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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 gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.

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.

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.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

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.

A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.

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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811

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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.

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.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

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.

A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.