Grosvenor Prints

Modern Balooning. Or the Newest Phase of Folly.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and pasted onto album paper.
Satirical scene depicting a donkey sat on top of a horse, suspended in their air by a balloon. The donkey wears a jacket and trousers, and holds a flag, looking down upon the field of other donkeys below.
[Ref: 66810] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Anticipations of the Golden Age! Now coming & showing the probable style of a coster monger when that "good time" is come!!
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Some foxing.
A satirical commentary on the Bank Restriction Act 1797 which removed the requirement for the Bank of England to convert banknotes into gold. This period, known as the Restriction Period, lasted until 1821. The scene depicts a costermonger, or street seller walking with a cart, a flag sign on the cart states 'No bank notes or coppers taken'. Behind him is a street cryer who says "Here's your perry winkles, winkles, winkles. O!_ a Guinea a pint_John! Vheel the Ba'ree over to the lady!_" In the background are signs which state 'J.Silver Gold Refiner', 'T.Brush the Regular Gold Dustman', 'G.Swab Water Gilder' and 'JW.Blows Gold Beater'.
[Ref: 66901] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Cricket] The Courtiers Assembled on hearing the News of the Death of the R.t Hon.ble W.m Beckford.
[Oxford Magazine, 1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½''). Remains of paper pasted over bottom of image, stains.
Jeremiah Dyson, blackened face and dressas Harlequin with his batte (or 'slapstick') tucked in his belt) arrives to break the news of William Beckford's death to a group of saitisfied ministers. On the table is a scroll, 'A New Scheme to restrain the Liberty of the Press, by M__d & others, with the Art of packing Juries'. Depicted are John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (in sporting gear, holding a curved cricket bat), William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augustus Henry Grafton, John Russell Bedford, Henry Fox Holland, Lord Hillsborough (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire), John Stuart Bute, and possibly Thomas Thynne Bath (Viscount Weymouth).
BM Satire 4393. Temi Odumosu, 'Africans in English Caricature', p.65, Fig. 1.10.
[Ref: 66672] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Before.] [&] [After.]
Invented, Engraved and Published Decem.br y:e 15th 1736 by W.m Hogarth Persuivant to an Act of Parliament.
[Later impressions, 19th century.]
Pair of engravings, 410 x 335mm (16¼ x 13¼") Trimmed within plate and on card. Staining.
Hogarth's famous satire of the aggressively amorous advances of a nobleman on a chambermaid, followed by her begging him for more. As is typical of Hogarth, the scenes are crammed with visual references to the action, such as the 'before and after' pictures hanging on the walls, a book of poems by the scandalous Earl of Rochester and furniture in disarray in the latter.
Paulson: 141 & 142.
[Ref: 66750] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Flying_Beadles. Oh my goodness there is a mouse!!! Oh! My good gracious! Here is a great "Black Beadle"!!! !!!'
Designed and etched by George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting two vignettes, the first; a gentleman seated with a book and a poker in his hand, a lady fleeing from the room, both having seen a small mouse, the table falling over;. The second; a company of ladies, shocked and standing on furniture to avoid an insect-like 'black beadle', who wears his robes of office and carries his staff, a maid to the left, ringing the bell; five smaller insect-like 'black beadles' below the image, fleeing to the left and right.
[Ref: 66908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Family Group, Framed, Glazed and ready To be Hung up at Brookes's. HB Sketches N.o 395.
HB. Ducote & Stephen's Lithog.y 70, S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket 10.th June 1835.
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 420 x 300mm (16½ x 11¾"). Slight foxing. Repaired tear on right. Pinholes in margins.
View of a window in Brooks's Club-House, at which are standing Lord Ebrington (1783-1861), Mr. O'Connell (1775-1847), and Lord Duncannon (1781-1847).
[Ref: 66879] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Francis Burdett] Genial Rays, or John Bull enjoying the sunshine.
[Charles Williams.]
Tegg's Caricatures 111 Cheapside. Pub.d June 1810 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
John Bull, a fat 'cit', his hat and bludgeon beside him, reclines on his back against a grassy bank covered with roses. He looks up ecstatically to the sky where the profile head of Burdett is enclosed in a circle or sun inscribed 'Clarior e Tenebris'; this is irradiated, the rays illuminating a distant view of London and John himself. These passions set—and the great Patriot shines" The rays are inscribed: 'Magna Charta', 'King and Constitution', 'Loyalty', 'Reform', 'Good of the People', 'Integrity', 'Laws of the Land', 'Trial by Jury', 'Lords', 'Habea[s Corpus]', 'Liberty', 'Candour', 'Justice', 'Truth', 'Freedom of the Pr[ess]', 'Bill of Rights', 'Commons', 'Free Representation'. A circle of clouds is still not entirely dispersed by the rays: on the right they are over the Tower of London and on the left they surround three evil stars: 'Corrupti[on]', 'Imbe[cillity]', 'Democ[racy]'.
BM Satires 11563. See [Ref: 52292] & [Ref: 63420] for slightly different colouring.
[Ref: 66875] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Edmund Burke][Magic Lantern] Galante show "redeunt spectacula mane" Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
JS fec.
Publ.d 6.th May 1788 by T. Cornell Bruton Street
Etching with aquatint, sheet 165 x 150mm (6½ x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
One of several satires by Sayers targeting Burke’s rhetorical exageration. Burke (1729-97), depicted as a showman, operates a magic lantern projecting exaggerated images symbolizing the Benares and Begums charges (trial of Warren Hastings): a chained elephant labeled "A Benares Flea," stacked mountains called "A Begum Wart," floating weeping eyes as "Begums Tears," and a spouting whale dubbed "An Ouzle." Spectators applaud the spectacle, with one mistaking the whale for a weasel, echoing Polonius from Hamlet. India interest.
BM Satires 7313.
[Ref: 66748] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline of Brunswick] The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder.
[George Cruikshank.]
[n.d., c.1820.] Printed by William Hone, Ludgate Hill, London.
Etching. 155 x 65mm (6 x 2½"). Trimmed into two and both backed onto album paper.
Hone uses the device of the ladder to plot a simple linear history of Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel’s unhappy marriage. Each page of the pamphlet describes a step on the ladder and is accompanied by an illustration. The pamphlet came with a 'toy', a folded cardboard "ladder" which depicted the various stages of Queen Caroline's marriage to George IV. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821 as the estranged wife of King George IV. She was Princess of Wales from 1795 to 1820.
[Ref: 66910] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Taking the Census.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting a census visit, in which the surveyer exclaims "What! Not made out the list yet?" to which the man explains that it is not such an easy manner. The room is filled with family members of all ages as the man tries to list them all, giving up and stating that there is no use in trying, whilst a woman holding two babies exclaims "John dear! Don't forget the two babbies!"
[Ref: 66885] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Chartism] A Couple of Cochranites. Fly Leaves No. 1.
J. Leech.
London: _ Published at the Punch Office .
Rare & fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7").
Two street urchins attend a Chartist rally in Trafalgar Square, led by a 'Mr Cochrane', believing the goals are no 'Hincome Tax' and the 'Pastry cooks shops throw'd open to the people free, gratis, for nothink!!!'. By John Leech (1817-64).
See [Ref: 61109] for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 66867] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Game of Chess. [&] Check Mate.
Etched by G.Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Aug.t 1st 1835.
Etching. Top 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Bottom 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A pair of etchings. One titled 'Game of Chess', which depicts two elderly men sat at a table playing a game of chess, as one makes their move, the other looks very concerned. Behind each man stands a spectator also watching with great interest. The second etching titles 'Check Mate' depicts a woman standing in a doorway with a shocked expression as she discovers her husband with a house-maid.
[Ref: 66909] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The City Combat, or the Desperate Attack at the English Baron, an Easter Tale.
[Williams]
Pub.d May 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15"). Trimmed and pasted on backing sheet to repair tears.
A satirical scene in which the Mayor of London fights off a crowd desperate to join him for dinner. At the table behind the Mayor sits the Prince of Wales who sits opposite a fashionably dressed woman and a man who is perhaps the Duke of Cumberland.
BM Satires 9862. See also [Ref: 46631].
[Ref: 66825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A curious Junto of Slandering Elves - or - List'ners seldom hear good of themselves.
EHL del. G. Cruikshank sculp.
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 25, Haymarket, Aug.t. 1st 1835.
Very rare & fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into printed border. Loss in left corner. Tears repaired with acid free tape. Damaged.
An elderly women reads gloatingly from a pile of letters to three others seated at a round tea-table, one of whom uses an ear trumpet. A fifth listens in dismay from behind a curtain. First published by Hannah Humphrey in 1817.
BM Satires 12923; Cohn 1032.
[Ref: 66925] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cymon & Iphigenia.
[After James Gillray]
[n.d. c.1796]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾").
A reverse copy of Gillray's print. The background is altered by the addition of a gate and foliage. A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep, with a hideous yokel finding a fat country-woman leaning back against a sandy bank. He drops his stick and gapes with delighted surprise.
BM Satires 8908.A.
[Ref: 66869] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Blue Devils_!!
G.Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Aug 1st 1835.
Etching. 300 x 240mm (11¾ x 9½"). Trimmed into top of plate and edges backed onto album paper. Some creasing on left side.
A satirical scene depicting a melancholy man wearing night-cap and slippers sits facing an empty grate (right), his feet on the fender, supporting his head on his hand. He is beset by demons, figments of the mind, who are mostly miniature human beings. One stands on the back of his neck holding up a noose which is attached to a projection from the solitary candle on the chimneypiece, which is burnt to the socket. Another, swinging himself from the chimneypiece, offers an open razor. One standing beside the grate commits suicide, a pistol to each ear, glaring at his victim.
See Ref: 60564
[Ref: 66897] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cricket] Setting Dogs to Fight. There Master George I thought you wou'd get it.
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London Published by Tho.s M.cLean Repoitory of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823.
Coloured soft ground etching. 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Tears taped, one entering incription area.
Two schoolboys bicker in a stable yard, with a man holding a horse's reins and two dogs snarling at each other. Leaning against the wall is a cricket bat, an archery target, bow and arrows. One plate of 12 from 'Scenes in the Life of Master George', which depict the boy indulging in animal blood sports, including bull, badger and bear baiting, cock fighting and fishing.
[Ref: 66673] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Light Sovereigns.
Printed by W. Kohler.
London, Me.std Fores 41 Piccasilly. [n.d. c.1840]
Lithograph, sheet 445 x 305mm (17½ x 12"), large margins. Repeared tear in margins on left.
Satire of European monarchs: A hand holds the scales of justice, with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) on the left outweighing six European kings, including Ernest Augustus King of Hanover (1771-1851), Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), and Leopold I (1790-1865). After S W Fores's death in 1838 the business was continued as Messrs Fores by his sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-58) and Arthur Blücher Fores (1814-83), who moved from satirical to sporting prints. It continued to be run by the descendants of George Thomas Fores until well into the 20th century.
[Ref: 66779] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Happy Family. "A Quie Hint to the Wives of England."
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare etching. Sheet 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed and pasted onto album paper.
From a plate with five satirical scenes. A mother sits contently embroidering, while her family are all suspended in the air in baby jumpers. The young children sit sulking, with arms crossed, their doll also dangling, an older girl sits with her head in a book. Beside the wife is her husband, smoking a pipe, his slipper having fallen to the ground.
[Ref: 66806] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Defeat of the India Bill] The Fall of Dagon _ or Rare News for Leadenhall Street. And behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord & the head of Dagon and both the Palms of his hands were cutt off upon the threshold.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Publish'd Jany. 4. 1784 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire on the fall of the Coalition after the defeat of the India Bill in 1783. Dagon, a figure with a Janus-like head with the faces of Fox and North, has fallen from a pedestal, with head and hands severed. In the distance is Tower Hill, with a scaffold with an executioner with his axe raised. Rowlandson's sketch is in the BM (1854,0513.288).
BM Satires 6365; Grego I, p.112. See [Ref: 61809] for different colouring.
[Ref: 66873] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Wrangling Friends or Opposition in Disorder. I think myself justified in Saying this, because I do Know that there are People in this Country avowedly endeavouring to Disorder its Constitution its Government & that in a very Bold Manner - Vide Burk's Speech -
JN[ixon] [on right side]
Pub.d May 10 1791 by S W. Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Rare hand-coloured etching, 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Damaged.
A satire on the famous scene between Fox and Burke on 6 May, which resulted in their permanent estrangement. In the House of Commons, Fox (1749-1806) and Burke (1729-97) stand side by side before a visibly agitated assembly. The Speaker (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844)), just risen, watches from behind. Fox faces forward, weeping openly, handkerchief raised, lamenting the betrayal of 25 years’ friendship with Burke. A boy collects his tears in a bucket. Burke, turning away but glaring over his shoulder, curses Fox with a line invoking “Black Spirits & White…” while holding documents titled French Constitution and Treason Conspiracy Poor Old England. Papers labeled Bastile and Queen of France stick out of his pocket, and he tramples a paper titled Canada Bill. A demon fans his head with bellows, producing a cloud. The Speaker remarks it is the first time Fox has ever wept. On the Opposition side, Sheridan (1751-1816) demands order, accusing Burke of betraying a friend, while another man calls for “mops & pails,” and a youthful-looking member shouts “perfectly in order.” On the government side, Pitt (1759-1806) observes calmly, wishing the pair would fight to be rid of them, while another MP calls for the chair.
BM Satires 7855.
[Ref: 66900] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox & Lord North] The Mask. Fronti nulla Fides.
J S f. [James Sayers]
Published 21st May 1783 by H. Bretherton New Bond St.
Rare stipple, 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Creased.
A composite mask, half Charles James Fox (with black hair, swarthy complexion, drooping half-closed eye and cynical smile) and galf Frederick North (with powdered wig, fair complexion, and puzzled frown). The publisher 'H Bretherton' is probably an error for James or possibly Charles.
BM Satires 6234. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66747] £320.00

"Crumbs of Comfort." or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children.
[James Gillray]
[n.d. c.1782]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'Fellows [1811?]'. Some surface dirt and staining.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749-1806) resignation. On a clouded mountaintop, the Devil stands between Fox and Burke (1729-97), wings outstretched. He appears as a stout man in contemporary dress with a legal wig, bands, horns, taloned toes protruding from boots, a beard, and moustache. Fox, depicted with a fox’s head, eagerly accepts a dice-box and dice from the Devil. Burke, in spectacles, kneels to receive a scourge and rosary, hinting at his alleged hidden Catholicism. A dark halo surrounds the Devil’s head, emphasizing his dominance over the pair.
BM Satires 6027.
[Ref: 66902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Sick British Lion and the French Quack Monkey.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting a lion, with the demeanor and dress like a man, is approached by a french monkey who informs him that his health is in rapid decline. In the background a conversation between a mother and child, or lioness and cub; the cub asks their mother why they are not alarmed at what the doctor has said about their father, she replies that the French Republican Doctors are 'a parcel of quacks!'
[Ref: 66857] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Illustrations of Gay's Fables. Plate II. The Elephant and the Bookseller. The Scold and the Parrot. The two Cats and the Cheese. The Gardener and the Hog. The Monkey who had seen the World.
[after William Heath.]
E. Lacey, 76 S.t Pauls London. [n.d. c.1820]
Coloured etching. 235 x 320mm (9 x 12½"), with very large margins.
Five scenes from John Gay's Fables, around a central decoration featuring a putti wearing spectacles. Bookselling item.
[Ref: 66877] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[George, Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Gordon] A Racket at a Rout or Billingsgate Removed to the West.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 9.th 1803 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small top and bottom margins. Tears in margins repaired with acid free tape.
Jane, Duchess of Gordon (c.1748-1812, a patron of Robert Burns), argues with the Prince of Wales at a function, to the embarrassment of the attendees. During the Peace of Amiens Jane visited Napoleon in Paris and bought a painted portrait (presumably the miniature around her neck here), leading to a row with the Prince. She then sent a message to the King and Queen that she would not attend the Birthday, but went and was ignored.
BM Satires 10007.
[Ref: 66829] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The [scored through] My Ass in a Band-Box.
London Pub.d by R.A. Fores Aldgate, [May 1821 erased].
Coloured etching, 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some very light foxing.
George dressed as a Roman emperor, head and right leg protruding from a muff box, sitting on a masked donkey with the face of Lord Conyngham standing in a 'Harness Box' in which are a pair of antlers. A satire on George IV's friendship with Lady Conyngham. The title is a well-known phrase, a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satires 14186 (not on line).
[Ref: 66753] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Lesson for Princes.
[Cruikshank]
London Pub by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly October 12 1796.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 235 x 370mm (9¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
The Prince of Wales (1762-1830), overweight and in plain riding clothes, rides with Lady Jersey (1753-1821) toward Goodwood, where the Duke of Richmond (1735-1806) pointedly tells them he is “not at home.” Nearby, Barwell (1741-1804) also rebuffs them, prompting Lady Jersey to curse such “prudish” attitudes. Humorous signs warn of trespass and hint at scandal, with directions pointing to Goodwood, Barwell Hall, and Bognor.
BM Satires 8824.
[Ref: 66838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Scotch Cottage of Glenburnia. Teggs Caracatures No.33.
Cruikshank del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside Sep.r 6 1810.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Crease where previously folded on right.
The interior of a cottage. Three visitors, a well-dressed man in top-boots (Mr. Stewart), a comely woman (Mrs. Mason), and a fashionably dressed young girl (Mary Mason), stand before the fire. Two box-beds are seen on the right with household items hanging over them, including twists of yarn, with a large cobweb against the wall. Small chickens peck at the contents of a large pot (a whey-pot) and plates on the floor. A cat laps from a bowl on a rough dresser above which plates and spoons are ranged. Through the doorway to the left is duck pond, beside which is a tall manure heap. An illustration to Elizabeth Hamilton's popular novel 'The Cottagers of Glenburnie', 1798.
BM Satires 11651.
[Ref: 66865] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Going up Highgate Hill] Two 3 Pounds in full speed to a shilling ordinary on Sunday. From London to Highgate, behold the Array, Of two Hearty Trenchermen now on the Way: Three Pounds they'l devour besides Beer & Bread, Who the Devil can feed them at Twelvepence a Head.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett N.o53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith N.o 35 Cheapside, as the Act Directs 18 Dec.r 1780.
Rare engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Two portly 'cits' laboriously make their way up a dusty country road. One, hat and wig in hand, wipes his bald head; the other, coat slung over his shoulder and waistcoat unbuttoned, mops his brow. Their haste is driven by the hope of reaching the tavern in time for the 18th-century version of a “meal deal.”
See also BM Satires 8405.
[Ref: 66895] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Grant's Oddities N.o 3. Exchange No Robbery!
CJG[rant] Invent & Del.
London, Pub by J. Kendrick 54 Leicester Sq.r Jan.y 10.th 1834.
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 270 x 220mm (10½ x 8¾"). Damaged on right.
One cook explains to another how to cheat customers by lying about the weight of mutton legs.
[Ref: 66896] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Extinguish'd is her Bloom and Native Fire. View the poor Wretch in patient Pains Expire.
[Etched by George Cruikshank after William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1812.]
Etching. 195 x 175mm (7¾ x 7"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
After plate 5 of Hogarth's 'Harlot's Progress' which tells the story of Moll or Mary Hackabout who arrives in London and becomes a prositute. This scene depicts Moll Hackabout leaning back in a chair by the fire, dying, and attended to by a woman. Two doctors quarrel over which remedy is suited, one holds a medicine bottle and the other a pill. Another woman in the right foreground is looking through a trunk.
[Ref: 66903] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Warren Hastings] H-St-gs Ho, rare H-st-gs! What a Man buys he may sell. [Blackstones Commentaries Page &c. &cc] Plate 2.
[London: Joshua Kirby Baldrey, 12 February 1788.]
Rare coloured etching with watercolour, 235 x 290mm (9¼ x 7½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed losing publication line. Repair in centre.
Warren Hastings, in oriental dress, pushes George III and Chancellor Edward Thurlow in a wheelbarrow, suggesting that Hastings was bribing them. The title is a London Cry, 'Hastings, ho, rare Hastings', hastings being early peas. Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal).
BM Satires 7267.
[Ref: 66842] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Head Ranger and his Fallow Deer.
[Thomas Howell Jones (?)].
London. Pub.d 1829 by S.W. Fores. 41. Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.' Light staining, repaired tear on left. Small margins.
George IV, dressed as a sportsman, walks in Windsor Park beside a deer identifiable as the actress Eliza Jane Chester, a favourite of the king. He promises to build her 'a neat Cottage close by' so she needn't be 'afraid of the old Cunning Doe' (a reference to Elizabeth Conyngham, George's mistress from 1819 onwards).
BM Satires: 15792.
[Ref: 66752] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Irish Hospitality. 531. Sung with great Applause by Mr. Incledon, in his New Entertainment, called ''The Minstrel'.'
I. R. Cruikshank. G. C.k sculp.
Published, the 20th October, 1815, by J. Whittle and R.H. Laurie, No. Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Pasted onto backing sheet. Slight staining.
A song sheet with a scene in a dining room in which four large men sit drinking wine. In profile to left is the publisher James Whittle.
BM Satire 12699.
[Ref: 66848] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[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)

Kitty of Colerain; Sung with unbounded Applause by John Johnstone, Esq. of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, amongst his Convivial Friends in Ireland. 507.
Publish'd Apr. 4 1809, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etching with stippling, two letterpress verses below, sheet 280 x 235mm (11 x 9¼"). Pasted onto backing sheet. Slight staining.
Illustrated verse sung by 'sly Barney M'Cleary'; a pretty girl reclines on a sloping hayfield, a broken pitcher at her feet; a handsome young haymaker pointing to the pitcher. Irish interest. John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828) was an Irish actor and singer at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin who moved to London in 1783.
BM Satires 11522.
[Ref: 66847] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lacing in Style _ or A Dandy midshipman preparing for attr [scored through] action.
Etch'd by G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d March 6.th 1819 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Rare coloured etching, sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate. Damaged.
A midshipman braces himself against a mast as four sailors, one black, pull his corset tight by working a capstan.
BM Satires 13440.
[Ref: 66844] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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Uncle Toby retired into his Centry Box. Vide Tris. Shandy.
Publishd by J. Mills Strand, March l3.th, 1786.
Etching with hand colour, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Right corner torn. Small hole in foliage.
Satire on the Duke of Richmond's, Charles Lennox (1735-1806), Master-General of the Ordnance, controversial scheme to fortify the south coast of England. The Duke of Richmond sits sadly in a sentry-box resembling a garden latrine, gesturing toward tiny model fortifications at his feet, which are being fired on by larger, more permanent ones. He holds a newspaper showing the vote by which his defense scheme was defeated. A miniature cannon beside him is labeled Ratio Ultima Regum ("the last argument of kings"), and an upside-down naval print inside the box suggests his plan undermined naval defense.
BM Satires 6923.
[Ref: 66751] £320.00

[Litis Abusus plate 1] [Egoism dispels the Virtues] Les Abus du Proces. Misbruyck vant Proces.
[after Hendrik Goltzius] Theodor. Galle sculp.
J. Galle excud. [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crease with tear in margin.
Allegorical figures of Mine and Thine dispell Concord, Love, Peace, and the Fear of God. The first in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French. Legal interest.
State with French text added. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66765] £460.00

[Litis Abusus plate 2] [Above Commercial Law] Invida Fraus, turpis Fallacia, Scriptor aberrans...
[after Hendrik Goltzius][Adr. Collaert sculp.]
[J. Galle excud.] [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crease, tear in margin.
Two merchants conclude a trade agreement on a quay, shaking hands as one one swears an oath. The personifications of Fraus (Fraud) and Falsehood (Fallacia) accompany them. A blindfolded (and therefore unknowing) notary records the (false) agreement. The second in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French.
State with French text engraved over insciptions. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66766] £520.00

[Litis Abusus plate 3] [Desire & other bad for the Court case] Auri cæca fames, Sua mens, Extrema voluntas...
[after Hendrik Goltzius][[Corn. Galle fecit.]
Joan. Galle excud. [n.d., c.1595.]
Engraving. 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins
The personification of Lis (a man with a wolf's head, a hellish mouth for a belly and screws for legs) is accompanied by the personifications of Bad Opinion and Legacy. They follow Blind Desire (a Cupid figure with a money bag over his eyes). Mine and Thine walk behind Lis. The third in a series of eight plates critiquing the greed and deceit of litigation, with text in Latin, Dutch & French. Legal interest
State with French text engraved over engraver's name. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66767] £480.00

A Long Headed Assembly. 119.
Woodward del. Cruikshank sb.
Published by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside. [n.d. c. 1937]
Hand-coloured etching 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate.
A party scene where enlarged headed Lilliputianesque people play cards. Originally published in 1806 by Tegg, according to Dorothy George this version is from, 'In another set (Mr. W. T. Spencer, 1937) it is in vol. ii, with the serial number 119.'
BM Satires 10663
[Ref: 66826] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Miseries of Human Life. "During the endless time that you are kept waiting in a carriage while the ladies are shopping having your impatience soothed by the setting of a saw close at your ear."
Woodward del. Cruikshank sc.
[n.d. c.1810]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A busy street scene centers on a large coach, its box-seat cut off by the right edge. The panels bear escutcheons and a coronet. Inside, a furious man grimaces and covers his ears. A ragged man sharpens a saw beside the coach, while a sullen footman waits at the rear, leaning on a tall cane. The coach’s other occupants, two ladies, are in a nearby shop, examining fabric with an overly attentive shopman.
BM Satires 11152.
[Ref: 66837] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Miseries of Human Life. 237 "Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!".
Woodward del. Cruiklshanks Sc.
[n.d., c.1819.]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked, 'Charles Wise.' Trimmed within plate. Crease.
An interior scene depicting a fashionably dressed man to the left, who rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms. An old man, seated to the right, wearing a night-cap and glasses, looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back and a dog barks below.
BM Satires 11150.
[Ref: 66834] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Miseries of Human Life. 264. "Treading in a beau trap while in the act of gaily advancing your foot, to make a bow to some charming woman of your acquaintance whom you suddenly meet, and to whom you liberally impact a share of the jet d'eau".
Woodward del. Cruikshanks del.
London. Pub. by T.Tegg Feb...[n.d. c.1810.]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm. (9¾ x 14"). Tear at bottom left.
In greeting a young lady, a beau accidently bespatters her with mud.
Not in BM Satires. Krumbhaar: 742. Cohn.
[Ref: 66835] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Mulberry-Tree. 183.
Cruikshank, Del. 1808.
Published 1st March, 1808, By LAURIE & WHITTLE, N.o 53, Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Pasted onto backing sheet. Slight foxing.
A song sheet. Three stylish men sit beneath a mulberry tree, enjoying wine, pipes, and mulberries. One, holding a glass, sings and gestures toward the tree. A lantern rests on the ground, and a park rises toward a country house in the distance.
BM Satires 11194. See Ref: 66864 for coloured image.
[Ref: 66849] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Mulberry-Tree. 183.
Cruikshank, Del. 1808.
Published 1st March, 1808, By LAURIE & WHITTLE, N.o 53, Fleet Street, London.
Fine hand-coloured engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 285 x 185mm (11¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed.
A song sheet. Three stylish men sit beneath a mulberry tree, enjoying wine, pipes, and mulberries. One, holding a glass, sings and gestures toward the tree. A lantern rests on the ground, and a park rises toward a country house in the distance.
BM Satires 11194. See uncoloured version [Ref: 66849].
[Ref: 66864] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.]
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), on paper watermarked, 'C Wilmott 1819.' Repaired tears in margins, some brown staining.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 66827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages. Written by Major Downs; and sung, with unbounded Applause, by Mr Johnstone, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
[Isaac] Cruikshank del.
Publish'd Apr. 6. 1807. by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 295 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). Crease in left corner.
A song sheet with a scene of of a jovial young Billy M'Shane, tramping with a bundle on his shillelagh, pointing to his grandfather, an old man in the last stage of decrepitude, who he is about to succede. The verses are a travesty of Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage. Irish interest.
BM Satire 10944. Cohn 1822.
[Ref: 66871] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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