Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Title:
The Siege of Namur
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 13/16 inches (28.5 x 45.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, center left inside print: "Gate of | St. Nicolus"; lower right inside image: "H Bunbury Del"; lower left: "What an honest Triumph [...] uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to | the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickaxe"; lower center: "The Siege of Namur by Capt Shandy | & Corporal Trim"; lower right: "ready to execute the contents, what Intense pleasure in his Eyes | and he stood over the Corperal Heaven & earth Sea, vide Tris Sh"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11191
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
map | gazette | tricorn | wig | boots | jacket | fences | caricature | mallet | crutch | pickaxe | captain | illustration | hairstyling | trees | hills | gate | grass | corporal | attacking | literary theme | rocks (landforms) | siege | The Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim (from Tristram Shandy) | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) | novel