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Il Sigs: Abbate Segretario. Nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol: Elet: di Sassonia.
Cavalier P.L. Ghezzi delin. Matth: Oesterreich Sculps Dresde.
OM [overlapping monogram.] Sculpsit 1750: adi: 15 July Dresde.
Etching, fine, paper 18th century watermark with large margins. Plate 300 x 203mm. 11¾ x 8".
Number 15 from a series of plates of caricatures of the Roman court and its foreign visitors; a man with a book under his right arm. After Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Title taken from the index to 'Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia'.
[Ref: 23883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cavalier P.L. Ghezzi delin. Matth: Oesterreich Sculps Dresde.
OM [overlapping monogram.] Sculpsit 1750: adi: 15 July Dresde.
Etching, fine, paper 18th century watermark with large margins. Plate 300 x 203mm. 11¾ x 8".
Number 15 from a series of plates of caricatures of the Roman court and its foreign visitors; a man with a book under his right arm. After Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Title taken from the index to 'Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia'.
[Ref: 23883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
La Famille Africaine.
L. Boilly [signed in plate.]
Chez Aubert gal. vero-dodat. Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca. [Paris, 1823-1828.]
Lithograph, sheet 260 x 210mm. 11½ x 8¼".
Louis-Léopold Boilly, (1761 - 1845), He studied painting as a teenager before moving to Paris in 1785. He created images of the Parisian Salon lifestyle with great detail of expression, gesture, costuming, and textiles. His most famous printed lithographs are 'Recueil de grimâces'. A caricature of an African family (five adults and a baby), with exaggerated racial characteristics, from Louis Léopold Boilly's (1761 - 1845) 'Recueil de grimâces' series of studies of facial expression and gesture.
[Ref: 17975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
L. Boilly [signed in plate.]
Chez Aubert gal. vero-dodat. Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca. [Paris, 1823-1828.]
Lithograph, sheet 260 x 210mm. 11½ x 8¼".
Louis-Léopold Boilly, (1761 - 1845), He studied painting as a teenager before moving to Paris in 1785. He created images of the Parisian Salon lifestyle with great detail of expression, gesture, costuming, and textiles. His most famous printed lithographs are 'Recueil de grimâces'. A caricature of an African family (five adults and a baby), with exaggerated racial characteristics, from Louis Léopold Boilly's (1761 - 1845) 'Recueil de grimâces' series of studies of facial expression and gesture.
[Ref: 17975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
"I believe I'm right". M.r. Alder.
Drawn Etch.d. Pub.d. as the act directs by Rich.d. Dighton.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"), watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1826', with very large margins. Surface dirt and some staining on lower edge.
A full-length portrait in profile facing left of Daniel Alder, an indigo broker. The text 'Y.C.Tallow 60/-" issues from his closed mouth. In the shadow cast by the figure 'Hughes/ 14 Lombard St/Fleet St.' is printed in reverse. Hughes was a manufacturer and supplier of copper plates, Dighton would sometimes use the reverse of the plate causing the manufacturer's impress to appear in the image.
BM 14537.A.
[Ref: 34408] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. Pub.d. as the act directs by Rich.d. Dighton.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"), watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1826', with very large margins. Surface dirt and some staining on lower edge.
A full-length portrait in profile facing left of Daniel Alder, an indigo broker. The text 'Y.C.Tallow 60/-" issues from his closed mouth. In the shadow cast by the figure 'Hughes/ 14 Lombard St/Fleet St.' is printed in reverse. Hughes was a manufacturer and supplier of copper plates, Dighton would sometimes use the reverse of the plate causing the manufacturer's impress to appear in the image.
BM 14537.A.
[Ref: 34408] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Classical Almamater Coachman Oxford.
Drawn, Etch.d & Pub.d, by Dighton, Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching, with manuscript annotation. Plate: 220 x 290mm, (8¾ x 11½"). Some diagonal creasing.
A portrait of Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart (c.1771-1838), a coachman who ran a four horse coach between Oxford and London. Bobart had attended University College but never graduated. He was forced to give up the road due to accidents and was made Esquire Bedel in Law in 1815. 'Mr. Bobart' annotated in plate.
[Ref: 41517] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Etch.d & Pub.d, by Dighton, Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching, with manuscript annotation. Plate: 220 x 290mm, (8¾ x 11½"). Some diagonal creasing.
A portrait of Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart (c.1771-1838), a coachman who ran a four horse coach between Oxford and London. Bobart had attended University College but never graduated. He was forced to give up the road due to accidents and was made Esquire Bedel in Law in 1815. 'Mr. Bobart' annotated in plate.
[Ref: 41517] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord Amherst.]](jpegs/60069.jpg)
[Lord Amherst.] 7.
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 6 April 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), wearing his uniform and his ribbon of the Bath. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada.
BM Satires 6053.
[Ref: 60069] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 6 April 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), wearing his uniform and his ribbon of the Bath. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada.
BM Satires 6053.
[Ref: 60069] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Characteristic Sketches of the London Club House. The Amphibs.
Etched by John Phillips.
London: Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 S.t James's Street July 29 1829.
Aquatint. Sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, close to printed border at bottom.
Three men in top hats stand at the Doric-columned entrance to a club. On the left, a man with military coat and spurs is probably the Duke of Wellington.
Rare: not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 61767] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by John Phillips.
London: Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 S.t James's Street July 29 1829.
Aquatint. Sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, close to printed border at bottom.
Three men in top hats stand at the Doric-columned entrance to a club. On the left, a man with military coat and spurs is probably the Duke of Wellington.
Rare: not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 61767] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
No. XXXI. The elegant M.rs. O_n. N.o. XXXII. The approved Magistrate.
London, Publish'd' by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street Dec.r. 1; 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portrait busts in ovals. The figure of the 'approved Magistrate' may be Nathaniel Newnham Lord Mayor of London 1782-3. Mrs O being a widow is said to have been impressed by the Magistrate when he presented her with a snuff-box which contained his portrait and a £500 note. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6305.
[Ref: 38571] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd' by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street Dec.r. 1; 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portrait busts in ovals. The figure of the 'approved Magistrate' may be Nathaniel Newnham Lord Mayor of London 1782-3. Mrs O being a widow is said to have been impressed by the Magistrate when he presented her with a snuff-box which contained his portrait and a £500 note. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6305.
[Ref: 38571] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Major-General William John Arabin] (Sir Call. O'Brall:) _ ''only look at the General, Madam!''](jpegs/58373.jpg)
[Major-General William John Arabin] (Sir Call. O'Brall:) _ ''only look at the General, Madam!'' _ See Love a la Mode.
[James Gillray]
Pub.d March 5th 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 200 (9¾ x 8"), very large margins. Creased at top. Slightly time stained.
A caricature portrait of General Arabin (1750-1828) in uniform with epaulettes, sword, and gorget and a spotted foulard or nightcap on his head. His head is turned, showing a Jewish profile and broad ogling grin. The BM records that Arabin was 'in Angelo's opinion the best amateur actor in the Pic Nics (see BMSat 9916, &c), and outstanding in anecdote, song, and imitation'.
BM Satires 9917.
[Ref: 58373] £380.00
[James Gillray]
Pub.d March 5th 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 200 (9¾ x 8"), very large margins. Creased at top. Slightly time stained.
A caricature portrait of General Arabin (1750-1828) in uniform with epaulettes, sword, and gorget and a spotted foulard or nightcap on his head. His head is turned, showing a Jewish profile and broad ogling grin. The BM records that Arabin was 'in Angelo's opinion the best amateur actor in the Pic Nics (see BMSat 9916, &c), and outstanding in anecdote, song, and imitation'.
BM Satires 9917.
[Ref: 58373] £380.00
Aristides in Grenada on Trial Per_Jury.
[c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 215 x 150mm. 8½ x 6".
An unidentified man walking to left in profile.
[Ref: 15692] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 215 x 150mm. 8½ x 6".
An unidentified man walking to left in profile.
[Ref: 15692] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.](jpegs/56156.jpg)
[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
![[Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger.](jpegs/56989.jpg)
[Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger. An uproar among the Craftsmen at Ephesus. opposing a new Species of Knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver.23 &c.
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears in borders.
Caricature of Dr. Barclay riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 56989] £320.00
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears in borders.
Caricature of Dr. Barclay riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 56989] £320.00
![Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger.](jpegs/7514.jpg)
Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger. An uproar among the Craftsmen at Ephesus. opposing a new Species of Knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver.23 &c.
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching, sheet 197 x 280mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet.
Caricature of a man (Dr Barclay) riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 7514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching, sheet 197 x 280mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet.
Caricature of a man (Dr Barclay) riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 7514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Colonel Barré.]](jpegs/60064.jpg)
[Colonel Barré.] 18.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Isaac Barré (1726-1802), shown holding his hat in his right hand, his left thrust into his waistcoat. Barré was an Irish soldier and MP who earned distinction during the Seven Years War and supported William Pitt during his time in Parliament.
BM Satires 6066.
[Ref: 60064] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Isaac Barré (1726-1802), shown holding his hat in his right hand, his left thrust into his waistcoat. Barré was an Irish soldier and MP who earned distinction during the Seven Years War and supported William Pitt during his time in Parliament.
BM Satires 6066.
[Ref: 60064] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Earl Bathurst.]](jpegs/60081.jpg)
[Earl Bathurst.] 19.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins, repaired tear going into image.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 60081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins, repaired tear going into image.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 60081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
This is No Caricature.
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with wide margins. Old ink mss. explanation under print.
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. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 33100] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with wide margins. Old ink mss. explanation under print.
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. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 33100] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mark Peterman von Vesten Ville. Diesen Mann sand man beÿ Paris am Wege unter einen stein=bruchestehen. Er hatte aber schonetliche jahre versteinnert gestanden welches man schliffen konte auf dem Mosse welches auf ihm ge=wachsen war. Jeder man hatte ihn bischer...der Abgesande aber vom Tripoli möchte ihn an sich bringen, den Pallast damit zu ziehren welchen der Dey sein Herr und meister bewohnet.
Fait la charitté a un pauvre homme.
W: del R: sculpsit aqua forti. Paris 1752 [on the staff].
Very rare etching. 235 x 196mm. 9¼ x 7¾". Cut.
A beggar holding a staff and a hat held out.
[Ref: 20023] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fait la charitté a un pauvre homme.
W: del R: sculpsit aqua forti. Paris 1752 [on the staff].
Very rare etching. 235 x 196mm. 9¼ x 7¾". Cut.
A beggar holding a staff and a hat held out.
[Ref: 20023] £220.00 (£264.00 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)
![[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/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)
Dr Tom Bentley.
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 345 x 230mm (13¾ x 9¼"). False margins added.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 60018] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 345 x 230mm (13¾ x 9¼"). False margins added.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 60018] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dr Tom Bentley.
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, to image on right. Crease lower corner.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 54324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, to image on right. Crease lower corner.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 54324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Francois Auguste Biard] Si Biard est peint en ours c'est pour la belle page...](jpegs/60509.jpg)
[Francois Auguste Biard] Si Biard est peint en ours c'est pour la belle page...
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10").. Slight ink show-through.
A caricature of French painter Francois-Auguste Biard (1799-1882), dressed in a polar bear skin in order to sketch the animals in the Arctic. In 1839 he joined Joseph Paul Gaimard's scientific expedition to Spitsbergen and Lapland, after which he painted several scenes of polar bears.
[Ref: 60509] £360.00
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10").. Slight ink show-through.
A caricature of French painter Francois-Auguste Biard (1799-1882), dressed in a polar bear skin in order to sketch the animals in the Arctic. In 1839 he joined Joseph Paul Gaimard's scientific expedition to Spitsbergen and Lapland, after which he painted several scenes of polar bears.
[Ref: 60509] £360.00
No. XVII. The Amiable Letitia Lutestring. No. XVIII. The Billing Brewer.
London Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street 1 July 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Moustache added in ink. Small margins.
Two portait busts set in ovals. On the right a portrait of Harvey Combe (1752-1818) who made his fortune in the brewing industry and elected Alderman of London in 1790, on his left is a portrait of an unknown courtesan. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7703.
[Ref: 38577] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street 1 July 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Moustache added in ink. Small margins.
Two portait busts set in ovals. On the right a portrait of Harvey Combe (1752-1818) who made his fortune in the brewing industry and elected Alderman of London in 1790, on his left is a portrait of an unknown courtesan. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7703.
[Ref: 38577] £65.00 (£78.00 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)
Billy the Gamekeeper.
Design'd from Life by R. Frankland Esq.r. Engrav'd by J.s Gillray.
Publish'd April 23d 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A man dressed as a coachman, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. According to Grego, he was first a gamekeeper of the Earl of Aylesford, then his coachman.
BM Satires 11592.
[Ref: 61761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd from Life by R. Frankland Esq.r. Engrav'd by J.s Gillray.
Publish'd April 23d 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A man dressed as a coachman, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. According to Grego, he was first a gamekeeper of the Earl of Aylesford, then his coachman.
BM Satires 11592.
[Ref: 61761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Colonel Boden.]](jpegs/60078.jpg)
[Colonel Boden.] 39.
JS [James Sayers.]
Published 4.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Colonel George Boden, wearing his tricorne hat and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat. He was renowned for his large size.
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 60078] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
JS [James Sayers.]
Published 4.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Colonel George Boden, wearing his tricorne hat and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat. He was renowned for his large size.
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 60078] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Le Concert.
L. Boilly. I. lith. de Delpech.
[n.d., c.1824.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 310 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Horizontal crease & foxing.
A group of heads: men play the recorder, flute and horn, and a man and woman sing.
[Ref: 62468] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Boilly. I. lith. de Delpech.
[n.d., c.1824.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 310 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Horizontal crease & foxing.
A group of heads: men play the recorder, flute and horn, and a man and woman sing.
[Ref: 62468] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View from the Horse Guards. Gen.l. Bolton.
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton, 1817. July 16th.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. Plate: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12").
A full-length portrait in profile of Lt. General Sir Robert Bolton.
BM 12905
[Ref: 34186] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton, 1817. July 16th.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. Plate: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12").
A full-length portrait in profile of Lt. General Sir Robert Bolton.
BM 12905
[Ref: 34186] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Vicar of Bond Street.
Pubd. by H. Humphrys Bond St April. 9th 1791.
Hand coloured etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5". Fine. Slightly stained; glued to album page.
A plainly dressed man with crudely etched legs walks in profile to the right. 'The Rev. Mr. Newman, Vicar of Bond Street ... in the diocese of John Stockdale, Bishop of Piccadilly' is mentioned in a note to 1. 79 of the verse satire, 'Imperial Epistle to Kien Long ...' 1795, by T. J. Mathias. This would seem to imply a pamphleteer.
BM Satires: 7963.
[Ref: 13073] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by H. Humphrys Bond St April. 9th 1791.
Hand coloured etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5". Fine. Slightly stained; glued to album page.
A plainly dressed man with crudely etched legs walks in profile to the right. 'The Rev. Mr. Newman, Vicar of Bond Street ... in the diocese of John Stockdale, Bishop of Piccadilly' is mentioned in a note to 1. 79 of the verse satire, 'Imperial Epistle to Kien Long ...' 1795, by T. J. Mathias. This would seem to imply a pamphleteer.
BM Satires: 7963.
[Ref: 13073] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Beau=Ville. M.r. Beauvill.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. as the Act directs by Rich.d. Dighton. 1824.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 250mm (5¼ x 9¾"). Slight staining on right edge.
A full-length portrait in profile of a Mr Beauvill (or Mr Benjamin Bovill), an old man facing right.
BM 14685.A
[Ref: 34423] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. as the Act directs by Rich.d. Dighton. 1824.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 250mm (5¼ x 9¾"). Slight staining on right edge.
A full-length portrait in profile of a Mr Beauvill (or Mr Benjamin Bovill), an old man facing right.
BM 14685.A
[Ref: 34423] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Bowring] Tydus-pooh-pooh - Our Man of Genius.](jpegs/34971.jpg)
[Samuel Bowring] Tydus-pooh-pooh - Our Man of Genius. Translator of The Poetry of the Sandwich Islands.
[after Daniel Maclise.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Satire portrait of Sir John Bowing published in volume 4 of 'Fraser's Magazine'. As well as being the 4th governor of Hong Kong, he is regarded as being one the world's greatest hyperpolyglots: he claimed he knew 200 languages and could speak 100. He published works on the poetry of Russia, Poland, Spain, Serbia, Hungary, as well as descriptions of Batavia, Siam and the Philippines. Here he is satirised as the Hawaiian Tydus-pooh-pooh, who is described in the text (on-line) as 'the undisputed monarch of Owyheian literature', but depicted with his compatriots snoozing behind.
Houghton: Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900, p.468.
[Ref: 34971] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after Daniel Maclise.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Satire portrait of Sir John Bowing published in volume 4 of 'Fraser's Magazine'. As well as being the 4th governor of Hong Kong, he is regarded as being one the world's greatest hyperpolyglots: he claimed he knew 200 languages and could speak 100. He published works on the poetry of Russia, Poland, Spain, Serbia, Hungary, as well as descriptions of Batavia, Siam and the Philippines. Here he is satirised as the Hawaiian Tydus-pooh-pooh, who is described in the text (on-line) as 'the undisputed monarch of Owyheian literature', but depicted with his compatriots snoozing behind.
Houghton: Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900, p.468.
[Ref: 34971] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork] No. VII. Miss Gr_hill. No. VIII. The Suspicious Husband.](jpegs/38563.jpg)
[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork] No. VII. Miss Gr_hill. No. VIII. The Suspicious Husband.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street April 1, 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portraits in ovals, on the right Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742-1798) and on the left a Miss Greenhill. Following the breakdown of his marriage in 1773 to Anne Courtenay whom he married in 1764, Boyle struck an arrangement with a courtesan named Miss Greenhill. In an attempt to divorce his wife Boyle accused her of intimacy with a musician however, this was not successful. The marriage was finally dissolved in 1782. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6297
[Ref: 38563] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street April 1, 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portraits in ovals, on the right Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742-1798) and on the left a Miss Greenhill. Following the breakdown of his marriage in 1773 to Anne Courtenay whom he married in 1764, Boyle struck an arrangement with a courtesan named Miss Greenhill. In an attempt to divorce his wife Boyle accused her of intimacy with a musician however, this was not successful. The marriage was finally dissolved in 1782. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6297
[Ref: 38563] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Brougham] Present and Past. What I am. What I was.](jpegs/60592.jpg)
[Henry Brougham] Present and Past. What I am. What I was.
H. Heath del.t.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 220mm (10¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper, with cockling caused by glue in corners.
Pair of caricatures on one sheet of Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, contrasting his clothing out of office to his Lord Chancellor's robes. When Lord Melbourne became Prime Minister again in April 1835 his dislike of Broughham caused him not to reappoint him as Lord Chancellor.
[Ref: 60592] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath del.t.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 220mm (10¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper, with cockling caused by glue in corners.
Pair of caricatures on one sheet of Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, contrasting his clothing out of office to his Lord Chancellor's robes. When Lord Melbourne became Prime Minister again in April 1835 his dislike of Broughham caused him not to reappoint him as Lord Chancellor.
[Ref: 60592] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Brougham] Buy a Broom?!!](jpegs/25041.jpg)
[Henry Brougham] Buy a Broom?!!
John Birch del- Query - fecit. [G. Cruikshank.]
London Pubd May 13th 1825 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, image 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate. Trace of glue stains, from verso.
Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); wearing barrister's wig and bands, and over this a bodice and petticoat, all topped off with a spotted conical cap tied around his chin. He is likened to a street-seller of brooms, implying venality. By George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
BM Satires 14769.
[Ref: 25041] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Birch del- Query - fecit. [G. Cruikshank.]
London Pubd May 13th 1825 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, image 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate. Trace of glue stains, from verso.
Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); wearing barrister's wig and bands, and over this a bodice and petticoat, all topped off with a spotted conical cap tied around his chin. He is likened to a street-seller of brooms, implying venality. By George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
BM Satires 14769.
[Ref: 25041] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Builder Macaroni. V5. 10.
Pubd as the act directs by MDarly 39 Strand Novr 1 1772.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm. 7 x 5".
An elderly man with cocked hat peering through a circular glass. From Volume 5 of 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by M Darly'.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. BM Satires: 4662.
[Ref: 21231] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd as the act directs by MDarly 39 Strand Novr 1 1772.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm. 7 x 5".
An elderly man with cocked hat peering through a circular glass. From Volume 5 of 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by M Darly'.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. BM Satires: 4662.
[Ref: 21231] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Bun Macaroni.
Pubd accordg to act Octr. 9 1772. by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man dressed as a baker holding out a tray of buns. Possibly a representation of one of the Bunbury family (see 14286). Trades interest. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.5' upper left and '2' upper right.
BM Satires: 4660.
[Ref: 14311] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd accordg to act Octr. 9 1772. by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man dressed as a baker holding out a tray of buns. Possibly a representation of one of the Bunbury family (see 14286). Trades interest. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.5' upper left and '2' upper right.
BM Satires: 4660.
[Ref: 14311] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Captain Bun Quixote attacking the Oven. V.5. 23.
Pub according to act Jany. 14th. 1773 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, paper watermarked. Plate 178 x 127mm (7 x 5").
A bakery print showing a man wearing a cocked hat putting a tray of buns into the door of a blazing oven. Possible a representation of one of the Bunbury family.
BM Satires: 4665.
[Ref: 38213] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pub according to act Jany. 14th. 1773 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, paper watermarked. Plate 178 x 127mm (7 x 5").
A bakery print showing a man wearing a cocked hat putting a tray of buns into the door of a blazing oven. Possible a representation of one of the Bunbury family.
BM Satires: 4665.
[Ref: 38213] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Francis Burdett] French Habits No. 12.](jpegs/59154.jpg)
[Francis Burdett] French Habits No. 12. Messager d'Etat.
[Drawn and etched by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins. Slight stain bottom right.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, in the dress of the French Republican state messenger, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). He was a supporter of the Radicals and opponent of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9213.
[Ref: 59154] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins. Slight stain bottom right.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, in the dress of the French Republican state messenger, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). He was a supporter of the Radicals and opponent of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9213.
[Ref: 59154] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[General Burgoyne.]](jpegs/60072.jpg)
[General Burgoyne.] 23.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of John Burgoyne (1722-1792), holding out a paper in his right hand as if making a speech and wearing his general's uniform. Burgoyne was a politician and playwright, notable for his service in the Seven Years War and American Revolutionary War. The surrender of his army in 1777 at Saragota was a turning point in the war.
BM Satires 6068.
[Ref: 60072] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of John Burgoyne (1722-1792), holding out a paper in his right hand as if making a speech and wearing his general's uniform. Burgoyne was a politician and playwright, notable for his service in the Seven Years War and American Revolutionary War. The surrender of his army in 1777 at Saragota was a turning point in the war.
BM Satires 6068.
[Ref: 60072] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
No. IV. The fair Virginian. No. V. The devoted General.
Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r near St. John's Gate March 1. 1779.
Engraving. Plate: 105 x 170mm (4 x 6¾"). Small margins.
A pair of portraits, set in ovals, of General Burgoyne and the widow of a Virginian loyalist who had been imprisoned in Ticonderoga by the Americans and then released when Ticonderoga was recaptured. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 5586.
[Ref: 45419] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r near St. John's Gate March 1. 1779.
Engraving. Plate: 105 x 170mm (4 x 6¾"). Small margins.
A pair of portraits, set in ovals, of General Burgoyne and the widow of a Virginian loyalist who had been imprisoned in Ticonderoga by the Americans and then released when Ticonderoga was recaptured. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 5586.
[Ref: 45419] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Byng-Go. M.r. Byng.
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton. Jan.y. 1820.
Pub.d. bt T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¾").
A full-length portrait in profile of Frederick Gerald Byng (1784-1871) who was sometimes referred to as 'Poodle' Byng on account of his curly hair, a feature Dighton captures. Byng was the 5th son of the 5th Viscount Torrington and worked as a clerk in the Foreign Office between 1804-1839.
BM 14054.
[Ref: 34239] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton. Jan.y. 1820.
Pub.d. bt T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¾").
A full-length portrait in profile of Frederick Gerald Byng (1784-1871) who was sometimes referred to as 'Poodle' Byng on account of his curly hair, a feature Dighton captures. Byng was the 5th son of the 5th Viscount Torrington and worked as a clerk in the Foreign Office between 1804-1839.
BM 14054.
[Ref: 34239] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Eques Cantab.
[after Henry Bunbury.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching with drypoint. 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Album stains at corners. Small margins.
A Cambridge student with a macaroni queue holding out his driving whip as if it is a lance, riding a defecating horse. King's College Chapel can be seen in the distance.
BM Satire 4724.
[Ref: 54592] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[after Henry Bunbury.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching with drypoint. 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Album stains at corners. Small margins.
A Cambridge student with a macaroni queue holding out his driving whip as if it is a lance, riding a defecating horse. King's College Chapel can be seen in the distance.
BM Satire 4724.
[Ref: 54592] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Loll Tongue, the Filching Conosieur. V.6. 14.
Pubd accor to Act by MDarly (39) Strand Aug. 1st. 1773.
Etching. Plate 173 x 126mm (6¾ x 5").
Portrait of a man standing in profile to left. He wears a bag wife, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room. Possible representation of John Canning (1703-1775), the apothecary and Arabist in London. He translated two medieval Arabic texts which were some of the earliest Arabic texts printed in England.
BM Satires: 5159.
[Ref: 38248] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd accor to Act by MDarly (39) Strand Aug. 1st. 1773.
Etching. Plate 173 x 126mm (6¾ x 5").
Portrait of a man standing in profile to left. He wears a bag wife, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room. Possible representation of John Canning (1703-1775), the apothecary and Arabist in London. He translated two medieval Arabic texts which were some of the earliest Arabic texts printed in England.
BM Satires: 5159.
[Ref: 38248] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
No. XXII. M.rs. W_n. No. XXIII. The careful Commander. [With pages 401-404 of the Histories of the Tête à Tête]
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street Sep.r. 1. 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Glued to backing card at top.
Two portrait busts in ovals, on the left is depicted is Mrs W. who followed her husband to New York, after his death she accepted a proposal from Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724-1808), Governor of Quebec, who is depicted on the right and pages from the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6302.
[Ref: 56228] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street Sep.r. 1. 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Glued to backing card at top.
Two portrait busts in ovals, on the left is depicted is Mrs W. who followed her husband to New York, after his death she accepted a proposal from Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724-1808), Governor of Quebec, who is depicted on the right and pages from the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6302.
[Ref: 56228] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[15 Caricature Plates.]](jpegs/49441.jpg)
[15 Caricature Plates.]
Ch. Varin.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Bound set of 15 etchings in original wrappers; scarce complete. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'').
A set of fifteen etchings of caricature heads, similar to those drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. Attributed to Charles Nicolas Varin (1741-1812).
[Ref: 49441] £950.00 view all images for this item
Ch. Varin.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Bound set of 15 etchings in original wrappers; scarce complete. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'').
A set of fifteen etchings of caricature heads, similar to those drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. Attributed to Charles Nicolas Varin (1741-1812).
[Ref: 49441] £950.00 view all images for this item
![[Sheet of caricatures]](jpegs/44786.jpg)
[Sheet of caricatures]
[most signed JWJ or similar, c.1850]
Twelve pen-and-ink caricatures affixed to both sides of an album sheet. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7").
Centrepiece shows an ape reading a Darwin volume.
[Ref: 44786] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[most signed JWJ or similar, c.1850]
Twelve pen-and-ink caricatures affixed to both sides of an album sheet. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7").
Centrepiece shows an ape reading a Darwin volume.
[Ref: 44786] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caricature heads]
[Anon., c.1800]
Etching, sheet, 95 x 175mm (3¾ x 7"). Very cut.
[Ref: 44137] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1800]
Etching, sheet, 95 x 175mm (3¾ x 7"). Very cut.
[Ref: 44137] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Caricatures Anglaises. La Comédie. Mons Taiant Chasseur.
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere No 5. Deposé à la Direction. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
A comic actor and a huntsman.
[Ref: 10344] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere No 5. Deposé à la Direction. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
A comic actor and a huntsman.
[Ref: 10344] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Caricatures Anglaises. No.9. Mons. Craque Perruquier. Mad. Flore.
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere, No 5. Deposé à la Direction [n.d., c.1800].
Etching, with large margins, watermarked laid paper. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
Caricature studies of a hairdresser/wigmaker and a florist/fruitiere, depicted with their wares/tools of their trades.
for the same print with fine colour see ref. 24316
[Ref: 24315] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere, No 5. Deposé à la Direction [n.d., c.1800].
Etching, with large margins, watermarked laid paper. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
Caricature studies of a hairdresser/wigmaker and a florist/fruitiere, depicted with their wares/tools of their trades.
for the same print with fine colour see ref. 24316
[Ref: 24315] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
No. XXII. Mrs. W_n. No. XXIII. The careful Commander.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street, Sep.r 1. 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Small margins. Loss in margin on left.
A pair of bust portraits in oval frames illustrating the account of Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808) and a Mrs W. who had been a Miss J_mes but had travelled to New York with her husband, when he died she accepted a proposal from Carleton. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6302.
[Ref: 45511] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street, Sep.r 1. 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Small margins. Loss in margin on left.
A pair of bust portraits in oval frames illustrating the account of Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808) and a Mrs W. who had been a Miss J_mes but had travelled to New York with her husband, when he died she accepted a proposal from Carleton. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6302.
[Ref: 45511] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)