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Ah Mayeux! Mayeux!! chian li li li!...
Ah Mayeux! Mayeux!! chian li li li!...
J. Grandville. Lith. de Langlume.
On s'abonne chez Aubert, Galerie Vero Dodat [Paris, n.d., c.1832].
Lithograph with hand colouring, sheet 270 x 360mm. 10½ x 14¼".
Children chasing a rather freakish man dressed in female clothes (in the manner of 'Little Bo Peep') out of town. Monsieur Mayeux was a fictional hunchback character created by Charles Traviès, who depicted a series of his 'Aventures'. For the Paris periodical 'La Caricature'. Under the regime of Charles X until the Revolution of 1830 the political caricature was prohibited by censorship. In November 1830 Charles Philipon (1800 - 1862) started publishing 'La Caricature', devoted to political satire. In 1832 he published the 'Charivari' with his brother-in-law Gabriel Aubert, with whom he founded the famous publishing house Maison Aubert.
[Ref: 24286]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Hieroglyphic for the Eventful Year 1838.
Hieroglyphic for the Eventful Year 1838.
Engraved by Mansell.
[n.d., 1837]
Aquatint, sheet 205 x 265mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed. Folds as normal, taped tears.
Nine vignette scenes of 'events' foretold for 1838. The centre image shows a woman (possibly Queen Victoria) being held by a centaur and grabbed by Death. Other scenes include; a woman greeting someone; someone trying to snatch the crown, a drier looking River Thames; a ship sinking; war; an allegorical scene; a natural disaster; and rural plague victims.
[Ref: 56980]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Frost.
A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Trimmed and tipped into backing sheet, a bit time stained and abrasion in title
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504. The 'R' of Frost is rubbed out.
Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56553]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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A Frost.
A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"). Faint water stain in top margin and some toning.
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504.
Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56505]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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A Loan.
A Loan. If you please M.rs Soapkins Mother says will you lend her a Pan full of coals till tomorrow.
Drawn by Joe Lisle. [George Hunt.]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1827.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint, watermark 1827 J. Whatman, Turkey Mills. 240 x 210mm (9½ x 8¼"), very large margins. Some toning.
A young boy wearing a rosette asks an old woman in a dirty apron and old fashioned quilted skirt for some coal on behalf of his mother.
Hickman pg. 102. BM 14993.
[Ref: 56502]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Absent Man
The Absent Man who came home one night very fatigued & after putting his pony comfortably into his bed went himself and slept in the stable.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper at corners.
Two scenes: a horse in a four-poster bed and a man lying on hay.
[Ref: 57699]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Intellectual - Character.
Intellectual - Character. One of the Club at his studies! No.16.
H. Heath.
I. B. Brookes, 9. New Bond S.t. [n.d. c.1834].
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 215 x 155mm (8½ x 6¼"). Tiny bit of creasing. Some surface dirt.
A bespectacled man, almost looking like he is dressed as the ace of clubs, sits reading a book by lamp light.
[Ref: 58434]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Actualités. No.142. -Si j’allais être inquièté pour mon instrument? -Ne craignez rien, voisin, on ne désarme que les gens que des clarinettes de cinq pieds.
Actualités. No.142. -Si j’allais être inquièté pour mon instrument? -Ne craignez rien, voisin, on ne désarme que les gens que des clarinettes de cinq pieds. -Tiens, ma femme, violà probablement un insurgé ….faut-il qu’il en ait tire de ces coups de fusil pour avoir la figuré noire comme ça!.....
Bouchat [facsimile in image.]
Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse. Imp. Aubert & Co. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph.
Two satirical scenes. One: An officer fears that his instrument is about to be taken away from him, but his is reassured that that isn't the case. Two: a couple looking astonished as a black man passes, but claims that he has been shooting so much to get a black figure like that.
[Ref: 15561]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Freaks of Fancy No 5. Acuteness of Scent.
Freaks of Fancy No 5. Acuteness of Scent. Bless me what a Terrible Smell of Rags a Burning Back'ards.
C.J.G. [Charles Jameson Grant.]
Pub by S. Gans, 1830, Southampton Street, Strand.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1830'. Glue stains and creasing in corners.
A figure holding a candle, unaware of the flames raging up his back.
[Ref: 41835]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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That's what the Age says of you Madam!
That's what the Age says of you Madam!
London, Pub.d by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place.
Coloured etching. 140 x 185mm (5½ x 7¼"). Glue stains top right corner of plate.
A man reading 'The Age' newspaper offends a woman with balloon sleeves.
[Ref: 42010]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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The Village Ale-House.
The Village Ale-House. No more the Farmer's News, the Barbers Tale / No more, the Woodman's ballad shall prevail / No more the Smith his duskey brow shall clear / Relax his pond'rous strength, and lean to hear; / The Host himself, no longer shall be found / Carefull to see the mantling bliss go round: / Nor the coy Maid, half willing to be press'd, / Shall kiss the Cup, and pass it to the rest. Goldsmith
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. J. Grozier Sculp.
London, Published April 7.th 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158. New Bond Street
Rare stipple, printed in sepia. 425 x 530mm (16¾ x 20¾"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate at bottom.
An idealised tavern interior, with a pretty maid drinking from a large tankard. The verse is from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, 'The Deserted Village', decrying the population shift to the cities brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 55685]   £360.00  
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Les Amours du Bon Ton.  No.6.
Les Amours du Bon Ton. No.6. Mon Mari!!!
Ch. Philipon [signed in plate]. Lith. de Villain.
Chez Alexdre. Tessier rue St Jacques No.10 [Paris, n.d., c.1820s].
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 280mm. 10¾ x 11". Repaired holes in the upper title area with some of the original paper missing.
Social satire: a woman is surprised to see her husband burst into a room in which she is taking tea with a fashionable and handsome young man. After Charles Philipon (1800 - 1862), a satirical print for Paris periodical 'Le Charivari', published in that title's first year. Under the regime of Charles X until the Revolution of 1830 the political caricature was prohibited by censorship and therefore Philipon's work focused more on social classes and Parisian types. In November 1830 he started publishing 'La Caricature', devoted to political satire. In 1832 he published the 'Charivari' with his brother-in-law Gabriel Aubert, with whom he founded the famous publishing house Maison Aubert.
See BNF FRBNF41518303.
[Ref: 22411]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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An Ancient & Modern Apostle.
An Ancient & Modern Apostle.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1827.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 195 x 285mm (7¾ x 11¼") Trimmed, affecting text, tear bottom right corner.
A lord in dress uniform refuses to recognise the ragged vistor who claims to be his brother.
[Ref: 54447]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Anglo-Gallic Salutations in London_or  Practice makes perfect!
Anglo-Gallic Salutations in London_or Practice makes perfect! "Gode a morning Sare, did it rain towmorrow? "yase it vas"
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 6th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; tear and holes..
A comic scene in which two French men staying in London greet each other in ungrammatical English. They are outside the White Bear, Piccadilly, ''The Original Paris Coach Office'', advertising coaches to France. Pair to 'Anglo-Parisian Salutations' (ref. 43642).
BM Satire 14440.
[Ref: 54397]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Anglo-Parisian Salutations_or  Practice par excellence!
Anglo-Parisian Salutations_or Practice par excellence! "Commong porty vous munseer?_O Oui_il est un tres belle jour"!
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 10th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, edges messy.
A comic scene in which two English men staying in Paris greet each other in stilted French. On the walls are various posters for plays and operas such as 'Jean Bull en Paris'.
BM Satire 14441. See ref: 54397 for Pair
[Ref: 43642]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The April Fool consigned to Infamy and Ridicule.
The April Fool consigned to Infamy and Ridicule.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd April 1st 1801 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"). 18th century watermark. Trimmed to platemark.
The titular April Fool (possibly John James Hamilton, first marquis of Abercorn) stands with his arms around two women, wearing handbands labelled 'Ridicule' and 'Infamy'. On the right a third woman gestures towards the scene, proclaiming 'I have made him a fixed figure for the hand of Scorn to point her slow-moving finger at'. Etching by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work.
BM Satires 9776.
[Ref: 46558]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Arithmetic Plate 1st.
Arithmetic Plate 1st. Addition.
Drawn and Etched by H.Heath.
Pub.d July 1827 by William Cole. 10 Newgate Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Small spots.
Two porters pile bundles of household items on the back of an already-overloaded third porter. From the satirical series 'Arithmetic' by Henry Heath (1822-1851; fl..).
[Ref: 58284]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Ars-musica.
Ars-musica.
[After Brownlow North.] [By James Gillray.]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Rare hand-coloured etching with aquatint. 180 x 238mm (7 x 9½"). Damaged. Trimmed. Small hole left, right & centre.
Ars-Musica; a grinning woman playing a square piano, at her feet is a dog, two men on either side playing a violin and cello respectively.
BM Satires: 9586.
[Ref: 52244]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawing for the Million_No.1.
Drawing for the Million_No.1. My Father Draws such Prime Things, "What, Landscape? No, Better than that, "Portraits, Then? Better Than That. "Not History? No, When there is a large dinner, He Draws the Corks out of the Vine Bottles.
Dean & Co. Threadneedle St. [n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 280 x 222mm. 11 x 8¾".
Satire; a young man up-turns the paint pot, as the artist looks upon shocked, holding a palette in his left hand and a brush in his right; a canvas in front, a bust sculpture on a pedastal behind.
[Ref: 23957]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Art of Tormenting.
The Art of Tormenting. "This will habituate them them to that true badness of heart: which is the foundation of our Science!" Suppose you stock of Children too large, and that by your care for their support you should be abridged of some of your own luxuries and pleasures, Then suffer them to climb without contradiction to heights from whenc' they may break their Neck's!!
H. Heath Delt.
Published by Charles Tilt 86 Fleet Street, Apl. 1830.
Hand-coloured etching. 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8". Fine colour. Cut and laid on scrap sheet.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14481]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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My Ass in a Band Box.
My Ass in a Band Box.
R. Dighton fecit.
Pub as the Act directs, Feb.t 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin, hole at bottom left platemark.
A illustration of a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satire 7793.
[Ref: 50996]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Asses of the Nineteenth Century or the Modern Use of a Coachman.
Asses of the Nineteenth Century or the Modern Use of a Coachman. See the Follies of the Watering Places.
Argus del.t [Charles Williams].
Pub.d by C Knight and Sold at No 7 Cornhill [n.d., c.1805].
Scarce etching, printed in brown and hand coloured. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
A satire on beach activities: a lady rides an ass on the seashore, with the coachman following behind on a large horse using his whip to keep the ass going forwards.
Not in BM Satires but see 1991,0720.64.
[Ref: 56161]   £460.00   (£552.00 incl.VAT)
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Ax About.
Ax About.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick [n.d., c.1815].
Etching. Sheet 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7½"). Cut to plate on right side.
A stout balding man holds a smoking pipe. His arms are folded over a table and looks over his shoulder. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
[Ref: 54521]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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A Bad Fit.
A Bad Fit. This is not my Hat? _ It must be yours, Sir, there's no other left.
[Engraved by George Hunt? after M. Egerton?]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket. 1826.
Coloured aquatint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked ''J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824''. With small margins. Mounted in album paper at edges.
The attributions are purely on stylistic grounds.
[Ref: 54461]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt.
[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt. Going Out in the Morning. [&] Plate 2. In Full Scent. [&] Plate 3. Breaking Cover. [&] Plate 4. The Pursuit. [&] Plate 5. At Fault. [&] Plate 6. The Second Escape. [&] Plate 7. Double and Squat. [&] Plate 8. The Seizure.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight coloured etchings. Each sheet 90 x 145mm (3½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper in a strip, concertinaed into a leather pouch with facsimile of Rowlandson's signature.
A work of bailiffs chasing a debtor through the streets satirised as a fox hunt.
[Ref: 60674]   £700.00   view all images for this item
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[Five comic scenes]
[Five comic scenes] Plate 15.
Designed and Drawn on Zine by A.I. Molinari. Printed by J. Grieve. Nicholas Lane London.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d.,c.1820].
Very rare zincograph, sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
Five comic scenes with one line of text; A man being handed a piece of paper, 'Hope I don't Intrude?', two men dragging a hot air balloon out of the water, 'Cloud's Omnibus arrival at the bank,' dance partners with the woman's feather accessory attaching itself to the man's hair, 'Miss Huggins, M.r Huggins,' a man sliding down a ladder from a gas lamp post,'More speed than pleasure,' and two gentleman leaning, 'a pair of Cross-grained fellows'.
[Ref: 57072]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Countryman in London.
Countryman in London.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1816.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼").
A satire on the bewilderment of a rustic in the metropolis: a barker offers him a bill, 'Milse's Wild Beasts', pointing to a sign inscribed 'Royal Tiger'. The Yale Center for British Art suggests this is an exhbition of George Stubbs' painting. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
YCBA PN6173 .C68.
[Ref: 55381]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Baron * Doner-Dronk-Dickdorf and Miss Quoltz.]
[Baron * Doner-Dronk-Dickdorf and Miss Quoltz.]
Published 20th March, 1810 by Laurie & Whittle, No.53 Fleet Street London.
Hand-etching. Sheet: 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed and stained.
An illustration to a song sung by Mr Fawcett the popular Drama, called "The Free Knights, or the Edict of Charlemagne''. A little man sits upon a mantlepiece, held up by a woman while a footman brings in food.
BM Satire 11699.
[Ref: 46478]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? /
[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? / Why Not Very Marm Except My Old Boots and They are Out and Out Old and Curious Too.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Litthograph with hand colour. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An old woman at a bric-a-brack stall inspects a broken teapot.
[Ref: 57795]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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La belle age.
La belle age.
Lith. de Langlame.
chez Gihaut. [French, n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 185 x 290mm (7¼ x 11½"). Hole near printed area, trimmed.
An amorous young man relaxes on a mattress in the company of two young ladies inside the loft of a barn; one woman fills his glass with wine from a bottle. Gentle social satire, a book illustration numbered 'Chape. 5' upper right.
[Ref: 56075]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Belshazzar gave a Party and provided for his friends /
Belshazzar gave a Party and provided for his friends / Women Wine and Music on which so much depends / They drank so many half-pints, They could not see at all / And ended up by Writing Nasty Things upon the Wall.
Chas. H. Eldridge.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Pencil & watercolour, heightened with gilt, on card. Card 275 x 380mm.
A scene satirising Belshazzar's Feast, from the Book of Daniel, with dancing girls and gluttony. However, instead of the word of God, the writing on the wall is graffitti, for example 'Bill Shazzer is an Ass'. 'Oodunit' (whodunit) entered the English language in the 1930s.
[Ref: 44171]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Tim Besom.
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. Esq. del.t. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pubd March 1, 1827, by G. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Fine hand coloured etching and aquatint. Image 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8", on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1824. Diagonal creases to upper right corner; overall a fine, early impression.
'Tim Besom' is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker"; the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent. See item 11516 for an impression published by McLean.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p.109.
[Ref: 19577]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. esq. del.t. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
London Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 26¼"). Tear entering plate, one tear in margin.
"Tim Besom" is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker" and the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 109.
[Ref: 11516]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Between Friends.
Between Friends.
From the Original Painting by O. Goldmann. Etched by J.S. King.
Copyrighted 1885. Gebbie & Co. Philadelphia, Pa [USA].
Etching, 225 x 265mm. 9 x 10½".
American social genre: two men and a woman share some gossip over refreshments at a table.
[Ref: 27685]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Bird's Eye Views of Society. No. XI.
Bird's Eye Views of Society. No. XI. Belgravia out of Doors.
[Richard Doyle.] Dalziel. [George & Edward Dalziel.]
[London: Smith Elder, 1864.]
Wood engraving. 222 x 336mm. 8¾ x 13¼". Two folds, as normal, small nicks and tears.
A view of Belgrave Square, London will horses and carriage, children and women playing in the park, various other characters with dogs and smaller ponies for children seen lower left. After Richard Doyle (1824-83) an illustrator of the Victorian era, famous mot only for his satirical works such as 'Birds' Eye Views of Society', but also for his books for children, especially his 'In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World', 1870.
[Ref: 26885]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Blind-man's Buff.
Blind-man's Buff.
[Robert Cruishank fecit.]
[Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill.] [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet, with title pasted below.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
[Ref: 43851]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Blind-man's Buff.
Blind-man's Buff.
Robert Cruikshank fecit.
Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill. [n.d., c.1825.]
Fine aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album sheet.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 53386]   £320.00  
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Bliss-and Ton.
Bliss-and Ton. No. 2. Sketches from the King's Theatre.
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A Blunt Razor.
A Blunt Razor. E_cod!_ One might as well _ shave _ with _ a Saw!
M.E. [Egerton]
Pub. Jan.y 1827 by Hunt, Corner of York St.t & Bridges St.t Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, creasing in borders.
A man attempts to shave, precariously balenced on two of his chair's four legs. The first state: Thomas Mclean reissued this plate later the same year.
Hickman p.78.
[Ref: 59449]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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N.o 50. It's most hinfamous to le these here Steamers out on a Sunday.
N.o 50. It's most hinfamous to le these here Steamers out on a Sunday. If this is Chelsea Reach, I am afraid it will make me wery sick.
H. Heath.
Published by J. B. Brookes, 9 New Bond S.t Oct.r 21, 1834.
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Some staining at bottom.
Two men in a dingy are tossed by the waves created by a paddle steam boat.
[Ref: 58436]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Pour de L'Audace!
Pour de L'Audace! On peut die qui n'ont de l'audace.
Dess & Lith par Gostiaux.
Paris. G. Lalonde, Editeur, 19 r. de la Monnaie. Imp. P. Frick. r. de la V.lle. Estrapade 17 Paris.
Lithograph. Sheet: 600 x 460mm (23¾ x 18").
An exterior scene in a French park in which three soldiers sit on a bench. The two soldiers on the right and left talk and play with the children and governesses sat next to them, while the soldier in the middle looks on awkwardly too bashful to interact.
[Ref: 36458]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Bond Street Bucks & Keen Countryman.
Bond Street Bucks & Keen Countryman. Two Bond Street loungers discoursing in Piccadilly, one of them said, he wish'd much to go into the Country, upon which the other made the following observation: / "In the Country, my Friend there is nought to be seen, / "But an Ass on a Common, or a Goose on a Green." / A countryman passing at the time, pronounced the following impromptu: / "There would be in the Country them things to be seen / "Were you on a Common your Friend on a Green''.
Published 20.th Aug.t 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with stipple. 200 x 250 (8 x 9¾"), with wide margins.
A conversation outside a bookshop on the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly.
BM Satires 10356.
[Ref: 54414]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The Boot Lace.
The Boot Lace. Well Sir, If You Had Any Gallantry You Would Say Shall I Do It For You My Love.
London. Edwards Foreign Reposityory 183 Fleet Street & Rue de la Victoire_Paris.
Very scarce hand coloured lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 315mm, (8¾ x 12"). Pin hole in top edge.
A young woman stands with one foot on a stool whilst doing up her bootlaces.
[Ref: 39491]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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What a bore.
What a bore.
London Pubd by A. Sharpe [c.1820's]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, printed area 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
A woman, holding a tiny dog, annoyed at the slower pace of her companion, who uses a walking stick. Lithograph by Edmé Jean Pigal (1798-1872), French caricaturist who studied under Baron Gros, and published by A. Sharpe, who favoured gentle observational humour such as that found in Pigal's work.
[Ref: 40583]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.
Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Execudit.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.o Harris No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street, London.
Pair of stipples. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾") very wide margins left & right (marginal tears). 'Breakfast' trimmed to plate at top, 'Dinner' with loss of margin to plate at bottom.
The 'Breakfast' shows sportsmen in a bare breakfast parlour; the 'Dinner' shows five men and two ladies seated at a more opulent dinner-table. These plates would have been originally published by Dickinson in the 1780s.
See BM Satires 8537 & 8538 for 1794 editions.
[Ref: 54540]   £480.00   view all images for this item
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Breaking Cover, or Hunting in Hampshire.
Breaking Cover, or Hunting in Hampshire. When the swinish herd with a grunt and a snuff, Would break down their door and be off in a huff.
Published May 1821, by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 171 x 229mm. 6¾ x 9". Slight foxing.
A huntsman on his horse manages to land on top of a sty, from which run two disgruntled pigs and three piglets; another hunter looks-on very amused by the whole situation. From "The Old English 'Squire: A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free.' A Poem in Ten Cantos" by John Careless.
[Ref: 26642]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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A Broil.
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Fine hand coloured etching. 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins. Old ink mss. key in French added, letters in plate, explanation in
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800-28).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 50679]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Broil.
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, in title area on right in ink T.A. from A.W. 1822; 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") with large margins. Some creasing.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828). See also 56450.
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 56449]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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A Broil.
A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain to image upper left.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 11530]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Shovel _ Versus _ Broom. (Brougham).
Shovel _ Versus _ Broom. (Brougham). ''Vere did you play yesterday Joey - you seems to strike the ball most gracefuller-!''. / ''Vy to be sure I does! - didn't I play Lord Broom at Fentons - whacked him out o' two bob _ pays me vun, and promerses me tother!''
Pub by A, Park, 47 Leonard St Finsbury, London [n.d., c.1840].
Very rare coloured lithograph. 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Some wear and toning, laid on album paper.
Two dusty sweeps standing at a billiards table, cues in hands, smoking. Their conversation suggests that Henry Peter Brougham (1778-1868), Barrister & MP, Lord High Chancellor (1830-4) had gambling debts.
[Ref: 57334]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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