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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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R_l Advice.
Lewis Marks del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, June 6. 1814.
Hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman & W. Balston watermark. Sheet: 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Damaged.
A satirical scene shows an ugly woman sitting on the throne dipping her hand in a box of snuff while the Prince Regent enquires after his wife. A commentary on the arrival of the allied sovereigns who exploited the Regent's bad relationship with his wife.
BM Satires 12278.
[Ref: 46474] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, June 6. 1814.
Hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman & W. Balston watermark. Sheet: 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Damaged.
A satirical scene shows an ugly woman sitting on the throne dipping her hand in a box of snuff while the Prince Regent enquires after his wife. A commentary on the arrival of the allied sovereigns who exploited the Regent's bad relationship with his wife.
BM Satires 12278.
[Ref: 46474] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull playing a Rubber. The Chronologist. No. 4.
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Courage Displayed!!!
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate [n.d., c.1825].
Etching with original colour. Sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 51352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate [n.d., c.1825].
Etching with original colour. Sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 51352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Courage Displayed!!!
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate [n.d., 1824].
Etching with original colour, verso Dr. Syntax & a Bookseller coloured aquatint; Sheet 220 x 180mm (8½ x 7"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 63451] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate [n.d., 1824].
Etching with original colour, verso Dr. Syntax & a Bookseller coloured aquatint; Sheet 220 x 180mm (8½ x 7"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 63451] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eight vignettes]](jpegs/67730.jpg)
[Eight vignettes]
Marks fec.t
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching, watermark 1822; 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Thread margins. Paper toned. Creases.
Eight comedic vignettes, 'D.r Syntax sketching,' 'D.r Syntax Attack'd by a Bull,' 'DerFrieschutz. Scene Last,' 'Rolla,' 'Life of an Actor, Studying & Throwing a Light on the Subect,' 'The Life of an Actor; A Benefit,' 'York,' 'The Diligence.'
[Ref: 67730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching, watermark 1822; 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Thread margins. Paper toned. Creases.
Eight comedic vignettes, 'D.r Syntax sketching,' 'D.r Syntax Attack'd by a Bull,' 'DerFrieschutz. Scene Last,' 'Rolla,' 'Life of an Actor, Studying & Throwing a Light on the Subect,' 'The Life of an Actor; A Benefit,' 'York,' 'The Diligence.'
[Ref: 67730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV & Queen Caroline] The R-l Libertine reclaimed, or, The Anticipation of a Reconciliation.](jpegs/63473.jpg)
[George IV & Queen Caroline] The R-l Libertine reclaimed, or, The Anticipation of a Reconciliation.
Marks fect [within image]
Pub.d by J.L. Marks 37 Prince's St. Soho [n.d. c.1821].
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins, watermarked W. Thomas 1818. Mounted in album paper, horizontal and vertical folds.
Satire on George IV (1762-1830) and Caroline of Brunswick's (1768-1821) terrible marriage. They sit in a dais embracing, watched by a group of women (many wearing coronets). In the background men with cuckhold's horns dance, and three women commit suicide by hanging or drowning.
BM Satires 14128, with extensive description
[Ref: 63473] £320.00
Marks fect [within image]
Pub.d by J.L. Marks 37 Prince's St. Soho [n.d. c.1821].
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins, watermarked W. Thomas 1818. Mounted in album paper, horizontal and vertical folds.
Satire on George IV (1762-1830) and Caroline of Brunswick's (1768-1821) terrible marriage. They sit in a dais embracing, watched by a group of women (many wearing coronets). In the background men with cuckhold's horns dance, and three women commit suicide by hanging or drowning.
BM Satires 14128, with extensive description
[Ref: 63473] £320.00
Illustration of Plays No 6. Inconstant!!
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Three Weeks after Marriage!! Illustration of Plays No 7.
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Awful Moments or Monkeys of Honour!! N.o 37. How many Cowards, whose hearts are all as false, As stains of sand, wear yet upon their chins, The beards of Hercules and Frowning Mars; Who inward search'd have livers white as milk: Shakespeare.
M.arks fc.
[London Published by J.L. Marks, 17, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate] [n.d c.1824]
Etching with colour, 180 x 205mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Slight loss lower left.
A caricature of a duel fought in 1824 between Cornet William Battier (fl.1824-) and Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), both of the 10th Hussars. With a Shakespeare (1564-1616) quote from the 'Merchant of Venice. Act III. Scene 2.' Battier, Londonberry and their seconds Lt-Col. Thomas Weston (-c.1824) and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) are depicted as monkeys wearing military uniforms.
[Ref: 58441] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.arks fc.
[London Published by J.L. Marks, 17, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate] [n.d c.1824]
Etching with colour, 180 x 205mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Slight loss lower left.
A caricature of a duel fought in 1824 between Cornet William Battier (fl.1824-) and Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), both of the 10th Hussars. With a Shakespeare (1564-1616) quote from the 'Merchant of Venice. Act III. Scene 2.' Battier, Londonberry and their seconds Lt-Col. Thomas Weston (-c.1824) and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) are depicted as monkeys wearing military uniforms.
[Ref: 58441] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III. Scene a Tent - ''Give me another ass, bind up my wounds! "Have mercy, there I say, you'll break my bones.'' Duncombe's, Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.9.
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Disappointed Undertaker, or Rising John Bull's Choler_a
Marks fec.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A portly John Bull is propositioned by an undertaker who carries a coffin strapped to his back, offering a deal for his whole family.
[Ref: 56283] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A portly John Bull is propositioned by an undertaker who carries a coffin strapped to his back, offering a deal for his whole family.
[Ref: 56283] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A pair of grotesque figures.]](jpegs/50465.jpg)
[A pair of grotesque figures.]
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.](jpegs/64191.jpg)
[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)