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- For his son, see Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet
Henry William Bunbury (1750 – 7 May 1811) was an English caricaturist.
The second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet (see Bunbury baronets), of Mildenhall, Suffolk, he came of an old Norman family. He was educated at Westminster School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and soon showed a talent for drawing, especially for humorous subjects.
His more serious efforts were no great success, but his caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray, good examples being his Country Club (1788), Barber's Shop (1803) and A Long Story (1782). He was a popular character, and the friend of most of the notabilities of his day, whom he never offended by attempting political satire; his easy circumstances and social position (he was colonel of the West Suffolk Militia, and was appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787) allowed him leisure to practise his talents.
He married Catherine, eldest daughter of Kane William Horneck and his wife Hannah Muggles. Bunbury and Catherine's son Henry succeeded to the baronetcy.
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Henry William Bunbury Scene in a Coffee House. Caricature. Verso: Drawings
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Henry William Bunbury The Longways Dance
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Henry William Bunbury The Dance
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Henry William Bunbury Two Figures, One Fully Worked Up, a Man with a Sword. Caricature
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Attributed to Henry William Bunbury A Man and a Woman in a Gig Arriving at an Inn
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Henry William Bunbury Two Figures, Possibly Theatrical
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Henry William Bunbury The Bird-Cage. Verso: Woman in Profile Facing Right and Study of a Man
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Henry William Bunbury Petitioner and Patron
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