Henry William Bunbury Watercolour Drawing Damn'd Sick Circa.1780

Henry William Bunbury Watercolour Drawing Damn'd Sick Circa.1780Henry William Bunbury 1750 1811 Caricature portrait of a Gentleman being helped home by a nightwatchman. Signed lower left and titled, "Damn'd Sick." Watercolour and ink drawing Circa. 1780. 20. 5 by 26. 5 cms. Bunbury was a prolific Illustrator and draughtsman, a contemporary of Rowlandson and Gillray. Like them he was also well known as a designer of satirical prints. From a landed family, he was educated at Westminster and Cambridge. He was an

5 by 16 cms

corner of Old Bond Street

Century framed example with the black bordered visiting card of Linds husband Otto Goldschmidt inserted under the glass inscribed: Mr Otto Goldschmidts kind regards Mar 14 (18)88

as the pair shared the same political views and deeply religious values

at the age of 55 (amid suggestions of murder that led to the suicide of his housekeeper

wearing a straw hat with a soft brim who lifts her huge hooped skirt to reveal her ankle

he worked mainly in the Nivernais and the Bourbonnais regions of France

performing throughout the United Kingdom and on the Continent

Inscribed to a label verso

he is known for depicting slighty melancholic landscapes

Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson

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