Background
Henry William Bunbury was born in 1750, the second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th baronet, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and came of an old Norman family.
Henry William Bunbury was born in 1750, the second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th baronet, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and came of an old Norman family.
Henry William Bunbury was educated at Westminster School and Street Catharine"s College, Cambridge, and soon showed a talent for drawing, especially for humorous subjects.
Henry William Bunbury's more serious efforts did not rise to a high level, but his caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries Rowlandson and Gillray, good examples being his "Country Club" (1788), "Barber's Shop" (1811) 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; and his easy circumstances and social position (he was colonel of the West Suffolk Militia, and was appointed equerry to the duke of York in 1787) enabled him to exercise his talents in comfort.