Grosvenor Prints

To My Country I My Pen Consign.
Acc.g to Act of Parl.m May ye 17th 1738.
Scarce etching. Sheet 300 x 185mm (11¾ x 7¼"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed to image on three sides
A caricature of a journalist, with a man walking in the countryside, reading from a paper. Behind is a winged donkey flying and a barrel emptying its contents onto the ground. The title is a quote from Pope's 'Dunciad'.
BM Satires 2349.
[Ref: 61152] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Andrew J. Joyner] One of the Best Ch. H. 5yr. By Practical _ U.S.A.
Nap.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14"). Creases and small tears.
A caricature of a American racehorse trainer Andrew J. Joyner (1861-1943) as a horse.
[Ref: 60710] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro
Drawn. Etch'd & Pub.d by Dighton. Char.g Cross June. 1799.
Coloured etching. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with large margins. Creasing
A slightly satirical portrait of John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) as Rolla the noble Peruvian in the play 'Pizarro', which opened on May 24, 1799, with Barrymore as Pizarro and Mrs Sarah Siddons as Elvira.
BM Satires 9436.
[Ref: 58314] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View from the Royal Exchange. M.r. Lee La Chamette.
Drawn Etch.d. and Pub.d. bt Rich.d. Dighton 1817 Oct.r.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1821.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Some surface dirt. Tears in right edge.
A full length portrait of a bespectacled Mr Lee La Chamette.
BM 12907.A
[Ref: 34419] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of a Lake. Lord Lake.
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton 1818 May.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½"). Stain in lower right corner of printed area.
Full length portait in profile of Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (1744-1808) a British general who commanded during the Irish rebellion of 1798 and as Commander-in-Chief in India. Lake holds an umberalla which rests on his shoulder.
[Ref: 34406] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble. Geo.ge Lamb.
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton 1819.
Pub.d. by T.M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12½"), with very large margins Some marks in margins.
A full length portrait in profile of George Lamb (1784-1834), politician and writer, holding a glove in one hand while the other hand rests inside his coat.
BM 13356.
[Ref: 34439] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Nouvelle Lanterne Magique. A la bataille de l'Isly, c'est la qu' nous avons evu de l'agrement! ...
J. Platier [signed in plate.]
chez Aubert Place de la Bourse. Imp. d'Aubert & Cie [Paris, n.d., c.1840s].
Lithograph, sheet 245 x 315mm. 9¾ x 12½".
Social satire: two French army veterans of the Battle of Isly (August 14, 1844) commiserate over a bottle of wine, one man complaining that the only booty captured by the French army was an umbrella and some pipes. The uniforms suggest that the man on the left is artillery, his comrade across the table infantry. The Battle of Isly was fought between France and Morocco near Oujda, Morocco. The French Marshal Bugeaud, who recovered the Moroccan commander's tent and umbrella (equivalent to capturing a military standard in European warfare), was made Duke of Isly for his victory. Numbered '69' upper right; from a series of caricatures published in a Paris periodical.
[Ref: 22425] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Le Fameux Blaise Lacoste, Limosin. F:R:S.
H.W.Bunbury delin. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan. 1 1773 By J.Bretherton No.134. New Bond Street.
Etching. 195 x 190mm. Trimmed to platemark
BM Satire 4758.
[Ref: 1049] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[John Lee.] 28.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Attorney-General John Lee (1733-1793), standing with his arms folded. Known at the bar as "Honest Jack Lee", he was distinguished for his integrity.
BM Satires 6641.
[Ref: 59981] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Richmond.] 26.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 3.d July 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1735-1806), standing in profile to the left holding his cockaded hat in his right hand. Lennox was a soldier, diplomat, politician and art patron. He was a leading Whig statesman who advocated parliamentary reform and supported the aspirations of the American colonists for greater independence. His motion in the House of Lords in 1778 for the withdrawal of British troops from America was opposed by Chatham who collapsed the ensuing debate.
BM Satires 6077.
[Ref: 60020] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[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)

Les Grimaces. 6.
L. Boilly. I. Lith de Delpech.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Hand-coloured lithograph with large margins. 361 x 271mm (14¼ x 10¾").
A caricature of facial expression, five women. Louis-Léopold Boilly, (1761-1845).
[Ref: 28763] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland] Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts; _ Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning.
J.s Gillray ad vivam fec.t.
Publish'd May 9th 1808 by H. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street.
Coloured etching. J. Whatman 1811 watermark. Sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the Marquis of Stafford, shown walking along with his shoulders pushed forward. On a pillar is a Christie's picture sale catalogue at the entrance to Christie's. Leveson-Gower was the wealthiest man in Britain and spent hugely on his art collection and was one of the first collectors in London to open his collection to the public. He married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, in 1785, and the pair became infamous for the Highland Clearances of the early 19th century. He become Duke of Sutherland five months before his death.
BM Satires 11076.
[Ref: 61775] £650.00

No X. The Youthful Hebe. No. XI. The Old Soldier.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Cut.
A double portrait of Miss Hebe Watson and Earl Ligonier, Watson was a servant in the Earl's house. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 4461.
[Ref: 45416] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Loosing Scavoir Vivre.
Pubd. Accor.y to Act Nov. 1, 1774 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, printed on 18th century paper with watermark. Plate 172 x 121mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Satire of an elegant young man walking to right with a cane over his right shoulder. He is a member of 'The Scavoir Vivre', a club formed at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall; the club's rules were published in "The Macaroni, Scavoir Vivre, and Theatrical Magazine", 1772.
See 14217. Not in BM catalogue.
[Ref: 21232] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward Lord, 2nd Baron Ellenborough] A Cabinet Curiosity.
HB. [John Doyle]
Pub.d by Edw.d Mc.Lean, 14. St. Martins Ct. Leicester Sq.re [n.d. c.1829.]
Fine coloured lithograph 420 x 285mm (16¾ x 11¼"), with very wide margins. Large tear outside image.
Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control, walks in profile to left, holding an eye-glass, his left forefinger in his waistcoat pocket, dandified, his curls resting on his coat-collar.
BM Satires: 15827.
[Ref: 52762] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[George Lyttelton] The Merits and Defects of the Dead by their Ingenious Secretary.
Pub.d as the Act Directs May 1st 1773 [by William Austin].
Coloured etching. 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾") large margins. Some creasing and spotting.
George Lyttelton as a hooked-nosed Death, using a tomb as a writing desk, one hand holding a scythe. A grave-digger with a built-up shoe, holds out a skull which declaims ''Life is a jest & all things shew it. I thought so once but now I know it'', John Gay's own epitaph on his monument in Westminster Abbey. The first Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773, a few months after this caricature) wrote 'Dialogues of the Dead' (1760).
[Ref: 54443] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Macaroni Bricklayer, Prior to any other Macaroni. V.4. 18.
Pubd. accordg. to Act of Parlt. Sepr. 17, 1772, by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
A man standing in profile holding a trowel and wearing a sword. The BM suggests that "this might be George III. This seems unlikely, and the suggestion is that the character is a mason."
BM Satires: 4656.
[Ref: 38223] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Drowsy Contrast or Turtle & Bone Soup Macaronies. 23.
Publish'd according to Act by M Darly, 39 Strang Nov.r 26 1772.
Etching. 177 x 247mm (7 x 9¾"), with wide margins.
Social satire: two men, one in traditional wig and the other in Macaroni costume, both seated yawning.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 27857] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Fish-Street Macaroni.
H.W.Bunbury delin: 1772 J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 29 1772 by J.Bretherton New Bond Street No.134
Etching. 165 x 225mm. Trimmed within platemark.
BM Satire 4713.
[Ref: 1036] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Macaroni Haberdasher.
[by Matthew Darly.]
Pubd. by MDarly accor to Act (39) Strand May 7th 1772.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), large margins.
A fashionably-dressed man holds an open chest full of caps and laces. In his right hand he dangles a woman's flat hat trimmed with ribbons. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c designed by the greatest personages, artists &c'.
BM Satires: 5007.
[Ref: 55585] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Southwark Macaroni. 3.
Publish'd according to Act. Aug.t 24 1772 by M Darly, No.39 Strand.
Etching. Platemark 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Large margins.
A portrait of Henry Thrale, holding a stick in one hand with the other in his pocket. Thrale was a Member of Parliament for Southwark from 1765 to 1780 and was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Plate 3 from 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by Mdarly'. (Vol.4).
[Ref: 38701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Macaroni Taylor Returning from a Feast.
Van Grog fecit.
Published as ye Act directs Jan.y ye 25 1773 by T. Pether Berwick S.t.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"). Trimmed within plate. Bit messy on left.
An extravagantly-dressed dandy, hat balanced on the top of his wig, scissors in his pocket, riding on the back of a goose with reins in its mouth. The British Museum has only two other 'Van Grog' caricatures, both macaronis published by Thomas Pether in 1773.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 60779] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Macaroni. V.1. 3. A fribbling, idle, prating Tribe Ye are Fit only for yourselves!-herd then together.
E.T. inv.t
Pubd. as the Act directs May 4th: 1771 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching. Plate 152 x 108mm (6 x 4¼").
A man with hat and cane with a dog jumping up at him.
BM Satires: 4671.
[Ref: 38204] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Woolwich Macaroni. V 4. 19.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sept.r 21 1772 by M Darly, 39, Strand.
Etching. Platemark 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Large margins.
A man in military dress walking in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left the hilt of a sabre. The links between Woolwich, south east London, and the military remain, but were particularly strong in the 18th century. It was home to the Royal Arsenal (dating back to 1471), the Royal Military Academy (est. 1741).
BM Satires: 5034.
[Ref: 38702] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Macaronies Drawn After the Life. V.2. 22.
Pub. Accord to Act Dec.r 1. 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, pt. 18th century watermark. 180 x 244mm (7 x 9¾"), very large margins
Two scenes on one plate: on the left a smiling macaroni stands at a table with dice on the floor by his feet, playing cards and a book entitled 'Women of Pleasure' on the table, a painting of a racehorse on the wall; on the right a skeleton representing Death leans on a funerary monument, a spade in his hand. The tomb is inscribed 'Here lies interr'd Dicky Daffodil ...&c.' and goes on to describe his death from dissipation in morbid detail. Matthias, also known as Matthew Darly (c.1721-1780) was a British engraver, printseller, drawing master specialising in 'Macaroni's'. He worked together with his second wife Mary Darly (fl. 1756–1779).
BM Satires: 4645.
[Ref: 60782] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Self-portrait (standing figure).
Joaquin Macias [signed in pencil lower right.]
[n.d., c.1940.]
Etching, 120 x 80mm. 4¾ x 3¼".
The artist stands, hands in pockets, over a grotesque semi-humanoid and contorted figure. He looks at a notice inscribed 'Modern Art Exhibition'. Some lines of etched lettering in reverse in the upper left part of the plate. The Latin American artist Joaquin Macias is known to have lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Nicaragua, and to have visited Chile in 1951. In a hand written note discovered with a group of his etchings, he mentions a period of "30 years residence" in Britain. He seems to have etched most of his plates in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
[Ref: 9945] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Shylock turnd Macbeth. I see thee yet, inform as palpable/ As that which now I draw ---
Young Vanity invt. Old Envy sculp.
Pub by MDarly Nov. 5. 1773. 39. Strand . where any sketch that is fair game will have due Honor shewn.
Etching, 245 x 175mm. 9¾ x 7".
Caricature of Charles Macklin (1699? - 1797) as William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, his dagger held up in his left hand, his head in profile to right. He wears a feathered hat, long hair, and Scottish dress: a large plaid, kilt, bare knees, and tartan stockings, a thistle badge hangs from his neck on a ribbon, a claymore (so-called) hangs at his waist. Macklin appeared on 3rd October 1773 as Macbeth, the part being played for the first time in Scottish dress, before a very hostile audience; they expected to be "spectators of his downfall", thinking his age would not allow him to go through the part to the end. "Lady Macbeth's modern robes by no means accorded with the habits of the other personages, and Mr. Macklin's flowing curls, like the locks of an Adonis, were unpardonably out of character." 'Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine', ii. 8, Oct. 1773. Before this time Macbeth was dressed as a modern military officer. The public treated him with great injustice, and accustomed to see him in comedy, and regarding his Shylock (in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice) as above criticism, refused to accept him in a heroic part. The mob would not be satisfied until Macklin was dismissed. Numbered '19' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 5175.
[Ref: 14083] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Then all on a sudden two people of worth / My Lady Pandora MacScurvy came forth / With Genl Sulphur arrived from the North.
Mr R.S. inv.t. [Richard Brinsley Sheridan?] W.H. fec.
Published Jan 1, 1778, by W.Humphry.
Etching. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed, creased in centre.
An elderly couple walking. The verse comes from Christopher Anstey's 'The new Bath guide: or memoirs of the B-N-R-D family in a series of political epistles', 1766.
BM Satires 4779.
[Ref: 51693] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Petit, et son Cuisinier.
Cav.r Ghezzi delin. 10 Ap. 1722. AP sculp 1741.
Etching. Sheet 320 x 335mm, 12¾ x 13¼". Trimmed, scuff mark across middle.
Caricature of a cook wearing an apron on the left, facing a large lady on the right who holds out a circular dish. Etched by Arthur Pond after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Arthur Pond (1701-58), painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector.
Hake: 75.
[Ref: 15963] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Gertrude Mahon] The Bird of Paradise.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2 Jan 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper lightly toned and chipped in top edge, ink smear in publication line.
Gertrude Mahon, seated on a settee smiling, holding a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card ''Admit Mrs M_ to the Mask'd Ball''. She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. Gertrude Mahon (née Tilson, 1752-c.1808) was the Dublin-born daughter of the dowager countess of Kerry. Left £3000 at the age of twelve, she became famous for her love of clothes and notorious adulteries. Needing money, she attempted to become an actress but supplemented her income by being a courtesan. She was last heard of in 1808.
[Ref: 58489] £590.00

Maiden Speeches in the New Parliament of 1796.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.
London, Pub by Will.m Holland, No 50, Oxford Str.t Feb 18 1797.
Etching with aquatint, printed in black and sepia. Sheet 420 x 315mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Caricatures of four new members of Parliament and their first speeches to the House of Commons, including a puritanical Scot.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 50685] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Maiden Speeches in the New Parliament of 1796.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.
London, Pub by Will.m Holland, No 50, Oxford Str.t Feb 18 1797.
Etching with aquatint, printed in black and sepia. Sheet 420 x 315mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Caricatures of four new members of Parliament and their first speeches to the House of Commons, including one warning of probable invasion by Revolutionary France.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 50686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Man holding boots.] In the Collection of Mr. Richardson.
Guercino del. AP.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Etching, printed in brown ink. 324 x 222mm. 12¾ x 8¾". Trimmed and laid on a separate sheet.
A man standing with a boot in each hand. Arthur Pond (1701-1758) was a British painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector. He studied with John Vanderbank before entering St Martin's Lane Academy in 1720. He visited Italy in 1725-7 with George Knapton, John Dyer and Daniel Wray.
Hake: 87.
[Ref: 16008] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Man with cane]
Mr. Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23d. December 1773.
Etching, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
BM Satire 4762.
[Ref: 1053] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Man with retroussé nose] In the Collection of Tho. Sadler Esqr.
Carlo Maratti del. AP. [monogram.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Crayon-manner, printed in brown ink, rare. 212 x 160mm. 8¼ x 6¼". Uncut.
Arthur Pond (1701-1758) was a British painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector. He studied with John Vanderbank before entering St Martin's Lane Academy in 1720. He visited Italy in 1725-7 with George Knapton, John Dyer and Daniel Wray. This print, one of three produced by Pond from caricatures by Maratti, derives from a drawing by sold through Christies in 1988. The British Museum have drawings by Hugh Howard, who studied in Italy with Maratti (1697-1700) which may have been the basis for Pond's prints.
Hake: 89. See British Museum no. 1874,0808.119 for Howard's drawing.
[Ref: 21321] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[General Robert Manners?] "-gentle Manners, with affection mild, "In wit a man, simplicity a Child-.
[etched by James Gillray after an anonymous sketch.]
Pub.d Nov.r 4.th 1798. by H Humphrey St James's Street.
Coloured etching, J. Whatman 179? watermark. Sheet 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, stains from glue in corners of inscription area. Old ink mss 'J. Manners' in inscription area.
A man in civilian clothes, walking with a cane under his arm, leaning forward. According to the BM this is probably General Robert Manners (1758-1832), MP for Great Bedwyn or General Russell Manners, of the 26th Dragoon Guards. The original sketch is also in the BM (1854,0513.299)
BM Satires 9288.
[Ref: 61795] £320.00

The French Marow-Bone Singer.
Pubd. as the Act Directs Oct 1st: 1771. by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 150 x 105mm. 6 x 4¼".
A singer stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched. Probably the portrait of a French singer at Marylebone (then often called 'Marrowbone') Gardens depicted in the stock character of the beggarly Frenchman dressed in shabby finery. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '16' upper right.
BM Satires: 4916.
[Ref: 14139] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Phil May] Do you Want a Muddle Sir? Sketch from Life of Phil May, 1902.
Peter Hing.
Pencil and watercolour. Sheet 205 x 155mm (8 x 6").
A caricature portrait of Philip William May, caricaturist for Punch and The Graphic, outside the Society of Artists. May (1864-1903) played an important role in moving away from Victorian styles of illustration towards the creation of the modern humorous cartoon. He was eminent enough to be a Spy (Leslie Ward) caricature in Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 54448] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Me and My Wife and Daughter.
[after Henry Bunbury.]
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 165 x 235mm (6½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A horse seen from behind, a stout man riding, with equally stout women in baskets on either side. William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), a pharmacist and publisher of popular prints and satires between 1812 and 1817.
BM: 1991,0615.68.
[Ref: 41952] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

M.r. Mellish.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton as the Act Directs July 29 1822.
London, Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Staining on left and lower edge. Some surface dirt.
Full-length protrait in profile of William Mellish (1764-1838), an MP and supporter of William Pitt who served for both Grimsby and Middlesex, who stands holding a pen in one hand which is poised above a piece of paper held in the other.
BM 14417.A
[Ref: 34435] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Erostrate moderne, Ecrivant sur les Arts.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814), blindfolded, with horns, seated in a chair marked 'Trésor des Iconoclastes', writing with a quill. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58454] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Mr L'ane comme il n'y en a point. Peu m'importent les chefs d'oeuvres de tous les arts, pourvu que j'écrase, que je m'élève, et que le chardon ne me manque pas. O gens de goût, reconnaissez la bête.
Inspiré par Crémier.
[n.d., 1797.]
Etching with engraving. 240 x 265mm (9½ x 10½"), with large margins.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a donkey with his face, kicking over a bust of Apollo and the Transfiguration of Raphael with his hind legs, trampling the books of Descartes and Racine with his forelegs. It satirises Mercier’s opposition to the creation of a chalcographie nationale to make engravings after the paintings in the Louvre, arguing that anyone should be able to do it. ‘Cremier’ is a fake name. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
BM 1991,0615.132.
[Ref: 58459] £360.00

[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Envain contre les Arts, ce vieux Roquet s'escrime, / C'est le Serpent qui mord la lime.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Slight foxing of edges, old ink mss. in list of names, large margins. Creasing.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a pug standing upright in the dress of a clerk, quill in hand and book under his arm. He stands before a monument inscribed with a list of artists' names. At the base is a snake with a file (tool) in its mouth. The title roughly translates as 'In vain this old pug fights against the arts; it's the snake that bites the file'. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58448] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

No. XIV. The Fair Violetta. No. XV. Military Exile.
London, Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street, 1 June 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins, one small wormhole.
Two portrait busts set in ovals. On the right Prince Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), fifth son of George III who whilst on leave from his studies in Hanover became enamoured of an actress Violetta, depiced on the left, in Lyons. A lack of funds forced him to return home to England without Violetta and he was at once dispatched to Gibraltar. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7702.
[Ref: 38576] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Regina Minotti] 34. The Idol. Behold with most Indignant Scorn the Soft Enervate tribe, / Their Country Selling for a Song How Eager they Subscribe.
Publish'd according to the Act Oct. 6th 1756 by Darly & Edwards at ye Acorn facing Hungerford Strand.
Engraving. 80 x 110mm (3 x 4¼") large margins. Worm hole in right margin.
Satire of Regina Mingotti (1722-1808), Austrian soprano, standing on a table above volumes of English culture (Dryden, Sjakespeare & Johnson). Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions.
BM Satires 3533.
[Ref: 53499] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Man of Importance. 99. "Nee' may his Whiskers loose their hue, "Chang'd (like Moll Coggin's tail) to blue! "But still......."new Grace adorn his figure; "More stiff his boots more black his stock, "His hat assume a prouder cock, "Like Pistol's (would 'twere bigger!) vide Anti Jacobin.
[After James Gillray by Williams.]
[Published by Tegg. n.d. c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½". Trimmed to plate along left-hand edge.
Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Francis Rawson Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (1754-1826) was a British politician and army officer.
BM Satires: [copy of] 9386.
[Ref: 24168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Francis Molyneux and Mr. Quarme.] 20. 21.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (1738–1812), and Robert Quarme, Yeoman Usher (fl. 1782-1806), both officers of the House of Lords. Sir Francis Molyneux, tall and broad, stands full-face looking down at Robert Quarme, a very small man, standing in profile to the left. Both wear bag-wigs, ruffles, and swords.
BM Satires 6074.
[Ref: 60084] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Caricature, head of a monk.]
Carlo Maratti del. AP. 1742.
Etching. Plate: 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾"), with large margins..
A caricature of a monk laughing. Arthur Pond (1701-1758) was a British painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector. He studied with John Vanderbank before entering St Martin's Lane Academy in 1720. He visited Italy in 1725-7 with George Knapton, John Dyer and Daniel Wray.
Hake: 91.
[Ref: 39813] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Monks]
H.W.Bunbury del. J.Bretherton f.
Published 1st April 1774.
Soft-ground etching, 290 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Two studies of monks. Etched 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).
see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245; for another Bunbury print with a similar subject see ref. 28182.
[Ref: 1058] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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