# Henry William Bunbury artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-william-bunbury/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:48:23.057Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1750-07-01
- Nationality: British
- Common media: Drawing, Caricature and illustration

## Portrait

![Henry William Bunbury](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Thomas_Ryder_-_Henry_Bunbury%2C_Esqr._-_B1977.14.11866_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg/1280px-Thomas_Ryder_-_Henry_Bunbury%2C_Esqr._-_B1977.14.11866_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg)
Thomas Ryder / After Thomas Lawrence · CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Ryder_-_Henry_Bunbury,_Esqr._-_B1977.14.11866_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg

## About Henry William Bunbury

Henry William Bunbury (1750–1811) was a British artist best known for humorous drawing, caricature and illustration. Educated at Westminster School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he developed a particular aptitude for comic subjects. Travel in Europe contributed to a group of caricatures observing foreign customs and social types; La Cuisine de la Poste was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1770. Bunbury belongs to the culture of late eighteenth-century British graphic satire, although the collected sources do not assign him to a formal artistic movement. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with drawings, satirical compositions, illustrations and works derived from his designs. His stable records at Wikidata, Getty ULAN, Tate, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art and other authorities help distinguish him from similarly named people and connect auction entries to the correct historical artist.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under Bunbury's name commonly relate to drawing, caricature and illustration, especially humorous or satirical subjects. Travel-derived observations and depictions of social or national types form part of his documented output. Cataloguing should distinguish an original drawing from another object associated with a Bunbury composition and should avoid assuming that every work reproducing one of his designs was made directly by him.

## Market and appraisal context

Auction and appraisal research for Bunbury should begin by identifying the object as a drawing, caricature, illustration or another work associated with one of his designs. Subject matter can also be useful, particularly when a composition relates to his documented humorous or travel-derived imagery. Comparable lots are most informative when they share the same work type and a closely related subject, and when their sale dates and realized prices are available. The collected source pack indicates substantial auction-record coverage on Appraisily but contains no detailed auction-house lot descriptions. It therefore supports comparison-based research, not a price forecast or a claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133158
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013604
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-william-bunbury-2416
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG21334
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3642.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bunbury_(caricaturist)
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Bunbury
- Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Bunbury
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-william-bunbury/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Ryder_-_Henry_Bunbury,_Esqr._-_B1977.14.11866_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg