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![[Canvassing in Northumberland (Untitled).]](jpegs/13685.jpg)
[Canvassing in Northumberland (Untitled).]
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 210 x 235mm. 8¼ x 9¼". A good impression.
A stout pugnacious-looking man walks between two others, who both take his arm, the man on the right being the candidate, hat in hand. He addresses a plainly dressed elector (left) who uses two sticks, as if gouty; he throws out his right arm across the insignificant-looking candidate's chest, saying, In behalf of Mr L——l and in the Name of my N——le R——tive [Noble Relative] I solicit your Vote for the next General Election. The elector looks over his shoulder to say: None of your flummery to me about R——tives Ive given a Plumper to Bell, and Ill stand to him. The other canvasser, who wears fashionable riding-dress, says: Then Sir the first time I catch you with a Gun in your Hand Ill commit you under the Game Act. From a set of satirical prints concerning the South Northumberland election of 1826. seeRef:13629
BM Satires: 15121.
[Ref: 13685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 210 x 235mm. 8¼ x 9¼". A good impression.
A stout pugnacious-looking man walks between two others, who both take his arm, the man on the right being the candidate, hat in hand. He addresses a plainly dressed elector (left) who uses two sticks, as if gouty; he throws out his right arm across the insignificant-looking candidate's chest, saying, In behalf of Mr L——l and in the Name of my N——le R——tive [Noble Relative] I solicit your Vote for the next General Election. The elector looks over his shoulder to say: None of your flummery to me about R——tives Ive given a Plumper to Bell, and Ill stand to him. The other canvasser, who wears fashionable riding-dress, says: Then Sir the first time I catch you with a Gun in your Hand Ill commit you under the Game Act. From a set of satirical prints concerning the South Northumberland election of 1826. seeRef:13629
BM Satires: 15121.
[Ref: 13685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Northumberland election duel (Untitled).]](jpegs/13690.jpg)
[Northumberland election duel (Untitled).]
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 225 x 320mm. 9 x 12½". Waterstain to right side of plate; full margins.
The duellists are John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham (1792 – 1840) and Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792 - 1848), who had made a personal attack upon Lambton in a speech during the Northumberland election. Each turns to speak to his second, smoke curling round their heads. Beaumont (left) stands aggressively, saying to a naval officer: I'll sacrifice a Pig rather than make any concession. His second, Captain Plunkett: By the powers, that was near a finisher for you my dear boy! never mind, if any thing should happen, its snug lying in the Abbey, give him another Pepper-corn or two just by way of encouraging the lead trade. The other second, General Sir H. G. Grey, Howick's uncle, stands with legs astride, flourishing a pistol; he says to Lambton: We have done all that the laws of honor require, & in order to save a return of Kill'd & Wounded, we will send in a Flag of Truce, & put an end to hostilities. Lambton bows deprecatingly, saying, I'm perfectly Satisfied if my honor is preserv'd. The scene takes place on the Northumberland sea-shore, with Bamborough castle in the distance to left. On paper watermarked 1823. From a set of satirical prints concerning electioneering in South Northumberland in 1826. see ref:13629,13685.
BM Satires: 15142.
[Ref: 13690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 225 x 320mm. 9 x 12½". Waterstain to right side of plate; full margins.
The duellists are John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham (1792 – 1840) and Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792 - 1848), who had made a personal attack upon Lambton in a speech during the Northumberland election. Each turns to speak to his second, smoke curling round their heads. Beaumont (left) stands aggressively, saying to a naval officer: I'll sacrifice a Pig rather than make any concession. His second, Captain Plunkett: By the powers, that was near a finisher for you my dear boy! never mind, if any thing should happen, its snug lying in the Abbey, give him another Pepper-corn or two just by way of encouraging the lead trade. The other second, General Sir H. G. Grey, Howick's uncle, stands with legs astride, flourishing a pistol; he says to Lambton: We have done all that the laws of honor require, & in order to save a return of Kill'd & Wounded, we will send in a Flag of Truce, & put an end to hostilities. Lambton bows deprecatingly, saying, I'm perfectly Satisfied if my honor is preserv'd. The scene takes place on the Northumberland sea-shore, with Bamborough castle in the distance to left. On paper watermarked 1823. From a set of satirical prints concerning electioneering in South Northumberland in 1826. see ref:13629,13685.
BM Satires: 15142.
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Proceeding to Alnwick, 1826.
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 180 x 330mm. 7 x 13". Three vertical folds, as normal.
Political satire; probably Henry Thomas Liddell, first Earl of Ravensworth (1797 -1878), who topped the poll for the June 1826 general election in Northumberland, processing triumphantly to Alnwick, the most important town in the constituency. The carriage is pulled by several men, two of whom are identified in pencil captions. The two Tory candidates Liddell and Matthew Bell were returned.
[Ref: 13716] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1826.]
Etching, 180 x 330mm. 7 x 13". Three vertical folds, as normal.
Political satire; probably Henry Thomas Liddell, first Earl of Ravensworth (1797 -1878), who topped the poll for the June 1826 general election in Northumberland, processing triumphantly to Alnwick, the most important town in the constituency. The carriage is pulled by several men, two of whom are identified in pencil captions. The two Tory candidates Liddell and Matthew Bell were returned.
[Ref: 13716] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Northumberland election fight.]](jpegs/17797.jpg)
[Northumberland election fight.]
[Anon., 1826.]
Rare Etching, sheet 225 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
Political satire: two Tory candidates for a by-election in Northumberland held February/March 1826 face each other stripped to the waist as pugilists, their supporters gathered in opposing camps. The boxers are Matthew Bell (left) and Henry Thomas Liddell, first Earl of Ravensworth (1797 -1878). Bell is winning, and blood pours from Liddell's nose. Bell's backers include a stout parson, his uncle Ralph Henry Brandling, and C. J. Clavering (High Sheriff of Durham 1829-33) who seconded Bell's nomination in June. Liddell's fat bottle-holder is probably Sir Thomas Burdon. The by-election was called as a result of the death of Charles Brandling, Bell's uncle; result, in a poll of thirteen days: Bell 1,186, Liddell 1,150. (Lord Howick retired after a week's canvass.) Ill-feeling was caused by Liddell's canvassing immediately on Brandling's death, a week before Bell began his canvass, and also by Bell's 'disturbing the peace of the county' on the eve of a general election by contesting the seat after Liddell had announced his candidature. A Boxing print from a series of Northumberland election prints.
BM Satires: 15120.
[Ref: 17797] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1826.]
Rare Etching, sheet 225 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
Political satire: two Tory candidates for a by-election in Northumberland held February/March 1826 face each other stripped to the waist as pugilists, their supporters gathered in opposing camps. The boxers are Matthew Bell (left) and Henry Thomas Liddell, first Earl of Ravensworth (1797 -1878). Bell is winning, and blood pours from Liddell's nose. Bell's backers include a stout parson, his uncle Ralph Henry Brandling, and C. J. Clavering (High Sheriff of Durham 1829-33) who seconded Bell's nomination in June. Liddell's fat bottle-holder is probably Sir Thomas Burdon. The by-election was called as a result of the death of Charles Brandling, Bell's uncle; result, in a poll of thirteen days: Bell 1,186, Liddell 1,150. (Lord Howick retired after a week's canvass.) Ill-feeling was caused by Liddell's canvassing immediately on Brandling's death, a week before Bell began his canvass, and also by Bell's 'disturbing the peace of the county' on the eve of a general election by contesting the seat after Liddell had announced his candidature. A Boxing print from a series of Northumberland election prints.
BM Satires: 15120.
[Ref: 17797] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Goody-Two-Shoes Turned Barber or Colonial Concilation. HB Sketches 208.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
[Ref: 31416] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
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One of the Poor employed to mend the High Ways. Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esqr.____Pl 10___
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Caledonian Voyage to Moneyland. [To please] our Friends with Something new...Ore the Hills & far away.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 115 x 131mm. 4½ x 5¼". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. On the sea-shore, near the "boot" tavern, with a large ship waiting to receive passengers, who crowd to her on the beach, and are being rowed towards her in small boats. Eager emigrants board her as she gets ready to pull up the anchor and head to moneyland and their hero, Lord Bute. See ref: 17552 for "The Caledonians Arival in Moneyland."
See BM Satires: 3856.
[Ref: 17554] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 115 x 131mm. 4½ x 5¼". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. On the sea-shore, near the "boot" tavern, with a large ship waiting to receive passengers, who crowd to her on the beach, and are being rowed towards her in small boats. Eager emigrants board her as she gets ready to pull up the anchor and head to moneyland and their hero, Lord Bute. See ref: 17552 for "The Caledonians Arival in Moneyland."
See BM Satires: 3856.
[Ref: 17554] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Taking of Chusan. H.B. Sketches No. 667.
H.B. [Monogram of John Doyle.] Printed at the General Lithgraphic Establishment, 70, St Martin's Lane.
Published Dec.r 31st 1840 by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 380mm, 11 x 15". With the blindstamp 'HB Subscriber's Copy'. Trimmed to printed border at top.
A satire of the 'Bedchamber Crisis', with the assault of the Conservative Party on the Whig government is compared to the taking of Zhousan during the First Opium War (1839-42). It shows Robert Peel in the stern and Wellington in the bow of a man-of-war's boat full of Conservatives, approaching a fort, on which Viscount Melbourne, dressed as a Chinaman, hangs a board inscribed: "Spare Us for the sake of our Women'. In 1839 Viscount Melbourne resigned as Prime Minister and Queen Victoria asked Peel to form a new government. However the Conservatives were a minority in the House of Commons, and so, fearing that forming a weak government would damage his future, Peel refused unless the Queen purged her ladies of the bedchamber, her closest companions, many of whom were the wives or daughters of whig politicians. No agreement was reached, so Melbourne was persuaded to stay on. On 8th December, 1840, the Times reported the assault on Zhousan: 'On landing, the troops found the city and suburbs abandoned by the inhabitants, with the exception of one man, who was holding up a board, with this inscription upon it - 'Save us for the sake of our wives and children'.' Doyle could nt let the opportunity for satire pass. The Conservatives continued to make headway and in 1841 Peel got a majority in the General Election, replaced Melbourne and removed the Whig ladies. As Victoria had married Albert in 1840 she relied on them less and so made no complaint.
The original sketch is in the British Museum Satire Colletion.
[Ref: 24559] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H.B. [Monogram of John Doyle.] Printed at the General Lithgraphic Establishment, 70, St Martin's Lane.
Published Dec.r 31st 1840 by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 380mm, 11 x 15". With the blindstamp 'HB Subscriber's Copy'. Trimmed to printed border at top.
A satire of the 'Bedchamber Crisis', with the assault of the Conservative Party on the Whig government is compared to the taking of Zhousan during the First Opium War (1839-42). It shows Robert Peel in the stern and Wellington in the bow of a man-of-war's boat full of Conservatives, approaching a fort, on which Viscount Melbourne, dressed as a Chinaman, hangs a board inscribed: "Spare Us for the sake of our Women'. In 1839 Viscount Melbourne resigned as Prime Minister and Queen Victoria asked Peel to form a new government. However the Conservatives were a minority in the House of Commons, and so, fearing that forming a weak government would damage his future, Peel refused unless the Queen purged her ladies of the bedchamber, her closest companions, many of whom were the wives or daughters of whig politicians. No agreement was reached, so Melbourne was persuaded to stay on. On 8th December, 1840, the Times reported the assault on Zhousan: 'On landing, the troops found the city and suburbs abandoned by the inhabitants, with the exception of one man, who was holding up a board, with this inscription upon it - 'Save us for the sake of our wives and children'.' Doyle could nt let the opportunity for satire pass. The Conservatives continued to make headway and in 1841 Peel got a majority in the General Election, replaced Melbourne and removed the Whig ladies. As Victoria had married Albert in 1840 she relied on them less and so made no complaint.
The original sketch is in the British Museum Satire Colletion.
[Ref: 24559] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Curious Inns And Outs. Or The Disputed Thunder!
Printed at 72 St. Martins Lane.
Published by T Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket, Decr. 1842.
Lithograph, 305 x 410mm. Light foxing/staining. Trimmed to printed border at left, extreme upper left corner of border missing.
A satire on 1840's party politics during the Corn Law debates. The Corn Laws were import tariffs designed to support domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign-grain imports between 1815 and 1846. The Anti-Corn Law League, founded in 1838, was peacefully agitating for their repeal. By John Doyle (1797 - 1868), the Irish lithographer famously know by his 'H B' monogram that appears in the lower left of the image. Also 'Suscribers Copy' blindstamp below this.
[Ref: 7390] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed at 72 St. Martins Lane.
Published by T Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket, Decr. 1842.
Lithograph, 305 x 410mm. Light foxing/staining. Trimmed to printed border at left, extreme upper left corner of border missing.
A satire on 1840's party politics during the Corn Law debates. The Corn Laws were import tariffs designed to support domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign-grain imports between 1815 and 1846. The Anti-Corn Law League, founded in 1838, was peacefully agitating for their repeal. By John Doyle (1797 - 1868), the Irish lithographer famously know by his 'H B' monogram that appears in the lower left of the image. Also 'Suscribers Copy' blindstamp below this.
[Ref: 7390] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Dis-Organist. HB Sketchs No.571.
HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket 29.th Jany. 1839.
Coloured lithograph. 284 x 419mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some toning.
A musical image showing Lord Durham playing the organ discordantly, with Lord Roebuck blowing the bellows. Lord Brougham (far right) has put the instrument out of tune; at left, a woman (Queen Victoria) and a man (Lord Melbourne) are shocked by the noise. It was universally believed that Lord Durham had come home from Canada in a towering rage, and would give full vent to his feelings as soon as the opening of the Session of Parliament should afford him an opportunity. In this belief he is here represented playing "a can(n)on" on the organ. Mr. Roebuck, who, as the agent in this country of the Canadian House of Representatives, took a very large share in every debate on Canadian questions, is engaged in the humble office of blowing the bellows; but the united efforts of Lord Durham and himself produce nothing but discord.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 30646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket 29.th Jany. 1839.
Coloured lithograph. 284 x 419mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some toning.
A musical image showing Lord Durham playing the organ discordantly, with Lord Roebuck blowing the bellows. Lord Brougham (far right) has put the instrument out of tune; at left, a woman (Queen Victoria) and a man (Lord Melbourne) are shocked by the noise. It was universally believed that Lord Durham had come home from Canada in a towering rage, and would give full vent to his feelings as soon as the opening of the Session of Parliament should afford him an opportunity. In this belief he is here represented playing "a can(n)on" on the organ. Mr. Roebuck, who, as the agent in this country of the Canadian House of Representatives, took a very large share in every debate on Canadian questions, is engaged in the humble office of blowing the bellows; but the united efforts of Lord Durham and himself produce nothing but discord.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 30646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Don_Key and Hunter. down on W_____n.
[Anon, c. November 1830]
Lithograph, sheet 230 x 240mm (9 x 9½"). Crease on right; repaired tear at bottom; lower right corner missing.
Mayor-elect John Key and Claudius Stephen Hunter, sit on the Duke of Wellington. One of many satires against Key which followed his advice that Wellington cancel the King's visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor's Day dinner on 9 November 1830, on the grounds that the Duke's assassination and a rebellion were planned.
Not in BM Satires. See ref: 17875
[Ref: 31964] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c. November 1830]
Lithograph, sheet 230 x 240mm (9 x 9½"). Crease on right; repaired tear at bottom; lower right corner missing.
Mayor-elect John Key and Claudius Stephen Hunter, sit on the Duke of Wellington. One of many satires against Key which followed his advice that Wellington cancel the King's visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor's Day dinner on 9 November 1830, on the grounds that the Duke's assassination and a rebellion were planned.
Not in BM Satires. See ref: 17875
[Ref: 31964] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Don-Key Turn'd Mayor Or an Ass in the Chair.
[Anon., 1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 360 x 255mm. 14¼ x 10".
An ass with the head of Sir John Key (1794 – 1858), Lord Mayor of London, sits erect in an arm-chair, hind legs on a stool, forelegs extended towards a horse prancing towards him over a table. The horse represents Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter (1775 – 1851), a former Lord Mayor, and it looks at Key with startled eye and open mouth. The King and Duke of Wellington’s visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s Day dinner on 9th November was abandoned on Key’s advice; he feared riots and the Duke’s assassination. He and his colleagues were widely lampooned as a result.
BM Satires: 16307. See ref: 31964
[Ref: 17875] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 360 x 255mm. 14¼ x 10".
An ass with the head of Sir John Key (1794 – 1858), Lord Mayor of London, sits erect in an arm-chair, hind legs on a stool, forelegs extended towards a horse prancing towards him over a table. The horse represents Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter (1775 – 1851), a former Lord Mayor, and it looks at Key with startled eye and open mouth. The King and Duke of Wellington’s visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s Day dinner on 9th November was abandoned on Key’s advice; he feared riots and the Duke’s assassination. He and his colleagues were widely lampooned as a result.
BM Satires: 16307. See ref: 31964
[Ref: 17875] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
He who talks and runs away May live to fight a Double Day.
[Anon., c.1832.]
Etching, sheet 205 x 265mm. 8 x 10½". Trimmed to plate.
Political satire; Thomas Doubleday (1790 - 1870), Newcastle-born poet, dramatist, biographer, radical politician and political economist creeps away from a rally (on the 'Town Moor' in the background) towards the safety of Cambois village in Northumberland (indicated by the sign). He is armed with sword and shield and progresses with caution. Doubleday devoted himself entirely to the cause of the people, and aided the Whig party by voice and pen in helping forward the reform agitation of 1832. He was secretary to the northern political union, and prominent in the agitation which the union prosecuted in aid of Earl Grey and the reforming party in parliament. At a great meeting held in Newcastle in 1832 he moved one of the resolutions. Warrants were drawn out for the arrest of Doubleday and others on the charge of sedition, but were never served, as the government went out of office in a few days. After the Reform Bill Doubleday, unlike many whigs, maintained his old position. His unbending integrity won for him the respect of both sides. He and Charles Attwood presented an address to Earl Grey on behalf of the northern political union, declaring the Reform Bill unsatisfactory to the people, and advocating some of the points afterwards adopted by the chartists. A pencil note on the print lower right alleges that Doubleday did not attend a meeting the military were expected to suppress.
[Ref: 13692] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1832.]
Etching, sheet 205 x 265mm. 8 x 10½". Trimmed to plate.
Political satire; Thomas Doubleday (1790 - 1870), Newcastle-born poet, dramatist, biographer, radical politician and political economist creeps away from a rally (on the 'Town Moor' in the background) towards the safety of Cambois village in Northumberland (indicated by the sign). He is armed with sword and shield and progresses with caution. Doubleday devoted himself entirely to the cause of the people, and aided the Whig party by voice and pen in helping forward the reform agitation of 1832. He was secretary to the northern political union, and prominent in the agitation which the union prosecuted in aid of Earl Grey and the reforming party in parliament. At a great meeting held in Newcastle in 1832 he moved one of the resolutions. Warrants were drawn out for the arrest of Doubleday and others on the charge of sedition, but were never served, as the government went out of office in a few days. After the Reform Bill Doubleday, unlike many whigs, maintained his old position. His unbending integrity won for him the respect of both sides. He and Charles Attwood presented an address to Earl Grey on behalf of the northern political union, declaring the Reform Bill unsatisfactory to the people, and advocating some of the points afterwards adopted by the chartists. A pencil note on the print lower right alleges that Doubleday did not attend a meeting the military were expected to suppress.
[Ref: 13692] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Falkland Crisis.] The Convention Makers.](jpegs/45461.jpg)
[Falkland Crisis.] The Convention Makers.
[1771.]
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A satire of the resolution to the Falkland Crisis of 1770-1. A painting titled 'A Convention' falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour', landing on four prostrate figures. In the picture an Englishman inscribed "Submission", with his hat under his arm, takes the hand of a Spaniard, inscribed "Reluctance", who turns his back. A third figure, "Indemnity", waves a ragged cloth perhaps intended for a map of the Falkland Islands.
On the 10 June, 1770, a Spanish fleet of five armed ships and 1400 soldiers forced the British to leave Port Egmont, their first settlement on the Falkland Islands, established by Byron in 1765. Outrage in Parliament pushed Britain towards war, but a secret deal was made that allowed Britain to return to Port Egmont as long as they abandoned it shortly after. In 1774 the British withdrew, for 'economic reasons'.
BM Satire 4849.
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[1771.]
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A satire of the resolution to the Falkland Crisis of 1770-1. A painting titled 'A Convention' falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour', landing on four prostrate figures. In the picture an Englishman inscribed "Submission", with his hat under his arm, takes the hand of a Spaniard, inscribed "Reluctance", who turns his back. A third figure, "Indemnity", waves a ragged cloth perhaps intended for a map of the Falkland Islands.
On the 10 June, 1770, a Spanish fleet of five armed ships and 1400 soldiers forced the British to leave Port Egmont, their first settlement on the Falkland Islands, established by Byron in 1765. Outrage in Parliament pushed Britain towards war, but a secret deal was made that allowed Britain to return to Port Egmont as long as they abandoned it shortly after. In 1774 the British withdrew, for 'economic reasons'.
BM Satire 4849.
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Ye Execution of ye Foxe Poisoner at Lobro'
[Leicestershire, c.1874.]
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 230mm. 12 x 9". Folds, as normal.
An extremely scarce locally-printed satire attacking a parliamentary candidate for Leicestershire, who is depicted strung up from a lamp-post by foxes. In the background is a pack of hounds marshalled by huntsmen, in the lower right foreground the heads of two of the candidates' lamenting supporters, weeping into their handkerchiefs. The hanging rope is weighed down by a weight inscribed 'publick opinion'. The print clearly relates to three broadsides authored by a local hunt supporter who urges his fellow constituents to return the two incumbent Tory MPs at the ballot box and not a candidate who he feels threatens the future of fox hunting in North Leicestershire.
[Ref: 13457] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Leicestershire, c.1874.]
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 230mm. 12 x 9". Folds, as normal.
An extremely scarce locally-printed satire attacking a parliamentary candidate for Leicestershire, who is depicted strung up from a lamp-post by foxes. In the background is a pack of hounds marshalled by huntsmen, in the lower right foreground the heads of two of the candidates' lamenting supporters, weeping into their handkerchiefs. The hanging rope is weighed down by a weight inscribed 'publick opinion'. The print clearly relates to three broadsides authored by a local hunt supporter who urges his fellow constituents to return the two incumbent Tory MPs at the ballot box and not a candidate who he feels threatens the future of fox hunting in North Leicestershire.
[Ref: 13457] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
(Allégorie No. 3.) Le Cauchemar de la Mère Rouge.
Patrioty, del. Lith. Fernique et Cie.
[Paris, n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph, image 245 x 185mm. 9¾ x 7¼". Chipped lower right margin.
A political satire published during the French Second Republic (1848-1852). General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier (1793 – 1877), brandishing a wooden club with metal spikes, stands on top of a prostrate female figure with red cap of liberty, representing the first Republic of 1793. Changarnier was commander of the National Guard of Paris and exercised great influence in the complicated politics of the period, upholding the power of President Louis Napoleon. In January 1851 however he opposed Louis Napoleon's policy, was in consequence deprived of his command, and at the coup d'état in December was arrested and sent to Mazas, until his banishment from France by the decree of January 9, 1852. Politicians Lagrange, Proudhon et Pierre Leroux, weekly disguised in various ethnic costumes, look on lower left. Plate 3 from the 'Allegorie' series.
BNF: FRBNF41521984.
[Ref: 24309] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Patrioty, del. Lith. Fernique et Cie.
[Paris, n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph, image 245 x 185mm. 9¾ x 7¼". Chipped lower right margin.
A political satire published during the French Second Republic (1848-1852). General Nicolas Anne Theodule Changarnier (1793 – 1877), brandishing a wooden club with metal spikes, stands on top of a prostrate female figure with red cap of liberty, representing the first Republic of 1793. Changarnier was commander of the National Guard of Paris and exercised great influence in the complicated politics of the period, upholding the power of President Louis Napoleon. In January 1851 however he opposed Louis Napoleon's policy, was in consequence deprived of his command, and at the coup d'état in December was arrested and sent to Mazas, until his banishment from France by the decree of January 9, 1852. Politicians Lagrange, Proudhon et Pierre Leroux, weekly disguised in various ethnic costumes, look on lower left. Plate 3 from the 'Allegorie' series.
BNF: FRBNF41521984.
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Goody-Two-Shoes turned Barber. or Colonial Conciliation.
HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket June 28.th 1832.
Lithograph. 305 x 444mm (12 x 17½"). Creased, soiling.
Negro slaves are being shaved by Goderich, fitted with shoes by Howick, and threatened by an overseer. A Negro with lathered chin sits full-face on a stool tightly swathed in a sheet, while Goderich holds him by the nose and flourishes a razor. The overseer, who dominates the design, stands in back view, legs apart, brandishing a scourge towards two deprecating Negroes. Before him is a sack inscribed 'Al. Thorp Northampton', and filled to overflowing with clumsy shoes. On the right Howick sits on a Negro's lap, gripping his leg and forcing on a shoe with a shoe-horn. The Negro registers distress. On the extreme right a newly-shod Negro hobbles off painfully. Behind is a palm-tree. This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill: "Am I not a man and a brother." Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM Satires: 17158.
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HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket June 28.th 1832.
Lithograph. 305 x 444mm (12 x 17½"). Creased, soiling.
Negro slaves are being shaved by Goderich, fitted with shoes by Howick, and threatened by an overseer. A Negro with lathered chin sits full-face on a stool tightly swathed in a sheet, while Goderich holds him by the nose and flourishes a razor. The overseer, who dominates the design, stands in back view, legs apart, brandishing a scourge towards two deprecating Negroes. Before him is a sack inscribed 'Al. Thorp Northampton', and filled to overflowing with clumsy shoes. On the right Howick sits on a Negro's lap, gripping his leg and forcing on a shoe with a shoe-horn. The Negro registers distress. On the extreme right a newly-shod Negro hobbles off painfully. Behind is a palm-tree. This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill: "Am I not a man and a brother." Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM Satires: 17158.
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The Highest Post. See Britains Steward Turn'd Away And Stuart Scot now bearing Sway.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 128 x 171mm. 5 x 6¾". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges. Vertical fold.
Pocket-sized satire. The Highest Post; the dismissal of the Duke of Newcastle, as the Scot Nobleman, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) walks in as the new Prime Minister. Taken frm a larger print by Darly. See ref: 17559 "The Triple Post."
See BM Satires: 3949.
[Ref: 17550] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 128 x 171mm. 5 x 6¾". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges. Vertical fold.
Pocket-sized satire. The Highest Post; the dismissal of the Duke of Newcastle, as the Scot Nobleman, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) walks in as the new Prime Minister. Taken frm a larger print by Darly. See ref: 17559 "The Triple Post."
See BM Satires: 3949.
[Ref: 17550] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Hobhouse.
Drawn & Eth.d by Rich.d Dighton 1819.
Pub.d by T.Mc.Lean, Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 306 x 223mm. 12 x 8¾". Trimmed to the plate along the left edge.
John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford (1786 - 1869), statesman and friend of Byron; wearing an overcoat and gloves but no hat. He holds a paper or letter and a small cane. Educated at Westminster School and Trinity, Cambridge; he befriended Lord Byron and later accompanied him when travelling in the Peninsula, Greece. He considered himself to be an advanced Radical in terms of politics and wrote various pamphlet, one of which landed him in Newgate in 1819. However, by 1820 he was admitted to Parliament, as MP for Westminster. Following the Whig's rise to power, he held many offices, including Secretary at War, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and President of the Board of Control.
See BM Satires: 13349 [published by Dighton.]
[Ref: 19155] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eth.d by Rich.d Dighton 1819.
Pub.d by T.Mc.Lean, Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 306 x 223mm. 12 x 8¾". Trimmed to the plate along the left edge.
John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford (1786 - 1869), statesman and friend of Byron; wearing an overcoat and gloves but no hat. He holds a paper or letter and a small cane. Educated at Westminster School and Trinity, Cambridge; he befriended Lord Byron and later accompanied him when travelling in the Peninsula, Greece. He considered himself to be an advanced Radical in terms of politics and wrote various pamphlet, one of which landed him in Newgate in 1819. However, by 1820 he was admitted to Parliament, as MP for Westminster. Following the Whig's rise to power, he held many offices, including Secretary at War, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and President of the Board of Control.
See BM Satires: 13349 [published by Dighton.]
[Ref: 19155] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Committee.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Printers' crease.
The committee of Scottish Presbyterians debating the 'League and Covenant', their attempt at religious reform which became one of Scotland's demands during negoatiatons over their involvement in the English Civil War. This satire, warning against religious extremism, is one of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras'.
Paulson 91, state iv of v.
[Ref: 26617] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Printers' crease.
The committee of Scottish Presbyterians debating the 'League and Covenant', their attempt at religious reform which became one of Scotland's demands during negoatiatons over their involvement in the English Civil War. This satire, warning against religious extremism, is one of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras'.
Paulson 91, state iv of v.
[Ref: 26617] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Hudibras's First Adventure.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Some spoting.
Hudibras stopping a mob bear-baiting at pistol-point. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 84, state v of v.
[Ref: 26621] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Some spoting.
Hudibras stopping a mob bear-baiting at pistol-point. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 84, state v of v.
[Ref: 26621] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Hudibras in Tribulation.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras in the stocks, with the widow persuading him to agree to a whipping in order to het released. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 87, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26624] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras in the stocks, with the widow persuading him to agree to a whipping in order to het released. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 87, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26624] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Hudibras his passing worth, / The manner how he sally'd forth;
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras and Ralphio setting out on their quest. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 83, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26620] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras and Ralphio setting out on their quest. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 83, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26620] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Hudibras Triumphant.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras, leading a bound Crowdero, has the man's fiddle placed above the stocks as a trophy. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 85, state iii ofi iii.
[Ref: 26627] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras, leading a bound Crowdero, has the man's fiddle placed above the stocks as a trophy. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 85, state iii ofi iii.
[Ref: 26627] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras defeated by a woman, who stands astride him in possession of his sword. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 86, state v of vi.
[Ref: 26623] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras defeated by a woman, who stands astride him in possession of his sword. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 86, state v of vi.
[Ref: 26623] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Laird of the Posts or the Exaltation of ye Bonnetts.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 115 x 127mm. 4½ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. The resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, and the appointment of Lord John Stuart, 3rd Earl Bute (1713-1792) as Prime Minister. In an attempt to remove the influence of the Duke in Parliament, Bute ordered that all men appointed by the Newcastle administration be removed immediately. The result of this order became known as the Massacre of the Pelhamite Innocents. This came about following Pitt's resgination as Secretary of State, when he wished to declare war on Spain, but found himself alone on the matter, forcing him to resign. Bute replaced him at the order of the King who was also making life very difficult for the Duke of Newcastle, forcing him to also resign. Bute was made Prime Minister and he offered those who were opposed to the King's government the chance to serve as loyal servants or to leave; those opposed were dismissed.
See BM Satires: 3862.
[Ref: 17548] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 115 x 127mm. 4½ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. The resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, and the appointment of Lord John Stuart, 3rd Earl Bute (1713-1792) as Prime Minister. In an attempt to remove the influence of the Duke in Parliament, Bute ordered that all men appointed by the Newcastle administration be removed immediately. The result of this order became known as the Massacre of the Pelhamite Innocents. This came about following Pitt's resgination as Secretary of State, when he wished to declare war on Spain, but found himself alone on the matter, forcing him to resign. Bute replaced him at the order of the King who was also making life very difficult for the Duke of Newcastle, forcing him to also resign. Bute was made Prime Minister and he offered those who were opposed to the King's government the chance to serve as loyal servants or to leave; those opposed were dismissed.
See BM Satires: 3862.
[Ref: 17548] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Durham Lamb on his Freehold.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 200 x 245mm, 8 x 9¾", watermarked 'Pine and Davies 1823'.
John Lambton (1792-1840, 1st Earl of Durham from 1833), satirised as a ram in a very small enclosure, surrounded by jeering crowds. The scene is on the Northumberland sea-shore, with Bamborough Castle behind. The elections in Southern Northumberland in 1826 were particularly vitriolic and were the subject of a series of satires. Lambton was the Durham MP until he was ennobled as Baron Durham in 1828. He served as Lord Privy Seal under Earl Grey, Governor General of the Province of Canada 1838-9, during which time his 'Report on the Affairs of British North America' recommended the creation of the Canadian Parliament.
[Ref: 18545] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 200 x 245mm, 8 x 9¾", watermarked 'Pine and Davies 1823'.
John Lambton (1792-1840, 1st Earl of Durham from 1833), satirised as a ram in a very small enclosure, surrounded by jeering crowds. The scene is on the Northumberland sea-shore, with Bamborough Castle behind. The elections in Southern Northumberland in 1826 were particularly vitriolic and were the subject of a series of satires. Lambton was the Durham MP until he was ennobled as Baron Durham in 1828. He served as Lord Privy Seal under Earl Grey, Governor General of the Province of Canada 1838-9, during which time his 'Report on the Affairs of British North America' recommended the creation of the Canadian Parliament.
[Ref: 18545] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Locum Tenens on his Charger. Or the Warlike Alderman.
Pub by Tregear. [c.1830.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
Satire on an unidentified City of London alderman: a man with an horse's head rides a rearing liveried horse, brandishing a curved chopping blade in his right hand, a tortoise for a shield in the other. He has a strange plume projecting from the head and furred alderman's gown over military dress, with long spurred cavalry boots. The Latin phrase locum tenens (literally 'place-holder') refers to a person who temporarily fulfils the duties of another.
BM Satires: 16312.
[Ref: 16145] £330.00
Pub by Tregear. [c.1830.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
Satire on an unidentified City of London alderman: a man with an horse's head rides a rearing liveried horse, brandishing a curved chopping blade in his right hand, a tortoise for a shield in the other. He has a strange plume projecting from the head and furred alderman's gown over military dress, with long spurred cavalry boots. The Latin phrase locum tenens (literally 'place-holder') refers to a person who temporarily fulfils the duties of another.
BM Satires: 16312.
[Ref: 16145] £330.00
The very Wise Aldermen of Gotham, Scratching for a Mayor.
[Anon., 1774.]
Etching, sheet 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Trimmed to plate; stain spot upper right.
A satire on London politics; a throng of figures in furred gowns, most of whom have animals' heads, surround a table, on which are open polling books, with triple columns of names. Alderman Frederick Bull, with a bull's head, writes with a pen in his cloven hoof at the centre. On his right hand is John Wilkes (1725 - 1797). Behind stands a man with a goat's beard and horns probably intended for Alderman Sir Watkin Lewes. Thomas Harley (1730 - 1804) as an ape wearing spurred boots enters from the right. At the election for the mayoralty in October 1774 Wilkes was head of the poll, next being Bull, the actual mayor. These two were therefore returned to the Court of Aldermen; eleven of them voted for Wilkes to be Lord Mayor, while only two, Townsend and Oliver, voted for Bull. Probably from a magazine.
BM Satires: 5235.
[Ref: 13858] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1774.]
Etching, sheet 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Trimmed to plate; stain spot upper right.
A satire on London politics; a throng of figures in furred gowns, most of whom have animals' heads, surround a table, on which are open polling books, with triple columns of names. Alderman Frederick Bull, with a bull's head, writes with a pen in his cloven hoof at the centre. On his right hand is John Wilkes (1725 - 1797). Behind stands a man with a goat's beard and horns probably intended for Alderman Sir Watkin Lewes. Thomas Harley (1730 - 1804) as an ape wearing spurred boots enters from the right. At the election for the mayoralty in October 1774 Wilkes was head of the poll, next being Bull, the actual mayor. These two were therefore returned to the Court of Aldermen; eleven of them voted for Wilkes to be Lord Mayor, while only two, Townsend and Oliver, voted for Bull. Probably from a magazine.
BM Satires: 5235.
[Ref: 13858] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Multum in parvo or A New Card For a Scotch Courtier. Our Medley has a Moaning & no doubt.-But you have Sence enough to find it out.
[n.d. c.1763.]
Etching. 95 x 127mm. 3¾ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. An allegorical scene with grotesque figures approaching the gaping jaws of a monster; a medieval depiction of the Mouth of Hell. In front of this stands a wolf dressed in a sheep's clothing, shaped like a clergyman's canonicals, and bearing on its head a church. Along from that is a horned owl with spectacles, a satyrs leg and hoof and a wooden leg; a fox follows. Next appears the head of the Princess of Wales as a sphinx-like she-goat, ridden by the Earl of Bute as a he-goat wearing a jack-boot. Three centaur figures follow, with a large old man playing a drum behind them. Another old man advances eagerly brandishing a flame-like sword and his right claw outstretched.
See BM Satires: 4078.
[Ref: 17570] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1763.]
Etching. 95 x 127mm. 3¾ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. An allegorical scene with grotesque figures approaching the gaping jaws of a monster; a medieval depiction of the Mouth of Hell. In front of this stands a wolf dressed in a sheep's clothing, shaped like a clergyman's canonicals, and bearing on its head a church. Along from that is a horned owl with spectacles, a satyrs leg and hoof and a wooden leg; a fox follows. Next appears the head of the Princess of Wales as a sphinx-like she-goat, ridden by the Earl of Bute as a he-goat wearing a jack-boot. Three centaur figures follow, with a large old man playing a drum behind them. Another old man advances eagerly brandishing a flame-like sword and his right claw outstretched.
See BM Satires: 4078.
[Ref: 17570] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[General Oglethorpe.]](jpegs/31199.jpg)
[General Oglethorpe.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs J.y 13.th 1781. C.B: Jun.r [Charles Bretherton.]
Ethcing with large margins. Plate 100 x 89mm (4 x 3½"). Crease.
Caricatured head of Oglethrope; he has an enormous nose and projecting jaw, giving the appearance of extreme old age; he wears a short bushy wig. James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) the British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtor's prisons, in the New World.
BM Satires: 5880.
[Ref: 31199] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd as the Act Directs J.y 13.th 1781. C.B: Jun.r [Charles Bretherton.]
Ethcing with large margins. Plate 100 x 89mm (4 x 3½"). Crease.
Caricatured head of Oglethrope; he has an enormous nose and projecting jaw, giving the appearance of extreme old age; he wears a short bushy wig. James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) the British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtor's prisons, in the New World.
BM Satires: 5880.
[Ref: 31199] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Onslow as a cock-fighter]](jpegs/34682.jpg)
[George Onslow as a cock-fighter] Game
Published 7th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching with very large margins, platemark 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). 'Col. Onslow' in ms. lower margin.
Caricature of politician George Onslow (1731-92). Onslow had earned the nickname 'little cocking George' owing to his fondness for cock fighting allied to his capacity as a 'burlesque orator' (Walpole). A firm supporter of North's ministry, he made a notable speech shortly before this print was published, denouncing Opposition leaders as responsible for the loss of America.
[Ref: 34682] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published 7th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching with very large margins, platemark 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). 'Col. Onslow' in ms. lower margin.
Caricature of politician George Onslow (1731-92). Onslow had earned the nickname 'little cocking George' owing to his fondness for cock fighting allied to his capacity as a 'burlesque orator' (Walpole). A firm supporter of North's ministry, he made a notable speech shortly before this print was published, denouncing Opposition leaders as responsible for the loss of America.
[Ref: 34682] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Arms designed for the People of England. By Philo-Servitudinis. Scotch King at Arms.
[anon., c.1762]
Engraving with letterpress, fine, sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼").
Satirical coat of arms with key below. An impression of this engraving in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale, has manuscript annotations identifying the 'white Scotch Lawyer' as the Earl of Mansfield, the 'black English Duke' as the Duke of Grafton, the 'Scotch Earl' as John Stuart, Earl of Bute (Prime Minister 1762-3), the 'public Defaulter' as Henry Fox Holland (this print was probably published during his time as Paymaster, during which time he accumulated a great personal fortune), andthe 'insignificant, peace-making Duke' as John Russell, Duke of Bedford (Lord Privy Seal under Bute).
[Ref: 30782] £360.00
[anon., c.1762]
Engraving with letterpress, fine, sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼").
Satirical coat of arms with key below. An impression of this engraving in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale, has manuscript annotations identifying the 'white Scotch Lawyer' as the Earl of Mansfield, the 'black English Duke' as the Duke of Grafton, the 'Scotch Earl' as John Stuart, Earl of Bute (Prime Minister 1762-3), the 'public Defaulter' as Henry Fox Holland (this print was probably published during his time as Paymaster, during which time he accumulated a great personal fortune), andthe 'insignificant, peace-making Duke' as John Russell, Duke of Bedford (Lord Privy Seal under Bute).
[Ref: 30782] £360.00
Political Harmonics A New Variation for the "Soldier Tired" as performed by Monsieur Villanton, First Fiddle to The King_with a Piano Accompaniment arranged to the Air "Home! Sweet Home!" HB Sketches No.23.
HB. [John Doyle.] Printed by A. Ducote.
[Published by T.Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. Sep. 11. 1829.]
Lithograph. 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Cut, repaired tear.
A musical image showing Peel sitting on a music-stool at an upright piano, smiling over his shoulder at Wellington, who plays the violin (as he had in fact done as a young man), in profile to the left, his music on a tall stand. The Duke wears the unusual dress for him of frock-coat with knee-breeches. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) turns over Peel's music. On the right is a curtained French-window, through which Cumberland and Eldon, both top-hatted, peer into the room.
BM Satires: 15856.
[Ref: 30651] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
HB. [John Doyle.] Printed by A. Ducote.
[Published by T.Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. Sep. 11. 1829.]
Lithograph. 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Cut, repaired tear.
A musical image showing Peel sitting on a music-stool at an upright piano, smiling over his shoulder at Wellington, who plays the violin (as he had in fact done as a young man), in profile to the left, his music on a tall stand. The Duke wears the unusual dress for him of frock-coat with knee-breeches. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) turns over Peel's music. On the right is a curtained French-window, through which Cumberland and Eldon, both top-hatted, peer into the room.
BM Satires: 15856.
[Ref: 30651] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Bubble Blower. B_le, "Matty put the Screw On", K_rt_y, "O have, but it wont work, its loose,!!
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Image 240 x 360mm, 9½ x 14". Creased.
A man sits on the smoke stack of a locomotive, blowing bubbles titled "Derby Election", "Great Eastern" and "Crystal Palace". One of the engineers shovels "railway votes" into the firebox of the boiler. A scarce satire about the influence of the railway companies on elections. The Crystal Palace was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1854; The Great Eastern Railway was formed 1862. The engineer is apparently Matthew Kirtley (1813-73), locomotive designer. He was Midland Railway Company's first Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent, based at their works in Derby.
[Ref: 18554] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Image 240 x 360mm, 9½ x 14". Creased.
A man sits on the smoke stack of a locomotive, blowing bubbles titled "Derby Election", "Great Eastern" and "Crystal Palace". One of the engineers shovels "railway votes" into the firebox of the boiler. A scarce satire about the influence of the railway companies on elections. The Crystal Palace was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1854; The Great Eastern Railway was formed 1862. The engineer is apparently Matthew Kirtley (1813-73), locomotive designer. He was Midland Railway Company's first Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent, based at their works in Derby.
[Ref: 18554] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
The New State Light.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair and 118 Fleet St [n.d., c.1832].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") Trimmed to printed border.
A candle with the king's crown as a holder provides the light of 'Reform'. Around the candle are four figures, including Wellington in uniform, trying to blow it out.
[Ref: 31459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair and 118 Fleet St [n.d., c.1832].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") Trimmed to printed border.
A candle with the king's crown as a holder provides the light of 'Reform'. Around the candle are four figures, including Wellington in uniform, trying to blow it out.
[Ref: 31459] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A View in Perspective.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8") Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper.
Three crying men, one with a banner: 'Pray remember us. Independent Members that gave all our Money for a seat in Parliament'. A satire on the Reform Act's cleaning up of the Rotten Boroughs.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 31490] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8") Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper.
Three crying men, one with a banner: 'Pray remember us. Independent Members that gave all our Money for a seat in Parliament'. A satire on the Reform Act's cleaning up of the Rotten Boroughs.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 31490] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Unsaleable Goods Brought to a New Market.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border. Publication line weakly printed.
A street seller calling 'Here! My Boroughs, buy my Bouroughs'. His donkey's basket is filled with title deeds, priced at 2½ per pound. A satire on Rotten Boroughs and the Reform Act.
[Ref: 31458] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border. Publication line weakly printed.
A street seller calling 'Here! My Boroughs, buy my Bouroughs'. His donkey's basket is filled with title deeds, priced at 2½ per pound. A satire on Rotten Boroughs and the Reform Act.
[Ref: 31458] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Retirement. Minerva's favourite Bird!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
A Ride to the Hustings. Strutt-ing with a C__dish.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etchin, very rare. Sheet 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed.
A cavalry officer rides on the shoulders of a civilian named Cavendish, saying 'I Say Trucky Didn't you vote for Infant Slavery'. His mount replies 'That Subject drop or I'll drop you. Stick Fast to me I'll see you through'. The satire is apparently aimed at those opposing the child labour laws. The Cavendish family included the extremely wealthy Dukes of Devonshire, who were regular targets for the Chartist movement in Derbyshire.
[Ref: 31457] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etchin, very rare. Sheet 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed.
A cavalry officer rides on the shoulders of a civilian named Cavendish, saying 'I Say Trucky Didn't you vote for Infant Slavery'. His mount replies 'That Subject drop or I'll drop you. Stick Fast to me I'll see you through'. The satire is apparently aimed at those opposing the child labour laws. The Cavendish family included the extremely wealthy Dukes of Devonshire, who were regular targets for the Chartist movement in Derbyshire.
[Ref: 31457] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![A Posthaste Conveyance for S-[cottish] Members.](jpegs/21326.jpg)
A Posthaste Conveyance for S-[cottish] Members.
JS[ayers] f.
Published as the Act directs by Jas. Bretherton New Bond Street 20th January 1784.
Etching on thick watermarked laid paper, 230 x 280mm. 9 x 11". Creasing to upper right margin.
Political satire: a Scotsman enclosed in a letter inscribed in large letters 'To The Majority St Stephens Westmr Free Duke or no Duke'; the letter franked 'Free'. A signpost (left) points 'To London', showing that he is being projected through the air from Scotland to London. A thistle at the foot of the post indicates Scotland. The fellow wears a Scots cap and tartan stockings. This is a satirical swipe at William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738 - 1809), who in April 1783 became Prime Minister, with Fox and Lord North as secretaries of state. The Duke was accused of corrupting Scottish MPs by means of a fund for travelling expenses – a theme still very topical! Portland resigned in December 1783, when Fox's India Bill had been thrown out in the Lords. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
BM Satires 6381. DNB.
[Ref: 21326] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
JS[ayers] f.
Published as the Act directs by Jas. Bretherton New Bond Street 20th January 1784.
Etching on thick watermarked laid paper, 230 x 280mm. 9 x 11". Creasing to upper right margin.
Political satire: a Scotsman enclosed in a letter inscribed in large letters 'To The Majority St Stephens Westmr Free Duke or no Duke'; the letter franked 'Free'. A signpost (left) points 'To London', showing that he is being projected through the air from Scotland to London. A thistle at the foot of the post indicates Scotland. The fellow wears a Scots cap and tartan stockings. This is a satirical swipe at William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738 - 1809), who in April 1783 became Prime Minister, with Fox and Lord North as secretaries of state. The Duke was accused of corrupting Scottish MPs by means of a fund for travelling expenses – a theme still very topical! Portland resigned in December 1783, when Fox's India Bill had been thrown out in the Lords. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
BM Satires 6381. DNB.
[Ref: 21326] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Shaftsbury Election or the Humours of Punch.
Publishd by S. Jackson, as the Act directs, 15th July, 1775.
Mezzotint. 463 x 292mm. Annotated in old ink by another hand. Six worm holes in left some wrinkling and rubbing.
Very uncommon print of the malpractices at the Shaftesbury Election of 1774, during which Sir Francis Sykes and Sir Thomas Rumbold conspired against Hans Mortimer, bribing voters.
BM: 5341.
[Ref: 363] £350.00
Publishd by S. Jackson, as the Act directs, 15th July, 1775.
Mezzotint. 463 x 292mm. Annotated in old ink by another hand. Six worm holes in left some wrinkling and rubbing.
Very uncommon print of the malpractices at the Shaftesbury Election of 1774, during which Sir Francis Sykes and Sir Thomas Rumbold conspired against Hans Mortimer, bribing voters.
BM: 5341.
[Ref: 363] £350.00
Indian Rubber.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. Myddleton Terrace Pentonville - August 1st 1834.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm. 7½ x 11".
Four Indian figures playing cards at a table surrounded by sketches of black people, including a 'negro driver'. Also a wry observation on the recent Slavery Abolition Act 1833 upper centre, a plump black slave-master with a whip supervising four white slaves as they hoe a field. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12019] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. Myddleton Terrace Pentonville - August 1st 1834.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm. 7½ x 11".
Four Indian figures playing cards at a table surrounded by sketches of black people, including a 'negro driver'. Also a wry observation on the recent Slavery Abolition Act 1833 upper centre, a plump black slave-master with a whip supervising four white slaves as they hoe a field. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12019] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
La Tentation not from Faust. HB Sketches 257.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, April 29th 1833.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
Sir Robert Peel, in the character of Faust, is tempted by Mephistopheles to sell his soul to the Whigs, for the price of the office of First Lord of the Treasury.
[Ref: 31420] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, April 29th 1833.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
Sir Robert Peel, in the character of Faust, is tempted by Mephistopheles to sell his soul to the Whigs, for the price of the office of First Lord of the Treasury.
[Ref: 31420] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Ticket for a Feast or Who dines with Duke Humphry. N.B, A Ticket will be Published every Year as Long as the Fast Lasts.
Published April 1st 1745 According to Act.
Rare engraving. Sheet 285 x 350mm, 11¼ x 13¾". Some restoration.
A political satire, supposed to be an admission ticket for a feast, but the expression 'to dine with Duke Humphry' means to do without dinner. Around the edge 'No Balls No Dinner' is repeated above, and 'For the Grandeur of the City' down the sides. It contains portraits of four men, here named 'Rare Shoe man' (correctly 'Rare Show Man') carrying a music box, 'Sir Silkington', 'Cacafogo' & 'Sir Lutestring'. The figure at the centre, Cacafogo (i.e. a hot-tempered person) could possibly be Alderman William Benn ('Benjamin' being the next word). We have found 'Sir Silkington' being used in a satire of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), Lord Trentham and later 1st Marquess of Stafford, who had just become an MP the year before.
BM Satire: 2632.
[Ref: 24708] £320.00
Published April 1st 1745 According to Act.
Rare engraving. Sheet 285 x 350mm, 11¼ x 13¾". Some restoration.
A political satire, supposed to be an admission ticket for a feast, but the expression 'to dine with Duke Humphry' means to do without dinner. Around the edge 'No Balls No Dinner' is repeated above, and 'For the Grandeur of the City' down the sides. It contains portraits of four men, here named 'Rare Shoe man' (correctly 'Rare Show Man') carrying a music box, 'Sir Silkington', 'Cacafogo' & 'Sir Lutestring'. The figure at the centre, Cacafogo (i.e. a hot-tempered person) could possibly be Alderman William Benn ('Benjamin' being the next word). We have found 'Sir Silkington' being used in a satire of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), Lord Trentham and later 1st Marquess of Stafford, who had just become an MP the year before.
BM Satire: 2632.
[Ref: 24708] £320.00
The Triple Post. See Fox & Goose and_to Boot May Tyburn always bear such Fruit.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 128 x 171mm. 5 x 6¾". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges. Vertical fold.
Pocket-sized satire. Triple Post; known as the Tyburn Tree, where Britannia, as executioner, stands on the ladder in the act of hanging Lord Bute. She has already hanged a fox, Mr Henry Fox, and a goose, the Duke of Bedford. Weeping to the right is the Princess of Wales, the alleged mistress of Lord Bute. Tyburn was later abolished in 1783. Taken from a large engraing by Darly. See ref:17550 "The Highest Post".
See BM Satires: 3950.
[Ref: 17559] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 128 x 171mm. 5 x 6¾". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges. Vertical fold.
Pocket-sized satire. Triple Post; known as the Tyburn Tree, where Britannia, as executioner, stands on the ladder in the act of hanging Lord Bute. She has already hanged a fox, Mr Henry Fox, and a goose, the Duke of Bedford. Weeping to the right is the Princess of Wales, the alleged mistress of Lord Bute. Tyburn was later abolished in 1783. Taken from a large engraing by Darly. See ref:17550 "The Highest Post".
See BM Satires: 3950.
[Ref: 17559] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Ursa Major, or the Old City Bear.
to be hand at the Acorn in the Strand [anon., 1756]
Engraving with hand-colouring, small margins, platemark 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Slight staining to edges, good overall.
Satire on Sir John Barnard's political misjudgment in opposing the corporation of London's address on the loss of Minorca. The 'Old City Bear' is Barnard, who fights off the Lord Mayor of London, Slingsby Bethel, and his Aldermen on the left, who carry the City Address to the King. The rope around Barnard's jaws is held by the Duke of Newcastle. At Newcastle's feet the British lion sleeps, while a French monkey points a pistol at him. In the background is a view of London showing Bow church with its dragon weathercock (Barnard was Alderman of the City of Bow). Early hand-colouring similar to that on the British Museum's impression of the print.
BM Satires 3510
[Ref: 30977] £380.00
to be hand at the Acorn in the Strand [anon., 1756]
Engraving with hand-colouring, small margins, platemark 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Slight staining to edges, good overall.
Satire on Sir John Barnard's political misjudgment in opposing the corporation of London's address on the loss of Minorca. The 'Old City Bear' is Barnard, who fights off the Lord Mayor of London, Slingsby Bethel, and his Aldermen on the left, who carry the City Address to the King. The rope around Barnard's jaws is held by the Duke of Newcastle. At Newcastle's feet the British lion sleeps, while a French monkey points a pistol at him. In the background is a view of London showing Bow church with its dragon weathercock (Barnard was Alderman of the City of Bow). Early hand-colouring similar to that on the British Museum's impression of the print.
BM Satires 3510
[Ref: 30977] £380.00
A Wild Elephant Trumpeting, or A Scene from Paradise Lost! ________"the unwieldy elephant "To make them mirth used all his might, and wreathed "His lithe proboscis." Par.e Lost. Bk.4.
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Patriot. Dedicated to the Freeholders of Middlesex.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)