Henry William Bunbury
A Visit to the Camp

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Artist Henry William Bunbury (British, 1750–1811)British, 1750–1811

PrinterPrinted by Thomas Watson (English, 1748–1781)English, 1748–1781

CultureBritish

Titles

A Visit to the Camp

Date1779

MediumStipple engraving with etching, engraving, and drypoint on laid paper

DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 in. (30.2 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr.

Object number2024.12

Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1779/1781; [Grosvenor Prints, London, by 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for these impressions
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in plate, above left top edge of image: 1
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above center top edge of sheet: 84. [partial]
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below left bottom edge of image: W.H. Bunbury delint.
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below center bottom edge of image: A Visit to the Camp. / London. Publish’d Dec. 1st. 1779. by Watson & Dickinson No. 158. New Bond Street.
Recto: Inscribed in plate, below right bottom edge of image: Watson & Dickinson Excudt.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right center: [illegible]

Recto: lower half of sheet, reversed: LVG?/ Fleur de lis in a shield, topped by a crown with a number four below

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