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![[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!](jpegs/58464.jpg)
[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)
[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)
A Mistake.
[Mongram of Paul Pry] Esq. [William Heath.]
Pub March 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to border.
On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets, with a sign saying 'No Popery'. Because of the sign's handle the woman mistakes that for 'No Pop' (i.e. no credit).
BM Satires: 15685.
[Ref: 31478] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Mongram of Paul Pry] Esq. [William Heath.]
Pub March 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to border.
On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets, with a sign saying 'No Popery'. Because of the sign's handle the woman mistakes that for 'No Pop' (i.e. no credit).
BM Satires: 15685.
[Ref: 31478] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Modern_Patriots!!
H H fe.
Published by C. Tregear, Cheap-Side London 1829.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border. Very small tear in title.
Satire on the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, which permitted members of the Catholic Church to sit in the parliament at Westminster. Two men preside over the collection of signatures on a large roll supported on a desk in an open-fronted booth (right), while a butcher holds a pen in the paw of his dog, which is on its hind legs at the desk. One of the two, wearing dark spectacles; the other man drags forward by the lapel of the coat a ragged bewildered and emaciated charity-schoolboy, holding a hoop. He points to the roll, whilst a ruffian looking fellow with a bludgeon stands behind the boy. In the foreground (left) outside the booth a dustman and a sweep face each other aggressively. The sweep, coal-black, short, and knock-kneed, with brush, shovel, and bag; the dustman, holding his hand-bell, and with the long flap of his hat projecting, stoops towards the sweep. Until the Catholic Relief Bill became law, petitions for and (far more numerous) against it poured into both Houses. It was stated that schoolboys of ten and eleven had signed the Bristol Protestant petition. In answer to a motion for a weekly return of petitions Goulburn said that he did not think that the number of the signatures to a petition formed the best criterion of the value of the opinions expressed in it, or of the general sense of the country.
BM Satires: 15661.
[Ref: 43638] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
H H fe.
Published by C. Tregear, Cheap-Side London 1829.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border. Very small tear in title.
Satire on the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, which permitted members of the Catholic Church to sit in the parliament at Westminster. Two men preside over the collection of signatures on a large roll supported on a desk in an open-fronted booth (right), while a butcher holds a pen in the paw of his dog, which is on its hind legs at the desk. One of the two, wearing dark spectacles; the other man drags forward by the lapel of the coat a ragged bewildered and emaciated charity-schoolboy, holding a hoop. He points to the roll, whilst a ruffian looking fellow with a bludgeon stands behind the boy. In the foreground (left) outside the booth a dustman and a sweep face each other aggressively. The sweep, coal-black, short, and knock-kneed, with brush, shovel, and bag; the dustman, holding his hand-bell, and with the long flap of his hat projecting, stoops towards the sweep. Until the Catholic Relief Bill became law, petitions for and (far more numerous) against it poured into both Houses. It was stated that schoolboys of ten and eleven had signed the Bristol Protestant petition. In answer to a motion for a weekly return of petitions Goulburn said that he did not think that the number of the signatures to a petition formed the best criterion of the value of the opinions expressed in it, or of the general sense of the country.
BM Satires: 15661.
[Ref: 43638] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Moot Hall. To Geo.Banks of Leeds, Esqr. This Plate Engraved from a Drawing in his Possession is respectfully inscribed by the Publishers.
Charles Heath, sculp.
Published, by Robinson, Son & Holdsworth, Leeds & J.Hurst, Wakefield, May 1.1816.
Copper engraving. 267 x 305mm.
A Moot Hall was a meeting of assembly building, traditionally to decide loacl issues.
[Ref: 15118] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Heath, sculp.
Published, by Robinson, Son & Holdsworth, Leeds & J.Hurst, Wakefield, May 1.1816.
Copper engraving. 267 x 305mm.
A Moot Hall was a meeting of assembly building, traditionally to decide loacl issues.
[Ref: 15118] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Morton Esq.r.
Engraved by Ja.s. Heath, from a Picture by J. R. Smith.
Published Jan.y. 1. 1804 by J. Heath, 15, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square: and I. P. Thompson, Great Newport Street, Long Acre.
Stipple printed in colour. Sheet: 195 x 240mm, (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate. Some slight creasing.
Half-portrait in an oval of British Playwright Thomas Morton (1764-1838). Morton originally travelled to London to study for the bar but abandoned the law in order to write plays.
[Ref: 35673] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Ja.s. Heath, from a Picture by J. R. Smith.
Published Jan.y. 1. 1804 by J. Heath, 15, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square: and I. P. Thompson, Great Newport Street, Long Acre.
Stipple printed in colour. Sheet: 195 x 240mm, (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate. Some slight creasing.
Half-portrait in an oval of British Playwright Thomas Morton (1764-1838). Morton originally travelled to London to study for the bar but abandoned the law in order to write plays.
[Ref: 35673] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Moving Scene on the Road to Slane.
WHeath.
Pub June 29 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet size: 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Tears in right margin. Small margins.
Satire on the Conyngham family's exit from Windsor Castle following George IV's death, laden with gifts. The family are heading for 'Slane Castle', their Irish seat, which is depicted as a hovel and is placarded 'Man-Traps—Pigs beware'. The large Lady Conyngham wheels a barrow heaped with kettle (marked 'GR'), pans, and bellows. Behind her walks Lord Conyngham, with a bundle of bedding tied up in a blanket marked 'GR.', on his head and shoulders. In his left hand is a pair of tall tongs, topped by an antlered head. On the right walks a daughter, followed by the son, each with a huge bundle, that of Mount Charles inscribed 'Old Cloathes'. Behind the procession is a ragged Irish peasant woman, derisively holding up two fingers.
BM Satires: 16140.
[Ref: 39603] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
WHeath.
Pub June 29 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet size: 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Tears in right margin. Small margins.
Satire on the Conyngham family's exit from Windsor Castle following George IV's death, laden with gifts. The family are heading for 'Slane Castle', their Irish seat, which is depicted as a hovel and is placarded 'Man-Traps—Pigs beware'. The large Lady Conyngham wheels a barrow heaped with kettle (marked 'GR'), pans, and bellows. Behind her walks Lord Conyngham, with a bundle of bedding tied up in a blanket marked 'GR.', on his head and shoulders. In his left hand is a pair of tall tongs, topped by an antlered head. On the right walks a daughter, followed by the son, each with a huge bundle, that of Mount Charles inscribed 'Old Cloathes'. Behind the procession is a ragged Irish peasant woman, derisively holding up two fingers.
BM Satires: 16140.
[Ref: 39603] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Much Ado About Nothing!!!
[Paul Pry monogram, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub 1828 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") Trimmed to plate.
A tiny woman with oversized hair, hat, sleeves and skirt.
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 59478] £390.00
[Paul Pry monogram, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub 1828 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") Trimmed to plate.
A tiny woman with oversized hair, hat, sleeves and skirt.
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 59478] £390.00
Much Ado About Nothing!!!
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Little Musick!!! What softer sounds are these salute the ear,_As if the center of all sweets met here? Ben Johnson.
[William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Cut within plate, damage to left edge and paper tone.
A comical scene in four monkeys in human dress take part in a concert. Manuscript addition in speech bubbles from three monkeys on the left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43631] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Cut within plate, damage to left edge and paper tone.
A comical scene in four monkeys in human dress take part in a concert. Manuscript addition in speech bubbles from three monkeys on the left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43631] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Encampment in the Great Nimiqua Country.
Heath sc.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engaving. Sheet: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
An illustration showing an African settlement in Namaqualand in Namibia, showing a giraffe and cows. From an English translation of Francois Le Vaillant's 'Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique' published in 1790.
[Ref: 42521] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Heath sc.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engaving. Sheet: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
An illustration showing an African settlement in Namaqualand in Namibia, showing a giraffe and cows. From an English translation of Francois Le Vaillant's 'Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique' published in 1790.
[Ref: 42521] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Neopolitan Wedding. 'From the Original Picture in the possession of Edward Willes, Esq.
Painted by T. Uwins, R.A. Engraved by Fredk. A. Heath.
Printed by Mc.Queen. Art Union of London, 1847.
Engraving, 260 x 290mm. 10¼ x 11½".
A young bride standing at centre, wearing a ring on her right hand, followed by a young man, wearing flowers on his hat, surrounded by a group of people; two girls carrying flowers. Stone wall at right, pillar in background at left. After Thomas Uwins (1782 - 1857). With Art Union of London circular blind-stamp showing Britannia to lower margin. Founded in 1837, this was the first of many Art Unions established around Europe and America. The society existed to promote art by distributing specially-commissioned works by means of a lottery among its members. It soon entered print publishing in a large way. Published the journal 'The Art Journal'.
[Ref: 26756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by T. Uwins, R.A. Engraved by Fredk. A. Heath.
Printed by Mc.Queen. Art Union of London, 1847.
Engraving, 260 x 290mm. 10¼ x 11½".
A young bride standing at centre, wearing a ring on her right hand, followed by a young man, wearing flowers on his hat, surrounded by a group of people; two girls carrying flowers. Stone wall at right, pillar in background at left. After Thomas Uwins (1782 - 1857). With Art Union of London circular blind-stamp showing Britannia to lower margin. Founded in 1837, this was the first of many Art Unions established around Europe and America. The society existed to promote art by distributing specially-commissioned works by means of a lottery among its members. It soon entered print publishing in a large way. Published the journal 'The Art Journal'.
[Ref: 26756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull & the Archi_tect Wot Build's the Arches_ &c_ &c_ &c_ &c_ (The Architect Glory consists in the designment and Idea of the work; his ambition should be to make the form triumph over the matter.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
A Review of the New, Grand, Army. Cap.t of Starved Banditty, Ad. Camp,, the Aghast Emperor & his two Friends & Pillars of the State,, Butcher from Elba. Generalissimo.
[William Heath?]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Large tear into plate on right edge, creasing and mount burn. Small margins.
A satire of Napoleon's campaign, showing Napoleon as a small figure in the centre, behind him in clouds are the Devil and Death, either side of him are the allegorical figures of a bandit and butcher; above the group is the grotesque Demon of Death. In the background stands the French army.
BM Satire 12548.
[Ref: 50758] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath?]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Large tear into plate on right edge, creasing and mount burn. Small margins.
A satire of Napoleon's campaign, showing Napoleon as a small figure in the centre, behind him in clouds are the Devil and Death, either side of him are the allegorical figures of a bandit and butcher; above the group is the grotesque Demon of Death. In the background stands the French army.
BM Satire 12548.
[Ref: 50758] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A New Situation!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 20th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching on watermarked paper, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828'. Shee size: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene on a street corner where an eleborately dressed older woman (right), with an oversized hat and frilled dress with large ballooned sleeves, and a dog at her feet, looks down on a younger woman, carrying a wicker basket. The older woman asks 'Bless me Mary_is that you - where do you live now?', to which the younger woman glumly replies, 'If you please mam - I dont live no where now, I'm Married!'. 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: 32026] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 20th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching on watermarked paper, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828'. Shee size: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene on a street corner where an eleborately dressed older woman (right), with an oversized hat and frilled dress with large ballooned sleeves, and a dog at her feet, looks down on a younger woman, carrying a wicker basket. The older woman asks 'Bless me Mary_is that you - where do you live now?', to which the younger woman glumly replies, 'If you please mam - I dont live no where now, I'm Married!'. 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: 32026] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sweet William & Grizzell _ or _ Newington_Nunnery in an uproar!!!
H.H. [Henry Heath.]
[Pub.d March. 5th 1827 by S W Fores. 42 Piccadilly London.]
Rare hand coloured etching. Printed area: 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Trimmed, loosing publication line, and glued to scrap sheet.
An interior scene of a Quaker meeting. On the right William Allen holds the hands of a stout Quaker lady, Grizell Birkbeck, in bonnet and cloak. Against the wall is a pew in which are three women and three men, all in Quaker dress, watching Allen and Mrs. Birkbeck disapprovingly. On the left is a group of young Quaker women who crowd in from a door inscribed 'Nunnery'. In the bottom left, another young woman has fallen to her hands and knees on a book inscribed 'Piety Promoted'. A collection of alchemical apparatus, including books and documents titled 'Experiments on the Philosophers Stone', 'Lectures on Chymistry' and 'Essays on Drugs' are piled on the floor to the right of the room. Two large paintings hang on the back wall titled 'Emancipation, A Farce' and 'The Fall of Man.' A reversed copy of I. R. Cruikshank's print. See BM satire ref: 15447.
BM Satires 15447.A.
[Ref: 32648] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. [Henry Heath.]
[Pub.d March. 5th 1827 by S W Fores. 42 Piccadilly London.]
Rare hand coloured etching. Printed area: 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Trimmed, loosing publication line, and glued to scrap sheet.
An interior scene of a Quaker meeting. On the right William Allen holds the hands of a stout Quaker lady, Grizell Birkbeck, in bonnet and cloak. Against the wall is a pew in which are three women and three men, all in Quaker dress, watching Allen and Mrs. Birkbeck disapprovingly. On the left is a group of young Quaker women who crowd in from a door inscribed 'Nunnery'. In the bottom left, another young woman has fallen to her hands and knees on a book inscribed 'Piety Promoted'. A collection of alchemical apparatus, including books and documents titled 'Experiments on the Philosophers Stone', 'Lectures on Chymistry' and 'Essays on Drugs' are piled on the floor to the right of the room. Two large paintings hang on the back wall titled 'Emancipation, A Farce' and 'The Fall of Man.' A reversed copy of I. R. Cruikshank's print. See BM satire ref: 15447.
BM Satires 15447.A.
[Ref: 32648] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
No Genius.
'Paul Pry' Esq. Del et Sc. [William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Published. [n.d., c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½''), with large margins
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50752] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
'Paul Pry' Esq. Del et Sc. [William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Published. [n.d., c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½''), with large margins
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50752] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
No Genius.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Old Proprietors Advice.
William Heath.
Pub April 10 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 367 x 254mm (14½ x 10"). Cut to platemark.
Satire on Prince Leopold (subsequently Leopold I of Belgium) at the time he was considering an offer to become king of Greece. Leopold puts his head through a glassless window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]—Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk holding a long pipe. Next to the door are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management—Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. One of Leopold's conditions for becoming king of Greece was for a loan guaranteed by the three Powers (hence the posters on the wall here). He obtained his conditions with regard to the loan, but nonetheless turned down the throne of Greece, and became the first king of Belgium the following year.
BM Satires: 16098.
[Ref: 30540] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub April 10 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 367 x 254mm (14½ x 10"). Cut to platemark.
Satire on Prince Leopold (subsequently Leopold I of Belgium) at the time he was considering an offer to become king of Greece. Leopold puts his head through a glassless window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]—Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk holding a long pipe. Next to the door are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management—Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. One of Leopold's conditions for becoming king of Greece was for a loan guaranteed by the three Powers (hence the posters on the wall here). He obtained his conditions with regard to the loan, but nonetheless turned down the throne of Greece, and became the first king of Belgium the following year.
BM Satires: 16098.
[Ref: 30540] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
On. Guard. Off. Guard. Guarded.
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Packing Up!!! "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack____Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's back_____Vide Cleaveland_
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Lowly they bow'd adoring, and began Their Orisons, each Morning duly paid In various style.____ Book V. line 144.
Corbould del.t Heath sculp.t
Printed for J. Parsons, 21, Paternoster Row. Dec.r 1.1794.
Engraving. 247 x 159mm. 9¾ x 6¼".
A plate to some of the text from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"; an epic religious poem concerning the Christian story of the Fall of Man. Adam and Eve on the kneeling on the ground looking toward the Lord uttering their Orisons, their morning prayers.
[Ref: 19303] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould del.t Heath sculp.t
Printed for J. Parsons, 21, Paternoster Row. Dec.r 1.1794.
Engraving. 247 x 159mm. 9¾ x 6¼".
A plate to some of the text from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"; an epic religious poem concerning the Christian story of the Fall of Man. Adam and Eve on the kneeling on the ground looking toward the Lord uttering their Orisons, their morning prayers.
[Ref: 19303] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
____He with his consorted Eve, The story heard attentive.___Book VII.l.50.
Corbould, del.t Heath, sculp.t.
Printed by J. Parsons, No.21 Paternoster Row, February 1.st 1795.
Engraving. 248 x 158mm. 9¾ x 6¼". Trimmed.
A plate to some of the text from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"; an epic religious poem concerning the Christian story of the Fall of Man. Seated by a lake with Eve, Adam asks the Archangel Raphael about how and why the world was created, as well as about his own creation.
[Ref: 19331] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould, del.t Heath, sculp.t.
Printed by J. Parsons, No.21 Paternoster Row, February 1.st 1795.
Engraving. 248 x 158mm. 9¾ x 6¼". Trimmed.
A plate to some of the text from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"; an epic religious poem concerning the Christian story of the Fall of Man. Seated by a lake with Eve, Adam asks the Archangel Raphael about how and why the world was created, as well as about his own creation.
[Ref: 19331] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![A Sketch of a row in Parliament Street. [&]](jpegs/46650.jpg)
A Sketch of a row in Parliament Street. [&] Termination of the Row in Parliament Street. Plate 2.d.
[William Heath ]Paul Pry Esqr. Signature.
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where Caricatures are daily Publishing.
A pair of hand-coloured etching. The first with J. Whatman 1828 watermark; Each plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A pair of satirical scenes showing Eldon and Wellington as brawling market women oppose each other on the Catholic Relief Bill. The first plate shows the pair preparing to fight, the second shows Eldon lying on the floor having been knocked down by Wellington.
BM Satires 15721 & 15723.
[Ref: 46650] £450.00 view all images for this item
[William Heath ]Paul Pry Esqr. Signature.
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where Caricatures are daily Publishing.
A pair of hand-coloured etching. The first with J. Whatman 1828 watermark; Each plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A pair of satirical scenes showing Eldon and Wellington as brawling market women oppose each other on the Catholic Relief Bill. The first plate shows the pair preparing to fight, the second shows Eldon lying on the floor having been knocked down by Wellington.
BM Satires 15721 & 15723.
[Ref: 46650] £450.00 view all images for this item
![[Robert Peel] Dusty Bob_the Parish Dustman.](jpegs/30485.jpg)
[Robert Peel] Dusty Bob_the Parish Dustman. Parish Characters by Paul Pry Esq.r Pl. 3.d.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton St Strand (Sole Publisher of P Prys Caricatures=(None are original without S Gans' name
Hand-coloured etching. 362 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Stain bottom right.
Peel as a rat-catcher and 'Cad' to the Ministry ('Dusty Bob' was a favourite character in the stage version of 'Life in London'). Contemporary copy of the print by William Heath (Paul Pry) lacking 'Pl-3rd' inscription and published by Gans rather than McLean.
BM Satires: 15801 (copy)
[Ref: 30485] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton St Strand (Sole Publisher of P Prys Caricatures=(None are original without S Gans' name
Hand-coloured etching. 362 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Stain bottom right.
Peel as a rat-catcher and 'Cad' to the Ministry ('Dusty Bob' was a favourite character in the stage version of 'Life in London'). Contemporary copy of the print by William Heath (Paul Pry) lacking 'Pl-3rd' inscription and published by Gans rather than McLean.
BM Satires: 15801 (copy)
[Ref: 30485] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.](jpegs/54303.jpg)
[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
To be sold without Reserve to the Highest Bidder - That famous Rat tailed Cob Bob "got by Merchant" out of Query" by Expediency"—is known to the Sporting World for his quickness in turning) the halter will go with the Lot. Lot.2.
H.H. del.t [After Henry Heath. Engraved by Paul Pry, pseudonym for William Heath.]
Pub June 22 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P-Prys Caricatures. None Are Original Without His Publication.
Hand-coloured etching with artist's signature [Paul Pry]. Plate 165 x 375mm. 6½ x 14¾". Small tears and time staining.
A clumsy ill-bred cob with Peel's face superimposed on its head, and looking towards the spectator, is tied by a rope to a post (right). Its bare and broken rat-tail projects, displaying its deformity.
BM Satires:15815.
[Ref: 26673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. del.t [After Henry Heath. Engraved by Paul Pry, pseudonym for William Heath.]
Pub June 22 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P-Prys Caricatures. None Are Original Without His Publication.
Hand-coloured etching with artist's signature [Paul Pry]. Plate 165 x 375mm. 6½ x 14¾". Small tears and time staining.
A clumsy ill-bred cob with Peel's face superimposed on its head, and looking towards the spectator, is tied by a rope to a post (right). Its bare and broken rat-tail projects, displaying its deformity.
BM Satires:15815.
[Ref: 26673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Peel Thrown Away or One Mans Meat is Another Mans Poison. the Late Elections.
[Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub March 7th 1829 by T McLean 16 Haymarket where political & other caricatures are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 266 x 362mm (10½ x 14¼"). Very large margins.
Satire on the election after Sir Robert Peel resigned his Oxford University seat during Catholic Emancipation (as he had stood on a platform of opposition to Emancipation and had since changed his position). Peel was nominated for re-election but was defeated by Sir R.H. Inglis. Here Inglis is shown as an obese Oxford don in the centre, charming a yokel John Bull and holding a peeled orange inscribed 'Inglis', from which he discards the 'Peel' which is about to fall into a slough inscribed 'Westbury Close Sink of Iniquity / Impurity of Elect—Bribery—Corruption'. In this bog can be seen the head and shoulders of Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, who says 'if you will let me out there's plenty of room for your peel'. Following Peel's defeat by Inglis, the government had to ask Lopes to vacate his pocket borough at Westbury in Peel's favour (Lopes resigned for an undisclosed sum).
BM Satires: 15683.
[Ref: 39172] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub March 7th 1829 by T McLean 16 Haymarket where political & other caricatures are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 266 x 362mm (10½ x 14¼"). Very large margins.
Satire on the election after Sir Robert Peel resigned his Oxford University seat during Catholic Emancipation (as he had stood on a platform of opposition to Emancipation and had since changed his position). Peel was nominated for re-election but was defeated by Sir R.H. Inglis. Here Inglis is shown as an obese Oxford don in the centre, charming a yokel John Bull and holding a peeled orange inscribed 'Inglis', from which he discards the 'Peel' which is about to fall into a slough inscribed 'Westbury Close Sink of Iniquity / Impurity of Elect—Bribery—Corruption'. In this bog can be seen the head and shoulders of Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, who says 'if you will let me out there's plenty of room for your peel'. Following Peel's defeat by Inglis, the government had to ask Lopes to vacate his pocket borough at Westbury in Peel's favour (Lopes resigned for an undisclosed sum).
BM Satires: 15683.
[Ref: 39172] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Modern Peeping Tom's who deserve to be sent to Coventry!!!
[William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean Haymarket London. [n.d., c.1829].
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15''). Trimmed, tipped into album sheet. Foxing.
A scene in which dandified rakes peer closely at women who promenade on their worried looking husbands' arms. One figure, in the centre of the image, states, 'I say Bob, there's some good points about this one'. 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: 50806] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean Haymarket London. [n.d., c.1829].
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15''). Trimmed, tipped into album sheet. Foxing.
A scene in which dandified rakes peer closely at women who promenade on their worried looking husbands' arms. One figure, in the centre of the image, states, 'I say Bob, there's some good points about this one'. 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: 50806] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Passage of the Douro, by the Division, under the Command of L.t Gen.l Sir John Murray: [Dedication to Murray by the artist follows.]
Drawn by H. L'Eveque. Engraved by C. Heath.
London: Pub.d April 2, 1812 for the Proprietors by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co 23, Cockspur Street.
Etching. 355 x 490mm (14 x 19¼"). Full margins, some spotting in the centre and on the right (mostly outside the image), some loss of surface in the centre and a light mark in the bottom right corner, presumably where a stamp or label has been removed.
General Sir John Murray (1768 - 1827) and his troops assembling on the bank and embarking in local boats to cross the river in Portugal; horses and artillery are manhandled into landing craft. The crossing, ordered by the Duke of Wellington, allowed the British to catch up to the retreating French under Marshal Soult. From the series 'Campaigns of the British Army in Portugal' after Henri L'Evêque (1769-1832), illustrating British Peninsula War campaign. With ink mss. label pasted over lower right corner of plate: 'Presented to the Wellington Collection by the Rt Hon: the Earl of [illegible] 1902.'
[Ref: 12630] £330.00
Drawn by H. L'Eveque. Engraved by C. Heath.
London: Pub.d April 2, 1812 for the Proprietors by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co 23, Cockspur Street.
Etching. 355 x 490mm (14 x 19¼"). Full margins, some spotting in the centre and on the right (mostly outside the image), some loss of surface in the centre and a light mark in the bottom right corner, presumably where a stamp or label has been removed.
General Sir John Murray (1768 - 1827) and his troops assembling on the bank and embarking in local boats to cross the river in Portugal; horses and artillery are manhandled into landing craft. The crossing, ordered by the Duke of Wellington, allowed the British to catch up to the retreating French under Marshal Soult. From the series 'Campaigns of the British Army in Portugal' after Henri L'Evêque (1769-1832), illustrating British Peninsula War campaign. With ink mss. label pasted over lower right corner of plate: 'Presented to the Wellington Collection by the Rt Hon: the Earl of [illegible] 1902.'
[Ref: 12630] £330.00
![[Apollo as a winged warrior.]](jpegs/36934.jpg)
[Apollo as a winged warrior.]
C Heath del.
Pen lithograph, rare & trimmed; sheet 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Vertical crease; nicks to edges.
Early lithograph by Charles Heath (1785-1830), landscape and figure engraver. A precocious talent and part of a family of printmakers, Heath was early to experiment with new techniques. He exhibited lithographs such as this at Somerset House from 1802 to 1806, and this print was included in the 1806 edition of the first portfolio of artists' lithographs, 'Specimens of Polyauthography' (first edition published by Philipp André in 1803). The new medium allowed artists to draw directly onto a prepared stone, allowing artists to make prints which arguably resembled drawings more than any earlier printmaking technique. Unlike many printmaking techniques, lithography required no special training as artists could work directly onto the plate and leave specialist printers to actually make the prints. For this reason many artists who were not trained printmakers (such as Géricault and Delacroix) often worked in lithography.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36934] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C Heath del.
Pen lithograph, rare & trimmed; sheet 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Vertical crease; nicks to edges.
Early lithograph by Charles Heath (1785-1830), landscape and figure engraver. A precocious talent and part of a family of printmakers, Heath was early to experiment with new techniques. He exhibited lithographs such as this at Somerset House from 1802 to 1806, and this print was included in the 1806 edition of the first portfolio of artists' lithographs, 'Specimens of Polyauthography' (first edition published by Philipp André in 1803). The new medium allowed artists to draw directly onto a prepared stone, allowing artists to make prints which arguably resembled drawings more than any earlier printmaking technique. Unlike many printmaking techniques, lithography required no special training as artists could work directly onto the plate and leave specialist printers to actually make the prints. For this reason many artists who were not trained printmakers (such as Géricault and Delacroix) often worked in lithography.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36934] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Preference. [&] Necessity.](jpegs/59506.jpg)
Preference. [&] Necessity.
W. Heath. Del et Sculp.t.
Pub April 7th 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street & 74 New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd Feb.y 6th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Pair of etchings with fine hand colour. Sheet 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾") & Sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. [&] Trimmed into printed border.
A young man on a chair (dressed in a pastiche of 1820s and Stuart military dress) gives a young lady in a modern low-cut dress a coy glance. Another man, similarly dressed, looks behind a curtain. In the gothic window a monkey holds a fan.
BM Satires 14566, pair with 'Necessity', 14567.
[Ref: 59506] £360.00
W. Heath. Del et Sculp.t.
Pub April 7th 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street & 74 New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd Feb.y 6th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Pair of etchings with fine hand colour. Sheet 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾") & Sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. [&] Trimmed into printed border.
A young man on a chair (dressed in a pastiche of 1820s and Stuart military dress) gives a young lady in a modern low-cut dress a coy glance. Another man, similarly dressed, looks behind a curtain. In the gothic window a monkey holds a fan.
BM Satires 14566, pair with 'Necessity', 14567.
[Ref: 59506] £360.00
Presenting a Bill of Indemnification or Alarming Items.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d. c.Feb 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching with fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") Small margins. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Satire with the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II presenting a 'bill of indemnification' to George IV following the Battle of Navarino, in which Britain, France and Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan holds out a long scroll: Demands of the Porte—10.000 Purses of Gold—400 Ships of War, etc. In the background the French king Charles X runs away, while the Russian Tsar Nicholas walks away contemptuously.
BM Satires: 15519.
[Ref: 39605] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d. c.Feb 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching with fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") Small margins. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Satire with the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II presenting a 'bill of indemnification' to George IV following the Battle of Navarino, in which Britain, France and Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan holds out a long scroll: Demands of the Porte—10.000 Purses of Gold—400 Ships of War, etc. In the background the French king Charles X runs away, while the Russian Tsar Nicholas walks away contemptuously.
BM Satires: 15519.
[Ref: 39605] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed
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).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 54076] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed
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).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 54076] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
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).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 39169] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
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).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 39169] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joseph Radcliffe of Milns-Bridge-House near Huddersfield Bar.t. For the Prompt & Judicius Exertions of this Intrepid Magistrate during a Period of Insubordination, Danger & Alarm, in the year 1812. His Sovereign Created Him a Baronet with the Singular Favor of a Gratuitous Patent. The Original Portrait placed in the Court House at Wakefield, and This Print are the tribute of Public Respect and Gratitude.
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving on chine collé. Sheet 580 x 365mm (220 x 14½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60122] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving on chine collé. Sheet 580 x 365mm (220 x 14½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60122] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joseph Radcliffe of Milns-Bridge-House near Huddersfield Bar.t. For the Prompt & Judicius Exertions of this Intrepid Magistrate during a Period of Insubordination, Danger & Alarm, in the year 1812. His Sovereign Created Him a Baronet with the Singular Favor of a Gratuitous Patent. The Original Portrait placed in the Court House at Wakefield, and This Print are the tribute of Public Respect and Gratitude.
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving. Sheet 585 x 365mm (22¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60121] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W. Owen R.A. Portrait Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. Engraved by J. Heath, Engraver to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d., 1813.]
Engraving. Sheet 585 x 365mm (22¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of Joseph Radcliffe (1744-1819), seated with a large dog lying between his feet. A magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Radcliffe gained a reputation for heavy-handed justice. 'The Insubordination' commemorated by this portrait was that of the Luddites: he used spies and informers to infiltrate workers' meetings and, having sent three men to trial, sat on the jury that sentenced them to death. He then watched the hanging.
[Ref: 60121] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies. Pl.2_
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies. Pl.2_
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. Framed, sight size 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼") Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 61229] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. Framed, sight size 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼") Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 61229] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Recruiting Party. Now's Your Time My Lads- Whigs & Tories - Christians, Jews & Turks- no distinction made.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub June 20 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P-Pry Caricatures - none are oritinal with T McLeans Name.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform, salutes George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
BM Satire 15812.
[Ref: 55955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub June 20 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P-Pry Caricatures - none are oritinal with T McLeans Name.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform, salutes George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
BM Satire 15812.
[Ref: 55955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Retirement. Minerva's favourite Bird!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
![[Richmond, From Twickenham Park.]](jpegs/9456.jpg)
[Richmond, From Twickenham Park.]
[Painted by Thomas Hofland. Engraved by Charles Heath.]
[n.d., c.1822.]
Etching and engraving on india laid paper, unfinished proof before all letters. Image 350 x 530mm (13¾ x 20¾"). Trimmed to india. Water stain to image lower right.
An attractive landscape view across parkland towards Richmond Bridge on the River Thames. Several vessels including pleasure barges are on the water and figures sit, sketch and promenade in the foreground. A guitar lies on the grass to left. After Thomas Christopher Hofland (1777-1843).
[Ref: 9456] £420.00
[Painted by Thomas Hofland. Engraved by Charles Heath.]
[n.d., c.1822.]
Etching and engraving on india laid paper, unfinished proof before all letters. Image 350 x 530mm (13¾ x 20¾"). Trimmed to india. Water stain to image lower right.
An attractive landscape view across parkland towards Richmond Bridge on the River Thames. Several vessels including pleasure barges are on the water and figures sit, sketch and promenade in the foreground. A guitar lies on the grass to left. After Thomas Christopher Hofland (1777-1843).
[Ref: 9456] £420.00
A View from Richmond Hill.
T.C. Hofland pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.
Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23 Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside London. Printed by McQueen.
Etching and engraving, 445 x 605mm (17½ x 23¾". Some foxing, one wormhole. Proof state before final text added: 'Engraved from an Original Picture in the Possession of J. Allnutt Esq.r of Clapham Common to whom this Plate is most respectfully dedicated by his obliged Servant T.C. Hofland'
View of the River Thames from Richmond Hill, looking down on Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
[Ref: 10475] £520.00
T.C. Hofland pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.
Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23 Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside London. Printed by McQueen.
Etching and engraving, 445 x 605mm (17½ x 23¾". Some foxing, one wormhole. Proof state before final text added: 'Engraved from an Original Picture in the Possession of J. Allnutt Esq.r of Clapham Common to whom this Plate is most respectfully dedicated by his obliged Servant T.C. Hofland'
View of the River Thames from Richmond Hill, looking down on Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
[Ref: 10475] £520.00
A View from Richmond Hill.
T.C. Hofland pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.
[Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23 Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside London. Printed by McQueen.]
Etching and engraving, Sheet 425 x 595mm (16¾ x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, some spotting, taped at edges on mount board.
A large view from Richmond Hill, looking down on the Thames, Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
Gascoigne 428.
[Ref: 61677] £420.00
T.C. Hofland pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.
[Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23 Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside London. Printed by McQueen.]
Etching and engraving, Sheet 425 x 595mm (16¾ x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, some spotting, taped at edges on mount board.
A large view from Richmond Hill, looking down on the Thames, Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
Gascoigne 428.
[Ref: 61677] £420.00
![[A View from Richmond Hill.]](jpegs/9454.jpg)
[A View from Richmond Hill.]
[T.C. Hofland Pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.]
[Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23, Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London.]
Etching and engraving on india, proof before all letters. Image 350 x 525mm (13¾ x 20¾"). Slight warping of india paper.
View of the River Thames from Richmond Hill, looking down on Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
[Ref: 9454] £420.00
[T.C. Hofland Pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.]
[Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23, Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London.]
Etching and engraving on india, proof before all letters. Image 350 x 525mm (13¾ x 20¾"). Slight warping of india paper.
View of the River Thames from Richmond Hill, looking down on Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
[Ref: 9454] £420.00
Capt. Edw.d Riou.
From the Miniature by Shelley. Engraved by Ja.s Heath A.R.A.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, open letter proof. Sheet: 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6''). Trimmed. Crease in bottom left border.
A portrait of naval officer Edward Riou (1762-1801) who served as midshipman of Capt. James Cook's Third Voyage to Australia and received his command of the former frigate HMS Guardian transporting convicts to Australia. Attempting to replenish their fresh water supplies the ship Riou ordered the Guardian be sailed close to an iceberg, boats were sent out to gather the ice but when all had returned a fog descended hiding the iceberg from view. After careful sailing, using lookouts it seemed the ship had managed to avoid hitting the iceberg, however the ship was caught in a gust of wind and was driven into the wall of ice nearly sinking outright. After several attempts to stop the flooding into the damaged hull, most of the crew abandoned ship. Despite fully anticipating his death, Riou refused to leave his ship, and he and a few others were left to attempt the nearly impossible task of navigating the sinking ship several hundred leagues towards the Cape of Good Hope. After nine weeks at sea, and with continued labour and endurance, Riou successfully navigated his half-sunk ship back to port, saving the lives of those who had elected to remain with him. Riou negotiated the pardon of the few remaining convicts left on board.
[Ref: 48730] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
From the Miniature by Shelley. Engraved by Ja.s Heath A.R.A.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, open letter proof. Sheet: 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6''). Trimmed. Crease in bottom left border.
A portrait of naval officer Edward Riou (1762-1801) who served as midshipman of Capt. James Cook's Third Voyage to Australia and received his command of the former frigate HMS Guardian transporting convicts to Australia. Attempting to replenish their fresh water supplies the ship Riou ordered the Guardian be sailed close to an iceberg, boats were sent out to gather the ice but when all had returned a fog descended hiding the iceberg from view. After careful sailing, using lookouts it seemed the ship had managed to avoid hitting the iceberg, however the ship was caught in a gust of wind and was driven into the wall of ice nearly sinking outright. After several attempts to stop the flooding into the damaged hull, most of the crew abandoned ship. Despite fully anticipating his death, Riou refused to leave his ship, and he and a few others were left to attempt the nearly impossible task of navigating the sinking ship several hundred leagues towards the Cape of Good Hope. After nine weeks at sea, and with continued labour and endurance, Riou successfully navigated his half-sunk ship back to port, saving the lives of those who had elected to remain with him. Riou negotiated the pardon of the few remaining convicts left on board.
[Ref: 48730] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Does the Harp of Rosa Slumber Sleep gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse_
['Paul Pry', monogram of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1829.]
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Margins a little grubby and tatty.
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The print takes its title from a popular ballad of the time.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27493] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
['Paul Pry', monogram of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1829.]
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Margins a little grubby and tatty.
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The print takes its title from a popular ballad of the time.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27493] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Allied Oak and Self Created Mushroom Race. Behold the Oak, whose firm fix'd stay / Doth check Oppression's course, / Whose slightest branch can ne'er decay, / While strong with Virtue's force / [...]The Mushroom Race you have to seek In weeds about the Root, Who scarce dare at the Oak to peep, Or at its Princely Fruit.
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Shert 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed into plate, slight crease at bottom.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Buonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547.
[Ref: 50308] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Shert 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed into plate, slight crease at bottom.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Buonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547.
[Ref: 50308] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Allied Oak and Self Created Mushroom Race. Behold the Oak, whose firm fix'd stay / Doth check Oppression's course, / Whose slightest branch can ne'er decay, / While strong with Virtue's force / [...]The Mushroom Race you have to seek In weeds about the Root, Who scarce dare at the Oak to peep, Or at its Princely Fruit.
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Small tear just entering plate, slight staining.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547. See Ref: 50308 for trimmed image.
[Ref: 60246] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Small tear just entering plate, slight staining.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547. See Ref: 50308 for trimmed image.
[Ref: 60246] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
I say Bob how your mother would enjoy this! _ I believe ye'r! Crikey Father. there's a jolly great whats' o'name!! Rural Enjoyment No. I.
H. Heath del. et. sculp.
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St, Strand.
Etching with fine hand-colouring. 355 x 248mm (14 x 9¾").
Countryside satire, showing a father and son picnicking on a vast meat pie on marshy land, both gazing anxiously at a large frog which intrudes upon the scene, the son's plate falling from his knee in his alarm; the son in a tightly buttoned blue costume with cap and ruff, the father with a handkerchief over his head and under the shade of an umbrella, a swarm of flies buzzing above their heads.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 18125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath del. et. sculp.
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St, Strand.
Etching with fine hand-colouring. 355 x 248mm (14 x 9¾").
Countryside satire, showing a father and son picnicking on a vast meat pie on marshy land, both gazing anxiously at a large frog which intrudes upon the scene, the son's plate falling from his knee in his alarm; the son in a tightly buttoned blue costume with cap and ruff, the father with a handkerchief over his head and under the shade of an umbrella, a swarm of flies buzzing above their heads.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 18125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Now This Here Is Just Wot I Likes!
H. Heath fec.t.
Pub.d 1829 by S.Gans Southampton Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''), with large margins. Foxing and staining on left.
A picnic scene showing a groupf of men and women sitting eating cake and drinking tea while the burner heating the tea catches fire.
[Ref: 50798] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath fec.t.
Pub.d 1829 by S.Gans Southampton Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''), with large margins. Foxing and staining on left.
A picnic scene showing a groupf of men and women sitting eating cake and drinking tea while the burner heating the tea catches fire.
[Ref: 50798] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)