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Admonition and Gratitude.
Woodward del.t _ W_S Sculp.t [Charles Williams].
London Pub.d Decm.r 1st 1807 by Tho.s. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 345mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed just within plate. Very slight damage in centre.
A man in ragged clothes stands before a justice, who points at the book in his hand: 'Yes, Yes, you have brought yourself into a pretty scrape - here it is - Burns Justice page 22 - if you are not hang’d for this, I’ll be hang’d for you!!'. The ragged man replies 'Sir you are very good and speak like a Gentleman -I humbly thank you - and hope when the day comes you will not be out of the way!'.
[Ref: 40502] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del.t _ W_S Sculp.t [Charles Williams].
London Pub.d Decm.r 1st 1807 by Tho.s. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 345mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed just within plate. Very slight damage in centre.
A man in ragged clothes stands before a justice, who points at the book in his hand: 'Yes, Yes, you have brought yourself into a pretty scrape - here it is - Burns Justice page 22 - if you are not hang’d for this, I’ll be hang’d for you!!'. The ragged man replies 'Sir you are very good and speak like a Gentleman -I humbly thank you - and hope when the day comes you will not be out of the way!'.
[Ref: 40502] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Admonition and Gratitude.
Woodward del.t _ W_S Sculp.t [Charles Williams].
London Pub.d Decm.r 1st 1807 by Tho.s. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, stained.
A man in ragged clothes stands before a justice, who points at the book in his hand: 'Yes, Yes, you have brought yourself into a pretty scrape - here it is - Burns Justice page 22 - if you are not hang’d for this, I’ll be hang’d for you!!'. The ragged man replies 'Sir you are very good and speak like a Gentleman -I humbly thank you - and hope when the day comes you will not be out of the way!'.
[Ref: 56613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del.t _ W_S Sculp.t [Charles Williams].
London Pub.d Decm.r 1st 1807 by Tho.s. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, stained.
A man in ragged clothes stands before a justice, who points at the book in his hand: 'Yes, Yes, you have brought yourself into a pretty scrape - here it is - Burns Justice page 22 - if you are not hang’d for this, I’ll be hang’d for you!!'. The ragged man replies 'Sir you are very good and speak like a Gentleman -I humbly thank you - and hope when the day comes you will not be out of the way!'.
[Ref: 56613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Generous Master or African Sincerity. a West-India anecdote.
Argus del.t.
London Pub Jan.y 9 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet; staining and paper tone.
An invalid tells his black servant 'Pompey' that he has made provision in his will for Pompey to be buried beside him in the same tomb. Pompey, however, is horrified at the idea, and worries that because of the darkness in the tomb, the devil might mistakenly take him instead of his master. A rare and interesting image.
BM Satires 13193.
[Ref: 41468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.t.
London Pub Jan.y 9 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet; staining and paper tone.
An invalid tells his black servant 'Pompey' that he has made provision in his will for Pompey to be buried beside him in the same tomb. Pompey, however, is horrified at the idea, and worries that because of the darkness in the tomb, the devil might mistakenly take him instead of his master. A rare and interesting image.
BM Satires 13193.
[Ref: 41468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The April Fool consigned to Infamy and Ridicule.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd April 1st 1801 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"). 18th century watermark. Trimmed to platemark.
The titular April Fool (possibly John James Hamilton, first marquis of Abercorn) stands with his arms around two women, wearing handbands labelled 'Ridicule' and 'Infamy'. On the right a third woman gestures towards the scene, proclaiming 'I have made him a fixed figure for the hand of Scorn to point her slow-moving finger at'. Etching by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work.
BM Satires 9776.
[Ref: 46558] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd April 1st 1801 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"). 18th century watermark. Trimmed to platemark.
The titular April Fool (possibly John James Hamilton, first marquis of Abercorn) stands with his arms around two women, wearing handbands labelled 'Ridicule' and 'Infamy'. On the right a third woman gestures towards the scene, proclaiming 'I have made him a fixed figure for the hand of Scorn to point her slow-moving finger at'. Etching by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work.
BM Satires 9776.
[Ref: 46558] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Bentinck] John Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/58345.jpg)
[William Bentinck] John Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 1807 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"), large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at bottom.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck as a statue sitting in a chair of Portland Stone blocks, a placard: 'Repaird and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807'. On seeing the statue John Bull exclaims 'I really thought this Statue was gone to decay a long time ago!!'. By the time of this caricature Portland, deaf, gouty, and infirm, was a mere figure-head. This example has Portland coloured as a man rather than the intended statue.
BM Satires 10718.
[Ref: 58345] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 1807 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"), large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at bottom.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck as a statue sitting in a chair of Portland Stone blocks, a placard: 'Repaird and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807'. On seeing the statue John Bull exclaims 'I really thought this Statue was gone to decay a long time ago!!'. By the time of this caricature Portland, deaf, gouty, and infirm, was a mere figure-head. This example has Portland coloured as a man rather than the intended statue.
BM Satires 10718.
[Ref: 58345] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/54470.jpg)
[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') very large margins. Ink marginalia, printer's crease.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 54470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') very large margins. Ink marginalia, printer's crease.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 54470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/61841.jpg)
[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') Small margins, time stained.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 61841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') Small margins, time stained.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 61841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Between Two Stools the Bottom goes o the Ground. There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture.
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pubd March 1t 1802 SW Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching; 18th century watermark. Plate 248 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Tierney has fallen between two (upholstered) stools: 'Whig Stool' [tattered] and 'Tory Stool' [in good repair]; he holds out his arms, saying, "There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture". On the extreme left and right stand Fox and Addington both clasping their sides in amusement at the mishap; the latter wears robes and wig.
BM Satires 9844.
[Ref: 52270] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pubd March 1t 1802 SW Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching; 18th century watermark. Plate 248 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Tierney has fallen between two (upholstered) stools: 'Whig Stool' [tattered] and 'Tory Stool' [in good repair]; he holds out his arms, saying, "There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture". On the extreme left and right stand Fox and Addington both clasping their sides in amusement at the mishap; the latter wears robes and wig.
BM Satires 9844.
[Ref: 52270] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Billington.] Clara _ a Bavura.](jpegs/58380.jpg)
[Elizabeth Billington.] Clara _ a Bavura.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Jan.y 4th 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Wax stains in top corners of margins. Bit messy.
A full-length caricature portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818) as Clara in Sheridan's opera 'The Duenna', her second leading part.
BM Satires 9914.
[Ref: 58380] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Jan.y 4th 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Wax stains in top corners of margins. Bit messy.
A full-length caricature portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818) as Clara in Sheridan's opera 'The Duenna', her second leading part.
BM Satires 9914.
[Ref: 58380] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Francis Burdett] Read - Compare - and - Judge. Or the Freedom of Election Exemplified.](jpegs/60092.jpg)
[Sir Francis Burdett] Read - Compare - and - Judge. Or the Freedom of Election Exemplified.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 13th 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly _ Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire in support of Sir Francis Burdett (1770 –1844) in the 1804 Middlesex election against George Boulton Mainwaring (c.1773-1822). Although Burdett won, his return was declared void.
BM Satires 10265.
[Ref: 60092] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 13th 1804 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly _ Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire in support of Sir Francis Burdett (1770 –1844) in the 1804 Middlesex election against George Boulton Mainwaring (c.1773-1822). Although Burdett won, his return was declared void.
BM Satires 10265.
[Ref: 60092] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise.](jpegs/61875.jpg)
[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise. The World was all before them where to choose [/] Their place of rest and Parson T_e, their guide.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Etching, 1805 Edmeades watermark; 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Trimmed to plate at top.
A satire on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 61875] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Etching, 1805 Edmeades watermark; 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Trimmed to plate at top.
A satire on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 61875] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise.](jpegs/43646.jpg)
[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise. The World was all before them where to choose [/] Their place of rest and Parson T_e [Tooke], their guide.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Tear in margins.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 43646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Tear in margins.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 43646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The conclusion of the first volume of the Caricature Magazine.] Ladies and Gentlemen, having compleated the final volume of the Caricature Magazine,](jpegs/58268.jpg)
[The conclusion of the first volume of the Caricature Magazine.] Ladies and Gentlemen, having compleated the final volume of the Caricature Magazine, I am desired in the name of the Proprietors, Publisher Artists &c. as also from myself and large _ long, and small headed Bretheren to return to you our sincere thanks for the kind reception we have experienced...
Woodward Inv.t and Delin; [etched by Charles Williams.]
London, Published 1st Sept.r 1807, by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins on 2 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, small tear entering plate but not image at top,
A group of 'Lilliputians' stand on a stage surrounded by a curtain festooned with satire prints.
BM Satires 10916, with extensive description of the prints illustrated.
[Ref: 58268] £380.00
Woodward Inv.t and Delin; [etched by Charles Williams.]
London, Published 1st Sept.r 1807, by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins on 2 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, small tear entering plate but not image at top,
A group of 'Lilliputians' stand on a stage surrounded by a curtain festooned with satire prints.
BM Satires 10916, with extensive description of the prints illustrated.
[Ref: 58268] £380.00
The City Combat, or the Desperate Attack at the English Baron, an Easter Tale.
Pub.d May 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark: C. Patch. Plate: 250 x 395mm (9¾ x 15¾"), with large margins.
A satirical scene in which the Mayor of London fights off a crowd desperate to join him for dinner. At the table behind the Mayor sits the Prince of Wales who sits opposite a fashionably dressed woman and a man who is perhaps the Duke of Cumberland.
BM Satires 9862.
[Ref: 46631] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d May 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark: C. Patch. Plate: 250 x 395mm (9¾ x 15¾"), with large margins.
A satirical scene in which the Mayor of London fights off a crowd desperate to join him for dinner. At the table behind the Mayor sits the Prince of Wales who sits opposite a fashionably dressed woman and a man who is perhaps the Duke of Cumberland.
BM Satires 9862.
[Ref: 46631] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mother Carey's Chickens. BM these Birds have lately been seen hovering about the Horse Guards.
[by Charles Williams.]
[Watermarked 1803 but printed later.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Mounted in album paper at edges, some toning.
Mrs Cary or Carey releases a flock of fledgling officers with money bags from a sack marked 'Pin Money instead of Allowance', to the disgust of a group of full-size officers, one of whom says 'To waste ones health in unwholesome Climates an then fail of promotion because we cannot fee ****** or Army Agents Agents.!!'. Mrs Cary succeeded Mary Anne Clarke as mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, after Clarke admitted selling army commissions to support their lavish lifestyle in 1809. This satire suggests that the practice continued.
BM Satires 11050, published by Tegg 1808.
[Ref: 54569] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
[Watermarked 1803 but printed later.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Mounted in album paper at edges, some toning.
Mrs Cary or Carey releases a flock of fledgling officers with money bags from a sack marked 'Pin Money instead of Allowance', to the disgust of a group of full-size officers, one of whom says 'To waste ones health in unwholesome Climates an then fail of promotion because we cannot fee ****** or Army Agents Agents.!!'. Mrs Cary succeeded Mary Anne Clarke as mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, after Clarke admitted selling army commissions to support their lavish lifestyle in 1809. This satire suggests that the practice continued.
BM Satires 11050, published by Tegg 1808.
[Ref: 54569] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Clerical Manoeuvre or the Way to Finish a Charity Sermon.
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside. [Date of Nov.r 1.st 1815 removed from plate]
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires 16252.
[Ref: 58386] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside. [Date of Nov.r 1.st 1815 removed from plate]
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires 16252.
[Ref: 58386] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Clerical Manoeuvre or the Way to Finish a Charity Sermon.
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1815 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½ "). Trimmed within plate, crease in bottom left corner. Time stained.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires 16252.
[Ref: 46059] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1815 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½ "). Trimmed within plate, crease in bottom left corner. Time stained.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires 16252.
[Ref: 46059] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Clerical Manoeuvre or the Way to Finish a Charity Sermon.
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1815 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 252 x 349mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate; crease.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires: 12652.
[Ref: 30569] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. fecit. [Charles Williams]
Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1815 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 252 x 349mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate; crease.
A clerk takes round the plate collecting donations with a sly smile. The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks. Despite the parson's insistence that anyone 'not in a state of solvency' should not make a donation, the congregation clearly feel under pressure to do so, borrowing from their neighbour where necessary.
BM Satires: 12652.
[Ref: 30569] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Cockney Sportsmen Finding, Pl 1. Morning.
[Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd Decr 8th 1800 by S W Fores Piccadilly, Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching with grey wash border, 253 x 355mm. Repaired tears into image, two from above and two from below.
Plate 1 of a set of four by the same artist, imitations of a set by James Gillray (see 7773), but with the addition of a third man, who wears fashionable London dress, and has a blunderbuss and a small mongrel. The fat city sportsman has a bulldog with a spiked collar. They find a hare, crouching by a tree. Lettered below image with speech of characters; fat man says 'you may as well let me try', the next man raises his blunderbuss to smite, saying, 'No No I'm sure I can knock him down with the butt end'. The third man (to right) says to the dogs: 'hey at him there.' By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830). He was a prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and their identification needs much more work: many of the attributions to him by Dorothy George need to be revisited. 'S.W.F[ores]' blindstamp lower right corner of plate.
See BM Satires: 9596 - 99.
[Ref: 7772] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd Decr 8th 1800 by S W Fores Piccadilly, Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching with grey wash border, 253 x 355mm. Repaired tears into image, two from above and two from below.
Plate 1 of a set of four by the same artist, imitations of a set by James Gillray (see 7773), but with the addition of a third man, who wears fashionable London dress, and has a blunderbuss and a small mongrel. The fat city sportsman has a bulldog with a spiked collar. They find a hare, crouching by a tree. Lettered below image with speech of characters; fat man says 'you may as well let me try', the next man raises his blunderbuss to smite, saying, 'No No I'm sure I can knock him down with the butt end'. The third man (to right) says to the dogs: 'hey at him there.' By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830). He was a prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and their identification needs much more work: many of the attributions to him by Dorothy George need to be revisited. 'S.W.F[ores]' blindstamp lower right corner of plate.
See BM Satires: 9596 - 99.
[Ref: 7772] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Younger] Johnny MacCree at Confession.](jpegs/58786.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger] Johnny MacCree at Confession.
[Charles Williams]
Pubd March 29th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins. Crack in plate at top. Some creasing and staining. Tear in right. Holes in margins and top left corner of the plate mark
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) as a monk with a large tonsure, sits in a high Gothic chair. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) in Highland dress and holding his feathered bonnet, kneels before him asking for advice.
BM Satires 10378
[Ref: 58786] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pubd March 29th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins. Crack in plate at top. Some creasing and staining. Tear in right. Holes in margins and top left corner of the plate mark
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) as a monk with a large tonsure, sits in a high Gothic chair. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) in Highland dress and holding his feathered bonnet, kneels before him asking for advice.
BM Satires 10378
[Ref: 58786] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Deerhurst's Defeat or the End of Unqualifies Ambition.
Pub.d Novem.r 1 1812 for the Proprietors of Town Talk.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 270 x 430mm (10½ x 17''). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases as normal.
A political satire on the election for the MP of Worcester in the 1812 election, George Coventry, Viscout Deerhurst challenged William Gordon for the seat but was defeated. A funeral processes in the foreground mourning 'Interests of the Coventry Family' while behind a carriage races past celebrating the re-election of Gordon.
BM Satire 11913.
[Ref: 50843] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Novem.r 1 1812 for the Proprietors of Town Talk.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 270 x 430mm (10½ x 17''). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases as normal.
A political satire on the election for the MP of Worcester in the 1812 election, George Coventry, Viscout Deerhurst challenged William Gordon for the seat but was defeated. A funeral processes in the foreground mourning 'Interests of the Coventry Family' while behind a carriage races past celebrating the re-election of Gordon.
BM Satire 11913.
[Ref: 50843] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dos a Dos or Rumpti iddity ido. Natural Accidents in practising Quadrille Dancing.
[by Charles Williams.]
London Pub,d May 1817 by S.W.Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 19th century watermark. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Small margins.
Two dancers collide and glare at each other in surprised indignation.
BM Satires 12933.
[Ref: 51873] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
London Pub,d May 1817 by S.W.Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 19th century watermark. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Small margins.
Two dancers collide and glare at each other in surprised indignation.
BM Satires 12933.
[Ref: 51873] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Delights of Love - a Family Catch.
[by Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Sept.r 4th, 1804 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.] Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening'
Coloured etching. 250 x 350m (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. 'Sept 9 1804' in old ink mss in title area. Unexamined out of frame.
Daughter, mother, and father sit by a small oblong table, singing a catch. Daughter: 'Give me the sweet delights of love / Let not anxious cares destroy them, / Oh how divine still to enjoy them'. Mother: 'Pure are the blessings love bestowing, / Peace and harmony ever flowing.' Father, angrily: 'A smoaky house, a failing trade, / Six squalling brats and a scolding Jade'.
BM Satire 10331.
[Ref: 51853] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Sept.r 4th, 1804 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.] Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening'
Coloured etching. 250 x 350m (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. 'Sept 9 1804' in old ink mss in title area. Unexamined out of frame.
Daughter, mother, and father sit by a small oblong table, singing a catch. Daughter: 'Give me the sweet delights of love / Let not anxious cares destroy them, / Oh how divine still to enjoy them'. Mother: 'Pure are the blessings love bestowing, / Peace and harmony ever flowing.' Father, angrily: 'A smoaky house, a failing trade, / Six squalling brats and a scolding Jade'.
BM Satire 10331.
[Ref: 51853] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
An Easy Reply. Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy Pl. 6.
G M Woodward delt. [Williams]
Pub,d Jan,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Tears and creasing. Trimmed nearly to image.
A dishevelled young man is restrained by two companions as he invokes Hamlet when addressing a burly watchman. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10329.
[Ref: 50718] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G M Woodward delt. [Williams]
Pub,d Jan,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Tears and creasing. Trimmed nearly to image.
A dishevelled young man is restrained by two companions as he invokes Hamlet when addressing a burly watchman. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10329.
[Ref: 50718] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Sudden Thought. Specimens of Dramatic Phrenzy. Pl. 2.
G M Woodward delt. [Williams]
Pub.d Janr,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street.
Coloured etching, watermark Russell & Co 179?. 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾"). Tears and creasing.
A young man, fashionably dressed, postures as if terror-struck before two astonished waiters, invoking Macbeth. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10325
[Ref: 50719] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G M Woodward delt. [Williams]
Pub.d Janr,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street.
Coloured etching, watermark Russell & Co 179?. 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾"). Tears and creasing.
A young man, fashionably dressed, postures as if terror-struck before two astonished waiters, invoking Macbeth. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10325
[Ref: 50719] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
An Easy Reply. Specimens of Dramatic Phrensy Pl. 6.
G M Woodward delt.
Pub,d Jan,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Losses at corners.
A dishevelled young man is restrained by two companions as he invokes Hamlet when addressing a burly watchman. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10329.
[Ref: 54276] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
G M Woodward delt.
Pub,d Jan,y 1,st 1804 by S W Fores N°50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Losses at corners.
A dishevelled young man is restrained by two companions as he invokes Hamlet when addressing a burly watchman. One of a set of six satires.
BM Satires 10329.
[Ref: 54276] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
A Naval Enquiry with a Naught-ical Explanation.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d March 25th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 1804 watermark, plate 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Some creasing. Pinholes in margins. Small margins.
Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville) and Alexander Trotter (Paymaster of the Navy), both in kilts to highlight their Scottishness, being grilled about how Navy money ended up in Trotter's bank account at Coutts.
BM Satires 10377.
[Ref: 58787] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d March 25th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 1804 watermark, plate 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Some creasing. Pinholes in margins. Small margins.
Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville) and Alexander Trotter (Paymaster of the Navy), both in kilts to highlight their Scottishness, being grilled about how Navy money ended up in Trotter's bank account at Coutts.
BM Satires 10377.
[Ref: 58787] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Finding of Arms or A Midnight Domiciliary Visit to the Boarding School.
[by Charles Williams]
No.111 Cheapside
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 250 x 380mm (9¾ x 15"), with large margins. Paper watermarked 'G. Wilmott / 1819'
Satire on the Search for Arms Act, brought in December 1819. This print, in which a police-officer with a warrant searches the dormitory of a female boarding school during the night, responds specifically to protests against searches being conducted during the night on account that they would subject women to 'insult and indignity'. Etching by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work.
BM Satires 13291.
[Ref: 46560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
No.111 Cheapside
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 250 x 380mm (9¾ x 15"), with large margins. Paper watermarked 'G. Wilmott / 1819'
Satire on the Search for Arms Act, brought in December 1819. This print, in which a police-officer with a warrant searches the dormitory of a female boarding school during the night, responds specifically to protests against searches being conducted during the night on account that they would subject women to 'insult and indignity'. Etching by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work.
BM Satires 13291.
[Ref: 46560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The New Minister or _as it should be.
Argus del,t [Charles Williams].
Pub,d Feby. 1806 by Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Hand coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 19¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over left margin. Verso period newspaper cuttings.
Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville introduces Charles James Fox to George III, who peers at Fox through his looking glass. The three exchange pleasantries. After Pitt's death in 1806, Fox joined Grenville's "Ministry of All the Talents", although he died in June.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 58346] £320.00
Argus del,t [Charles Williams].
Pub,d Feby. 1806 by Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Hand coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 19¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over left margin. Verso period newspaper cuttings.
Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville introduces Charles James Fox to George III, who peers at Fox through his looking glass. The three exchange pleasantries. After Pitt's death in 1806, Fox joined Grenville's "Ministry of All the Talents", although he died in June.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 58346] £320.00
![[Charles James Fox] John Bull's first Visit to his Old Friend the New Secretary.](jpegs/58377.jpg)
[Charles James Fox] John Bull's first Visit to his Old Friend the New Secretary.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 3d 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside printed border, small nicks in edges, creased.
John Bull, a stout shock-headed countryman in a smock, visits Fox, who stands warily, hiding behind his back a paper, 'Treaty for carrying on the War'. Fox had just become Foreign Secretary in Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' after years in the political wilderness. He was challenged on his attitude to the Union, which he had recently called 'one of the most disgraceful [acts] that ever happened to that country'. He answered that his opinion remained the same, 'But it did not follow, that, because a man had felt that a particular measure . . . had been exceptionable, he was therefore bound to undo it'.
BM Satires 10539.
[Ref: 58377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 3d 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside printed border, small nicks in edges, creased.
John Bull, a stout shock-headed countryman in a smock, visits Fox, who stands warily, hiding behind his back a paper, 'Treaty for carrying on the War'. Fox had just become Foreign Secretary in Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' after years in the political wilderness. He was challenged on his attitude to the Union, which he had recently called 'one of the most disgraceful [acts] that ever happened to that country'. He answered that his opinion remained the same, 'But it did not follow, that, because a man had felt that a particular measure . . . had been exceptionable, he was therefore bound to undo it'.
BM Satires 10539.
[Ref: 58377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frederick. Duke of York and Mary Anne Charke] They Have Been Weighed in the Balance, and are found Wanting.](jpegs/61842.jpg)
[Frederick. Duke of York and Mary Anne Charke] They Have Been Weighed in the Balance, and are found Wanting.
Flagelantes [Charles Williams] inv.t.
Pub.d March 1809 by Walker No. 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large pair of scales, the arm reading 'England expects every man to do his duty', weigh on one side by Mary Anne Clarke, supported by Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, and on other three lawyers and General Clavering (with Spencer Perceval adding papers to the scales). The fulcrum is Frederick, Duke of York, standing on the back of William Adam. John Bull watches from behind. This satire relates to the cash-for-commissions scandal involving the Duke of York and Clarke, his mistress, and specifically on the votes exonerating him. Wardle brought the motion for the removal of the Duke, but it was defeated by Perceval's amendment; eventually Perceval's resolution acquitting the Duke of personal corruption was carried. Clarke calls for the John Bull, carrying the 'Vox Populi', to lend his weight, reflecting public opinion. York did in fact resign the same month this print was published- despite the motion passed by the Commons, this was the only way to avoid a renewal of the allegations. Etching by 'Flagelantes', which BM Satires believes to be a pseudonym for Charles Williams, although many of the attributions to Williams in BM Satires are now questioned.
BM Satires 11269.
[Ref: 61842] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Flagelantes [Charles Williams] inv.t.
Pub.d March 1809 by Walker No. 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large pair of scales, the arm reading 'England expects every man to do his duty', weigh on one side by Mary Anne Clarke, supported by Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, and on other three lawyers and General Clavering (with Spencer Perceval adding papers to the scales). The fulcrum is Frederick, Duke of York, standing on the back of William Adam. John Bull watches from behind. This satire relates to the cash-for-commissions scandal involving the Duke of York and Clarke, his mistress, and specifically on the votes exonerating him. Wardle brought the motion for the removal of the Duke, but it was defeated by Perceval's amendment; eventually Perceval's resolution acquitting the Duke of personal corruption was carried. Clarke calls for the John Bull, carrying the 'Vox Populi', to lend his weight, reflecting public opinion. York did in fact resign the same month this print was published- despite the motion passed by the Commons, this was the only way to avoid a renewal of the allegations. Etching by 'Flagelantes', which BM Satires believes to be a pseudonym for Charles Williams, although many of the attributions to Williams in BM Satires are now questioned.
BM Satires 11269.
[Ref: 61842] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Genial Rays, or John Bull enjoying the sunshine.
Tegg's Caricatures 111 Cheapside.
Pub.d June 1810 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at top.
John Bull (left), a fat 'cit', his hat and bludgeon beside him, reclines on his back against a grassy bank covered with roses. He looks up ecstatically to the sky where the profile head of Burdett is enclosed in a circle or sun inscribed 'Clarior e Tenebris'; this is irradiated, the rays illuminating a distant view of London and John himself. These passions set—and the great Patriot shines" The rays are inscribed: 'Magna Charta', 'King and Constitution', 'Loyalty', 'Reform', 'Good of the People', 'Integrity', 'Laws of the Land', 'Trial by Jury', 'Lords', 'Habea[s Corpus]', 'Liberty', 'Candour', 'Justice', 'Truth', 'Freedom of the Pr[ess]', 'Bill of Rights', 'Commons', 'Free Representation'. A circle of clouds is still not entirely dispersed by the rays: on the right they are over the Tower of London and on the left they surround three evil stars: 'Corrupti[on]', 'Imbe[cillity]', 'Democ[racy]'.
BM Satires 11563.
[Ref: 52292] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Tegg's Caricatures 111 Cheapside.
Pub.d June 1810 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at top.
John Bull (left), a fat 'cit', his hat and bludgeon beside him, reclines on his back against a grassy bank covered with roses. He looks up ecstatically to the sky where the profile head of Burdett is enclosed in a circle or sun inscribed 'Clarior e Tenebris'; this is irradiated, the rays illuminating a distant view of London and John himself. These passions set—and the great Patriot shines" The rays are inscribed: 'Magna Charta', 'King and Constitution', 'Loyalty', 'Reform', 'Good of the People', 'Integrity', 'Laws of the Land', 'Trial by Jury', 'Lords', 'Habea[s Corpus]', 'Liberty', 'Candour', 'Justice', 'Truth', 'Freedom of the Pr[ess]', 'Bill of Rights', 'Commons', 'Free Representation'. A circle of clouds is still not entirely dispersed by the rays: on the right they are over the Tower of London and on the left they surround three evil stars: 'Corrupti[on]', 'Imbe[cillity]', 'Democ[racy]'.
BM Satires 11563.
[Ref: 52292] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] A King-Fisher.](jpegs/58280.jpg)
[George IV] A King-Fisher.
Pub,d June, 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly [but later].
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress. The king's right leg is bandaged up for his gout.
BM Satires 15137A with the king's face altered.
[Ref: 58280] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub,d June, 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly [but later].
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress. The king's right leg is bandaged up for his gout.
BM Satires 15137A with the king's face altered.
[Ref: 58280] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Gudgeon Fishing a la Conservatory.](jpegs/61133.jpg)
[George IV] Gudgeon Fishing a la Conservatory.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1811 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners.
The Prince Regent presides over a fête held to honour the Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI. The ladies hold fishing rods, with which they try to catch goldfish in a pool in the centre of the table. One of the guests is Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who holds a paper 'Nominal Subscribers to the Humbug Theatre', a reference to his raising funds for rebuilding Drury Lane Theatre.
BM Satires 11729, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1811 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners.
The Prince Regent presides over a fête held to honour the Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI. The ladies hold fishing rods, with which they try to catch goldfish in a pool in the centre of the table. One of the guests is Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who holds a paper 'Nominal Subscribers to the Humbug Theatre', a reference to his raising funds for rebuilding Drury Lane Theatre.
BM Satires 11729, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Manchester Square Cattle Shew.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d for the Proprietors of Town Talk May 1st 1812.
Coloured etching. Sheet 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"). Some surface wear and soiling.
A satire of the influence of Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford, over the Prince of Wales, showing her as a prize cow at a show. It suggests she led him to desert the Whigs. Her husband Lord Hertford is attacked both for his complaisance and for accepting favours from the prince.
BM Satires 11878, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61036] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d for the Proprietors of Town Talk May 1st 1812.
Coloured etching. Sheet 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"). Some surface wear and soiling.
A satire of the influence of Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford, over the Prince of Wales, showing her as a prize cow at a show. It suggests she led him to desert the Whigs. Her husband Lord Hertford is attacked both for his complaisance and for accepting favours from the prince.
BM Satires 11878, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61036] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.](jpegs/32683.jpg)
[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Creases to sheet. Repeaired tear to lower edge of sheet. Sheet slightly grubby with small stains.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to repay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592.
[Ref: 32683] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Creases to sheet. Repeaired tear to lower edge of sheet. Sheet slightly grubby with small stains.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to repay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592.
[Ref: 32683] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.](jpegs/58342.jpg)
[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00
A Grand Country Dance. ''This Life is like a Country Dance, the World a spacious Ball Room''. Dublin.
Argus del.
London, Pub. by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman 1818' watermark. Sheet: 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage and staining.
A political satire showing figures representing England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a sailor looking unimpressed as a French dancing master waves his arms with his fiddle and bow infront of them. A commentary on Nelson's chase of the French fleet and Villeneuve during the Napoleonic wars. An 1818 reissue by S.W. Fores of an 1805 print published by C. Knight.
BM Satire 10423.
[Ref: 50750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.
London, Pub. by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman 1818' watermark. Sheet: 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage and staining.
A political satire showing figures representing England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a sailor looking unimpressed as a French dancing master waves his arms with his fiddle and bow infront of them. A commentary on Nelson's chase of the French fleet and Villeneuve during the Napoleonic wars. An 1818 reissue by S.W. Fores of an 1805 print published by C. Knight.
BM Satire 10423.
[Ref: 50750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
My Bane and Antidote now lye before m ,/ This in a moment brings me to an end/ But these inform me I shall never die!!_ Cato.
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
A Whole Family Lost.
[CW.]
Pub.d Pubd Novem.r [24th 1814 by Saml Knight Sweeting Alley Rl Exce]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing artist/engraver and part of publication line.
Satire on the Bank Restriction Act 1797 that was renewed annually until 1821. This act was introduced as an increasing number of people were trading their banknotes for gold. Due to the overprinting of banknotes, the Bank of England was losing its supply of gold, and due to the gold standard, the value of each banknote was diminishing. Outside the Bank of England a town crier shouts, 'O Yes! If any of the relations, or next of kin, of one Mr Guinea, who about the year 1800 was much seen in England, and is supposed to be an Englishman. will give information where he can be met with, they will be handsomely rewarded, on application to Mr John Bull, Growling-Lane. opposite Thread-needle-street—A proportionate reward will be given for information relative to his son, Mr Half Guinea; or his grandson, Young Seven Shilling Piece. Papers innumerable have been issued in consequence of their disappearance, but all in vain; and they are believed by many persons to have left the kingdom; though others shrewdly suspect they lie hid somewhere in the country, waiting for more favourable times before they dare make their appearance; as they have reason to suppose they would instantly be tken up [sic] and put in close confinement— Their sudden disappearance is particularly to be regretted, as they were in great favour with the people, and enjoyed even the King's Countenance, to such a degree that they actually bore the Royal Arms.—Notwithstanding they are persons of real worth, yet it must be confessed that by getting occasionally into bad company, they have lost some little of their weight in society; yet if they will return all faults will be forgiven; no questions will be asked; but they may depend upon being recieved with open arms by their disconsolate friends, who by this temporary separation have learnt how to appreciate their sterling worth.—they resemble each other very closely, and may very easily be known by their round faces, and by their complexion which is of a bright yellow; for though they, it is true, were born and acquired their polish and insinuating manner in London; yet it is well ascertained, that the family originaly came, and derived their name, from the coast of Guinea, a place too well known in Liverpool to require any discription.— God save the King.' On the pavement by the arched gateway is a group of four. One man, feeling in his coat-pockets, looks at the Bellman, saying, "Mercy on us how shocking." Two men talk together; one says: "Oh! you have recieved your Dividend"; the other, holding out a sheaf of notes, answers: "Yes but it is all in Papers still!!"
BM Satires
[Ref: 61922] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[CW.]
Pub.d Pubd Novem.r [24th 1814 by Saml Knight Sweeting Alley Rl Exce]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing artist/engraver and part of publication line.
Satire on the Bank Restriction Act 1797 that was renewed annually until 1821. This act was introduced as an increasing number of people were trading their banknotes for gold. Due to the overprinting of banknotes, the Bank of England was losing its supply of gold, and due to the gold standard, the value of each banknote was diminishing. Outside the Bank of England a town crier shouts, 'O Yes! If any of the relations, or next of kin, of one Mr Guinea, who about the year 1800 was much seen in England, and is supposed to be an Englishman. will give information where he can be met with, they will be handsomely rewarded, on application to Mr John Bull, Growling-Lane. opposite Thread-needle-street—A proportionate reward will be given for information relative to his son, Mr Half Guinea; or his grandson, Young Seven Shilling Piece. Papers innumerable have been issued in consequence of their disappearance, but all in vain; and they are believed by many persons to have left the kingdom; though others shrewdly suspect they lie hid somewhere in the country, waiting for more favourable times before they dare make their appearance; as they have reason to suppose they would instantly be tken up [sic] and put in close confinement— Their sudden disappearance is particularly to be regretted, as they were in great favour with the people, and enjoyed even the King's Countenance, to such a degree that they actually bore the Royal Arms.—Notwithstanding they are persons of real worth, yet it must be confessed that by getting occasionally into bad company, they have lost some little of their weight in society; yet if they will return all faults will be forgiven; no questions will be asked; but they may depend upon being recieved with open arms by their disconsolate friends, who by this temporary separation have learnt how to appreciate their sterling worth.—they resemble each other very closely, and may very easily be known by their round faces, and by their complexion which is of a bright yellow; for though they, it is true, were born and acquired their polish and insinuating manner in London; yet it is well ascertained, that the family originaly came, and derived their name, from the coast of Guinea, a place too well known in Liverpool to require any discription.— God save the King.' On the pavement by the arched gateway is a group of four. One man, feeling in his coat-pockets, looks at the Bellman, saying, "Mercy on us how shocking." Two men talk together; one says: "Oh! you have recieved your Dividend"; the other, holding out a sheaf of notes, answers: "Yes but it is all in Papers still!!"
BM Satires
[Ref: 61922] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![The Haberdasher Dandy [old ink mss.]](jpegs/58350.jpg)
The Haberdasher Dandy [old ink mss.] "He! He! nothing talked of but Dandies Mem now Mem! what is the next thing I shall have the felicity to do for you Mem!!" / ''The next thing Mr Dandy is to measure that over again, and see how much you have cut Short.''
[C.Williams fec.t]
[London Pub.d by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside.] [n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, mounted on album paper watermarked 1814.
The interior of a shop, with the haberdasher gossiping while cutting cloth.
BM Satires 13075.
[Ref: 58350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[C.Williams fec.t]
[London Pub.d by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside.] [n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, mounted on album paper watermarked 1814.
The interior of a shop, with the haberdasher gossiping while cutting cloth.
BM Satires 13075.
[Ref: 58350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Higgins] The Lancaster Caleb Quotem, i.e. Jack of all Trades.](jpegs/54549.jpg)
[John Higgins] The Lancaster Caleb Quotem, i.e. Jack of all Trades. Vide Sr. Francis Burdett's speech.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1812 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside [faint].
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), paper watermarked 1812. Small tear taped, mount burn.
A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows, with imagined occupations for John Higgins, Governor of Lancaster jail: 'A Jailor', 'A Gardiner' (who says he 'exports Natives and imports Exotics from Botany Bay'), 'A Manufacturer', 'A Farmer', 'An Alderman' & 'A Captain'. On 3 July 1812 reforming MP Sir Francis Burdett (1770 -1844) moved for a commission of inquiry into the state of Lancaster jail, having heard that Higgins was corrupt, employing his own family at the gaol and gaining from the employment of his inmates. Wilbraham Bootle answered, saying he had often inspected the gaol and refuted the remours, after which Burdett withdrew his motion. Rare Australian item.
BM Satires 11892.
[Ref: 54549] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1812 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside [faint].
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), paper watermarked 1812. Small tear taped, mount burn.
A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows, with imagined occupations for John Higgins, Governor of Lancaster jail: 'A Jailor', 'A Gardiner' (who says he 'exports Natives and imports Exotics from Botany Bay'), 'A Manufacturer', 'A Farmer', 'An Alderman' & 'A Captain'. On 3 July 1812 reforming MP Sir Francis Burdett (1770 -1844) moved for a commission of inquiry into the state of Lancaster jail, having heard that Higgins was corrupt, employing his own family at the gaol and gaining from the employment of his inmates. Wilbraham Bootle answered, saying he had often inspected the gaol and refuted the remours, after which Burdett withdrew his motion. Rare Australian item.
BM Satires 11892.
[Ref: 54549] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
Shewing a Good Fig'ger of a Horse.
[Compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. [Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd May 5th 1801 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracattures lent out for the Evening.
Scarce coloured etching. 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"), watermark Edmeades 1805. Colour slightly faded, ink smear. Small margins.
Outside the Ram Inn three men show a horse to a nervous traveller, while inn servants and a post-boy watch with amusement. One holds its mouth open, another lifts its tail. A sign above the door, 'Travellers Taken In', suggests the sale is not honest.
BM Satires 10666, with no publication line, dated guessed to be 1806.
[Ref: 56153] £460.00
[Compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. [Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd May 5th 1801 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracattures lent out for the Evening.
Scarce coloured etching. 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"), watermark Edmeades 1805. Colour slightly faded, ink smear. Small margins.
Outside the Ram Inn three men show a horse to a nervous traveller, while inn servants and a post-boy watch with amusement. One holds its mouth open, another lifts its tail. A sign above the door, 'Travellers Taken In', suggests the sale is not honest.
BM Satires 10666, with no publication line, dated guessed to be 1806.
[Ref: 56153] £460.00
An irish Pilot or Steering by Chance.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d, August 1812 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.]
A fine hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A naval scene in which an Irish pilot seems to be confused as to where the boat is sailing while two capable sailors look on disparagingly.
BM Satire 11977.
[Ref: 46615] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d, August 1812 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.]
A fine hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A naval scene in which an Irish pilot seems to be confused as to where the boat is sailing while two capable sailors look on disparagingly.
BM Satire 11977.
[Ref: 46615] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Irishman's Joy.
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Two Greatest Men in England. Dan,l Lambert who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the Stone_ measured 3 yards 4 inches around the body, and 1 yard 1 inch round the leg; 5 feet 11 inches high.
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
Law Terms. Pl. 1. Engrossing!!! [&] Pl. 2. Ejectment. [&] Pl. 3. A Demurrer. [&] Pl. 4. A Writ of Error.
[Charles] Williams del.t et sculp.t.
London Pub.d January [Pl.2 & 3 '1st'] 1823, by S.W. Fores, [Pl.1 & 3 'No'] 41, Piccadilly.
Rare set of four etchings, with fine hand colour. Sheets 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). All trimmed within plate; pl.2 with two small spots, pl.3 with taped tear, pl.4 with small glue stain in printed border.
Four scenes satirising legal terms. A plain young man attempts to pull one of three girls from the lap of a handsome rival; a well-dressed man tried to walk away from a courtesan, who puts a hand on his arm and points to the door of a hotel; a powerfully built man throws a dandified youth out of his daughter's bedroom window; and a young girl is caught writing letters to plan her elopement by her parents.
BM Satires: 14591-4.
[Ref: 59509] £990.00 view all images for this item
[Charles] Williams del.t et sculp.t.
London Pub.d January [Pl.2 & 3 '1st'] 1823, by S.W. Fores, [Pl.1 & 3 'No'] 41, Piccadilly.
Rare set of four etchings, with fine hand colour. Sheets 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). All trimmed within plate; pl.2 with two small spots, pl.3 with taped tear, pl.4 with small glue stain in printed border.
Four scenes satirising legal terms. A plain young man attempts to pull one of three girls from the lap of a handsome rival; a well-dressed man tried to walk away from a courtesan, who puts a hand on his arm and points to the door of a hotel; a powerfully built man throws a dandified youth out of his daughter's bedroom window; and a young girl is caught writing letters to plan her elopement by her parents.
BM Satires: 14591-4.
[Ref: 59509] £990.00 view all images for this item
Two of a Trade can never Agree. 22
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1st 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two bewigged barristers argue. Legal interest. George suggests this print belongs to a series of reduced versions of satires etched by Williams after other artists, in this case Isaac Cruikshank (1799, BM 1948,0214.410).
BM Satires 10667.
[Ref: 61105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1st 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two bewigged barristers argue. Legal interest. George suggests this print belongs to a series of reduced versions of satires etched by Williams after other artists, in this case Isaac Cruikshank (1799, BM 1948,0214.410).
BM Satires 10667.
[Ref: 61105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
New Ministers Going On Duty. C.J. Fox, Secy. for Foreign Affairs. Thomas, Lord Erskine, Lord Chancellor.
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feby. 14th, 1806 by SW Fores No, 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Image area 236 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Damaged to right corner; inlaid. Trimmed to image.
Fox and Erskine strut along the east pavement of St. James's Street, about to cross the road to the Palace gateway, part of which is on the extreme left. Before them runs a little ragged boy waving his hat and screaming "Clear the way for his M------'s Ministers". Fox, immensely fat, wears old-fashioned court dress, heavily laced, embroidered, and ruffled; he is chapeau-bras, left hand grasping his sword. Behind him walks Erskine, wearing a Chancellor's wig reaching to the knee, and a gown festooned over his arm, but still trailing behind him. Fox puffs, Erskine walks mincingly; both hold papers. From the corner house on the west side of St. James's a man wearing a cocked hat, and seated at a table on which is a coffee-pot, looks quizzically from a window.
BM Satires 10529.
[Ref: 52363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feby. 14th, 1806 by SW Fores No, 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Image area 236 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Damaged to right corner; inlaid. Trimmed to image.
Fox and Erskine strut along the east pavement of St. James's Street, about to cross the road to the Palace gateway, part of which is on the extreme left. Before them runs a little ragged boy waving his hat and screaming "Clear the way for his M------'s Ministers". Fox, immensely fat, wears old-fashioned court dress, heavily laced, embroidered, and ruffled; he is chapeau-bras, left hand grasping his sword. Behind him walks Erskine, wearing a Chancellor's wig reaching to the knee, and a gown festooned over his arm, but still trailing behind him. Fox puffs, Erskine walks mincingly; both hold papers. From the corner house on the west side of St. James's a man wearing a cocked hat, and seated at a table on which is a coffee-pot, looks quizzically from a window.
BM Satires 10529.
[Ref: 52363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)