Henry William Bunbury Watercolour Drawing Damn'd Sick Circa.1780 Samuel Shelley "The Specious Orator

"The Specious Orator

In New Delhi

10 by 16 cms

Rare Mezzotint engraving by Samuel William Reynolds in original gilt gesso frame

Henry William Bunbury Watercolour Drawing Damn'd Sick Circa.1780 Samuel Shelley "The Specious OratorHenry 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