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The Hawarden Wood Block Estate Company Limited, or The Coloured Cousins at Work. There are still Coloured descendents of "the Gladstone family in Demerara," Extract from letter Published in St. Stephen's Revier, 14th. Jan, 1888. St. Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon, Feb.y 4th. 1888.
Tom Merry. Del et Lith.
Coloured lithograph. 374 x 545mm (14¾ x 21½"). Vertical fold down the middle, as issued. A few small tears to edges
An attack on Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, Liberal Prime Minister but here Leader of the Opposition), whose father, Sir John Gladstone, had been one of the largest slave owners in the British Empire. Earlier in his career he was an opponent of the abolition of slavery, saying that emancipation should only happen after the moral education of the slaves. Here the suggestion is that the morals of the Gladstone family also needed attention, with the black workers on Gladstone's estates having a family resemblence. Tom Merry's wicked caricature published in 4 February 1888, of the Hawarden Wood Block Estate Company, where Gladstone sets his ‘Demarara cousins’ to work. William Mecham (1853-1902) had a music hall act in which he drew caricatures at lighning speed. 'St Stephen's Review', a Conservative weekly magazine, ran from 1883 to 1892.
[Ref: 63741] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Merry. Del et Lith.
Coloured lithograph. 374 x 545mm (14¾ x 21½"). Vertical fold down the middle, as issued. A few small tears to edges
An attack on Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, Liberal Prime Minister but here Leader of the Opposition), whose father, Sir John Gladstone, had been one of the largest slave owners in the British Empire. Earlier in his career he was an opponent of the abolition of slavery, saying that emancipation should only happen after the moral education of the slaves. Here the suggestion is that the morals of the Gladstone family also needed attention, with the black workers on Gladstone's estates having a family resemblence. Tom Merry's wicked caricature published in 4 February 1888, of the Hawarden Wood Block Estate Company, where Gladstone sets his ‘Demarara cousins’ to work. William Mecham (1853-1902) had a music hall act in which he drew caricatures at lighning speed. 'St Stephen's Review', a Conservative weekly magazine, ran from 1883 to 1892.
[Ref: 63741] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Fred. Horniman.
Tom Merry. del et lith.
Supplement to the St. Stephen's Review, February 21st, 1891.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 265 x 245mm (10½ x 8¾"). Some toning of paper.
A full-length slightly caricatured portrait of Frederick John Horniman (1835-1906), Quaker tea trader, M.P. for Penryn and Falmouth from 1895 until 1906, and founder of the Horniman Museum.
[Ref: 65763] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Merry. del et lith.
Supplement to the St. Stephen's Review, February 21st, 1891.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 265 x 245mm (10½ x 8¾"). Some toning of paper.
A full-length slightly caricatured portrait of Frederick John Horniman (1835-1906), Quaker tea trader, M.P. for Penryn and Falmouth from 1895 until 1906, and founder of the Horniman Museum.
[Ref: 65763] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil.] Showman - (Loq.) Ladies and Gentlemen - Here you see "Jumbo" the Royal Elephant of the New Forest, the last scion of the gigantic Mammoth of the Antediluvian World [...]
Tom Merry. St Stephens Review Specimen. St.Stephens Menagerie No.1.
Saturday Sept. 17th [1887.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Some creasing and slight damage to edges.
Satirical print depicting Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil as the elephant 'Jumbo', showcased by a zookeeper. From the journal St Stephens Review 17th September 1887. He is described as a 'monstrous animal' with 'uncertain temperament and at times becomes equally dangerous to friend or foe. When pressed by his enemies he becomes ungovernable-in his blind fury reversing his attitude in an unaccountable and unbecoming manner'. The showman warns a small girl to get 'Out of the way little girl, or he will catch you with his proboscis, which, used by the reckless beast, is a very powerful and dangerous organ.
[Ref: 66666] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Merry. St Stephens Review Specimen. St.Stephens Menagerie No.1.
Saturday Sept. 17th [1887.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Some creasing and slight damage to edges.
Satirical print depicting Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil as the elephant 'Jumbo', showcased by a zookeeper. From the journal St Stephens Review 17th September 1887. He is described as a 'monstrous animal' with 'uncertain temperament and at times becomes equally dangerous to friend or foe. When pressed by his enemies he becomes ungovernable-in his blind fury reversing his attitude in an unaccountable and unbecoming manner'. The showman warns a small girl to get 'Out of the way little girl, or he will catch you with his proboscis, which, used by the reckless beast, is a very powerful and dangerous organ.
[Ref: 66666] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
How We Started for Khartoum.
Tom Merry [William Mecham]. del. Gilbert & Rivington, Limited, Lith., London.
''St. Stephen's Review'' Presentation Cartoon, September 6th. 1883.
Chromolithograph. Sheet 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Binding notches in bottom edge.
A satire on the Khartoum Relief Expedition, showing it as a a disorganised fleet of boats with soldiers rowing up the Nile. A sailor uses a fishing rod, catching a crocodile. On the banks are useless supplies, with famous names: Gilbey & Co Wines and Spirits; Pear's Soap; Preserves from Cross and Blackwell; and Fishing Tackle from G. Little & Co Haymarket. The expedition arrived two days too late, after which Gladstone was accused of excessive slowness in sending relief to Khartoum. Queen Victoria sent a telegram also rebuking him. William Mecham (1853-1902) had a music hall act in which he drew caricatures at lighning speed. 'St Stephen's Review', a Conservative weekly magazine, ran from 1883 to 1892.
[Ref: 54493] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Merry [William Mecham]. del. Gilbert & Rivington, Limited, Lith., London.
''St. Stephen's Review'' Presentation Cartoon, September 6th. 1883.
Chromolithograph. Sheet 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Binding notches in bottom edge.
A satire on the Khartoum Relief Expedition, showing it as a a disorganised fleet of boats with soldiers rowing up the Nile. A sailor uses a fishing rod, catching a crocodile. On the banks are useless supplies, with famous names: Gilbey & Co Wines and Spirits; Pear's Soap; Preserves from Cross and Blackwell; and Fishing Tackle from G. Little & Co Haymarket. The expedition arrived two days too late, after which Gladstone was accused of excessive slowness in sending relief to Khartoum. Queen Victoria sent a telegram also rebuking him. William Mecham (1853-1902) had a music hall act in which he drew caricatures at lighning speed. 'St Stephen's Review', a Conservative weekly magazine, ran from 1883 to 1892.
[Ref: 54493] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)