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Print titled "The Hopes of the Family - An Admission at the University" and "H. W. Bunbury delin" and "J. Bretherton f" and inscribed, "Printed and Publish'd as the Act directs 3rd Jan. 1774 by J. Bretherton 234 New Bond Street." "A.M. Marriots Music Theater" is written in red ink on the bottom. The scene depicts an university don in his academic robes and cap seated a table and pointing to an open book while he examines what appears to be a dim-witted young man. The young man is counting on his fingers a small dog is barks at him and his father, a country gentleman, eargerly leans on the table encouraging his son. A woman holding two large volumes of "Longines" behind the don, and a second young man wearing his student robe stands and watches smiling. There is a globe on the table, and portraits of "Dr. Alcock" and "Mrs. Alcock" flanking the doorway topped with a bust of Cicero on the rear wall. Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) was an English caricaturist. After completing his studies at Cambridge University, he began to draw caricatures and other comic subjects, the first of which were etched and published in 1771. Bunbury then quickly rose to become one of the greatest satirical artists of the day with his etchings such as the series entitled, "Hints to Bad Horsemen." He also became close friends with the great artist, Thomas Rowlandson, who later engraved many of Bunbury's designs. During the 1770's and 1780's, Henry William Bunbury worked extensively for James Bretherton, the English etcher and publisher working in London from 1770-1790, with his publishing house on New Bond Street. Bretherton also did crayon drawings based on Bunbury's cariacatures.
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