A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Macaroni Duellists
R St. G. M. f.
Pub.d according to Act by MDarly, Jan.y 15.th 1772 (39) Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") very large margins
Caricatures of two duellists and their seconds, one of whom has a bottle of smelling salts. After Richard St George Mansergh St George (1750-98), published by the team of Matthew Darly (c.1721-80) & his wife Mary (1736-91).
Not in BM Satires but see 2010,7108.1.
[Ref: 63578] £320.00
R St. G. M. f.
Pub.d according to Act by MDarly, Jan.y 15.th 1772 (39) Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") very large margins
Caricatures of two duellists and their seconds, one of whom has a bottle of smelling salts. After Richard St George Mansergh St George (1750-98), published by the team of Matthew Darly (c.1721-80) & his wife Mary (1736-91).
Not in BM Satires but see 2010,7108.1.
[Ref: 63578] £320.00
Refin'd Taste. Eternal Infamy, that Wretch Confound, / Who Planted first this Vice on English Ground. / A Crime that Spite of Sense and Nature reigns. / and Poisons Genial Love & Manhood Stains. Vid. Rod. Random.
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Le Cabriole Anglois. The Buggy. Timothy Tallow, and his Wife, going to Graves Hall, on a Sunday.
R. S.t G. M. [Richard St George Mansergh St George] Pinx.t.
Publish'd according to Act, Aug.st 10th. 1772 by MDarly, No.39 in the Strand.
Etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate. Bottom left and right corners missing. Pinholes near corners. A few brown spots. Some restoration.
A man with his grotesque and fat wife driving a coach pulled by a tired horse towards a country mansion on the outskirts of London. The print seems to be mocking nouveau-riche Londoners; the skyline of the capital (including The Monument and St. Paul's Cathedral) is visible on the horizon. After Richard St George Mansergh St George (1750 - 1798).
BM Satires: 4640.
[Ref: 65660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. S.t G. M. [Richard St George Mansergh St George] Pinx.t.
Publish'd according to Act, Aug.st 10th. 1772 by MDarly, No.39 in the Strand.
Etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate. Bottom left and right corners missing. Pinholes near corners. A few brown spots. Some restoration.
A man with his grotesque and fat wife driving a coach pulled by a tired horse towards a country mansion on the outskirts of London. The print seems to be mocking nouveau-riche Londoners; the skyline of the capital (including The Monument and St. Paul's Cathedral) is visible on the horizon. After Richard St George Mansergh St George (1750 - 1798).
BM Satires: 4640.
[Ref: 65660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)