4746.
£160. |
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Bunbury. Untitled etching
of a French Postillion holding a whip.
Published c 1770. 4 x 5 ¾.Uncoloured. Slight marks and
with very small margins showing outside the plate mark. On good
early laid paper.
B.M. 4743.
£160. |
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Bunbury. THE SALUTATION TAVERN.
Published by Bretherton, March 20th 1773.
12 ½ x 9 ¼. Uncoloured; trimmed to the plate mark
and on laid paper, with very slight crinkling of the paper.
The two ‘Macaronis’ bow in extravagant greeting to
each other.
B.M. 4716..
£140. |
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Bunbury. COURIER ANGLOIS.
Published by Bretherton May 3rd 1774.
16 ¾ x 12. Uncoloured, trimmed almost to the plate mark
on laid paper.
This is another designed (‘del’) by Bunbury, etched,
and published by Bretherton. Here the latter has produced a
soft, almost lithographic feel to the image.
Not in the B.M. although they have smaller examples of the same
image. Thus B.M. 4736 is dated 1779 and is considerably smaller.
£200. |
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Bunbury. COURIER FRANCOIS.
Published by Bretherton, originally as a companion to the above.
This is a slightly later issue on Whatman paper with a watermark
of 1816.
17 x 12. Small margins on wove paper. Small hole lower right corner,
on the plate mark. Early if not original colour.
See B.M. 5056 for a smaller version of this image.
£125.
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Bunbury. A MILITIA MEETING.
Published 2nd January 1773 by Bretherton.
15 ½ x 10 ½. On early laid paper with small margins.
This satire is coloured, but in general the Bunbury’s of
this period were published uncoloured, and although the date of
the colour on this example is unknown it is somewhat later than
the publication date. (See the short article in Catalogue 28 on
the problems with early colour).
B.M. 5759
£120. |
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Bunbury. A HAIL STORM.
13 ¾ x 9 ¾. Good original colour on paper with a
watermark of 1815.
This example is probably published by Palser. He was a small London
publisher who seems to have produced a number of satires based
on the designs of Bunbury. The first dated example of Palser’s
work that I have come across had a date of 1812.
Not in the B.M.
(See catalogue 26 for an interesting collection of Palser’s
work).
£150. |
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Bunbury. NEWMARKET. A Shot
at a Pigeon.
Published 1st March 1777. (By Bretherton).
10¾ x 9¾. Uncoloured on laid paper with reasonable
margins.
Set in Newmarket, and it seems as though bets are being offered
to the young rustic.
B. M. 4719.
£80. |
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Caricature after Bunbury.
The Judgment of Paris.
No publication details given, but probably issued by Palser, c.1815.
13¾ x 9½. Original colour and large margins, with
a watermark of 1815.
A re working of one of Bunbury’s first etchings.
Not in the B. M.
£145. |
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Caricature after Bunbury.
Courier Francois.
Published by J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
16¾ x 11¾. Original colour and trimmed to the engraved
area. Old vertical fold with some marks and creases.
This version not in the B.M.
£60. |
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Bunbury. EVERY SOUS BEGAD!
Published 10th June 1774. (By Bretherton).
7¼ x 9¼. Uncoloured on laid paper with good margins.
The B. M. catalogue suggests that the sour expression may be because
he has lost all his money on the races.
B. M. 4720.
£50. |
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Bunbury. POSTIGLIIONE GERMANICO.
Published April 1772 by J. Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
6 x 8¼. Uncoloured on laid paper with good margins.
B. M. 4740.
£50. |
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Bunbury. NEWMARKET A Shot
at a Hawk.
Published 1st March 1777. (By Bretherton).
10¼ x 9¾. Uncoloured on laid paper with small margins.
Set in Newmarket during the races, and the central figure is writing
down a bet.
B. M. 4717.
£80. |
