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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. |
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Bunbury. The Damnation of
Obadiah.
Pub …..30. Jan. 1773 by J. Bretherton No. 134. New Bond
Street.
15 x 10. Uncoloured and trimmed to the image.
One of a series, which illustrated ‘Tristam Shandy’.
Dr Slop is the seated, fat central figure. Mr Shandy is in the
dressing gown, and Uncle Toby point to the map of Flanders.
This is a variation on the B. M. example. In the B. M. satire,
Dr Slop points at the leg and back of Obadiah. Here only an
empty chair is shown, so perhaps this is an early unfinished
state.
See B. M. 5214.
£70. |
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Bunbury. The Overthrow Of
Dr. Slop.
Published as the Act directs 3rd February 1773 by J. Bretherton
No. 194 New Bond Street.
15½ x 10½. Uncoloured on laid paper with small
margins.
One of a series of engravings to illustrate ‘Tristram
Shandy’.
Obadiah is mounted, and Dr Slop is flat on his back beneath
a signpost ‘To Shandy Hall’.
B. M. 5215.
£100. |
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General caricature after
Bunbury. The Siege of Namur by Capt. Shandy & Corporal Trim.
No publication line is present on this print, probably c.1820.
13¾ x 10. Original colour and good margins, on paper
with a watermark of 1817. Old diagonal fold going through Uncle
Toby’s head.
This is a copy of the Bunbury image published by Bretherton
in 1773 and is one of a series illustrating ‘Tristram
Shandy’. Trim holds the pick axe and marches in front
of his master. Shandy Hall can be seen on the left behind the
‘Gate of St Nicolas’.
See B. M. 5213 for the 1773 Bretherton engraving.
£100. |
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A General caricature after
Bunbury. A Family Picture.
No publication line, it is probably published by Palser c.1815.
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour on paper with a watermark
of 1815. Reasonable margins and some marks, but mainly outside
the image on the right hand side.
Not in the B. M.
£185. |
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A General caricature after
Bunbury. Sunday Evening and (Smoking Club).
No publication line present.
Two small (10 x 7 and 6½ x 5) on one sheet of paper (10½
x 16½), which has a watermark of 1828.
Not in the B. M.
£90. |
