Grosvenor Prints

Wants a Situation. A Respectable Middle Aged Man wants a Place in some Law Office the Exchequer would be Prefer'd_ He can speak French & has no objection to make himself generally Useful...
H.B.
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed to printed border.
Henry Brougham (1778-1868), stands outside a Registry Office looking at a notice board of menial jobs. In the background a streetseller holds a placard, 'Hall of Information, Strand.' In November 1834 Brougham enraged the King by taking the Great Seal across the Scottish border and indulged in uncharacteristic extravagances. Dismissed and desperate to return to power, he offered to become a judge without any pay beyond his ex-Lord Chancellor's pension.
See also [Ref: 50467]
[Ref: 67296] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wants a Situation. A Respectable Middle Aged Man wants a Place in some Law Office the Exchequer would be Prefer'd_ He can speak French & has no objection to make himself generally Useful...
H.B
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed.
Henry Brougham (1778-1868), stands outside a Registry Office looking at a notice board of menial jobs. In the background a streetseller holds a placard, 'Hall of Information, Strand.' In November 1834 Brougham enraged the King by taking the Great Seal across the Scottish border and indulged in uncharacteristic extravagances. Dismissed and desperate to return to power, he offered to become a judge without any pay beyond his ex-Lord Chancellor's pension.
[Ref: 50467] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Auction Extraordinary. HB Sketches No. 522.
HB. A. Ducotés Lithog.y 70 St. Martins Lane.
published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, 23rd Feb.y 1838.
Hand coloured lithograph. 'HB Subscribers Copy' blind stamp in lower left corner. Sheet size: 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Tipped into backing sheet.
A scene inside an auction room, with the auctioneer (George Robins) standing behind a pulpit, auctioning objects listed to the left in an advertisement. The dishes to be auctioned are carried around by two men in the foreground, and examined by a man standing in to the left (Lord Brougham), and two men at the right (Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel). Two men standing in the background (Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Russell) are watching the scene. The scene makes reference to Lord Melbourne who was 'a guest at the dinner-table of Her Majesty, and when she was at Windsor, he lived almost wholly at the Castle. The desolate state of his own home was the subject of frequent remark in the daily papers, and furnished occasion for a good deal of pleasantry', from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841.
[Ref: 36584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, & Harriet Mellon] This is No Caricature.
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Fine lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼") Old ink mss. identification under print. Trimmed.
In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans (1801-49), married Harriet Mellon (1777-1837), widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 69103] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, & Harriet Mellon] This is No Caricature.
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with large margins. Old ink mss. explanation under print.
In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 33100] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Bliss-and Ton. No. 2. Sketches from the King's Theatre.
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Celebrated Vaux Hall Performer on the Tight Rope. Sketches No 341.
HB. [John Doyle.] [Ducôté & Stephen's Lithography, 70, St. Martins Lane'.]
[Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket Sep.r 16th. 1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed to printed border, title cut and pasted in lower image, laid on album paper.
A satire of Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham as a tightrope walker with a poll with weights marked 'Toryism' and 'Whiggism' on either end. The orchestra, reading from newspapers including The Times, Spectator and Examiner, glare up at him. In 1834, the last year of his chancellorship, Brougham was becoming increasingly unpopular due to his perceived arrogance.
[Ref: 51641] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Brougham] State Cricket Match. HB Sketches No 357.
HB [John Doyle.] Ducote & Stephen's Lithog.y 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket Dec.r 6th 1834.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A cricket match, with Lord High Chancellor Henry Brougham using his mace as a bat, but a ball marked with the crown, bowled by the Duke of Wellington, smashes his wicket. In November 1834Sir Robert Peel's Tories had replaced Grey's administration.
[Ref: 62492] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[John Calcraft] The Rival Mount O'Banks, or the Dorsetshire Juggler. HN Sketches Nº 130.
HB [monogram of John Doyle]
Published 25.th May 1831, by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph. Sheet 290 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to printed border, edged with album paper. Slight creasing on left.
The Dorset election presented as two rival booths at a fairground. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, hustles for John Calcraft, who sits behnd eating his own words. The rival candidate, George Bankes, has a booth behind. Calcraft (1765-1831) won the election as a reformer, despite not being popular or being an effective politician in other seats. He committed suicide later in the year, convinced everyone despised him.
BM Satires 16685, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68065] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Catholic emancipation.] The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing S.t Collection.
HB [John Doyle].
Published by T. McLean 26 Haymarket March 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Printed border 260 x 330mm (10¼ x 13"). Ink mss. in top margin, stain in centre.
The ghost of George Canning appears before Wellington and other members of the cabinet, causing them to recoil in shock. Canning was a supporter of Catholic emancipation, which was only achieved after his death.
BM Satires 15834.
[Ref: 69165] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Legitimacy in Commotion or All Wrong with Divine Right.
H.B. [John Doyle.]
Published by T. McLean, 28, Haymarket, 28 Aug 1830.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 275 x 375mm (10¾ x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper, at corners, tears glued down.
A satire on the July Revolution of 1830, which forced Charles X (1757-1836) to abdicate. He and the duc d'Angoulême stand in the foreground, the former king saying 'Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the fate of kings'. To the left the Dey of Algiers wanders off, having been deposed by French action earlier in the year. Behind, a long fishing rod from the 'Times office' snags the crown off the king's head. John Doyle (1797-1868), worked under the pseudonym 'HB' from 1827, usually issuing one satire a month during parliamentary seasons. Doyle preserved his anonymity as 'H.B.' until 1843, when he revealed himself to Sir Robert Peel in a letter justifying his motives and principles as a cartoonist.
BM Satire 16237.
[Ref: 51585] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The New Christmas Pantomime. HB. Sketches N.º 846.
HB [John Doyle]. printed at 70. St Martins Lane.
Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Small repaired tear top left margin.
Pantomime, with the words "Free trade" written on the back of the stage. A man dressed as a woman, in the role of Columbine (William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)) a Harlequin (Sir Robert Peel), in front of a piece of paper on the floor marked "Sliding scale," while an elderly man, in the role of Pantaloon (Duke of Wellington), stands at left watching on. A clown stands at the right with his hands in his trousers pockets (Sir James Graham) while a man is seen leaving in the background on the left (Lord Russell).
[Ref: 64677] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Christmas Pantomime, N.º 2. Extraordinary Harlequin Leap! HB. Sketches N.º 852.
HB [John Doyle]. Printed at 70 S.t Martins Lane.
Published Jan.y 21st 1846, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 440mm (12¼ x 17"). Small repaired tear in left margin.
Peel as Harlequin, jumping head first through a screen inscribed "PROTECT AGRICULTURE CORN LAWS", while Wellington as Pantaloon and Graham as a clown look on in admiration, Russell and Morpeth in envy, the Duke of Norfolk in a fainting fit of horror.
See BM 1882,1209.600 for the original ink sketch.
[Ref: 64711] £140.00 (£168.00 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)

Le Mort. Suppose and suppose the Giraffe it should die, Old Bags he should play over Him, we'd sit down and cry
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 11 1829.
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15") Tipped into album sheet.
George IV (1762-1830) and Lady Conyngham (1769-1861) weep unrestrainedly over the dead giraffe. The former, in back view, seated on a stool facing the corpse, places a hand on the shoulder of the latter, who sits on the floor with her face buried in a handkerchief. The animal lies on its back, its legs swathed in bandages and raised, the neck extended along the ground with the head on a cushion. Lord Eldon (1751-1838), seated with legs dangling and toes turned in, plays the bagpipe (tune, "Highland Laddie"), beside a large pill-box and a prescription signed 'Abe[rne]thy'. Behind, curtains mark the creature’s stall (at Sandpit Gate, Windsor Park), where two Nubians give way to grief. The giraffe was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, Viceroy of Egypt (1769–1849) to George IV in the summer of 1827. He sent a second giraffe to France’s Charles X and a third to the Austrian emperor, each traveling with two Egyptian milk cows, two keepers, several African animals, and a translator. George kept his in the private menagerie at Sandpit Gate in Windsor Park and he allegedly visited it every day with Lady Conyngham. Interestingly this print was published two months before the creature’s demise.
BM Satires 15845.
[Ref: 67920] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Ellenborough in India] Alarming Situation! In India. From an Old Tame Elephant Running Wild!!! HB Sketches No 760.
HB [monogram of John Doyle]. Printed at 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Feb.y 1843.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with 'HB Subscriber's Copy' blind stamp lower left. Some foxing.
Edward Law (1790-1871), Lord Ellenborough, as an out-of-control elephant with mahout Wellington reassuring Robert Peel and Lord Stanley in a howdah, and Lord Auckland carried in his trunk. Ellenborough was appointed Governor General of India in 1842 (replacing Aukland), with instructions from the British government to restore peace. However India was immediately plunged into war, firstly in Afghanistan, then Sind and Gwalior. Ellenborough was recalled serving only half of the usual 5-year term.
BM 1868,0808.12091.
[Ref: 57999] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Lithograph with fine colour. 279 x 355mm (11 x 14"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1829', with wide margins.
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 30626] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] The Goat Wot Lost his Beard.
[John Doyle.
London. Published by T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket. Nov.r 13, 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Printed border 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1829'. Creased bottom right.
The Duke of Cumberland stands among army officers, surprised they do not recognise him because he had shaved off his facial hair for a lady.
BM Satires: 15906.
[Ref: 63393] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Printed border 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Stains.
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories, hoping to become king. Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches".
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 69166] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry George Grey & Charles Wood] Robinson Crusoe and his Man Friday. H.B. Sketches No. 641.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducôte's Lithog.y 70, St Martins Lane.
Published June 3rd 1840 by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph. Printed area 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"), with 'Subscribers Copy' blindstamp. Trimmed close to border.
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, as Robinson Crusoe with Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, as Friday, carrying two guns marked 'Conservative gun' and 'Whig Radical gun'.
[Ref: 63972] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

An Interesting Group. "Misfortune makes us acquainted with Strange Bedfellows".
HB [monogram in image.] HB Subscribers Copy [stamp.]
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket, Feby. 1847. Printed by Mc.Lean & Co. 70 St. Martin's Lane.
Hand-coloured lithograph. 280 x 337mm. 11 x 13¼".
The sitters from left to right: Lord Linden, Sir Robert Peel, Henry Goulbourn, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord George Bentinck, William Smith O'Brien.
In the Bodleian Library.
[Ref: 20613] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Melbourne & Norton] Great Eclipse of 1836. Seen through a Cloud, shortly before it reached its greatest obscuration.
H.B. Sketches No. 487. A. Ducôte's Lithog.y 70, St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, May 18th. 1836.
Lithograph with 'Subscribers Copy' blindstamp. Printed area 250 x 310mm, 9¾ x 12¼". Tears in margins.
William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne and Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835-41, depicted as the Sun being eclipsed by the Moon of the Hon. George Chapple Norton. During his second term as Prime Minister, Norton sued him for alleged adultery with his wife, the novelist and social reformer Caroline Norton. After a nine-day trial Melbourne was aquitted but the scandal brought the goverment to the brink of collapse.
[Ref: 26416] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Melbourne & Norton] Great Eclipse of 1836. Seen through a Cloud, shortly before it reached its greatest obscuration. H.B. Sketches No. 487.
HB [John Doyle].A. Ducôte's Lithog.y 70, St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, May 18th. 1836.
Lithograph with 'Subscribers Copy' blindstamp. Printed area 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"), with large margins. Tears in margins repaired.
William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne and Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835-41, depicted as the Sun being eclipsed by the Moon of the Hon. George Chapple Norton. During his second term as Prime Minister, Norton sued him for alleged adultery with his wife, the novelist and social reformer Caroline Norton. After a nine-day trial Melbourne was aquitted but the scandal brought the goverment to the brink of collapse.
[Ref: 63970] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Melbourne & Norton] Great Eclipse of 1836. Seen through a Cloud, shortly before it reached its greatest obscuration.
H.B. Sketches No. 487. A. Ducôte's Lithog.y 70, St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, May 18th. 1836.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed close to printed border.
William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne and Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835-41, depicted as the Sun being eclipsed by the Moon of the Hon. George Chapple Norton. During his second term as Prime Minister, Norton sued him for alleged adultery with his wife, the novelist and social reformer Caroline Norton. After a nine-day trial Melbourne was aquitted but the scandal brought the goverment to the brink of collapse.
[Ref: 62490] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[John Lambton] A Row in the Play-Ground.
HB. [John Doyle.]
Published by T. Mc Lean 26 Haymarket 3rd Dec. 1838 A. Ducote's Lithog.y 70 St Martins.
Lithograph, printed area 270 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A satire on John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792 - 1840) and his brief spell as governor-in-chief of British North America. He stands against a tree, a handkerchief held to his eye, injured by three rocks at his feet inscribed 'Act / of / Indemnity', thrown by Brougham, who lurks behind a tree on the far right. Durham's allies, including Sir William Molesworth and Lord Howick, attempt to console him, but Durham is upset at their failure to prevent the assault. Behind stands the Duke of Wellington, holding a cricket bat, saying 'It was a very hard blow, but he brought it on himself'. Lambton was appointed governor in 1837 to tackle unrest in Quebec but soon ran into problems, overstepping his powers by deporting imprisoned rebel leaders to Bermuda. When the matter was brought before the House of Lords by Brougham, Lambton resigned from his position after barely five months.
[Ref: 67737] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[John George Lambton] The Newest Universal Medicine.
HB. [John Doyle.] A. Ducôte's Litho.y St Martins Lane.
Published by T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, July 27th 1837.
Coloured lithograph, stamped 'Subscriber's Copy'. Sheet 285 x 415mm (11¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to printed border top and bottom.
John George Lambton, Lord Durham, as a quack, standing at a counter, mixing ingredients with a mortar and pestel. Around him are jars marked 'Conservative Opiate', 'Radical Alcohol' 'Whig Alkali', etc. Under the mortar is 'Letter to the Electors of Durham'; on chairs are parcels addressed to Daniel O'Connell, the Bishop of Exeter and the Times and other newspapers. During the 1837 election Lambton 'advised' the electorate of Durham on their choice of candidates.
See BM 1868,0808.11811.
[Ref: 52788] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Maberley?] Equestrian Sketches Pl. 20.
[by John Doyle, ''H.B.''] A. Ducotè's Lithog.y 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket, 1st. July 1839.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 240 x 325mm (9½ x 12¾") very large margins.
A gentle caricature of a woman riding side-saddle, one of at least 45 in the series, all printed without names of the subjects. Probably the wife of William Leader Maberly (1798-1885), the joint secretary to the General Post Office who strongly opposed the introduction of the Penny Post.
[Ref: 51811] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Feeding the Animals - Change of Diet! HB Sketches No 573.
H.B. [John Doyle.] A. Ducôte's Lithog.s 70 St Martin's Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 12th Feb.y 1839.
Lithograph. Sheet 270 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire on the political debate on the Corn Laws, with Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) as Isaac A. Van Amburgh (1808-65, an American who developed the first trained wild animal act in modern times) feeding various big cats with the faces of politicians including Palmerston, Normanby, Lansdowne, Holland, Melbourne, Russell, Charles Poulett Thomson and Thomas Spring Rice. Outside the cage Queen Victoria looks on. John Doyle (1797-1868), worked under the pseudonym 'HB' from 1827, usually issuing one satire a month during parliamentary seasons. Doyle preserved his anonymity as 'H.B.' until 1843, when he revealed himself to Sir Robert Peel in a letter justifying his motives and principles as a cartoonist.
[Ref: 51583] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Daniel O'Connell] A Fancy Sketch Shewing a select speciment of the Cross-Palpable.
H.B. [John Doyle.]
Published by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket August 11th 1834.
Lithograph. Sheet: 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16''). Staining on left.
A political satire showing political opponents Daniel O'Connell and Lord Althorp engaged in a boxing match, other politicians watch and cheer on the fight while John Bull holds the watch. A commentary on O'Connell and Lord Althorp's positions on the Irish Tithe Bill.
[Ref: 50111] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Daniel O'Connell] Caged at Last.
H.B [John Doyle]. Printed by W. Kohler.
London: W. Spooner, 377 Strand [n.d., 1843].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within printed borders, some foxing.
Daniel O'Connell and his associates stand at the bars of a prison window weeping. Above the window is written 'Cease to do Evil and Learn to do Well'; under the sill is a rent box. In 1843 he spent three months in Griffith Barracks, Dublin (known as Richmond Bridewell) for conspiracy before being released on appeal.
[Ref: 63651] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Daniel O'Connell] Conspirators; or Imprisonment As It Is And Imprisonment As It Was.
[John Doyle]
[n.d., c.1843.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½"). Trimmed within printed borders, title excised and pasted at top of image.
Two contrasting scenes of imprisonment in Ireland. On the left an obese Daniel O'Connell lifts a wine glass in 'Richmond Pleasure Grounds', a 'Rent' box at his feet; on the right an unkept man sits shackled in Kilmainham Gaol, a jug of water and a loaf beside him. In 1843 O'Connell spent three months in Griffith Barracks, Dublin (known as Richmond Bridwell, for conspiracy before being released. Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, opened 1796, was notorious for the poor, overcrowded conditions. It is now a museum.
[Ref: 63650] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Daniel O'Connell] Alarming Comet of 1835. HB Sketches No105.
[John Doyle.] A Ducote's Lithography St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket 10.th Aug.t 1835.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to printed border.
Halley's Comet of 1835 with the head of Daniel O'Connell, and heads of other men its tail, flying from Ireland towards England.
See reference 45736 for coloured version.
[Ref: 62491] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Daniel O'Connell] Alarming Comet of 1835. HB Sketches No105.
[John Doyle.] A Ducote's Lithography St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket 10.th Aug.t 1835.
Coloured lithograph. 286 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½"), with large margins. Tear just entering printed border lower right.
Halley's comet of 1835 with the head of Daniel O'Connell, and heads of other men its tail, flying from Ireland towards England.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 45736] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Oliver Introduced to the Respectable Old Gentleman. Vide Oliver Twist, Vol 1, page 132. Sketches No 576.
HB. [John Doyle.] A. Ducôte's Litho.y St Martins Lane.
Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket, 25th Feb.y 1839.
Lithograph with subscribers' stamp. Sheet 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A parody of Cruikshank's illustration to 'Oliver Twist': the 'Artful Dodger' (Lord Normanby) introduces Oliver Twist (Lord Morpeth) to Fagan (Daniel O'Connell) to be initiated into the secrets and practices of the appropriation trade
[Ref: 51630] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Political Hits N.o 22. Illustratative Explanation of The Sliding Scale. For the Information Of The Public At Large. "Here we go up, up, up. & there they go down down downy.- Old Song.
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Politicians sit on a see-saw with one end being pushed up by Queen Victoria, hosted by Prince Albert.
[Ref: 67317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Political Hits N.o 26. Peel's Bullion Office. Established In 1842 For A Sovereign Remedy For National Distress.
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Satire on the economic situation in the UK in 1842. Criticism of the Corn Laws, and 'Landed Interest'. In 1842, half farthings were declared legal tender in the United Kingdom.
[Ref: 67325] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

New Appointment of Directions for the Royal Ranger.
[John Doyle.]
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14'').
A satirical scene showing Queen Victoria and Prince Albert having a conversation surrounded by courtiers, Prince Albert is dressed in a rangers costume which is amusing to the courtiers present. Queen Victoria appointed Prince Albert Grand Ranger in 1841.
[Ref: 49210] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Earl of Eldon & Duke of Cumberland.] Old Bags and His New Friend.
[John Doyle]
Published by Edw.d McLean 14 St Martins Court, Leicester Sq.re [n.d., 1829].
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Narrow lateral margins.
full length caricature portraits of John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), arm-in-arm, united by their opposition to Wellington's attempts at Catholic Emancipation.
BM Satires 15834.
[Ref: 69135] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Mask of Comus. As now being performed at the Theatre Royal, Madrid, with amazing success.
H.B. Printed at 70. St. Martin's Lane.
Published Nov.r 19.th 1847 by Thos. Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to coloured border. Light damage to bottom.
King Louis Philippe, depicted as Comus, offers wine to the reluctant Queen Isabella II of Spain, who sits on a throne beneath a tree marked “Liberty”. Behind her cowers Francis, titular King of Spain, while Palmerston and Henry Bulwer look on. General Narváez appears in military uniform wearing a lion mask, surrounded by musicians, animals, and animal-headed figures representing members of the Spanish royal circle.
[Ref: 69882] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Small Tea Party of Superannuated Politicians.
H.B. [in image lower left]
London, Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 13, 1829. Printed by J. Netherclift 8 Newman St.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"). Tear from top edge.
Satirical likenesses of elderly Tory stalwarts who opposed Catholic Relief: (l-r) Thomas Manners Sutton, 1st Baron Manners (shown in by a servant); Sophia, sister of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (who stands second from right); a servant attending John Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron Reedesdale; John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Bexley; and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. Reedsdale and Sidmouth both gave their last speeches earlier in 1829. Lithograph by John Doyle (1797-1868), cartoonist and painter who went by the pseudonym 'H.B.' Doyle began making political prints in 1827 and over a period of 22 years usually issued one a month during parliamentary seasons. While his prosperity enabled Doyle to move to a fashionable address overlooking Hyde Park which drew him into a circle of prestigious writers and artists including Wordsworth, Dickens and Coleridge, Doyle preserved his anonymity as 'H.B.' until 1843, when he revealed himself to Sir Robert Peel in a seventeen page letter justifying his motives and principles as a cartoonist.
BM Satires 15846
[Ref: 42466] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Small Tea Party of Superannuated Politicians.
H.B. [in image lower left]
London, Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 13, 1829.
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed border 270 x 330mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed close to border at bottom, ink mss in top margain.
Satirical likenesses of elderly Tory stalwarts who opposed Catholic Relief: (l-r) Thomas Manners Sutton, 1st Baron Manners (1756–1842) (shown in by a servant); Sophia (d. 1836), sister of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766-1851) (who stands second from right); a servant attending John Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1748-1830); John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838); Bexley; and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844). Reedsdale and Sidmouth both gave their last speeches earlier in 1829. Lithograph by John Doyle (1797-1868), cartoonist and painter who went by the pseudonym 'H.B.' Doyle began making political prints in 1827 and over a period of 22 years usually issued one a month during parliamentary seasons. While his prosperity enabled Doyle to move to a fashionable address overlooking Hyde Park which drew him into a circle of prestigious writers and artists including Wordsworth, Dickens and Coleridge, Doyle preserved his anonymity as 'H.B.' until 1843, when he revealed himself to Sir Robert Peel in a seventeen page letter justifying his motives and principles as a cartoonist.
BM Satires 15846.
[Ref: 69168] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with very fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 48384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Alphabet. N.o1
hb [John Doyle]
Published by Thos. Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket July 3d. 1843. Printed at 70 S.t Martins Lane.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"), large margins.
Prince Albert (1819-61) sits at left with a small child on his lap, holding a long alphabet picture book shared with a young girl seated on the floor at center right beside Queen Victoria (1819-1901). The Queen rests her left hand on a cradle holding a sleeping baby. In the left and right margins, the alphabet is shown with a word for each letter and a humorous explanation.
Welcome 372 32 i.
[Ref: 66782] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A First Lesson On The Welsh Harp. N.o 4
h.b. Printed at the General Lith.c Estab.t 70 S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket, August 24.th 1843.
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼"), large margins Repaired tears at bottom.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Prince Albert (1819-61), Victoria Princess Royal (1840-1901), and Princess Alice (1843-78) watch the infant Prince of Wales (1841-1910) play a harp, seated in a high chair on a table held by an attendant, with the family’s parrot Lorie and dogs Eos and Islay looking on.
[Ref: 66790] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Sketch in Buckingham Gardens. _ Dedicated to the Royal Humane Societies. Political Hits No. 8.
[John Doyle?] Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark Street Soho.
London; W. Spooner, 377 Strand [n.d., c.1842].
Lithograph. Sheet 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
A panicking Prince Albert has fallen through the ice on the pond in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria is attempting to pull him out, aided by a laughing lady-in-waiting ('Lady M_'), who says 'who would have thought His Royal Highness such a coward?'. In 1842 the Royal Humane Society presented Albert with a 'Life-Ladder', a ladder with wheels on one end, to be used in the event of accident at the royal skating parties on Virginia Water.
[Ref: 57814] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Domestic Felicity. A scene Near Windsor.
HB Jun.r Sketches. N.º 6.
London Pub.d J.L. Marks, Long Lane Smithfield [n.d., c.1844].
Lithograph. Printed area 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Paper toning, scuff in left of inscription area and bottom margin.
Victoria walks arm in arm with a mutton-chopped man, as Albert walks ahead pulling his two eldest children in a two-wheeled carriage, with the suggestion that his role is father to the queen's children, which he is not happy about.
[Ref: 69231] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington & Henry Brougham] A Curious Figure that Kicks all Manner of Ways. HB Sketches no 764.
HB [John Doyle] Printed at 70 St Martin's Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, March, 1843.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"), large margins. Tear entering printed border at top repaired, some spotting.
The Duke of Wellington operates a cardboard figure of Lord Brougham, with jointed arms and legs.
[Ref: 58474] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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.]
Fine coloured lithograph. J. Whatman 1829 watermark; 280 x 320mm (11 x 12¾"). Trimmed.
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: 54074] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Wellington] A Peep at the Premier, in his Peninsular Cap.
Ideas by H.B. [John Doyle] E. McLean.
Published by E.McLean, 8 Upper Castle Street, Leicester Square, opposite St Martin's Ct [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 240 x 280mm (9½ x 15"). Tears taped.
Wellington sits at a writing desk, with a folio of HB caricatures, cursing a caricature of himself and Lord Eldon (BM Satires 16075).
Not in BM Satires, but see 1991,0720.102, different state, with second half of title 'A scene from Apsley House'.
[Ref: 69457] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Noddle Bazaar.
Q. & H.B. [John Doyle.]
Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Sep 9 1830.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed to printed border. Very slight nick bottom right margin.
Wellington and Peel peruse various busts of politicians, deciding which ones to buy for the new cabinet for William IV's first government. On the ground lower left is a bust of O'Connell: 'This head wont be sold until it be bought'. John Doyle (1797-1868), worked under the pseudonym 'HB' from 1827, usually issuing one satire a month during parliamentary seasons. Doyle preserved his anonymity as 'H.B.' until 1843, when he revealed himself to Sir Robert Peel in a letter justifying his motives and principles as a cartoonist.
BM Satires: 16264.
[Ref: 51587] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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