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![[George Canning] Anticipation or A Peep behind the Screen.](jpegs/66565.jpg)
[George Canning] Anticipation or A Peep behind the Screen.
H.H.[Henry Heath] fecit.
Pubd April 23. 1827 by S W. Fores. Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into coloured border.
George IV sits in a Gothic chair of state in conclave with four Tory Councillors: Canning, Peel, Eldon and Wellington. A satire on Canning's difficulty in forming a ministry.
BM Satires 15376, with extensive description.
[Ref: 66565] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H.H.[Henry Heath] fecit.
Pubd April 23. 1827 by S W. Fores. Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into coloured border.
George IV sits in a Gothic chair of state in conclave with four Tory Councillors: Canning, Peel, Eldon and Wellington. A satire on Canning's difficulty in forming a ministry.
BM Satires 15376, with extensive description.
[Ref: 66565] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Beauties of Grease [altered to] Greece_or_Luxuries of the Kremlin.](jpegs/66514.jpg)
Beauties of Grease [altered to] Greece_or_Luxuries of the Kremlin. Vide Brighton Vagaries. a kitchen frolic. 335
Pub.d by T.Tegg, N°111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching, Printseller's label stuck to top middle margin "Clinch 20 Princes of Soho". 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A satirical scene depicting the Regent, drunk, sitting with one leg on the supper table, leaning back in his chair. He puts a hand under the chin of each of two maidservants. The one on the left stands by the fire, holding steak tongs and a glass of wine. He says to her: "Dolly, I like your chops. Soon, I’ll discover the beauties of the Kremlin. Dolly, I think I’ll make you a Duchess. You’d be a nice, fat Duchess, and Cis here will be a Countess. Do you want to be a Duchess?" She replies, "Anything you want, your Highness!" General Bloomfield stands up to hand a glass of wine to Cis, saying, "Here, Cis, drink some Claret. A Countess should only drink Claret." A group of men and cooks crowd in the doorway to watch. One of them says, "What will he do with Dolly?" Another replies, "I think you’re finished with Monsieur Fricassée." The table has decanters and candelabras. The Pavilion, with its onion domes, was called the "little Kremlin."
[Ref: 66514] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by T.Tegg, N°111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching, Printseller's label stuck to top middle margin "Clinch 20 Princes of Soho". 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A satirical scene depicting the Regent, drunk, sitting with one leg on the supper table, leaning back in his chair. He puts a hand under the chin of each of two maidservants. The one on the left stands by the fire, holding steak tongs and a glass of wine. He says to her: "Dolly, I like your chops. Soon, I’ll discover the beauties of the Kremlin. Dolly, I think I’ll make you a Duchess. You’d be a nice, fat Duchess, and Cis here will be a Countess. Do you want to be a Duchess?" She replies, "Anything you want, your Highness!" General Bloomfield stands up to hand a glass of wine to Cis, saying, "Here, Cis, drink some Claret. A Countess should only drink Claret." A group of men and cooks crowd in the doorway to watch. One of them says, "What will he do with Dolly?" Another replies, "I think you’re finished with Monsieur Fricassée." The table has decanters and candelabras. The Pavilion, with its onion domes, was called the "little Kremlin."
[Ref: 66514] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Caledonian Pacification, or All's Well that Ends Well. Monarch. 'tis true, should calm the Storms of War ... But tasted, soon is thrown, with Loathing by.
Published According to Act of Parliament Sep.t 1762 Price 6d.
Rare etching. 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"), with large margins Several tears. Plate cracking at top.
Prime Minister John Stuart, Earl of Bute, sits on a hill, with a winged and headless Duke of Bedford, who sailed for France on September 8th 1762 for peace treaty negotiations, directly below him. Bedford holds out a piece of paper to the kings of France and Spain (right). Far left is a weeping Britannia, consoled by William Pitt(?).
BM Satires 3902.
[Ref: 66305] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Published According to Act of Parliament Sep.t 1762 Price 6d.
Rare etching. 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"), with large margins Several tears. Plate cracking at top.
Prime Minister John Stuart, Earl of Bute, sits on a hill, with a winged and headless Duke of Bedford, who sailed for France on September 8th 1762 for peace treaty negotiations, directly below him. Bedford holds out a piece of paper to the kings of France and Spain (right). Far left is a weeping Britannia, consoled by William Pitt(?).
BM Satires 3902.
[Ref: 66305] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Hospitality Kicking Avarice out of Doors. Or, New Tenants at a Mansion House.
[John Nixon.]
Sold by all the Printsellers in London, Nov.r. 9, 1799.
Very fine etching. 440 x 295mm (17¼ x 11½"). Trimmed close to plate and some album paper on verso.
A satirical scene depicting the new Lord Mayor of London, Harvey Combe (1752 - 1818) stands center in a hall, surrounded by a group of people who kneel and beg.
[Ref: 66299] £380.00
[John Nixon.]
Sold by all the Printsellers in London, Nov.r. 9, 1799.
Very fine etching. 440 x 295mm (17¼ x 11½"). Trimmed close to plate and some album paper on verso.
A satirical scene depicting the new Lord Mayor of London, Harvey Combe (1752 - 1818) stands center in a hall, surrounded by a group of people who kneel and beg.
[Ref: 66299] £380.00
![[Elizabeth Conyngham] The Lady of the House. _](jpegs/66570.jpg)
[Elizabeth Conyngham] The Lady of the House. _ "For me, I am a Windsor dea/er and the fattest I think i 'th' forest, _ Shakespeare.
William Heath.
Pub Oct 10 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of W Hs Etchings.
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Caricature of George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham, sitting and pointing at the king's crown.
BM Satires: 15878.
[Ref: 66570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub Oct 10 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of W Hs Etchings.
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Caricature of George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham, sitting and pointing at the king's crown.
BM Satires: 15878.
[Ref: 66570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Copley, Baron Lyndhurst] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.](jpegs/66577.jpg)
[John Copley, Baron Lyndhurst] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub March 24. 1829 by T Mc Fal 26 Straw Market.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
Baron Lyndhurst being dressed by a liveried footman. To the right are his mace, Purse of the Great Seal, and the Chancellor's gown. Their conversation turns to his wife's notorious affair with the Earl of Dudley (here called 'Doodle'). A copy of a Heath caricature published by Thomas McLean, with his address parodied.
See BM Satires 15705 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 66577] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub March 24. 1829 by T Mc Fal 26 Straw Market.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
Baron Lyndhurst being dressed by a liveried footman. To the right are his mace, Purse of the Great Seal, and the Chancellor's gown. Their conversation turns to his wife's notorious affair with the Earl of Dudley (here called 'Doodle'). A copy of a Heath caricature published by Thomas McLean, with his address parodied.
See BM Satires 15705 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 66577] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Dandy.
C.W. Etched.
Pub.d 1818 by S.W.Fores, Nº50 Piccadilly.
Etching on 18th Century watermarked paper. Sheet 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed close to plate and rippling to paper. Slightly time stained.
An English dandy in Paris (Moore’s Bob Fudge, mistaken by the artist for his father, Phil) gets dressed for the evening, gazing at his reflection in a table mirror, on the right, with open side-flaps and a sunken basin, while putting on one of his rings.
[Ref: 66516] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. Etched.
Pub.d 1818 by S.W.Fores, Nº50 Piccadilly.
Etching on 18th Century watermarked paper. Sheet 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed close to plate and rippling to paper. Slightly time stained.
An English dandy in Paris (Moore’s Bob Fudge, mistaken by the artist for his father, Phil) gets dressed for the evening, gazing at his reflection in a table mirror, on the right, with open side-flaps and a sunken basin, while putting on one of his rings.
[Ref: 66516] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Drowsy Dame. What Raptures steal thro' ev'ry Nerve and Vein, / Whenthe Mouth Yawns, and when the Muscles Strain. / Smile ye Alert, and all ye Critics Green, / Ye ne'er can prove that Stretching is a Sin.
Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1769. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at N.º 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint,Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to image on three sides, to plate at bottom, tear in inscription area.
A woman stretches and yawns in a dark interior, her sewing on a table by her side.
[Ref: 66207] £420.00
Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1769. Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at N.º 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint,Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to image on three sides, to plate at bottom, tear in inscription area.
A woman stretches and yawns in a dark interior, her sewing on a table by her side.
[Ref: 66207] £420.00
Mynheer van Sour-Crout.
Published by Oliver and Boyd Edin. [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Framed. Laid on paper, creased and stained.
A caricature of a Dutch fisherman, hands in the pockets of his breeches, smoking a pipe, standing next to a barrel of herring. Oliver and Boyd, a partnership of Thomas Oliver (1775–1853) and George Boyd (d.1843), was founded in Edinburgh c.1807, as a printer, publisher and binder. The quality of their work increased, gaining the firm a reputation for educational and medical textbook publishing. In 1896 the firm was taken over and was later owned by both the Financial Times and Longmans, before finally ceasing trading in 1990.
[Ref: 66385] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Published by Oliver and Boyd Edin. [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Framed. Laid on paper, creased and stained.
A caricature of a Dutch fisherman, hands in the pockets of his breeches, smoking a pipe, standing next to a barrel of herring. Oliver and Boyd, a partnership of Thomas Oliver (1775–1853) and George Boyd (d.1843), was founded in Edinburgh c.1807, as a printer, publisher and binder. The quality of their work increased, gaining the firm a reputation for educational and medical textbook publishing. In 1896 the firm was taken over and was later owned by both the Financial Times and Longmans, before finally ceasing trading in 1990.
[Ref: 66385] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Coalition Garland. Or The State Sweeps.
[William Dent.] Deling'd by Longheads. Executed by Broad bottoms.
Pub.d. June 3, 1783, by W.Dent, No.116 Strand.
Etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾").
A satirical print depicting Frederick North (1732 - 1792) and Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) as chimney-sweeps, each holding a shovel and brush, caper in front of a pyramid on a circular base, inscribed "Ways & Means". The pyramid is formed of three fish whose heads converge and are surmounted by a crown.
BM 6240.
[Ref: 66265] £360.00
[William Dent.] Deling'd by Longheads. Executed by Broad bottoms.
Pub.d. June 3, 1783, by W.Dent, No.116 Strand.
Etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾").
A satirical print depicting Frederick North (1732 - 1792) and Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) as chimney-sweeps, each holding a shovel and brush, caper in front of a pyramid on a circular base, inscribed "Ways & Means". The pyramid is formed of three fish whose heads converge and are surmounted by a crown.
BM 6240.
[Ref: 66265] £360.00
The Hustings. Vox populi,_ "We'll have a Mug!_ a Mug!_ a Mug!_
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1796 by H.Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed close to plate.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) addressing a proletarian mob from some point apparently under the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.
BM 8804.
[Ref: 66273] £360.00
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1796 by H.Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed close to plate.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) addressing a proletarian mob from some point apparently under the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.
BM 8804.
[Ref: 66273] £360.00
![[George IV] A King-Fisher.](jpegs/66515.jpg)
[George IV] A King-Fisher.
Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, May, 1826.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 325 x 245mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Slight damage to lower right. Trimmed to platemark, J. Whatman pt watermark
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher.
See [Ref: 58278]
[Ref: 66515] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, May, 1826.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 325 x 245mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Slight damage to lower right. Trimmed to platemark, J. Whatman pt watermark
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher.
See [Ref: 58278]
[Ref: 66515] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Good Morning to Your Nightcap.
Pub.d by S.W. at the caricature Warehouse No 3 Piccadilly July the 7 1789.
Coloured etching. 195 x 250mm, 7¾ x 9¾".
A man in spectacles and a cap faces one in a wig. The man in the spectacles is most likely Irish actor and dramatist John O'Keeffe, who'd had problems with his eyes since he had fallen in the river Liffy in his youth. The title refers to a line in one of his songs 'The Poor Soldier' (1783).
Not in BM.
[Ref: 66271] £360.00
Pub.d by S.W. at the caricature Warehouse No 3 Piccadilly July the 7 1789.
Coloured etching. 195 x 250mm, 7¾ x 9¾".
A man in spectacles and a cap faces one in a wig. The man in the spectacles is most likely Irish actor and dramatist John O'Keeffe, who'd had problems with his eyes since he had fallen in the river Liffy in his youth. The title refers to a line in one of his songs 'The Poor Soldier' (1783).
Not in BM.
[Ref: 66271] £360.00
Gretna Green, or the Red-Hot Marriage. Oh! Mr. Blacksmith ease our Pains_ and Tye us fast in Wedlocks Chains.
Drawn & Engraved by W. Mathews, Oxford.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"), Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on card.
A blacksmith marries a well-dressed couple in his smithy.
[Ref: 66562] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by W. Mathews, Oxford.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"), Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on card.
A blacksmith marries a well-dressed couple in his smithy.
[Ref: 66562] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Grey] Tommy Grey with the Tail of His Order!!! Lork What a Long Tail our Cat has Got.](jpegs/66564.jpg)
[Charles Grey] Tommy Grey with the Tail of His Order!!! Lork What a Long Tail our Cat has Got.
[after William Heath].
Pub Feb 15 1831 by S. Gans Southampton St. Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, bottom right corner replaced.
Earl Grey depicted as a cat with a long tail, walking along a wall, with a fish marked 'First Lord of he Treasury 6000' in its mouth. This attacks the Prime Minister for his nepotism: along his tail are references to payments made to members of his family by the government. This satire pre-dates the Reform Act, referred to on a poster on the wall. The Duke of Wellington, an opponent of the Act, appears as a stick-figure piece of graffiti, waving a sword. A copy of the Heath satire published by McLean.
BM: 16578a.
[Ref: 66564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after William Heath].
Pub Feb 15 1831 by S. Gans Southampton St. Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, bottom right corner replaced.
Earl Grey depicted as a cat with a long tail, walking along a wall, with a fish marked 'First Lord of he Treasury 6000' in its mouth. This attacks the Prime Minister for his nepotism: along his tail are references to payments made to members of his family by the government. This satire pre-dates the Reform Act, referred to on a poster on the wall. The Duke of Wellington, an opponent of the Act, appears as a stick-figure piece of graffiti, waving a sword. A copy of the Heath satire published by McLean.
BM: 16578a.
[Ref: 66564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Grand Show. Hanoverian Menagerie! 429 Beasts, &c. at the Castle Inn, Bridgnorth.
[n.d., c.1827.]
Scarce broadside, letterpress with wood engraving. Sheet 425 265mm (16¾ x 10½"). Corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An attack on the family of George IV, disguised as an advert for a menagerie presented by 'Mr Lyndhurst'. It lists 20 animals, each with a name and a short description describing it and its vices. First is a lion, 'Tummy', 'in a torpid state owing to the separation from its lioness'; 9 is a black boar, 'Fred', 'supposed to be hermaphrodite'; and 16 is a 'Khangaroo' called 'Sneak'. At the bottom is 'Tories admitted Gratis, Conservatives, 6d. each, Liberals, 1s'.
[Ref: 66576] £480.00
[n.d., c.1827.]
Scarce broadside, letterpress with wood engraving. Sheet 425 265mm (16¾ x 10½"). Corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An attack on the family of George IV, disguised as an advert for a menagerie presented by 'Mr Lyndhurst'. It lists 20 animals, each with a name and a short description describing it and its vices. First is a lion, 'Tummy', 'in a torpid state owing to the separation from its lioness'; 9 is a black boar, 'Fred', 'supposed to be hermaphrodite'; and 16 is a 'Khangaroo' called 'Sneak'. At the bottom is 'Tories admitted Gratis, Conservatives, 6d. each, Liberals, 1s'.
[Ref: 66576] £480.00
![[Charles James Fox] The Jubilee.](jpegs/66243.jpg)
[Charles James Fox] The Jubilee. "Let me die the death of the Righteous- -and let my latter be like this."
[James Gillray]
Pub.d August 2.d 1782, by E. D'Archery S.t James's Street.
Etching, sheet 250 x 335mm (9¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Depicting the political downfall of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), symbolized by a fox hanging from a gibbet. The Conway family, portrayed mostly as rats, dance triumphantly around the gallows. General Conway (1719-95), blindfolded and led by the duplicitous Shelburne (1737-1805), shown with one smiling face and another demonic, represents misguided leadership. Shelburne encourages the revelry while secretly mocking the crowd's gullibility. Conway ironically claims political innocence, oblivious to the obvious. Lord Hertford (1718-94), recently ousted from office, hopes for reinstatement, while Lady Hertford (1726-82) and their children, also depicted as rats, celebrate Fox’s demise with cruel glee. The gallows bears the inscription “Sic transit gloria Mundi” (Thus passes the glory of the world), underscoring the fleeting nature of political power, and the scene mocks the opportunism, hypocrisy, and blind ambition of Fox’s political opponents. Sequel to BM Satires 5966, ‘Dame rat, and her poor little ones.’
BM Satires 6018.
[Ref: 66243] £360.00
[James Gillray]
Pub.d August 2.d 1782, by E. D'Archery S.t James's Street.
Etching, sheet 250 x 335mm (9¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Depicting the political downfall of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), symbolized by a fox hanging from a gibbet. The Conway family, portrayed mostly as rats, dance triumphantly around the gallows. General Conway (1719-95), blindfolded and led by the duplicitous Shelburne (1737-1805), shown with one smiling face and another demonic, represents misguided leadership. Shelburne encourages the revelry while secretly mocking the crowd's gullibility. Conway ironically claims political innocence, oblivious to the obvious. Lord Hertford (1718-94), recently ousted from office, hopes for reinstatement, while Lady Hertford (1726-82) and their children, also depicted as rats, celebrate Fox’s demise with cruel glee. The gallows bears the inscription “Sic transit gloria Mundi” (Thus passes the glory of the world), underscoring the fleeting nature of political power, and the scene mocks the opportunism, hypocrisy, and blind ambition of Fox’s political opponents. Sequel to BM Satires 5966, ‘Dame rat, and her poor little ones.’
BM Satires 6018.
[Ref: 66243] £360.00
![[Leopold of Saxe-Gotha] Leo Sacks - One of the Charity Crab's .](jpegs/66574.jpg)
[Leopold of Saxe-Gotha] Leo Sacks - One of the Charity Crab's . I was naked and ye clothed me I was hungry and ye took me in. Parish Characters - by Paul Pry Esq.r.
[Faked monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand sole Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures, none are original without his name.
Coloured etching. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Gotha (1790-1865), depicted as a charity boy because of his impecunity on his marriage to Princess Charlotte in 1816. He holds a poster of the opera singer M.lle Sontag. Despite Charlotte's death in 1817 Leopold was still paid a pension by the Crown, ending when he became King of the Belgians in 1831.
See BM 15803 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 66574] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Faked monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand sole Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures, none are original without his name.
Coloured etching. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Gotha (1790-1865), depicted as a charity boy because of his impecunity on his marriage to Princess Charlotte in 1816. He holds a poster of the opera singer M.lle Sontag. Despite Charlotte's death in 1817 Leopold was still paid a pension by the Crown, ending when he became King of the Belgians in 1831.
See BM 15803 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 66574] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Macaroni Cauldron.
Pub'd accordg to Act March 9 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand. to be had with many other Macaronies pubd by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Paper toned.
Six men gambling with dice at a table, with strange pointed hats with cap-like peaks; they are all portraits. The man casting the dice (having removed his hat) is Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1723 - 1774); also represented is his famous younger brother Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806). Four lines of verse taken from the 'Epilogue to the Grecian Daughter' either side of title. Eight lines adapted from the witches' song in William Shakespeare's Macbeth are etched within image, to side of table. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 4829.
[Ref: 66241] £480.00
Pub'd accordg to Act March 9 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand. to be had with many other Macaronies pubd by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Paper toned.
Six men gambling with dice at a table, with strange pointed hats with cap-like peaks; they are all portraits. The man casting the dice (having removed his hat) is Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1723 - 1774); also represented is his famous younger brother Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806). Four lines of verse taken from the 'Epilogue to the Grecian Daughter' either side of title. Eight lines adapted from the witches' song in William Shakespeare's Macbeth are etched within image, to side of table. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 4829.
[Ref: 66241] £480.00
![[Set of Six] A Trip to Margate By Paul Pry Esq.r.](jpegs/66528.jpg)
[Set of Six] A Trip to Margate By Paul Pry Esq.r.
[by William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured etchings, largest 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some plates trimmed in areas. Some time staining. Holes in plate 2 where previously bound.
Set of six satirical cartoons recording a visit to Margate by Thames excursion paddle steam. Each plate has about eight vignette satires of the popularity of day-trips to Margate.
[Ref: 66528] £520.00 view all images for this item
[by William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured etchings, largest 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some plates trimmed in areas. Some time staining. Holes in plate 2 where previously bound.
Set of six satirical cartoons recording a visit to Margate by Thames excursion paddle steam. Each plate has about eight vignette satires of the popularity of day-trips to Margate.
[Ref: 66528] £520.00 view all images for this item
A Milk Sop.
Rowlandson Del.
[Published December 15th, 1811 by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.]
Etching with fine hand colour, watermarked 1819; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A scene in a college cloister, suggested by a Gothic vaulted wall. A young, attractive milkmaid, carrying pails on a yoke, is being embraced by a student in academic dress who leans out of a window toward her. She pays no attention to her pails, one tipped upward, holds two babies, while the other tilts down, allowing a dog to eagerly lap it up. To the side, a gaunt, grotesque-looking elderly man, also in academic robes, watches the encounter intently.
BM: 11784. Grego. ii. 216.
[Ref: 66245] £320.00
Rowlandson Del.
[Published December 15th, 1811 by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.]
Etching with fine hand colour, watermarked 1819; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A scene in a college cloister, suggested by a Gothic vaulted wall. A young, attractive milkmaid, carrying pails on a yoke, is being embraced by a student in academic dress who leans out of a window toward her. She pays no attention to her pails, one tipped upward, holds two babies, while the other tilts down, allowing a dog to eagerly lap it up. To the side, a gaunt, grotesque-looking elderly man, also in academic robes, watches the encounter intently.
BM: 11784. Grego. ii. 216.
[Ref: 66245] £320.00
Mohammed Assan Chaalabafhaaa Pacha. Il se rafraichit après avoir tranché la tête a plusieurs esclaves qui s'etaient permis de rire.
Charlet. S. lith de Vilain.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 200 x 225mm (8 x 8¾". Foxing.
''He refreshed himself after cutting off the heads of several slaves who had allowed themselves to laugh.'' A satire of a fat pacha, seated in a tent with a camel and pyramids visible through the flap, having a glass filled by a black servant. On the floor are several severed heads.
[Ref: 66206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Charlet. S. lith de Vilain.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 200 x 225mm (8 x 8¾". Foxing.
''He refreshed himself after cutting off the heads of several slaves who had allowed themselves to laugh.'' A satire of a fat pacha, seated in a tent with a camel and pyramids visible through the flap, having a glass filled by a black servant. On the floor are several severed heads.
[Ref: 66206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich.]](jpegs/66556.jpg)
[John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published by C.Bretherton 3d July 1782 [but later].
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), on wove paper, with very large margins. Ink number top right of plate.
Caricature of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. He stands directed to the right, his head in profile, his left hand thrust into his waistcoat, his right in his waistcoat pocket. Montagu instituted reforms in naval dockyards with Anson, but was later blamed for the rundown at the time of the American War of Independence. He was known as 'Jemmy Twitcher' for his part in the prosecution of his friend Wilkes. The Sandwich Islands were named after him. The subject of innumerable caricatures and lampoons, his most lasting contribution to British culture is his invention of the now-familiar snack - the sandwich. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6076.
[Ref: 66556] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
JS[ayers] f.
Published by C.Bretherton 3d July 1782 [but later].
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), on wove paper, with very large margins. Ink number top right of plate.
Caricature of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792), First Lord of the Admiralty. He stands directed to the right, his head in profile, his left hand thrust into his waistcoat, his right in his waistcoat pocket. Montagu instituted reforms in naval dockyards with Anson, but was later blamed for the rundown at the time of the American War of Independence. He was known as 'Jemmy Twitcher' for his part in the prosecution of his friend Wilkes. The Sandwich Islands were named after him. The subject of innumerable caricatures and lampoons, his most lasting contribution to British culture is his invention of the now-familiar snack - the sandwich. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6076.
[Ref: 66556] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Musical Bore.
Painted by R.W. Buss. Engraved by Robert Graves. Printed by Lloyd & Hennings.
London Published June 2nd 1834, by Hodgson Boys and Graves 6. Pall Mall; Sold by F.G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Chine-collé stipple and etching. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"), with very large margins. Some spotting in margins.
A man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, to the consternation of the neighbouring family who have come in to complain.
[Ref: 54293] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by R.W. Buss. Engraved by Robert Graves. Printed by Lloyd & Hennings.
London Published June 2nd 1834, by Hodgson Boys and Graves 6. Pall Mall; Sold by F.G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Chine-collé stipple and etching. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"), with very large margins. Some spotting in margins.
A man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, to the consternation of the neighbouring family who have come in to complain.
[Ref: 54293] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Le dernier élan d'un grand homme.
[n.d., 1815.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching, with watermark. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins.
A theatrical scene of Napoleon Bonaparte leaping from the British warship Bellerophon (where he had surrendered after Waterloo) to the Northumberland (the ship that took him to St Helena. He soars over Henri Gatien, Comte Bertrand, who stands with a ladder and the accoutrements of empire, in a barge. Bertrand accompanied Napoleon into exile.
BM Satires 12599, ''This print was entered in the 'dépôt légal' on 29 August 1815 and in the 'Bibliographie de France' on 2 September 1815 by Bournisien, who is yet to be identified''.
[Ref: 66178] £490.00
[n.d., 1815.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching, with watermark. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins.
A theatrical scene of Napoleon Bonaparte leaping from the British warship Bellerophon (where he had surrendered after Waterloo) to the Northumberland (the ship that took him to St Helena. He soars over Henri Gatien, Comte Bertrand, who stands with a ladder and the accoutrements of empire, in a barge. Bertrand accompanied Napoleon into exile.
BM Satires 12599, ''This print was entered in the 'dépôt légal' on 29 August 1815 and in the 'Bibliographie de France' on 2 September 1815 by Bournisien, who is yet to be identified''.
[Ref: 66178] £490.00
Le Peintre Amoureux de son modèle.
[engraved by Dauzele.]
A Paris chez Basset rue S.t Jacques N.º 64. Déposé [n.d., c.1822].
Coloured etching. 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at top, folds.
An artist caricatured as a dwarf paints a portrait of a black woman, who sits demurely with her hands in her lap. The Musée Carnavalet (Moeurs 107/4) has an example with ink certification by Dauzel dated 1822. The plate is an adapted copy of the satire 'The Power of Beauty, or the Painter Enamoured', published by McCleary in Dublin c.1810 (V&A E.470-1955), although it removes the portrait of Sarah Baartman (the 'Hottentot Venus') on the back wall and caricatures the artist. Sarah Baartman (c.1789-1815) was brought to Europe for exhibition, and was in England and Ireland 1810-14, going to France where she died the following year.
[Ref: 66229] £490.00
[engraved by Dauzele.]
A Paris chez Basset rue S.t Jacques N.º 64. Déposé [n.d., c.1822].
Coloured etching. 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at top, folds.
An artist caricatured as a dwarf paints a portrait of a black woman, who sits demurely with her hands in her lap. The Musée Carnavalet (Moeurs 107/4) has an example with ink certification by Dauzel dated 1822. The plate is an adapted copy of the satire 'The Power of Beauty, or the Painter Enamoured', published by McCleary in Dublin c.1810 (V&A E.470-1955), although it removes the portrait of Sarah Baartman (the 'Hottentot Venus') on the back wall and caricatures the artist. Sarah Baartman (c.1789-1815) was brought to Europe for exhibition, and was in England and Ireland 1810-14, going to France where she died the following year.
[Ref: 66229] £490.00
Patriotic Petitions on the Convention.
Js.Gillray, inv.t & fec.t.
[n.d., c.1808.] London Publish'd by H.Humphrey, 87 St.James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 405mm x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed into plate. Some damage to edges at top.
Four satirical scenes. In London, two city officials are dismissed by the King for their "Cockney Petition." In Westminster, radicals are thrown out of Horne Tooke’s room as Burdett breaks ties with them. In Chelmsford, old politicians rant to a crowd of symbolic "calves," blaming the government for military blunders. In Middlesex, fiery orators call for extreme justice, demanding officials be executed before trial, as a crowd cheers them on.
BM 11048.
[Ref: 66279] £490.00
Js.Gillray, inv.t & fec.t.
[n.d., c.1808.] London Publish'd by H.Humphrey, 87 St.James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 405mm x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed into plate. Some damage to edges at top.
Four satirical scenes. In London, two city officials are dismissed by the King for their "Cockney Petition." In Westminster, radicals are thrown out of Horne Tooke’s room as Burdett breaks ties with them. In Chelmsford, old politicians rant to a crowd of symbolic "calves," blaming the government for military blunders. In Middlesex, fiery orators call for extreme justice, demanding officials be executed before trial, as a crowd cheers them on.
BM 11048.
[Ref: 66279] £490.00
Pug-Nacity.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq. Des. et sculpt.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d., published c.1825 but printed later?]
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges chipped, some spotting.
Two fashionably dressed ape-women try to attack each other, held apart by four ape-watchmen, three of whom hold rattles.
BM Satires 15609.
[Ref: 66567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq. Des. et sculpt.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d., published c.1825 but printed later?]
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges chipped, some spotting.
Two fashionably dressed ape-women try to attack each other, held apart by four ape-watchmen, three of whom hold rattles.
BM Satires 15609.
[Ref: 66567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Quite satisfied with the shape of my Nose.
W. Heath.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket [n.d., 1830.]
Hand coloured etching. 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"), part Whatman watermark, large margins.
A woman admires herself in her dressing table mirror.
Not in BM
[Ref: 66563] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket [n.d., 1830.]
Hand coloured etching. 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"), part Whatman watermark, large margins.
A woman admires herself in her dressing table mirror.
Not in BM
[Ref: 66563] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord Moira.]](jpegs/66275.jpg)
[Lord Moira.] A Man of Importance.
Js. Gillray, ad vivam fec.
Pub.d May 16th 1799, by Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to lower plate.
A satirical portait of Lord Moira or Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754 - 1826) standing in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots.
BM 9386
[Ref: 66275] £380.00
Js. Gillray, ad vivam fec.
Pub.d May 16th 1799, by Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to lower plate.
A satirical portait of Lord Moira or Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754 - 1826) standing in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots.
BM 9386
[Ref: 66275] £380.00
![[The Reform Act] Reform.](jpegs/66224.jpg)
[The Reform Act] Reform. Presented with the Weekly Dispatch, 1st Janury, 1832.
T. Watson. W.Clerk lith 41 Dean St Soho.
[1832.]
Lithograph. Printed area 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Inscription weakly inked.
Britannia stands with her lion beside her, holding a huge flag with a pennant inscribed 'Reform', with the profiles of William IV, Brougham, Grey, Russell, and Burdett in the folds. On the left a ship, the 'Reform', is under full sail; the 'Anti-Reform' sinks. A puzzle print with hidden profile heads.
BM Satires 16924.
[Ref: 66224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
T. Watson. W.Clerk lith 41 Dean St Soho.
[1832.]
Lithograph. Printed area 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Inscription weakly inked.
Britannia stands with her lion beside her, holding a huge flag with a pennant inscribed 'Reform', with the profiles of William IV, Brougham, Grey, Russell, and Burdett in the folds. On the left a ship, the 'Reform', is under full sail; the 'Anti-Reform' sinks. A puzzle print with hidden profile heads.
BM Satires 16924.
[Ref: 66224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Rivals.
G. Bunbury Esq.r del. G. Shepheard sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1 1809 by J. Deeley 95 Berwick St. Soho.
Coloured etching. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate on right. Small margins.
Two sailors and a soldier wearing a bearskin vie for the attention of a pretty woman gathering oysters. One of a set of 6.
BM Satires 11456.
[Ref: 66231] £320.00
G. Bunbury Esq.r del. G. Shepheard sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1 1809 by J. Deeley 95 Berwick St. Soho.
Coloured etching. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate on right. Small margins.
Two sailors and a soldier wearing a bearskin vie for the attention of a pretty woman gathering oysters. One of a set of 6.
BM Satires 11456.
[Ref: 66231] £320.00
Rural Sports. - Cat in a Bowl. No 1.
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d April
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), Glue stains going within the platemark but not the image. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A comic scene showing a group of figures by a pond near a tavern; in the middle of a pond a cat is trapped in a basket, on the far side of the pond an angry woman rushes into the pond to rescue the animal.
BM Satire: 11785.
[Ref: 66246] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d April
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), Glue stains going within the platemark but not the image. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A comic scene showing a group of figures by a pond near a tavern; in the middle of a pond a cat is trapped in a basket, on the far side of the pond an angry woman rushes into the pond to rescue the animal.
BM Satire: 11785.
[Ref: 66246] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Shewing the Figure - Dress of 1829.
William Heath.
Pub Nov 8 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, long tear repaired, backed with paper.
A fat man admires the tight clothing of a thin man, whose bones show through his trousers.
[Ref: 66573] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub Nov 8 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, long tear repaired, backed with paper.
A fat man admires the tight clothing of a thin man, whose bones show through his trousers.
[Ref: 66573] £260.00 (£312.00 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)
The Sure Water Cure.
[London: Mess.rs Fores, 1843.]
Oblong 8vo; printed boards, publisher's letterpress ads on pastedowns; lithographed 'preface', 11 (of 12) lithographic scenes, each with a lithographic description on reverse of previous plate. Covers distressed and rebacked, contents disbound, lacking one sheet (with plate 6 and description of 7).
A volume of satires of 'hydropathy'.
[Ref: 66541] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[London: Mess.rs Fores, 1843.]
Oblong 8vo; printed boards, publisher's letterpress ads on pastedowns; lithographed 'preface', 11 (of 12) lithographic scenes, each with a lithographic description on reverse of previous plate. Covers distressed and rebacked, contents disbound, lacking one sheet (with plate 6 and description of 7).
A volume of satires of 'hydropathy'.
[Ref: 66541] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item