Henry Bunbury Esq-r., Youngest Son of the late Sir William Bunbury
Engraver Thomas Blackmore British
After Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Sitter Henry William Bunbury British
Not on view
Blackmore's print is based on a portrait by Reynolds and shows the subject at the age of fifteen or sixteen, holding a portfolio in a landscape (the related painting of 1765-66 is untraced). Bunbury's artistic gifts were evident from youth, as he amused fellow students with humorous drawings at Westminster School, London, then at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. As the younger son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, Bunbury's income as an adult came mostly from serving the Duke of York as equerry. He showed drawings at the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1806 as an "honorary exhibitor"–his submissions were not for sale–and is remembered for many literary and satirical designs turned into prints by professional etchers.
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