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Sooty Dun the Devil's Mealman.
Pubd accord to Act Oct 30 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, paper watermarked. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5"). Small margins.
A whole length figure running forwards; he is grinning. In his right hand he holds up a short shovel and in his left a brush. His clothes are ragged and his toes appear through remnants of buckled shoes. He wears a laced hat, cravata and a ruffled shirt. In place of a wig is what appears to be a tightly-curled lamb's fleece resting on his shoulders; two pieces of crossed wood imitate a sword. A miniature figure in ragged clothes and a long thin queue faces him astride a tasslled cane. According to the BM, he is a chimney sweep dressed for the first of May celebrations which were usual in London. The small figure may represent a child-apprentice or climbing boy, though there is nothing juvenile in its appearance.
BM Satires: 5042.
[Ref: 38221] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd accord to Act Oct 30 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, paper watermarked. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5"). Small margins.
A whole length figure running forwards; he is grinning. In his right hand he holds up a short shovel and in his left a brush. His clothes are ragged and his toes appear through remnants of buckled shoes. He wears a laced hat, cravata and a ruffled shirt. In place of a wig is what appears to be a tightly-curled lamb's fleece resting on his shoulders; two pieces of crossed wood imitate a sword. A miniature figure in ragged clothes and a long thin queue faces him astride a tasslled cane. According to the BM, he is a chimney sweep dressed for the first of May celebrations which were usual in London. The small figure may represent a child-apprentice or climbing boy, though there is nothing juvenile in its appearance.
BM Satires: 5042.
[Ref: 38221] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Spencers.
S.W.F. Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with small margins. Printer's crease, tear taped, surface soiling.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54366] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
S.W.F. Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with small margins. Printer's crease, tear taped, surface soiling.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54366] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Spencers.
Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, edges tatty.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54348] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, edges tatty.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54348] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The St James's Macaroni
H.W.Bunbury delin. 1772. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 29 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching, 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Satire: a standing man facing left with wig and sword. tched after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4712; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H.W.Bunbury delin. 1772. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 29 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching, 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Satire: a standing man facing left with wig and sword. tched after Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4712; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The James's Square Macaroni.
Pubd. accordg to Act Octr. 6. 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man in macaroni dress holds out a peer's black velvet hat trimmed with ermine; his right is thrust inside his waistcoat. He wears a three-cornered hat, and a solitaire. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '22' upper right.
BM Satires: 5036.
[Ref: 14233] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. accordg to Act Octr. 6. 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man in macaroni dress holds out a peer's black velvet hat trimmed with ermine; his right is thrust inside his waistcoat. He wears a three-cornered hat, and a solitaire. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '22' upper right.
BM Satires: 5036.
[Ref: 14233] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Where are You A Driving too Spooney?
[Monogram of an open hand] del.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A man wearing fashionable sunglasses walks into the handle on a butcher's tray, poking himself in the eye. On the tray is a beef heart and kidneys.
[Ref: 61326] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of an open hand] del.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A man wearing fashionable sunglasses walks into the handle on a butcher's tray, poking himself in the eye. On the tray is a beef heart and kidneys.
[Ref: 61326] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Surry Macaroni.
Pubd. by MDarly Strand March 12th. 1772 accor to Act.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
An affected gentleman with an extravagant wig and lace trimmed cravat, holding a long stick. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in 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 '17' upper right.
BM Satires: 4694.
[Ref: 14166] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by MDarly Strand March 12th. 1772 accor to Act.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
An affected gentleman with an extravagant wig and lace trimmed cravat, holding a long stick. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in 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 '17' upper right.
BM Satires: 4694.
[Ref: 14166] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Le Tailleur.
Dessiné et gravé apres P.L. Debucourt.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint. Sheet 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed and mounted on album sheet.
A debonair tailor dressing a squat man in ill-fitting but fashionable clothes.
[Ref: 34064] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et gravé apres P.L. Debucourt.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint. Sheet 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed and mounted on album sheet.
A debonair tailor dressing a squat man in ill-fitting but fashionable clothes.
[Ref: 34064] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Tight Lacing, or Fashion before Ease. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25th Aug.t 1777.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, small tears at top taped, damp stains..
A husband, servant-maid and black page-boy join forces to try and fasten a lady's bodice. A lapdog on the bed looks on in amusement, while a monkey in the foreground points to an open book inscribed 'Fashions Victim a Satire'. After John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for print publishers.
BM Satires 4552.
[Ref: 58488] £480.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25th Aug.t 1777.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, small tears at top taped, damp stains..
A husband, servant-maid and black page-boy join forces to try and fasten a lady's bodice. A lapdog on the bed looks on in amusement, while a monkey in the foreground points to an open book inscribed 'Fashions Victim a Satire'. After John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for print publishers.
BM Satires 4552.
[Ref: 58488] £480.00
Tight Lacing.
R.S. J.H.
Pub.d 5 Mar.h 1777 by W. Humphrey Gerrard Street Soho who has a great variety of humorous Prints. Price One Shilling.
Etching. Plate: 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 9"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A scene in a bedroom in which a maid strains to pull her mistresses corset as tight as possible while her mistress holds onto the bed post.
BM 5452
[Ref: 44758] £350.00
R.S. J.H.
Pub.d 5 Mar.h 1777 by W. Humphrey Gerrard Street Soho who has a great variety of humorous Prints. Price One Shilling.
Etching. Plate: 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 9"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A scene in a bedroom in which a maid strains to pull her mistresses corset as tight as possible while her mistress holds onto the bed post.
BM 5452
[Ref: 44758] £350.00
Progress of the Toilet. - The Stays. - Plate 1. [&] - The Wig. - Plate 2. [&] - Dress Completed. Plate 3.
Design'd by an Amateur. J.s Gillray fec.t.
[London. Publish'd February 26th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.]
Set of three etchings. Sheets 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), plate 1 watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1817. Trimmed within plate, losing publication lines.
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 51719] £480.00 view all images for this item
Design'd by an Amateur. J.s Gillray fec.t.
[London. Publish'd February 26th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.]
Set of three etchings. Sheets 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), plate 1 watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1817. Trimmed within plate, losing publication lines.
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 51719] £480.00 view all images for this item
Vanity mis-led a by a woman's Under-standing
J.J. [after Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
London, Published by J.J. March 1819, 48 Strand.
Coloured stipple. 210 x 240mm (8¼ x 9½"). Large margins.
A tall, thin man towering over a short, fat woman. The BM sugggests that 'J.J' was Isabey himself.
BM: 1985,0119.220.
[Ref: 39338] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.J. [after Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
London, Published by J.J. March 1819, 48 Strand.
Coloured stipple. 210 x 240mm (8¼ x 9½"). Large margins.
A tall, thin man towering over a short, fat woman. The BM sugggests that 'J.J' was Isabey himself.
BM: 1985,0119.220.
[Ref: 39338] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Westminster Macaroni.
Publish'd according to Act, Septr. 1. 1772 by MDarly, 39, Strand.
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A tall young man wearing a coat, hat, and his hair in a long pig-tail, his hands resting on his cane. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '11' upper right.
BM Satires: 4654.
[Ref: 14244] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act, Septr. 1. 1772 by MDarly, 39, Strand.
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A tall young man wearing a coat, hat, and his hair in a long pig-tail, his hands resting on his cane. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '11' upper right.
BM Satires: 4654.
[Ref: 14244] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Why! hollo Muggins where have you bin? I aint seen you this long while _ how are yer? Oh! Tray Bang _ Tray Bang _ I've bin stopping on the Contment at Bolong _ for the change of Hair, and to become fammar with french manners.
[Unidentified artist's monogram.] Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
London: W. Spooner, 377 Strand. [n.d., c.1838.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 180mm. 10½ x 7". Fine colour; sheet trimmed.
The artist uses an unusual monogram of a wine bottle. Social satire; conversation outside a hairdressers/wig shop. A pretentious man (left) sporting the latest Continental fashions boasts of a recent trip to France - partly in cod-French - and proudly refers to his new hair style. In window adverts for "Balm of Columbia the growth of hair" and "A fine young bear this day sold in pots". For the satirical series 'Funny Characters' published by William Spooner (1833 - 1847; fl.).
[Ref: 17336] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Unidentified artist's monogram.] Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
London: W. Spooner, 377 Strand. [n.d., c.1838.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 180mm. 10½ x 7". Fine colour; sheet trimmed.
The artist uses an unusual monogram of a wine bottle. Social satire; conversation outside a hairdressers/wig shop. A pretentious man (left) sporting the latest Continental fashions boasts of a recent trip to France - partly in cod-French - and proudly refers to his new hair style. In window adverts for "Balm of Columbia the growth of hair" and "A fine young bear this day sold in pots". For the satirical series 'Funny Characters' published by William Spooner (1833 - 1847; fl.).
[Ref: 17336] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Wigs.
Pubd. Accorg: to Act Octr 12 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 245 x 345mm. 9¾ x 13½".
14 caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn by men. A companion print to 'Hats' (item 14112). Some are apparently portraits, including Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794), Lord Chancellor. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 5170.
[Ref: 14113] £420.00
Pubd. Accorg: to Act Octr 12 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 245 x 345mm. 9¾ x 13½".
14 caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn by men. A companion print to 'Hats' (item 14112). Some are apparently portraits, including Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794), Lord Chancellor. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 5170.
[Ref: 14113] £420.00