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![Jealousy and Revenge. [&] Plenty.](jpegs/43909.jpg)
Jealousy and Revenge. [&] Plenty.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Pair of coloured roundel stipples. Sheets each 85 x 85mm (3¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
In the first image man pinches the another man's ear while the other grabs the first's hat. In the second a florid man rubs his extended belly.
[Ref: 43909] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Pair of coloured roundel stipples. Sheets each 85 x 85mm (3¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
In the first image man pinches the another man's ear while the other grabs the first's hat. In the second a florid man rubs his extended belly.
[Ref: 43909] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Jealousy.
A. Crowquill Esq.r inv.t. G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d November 1st 1825 by S. Knight Sweetings Alley Ry.l X'Change.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed to printed border.
A man sits at a table, surrounded by miniature figures enacting scenes prompting him to suicide and divorce.
BM Satires 14905, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58368] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Crowquill Esq.r inv.t. G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d November 1st 1825 by S. Knight Sweetings Alley Ry.l X'Change.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed to printed border.
A man sits at a table, surrounded by miniature figures enacting scenes prompting him to suicide and divorce.
BM Satires 14905, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58368] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Johnny Newcome going to lay in Stock. Pl.1. Page 28.
Drawn and Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1815 by P. Martin 198 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 132 x 204mm (5¼ x 8").
Johnny walks in profile to the right, towards the door of a Wine shop in Lisbon, Portugal. The shopman stands in the doorway, below the street-level, rubbing his hands in expectant delight. Over the window: 'Senior Cavigole Dealer in Army Stores'. Over the door: 'All sorts of Hams Tongues Pickles & Groceries Wines Rum. Brandy Hollands. Genebra and Pickled Tripes'. In the window are sugar-loaves, jars, candles, bottles, and hams. Military garments, a saddle, and other items hang outside the door. On the ground outside are a portmanteau, large oil-jars, sacks, muskets, horse-collar, cask, amongst other objects. John is closely followed by two emaciated beggars, one using a crutch. From "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns in the Peninsular and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson", a satire on soldiers in the Peninsular Wars.
BM Satires: 12485.
[Ref: 29646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1815 by P. Martin 198 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 132 x 204mm (5¼ x 8").
Johnny walks in profile to the right, towards the door of a Wine shop in Lisbon, Portugal. The shopman stands in the doorway, below the street-level, rubbing his hands in expectant delight. Over the window: 'Senior Cavigole Dealer in Army Stores'. Over the door: 'All sorts of Hams Tongues Pickles & Groceries Wines Rum. Brandy Hollands. Genebra and Pickled Tripes'. In the window are sugar-loaves, jars, candles, bottles, and hams. Military garments, a saddle, and other items hang outside the door. On the ground outside are a portmanteau, large oil-jars, sacks, muskets, horse-collar, cask, amongst other objects. John is closely followed by two emaciated beggars, one using a crutch. From "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns in the Peninsular and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson", a satire on soldiers in the Peninsular Wars.
BM Satires: 12485.
[Ref: 29646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jolting Preventatives.]](jpegs/60579.jpg)
[Jolting Preventatives.]
Woodward del. Cruikshank sculp.
London Published by Allen & Co, 15 Paternoster Row, March 4, 1797.
Coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing title at top.
Four scenes of the inside of a coach, each with two people and their different ways of holding onto the safety straps, expressing from attraction to distain. A pair to 'Symptoms of Jolting'.
BM Satires 9134.
[Ref: 60579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshank sculp.
London Published by Allen & Co, 15 Paternoster Row, March 4, 1797.
Coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing title at top.
Four scenes of the inside of a coach, each with two people and their different ways of holding onto the safety straps, expressing from attraction to distain. A pair to 'Symptoms of Jolting'.
BM Satires 9134.
[Ref: 60579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Jovial Drinker. / A pox on those Fools, who exclaim against wine, / and fly the dear sweets that the Bottle doth bring, / It Heightens the Fancy; the Wit does Refine, / and he that was first drunk was made the first King...
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
Printed and Sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street London. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching & engraving. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Four tears into plate, two taped. left edge soiled.
A scene of a drunken man, wig askew, walking up a hill away from a walled city. On the right a woman supports a vomiting man. A rustic pub has a sign with a flask: the hill and the sign suggest this is the famous inn 'The Flask', in Highgate. Underneath are four verses, with music top right.
[Ref: 42271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
Printed and Sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street London. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching & engraving. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Four tears into plate, two taped. left edge soiled.
A scene of a drunken man, wig askew, walking up a hill away from a walled city. On the right a woman supports a vomiting man. A rustic pub has a sign with a flask: the hill and the sign suggest this is the famous inn 'The Flask', in Highgate. Underneath are four verses, with music top right.
[Ref: 42271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Judgment of Paris. Jun: But to bestow it on that Trapes / It mads me - Min: hang him Jackanapes.
H.W.Bunbury fecit et a cere incidit 1766.
Pub accor to Act by [name erased]...1st 1771
Engraving. 185 x 150mm. Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl. Etched by Henry Bunbury whilst still a schoolboy. Bunbury was 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).
for coloured impression see ref. 26730; BM Satire 4920; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1046] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H.W.Bunbury fecit et a cere incidit 1766.
Pub accor to Act by [name erased]...1st 1771
Engraving. 185 x 150mm. Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl. Etched by Henry Bunbury whilst still a schoolboy. Bunbury was 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).
for coloured impression see ref. 26730; BM Satire 4920; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 1046] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Judgment of Paris. Jun: But to bestow it on that Trapes It mads me. - Min: hang him Jackanapes.
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Coloured etching, rare. 175 x 210mm, 7 x 8¼".
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for uncoloured impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 26730] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Coloured etching, rare. 175 x 210mm, 7 x 8¼".
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for uncoloured impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 26730] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Judgment of Paris. Jun: But to bestow it on that Trapes It mads me. - Min: hang him Jackanapes.
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼") Thread margins.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for another impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 52766] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼") Thread margins.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for another impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 52766] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Juliet and the Nurse.
[George Cruikshank.]
[S.W.Fores, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph. 230 x 290mm.
COHN: 1269; BM 12692A.
[Ref: 1437] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[George Cruikshank.]
[S.W.Fores, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph. 230 x 290mm.
COHN: 1269; BM 12692A.
[Ref: 1437] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Intellectual Juvenile_Au_with regard to that part of the a_argument, I think_a_that woman is decidedly_au_an_inferior __a_animal.
[J. Leech.]
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 266 x 214mm. 10½ x 8½".
Satire on society. A boy dressed as a man with a glass monocle leans on the mantelpiece, casting aspersions at a woman sat in a chair holding a baby; five other women seated and standing watch the argument unfold. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26867] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Leech.]
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 266 x 214mm. 10½ x 8½".
Satire on society. A boy dressed as a man with a glass monocle leans on the mantelpiece, casting aspersions at a woman sat in a chair holding a baby; five other women seated and standing watch the argument unfold. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26867] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Hostess._"Now my dear, will you come and dance a quadrille?". Juvenile._"Th-a-nk you, it is so many years since I danced that I would rather be excused if your please. In fact I-au haven't danced since I was quite a boy".
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 272 x 209mm. 10¾ x 8¼". Some marks top left.
Social satire. At the door to a dance class a girl asks the young boy to dance, who eloquently turns down her offer. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26868] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 272 x 209mm. 10¾ x 8¼". Some marks top left.
Social satire. At the door to a dance class a girl asks the young boy to dance, who eloquently turns down her offer. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26868] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Juvenile.' "I tell you what it is, governor, the sooner we come to some understanding, the better. You can't expect a young feller to be always at home; and if you don't like th way I go on _ why I must have chambers, and so much a week."
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 260 x 209mm. 10¼ x 8¼".
Satire on society. A young boy stood in front of a fireplace trying to reason with his father. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26872] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 260 x 209mm. 10¼ x 8¼".
Satire on society. A young boy stood in front of a fireplace trying to reason with his father. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26872] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Juvenile_"Au, a Hairdresser, when you have finished my hair just take off my beard, will you?"
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 247 x 209mm. 9¾ x 8¼". Trimmed, losing text below border
Satire on society. Inside a barber shop a young boy sat reading the paper requests that his non-existent beard be removed. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26874] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J. Leech.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 247 x 209mm. 9¾ x 8¼". Trimmed, losing text below border
Satire on society. Inside a barber shop a young boy sat reading the paper requests that his non-existent beard be removed. John Leech (1817-1864), the illustrator and caricaturist who contributed to Punch.
[Ref: 26874] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![Vauxhall Gardens. A Hint to the Ladies. [Collection of Heads by W.D.]](jpegs/60585.jpg)
Vauxhall Gardens. A Hint to the Ladies. [Collection of Heads by W.D.]
WD [William Drummond].
London: Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket, August 15, 1833. Maguire & Co, lith, 9 Brydges Street, Covent Garden.
Lithograph with fine hand-colouring. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾" Some cockling of paper at corners.
Two young women sitting on a park bench, one looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The 'hint' is that their skirts were raised by the bench so that they were showing their calves. One of a series of characters, Collection of Heads by W.D., some real and some fictional, by William Drummond (1800-1849, fl.).
See Ref: 60556
[Ref: 60585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
WD [William Drummond].
London: Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket, August 15, 1833. Maguire & Co, lith, 9 Brydges Street, Covent Garden.
Lithograph with fine hand-colouring. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾" Some cockling of paper at corners.
Two young women sitting on a park bench, one looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The 'hint' is that their skirts were raised by the bench so that they were showing their calves. One of a series of characters, Collection of Heads by W.D., some real and some fictional, by William Drummond (1800-1849, fl.).
See Ref: 60556
[Ref: 60585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Kitty of Colerain; Sung with unbounded Applause by John Johnstone, Esq. of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, amongst his Convivial Friends in Ireland.
Publish'd Apr. 4 1809, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etching with stippling, two letterpress verses below, sheet 280 x 230mm. 11 x 9". Chips and tears to extremities; crease through image.
Illustrated verse sung by 'sly Barney M'Cleary'; a pretty girl reclines on a sloping hayfield, a broken pitcher at her feet; a handsome young haymaker pointing to the pitcher. Plate numbered 507. John Henry Johnstone (1749 - 1828) was an Irish actor and singer at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin who moved to London in 1783.
BM Satires 11522.
[Ref: 21969] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Apr. 4 1809, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etching with stippling, two letterpress verses below, sheet 280 x 230mm. 11 x 9". Chips and tears to extremities; crease through image.
Illustrated verse sung by 'sly Barney M'Cleary'; a pretty girl reclines on a sloping hayfield, a broken pitcher at her feet; a handsome young haymaker pointing to the pitcher. Plate numbered 507. John Henry Johnstone (1749 - 1828) was an Irish actor and singer at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin who moved to London in 1783.
BM Satires 11522.
[Ref: 21969] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Knib's Pound; A whimsical Old Ballad - Sung at the Anacreontic Society, by the celebrated Edwin, Suett, &c. &c. &c. 441.
J. Nixon 1806.
Publish'd Sept.r 22. 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching , set in letterpress. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 10") Trimmed within plate on three sides, split on one fold.
A song sheet describing how a wagonner, whose cart was stuck in the mud, spends the rest of the day in a tavern. Sung by the actors John Edwin (1768-1805) and Richard Suett (1755-1805)
BM Satires 10685.
[Ref: 54370] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Nixon 1806.
Publish'd Sept.r 22. 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching , set in letterpress. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 10") Trimmed within plate on three sides, split on one fold.
A song sheet describing how a wagonner, whose cart was stuck in the mud, spends the rest of the day in a tavern. Sung by the actors John Edwin (1768-1805) and Richard Suett (1755-1805)
BM Satires 10685.
[Ref: 54370] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[L'Automne.]](jpegs/14543.jpg)
[L'Automne.]
E. Sadzeyt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 232 x 151mm. 9 x 6". Some scuffing to the image.
A harlequin imitating Dionysis with a head-reef of grapes, leaning against a barrel with a basket of grapes over one arm, a bottle of wine in his hand, and grapes flowing out his pocket.
[Ref: 14543] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E. Sadzeyt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 232 x 151mm. 9 x 6". Some scuffing to the image.
A harlequin imitating Dionysis with a head-reef of grapes, leaning against a barrel with a basket of grapes over one arm, a bottle of wine in his hand, and grapes flowing out his pocket.
[Ref: 14543] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[La Foise.]](jpegs/14542.jpg)
[La Foise.]
E. Sadzeyt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 230 x 151mm. 9 x 6". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
A harlequin imitating the great writers of past with a laurel head-piece of Roman times, and papers around him, cigarettes in the ashtray and publications on the wall.
[Ref: 14542] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E. Sadzeyt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 230 x 151mm. 9 x 6". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
A harlequin imitating the great writers of past with a laurel head-piece of Roman times, and papers around him, cigarettes in the ashtray and publications on the wall.
[Ref: 14542] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ladie's Men. Now Mr Alderman, another glose & suppose then we go up to the Ladies.
Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
London: G.S. Tregear?, n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners.
Four drunken men enjoy their port!
[Ref: 57707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
London: G.S. Tregear?, n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners.
Four drunken men enjoy their port!
[Ref: 57707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Two Greatest Men in England. Dan,l Lambert who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the Stone_ measured 3 yards 4 inches around the body, and 1 yard 1 inch round the leg; 5 feet 11 inches high.
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
Le Courage de Marie Francoeur et du Grenadier Sans-souci.
[n.d. c.1775].
Copper engraving, 370 x 270mm.
[Ref: 251] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1775].
Copper engraving, 370 x 270mm.
[Ref: 251] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Children of the Mobility [8 plates]](jpegs/32273.jpg)
Children of the Mobility [8 plates]
John Leech delt.
London, Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington St., February 1, 1841.
Eight lithographs with hand-colouring, each sheet approx 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Soiling to first plate; all laid on backing sheets.
Early set of prints by John Leech, illustrating the satire by his friend Percival Leigh, which upon publication was so popular that Leigh and Leech were recruited to work on 'Punch' when it was formed a few months later. Leech pointedly illustrating the disparity between lower and upper class, the 'nobility and the mobility' as he called them. Leech forcefully rendered the effects of poverty through the feelings of children at work and play.
A preparatory drawing for plate 1 is in the British Museum (1893,0612.4).
[Ref: 32273] £850.00 view all images for this item
John Leech delt.
London, Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington St., February 1, 1841.
Eight lithographs with hand-colouring, each sheet approx 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Soiling to first plate; all laid on backing sheets.
Early set of prints by John Leech, illustrating the satire by his friend Percival Leigh, which upon publication was so popular that Leigh and Leech were recruited to work on 'Punch' when it was formed a few months later. Leech pointedly illustrating the disparity between lower and upper class, the 'nobility and the mobility' as he called them. Leech forcefully rendered the effects of poverty through the feelings of children at work and play.
A preparatory drawing for plate 1 is in the British Museum (1893,0612.4).
[Ref: 32273] £850.00 view all images for this item
Topsy Turvey, __or, our Antipodes.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Coloured etching, sheet 211 x 308mm. Water stains.
A light-hearted illustration of life in a nineteenth century Australian settlement, featuring a game of cards. The 'Regent Street' sign is probably a reference to Melbourne in Victoria. This image originally appeared as the frontispiece to the 1854 edition of Punch's Pocket Book. By John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7879] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1854.]
Coloured etching, sheet 211 x 308mm. Water stains.
A light-hearted illustration of life in a nineteenth century Australian settlement, featuring a game of cards. The 'Regent Street' sign is probably a reference to Melbourne in Victoria. This image originally appeared as the frontispiece to the 1854 edition of Punch's Pocket Book. By John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7879] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Diableries. No. 4.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 335 x 500mm (13¼ x 19¾") very large margins.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. The main scene shows a rag-tag troop of cavalry rinding horses cattle and a defecating donkey, a winged skull flying above. Bottom right a demon playing its horn-shaped nose is inflated by a bellows inserted into its rectum. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59431] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 335 x 500mm (13¼ x 19¾") very large margins.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. The main scene shows a rag-tag troop of cavalry rinding horses cattle and a defecating donkey, a winged skull flying above. Bottom right a demon playing its horn-shaped nose is inflated by a bellows inserted into its rectum. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59431] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Diableries. No. 5.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Nearly cut to image, crease in right.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. Top right a man with a tail distracts a woman at a fountain as a demon defecates in her water pot. Bottom left anthropomorphic frogs play cards and dance. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59435] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Nearly cut to image, crease in right.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. Top right a man with a tail distracts a woman at a fountain as a demon defecates in her water pot. Bottom left anthropomorphic frogs play cards and dance. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59435] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Diableries. No. 7.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 350 x 480mm (13¾ x 19"), very large margins.
A medley of five humorous scenes featuring demons. Top right a woman uses the tails of two demons clutching trees as a swing. Top right a magician uses a lathe to reduce a woman's waist. Bottom right is a boat rowed by demons, in which a woman beseeches a horned man.A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59432] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 350 x 480mm (13¾ x 19"), very large margins.
A medley of five humorous scenes featuring demons. Top right a woman uses the tails of two demons clutching trees as a swing. Top right a magician uses a lathe to reduce a woman's waist. Bottom right is a boat rowed by demons, in which a woman beseeches a horned man.A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59432] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Diableries. No. 8.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Narrow margins
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. The central figure is Satan as a peasant, gathering women in his basket, pockets and boots. Top right a woman fishing using a small demon as bait is about to be kicked into the water by a larger demon. On the left a dandy introduces himself to a woman in the street, not noticing the tail poking out from under her skirts. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59434] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Narrow margins
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. The central figure is Satan as a peasant, gathering women in his basket, pockets and boots. Top right a woman fishing using a small demon as bait is about to be kicked into the water by a larger demon. On the left a dandy introduces himself to a woman in the street, not noticing the tail poking out from under her skirts. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59434] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Diableries. No. 11.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 335 x 500mm (13¼ x 19¾") very large margins.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. In the top corners are two demonic figures playing catch with women and cups. In the centre is a bed in which a demon hides his face from a woman. Bottom right a demon uses his enormous belly as a drum, inflated by a bellows inserted into its rectum. Four hunchbacked dwarfs are attributed to Callot. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59433] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 335 x 500mm (13¼ x 19¾") very large margins.
A medley of humorous scenes featuring demons. In the top corners are two demonic figures playing catch with women and cups. In the centre is a bed in which a demon hides his face from a woman. Bottom right a demon uses his enormous belly as a drum, inflated by a bellows inserted into its rectum. Four hunchbacked dwarfs are attributed to Callot. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59433] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Diableries. No. 12.
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 325 x 455mm (12¾ x 18") very large margins. Repaired tear.
A debauched feast with human diners but demon chef, waiters and orchestra. Above a couple fly on a broomstick. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59430] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
LP [monogram of Eugene Lepoittevin]. Lith: de Frey, rue de Croissant, 20.
à Paris chez Aumont rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10. London, Cha.s Tilt, 86, Fleet Street [n.d., 1832].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 325 x 455mm (12¾ x 18") very large margins. Repaired tear.
A debauched feast with human diners but demon chef, waiters and orchestra. Above a couple fly on a broomstick. A satire from the rare 'Les Diables de Lithographies' by Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-70).
[Ref: 59430] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Les Bigavures de l'esprit humain. No.4. Ma fortune est faite! j'ai trouve une poudre à canon imperméable et incombustible.
Bourdet [inside image].
Paris, chez Hautecoeur-Martinet, rue du Coq. Lith. de Lemercier, rue de Seine S.G. No.55. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph, rare. 228 x 241mm. 9 x 9½". Bit messy.
A scientist in his experiment room proclaims his latest discovery- waterproof gunpowder. Various conicals, flask and books around. He tips powder over a lit flame in a bowl of water, which he has ground in the bowl behind on the table. On the wall behind are pinned a frog and beetle; a foetus in a jar to front left.
[Ref: 24962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bourdet [inside image].
Paris, chez Hautecoeur-Martinet, rue du Coq. Lith. de Lemercier, rue de Seine S.G. No.55. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph, rare. 228 x 241mm. 9 x 9½". Bit messy.
A scientist in his experiment room proclaims his latest discovery- waterproof gunpowder. Various conicals, flask and books around. He tips powder over a lit flame in a bowl of water, which he has ground in the bowl behind on the table. On the wall behind are pinned a frog and beetle; a foetus in a jar to front left.
[Ref: 24962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Levers. Book 13. 1. Six Droll Prints of the Mechanical Powers, Allegorically and Laughably Expressed.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1780].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 205 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to engraved border, glue stains in corners, slight creasing.
Two men on a make-shift see-saw of a plank and log, one falling off.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 56773] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1780].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 205 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to engraved border, glue stains in corners, slight creasing.
Two men on a make-shift see-saw of a plank and log, one falling off.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 56773] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Political Dinner, Tom & Bob taking a lesson on the Constitution & not neglecting their own.
London, Published by Jones & Co, Sep.r 8th 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 120 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Holes in margins, some staining to edges.
A dinner, with wine being spilt and poured on the floor. From Peirce Egan's 'Real Life in London'.
[Ref: 55720] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Jones & Co, Sep.r 8th 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 120 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Holes in margins, some staining to edges.
A dinner, with wine being spilt and poured on the floor. From Peirce Egan's 'Real Life in London'.
[Ref: 55720] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tom, Jerry, Logic, and the ''uncommonly big gentleman'' among the ''Shew Folks'' at Bartholomew Fair. One man in his time plays many parts.
Drawn & Eng.d by R. Cruikshank.
Published by Geo. Virtue Oct. 1 1828, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Some surface dirt in the margins.
The trio attend a Shakespearean-style play with a ghost, presented in a tent theatre. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 53378] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by R. Cruikshank.
Published by Geo. Virtue Oct. 1 1828, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Some surface dirt in the margins.
The trio attend a Shakespearean-style play with a ghost, presented in a tent theatre. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 53378] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tom, Jerry and Logic, in character at the Grand Carnival.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, March 1, 1821.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, pt watermark 1817. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Creasing through publishers' inscription.
Costumed revellers and masqueraders dancing and merry-making, with an acrobat on a tightrope. Bottom right Tom seduces a woman dressed as a nun while Jerry, dressed as a monk, talks to Logic. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 53381] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, March 1, 1821.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, pt watermark 1817. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Creasing through publishers' inscription.
Costumed revellers and masqueraders dancing and merry-making, with an acrobat on a tightrope. Bottom right Tom seduces a woman dressed as a nun while Jerry, dressed as a monk, talks to Logic. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 53381] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lilliputians.] Il Regalo. 9.](jpegs/54036.jpg)
[Lilliputians.] Il Regalo. 9. Mira Marsisa bella il nobil dono, che trasportato fù già dalla senna: Spresso torna a guardar qiali ore sono, e altrui con grazia, e con stupor l'accenna.
[Italian, c.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene: a dwarfish man in wig and frockcoat gives a similar-sized woman a pocket watch while her parents look on. A servant struggles to bring in a boudoir chair as big as he is.
See 54694
[Ref: 54036] £360.00
[Italian, c.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene: a dwarfish man in wig and frockcoat gives a similar-sized woman a pocket watch while her parents look on. A servant struggles to bring in a boudoir chair as big as he is.
See 54694
[Ref: 54036] £360.00
![[Lilliputians.] Accademia.](jpegs/54694.jpg)
[Lilliputians.] Accademia. Ecco spiega Marsisa il suo valore, E che sola beltà non è il suo vanto; Scioglie il libro leggiadro al dolee carito, Che le Insegnò di Maggio il gran Cantore.
[Firenze presso Lorenzo Bardi [n.d.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with small margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene in a salon: a dwarfish woman sings accompanied by a violin and cello. The cellist, staning on a box to play his instrument, wears spectacles.
See 54036 for similar.
[Ref: 54694] £360.00
[Firenze presso Lorenzo Bardi [n.d.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with small margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene in a salon: a dwarfish woman sings accompanied by a violin and cello. The cellist, staning on a box to play his instrument, wears spectacles.
See 54036 for similar.
[Ref: 54694] £360.00
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] April.](jpegs/15955.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] April. Don Diego Surly-Phyz and his boy Dumplin. Tis not in April showers alone. Wrapt in his cloark, you'll see the Don. His cloak and grave affected face. His haughty air and solemn pace. He wears as marks of Wisdom - whether, Tis hot or cold, dry or rainy weather.
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 254 x 146mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in April, a dwarf and his son, the man dressed with cloak and large tricorne to cover himself from the April rain. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 254 x 146mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in April, a dwarf and his son, the man dressed with cloak and large tricorne to cover himself from the April rain. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] August.](jpegs/15959.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] August. Sr. Tony Watch-waters and Dame Grizell his beautiful wife. Hah Madam, have I caught ye napping, How luckily, for me things happen: This letter, then to one discovers, Some Assignation of your lovers, And should that prove the case to be, Expect a horse whip, lock and key.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 255 x 147mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in August, a dwarf catches his wife taking a nap. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in, in this case including a girl ducking a man's head under the water of a pond. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15959] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 255 x 147mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in August, a dwarf catches his wife taking a nap. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in, in this case including a girl ducking a man's head under the water of a pond. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15959] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] December.](jpegs/15961.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] December. Sir Machiavel Nietherside a Coffee house Politician and Nick Sitr-it-up the Coffee boy, Boy, bring my Osborn Fog and Danvers, and Walsingham - that I may canvas. The state of Billingsgate and know, Which does most dirt and scandal throw. Who gives the lie with the best grace, And who can best call names apace.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 248 x 148mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in December, a dwarf is served coffee as he sits smoking. Below: a man kneels on top of a wild pig to cut it open.
[Ref: 15961] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 248 x 148mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in December, a dwarf is served coffee as he sits smoking. Below: a man kneels on top of a wild pig to cut it open.
[Ref: 15961] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] February.](jpegs/48150.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] February. The Great Princess Pollichinella in Masquerade, &c Seignior Heidigger.
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 195 x 180mm (7¾ x 7"). Very trimmed, losing verse and decorative border. Damaged.
A dwarfish couple in elaborate costume with masks. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48150] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 195 x 180mm (7¾ x 7"). Very trimmed, losing verse and decorative border. Damaged.
A dwarfish couple in elaborate costume with masks. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48150] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures. January. Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs. Dear Duck, while thus abroad...and bid defiance to the Weather.
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 151mm. (10¼ x 6"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
An affluent dwarfish couple, richly-dressed to keep out the January cold. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
see O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' pp.159-60.
[Ref: 15953] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 151mm. (10¼ x 6"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
An affluent dwarfish couple, richly-dressed to keep out the January cold. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
see O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' pp.159-60.
[Ref: 15953] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] July.](jpegs/15958.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] July. Mr Item Dunwell my Lords Steward, and Gaffer Clodhopper a Tenant. The Steward by his spendthrift Lord is sent, To dun poor Hopp for some arrears of rent, The Farmer prays that he'll vouchsafe to say, Till he can thrash his corn, or sell his hay, The Steward swears his angry Lord is poor, And must have present Cash to game & whore.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 146mm (10¼ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in July, a dwarf steward discusses rent and tenancy with a farmer holding a pitch fork. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15958] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 146mm (10¼ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in July, a dwarf steward discusses rent and tenancy with a farmer holding a pitch fork. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15958] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] June.](jpegs/15957.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] June. Sir Peregrine Soft-head and my Lady Gad-abroad. So sweet you look my honey suckle, Who would not to your beauty bruckle, And which ee'r way you please to turn ye, Dance after you a whole days Journey, Booted and spur'd in midst of June, Regardless of the scorching Sun.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 153mm (10¼ x 6"). Cut and laid on album sheet. Slight staining.
Scene in June, a couple of dwarfs taking a stroll in the early summer weather. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15957] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 153mm (10¼ x 6"). Cut and laid on album sheet. Slight staining.
Scene in June, a couple of dwarfs taking a stroll in the early summer weather. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15957] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] March.](jpegs/15954.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] March. Sir Timothy Carefull and Dicky Digwell ye Gardener So often Dick you take a pot. that half your business is forgot. However___as tis time of year, For planting, and for brewing beer. Tho you in other things are sinful, Mind these and you shall drink your skinful.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 254 x 146mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in March, the dwarf to the right shows off a tree root ready to plant; gardeners working in the background. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15954] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 254 x 146mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in March, the dwarf to the right shows off a tree root ready to plant; gardeners working in the background. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15954] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] November](jpegs/48152.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] November Justice Woodcock a Great Sportsman and Tom Conie his Clerk.
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 295 x 185mm (11¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to image. Loss bottom left. Backed with another print.
Portraits of a dwarfish couple, with boy. At the bottom another dwarf picks fruit from the ground. At top men with hunting horns. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48152] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 295 x 185mm (11¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to image. Loss bottom left. Backed with another print.
Portraits of a dwarfish couple, with boy. At the bottom another dwarf picks fruit from the ground. At top men with hunting horns. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48152] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] October.](jpegs/36533.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] October. Beau Noodle and Mistress Simper ye Bar-keeper. Thus with a Mistress and a Glass, How merrily the moments pass, Happy I think my self with either, But doubly so with love together, Then let us drink and laugh and toy, Nor wish for any other joy.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Rare engraving. 255 x 150mm. (10 x 6"). Slight crease from centre, thread margins.
Scene in October, a dwarfish couple sit at a table drinking. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in, in this case including a man slumped on the floor drinking. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 36533] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Rare engraving. 255 x 150mm. (10 x 6"). Slight crease from centre, thread margins.
Scene in October, a dwarfish couple sit at a table drinking. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in, in this case including a man slumped on the floor drinking. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 36533] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] September](jpegs/48151.jpg)
[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] September Bob Wren the bird catcher, and Bett Squatt the Fruitress.
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 295 x 185mm (11¾ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate, loss in top right corner, hole in printed border at bottom. Damaged
Portraits of a dwarfish couple, with boy and girl dwarfs climbing the elaborate printed border. At the bottom another dwarf picks fruit from the ground. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48151] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 295 x 185mm (11¾ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate, loss in top right corner, hole in printed border at bottom. Damaged
Portraits of a dwarfish couple, with boy and girl dwarfs climbing the elaborate printed border. At the bottom another dwarf picks fruit from the ground. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48151] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Timothy Rack-Rent, an Old Miserable Landlord & his Neighbour Lease-hold, a Country Attorney.
Printed for John Spilsbury, Engraver Map and Printseller, in Russel-Court Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare etching 250 x 275mm (9¾ x 10¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Small tears in margins repaired with tape.
From "The Lilliputian Humorists Drawn as Big as the Life" a series of 10 etchings with grotesque figures in the manner of Callot, humourously personifying national and professional types, each surrounded by figurative strapwork borders and accompanied by verses.
[Ref: 61923] £380.00
Printed for John Spilsbury, Engraver Map and Printseller, in Russel-Court Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare etching 250 x 275mm (9¾ x 10¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Small tears in margins repaired with tape.
From "The Lilliputian Humorists Drawn as Big as the Life" a series of 10 etchings with grotesque figures in the manner of Callot, humourously personifying national and professional types, each surrounded by figurative strapwork borders and accompanied by verses.
[Ref: 61923] £380.00
Terrible Standall an Irish Rapparee and Fardinando Dreadnought a Swiss Officer.
Printed for John Spilsbury, Engraver Map and Printseller, in Russel-Court Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare etching 250 x 275mm (9¾ x 10¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small tatty margins. Tears repaired with tape.
From "The Lilliputian Humorists Drawn as Big as the Life" a series of 10 etchings with grotesque figures in the manner of Callot, humourously personifying national and professional types, each surrounded by figurative strapwork borders and accompanied by verses.
[Ref: 61924] £380.00
Printed for John Spilsbury, Engraver Map and Printseller, in Russel-Court Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1730]
Rare etching 250 x 275mm (9¾ x 10¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small tatty margins. Tears repaired with tape.
From "The Lilliputian Humorists Drawn as Big as the Life" a series of 10 etchings with grotesque figures in the manner of Callot, humourously personifying national and professional types, each surrounded by figurative strapwork borders and accompanied by verses.
[Ref: 61924] £380.00
Lisle's Sketches No 12. O deary me_this is all through a Hangling! Vill not nobody come to take me away these horrid hanimals.
J. Lisle fecit.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 205mm. 11½ x 8". Tear into lower left sheet edge.
A man trapped on top of a wall by a bull terrier on one side and a bull on the other. A sign behind him says 'Beware of Man Traps'. By Joseph Lisle (1828 - 1830; fl), satirical designer and lithographic draughtsman. He worked for Tregear, and occasionally published his own work.
[Ref: 9446] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
J. Lisle fecit.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 205mm. 11½ x 8". Tear into lower left sheet edge.
A man trapped on top of a wall by a bull terrier on one side and a bull on the other. A sign behind him says 'Beware of Man Traps'. By Joseph Lisle (1828 - 1830; fl), satirical designer and lithographic draughtsman. He worked for Tregear, and occasionally published his own work.
[Ref: 9446] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)