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The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Are You the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign?](jpegs/55948.jpg)
[George IV] Are You the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign?
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips].
Pub. by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St Strand April 26, 1829.
Coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1817', large margins. Some creasing.
George IV, his hands behind his back, leans forward, putting the question to the off-scene Wellington. The Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister since January, had been accused of coercing the king.
BM Satires 15735.
[Ref: 55948] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips].
Pub. by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St Strand April 26, 1829.
Coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1817', large margins. Some creasing.
George IV, his hands behind his back, leans forward, putting the question to the off-scene Wellington. The Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister since January, had been accused of coercing the king.
BM Satires 15735.
[Ref: 55948] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Toilet of a Modern Belle. Inflating a Lady.
[image of Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub July 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand (Sole Publisher of P.Prys Caricatures).
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A lady stands complacently in a décolleté dress with enormously full sleeves to the wrist. She extends one arm to a lady's maid, who kneels, blowing into the sleeve through a long tobacco-pipe, the bowl of which is inside the sleeve, and is distressed by the effort. The left arm hangs down, the sleeve still in limp folds awaiting blowing up. Her hair is dressed in enormous upstanding loops. The maid is coquettishly and fashionably dressed, with a high frilled cap trimmed with stiff ribbon loops, and a small frilled white apron. Behind is a toilet table on which lie four tobacco-pipes. Print most likely made by 'Sharpshooter' John Philips (fl.1825-1831) known as the "false Paul Pry" of 1829 who used Heath's signature of a tiny figure of John Liston .
BM Satires 15965.
[Ref: 62901] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[image of Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub July 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand (Sole Publisher of P.Prys Caricatures).
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A lady stands complacently in a décolleté dress with enormously full sleeves to the wrist. She extends one arm to a lady's maid, who kneels, blowing into the sleeve through a long tobacco-pipe, the bowl of which is inside the sleeve, and is distressed by the effort. The left arm hangs down, the sleeve still in limp folds awaiting blowing up. Her hair is dressed in enormous upstanding loops. The maid is coquettishly and fashionably dressed, with a high frilled cap trimmed with stiff ribbon loops, and a small frilled white apron. Behind is a toilet table on which lie four tobacco-pipes. Print most likely made by 'Sharpshooter' John Philips (fl.1825-1831) known as the "false Paul Pry" of 1829 who used Heath's signature of a tiny figure of John Liston .
BM Satires 15965.
[Ref: 62901] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Recruiting Party. Now's Your Time My Lads- Whigs & Tories - Christians, Jews & Turks- no distinction made.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Return from the Continent, or, the Family puzzled.]](jpegs/57829.jpg)
[The Return from the Continent, or, the Family puzzled.]
Phillips, fec.
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Aug.t 1st 1835.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 325mm (8½ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing title, laid on album paper.
A stout lady pours tea on to a plate, missing the cup, in her amused astonishment at the appearance of her very fat and jovial husband who sits opposite her, wearing a hat burlesquing the French fashion, coat open over a wide expanse of horizontally striped waistcoat, and plain white trousers. The husband has obviously taken on too many French airs. The satire was originally published by George Humphrey in 1827. This reissue comes from 'Cruikshankiana, an Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank'.
See BM Satires 15465 for the first issue.
[Ref: 57829] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Phillips, fec.
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Aug.t 1st 1835.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 325mm (8½ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing title, laid on album paper.
A stout lady pours tea on to a plate, missing the cup, in her amused astonishment at the appearance of her very fat and jovial husband who sits opposite her, wearing a hat burlesquing the French fashion, coat open over a wide expanse of horizontally striped waistcoat, and plain white trousers. The husband has obviously taken on too many French airs. The satire was originally published by George Humphrey in 1827. This reissue comes from 'Cruikshankiana, an Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank'.
See BM Satires 15465 for the first issue.
[Ref: 57829] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Man wot wats to Change his Sovereign.
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips] fec.
Pub. by S. Gans 15, Southampton S.t Strand. June 3, 1829.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1829'.
A John Bull figure looks at the gold coin in his hand and says 'I'm afraid you're a bad un _ I should like to get you chang'd'. A veiled attack on the unpopular George IV, the year before his death.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 66575] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips] fec.
Pub. by S. Gans 15, Southampton S.t Strand. June 3, 1829.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1829'.
A John Bull figure looks at the gold coin in his hand and says 'I'm afraid you're a bad un _ I should like to get you chang'd'. A veiled attack on the unpopular George IV, the year before his death.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 66575] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)