Grosvenor Prints

Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
W. Heath del.
London, Published by Jones & Co Feb.y 16 1822.
Etching and aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 130 x 215mm (5 x 8½").
Madame Duval dances with a flamboyant gentleman at the Hampstead Assembly, London, while the assembly looks on. A scene from Frances Burney's novel 'Evelina':
[Ref: 61000] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Mad.e Duval Dancing a Minuet at the Hampstead Assembly. page 277.
W. Heath del.
London, Published by Jones & Co Feb.y 16 1822.
Etching and aquatint, sheet 125 x 190mm (5 x 7½").
Scene from Frances Burney's novel 'Evelina': Madame Duval dances with a flamboyant gentleman at the Hampstead Assembly, London, while the assembly looks on.
[Ref: 45890] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

''We have the exhibition to examine"
[William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 355mm (10 x 14''). Cut to borders. Some repaired nicks to edges.
A scene in an exhibition salon in which specatators struggle to see the paintings through the large crowd and enormous hats. One disgruntled man wipes his head in exasperation after his daughter tries to disuade him from leaving.
[Ref: 56453] £320.00

It is the very fashion of the time. Which cannot look more hideously [/] Than I have drawn it in my fantasy.
[Paul Pry] Esq. Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. For November 1827. To be continued every month.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
An elaborately dressed woman stands with her gloved right hand resting on her extremely small waist. She is wearing a bright red dress and an emerald green cloak, with white fur trim. Her large hat is decorated with ribbons and feathers. A quote from Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part II, is inscribed underneath the title. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 37474] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

The March of Bonnetism.
[By William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where Published and other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Hand-coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman, Turkey Mill; 305 x 420mm (12 x 16½") with small margins. Creases and tears on margins.
A satire on the extreme fashion of 19th century, showing the manufacture and exhibition of an enormous and flamboyant hat. The ridiculous creation is too heavy to actually wear, and requires rigging to support it. The hat is shown hanging by its ropes, with a notice saying ‘The suspension ties are out of order. It is requested that no lady will rashly venture under this hat.’ In the final scene, the notice has been ignored and the ropes have snapped, crushing the ladies below.
[Ref: 60499] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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[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

[Sir Charles Flower] The Misfortune of having Short Legs or the Flower of the flock loseing his stick! Vide city police.
W. Heath.
Pub. Jan.y 26 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarker Sole Publisher of W. heath Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14''). Paper tone, foxing, messy. Small margins.
A caricature of Alderman Sir Charles Flower attempting to get into a carriage, behind him a shop keeper carrying a large turtle.
BM Satire 16414.
[Ref: 50805] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

French Salutation. English Salutation.
[Paul Pry, monogram of William Heath ] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Stained, cut. Damaged top right.
Two designs side by side, both of an accidental meeting of pedestrians, and contrasting the exhuberant Frenchmen with gloomy Englishmen.
BM Satires: 15961.
[Ref: 30517] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Geography, or the Use of the Globes _ A Practical Lesson. Shewing the Face of the Earth.
W. Heath Del et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A red-faced teacher hurls a desk globe into the face of a mischievious pupil. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54312] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Creased, framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash and a toy giraffe. Children's toys interest. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 61172] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

George IV & Wellington] The Th___e in Danger. There is a power before the Throne_& a power behing the Throne_greater than the Throne itself. Vide L__d K_gs Speech_
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 335 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"). Trimmed to printed boarder.
Wellington, in uniform, stands before George IV, who sits on the throne. Wellington holds up a large cross-hilted sword (the Sword of State). He holds behind him his large plumed cocked hat, from one point of which hangs a paper reading 'Military Commission to throw Dust in John Bulls eyes'. Two papers project from his pockets: Church Patronage and Army Patronage. Lady Conyngham (George's final mistress) peers out from behind a curtain, looking satisfied. The crown is on a table beside Wellington. Etched by William Heath, with his characteristic 'Paul Pry' emblem lower right.
BM Satires: 15512.
[Ref: 39173] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] The Two Happiest Men Alive. A Friend in need is a Friend indeed. vide John Bull.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. Sep 30 1827.
Etching with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
George IV, with a gouty leg and a crutch under his left arm, is supported by the Duke of Wellington. The king plainly dressed but with the Garter ribbon and star, has a much swathed gouty leg supported in a sling from the neck. Earlier in the year Wellington had agreed to become commander-in-chief of the forces, pleasing the king
BM Satires: 15429.
[Ref: 60632] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Quartette in Character.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour 260 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"), with large margins.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand). All four caricatures were issued as separate prints. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 55399] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching with hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828'. Colour slightly faded.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 55407] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives when Hever He Likes.
[William Heath] Esq. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
A caricature of George IV, showing him in a position of authority. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
BM Satires 15732.
[Ref: 46656] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The Virginia Fishing Smack!!!
[William Heath.]
Pub June 26 1827 by S. W. Fores Piccadilly.
Etching. Sheet size: 245 x 340mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Small tear in upper edge. Sheet slightly grubby. Tear inside right edge, stained.
George IV, dressed as a fisherman, sits in a flat bottomed boat, 'The Piscator of Virginia', bobbing for eels, his left arm round Lady Conyngham, to whom he gives a kiss. In his right hand is a 'bob', a short stout rod, the line terminating in a bunch of threads baited with worms which are under water. The words of a song float from their occupied lips. In the bows is a mast and sail below which are a big glass jar containing worms, and an open book inscribed, 'Broad Grins. Like some Fat Gentleman who Bobs for Eels'.
BM Satires 15410.
[Ref: 36739] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

D_n it Sir_I wish you would blow your Nose____ Blow it your self-it is as near you-as it is to me-
William Heath.
Pub May 12-1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Published of W Heath Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 373 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Overall toning.
A satire of physically opposite characters sitting across from each other in a small room. The gentleman on the left is long and lean, and possesses a beautifully proportioned face. His antithesis, the person on the right, is short and fat, and sports a huge and grotesque nose. The thin man is doing his best to read his newspaper, but the other man's bulbous nose hovering directly over the newspaper, distracts him.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 30487] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Portrait of a Guerilla Chief.
WH [William Heath] Del et Sculp.
Pub May 8 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to printed border.
Caricature of a Spanish guerrilla, dressed like a peasant mountaineer rather than of a soldier, standing on a ledge, cocking his musket as he sees regular troops below. In 1820 Spain, a revolt led to a Republican government, but by 1823 the country had descended into civil war. This figure is presumably a Republican, fighting against the Monarchist 'Army of the Faith' (subject of a companion print, BM 14522). In the end order was restored when the European powers agreed that Louis XVIII could lead a French Army of 100,000 into Spain.
BM Satires: 14523.
[Ref: 60587] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Apotheosis of Handel. The Portrait from an original Picture of Hudson's in the possession of D.r. Arnold.
Designed by Rebecca. Engraved by Heath.
Publish'd the 26.th. of May 1787. being the Anniversary of the Commemoration of Handel.
Engraving. Sheet: 275 x 385mm, (10¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate. Nicks repaired and tears in edges. Creasing and repaired damage in plate.
A print celebrating the third anniversary of the Commemoration of Handel, which was a festival of Handel's work organised by the 4th Earl of Sandwich and held in Westminster Abbey. The Commemoration was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Handel's death in 1759. George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) is depicted seated in the heavens above the London skyline; two angels, one crowning him with a laurel wreath, stand beside him.
See 39972 for proof.
[Ref: 39971] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

Apotheosis of Handel.
Rebecca del: Heath Sculpt. Printed by Cox.
Published May 21, 1787.
Engraving, proof before full title. 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"), very large margins. Very slight foxing.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), composer, sitting on clouds, an allegorical figure of Fame holding a laurel wreath over his head, with Genius bearing a torch at his side. Under the clouds is a view of London.
[Ref: 51248] £330.00

Quadrille - Evening Fashions - Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation. La Poule.
[Monogram of Paul Pry.][William Heath.]
London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark: J.Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Sheet size: 245 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed and mounted in album sheet.
Two couples with exaggerated, absurd hairstyles and fashionable dress, dancing. Drawn and etched by satirical printmaker, William Heath (1794 - 1840).
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46644] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

That sentinel's as drunk as a beast- its very shameful when I set my Troop such a good example- what the devil is he singing? some love nonsense I dare say
W Heath
Pub May 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed inside platemark' good colour. Half the print.
A drunken sentinel leaning against a post, his horse regarding him with embarrassment. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
[Ref: 39543] £90.00

Do You Please to have your Bed Warm'd Sir? Sketches of Character No.3.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, to printed border on two sides.
A pretty chambermaid holds a candle and a copper bedpan, smiling at the viewer.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 59482] £320.00

Very cold outside eh? Why I'm a perfect icicle don't I look the picture of misery... Sketches of Character _ the outside passenger No 6.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Publishing [n.d., c.1829].
Coloured etching. Sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate. Few marks.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
See Ref: 59485
[Ref: 59484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Most Uncomfortablest, I Vos Hever Hin Six Hinsides vy there arn't a nuf room for four of us [...] Sketches of Character _ the inside passenger No 7.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub [n.d., c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, taped tear.
A fat passenger addresses the viewer about how bad it was inside a coach, a satirical contrast to 'the outside passenger No 6'.
See Ref: 59484
[Ref: 59485] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 13.]
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Some light staining in margins.
An exterior scene of a military camp, with a number of soldiers huddling around a smoking fire, with others gathering fire wood on the right, and in the distance to the left. Plate 13 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36188] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 18.]
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9").
A battle scene in which a commander leads his troops on horseback. One soldier in the foreground has been thrown from his horse and lies on the ground, looking towards the battle. Plate 18 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36189] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Hope Told a Flattering Tale.
[Paul Pry monogram of William Heath] Del. et sculpt.
Pub by Tho. Mclean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1827].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 16¼"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1827'. Trimmed within plate.
A grotesque dandy singing, sheet music in his left hand, accompanied on the guitar by a lady with elaborate bonnet.

[Ref: 59474] £360.00

[Wellington & William Huskisson] A Naughty Boy Turn'd out of School.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] he seems let them know who is master of th House
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c. May 1828].
Coloured etching. Framed. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on the departure from Wellington's cabinet of William Huskisson, represented here as a schoolboy in a fool's cap kneeling before a closed door placarded 'Wellington House Academy'. Huskisson, who had entertained hopes of becoming prime minister before the position was offered to Wellington, voted against the government over the East Retford Bill and subsequently offered to resign 'as a matter of form, not substance' (DNB). Wellington, however, took him at his word and seized the opportunity to rid himself of an uncomfortable colleague. As a result Huskisson's friends Dudley, Palmerston and Grant, along with the Irish Secretary Lamb all resigned (their names are written on a slate next to Huskisson in the print), a situation described by the Duke as a 'mutiny'.
BM Satires: 15532.
[Ref: 61195] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Agamemnon deluded by the Vision appearing under the form of Nestor. Monarch Awake! 'tis Jove's command I bear. Iliad Book II.
Painted by H.y Fuseli R.A. Engraved by Ja.s Heath A.
[London, c.1805.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
A plate from Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's 'Iliad', after Henry Fuseli (1741-1825).
W: 228 VII of VII.
[Ref: 53213] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Sam.l Johnson, LL.D.
Engraved by Heath from an Original Painting by Opie, in the Possession of Mr. Harrison. The Sarcophagus, and other Ornamental Parts, designed by Mr. R. Smirke.
London: Published as the Act directs, March 14 1786, by Harrison & Co. No 18, Paternoster Row.
Engraving. 370 x 230mm (14½ x 9"). Small margins.
Portrait of Dr Johnson, with sarcophagus and image of man clubbing a serpent. Frontispiece to 1786 edition of Johnson's famous dictionary.
[Ref: 29436] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Johnson L.L.D.
Sir J. Reynolds, pinxt. Heath, sculp.
Published by Longman & Co. June 10th. 1805.
Stipple. Plate 241 x 159mm. 9½ x 6¼".
Dr. Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784) was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
[Ref: 18072] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Revd. Thomas Jones, M.A. Late Fellow & Tutor of Trinity College Cambridge.
Engraved by James Heath, Engraver to His Majesty &c. from a picture painted by the late _Gardiner of Kendal in the possession of the Revd. Wm. G. Judgson.
Published by Mr. Heath Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, & by Mr. Deighton, Bookseller, Cambridge [n.d., c.1805].
Stipple and etching, image 305 x 250mm. 12 x 9¾". Trimmed to plate.
Fine portrait of Thomas Jones (1756 - 1807), tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge and priest at Ely. After Daniel Gardner (1750? - 1805).
See NPG D36730.
[Ref: 23513] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Town of St. Peter & St. Paul in the Bay of Awatchka.
W. Ellis del. J. Heath sc.
Pub.d Dec.r 14 1781 by G. Robinson.
Copper engraving, 110 x 175mm. 4¼ x 7". A very fine impression.
A view in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. From 'An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty’s ships Resolution and Discovery during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 : in search of a North-West passage between the continents of Asia and America…', by William Ellis, published 1782. Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage, first on the Discovery and later on the Resolution, and gives quite a good history of this expedition. His account was published two years before the 'official' version. Ellis was also an amateur artist of some skill and the illustrations in the book are after his own drawings; they include eight of Hawaii, two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast.
[Ref: 13451] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Woman of Kamtschatka.
W. Ellis del. J. Heath sc.
Publish'd Decr. 14th 1781 by G. Robinson.
Copper engraving, 175 x 105mm. 7 x 4¼". Chips to lower margin; a very fine impression.
A native of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. From 'An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty’s ships Resolution and Discovery during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 : in search of a North-West passage between the continents of Asia and America…', by William Ellis, published 1782. Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage, first on the Discovery and later on the Resolution, and gives quite a good history of this expedition. His account was published two years before the 'official' version. Ellis was also an amateur artist of some skill and the illustrations in the book are after his own drawings; they include eight of Hawaii, two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast.
[Ref: 13453] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr. Charles Lawson. M.A. Headmaster of Manchester School]
[W.M.Craig.pinx. James Heath sculpt]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Unfinished proof engraving Sheet 359 x 254mm.
Charles Lawson. 1728-1807.
[Ref: 1413] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

George, Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, &c. &c. &c. A.D. 1810.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by Chas. Heath Junr.
Published January 1st. 1814, by Chas. Heath; No. 6 Seymour Place, Sommers Town; Messrs. Boydell & Co. Cheapside, & Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Haymarket.
Line engraving. Plate 533 x 407mm. 21 x 16". Sheet 616 x 467mm. 24¼ x 18½". Some small tear to the edges of the margin.
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG, PC, FRS (1755-1810), styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801, was a British politician. Dartmouth was returned to Parliament for Plymouth in 1778, a seat he held until 1780. The latter year he was returned for both Horsham and Staffordshire 1784, but chose to represent the latter. He continued to represent this constituency until 1784. From 1783 to 1798 he served as Lord Warden of the Stannaries. He remained out of Parliament for the next 17 years, but in 1801 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Dartmouth. He succeeded his father in the earldom later the same year. Dartmouth served under Henry Addington as President of the Board of Control between 1801 and 1802 and as Lord Steward between 1802 and 1804. From 1804 to 1810 he was Lord Chamberlain under successively Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville, the Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1801 and appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1805. He was also admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 3 May 1781.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12732] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

George, Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, &c. &c. &c. A.D. 1810.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by Chas. Heath Junr.
Published January 1st. 1814, by Chas. Heath; No. 6 Seymour Place, Sommers Town; Messrs. Boydell & Co. Cheapside, & Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Haymarket.
Line engraving, very fine; platemark 525 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed inside platemark; false margins added.
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG, PC, FRS (1755-1810), styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801, was a British politician. Dartmouth was returned to Parliament for Plymouth in 1778, a seat he held until 1780. The latter year he was returned for both Horsham and Staffordshire 1784, but chose to represent the latter. He continued to represent this constituency until 1784. From 1783 to 1798 he served as Lord Warden of the Stannaries. He remained out of Parliament for the next 17 years, but in 1801 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Dartmouth. He succeeded his father in the earldom later the same year. Dartmouth served under Henry Addington as President of the Board of Control between 1801 and 1802 and as Lord Steward between 1802 and 1804. From 1804 to 1810 he was Lord Chamberlain under successively Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville, the Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1801 and appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1805. He was also admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 3 May 1781. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time
[Ref: 34953] £360.00

[Leopold of Saxe-Gotha] Leo Sacks - One of the Charity Crab's . I was naked and ye clothed me I was hungry and ye took me in.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub June 12 1826 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricaturs - none are original without T. McLeans name.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Gotha (1790-1865), depicted as a charity boy because of his impecunity on his marriage to Princess Charlotte in 1816. Despite her death in 1817 he was still paid a pension by the Crown, ending when he became King of the Belgians in 1831.
BM 15803.
[Ref: 54305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Carl Linnaeus.] Deus creavit Linnaeus disposuit.
J. Heath Sculp.t.
[London: E. Hobson and B. and J. White, 1794.]
Proof stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼") Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait in profile of Carl Linnaeus (1707-78), Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. The frontispiece to Stoever's 'The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 58655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Can't You Look the Other Way Now.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily publishing, the largest collection of any house in London [n.d., etched c.1829].
Coloured etching. 365 x 280mm (14¼ x 11") very large margins.
An attractive buxom woman on a chaise longue lifts her foot to tie on her shoe, addressing the viewer.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 58295] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Looking Glass. Vol.1. No.1. "None see themselves but by reflection - in this glass you may".
Drawn & Etched by William Heath - Author of the Northern Looking Glass - Paul Prys Caricatures - and various humerous works.
Published January 1st 1830 by T.M.cLean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath.s Etchings Communications for this .Work must be post paid and directed to Tho.s M.cLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Four page etching, sheet 430 x 485mm (17 x 23") unfolded. Centrefold as published. Pinholes in margins. Some time staining.
29 vignettes, front and back, on one folded sheet: Advertisements; A Certain Cure for Corns, The Leading Article, Patent Instananeous Delights; The Flying Dutchman, Fish Sauce, Police Intelligence; "There is no appe(.a)l, Sale by Auction; Smithfield Market, London Gazette; Declaration of Insolvency/Bankrupt Enlarged, The Rat-iocinator; Or infallible Trap, State of Trade, Beau Street, Good Plain Cooks, The Stocks, St. James's Street- A Card, The Cabinet Show, Currency, Chancery, Fashionable intelligence 1830, Slave trade 1, Slave trade 2, A sketch of that curious little architect sitting on his (egg), New system of heraldry, 1730 Dress of the guards 1830, Gallop-hard- Trials Old Bailey, Change of linen. Sheriffs-officers, The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths, Church Affairs, (Image of a newsboy selling the looking glass). Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
See Ref 54600 for coloured version of Slave Trade. BM Satires 15991.
[Ref: 59107] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Looking Glass No.1 The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths. Church Affairs. [Tail-piece].
[William Heath.]
Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath's etchings Communications for this work must be post paid and directed to Thos McLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Hand-coloured etching. 376 x 260mm. 14¾ x 10¼". Some nicks an tears around the edges.
Satire on the famous Siamese Twins. The Twins, realistically depicted, are compared with a taller couple: Wellington and Peel joined by a band inscribed 'Place'. Peel wears police uniform as in and holds a rat-trap. [&] A grotesquely bloated and corpulent bishop (right) addresses a tall emaciated parson who stands deferentially, hat in hand. [&] An Italian boy with a board of plaster figures, the figures include a whole-length figure of George IV in back view flanked by larger busts of Peel and Wellington..
BM Satires: 16002; 16003; 16004.
[Ref: 26681] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Lover's Quarrel. From the Original Picture in the Possession of James Brown Esq.r of Hare Hills Grove near Leeds, to whom this Plate is (by Permission) respectfully Dedicated by his obedient servant; Charles Heath.
Painted by G.S. Newton. Engraved by Charles Heath. Printed by McQueen.
Published May 15, 1827, by Charles Heath; 6 Seymour Place, Euston Square, & Robert Jennings, Poultry.
Etching and engraving, proof with large margins, uncut. Plate 362 x 279mm. 14¼ x 11". Some staining and tears in the margins.
In a room, a woman is seated on a chair, holding a fan in her left hand, and a portrait miniature of her lover, suspended in a ribbon, in her right hand, handing it back to him, whilst he is standing at left with his back turned, his left hand on his hip, holding her portrait miniature in his right hand, preparing to hand it over to her; another woman standing behind the chair at a folding screen, looking on.
Heath: 1827.13. [p.230].
[Ref: 23646] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John Macartney.
Heath scupl. Published March 1 1815 by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London.
London, 1815.
Engraving. 255 x 215mm (10 x 8½"), with very large margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir John Macartney (died 1812), inclined to the left and left-gazing. Macartney was a long-standing MP at the Irish House of Commons. His family emigrated to Australia in the 19th century.
[Ref: 53873] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The March of Intellect.
F.A. Esq.r Inv.t. [monogram of Paul Pry/William Heath] Del, et sculpt.
Pub, Jan.y 23, 1828 by G. Humphrey Sy James's Street.
Rare etching with hand colour. Sheet: 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A fantastic scene on the edge of London, satirising modern technology and the consequences of education for the masses. Among the details are a Channel Bridge, the Thames Tunnel being flooded, a warship held aloft by balloons bombing the enemy fleet, a coal merchant playing chess and a man using a windlass to hoist chairs up a vertical chute from the street. A rare satire: George could only describe a photograph of the example in the collection of the Earl of Harrowby, although the BM has subsequently acquired an example.
BM 15604, with an extensive description.
[Ref: 57478] £680.00 (£816.00 incl.VAT)

A Trip to Margate By Paul Pry Esq.r.
[by William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A plate with eight vignette satires of the popularity of day-trips to Margate.
[Ref: 55946] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Melancholy Loss of the Medal.
[William Heath.]
[n.d c.1825.]
Hand-coloured etching. 253 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Trimmed.
A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer who faces the accused, demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men.
See BM Satires: 15602.
[Ref: 25610] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!
[William Heath.]
Pub April 21st 1822 by S W Fores Picadilly.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Slight loss left bottom in title at corners. Very slight loss top left.
Harriot Mellon, the immensely rich widow of the banker Thomas Coutts, in widow’s dress, with two suitors on their knees. Both Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and the Marquis of Worcester (identified by the paper in his pocket), were widowers with huge debts. Behind, the anxious face of a man in barrister's wig and bands peers through the curtain. This satire was first published with the same imprint but with Harriot in party dress, the speech arranged differently and no barrister.
BM Satires 14424a.
[Ref: 58464] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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