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The Generous Master or African Sincerity. a West-India anecdote.
Argus del.t.
London Pub Jan.y 9 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet; staining and paper tone.
An invalid tells his black servant 'Pompey' that he has made provision in his will for Pompey to be buried beside him in the same tomb. Pompey, however, is horrified at the idea, and worries that because of the darkness in the tomb, the devil might mistakenly take him instead of his master. A rare and interesting image.
BM Satires 13193.
[Ref: 41468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.t.
London Pub Jan.y 9 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet; staining and paper tone.
An invalid tells his black servant 'Pompey' that he has made provision in his will for Pompey to be buried beside him in the same tomb. Pompey, however, is horrified at the idea, and worries that because of the darkness in the tomb, the devil might mistakenly take him instead of his master. A rare and interesting image.
BM Satires 13193.
[Ref: 41468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Classical Almamater Coachman Oxford.
Drawn, Etch.d & Pub.d, by Dighton, Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching, with manuscript annotation. Plate: 220 x 290mm, (8¾ x 11½"). Some diagonal creasing.
A portrait of Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart (c.1771-1838), a coachman who ran a four horse coach between Oxford and London. Bobart had attended University College but never graduated. He was forced to give up the road due to accidents and was made Esquire Bedel in Law in 1815. 'Mr. Bobart' annotated in plate.
[Ref: 41517] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Etch.d & Pub.d, by Dighton, Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching, with manuscript annotation. Plate: 220 x 290mm, (8¾ x 11½"). Some diagonal creasing.
A portrait of Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart (c.1771-1838), a coachman who ran a four horse coach between Oxford and London. Bobart had attended University College but never graduated. He was forced to give up the road due to accidents and was made Esquire Bedel in Law in 1815. 'Mr. Bobart' annotated in plate.
[Ref: 41517] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Arrest.
Printed & sold by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap. [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Some wear. Bit messy.
A song sheet telling the story of a wily bailiff pretending to be a barrel organist to serve a writ on a debt-dodger in Dublin. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
[Ref: 41580] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed & sold by R. Harrild, 20 Great Eastcheap. [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Some wear. Bit messy.
A song sheet telling the story of a wily bailiff pretending to be a barrel organist to serve a writ on a debt-dodger in Dublin. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
[Ref: 41580] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Cabal. See Gazetter.]](jpegs/41549.jpg)
[The Cabal. See Gazetter.] [The Picturesque Appearance of a very, very Grave Statesman.]
[Anon., c.1745.]
Rare engraving, sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11"). Trimmed to image, losing text top and bottom; tear upper left. Remains of scrap sheet verso at corners.
Table with a 'Grave Statesman' surrounded by women, whose cuckolded husbands hide glumly under the table. One is writing a 'Speech for 15 New Regiments'. While unconfirmed, it has been claimed that the central figure is John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich (1718-92), and that the print relates to a brief episode in 1745 when Sandwich went on campaign as an officer of the regiment Bedford raised for service against Charles Edward Stuart. The text 'see Gazetteer' refers the reader to an essay Tobias Smollett wrote in the Daily Gazetteer; Smollett subsequently responded to this print in another essay.
BM Satires 2672.
[Ref: 41549] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1745.]
Rare engraving, sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11"). Trimmed to image, losing text top and bottom; tear upper left. Remains of scrap sheet verso at corners.
Table with a 'Grave Statesman' surrounded by women, whose cuckolded husbands hide glumly under the table. One is writing a 'Speech for 15 New Regiments'. While unconfirmed, it has been claimed that the central figure is John Montagu, fourth earl of Sandwich (1718-92), and that the print relates to a brief episode in 1745 when Sandwich went on campaign as an officer of the regiment Bedford raised for service against Charles Edward Stuart. The text 'see Gazetteer' refers the reader to an essay Tobias Smollett wrote in the Daily Gazetteer; Smollett subsequently responded to this print in another essay.
BM Satires 2672.
[Ref: 41549] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
O' The Roast Beef of Old England &c. 'Twas at the gate of Calais, Hogarth tells, / Where sad despair and famine always dwells; / A meager Frenchman, Madam Grandsire's cook, / As home he steer'd his carcase that way took [...]
Painted by W. Hogarth
[Published by Robert Sayer, c.1750]
Engraving with letterpress, scarce, sheet 490 x 310mm (19¼ x 12¼"). Fold through centre; old repaired tear top.
Engraving of William Hogarth's 1748 painting 'O the Roast Beef of Old England' (London, Tate Britain), which Hogarth had himself published as a print. This copy, published by Robert Sayer, has the text of Theodosius Forrest's cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed beneath the famous image. Forrest, like his father Ebeneezer, was a friend of the artist, and the Hogarth scholar Ronald Paulson regards his text as a 'commentary with some authority' on Hogarth's anti-French satire.
BM Satires 3053; Paulson 180 (copy).
[Ref: 41466] £280.00 view all images for this item
Painted by W. Hogarth
[Published by Robert Sayer, c.1750]
Engraving with letterpress, scarce, sheet 490 x 310mm (19¼ x 12¼"). Fold through centre; old repaired tear top.
Engraving of William Hogarth's 1748 painting 'O the Roast Beef of Old England' (London, Tate Britain), which Hogarth had himself published as a print. This copy, published by Robert Sayer, has the text of Theodosius Forrest's cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed beneath the famous image. Forrest, like his father Ebeneezer, was a friend of the artist, and the Hogarth scholar Ronald Paulson regards his text as a 'commentary with some authority' on Hogarth's anti-French satire.
BM Satires 3053; Paulson 180 (copy).
[Ref: 41466] £280.00 view all images for this item
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Crossing a Brook. She_ I see a Fish He_ I see something else.
[Anon., c.1820.]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed; tear lower left.
A young couple on a makeshift bridge over a stream. The woman looks into the water and sees a fish while the man uses the reflection in the water to look up her dress.
[Ref: 41477] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1820.]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed; tear lower left.
A young couple on a makeshift bridge over a stream. The woman looks into the water and sees a fish while the man uses the reflection in the water to look up her dress.
[Ref: 41477] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Dancing Lesson, Pl.t, 3.
Published Dec.r 9. 1824 by S.W.Fores. Picadilly, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A scene showing children in a dance lesson practising exaggerated steps.
[Ref: 41623] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published Dec.r 9. 1824 by S.W.Fores. Picadilly, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A scene showing children in a dance lesson practising exaggerated steps.
[Ref: 41623] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Dancing Lesson, Pl.t, 4.
Published Dec.r 9. 1824 by S.W.Fores. Picadilly, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A scene showing four children, dancing in couples being taught to dance while a tall dance master plays a violin.
[Ref: 41624] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published Dec.r 9. 1824 by S.W.Fores. Picadilly, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A scene showing four children, dancing in couples being taught to dance while a tall dance master plays a violin.
[Ref: 41624] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Dull Husband.
Rowlandson 1789.
Etching. Sheet: 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Trimmed with some light staining.
An interior scene in which an attractive, well-dressed woman plays the harp, an open music book and a lute lie on the floor and her husband sits, asleep in the chair next to her.
BM Satire 9677.
[Ref: 41521] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson 1789.
Etching. Sheet: 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Trimmed with some light staining.
An interior scene in which an attractive, well-dressed woman plays the harp, an open music book and a lute lie on the floor and her husband sits, asleep in the chair next to her.
BM Satire 9677.
[Ref: 41521] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleepy Macaroni Ste'_aling a Nap.
Sam Sharp Eye del.t. ad vivam, 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1.st 1772 by J. Bretherton No. 134, in New Bond Street.
Etching. Plate: 100 x 145mm (4 x 5¾"); very large margins
A satirical portrait of Stephen Fox (1745-1774), later 2nd Baron Holland, elder brother of politician Charles James Fox. Fox is shown half asleep while standing up.
[Ref: 41513] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sam Sharp Eye del.t. ad vivam, 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1.st 1772 by J. Bretherton No. 134, in New Bond Street.
Etching. Plate: 100 x 145mm (4 x 5¾"); very large margins
A satirical portrait of Stephen Fox (1745-1774), later 2nd Baron Holland, elder brother of politician Charles James Fox. Fox is shown half asleep while standing up.
[Ref: 41513] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A General on the Staff. An Inspecting General.
[H.E.Bunbury fecit 1794.]
[London, Publish'd by W.Dickinson &c. Feb.y 23d 1795, No.58 next York House, Piccadilly.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 155 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed borders, glue stains in corners.
Two satires on one sheet, each with a printed border. On the left a short, corpulent, and gouty officer with closed eyes hobbles on crutches; on the right an elderly officer looks admiringly at a pretty girl through thick spectacles.
BM Satires 8619.
[Ref: 41611] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[H.E.Bunbury fecit 1794.]
[London, Publish'd by W.Dickinson &c. Feb.y 23d 1795, No.58 next York House, Piccadilly.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 155 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed borders, glue stains in corners.
Two satires on one sheet, each with a printed border. On the left a short, corpulent, and gouty officer with closed eyes hobbles on crutches; on the right an elderly officer looks admiringly at a pretty girl through thick spectacles.
BM Satires 8619.
[Ref: 41611] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Upon my Word it is Might fine, I'm above the Axe yet I'm under the Lyne.
[Anon., c.1750.]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3"). Trimmed.
Caricature, perhaps of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer.
[Ref: 41558] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1750.]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3"). Trimmed.
Caricature, perhaps of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer.
[Ref: 41558] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Lyttelton] Cassius.](jpegs/41556.jpg)
[George Lyttelton] Cassius. O Prithee Strive they Grov'ling mind to raise, / Above the Bounds of thy Imperfect State [...]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t Sep. 30 1756 by Edwards & Darly at ye Acorn in ye Strand
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3"). Trimmed on card as issued.
Caricature of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer, published shortly before he was created Baron Lyttelton of Frankley, alluding to the Roman Senator Cassius in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'.
BM Satires 3513.
[Ref: 41556] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t Sep. 30 1756 by Edwards & Darly at ye Acorn in ye Strand
Engraving, sheet 115 x 80mm (4½ x 3"). Trimmed on card as issued.
Caricature of George Lyttelton (1709-73), politician and writer, published shortly before he was created Baron Lyttelton of Frankley, alluding to the Roman Senator Cassius in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'.
BM Satires 3513.
[Ref: 41556] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dancing Dolls or 'Les Marionettes à Londres'_.
JTS Esq inv.t G.Cruik fec.t
Pub.d Jany. 15 1823 by G Humphrey 27 S.t James's S.t London.
Hand-etching. Sheet: 175 x 140mm, (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, some light staining. Laid on album sheet.
A scene in which three children play with puppets in the street while a man and a milkmaid look on.
[Ref: 41522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
JTS Esq inv.t G.Cruik fec.t
Pub.d Jany. 15 1823 by G Humphrey 27 S.t James's S.t London.
Hand-etching. Sheet: 175 x 140mm, (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, some light staining. Laid on album sheet.
A scene in which three children play with puppets in the street while a man and a milkmaid look on.
[Ref: 41522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Front, Side View, And Back Front, of a Modern fine Gentleman.
Design'd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.
[London Publish'd March 24th 1783 by J.R. Smith N83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street]
Stipple, sheet 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line. Foxing.
Three views of a slim and foppish young man demonstrating the fashion of the day. Caricature by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Tim Clayton).
BM Satires 6342.
[Ref: 41552] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.
[London Publish'd March 24th 1783 by J.R. Smith N83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street]
Stipple, sheet 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line. Foxing.
Three views of a slim and foppish young man demonstrating the fashion of the day. Caricature by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Tim Clayton).
BM Satires 6342.
[Ref: 41552] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Much A Do About Nothing. To Besiege a Strong Fort with no Men to Defend it / Sure none but a Richelieu could ere have Pretend it...]
[Publish'd According to Act & sold at the Corner of ye WEst Passage of ye Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. July 1756.]
Rare etching, sheet 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing text above and below; glued to backing sheet.
One of many satires on Admiral John Byng's failure to prevent the French from taking Port Mahon in the Battle of Minorca (1756). Byng is on the right, a broken sword at his feet and a 'Gib-Halter' around his neck (Byng was court martialled and executed by firing squad on 14 March 1757). On the left a Frenchman points to Mahon, referring to it as 'Port my-own'. In the centre is Admiral Edward Hawke who replaced Byng (who was brought back to England under arrest following the loss). Despite his own best efforts, however, Hawke could not recover the island, and returned to England, unsuccessful, at the start of 1757.
BM Satires 3368; for other satires on Byng see refs 30779, 30736 etc
[Ref: 41563] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Publish'd According to Act & sold at the Corner of ye WEst Passage of ye Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. July 1756.]
Rare etching, sheet 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing text above and below; glued to backing sheet.
One of many satires on Admiral John Byng's failure to prevent the French from taking Port Mahon in the Battle of Minorca (1756). Byng is on the right, a broken sword at his feet and a 'Gib-Halter' around his neck (Byng was court martialled and executed by firing squad on 14 March 1757). On the left a Frenchman points to Mahon, referring to it as 'Port my-own'. In the centre is Admiral Edward Hawke who replaced Byng (who was brought back to England under arrest following the loss). Despite his own best efforts, however, Hawke could not recover the island, and returned to England, unsuccessful, at the start of 1757.
BM Satires 3368; for other satires on Byng see refs 30779, 30736 etc
[Ref: 41563] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Political Union Extinguishers
F.C. [c.1830]
Price One Penny Plain, & Three Pence colored
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 225 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½"). Damaged; glued to backing sheet.
Rare satire, apparently on the disintegration of Wellington's ministry in 1830: Wellington and Peel on the right look on as Winchilsea and others in the ultra-tory rebellion which led to the downfall of the Wellington government consider how to extinguish the flame of political union.
[Ref: 41628] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
F.C. [c.1830]
Price One Penny Plain, & Three Pence colored
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 225 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½"). Damaged; glued to backing sheet.
Rare satire, apparently on the disintegration of Wellington's ministry in 1830: Wellington and Peel on the right look on as Winchilsea and others in the ultra-tory rebellion which led to the downfall of the Wellington government consider how to extinguish the flame of political union.
[Ref: 41628] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Poor Will Putty.
Harrild, Printer, 20 Great Eastcheap. [n.d., c.1810.]
Rare coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Old ink mss numeral top right, some surface soiling. Printer's crease.
A song sheet telling the story of a glazier who marries a frightful scold, sells her to a sailor and finds himself cheated. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
The 'Bodleian Ballads Online' identifies the author of the ballad as Charles Dibdin (1768-1833).
[Ref: 41579] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Harrild, Printer, 20 Great Eastcheap. [n.d., c.1810.]
Rare coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Old ink mss numeral top right, some surface soiling. Printer's crease.
A song sheet telling the story of a glazier who marries a frightful scold, sells her to a sailor and finds himself cheated. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
The 'Bodleian Ballads Online' identifies the author of the ballad as Charles Dibdin (1768-1833).
[Ref: 41579] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The New Life Boat - Going on Swimmingly. Resignation - A Great Moral Virtue - All aground.
A Bird [William Henry Merle] inv.t. Etched by G. C.K. [George Cruikshank]
Pub.d May 11th 1827 by S. Knights Sweetings Alley Roy.l Xchang.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman' watermarked paper; Sheet: 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾). Trimmed within plate. Slight damage in bottom left corner.
Nine designs in three rows, relating to the changes in the Government of George Canning. The main image, 'The New Life Boat' taking all of the top row, shows George IV being rowed by his cabinet, including Canning, Lyndhurst and Wynn. The other eight satires, resignations, relate to Wellington, Melville, Bathurst, Elton, Scarlett, etc. Bathurst is crawling out of a barrell marked from the colonies. Australian interest.
BM Satires 15391.
[Ref: 41514] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Bird [William Henry Merle] inv.t. Etched by G. C.K. [George Cruikshank]
Pub.d May 11th 1827 by S. Knights Sweetings Alley Roy.l Xchang.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman' watermarked paper; Sheet: 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾). Trimmed within plate. Slight damage in bottom left corner.
Nine designs in three rows, relating to the changes in the Government of George Canning. The main image, 'The New Life Boat' taking all of the top row, shows George IV being rowed by his cabinet, including Canning, Lyndhurst and Wynn. The other eight satires, resignations, relate to Wellington, Melville, Bathurst, Elton, Scarlett, etc. Bathurst is crawling out of a barrell marked from the colonies. Australian interest.
BM Satires 15391.
[Ref: 41514] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sam Snatch; or, The Fashionable Bailiff. My name's Sam Snatch---a grab, d'ye see, Never was a bolder / Vith high and low I can make free, And tap 'em on the shoulder [...]
Cruikshank
Printed and published by R. Harrild, 20, Great Eastcheap
Etching with hand-colouring and letterpress, sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Tears top left and bottom. Damaged.
A bailiff grips a terrified dandy by the shoulders while others flee; song text beneath.
[Ref: 41572] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Cruikshank
Printed and published by R. Harrild, 20, Great Eastcheap
Etching with hand-colouring and letterpress, sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Tears top left and bottom. Damaged.
A bailiff grips a terrified dandy by the shoulders while others flee; song text beneath.
[Ref: 41572] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Secret Letter.]](jpegs/41530.jpg)
[A Secret Letter.]
Etching by T. Orde, Esq. afterwards 1st Lord Bolton. [In manuscript below plate.]
[n.d., c1770.]
Rare etching. Plate: 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Paper tone, small margins.
An exterior scene in which a woman, walking arm in arm with an older man, is handed a letter by a young man walking behind her. Another man peeps out from behind a bush. An etching by Thomas Orde Powlett (1746-1807) who was an amateur caricaturist whilst at Cambridge.
[Ref: 41530] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etching by T. Orde, Esq. afterwards 1st Lord Bolton. [In manuscript below plate.]
[n.d., c1770.]
Rare etching. Plate: 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Paper tone, small margins.
An exterior scene in which a woman, walking arm in arm with an older man, is handed a letter by a young man walking behind her. Another man peeps out from behind a bush. An etching by Thomas Orde Powlett (1746-1807) who was an amateur caricaturist whilst at Cambridge.
[Ref: 41530] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Self Accusation. No. 28. -Please to bestow your charity / - Friend I have it Not
Pickering sc [c.1820]
Wood engraving, sheet 180 x 205mm (7 x 8"). Small margins.
A Quaker outside a meeting house refuses charity to an amputee.
[Ref: 41483] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Pickering sc [c.1820]
Wood engraving, sheet 180 x 205mm (7 x 8"). Small margins.
A Quaker outside a meeting house refuses charity to an amputee.
[Ref: 41483] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Small Beer and Porter!
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Street Walkers
RST Etch.d by B. Smith
Pub March 28 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No. 3 Piccadilly London
Rare etching, platemark 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very small margins.
A fashionably-dressed man and a woman (a courtesan) cross paths at the corner of Piccadilly and Bond Street in London. The shop on the corner (a site now occupied by De Beers Diamond Jewellers) offers Uxbridge Rolls, while a child in the lower right offers a shoe-mending service. One of the first prints etched by Benjamin Smith (d.1833), who went on to work regularly for the major publisher of the day, John Boydell. First published the previous year by Smith at his premises in Battle Bridge (now Kings Cross).
BM Satires 7080
[Ref: 41484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
RST Etch.d by B. Smith
Pub March 28 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No. 3 Piccadilly London
Rare etching, platemark 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very small margins.
A fashionably-dressed man and a woman (a courtesan) cross paths at the corner of Piccadilly and Bond Street in London. The shop on the corner (a site now occupied by De Beers Diamond Jewellers) offers Uxbridge Rolls, while a child in the lower right offers a shoe-mending service. One of the first prints etched by Benjamin Smith (d.1833), who went on to work regularly for the major publisher of the day, John Boydell. First published the previous year by Smith at his premises in Battle Bridge (now Kings Cross).
BM Satires 7080
[Ref: 41484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Test of Patience. or Hogs in the Parson's Cellar. A Parson, who had a remarkable foible, / In minding the bottle much more than the bible...
[Printed & sold by Robert Harrild?, n.d., c.1810.]
Rare coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Two tears entering image, creasing. Messy.
A song sheet telling the story of a parson who, having found wandering pigs emptying his beer cask, attacks his wife with a broom. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
[Ref: 41576] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed & sold by Robert Harrild?, n.d., c.1810.]
Rare coloured etching with letterpress underneath. Sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ 7½"). Two tears entering image, creasing. Messy.
A song sheet telling the story of a parson who, having found wandering pigs emptying his beer cask, attacks his wife with a broom. Robert Harrild established his printing and publishing firm c.1801; his family kept the business going for over a century.
[Ref: 41576] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Will Waddle and the Baker, or, 20 Stone reduced to a mere Skeleton. Will Waddle, whose temper was studious and lonely, / Hir'd lodgings that took Single Gentlemen only [...]
Published July 12, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, London
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Song about obese Will Waddle and how he was 'reduced to a mere skeleton' after moving into lodgings directly above a baker's oven, accompanied by image of a confrontation between him (right) and his landlord (left).
[Ref: 41573] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Published July 12, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle 53 Fleet Street, London
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Song about obese Will Waddle and how he was 'reduced to a mere skeleton' after moving into lodgings directly above a baker's oven, accompanied by image of a confrontation between him (right) and his landlord (left).
[Ref: 41573] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)