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Rural Sports. Plate 20.
Drawn & Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub. Aug.t 16 1813, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼'').
A satirical print showing a group of men and women dancing before a cottage, another group sit on benches, on the right Dr Syntax plays a fiddle. From 'The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, this was a collaboration between William Combe, Thomas Rowlandson, and Ackermann and was the first of three "tours".
[Ref: 50463] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub. Aug.t 16 1813, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼'').
A satirical print showing a group of men and women dancing before a cottage, another group sit on benches, on the right Dr Syntax plays a fiddle. From 'The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, this was a collaboration between William Combe, Thomas Rowlandson, and Ackermann and was the first of three "tours".
[Ref: 50463] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![La Paisane Drolatre, Grasse et Ronde, Espouse a L'Avenir feconde. [The ridiculous peasant-girl, vulgar and fat, future fertile wife.]](jpegs/11715.jpg)
La Paisane Drolatre, Grasse et Ronde, Espouse a L'Avenir feconde. [The ridiculous peasant-girl, vulgar and fat, future fertile wife.]
J. van Sasse fecit.
Wilh: Koning exc. [n.d., c.1720s.]
Etching with engraved lettering set into decorative engraved border printed from separate plate, sheet 265 x 175mm. 10½ x 7". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page.
A grotesque caricature of a country girl sniffing a bunch of flowers, villagers and their houses in the background. Text in German, French and Dutch below. Numbered '37' in image to right, presumably from a satirical series. Engraved by Joost van Sasse, published probably in Amsterdam by Wilhelm Koningh.
[Ref: 11715] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. van Sasse fecit.
Wilh: Koning exc. [n.d., c.1720s.]
Etching with engraved lettering set into decorative engraved border printed from separate plate, sheet 265 x 175mm. 10½ x 7". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page.
A grotesque caricature of a country girl sniffing a bunch of flowers, villagers and their houses in the background. Text in German, French and Dutch below. Numbered '37' in image to right, presumably from a satirical series. Engraved by Joost van Sasse, published probably in Amsterdam by Wilhelm Koningh.
[Ref: 11715] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Citizen T_rn_y drawn by the Populace through the Borough to the Grove-house at Camberwell. / The glorious triumph shouting mobs proclaim. / And the throng'd Grove-House echoes back my fame.
[1797.]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 240mm, 7¼ x 9½".
George Tierney (1761-1830), Whig MP for Southwark from 1796 to 1806 (then other constituancies continously until his death), being paraded through the streets after his election. He was a prominent opponent of William Pitt; when Pitt accused him of want of patriotism they fought a duel on Putney Heath in May 1798, but neither was injured. The same year James Gillray caricatured Tierney as a French executioner. The frontispiece to 'A Political Eclogue. Citizen H. T***e, Citizen T**rn*y, R.B. Esq.'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 16435] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[1797.]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 240mm, 7¼ x 9½".
George Tierney (1761-1830), Whig MP for Southwark from 1796 to 1806 (then other constituancies continously until his death), being paraded through the streets after his election. He was a prominent opponent of William Pitt; when Pitt accused him of want of patriotism they fought a duel on Putney Heath in May 1798, but neither was injured. The same year James Gillray caricatured Tierney as a French executioner. The frontispiece to 'A Political Eclogue. Citizen H. T***e, Citizen T**rn*y, R.B. Esq.'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 16435] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Slave Chasing a Fly.]](jpegs/51083.jpg)
[Slave Chasing a Fly.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed, damage, staining and repaired tears.
A satirical scene showing a starved, black man, dressed in leaves chasing a fly with a dagger.
[Ref: 51083] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed, damage, staining and repaired tears.
A satirical scene showing a starved, black man, dressed in leaves chasing a fly with a dagger.
[Ref: 51083] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Le Dames Anglaises après-Diné. Scènes Anglaises dessinées à Londres, par un français prisonnier de Guerre. No 1.
[Drawn and etched by Alphonse Roehn.]
A Paris, Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq S.t Honoré [n.d., c.1814].
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 14"). Narrow margins. Two slight stains
A group of women sit in silent boredom, being served tea by a black servant. From a set of eight.
BM Satires 12350.
[Ref: 58458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by Alphonse Roehn.]
A Paris, Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq S.t Honoré [n.d., c.1814].
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 14"). Narrow margins. Two slight stains
A group of women sit in silent boredom, being served tea by a black servant. From a set of eight.
BM Satires 12350.
[Ref: 58458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Extra Duty_ or, The Priest taking proper Care of his legacy.
[n.d. 1790].
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs.
Mezzotint, 155 x 115mm.
Priests ransacking the house of a dying woman.
Plate 275.
[Ref: 772] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. 1790].
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs.
Mezzotint, 155 x 115mm.
Priests ransacking the house of a dying woman.
Plate 275.
[Ref: 772] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
A Farmer's Philosophy in Death. 299.
Woordward Delin. Bunbury Sc.
Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside. One Shilling Colour'd. [n.d. c.1809.]
Hand-coloured etching; watermarked Charles Wise 1812 or 19. Plate 242 x 343mm (9½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The farmer, looking up, with folded hands, sits full face in an upright arm-chair. He wears a dressing-gown and night-cap, and appears fairly robust. The lawyer stands at his right hand, eagerly bending forward to write 'The last Will and Testament of, . .'; behind him (left) is the elder son, a gaping shock-headed youth in a smock. Behind the right arm of the chair is the doctor, sucking his cane disconsolately. On his left hand are the parson, with a grog-blossom nose, holding an open book, the weeping wife, plainly dressed in cap and apron, with a little girl holding a handkerchief to her face, and a smaller boy, yelling.
BM Satires: 11472.
[Ref: 52231] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Woordward Delin. Bunbury Sc.
Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside. One Shilling Colour'd. [n.d. c.1809.]
Hand-coloured etching; watermarked Charles Wise 1812 or 19. Plate 242 x 343mm (9½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The farmer, looking up, with folded hands, sits full face in an upright arm-chair. He wears a dressing-gown and night-cap, and appears fairly robust. The lawyer stands at his right hand, eagerly bending forward to write 'The last Will and Testament of, . .'; behind him (left) is the elder son, a gaping shock-headed youth in a smock. Behind the right arm of the chair is the doctor, sucking his cane disconsolately. On his left hand are the parson, with a grog-blossom nose, holding an open book, the weeping wife, plainly dressed in cap and apron, with a little girl holding a handkerchief to her face, and a smaller boy, yelling.
BM Satires: 11472.
[Ref: 52231] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fear.
Drawn by M.E. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pub.d by Hunt, 18 Tavistock Str. Covent Garden.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"), large margins. Whatman 1824 watermark.
A woman, startled by a kettle, jumps up from her seat throwing her cat off her knee and throwing items into the air. From 'Collinso Furioso'.
Hickman, p.37.
[Ref: 44463] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by M.E. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pub.d by Hunt, 18 Tavistock Str. Covent Garden.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"), large margins. Whatman 1824 watermark.
A woman, startled by a kettle, jumps up from her seat throwing her cat off her knee and throwing items into the air. From 'Collinso Furioso'.
Hickman, p.37.
[Ref: 44463] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Feeling Heart. Bill_Bill you'll break my...
M.E. Esq.r del. G. Hunt sculp.
Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Str. Covent Garden.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 210 x 190mm (8¼ x 7½").
A scene in which a woman, folding a parasol, inspects a basket of eels on the ground, the seller dabs her eyes having been interupted mid conversation with a man leading a donkey laden with apples. From 'Humerous Designs'.
Hickman p.47.
[Ref: 44459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M.E. Esq.r del. G. Hunt sculp.
Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Str. Covent Garden.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 210 x 190mm (8¼ x 7½").
A scene in which a woman, folding a parasol, inspects a basket of eels on the ground, the seller dabs her eyes having been interupted mid conversation with a man leading a donkey laden with apples. From 'Humerous Designs'.
Hickman p.47.
[Ref: 44459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Female Coterie Well, this is certainly one of the most usefull institutions!_ Lame Lover
T. Bonnor del et sculp
[London Magzine, October 1770]
Etching, platemark approx. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7").
Satirical print showing a meeting of the Ladies Club or the Coterie, a club for ladies formed in May/June 1770, which met at Almack's Rooms on Pall Mall. It's membership consisted of the Whig elite and was not exclusively female: Horace Walpole was also a member. Gillian Russell has written of how this print shows 'the stigmatization of the Coterie as a site of feminized (and feminizing) licentiousness', promoting promiscuity, adultery, drinking and irresponsible gambling, traditionally associated with gentleman's clubs but here usurped by women.
BM Satires 4472; see Gillian Russell, 'Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London', p.75.
[Ref: 42458] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
T. Bonnor del et sculp
[London Magzine, October 1770]
Etching, platemark approx. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7").
Satirical print showing a meeting of the Ladies Club or the Coterie, a club for ladies formed in May/June 1770, which met at Almack's Rooms on Pall Mall. It's membership consisted of the Whig elite and was not exclusively female: Horace Walpole was also a member. Gillian Russell has written of how this print shows 'the stigmatization of the Coterie as a site of feminized (and feminizing) licentiousness', promoting promiscuity, adultery, drinking and irresponsible gambling, traditionally associated with gentleman's clubs but here usurped by women.
BM Satires 4472; see Gillian Russell, 'Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London', p.75.
[Ref: 42458] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
Pub.d by D. Bogue 86 Fleet St London [1851].
Etching. 180 x 430mm (7 x 17"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, binding folds as normal.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. Published in Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'.
[Ref: 51952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
Pub.d by D. Bogue 86 Fleet St London [1851].
Etching. 180 x 430mm (7 x 17"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, binding folds as normal.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. Published in Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'.
[Ref: 51952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
[1851, but later.]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 395mm (6 x 15½") Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. It was drawn and etched by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) and was originally published by David Bogue for Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'; however this example has the publication line erased.
[Ref: 41930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
[1851, but later.]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 395mm (6 x 15½") Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. It was drawn and etched by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) and was originally published by David Bogue for Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'; however this example has the publication line erased.
[Ref: 41930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Female Orators. Engraved from an Original Picture Painted by Mr John Collet.
M. Rennoldson sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs Nov.r 20, 1768.
Rare engraving with etching. 225 x 365mm (8¾ x 14½"), with wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear , surface abrasion at top of image. Very slight loss & crease top left.
A confrontation between two market women in Covent Garden. A man taps her shoulder and points with amusement at a bill on a wall above, reading ''Theatre Royal Covent Garden Epicoene or the Silent Woman''. A gentleman exits a sedan with a hands over his ear.
BM: 1948,0214.497.
[Ref: 54572] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
M. Rennoldson sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs Nov.r 20, 1768.
Rare engraving with etching. 225 x 365mm (8¾ x 14½"), with wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear , surface abrasion at top of image. Very slight loss & crease top left.
A confrontation between two market women in Covent Garden. A man taps her shoulder and points with amusement at a bill on a wall above, reading ''Theatre Royal Covent Garden Epicoene or the Silent Woman''. A gentleman exits a sedan with a hands over his ear.
BM: 1948,0214.497.
[Ref: 54572] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Female Politicians.
Benezach delin. Saunders sculp.t.
Engraving, sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Four women sat at a table drinking tea, a fifth on the right stood holding a sheet of paper. Neo-classical interior with screen and painting above door. Probably after Charles Benazech (1767/8-1794), portrait and history painter born in London but subsequently in Paris and Florence.
[Ref: 34829] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Benezach delin. Saunders sculp.t.
Engraving, sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Four women sat at a table drinking tea, a fifth on the right stood holding a sheet of paper. Neo-classical interior with screen and painting above door. Probably after Charles Benazech (1767/8-1794), portrait and history painter born in London but subsequently in Paris and Florence.
[Ref: 34829] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Accomodation- or a Hint to Country Gentlemen how to save their Fences.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Oct.r 1827 by M.cLean Hay Market [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with wide margins.
Three peasants taking pailings for firewood from a fence around woodland, under a sign from the landowner to leave the fence and take the wood. The gate has been left open ''for their Accomodation''. The man holds a billhook.
BM Satires 15489.
[Ref: 54491] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Oct.r 1827 by M.cLean Hay Market [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with wide margins.
Three peasants taking pailings for firewood from a fence around woodland, under a sign from the landowner to leave the fence and take the wood. The gate has been left open ''for their Accomodation''. The man holds a billhook.
BM Satires 15489.
[Ref: 54491] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Series of Four Fine Arts.]](jpegs/44861.jpg)
[Series of Four Fine Arts.] Poetry. [&] Painting. [&] Sculpture. [&] Music.
H. H fec.t.
[c.1826.]
Set of 4 hand-coloured etchings, rare. Each sheet: 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed and some paper loss in corners.
A series of four scenes by Henry Heath, showing artists at work, the first plate shows an impoverished poet struggling over a poem, plate two shows a painter sitting before a painting of a plain woman, plate three shows a sculptor at work and plate four a violinist with a wooden leg playing 'Rule Britannia'.
[Ref: 44861] £550.00
H. H fec.t.
[c.1826.]
Set of 4 hand-coloured etchings, rare. Each sheet: 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed and some paper loss in corners.
A series of four scenes by Henry Heath, showing artists at work, the first plate shows an impoverished poet struggling over a poem, plate two shows a painter sitting before a painting of a plain woman, plate three shows a sculptor at work and plate four a violinist with a wooden leg playing 'Rule Britannia'.
[Ref: 44861] £550.00
Fishing in Troubled Waters, or The Consequence of invading Matrimonial Rights & Privileges.
Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street [n.d., 1824-5].
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 340mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, creased, mounted in album paper.
An angling cleric comes to blows with a fishwife, accidently pulling his own wig off with his rod and line. Apparently a satire on the Church's interference with marital law.
Not in BM Satires. Hunt 62. Ex: Collection of David Beazley.
[Ref: 61132] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street [n.d., 1824-5].
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 340mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, creased, mounted in album paper.
An angling cleric comes to blows with a fishwife, accidently pulling his own wig off with his rod and line. Apparently a satire on the Church's interference with marital law.
Not in BM Satires. Hunt 62. Ex: Collection of David Beazley.
[Ref: 61132] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Bit of Flattery.
Williams fecit.
Pub.d Septem.r 1811 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheets: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼''). Trimmed, damage in plate.
A satirical print which shows a flatterer complimenting a large woman on a portrait of her as Hebe.
[Ref: 50561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Williams fecit.
Pub.d Septem.r 1811 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheets: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼''). Trimmed, damage in plate.
A satirical print which shows a flatterer complimenting a large woman on a portrait of her as Hebe.
[Ref: 50561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Sailors Fleet Wedding Entertainment.
[Engraved by John June.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament; November ye 10, 1747. Price 6d by Mary Cooper.
Scarce etching. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on mountboard.
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff
BM Satires 2875.
[Ref: 58412] £450.00
[Engraved by John June.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament; November ye 10, 1747. Price 6d by Mary Cooper.
Scarce etching. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on mountboard.
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff
BM Satires 2875.
[Ref: 58412] £450.00
![[Pair] D_D Angelic pon honour - fascinating Creature monstrous hansome!! D_m me if she isnt a divinity!!](jpegs/52034.jpg)
[Pair] D_D Angelic pon honour - fascinating Creature monstrous hansome!! D_m me if she isnt a divinity!! for further Particulars enquire of the Original. [&] May I die if there is'nt Sir George!! _ charming man!! as I live he's looking this way _ O! the dear fellow!! Vide the Opera boxes.
[George Cruikshank]
London Publish'd by W. S. Fores 50 Piccadilly Augt 9th 1817.
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), Lady watermarked 1815. Trimmed to plate, slight loss made up bottom left of 2nd item.
A dandy ogles an unseen woman through his monocle; and a lady in an opera box, wearing a revealing dress, scans a man with her opera glass.
BM Satires 12950 & 12951
[Ref: 52034] £360.00 view all images for this item
[George Cruikshank]
London Publish'd by W. S. Fores 50 Piccadilly Augt 9th 1817.
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), Lady watermarked 1815. Trimmed to plate, slight loss made up bottom left of 2nd item.
A dandy ogles an unseen woman through his monocle; and a lady in an opera box, wearing a revealing dress, scans a man with her opera glass.
BM Satires 12950 & 12951
[Ref: 52034] £360.00 view all images for this item
A Provincial Deputy's Maiden Speech to the National Assembly. Just Published (Engraved in a superior Stile.) Chesterfield's Principles of Politeness Exemplified, in 20 figures pr. 10/6.
SC [monogram of Samuel Collings.]
Published Feb. 16 1791 by S.W. Fores 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). With narrow margins.
A deputy stands on a tribune in profile to the left, poised on one toe and leaning on the railing; he shouts with his ugly head thrown back, a blast issuing from his mouth. From his pocket protrudes a document inscribed 'L'Art de la Rhétorique'. A satire on 'Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world' by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.
BM Satires 7695, their example trimmed and without attribution.
[Ref: 54340] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
SC [monogram of Samuel Collings.]
Published Feb. 16 1791 by S.W. Fores 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). With narrow margins.
A deputy stands on a tribune in profile to the left, poised on one toe and leaning on the railing; he shouts with his ugly head thrown back, a blast issuing from his mouth. From his pocket protrudes a document inscribed 'L'Art de la Rhétorique'. A satire on 'Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world' by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.
BM Satires 7695, their example trimmed and without attribution.
[Ref: 54340] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Why a Gardener is the most extraordinary Man in the World. Because mp man has more business upon Earth...
Pub.d Decem.r 1.st 1773 by MDarly (39) Strand according to Act.
Etching, 250 x 175mm. 9¾ x 7". Faint offset.
A gardener with spade and rake, satirised as a casanova. The engraved text is full of puns, for example: "he makes RAKEING his business more than his diversion, as many other gentlemen do" and "he can have YEW when he pleases". It is signed "An Adamite". From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '24' upper right.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 14547] £320.00
Pub.d Decem.r 1.st 1773 by MDarly (39) Strand according to Act.
Etching, 250 x 175mm. 9¾ x 7". Faint offset.
A gardener with spade and rake, satirised as a casanova. The engraved text is full of puns, for example: "he makes RAKEING his business more than his diversion, as many other gentlemen do" and "he can have YEW when he pleases". It is signed "An Adamite". From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '24' upper right.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 14547] £320.00
A Plan for General Reform. Respectfully submitted to the attention of Members of Parliament _ During the Summer Recess_
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pubd. ****] 1829 by Tho.s Tegg No 111. Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Eight caricatures of figures expressing their view on reform.
Grego II pg.45. Not in BM.
[Ref: 51704] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pubd. ****] 1829 by Tho.s Tegg No 111. Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Eight caricatures of figures expressing their view on reform.
Grego II pg.45. Not in BM.
[Ref: 51704] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Genius of Bazaar arrived at London.
[by John Cawse?]
pub 29th 1816 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾").
A monster with bat's face, wings & tail and hoofs, in quasi-oriental dress, strides from 'Turkey' to London', holding a fool's bauble and a paper: 'Plan for turning St Pauls to a Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' was established by John Trotter in 1815, to enable the widows and daughters of Army officers to raise money by selling their handywork. Counter-space was rented at 3d. a foot a day, the only recommendation required being 'an irreproachable character'. The Bazaar, the first of its kind, extended from the west side of Soho Square to Oxford Street and proved a source of great wealth to Trotter.
BM Satires 12836.
[Ref: 41130] £320.00
[by John Cawse?]
pub 29th 1816 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾").
A monster with bat's face, wings & tail and hoofs, in quasi-oriental dress, strides from 'Turkey' to London', holding a fool's bauble and a paper: 'Plan for turning St Pauls to a Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' was established by John Trotter in 1815, to enable the widows and daughters of Army officers to raise money by selling their handywork. Counter-space was rented at 3d. a foot a day, the only recommendation required being 'an irreproachable character'. The Bazaar, the first of its kind, extended from the west side of Soho Square to Oxford Street and proved a source of great wealth to Trotter.
BM Satires 12836.
[Ref: 41130] £320.00
Genius of Bazaar arrived at London.
[by John Cawse?]
pub 29th 1816 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 340 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼'').
A monster with bat's face, wings & tail and hoofs, in quasi-oriental dress, strides from 'Turkey' to London', holding a fool's bauble and a paper: 'Plan for turning St Pauls to a Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' was established by John Trotter in 1815, to enable the widows and daughters of Army officers to raise money by selling their handywork. Counter-space was rented at 3d. a foot a day, the only recommendation required being 'an irreproachable character'. The Bazaar, the first of its kind, extended from the west side of Soho Square to Oxford Street and proved a source of great wealth to Trotter.
BM Satires 12836.
[Ref: 51078] £320.00
[by John Cawse?]
pub 29th 1816 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 340 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼'').
A monster with bat's face, wings & tail and hoofs, in quasi-oriental dress, strides from 'Turkey' to London', holding a fool's bauble and a paper: 'Plan for turning St Pauls to a Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' was established by John Trotter in 1815, to enable the widows and daughters of Army officers to raise money by selling their handywork. Counter-space was rented at 3d. a foot a day, the only recommendation required being 'an irreproachable character'. The Bazaar, the first of its kind, extended from the west side of Soho Square to Oxford Street and proved a source of great wealth to Trotter.
BM Satires 12836.
[Ref: 51078] £320.00
The goodly Cedar of Apostolick & Catholick Episcopacy, compared with the moderne Shoots & Slips of divided Novelties in the Church. before the Introduction of the Apostles Lives. Place this Figure at Page 1. 1675. The Church Catholick. Omnes enim illi valde posteriores sunt, quam Episcopi, quibus Apostoli tradiderunt Ecclesias. Trenaeus L4: adv. Haeeses: 29.
[n.d. c.1733.]
Etching and engraving; watermarked. Plate 280 x 323mm. 11 x 12¾". Fold as issued. Trimmed to the plate along left-hand edge.
A cedar tree representing the traditional episcopal church, inscribed on the trunk 'The Church Catholick', with two smaller shoots from the trunk labelled 'Presbytery' and 'Independency'; two men on ladders cutting away branches; to the side, two smaller trees being tended by various figures, with the inscriptions 'New, but not True, Plants' and 'These hold neither Root nor Order'. The main branches are inscribed with the names of the counties where episcopal Churches have flourished, and among the branches are labels bearing the names of the Churches, Apostles, Evangelists, and Fathers. British Museum states: This prints is in Cave's "Antiquitates Apostolicae," original edition, 1675.; this impression was probably prepared for a later issue.
BM Satires: 1997.
[Ref: 19207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1733.]
Etching and engraving; watermarked. Plate 280 x 323mm. 11 x 12¾". Fold as issued. Trimmed to the plate along left-hand edge.
A cedar tree representing the traditional episcopal church, inscribed on the trunk 'The Church Catholick', with two smaller shoots from the trunk labelled 'Presbytery' and 'Independency'; two men on ladders cutting away branches; to the side, two smaller trees being tended by various figures, with the inscriptions 'New, but not True, Plants' and 'These hold neither Root nor Order'. The main branches are inscribed with the names of the counties where episcopal Churches have flourished, and among the branches are labels bearing the names of the Churches, Apostles, Evangelists, and Fathers. British Museum states: This prints is in Cave's "Antiquitates Apostolicae," original edition, 1675.; this impression was probably prepared for a later issue.
BM Satires: 1997.
[Ref: 19207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Here's, wishing us all- vastly well!
[n.d., c.1790]
Line engraving, very scarce, 285 x 220mm. 11¼ x 8½". Trimmed to image, tear top left.
A cheerful grain merchant raises his mug. A 'contract for grain' and news sheet 'on the high prices of grain' indicate the reasons for his high spirits.
[Ref: 14688] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790]
Line engraving, very scarce, 285 x 220mm. 11¼ x 8½". Trimmed to image, tear top left.
A cheerful grain merchant raises his mug. A 'contract for grain' and news sheet 'on the high prices of grain' indicate the reasons for his high spirits.
[Ref: 14688] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Grand Celebration ob de Bobalition ob African Slabery. Life in Philadelphia No. 11
Drawn & Eng.d by J. Harris
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 225 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Borders dusty.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies mostly drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'. This is the only print in Tregear's/Lewis's set which was not engraved by Charles Hunt. It clearly relates to the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by J. Harris
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 225 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Borders dusty.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies mostly drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'. This is the only print in Tregear's/Lewis's set which was not engraved by Charles Hunt. It clearly relates to the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Looking for Lodgings. 'This is all I have ma'm: I have just let the last tent on the tiles to a foreign nobleman.'
George Cruikshank.
[London: David Bogue, 1851.]
Etching. 155 x 255mm, 6 x 10".
A group of four adults, presumably "Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family", being shown to a single hammock. Illustration from Henry Mayhew's "The World's show, 1851, or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family". Early in the season the tickets for the Great Exhibition were 3 guineas (£275 today), reducing to £1, five shillings, and finally (in the height of the summer, with the wealthy escaped from London) to 1 shilling (£4.35). 4.5 million 1-shilling tickets were sold.
[Ref: 16953] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
George Cruikshank.
[London: David Bogue, 1851.]
Etching. 155 x 255mm, 6 x 10".
A group of four adults, presumably "Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family", being shown to a single hammock. Illustration from Henry Mayhew's "The World's show, 1851, or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family". Early in the season the tickets for the Great Exhibition were 3 guineas (£275 today), reducing to £1, five shillings, and finally (in the height of the summer, with the wealthy escaped from London) to 1 shilling (£4.35). 4.5 million 1-shilling tickets were sold.
[Ref: 16953] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Plague of London.
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1835.]
Hand coloured woodcut with double outline border, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to printed border and title.
Social satire; a tax collector knocks on the door of a townhouse, looking up at two grimacing occupants at the window above. By caricaturist J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17160] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1835.]
Hand coloured woodcut with double outline border, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to printed border and title.
Social satire; a tax collector knocks on the door of a townhouse, looking up at two grimacing occupants at the window above. By caricaturist J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17160] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Gudgeon.
C. J. Grant.
Pub. March 1831by S. Gans Southampton St Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate and loss in right corner.
A comic scene in which a disgruntled fisherman complains that he hasn't caught a fish despite having sat in the rain for three hours, at which point his friend informs him that the pond was only filled the day before.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43639] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
C. J. Grant.
Pub. March 1831by S. Gans Southampton St Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate and loss in right corner.
A comic scene in which a disgruntled fisherman complains that he hasn't caught a fish despite having sat in the rain for three hours, at which point his friend informs him that the pond was only filled the day before.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43639] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Happy Consultation, or Modern Match.
J.Roberts sc.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 13 Augt 1769.
Engraving. 250 x 350mm.
A pre-nuptual agreement.
[Ref: 5389] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.Roberts sc.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 13 Augt 1769.
Engraving. 250 x 350mm.
A pre-nuptual agreement.
[Ref: 5389] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Hard Times. Term Time. Worse and Worse, Semper Idem!!
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruickshank May 1st 1827.
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Some staining.
Five vignettes of poverty on one plate: a man's nose held to a grindstone; ragged beggars singing; a lawyer in front of the Law Courts giving the parties half an oyster shell each and keeping the oyster; a cleric in prison braking rocks; and a sleeping butcher in his almost empty shop. At the time England was suffering from the effects of the Corn Laws; by keeping the cost of corn high to protect the landowners the government caused extreme hardship for workers. Also, as they had to pay high wages in order for their workers to be able to eat, the laws were troublesome for the manufacturers.
[Ref: 40612] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruickshank May 1st 1827.
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Some staining.
Five vignettes of poverty on one plate: a man's nose held to a grindstone; ragged beggars singing; a lawyer in front of the Law Courts giving the parties half an oyster shell each and keeping the oyster; a cleric in prison braking rocks; and a sleeping butcher in his almost empty shop. At the time England was suffering from the effects of the Corn Laws; by keeping the cost of corn high to protect the landowners the government caused extreme hardship for workers. Also, as they had to pay high wages in order for their workers to be able to eat, the laws were troublesome for the manufacturers.
[Ref: 40612] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Harlot's Progress. Plate II. In High keeping by a Jew. [&] Plate III. The Compleat Trull at her Lodgings in Drury Lane. [&] Plate IV. In Bridewell beating Hemp. [&] Plate V. In a High Salivation at the Point of Death. [&] Plate VI. Her Funeral properly attended.
Invented and Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Henry Parker, 1768?]
Five [of 6] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, one with 18th century watermark; totals c. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some spotting.
Reversed and reduced copies of Hogarth's famous series, probably originally published with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell. Hogarth is known to have given Bakewell permission to reproduce his "Rake" set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his versions for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. Parker reissued the 'Rake' set in 1786, now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane overprinted with the same decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is Plate I, showing Moll Hackabout's arrival in London.
Not in either BM Satires or Paulson. The Wellcome Collection has three, 38333i, 38334i &38335i.
[Ref: 57644] £750.00 view all images for this item
Invented and Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Henry Parker, 1768?]
Five [of 6] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, one with 18th century watermark; totals c. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some spotting.
Reversed and reduced copies of Hogarth's famous series, probably originally published with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell. Hogarth is known to have given Bakewell permission to reproduce his "Rake" set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his versions for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. Parker reissued the 'Rake' set in 1786, now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane overprinted with the same decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is Plate I, showing Moll Hackabout's arrival in London.
Not in either BM Satires or Paulson. The Wellcome Collection has three, 38333i, 38334i &38335i.
[Ref: 57644] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[Set of six.] Harlot's Progress.](jpegs/31469.jpg)
[Set of six.] Harlot's Progress.
Invented & Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Robert Sayer, 1768.]
Set of six engravings. Each c. 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with wide margins. Paper toned.
Set of six prints from Hogarth's celebrated paintings of the ruin of a country girl. The paintings were destroyed in the 18th century. Soon after the death of William Hogarth in 1764, his widow Jane gave the London publisher Robert Sayer permission to publish a collection of her husband's work. Although engraved in a smaller format, Sayer's versions retain all the detail of the original plates.
[Ref: 31469] £360.00 view all images for this item
Invented & Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Robert Sayer, 1768.]
Set of six engravings. Each c. 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with wide margins. Paper toned.
Set of six prints from Hogarth's celebrated paintings of the ruin of a country girl. The paintings were destroyed in the 18th century. Soon after the death of William Hogarth in 1764, his widow Jane gave the London publisher Robert Sayer permission to publish a collection of her husband's work. Although engraved in a smaller format, Sayer's versions retain all the detail of the original plates.
[Ref: 31469] £360.00 view all images for this item
Stratagem better than Force.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq, del. [William Heath]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatuers are daily Published. [n.d., watermarked 1827.
Coloured etching with fine colour. 250 x 360mm (10 x 14"). False margins added.
An old woman and two chimney sweeps try unsuccessfully to move an ass, whilst on the right a costermonger gallops away on a donkey, using a bunch of carrots tied to a stick for encouragement. In the distance can be seen St. Paul's cathedral.
BM Satires 15959.
[Ref: 14677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq, del. [William Heath]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatuers are daily Published. [n.d., watermarked 1827.
Coloured etching with fine colour. 250 x 360mm (10 x 14"). False margins added.
An old woman and two chimney sweeps try unsuccessfully to move an ass, whilst on the right a costermonger gallops away on a donkey, using a bunch of carrots tied to a stick for encouragement. In the distance can be seen St. Paul's cathedral.
BM Satires 15959.
[Ref: 14677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Skimmington-Triumph.]](jpegs/62445.jpg)
[Skimmington-Triumph.]
[London: Joseph Nutting c.1800 but later.]
Etching with engraving. 295 x 470mm (11½ x 18½"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, losing title and publication line. Original folds.
An illustration to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', Part 2, Canto 2. A couple are being paraded back to back on a pony as villagers bang pots and pans, with cuckold's horns, in the form of a stag's head, a ram's head and a cow's head, held aloft. The woman holds a skimmington, a large wooden ladle often used to beat husbands. A 'skimmington ride' (or charivari) was a parade to shame a member of a community. Here it is shown as part of a Horn Fair. This print was first published with the title 'Skimmington-Triumph, Or the Humours of Horn Fair', by Joseph Nutting, c.1720, taking Hogarth's 'Hudibras and the Skimmington' as inspiration. This state has the additional text, ''I'll Wash Your Dishes, I'll Clean Your House' spoken by the male rider and 'Work you Rogue Work' by the woman.
BM Satires 1703, 'may refer to the annual Horn Fair at Charlton in Kent'. See Paulson 88.
[Ref: 62445] £350.00
[London: Joseph Nutting c.1800 but later.]
Etching with engraving. 295 x 470mm (11½ x 18½"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, losing title and publication line. Original folds.
An illustration to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', Part 2, Canto 2. A couple are being paraded back to back on a pony as villagers bang pots and pans, with cuckold's horns, in the form of a stag's head, a ram's head and a cow's head, held aloft. The woman holds a skimmington, a large wooden ladle often used to beat husbands. A 'skimmington ride' (or charivari) was a parade to shame a member of a community. Here it is shown as part of a Horn Fair. This print was first published with the title 'Skimmington-Triumph, Or the Humours of Horn Fair', by Joseph Nutting, c.1720, taking Hogarth's 'Hudibras and the Skimmington' as inspiration. This state has the additional text, ''I'll Wash Your Dishes, I'll Clean Your House' spoken by the male rider and 'Work you Rogue Work' by the woman.
BM Satires 1703, 'may refer to the annual Horn Fair at Charlton in Kent'. See Paulson 88.
[Ref: 62445] £350.00
The Horse Stealer A Dream 1757.
To be Had at the Acorn facing Hungerford.
Etching, platemark 85 x 110mm (3 x 4¼"), large margins. Bit foxed.
Unusual 'dream scene' showing a horse's owner looking on as the horse is stolen. Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions. The description of this print read 'Tis easily seen through as to what the Satirist intends. It alludes to a remarkable Transaction in the year 1757, on the other side the Weser'. This suggests that the print refers to the Battle of Hastenbeck in 1757, in which a French victory led to the occupation of the Electorate of Hanover. The Weser is a river which marked the limit of the territory which Hanover was willing to defend.
For 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757' see ref. 38743.
[Ref: 43818] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
To be Had at the Acorn facing Hungerford.
Etching, platemark 85 x 110mm (3 x 4¼"), large margins. Bit foxed.
Unusual 'dream scene' showing a horse's owner looking on as the horse is stolen. Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions. The description of this print read 'Tis easily seen through as to what the Satirist intends. It alludes to a remarkable Transaction in the year 1757, on the other side the Weser'. This suggests that the print refers to the Battle of Hastenbeck in 1757, in which a French victory led to the occupation of the Electorate of Hanover. The Weser is a river which marked the limit of the territory which Hanover was willing to defend.
For 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757' see ref. 38743.
[Ref: 43818] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches of Life No.2. "Here's a pretty situation for a Housekeeper!!"
H. Heath del.
London Published by C. Tilt, 86 Fleet Street.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8").
A scene in a kitchen in which a housekeeper is disgruntled to discover a large woman and a footman asleep rather than working.
[Ref: 43798] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath del.
London Published by C. Tilt, 86 Fleet Street.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8").
A scene in a kitchen in which a housekeeper is disgruntled to discover a large woman and a footman asleep rather than working.
[Ref: 43798] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece and its Explanation. The Basso Releivo, on the Pedestal, Represents the general Design, of Mr. Butler, in his Incomparable Poem, of Hudibras...
W. Hogarth Inven. & sculp.
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1726.]
Engraving. Plate: 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾''). Trimmed to plate, slight loss at edge on left.
The frontispiece to Samuel Butler's poem 'Hudibras' which satirised roundheads, puritans and presbyterians.
BM Satire 504.
[Ref: 50382] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Hogarth Inven. & sculp.
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1726.]
Engraving. Plate: 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾''). Trimmed to plate, slight loss at edge on left.
The frontispiece to Samuel Butler's poem 'Hudibras' which satirised roundheads, puritans and presbyterians.
BM Satire 504.
[Ref: 50382] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Peep into Ilchester Bastile.
[London: Thomas Dolby, 1821.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9¾"), on Whatman Mill paper dated 1818. Binding folds flattened.
In a prison cell a jailer holding scourge and keys stands by the door, scowling at an emaciated man, heavily shackled to the floor and lying on the frame of a bedstead. A man in a striped prison suit is bent double because his ankles and wrists are chained to the floor. A woman sits with her legs confined in stocks. The frontispiece to a pamphlet containing a letter from H. Hunt to T. F. Buxton, M.P., concerning the prison. The plate has little relation to the text: the chief grievance was that visitors were not admitted before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.
BM Satires 14187.
[Ref: 40322] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Thomas Dolby, 1821.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9¾"), on Whatman Mill paper dated 1818. Binding folds flattened.
In a prison cell a jailer holding scourge and keys stands by the door, scowling at an emaciated man, heavily shackled to the floor and lying on the frame of a bedstead. A man in a striped prison suit is bent double because his ankles and wrists are chained to the floor. A woman sits with her legs confined in stocks. The frontispiece to a pamphlet containing a letter from H. Hunt to T. F. Buxton, M.P., concerning the prison. The plate has little relation to the text: the chief grievance was that visitors were not admitted before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.
BM Satires 14187.
[Ref: 40322] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Industry and Idleness] The Idle Prentice Executed at Tyburn.](jpegs/62056.jpg)
[Industry and Idleness] The Idle Prentice Executed at Tyburn. Plate 11.
Invented by W. Hogarth.
Sold by E. Sumpter Facing S.t Brides Fleet Street, According to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1763].
Etching. Sheet 185 x 245mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire focusing on the baying crowd gathered to watch the execution of the Idle Apprentice, who had turned highwayman. Edward Sumpter had also published Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale's satire on Hogarth, 'The Bruiser Triumphant'.
[Ref: 62056] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Invented by W. Hogarth.
Sold by E. Sumpter Facing S.t Brides Fleet Street, According to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1763].
Etching. Sheet 185 x 245mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire focusing on the baying crowd gathered to watch the execution of the Idle Apprentice, who had turned highwayman. Edward Sumpter had also published Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale's satire on Hogarth, 'The Bruiser Triumphant'.
[Ref: 62056] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Irish Decency !!! No 1. 364
Etched by G. Cruik.
Pub.d August 25 1819 by T, Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A gouty magistrate, identified as 'the Hon. Sir Thomas McKenny' (1770-1849), Mayor of Dublin, hearing a complaint about the lack of decency shown by men cooling themselves in the Royal Canal, promises to teach them a lesson by taking away their clothes.
BM Satire 13397.
[Ref: 52090] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by G. Cruik.
Pub.d August 25 1819 by T, Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A gouty magistrate, identified as 'the Hon. Sir Thomas McKenny' (1770-1849), Mayor of Dublin, hearing a complaint about the lack of decency shown by men cooling themselves in the Royal Canal, promises to teach them a lesson by taking away their clothes.
BM Satire 13397.
[Ref: 52090] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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)
Sketches by Seymour. Kitty take those books to the Library and get Mrs. Smith to change them, tell her I like something amorous.
London Published by J.L. Marks. [n.d. c.1836.]
Hand-coloured etching. 222 x 146mm. 8¾ x 5¼". Some staining down the left-hand side. Paper toning.
Robert Seymour (1798-1836) was a British illustrator, and is known for his illustrations of the works of Charles Dickens and for his caricatures.
[Ref: 17430] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by J.L. Marks. [n.d. c.1836.]
Hand-coloured etching. 222 x 146mm. 8¾ x 5¼". Some staining down the left-hand side. Paper toning.
Robert Seymour (1798-1836) was a British illustrator, and is known for his illustrations of the works of Charles Dickens and for his caricatures.
[Ref: 17430] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Voici L'Anglais. L'Anglais né Libre.
A Paris, Chez les Mde. de Nouveautés [n.d. c.1820].
Very rare aquatint. Sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Trimmed and laid on sheet.
'Here is an Englishman. The Englishman is not free.'' A man stands in shackles, hands tied behind his back and a padlock holding his lips shut. A paper on the ground reads ''Assassinats de Manchester impunu'', a reference to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. A pair to 'Voilà le Français. Le Français Constitutionnel quand même'.
[Ref: 12980] £380.00
A Paris, Chez les Mde. de Nouveautés [n.d. c.1820].
Very rare aquatint. Sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Trimmed and laid on sheet.
'Here is an Englishman. The Englishman is not free.'' A man stands in shackles, hands tied behind his back and a padlock holding his lips shut. A paper on the ground reads ''Assassinats de Manchester impunu'', a reference to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. A pair to 'Voilà le Français. Le Français Constitutionnel quand même'.
[Ref: 12980] £380.00
![[Frontspiece to the] 'Law of Landlord and Tenant'.](jpegs/43829.jpg)
[Frontspiece to the] 'Law of Landlord and Tenant'.
[CJ Grant Invent, Del et Lith]
[Pubd by J Kendrick 54 Leicester Sq London Oct 1833]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, trimmed into title and seventeen vignettes pasted to backing sheet 300 x 385mm (11¾ x 15"). Three vignettes and additional text missing from original publication.
Sheet of legal satirical prints on the relationship between a landlord and tenant, by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.), printmaker in various media. Much of Grant's satire was political, such as the 131 numbers of 'The Political Drama' he produced between 1833 and 1835. From 1836 the majority of his work appeared in radical, pro-Chartist periodicals.
[Ref: 43829] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[CJ Grant Invent, Del et Lith]
[Pubd by J Kendrick 54 Leicester Sq London Oct 1833]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, trimmed into title and seventeen vignettes pasted to backing sheet 300 x 385mm (11¾ x 15"). Three vignettes and additional text missing from original publication.
Sheet of legal satirical prints on the relationship between a landlord and tenant, by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.), printmaker in various media. Much of Grant's satire was political, such as the 131 numbers of 'The Political Drama' he produced between 1833 and 1835. From 1836 the majority of his work appeared in radical, pro-Chartist periodicals.
[Ref: 43829] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Black Ball. La Pastorelle. Life in Philadelphia No. 10
W. Summers Del. C. Hunt Sc.
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 220 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Trimmed. Very slight staining in middle.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47093] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Summers Del. C. Hunt Sc.
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 220 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Trimmed. Very slight staining in middle.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47093] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Light Guinea or Cap:t: Flash Detected.
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Coloured etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed into image at top. Small margins on 3 sides.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped'
[Ref: 54341] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Coloured etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed into image at top. Small margins on 3 sides.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped'
[Ref: 54341] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Light Guinea or Cap:t Flash Detected.
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Etching, 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Some staining and offsetting.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped' From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '5' upper right.
[Ref: 14517] £320.00
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Etching, 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Some staining and offsetting.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped' From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '5' upper right.
[Ref: 14517] £320.00