BUSS

Robert William ( son of Wm. C. Bu of 60 Jewin st. Cripple gate, London, engraver who d. 1832 ). b. London 4 Aug. 1804; apprenticed to his father; painted 15 theatrical portraits for Cumber land’s British Drama which were exhibited at Colo eum; exhibited 25 pictures at R.A., 20 at B.I. and 45 at Suffolk st. gallery 1826–59; contributed to Westminster competition a cartoon of Prince Henry and Judge Gas coigne; illustrated Charles Knight’s London , Chaucer , Shakespeare and Old England ; painted 71 pictures, 25 of which were engraved; painted large frescoes representing Origin and triumph of music for Earl of Hardwicke at Wimpole hall; privately printed English graphic satire 1874; edited The fine art almanac, or artist’s remembrancer 1850–2. d. 14 Camden st. Camden Town, London 26 Feb. 1875. G. Everitt’s English Caricaturists (1886) 363–6; People’s Journal vi , 3 (1848); Notes and Queries 5 S. iii , 228, 257, 330, 419, 455, 473 (1875), iv , 15 (1875), vii , 138 (1877), 6 S. vi , 488 (1882), vii , 216 (1883).