“A Long Minuet as Danced at Bath” Engraving by Henry William Bunbury

A truly rare George III period long engraving, “A Long Minuet as Danced at Bath, Longa Tysonum Minuit velit & possit rerum Concordia Discors. Horace” by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) published by William Dickinson in 1787. This is Bunbury’s most renowned and successful design with recent research revealing the figures are based on actual prominent people from the city of Bath at that time. They include the master of ceremonies, Richard Tyson, the ex-Prime Minister Lord North, his wife and daughter, the Mayor and Mayoress of Bath, some French financiers, Bunbury’s wife, Catherine (nee Horneck, a lady in waiting to the Queen) and the artist himself seemingly bowing to his audience.