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Ancient and Modern Ladies. 1829 - 1729.
Ancient and Modern Ladies. 1829 - 1729. Contrasts No 2.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq. del.
[Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.] [n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼), watermarked 1827. Trimmed into printed border, affecting monogram & publication line, mounted in album paper.
Contrasting the differences in ladies's fashion of different centuries. William Heath (1794-1840) used the pseudonym Paul Pry (the name of a character John Poole's 1825 comedy, a very inquisitive person) between 1827-9, with a monogram of emblem of a small man holding a walking stick. However this figure began to be copied by other caricaturists (including Sharpshooter ) and so Heath reverted to his own name. A companion print to item ref: 36734.
BM: Not in.
[Ref: 36726]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Arithmetic.
Arithmetic. The Multiplication Table. Addition _ Division _ Fractions.
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Storming the Bishops Palace at Badajos.
Storming the Bishops Palace at Badajos.
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath. Aquatinted by J.C. Stadler.
[London, Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, April 1, 1818.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 225 x 290mm (9 x 11½") Trimmed.
Part of the Siege of Badajoz during the Peninsular War, the bloodiest of all the British battles against Napoleon. Published in William Combe's 'The Wars of Wellington, a Narrative Poem... by Dr. Syntax', a companion to 'The Life of Napoleon'.
Abbey: Life 357.
[Ref: 37135]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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A View near Bamfylde.
A View near Bamfylde.
W H fecit. [Heath.]
Pub May 7 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Good hand coloured etching. Watermarked: Whatman 1823. Sheet 250 x 200mm. 9¾ x 8". Trimmed within plate, to border.
Caricature gentleman walking with a stick in profile to the right; possibly a portrait of George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (1786 - 1858). He succeeded to the baronetcy in April 1823 after his father was killed by a former servant. Print made by William Heath (1794/5 - 1840).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 15567]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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A Scene in the Honey Moon or Conjugal Felicity.
A Scene in the Honey Moon or Conjugal Felicity.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub the Largest assortment of any House in Town. [n.d., 1828.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Small margins.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans stand facing each other; the little Duke staggering under an ornamental basket which supports a side of bacon, inscribed 'Best Wiltshire' . The Duchess holds on her shoulder a cutter in which are seated six oarsmen with oars held erect, and a helmsman. The Duke is dressed as Grand Falconer and wears a hood with bells indicating both a fool's cap and the hood and bells of falconry. In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. The following year, to celebrate their anniversary, they held a reception, attended by two royal dukes and Prince Leopold (seen on the left). The Duke presented his wife with a silver fruit basket on which was engraved a flitch of bacon; the Duchess then announced her gift of a six-oared cutter called The Falcon, and the boatmen in their liveries made an appearance.
BM Satires 15600.
[Ref: 39607]   £360.00  
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British Royal Artillery. Field Battery Marching Order.
British Royal Artillery. Field Battery Marching Order.
Drawn by Wm. Heath. Printed by Graf and Soret.
London, Published by Colnaghi & Co., No. 23, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross. Printsellers in Ordinary to His Majesty & to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 277 x 407mm. 10¾ x 16".
From "Heath's Royal Artillery. c.1840. No. 1."
From the Collection of Major J.B. Talbot M.C. R.A. Ogilby:410.
[Ref: 12998]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Old Harry looking out for a Warm Birth or a Peep in to the Oven.
Old Harry looking out for a Warm Birth or a Peep in to the Oven. Vide morning Herald Thursday Oct 18th 1827.
[Paul Pry] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. [b.d. c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Some surface dirt. Trimmed past the plate mark.
Satire on Brougham's coveting of the Mastership of the Rolls (which he was not offered as it was considered too dangerous to give him an irremovable post with a seat in the Commons). Here Brougham is a broom-girl, greedily eyeing the oven of 'Rolls' and expressing how he 'would like to Master this batch'. Brougham's name in old manuscript below title.
BM Satires: 15431.
[Ref: 52764]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Scene at the Horse Guards. You Pretend to Stop the Harry-Stocracy of the Land.
Scene at the Horse Guards. You Pretend to Stop the Harry-Stocracy of the Land.
W. Heath.
Pub March 22 1832 by T: McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"), Trimmed to printed border. Slight creasing.
Henry Brougham, in wig and gown, holding the mace across his shoulder, looks back at a Horse Guards officer, holding out two fingers.
BM Satire 16616.
[Ref: 51713]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Buck and a Doe
A Buck and a Doe
[Paul Pry monogram] Esq Del
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"), with very large margins. Trimmed inside platemark; unidentified collector's stamp verso.
Two contrasting men, exemplifying different fashions and physiognomies. The printmaker William Heath (1794-1840) used the pseudonym Paul Pry (taken from the name of a character in John Poole's 1825 comedy, and used to describe a very inquisitive person) between 1827-9, and rather than signing his name he used the 'Paul Pry' monogram seen here, a small man holding a walking stick. However this figure began to be copied by other caricaturists (including Sharpshooter ) and so Heath reverted to his own name.
[Ref: 40370]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Buck and a Doe
A Buck and a Doe
[Paul Pry monogram] Esq Del
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 365mm (10 x 14¼''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Two contrasting men, exemplifying different fashions and physiognomies. The printmaker William Heath (1794-1840) used the pseudonym Paul Pry (taken from the name of a character in John Poole's 1825 comedy, and used to describe a very inquisitive person) between 1827-9, and rather than signing his name he used the 'Paul Pry' monogram seen here, a small man holding a walking stick. However this figure began to be copied by other caricaturists (including Sharpshooter ) and so Heath reverted to his own name.
[Ref: 50799]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
[by William Heath.]
Pub July 20 1820 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching, watermark 1820; 1820. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. Tears and creasing. Borders messy.
Caroline of Brunswick in Turkish costume, with much of her vast bosom on display, smoking a hookah. An interpreter makes pleasantries, to which Caroline replies ''I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to Day] is Long!!!''. A disgruntled Bartolommeo Bergami stands behind. An anti-Caroline satire of her visit to Tunis in 1816, published as George IV tried to win a divorce by the Pains and Penalties Bill 1820.
BM Satires 13767.
[Ref: 54560]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The M.P. Marching at the Head of his 300 Jontlemen!!!
The M.P. Marching at the Head of his 300 Jontlemen!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Polticial and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.May 1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14). Trimmed past platemark.. Very small tear in right edge.
Satire published in the wake of Catholic Emancipation. An unrecognizable O'Connell marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps—Constantly Set—Beware'. He is followed by a jubilant Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs- one holds a placard reading 'Unconditional Emancipation For Ever'. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman.
BM Satires: 15763.
[Ref: 52758]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._
John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._ His progress they said depended on Ascendancy; and this, they told him was Ascendancy_and consequently the only thing that could do him good. Westminster Review No.19.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1828].
Rare hand-coloured etching. Framed, sight size 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A very large satirical scene showing the various politicians involved with the debate regarding Catholic emancipation. On the far left, Wellington and Robert Peel stand on the outskirst of a group of figures including Brougham, with a broom in his pocket, Burdett, Scarlett and Eldon. On the right the Duke of Cumberland dances with the devil and in the distance a waggon labelled 'Common State Waggon John Bull & Co.' rushes towards the scene driven by George IV.
BM Satire 15658.
[Ref: 61230]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Catholic Relief Bill] How To Keep One's Place. AD. 1833.
[Catholic Relief Bill] How To Keep One's Place. AD. 1833. The public are inform'd that T McLean is the only publisher of P.Prys Caricatures - all those without his publication are Copies.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.
Published March 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Caricatures daily brought out._
Hand-coloured etching. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Narrow margin at top.
The Duke of Clarence kneels before Pope Leo XII proffering a cushion with the royal crown, with Lyndhurst Wellington and Peel also genuflecting. Flanking the Pope are the 'Queen of Heaven' a woman with pinched waist and stomacher, a fat 'St Dominic', 'St Ursula' with her head under her arm and 'St Daniel' (O'Connell), in wig and gown, holding a moneybag inscribed 'Rent' and with a shillelagh against his left shoulder. A satire on the Duke of Clarence's uncompromising speech in favour of Emancipation (February 23 1829). It was expected that Clarence would be king by 1833; he became William IV the next year.
BM Satires: 15689.
[Ref: 56737]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Dont you remember the 5th of November.
Dont you remember the 5th of November.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 295 x 390mm (11¾ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate. Glued onto backing sheet at edges.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 61524]   £320.00  
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Dont you remember the 5th of November.
Dont you remember the 5th of November.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 52770]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Change in the Head of Affairs.
A Change in the Head of Affairs.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c. January 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 260 x 373mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Slight crease. Cut to platemark.
Satire on the change of Ministry which followed Goderich's resignation, after which the Duke of Wellington was summoned to Windsor by George IV and commissioned to form an administration. Here the King, depicted with a huge gouty foot, hands a wig to Wellington, who declares 'Happy I am to see the Whig discarded- I'll try and Administer something that shall fit your M_ better'. Goderich had been unable to hold together the fragile coalition of Tories and Whigs assembled by his predecessor, Canning, and resigned after only 144 days in office (which was still longer than Canning had managed!)
BM Satires: 15498.
[Ref: 30519]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Peeling a Charley.
Peeling a Charley.
William Heath.
Pub Sep 29th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of W Heaths etchings.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border.
Robert Peel pulls the overcoat off a nightwatchman to throw onto a burning watch box, as the watchman begs for mercy. Another watchman hangs from a tree, still holding his lamp and rattle. An arm also holding a rattle sticks up out of a lake. A satire on the replacement of the district watch system with Peel's new police force, and the phasing out of the watch boxes which the watchmen often lived in. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however the monogram was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
BM Satires: 15862.
[Ref: 51588]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Chinese Set To._ Sketches by Travellers.
A Chinese Set To._ Sketches by Travellers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2nd 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket political & other Caricatures daily Pub.
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 360mm (10½ x 14½"), with wide margins. Abrasion in the title line. Some surface dirt.
A street brawl in China, with two Chinese pulling each other's hair and biting each other. Spectators observe with mixed reactions. Etched by William Heath and part of a series which also included scenes in the Scottish Highlands, Germany, Netherlands and Arctic.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52711]   £360.00  
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Comic Dance in the Popular Pantomine of the white Cat
Comic Dance in the Popular Pantomine of the white Cat by Mess.rs Kirby & Chatterley to the Tune of the Bold Dragoon.
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath.
pub 5th of Jan.y 1812 by T. Palser Bridge Road Lambeth.
Coloured etching. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
A scene of two clowns, James Kirby (died 1826) in drag & William Simmons Chatterley (1787-1822) with white face and red triangles, the signature look of Joseph Grimaldi's 'Joey' clown.
[Ref: 33086]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lady Elizabeth Conyngham] The Guard Wot Looks Arter the Sovereign.
[Lady Elizabeth Conyngham] The Guard Wot Looks Arter the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry (William Heath), but a forgery] Esq. Del.
Pub. April 16 1929 by T. McFat 26 Strawmarket.
Coloured etching. 370 x 255mm, 14½ x 10½". Tear in margin.
Elizabeth, Lady Conyngham (1769-1861), shown dressed as a coachman, carrying a blunderbuss. She was mistress of the Prince Regent from 1819 until his death in 1830, having had a fling with Tsar Nicholas I of Russia during his visit to London in 1816. A pirate copy of Heath's print, possibly by John Phillips. The publisher's address parodies that of Thomas McLean.
BM:15733 copy.
[Ref: 11461]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Packing Up!!!
Packing Up!!! Had sly Ulysses at the Sack Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's pack. vide Cleaveland.
W. Heath
Pub July 1st 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾").
Royal mistress Elizabeth Conyngham, her husband Henry, and their daughter Harriet Maria Somerville prepare to leave Windsor following the death of George IV, struggling to pack up their belongings, including the giraffe skeleton carried by Harriet. According to the DNB, 'society believed that she was accompanied by 'wagonloads' of plunder; but although the king had bequeathed her all his plate and jewels (some of which, as family heirlooms, were not his to give) she refused the entire legacy'.
BM Satires 16143. For other satires on Conyngham's departure see refs 30461 and 30463
[Ref: 39544]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Elizabeth Conyngham] The Back Way.
[Elizabeth Conyngham] The Back Way. "That she would steal away so guilty like - Shakespeare. About about: Search Windsor Castle, elves, within & out. "Let's shift away; there's warrant in that theft...thro private paths to stray".
William Heath.
Pub July 2 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching, with large margins. 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some creasing and toning.
Satire on Lady Conyngham's departure from Windsor following George IV's death, published within a the event. In order to avoid being heckled by crowds she left by the less expected route, through the Home Park. Here she crawls from under the rough penthouse roof of a pigsty built against a wall of Windsor Castle, to the astonishment of a ringed hog (left). Under her arm is a large sack of plunder, reflecting the popular belief that she was took large quantities of George's valuables with her). Her daughter creeps behind her. Part of the castle visible on the right.
BM Satires: 16155.
[Ref: 30463]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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[John Singleton Copley] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.
[John Singleton Copley] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2d. 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket -
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 362mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Some surface dirt particularily in the right corner, thread margins.
Satire on Baron Lyndhurst's wavering stance over Catholic Emancipation, and his wife's notorious affair with the Earl of Dudley. Lyndhurst, Chancellor under three successive Prime Ministers, had spoken against Emancipation in 1827 but was speaking in favour of it in 1829. Here it suggested he buy a new coat- 'you know you turnd it only last year & it has been turned before that. so I much doubt if it will bear turning any more [..]' Lyndhurst receives his advice from 'Doodle' (Dudley), who suggests Lyndhurst could afford to buy a new coat as 'her Ladyship earns her own expenses. Doodle pays all her bills and gives her every thing she can wish for'. Lady Lyndhurst was involved in several affairs with the wealthy and powerful.
BM Satires: 15705.
[Ref: 52759]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment.
[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment.
W. Heath.
Pub July 6 1830 by T. Mc Lean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Marginal tears; glued to scrap sheet. Ink spot lower right below image.
A caricature of a concerned-looking Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as the accession of his brother William IV put an end to his influence on English politics. He was passed over in favour of his brother the Duke of Sussex for the post of Ranger of St. James's Park and Hyde Park, given Windsor Park instead. The 'Grave' in the title is a reference to Cumberland's affair with Lady Graves (1783 - 1835).
BM Satires: 16156.
[Ref: 9214]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment.
[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment. [in ink underneath image:] Duke of Cumberland.
W. Heath.
Pub July 6 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket-London.
Hand-coloured etching. 354 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Cut at top, old ink mms in margin.
A caricature of a concerned-looking Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as the accession of his brother William IV put an end to his influence on English politics. He was passed over in favour of his brother the Duke of Sussex for the post of Ranger of St. James's Park and Hyde Park, given Windsor Park instead. The 'Grave' in the title is a reference to Cumberland's affair with Lady Graves (1783 - 1835).
BM Satires: 16156.
[Ref: 30465]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Man Wot Violates the Grave. It's very hard these sort of men can't let a Body be = O she loved a bold Dragoon with his long _&c&
The Man Wot Violates the Grave. It's very hard these sort of men can't let a Body be = O she loved a bold Dragoon with his long _&c&
W. Heath.
Pub Jan 30 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. 372 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Crease.
The Duke of Cumberland steps up from a grave, carrying Lady Graves, with whom Cumberland had been having an affair. In 1830 this scandal erupted in the press, and shortly after this print was published Lady Graves' husband Thomas committed suicide, adding to the macabre imagery of this print.
BM Satires: 16011.
[Ref: 30541]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Daring and Impudent Robbery!!! Do villiany, do, since you profess to do't____Like workmen; I'll example you with thieving_Thieves fro this robbery have authority_Shakespeare.
Daring and Impudent Robbery!!! Do villiany, do, since you profess to do't____Like workmen; I'll example you with thieving_Thieves fro this robbery have authority_Shakespeare.
William Heath.
Pub oct 6th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of WH-s Etchings.
Handcoloured etching. Plate: 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10"). Small margins. Slight stain in top edge centre.
An obese John Bull is attacked by (left) Wellington, who takes a money-bag inscribed 'Poor Rates' from his pocket, and Peel (dressed as a policeman, as in many prints following the founding of his New Police) who grabs the watch from his fob.
BM Satires: 15875.
[Ref: 39177]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe] A Dalme_Tian. Booking the Colonel. This Sketch is dedicated to the Greeks.
[Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe] A Dalme_Tian. Booking the Colonel. This Sketch is dedicated to the Greeks. No.1 Turf Characters____"Quoth Hudibrass I smell a Rat.....
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r del..
Pub June 26 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828', with large margins.
Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe (1804-1871), the noted gentleman jockey in charge of the King's Stud, depicted as a thin man in riding dress with top-hat and top-boots, holding out a betting-book. The performance of the king's horse 'The Colonel' at the Ascot Gold Cup on June 18th disappointed William IV; a letter appeared in the 'Sporting Magazine', signed by 'Independence', claiming the horse had been seen being hacked by a drunken rider only four days before the race. Delmé-Radcliffe issued a denial, but had difficulty getting it published. Heath gives a nod to the author of the letter by referencing the Greek struggle for independence. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15932.
[Ref: 55401]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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A desert - imitation of modern fashion!
A desert - imitation of modern fashion!
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1825].
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed into printed border.
An upturned wine glass represents a woman, with the rim the brim of a hat with grapes as decoration, the bowl her bustle.
BM Satires 15611.
[Ref: 58276]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Desert - Imitation of Modern Fashion!
A Desert - Imitation of Modern Fashion!
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath, holding a wine glass]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1825].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, to printed border at top.
An upturned wine glass represents a woman, with the brim of a hat with grapes as decoration, the bowl her bustle.
BM Satires 15611.
[Ref: 59479]   £320.00  
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A Disappointment.
A Disappointment. D-n me she's a Black one.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del et Sculp.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, paper tone and laid on card. Bit messy.
A dandy lifts the veil of a fashionably-dressed woman asleep under a tree, realising she is black. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
[Ref: 46437]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Drill.
Drill. Why you infernal rascal_how dare you stand there making such horrible ugly faces! _ Make the fly leave my nose Serjeant.
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching. Framed, sight size 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
An angry Serjeant berates a soldier, who is standing to attention, as he pulls faces to dislodge a wasp on his nose.
[Ref: 61188]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Why you infernal rascal _ how dare you stand there making such horrible Ugly Faces! - Make the Fly leave my nose alone Serjeant.
Why you infernal rascal _ how dare you stand there making such horrible Ugly Faces! - Make the Fly leave my nose alone Serjeant. Drill.
Drawn & Etched by W Heath.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 247mm (7½ z 9¾").
A sergeant addresses a line of soldiers on parade, one of whom is being stung on the nose by a bee.
[Ref: 52331]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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A Labourer in the Good Cause.
A Labourer in the Good Cause.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket - [n.d. c.March 1829.]
Handcoloured etching, watermark 1827. Sheet: 250 x 350mm, (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Faded.
Satire on Eldon's meetings with George IV. Eldon, leader of the opposition to Catholic Emancipation, induced Tory peers to use their right of demanding audience of the King in order to protest against concessions. Here he carries huge stacks of petitions to present to the King.
BM Satires: 15680.
[Ref: 39168]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Case of Frightful Destitution the Fatal Effects of Getting out of Chancery.
Case of Frightful Destitution the Fatal Effects of Getting out of Chancery.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d., c.1826.] Bit later.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾") Small margins.
Eldon as a street beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving stones, wearing the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. Round his neck is a placard reaching below the waist, inscribed, 'Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78, and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. [...]' Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging dish.
BM Satires 15504.
[Ref: 39620]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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An. Election. Ball.
An. Election. Ball.
[Paul Pry] Esq. Del.
London Published by McLean, 26 Haymarket. [n.d., c.1829].
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet size: 245 x 355mm (9¾x 14"). Trimmed.
An interior view in which a well dressed dandy bows and takes the hand of the plain daughter of a grotesquely fat mother, to the shock and confusion of the guests behind. The ballroom can be seen through an open facade in the background. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 32033]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
W. Heath del.
London, Published by Jones & Co Feb.y 16 1822.
Etching and aquatint, sheet 125 x 190mm (5 x 7½").
Scene from Frances Burney's novel 'Evelina': Madame Duval dances with a flamboyant gentleman at the Hampstead Assembly, London, while the assembly looks on.
[Ref: 45890]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
W. Heath del.
London, Published by Jones & Co Feb.y 16 1822.
Etching and aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 130 x 215mm (5 x 8½").
Madame Duval dances with a flamboyant gentleman at the Hampstead Assembly, London, while the assembly looks on. A scene from Frances Burney's novel 'Evelina':
[Ref: 61000]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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''We have the exhibition to examine
''We have the exhibition to examine"
[William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 355mm (10 x 14''). Cut to borders. Some repaired nicks to edges.
A scene in an exhibition salon in which specatators struggle to see the paintings through the large crowd and enormous hats. One disgruntled man wipes his head in exasperation after his daughter tries to disuade him from leaving.
[Ref: 56453]   £320.00  
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Military Duties Plate 3.rd. Eyes Right.
Military Duties Plate 3.rd. Eyes Right.
[William Heath.]
[Pub.d May 8 1824 by S.W.Fores 41 Picadilly.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Trimmed, very small hole top right.
A soldier stands at attention beside an officer outside a rustic inn or cottage. As the officer inspects a paper, the soldier eyes a girl in an open window.
BM Satires 14731.
[Ref: 60586]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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It is the very fashion of the time.
It is the very fashion of the time. Which cannot look more hideously [/] Than I have drawn it in my fantasy.
[Paul Pry] Esq. Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. For November 1827. To be continued every month.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
An elaborately dressed woman stands with her gloved right hand resting on her extremely small waist. She is wearing a bright red dress and an emerald green cloak, with white fur trim. Her large hat is decorated with ribbons and feathers. A quote from Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part II, is inscribed underneath the title. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 37474]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Charles Flower] The Misfortune of having Short Legs or the Flower of the flock loseing his stick! Vide city police.
[Sir Charles Flower] The Misfortune of having Short Legs or the Flower of the flock loseing his stick! Vide city police.
W. Heath.
Pub. Jan.y 26 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarker Sole Publisher of W. heath Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14''). Paper tone, foxing, messy. Small margins.
A caricature of Alderman Sir Charles Flower attempting to get into a carriage, behind him a shop keeper carrying a large turtle.
BM Satire 16414.
[Ref: 50805]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Four -- Prices.
The Four -- Prices. High Price. Low Price. Full Price. Half Price.
[William Heath?]
London Published Jan.y 26 1825 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Four fashionably dressed women promenade, probably in Hyde Park. One is tall, the others short, fat and thin.
BM Satires 14902, in imitation of 14901. See Ref: 58270
[Ref: 58294]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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French Salutation. English Salutation.
French Salutation. English Salutation.
[Paul Pry, monogram of William Heath ] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Stained, cut. Damaged top right.
Two designs side by side, both of an accidental meeting of pedestrians, and contrasting the exhuberant Frenchmen with gloomy Englishmen.
BM Satires: 15961.
[Ref: 30517]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Geography, or the Use of the Globes _ A Practical Lesson.
Geography, or the Use of the Globes _ A Practical Lesson. Shewing the Face of the Earth.
W. Heath Del et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A red-faced teacher hurls a desk globe into the face of a mischievious pupil. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54312]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives when Hever He Likes.
[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives when Hever He Likes.
[William Heath] Esq. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
A caricature of George IV, showing him in a position of authority. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
BM Satires 15732.
[Ref: 46656]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching with hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828'. Colour slightly faded.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 55407]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV & Wellington] The Two Happiest Men Alive. A Friend in need is a Friend indeed. vide John Bull.
[George IV & Wellington] The Two Happiest Men Alive. A Friend in need is a Friend indeed. vide John Bull.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. Sep 30 1827.
Etching with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
George IV, with a gouty leg and a crutch under his left arm, is supported by the Duke of Wellington. The king plainly dressed but with the Garter ribbon and star, has a much swathed gouty leg supported in a sling from the neck. Earlier in the year Wellington had agreed to become commander-in-chief of the forces, pleasing the king
BM Satires: 15429.
[Ref: 60632]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Quartette in Character.
A Quartette in Character.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour 260 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"), with large margins.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand). All four caricatures were issued as separate prints. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 55399]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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