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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811

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  • A doctor taking the pulse of a country squire; the smug doctor receives a drink from the butler while his disgruntled patient's medicine is prepared by the maid. Lithograph by W. Hunt, 1825, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop, 1784. Oil painting after Henry William Bunbury.
  • A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.
  • A tailor riding on the back of a goose; representing an exploited worker. Etching after W.H.Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching after W.H. Bunbury.
  • A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah riding a coach horse knocks Dr. Slop off his pony into a pond, a sign to Shandy Hall hangs over him. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • A gouty man who is drinking wine and playing the cello; the pain is represented by a devil burning his foot. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A barber's shop, 1784. Oil painting after Henry William Bunbury.
  • A gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.
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    A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

    Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. | Date: May 23. 1799 | Reference: 35692i
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    An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

    Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. | Reference: 22033i
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    Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794 | Reference: 24851i
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    Members of an English country club gathered together in a room, some are talking, others drinking, and food is being brought in on trays. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.

    Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. | Date: 1788 | Reference: 35086i
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    A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.

    Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. | Reference: 30121i
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