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The Apotheosis of a Chimney-Sweep!
[London: William Holland, 1807.]
Aquatint. Sheet 380 x 230mm (15 x 9") Trimmed into plate on three sides, into image at top, losing publication line at bottom?, tears in inscription area, left edge chipped.
A filthy sweep ascents from a chimney in a cloud of smoke, holding his shovel and brush.
Not in BM
[Ref: 68068] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[London: William Holland, 1807.]
Aquatint. Sheet 380 x 230mm (15 x 9") Trimmed into plate on three sides, into image at top, losing publication line at bottom?, tears in inscription area, left edge chipped.
A filthy sweep ascents from a chimney in a cloud of smoke, holding his shovel and brush.
Not in BM
[Ref: 68068] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Certain City Macaronies, drinking Asses Milk.
[Oxford Magazine November, 1770.]
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate on left.
Satire: a group of four fashionably dressed men drinking milk supplied by a fat lady from her ass, with a man pointing and laughing behind her. Plate from the 'Oxford Magazine', where it was published to illustrate a dialogue entitled 'The City Macaronies drinking Asses-Milk, at the Lactaeum, in St. George's-fields'. The dialogue described the affectations of macaronies and the advantages of drinking asses' milk. Possibly a satire of Teresa (Theresa) (nee Imer) Cornelys (1723-97), an operatic soprano and impresario who hosted fashionable gatherings at Carlisle House in Soho Square who in 1795 was using the name Mrs Smith and selling asses' milk in Knightsbridge.
BM Satires: 4814.
[Ref: 67882] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine November, 1770.]
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate on left.
Satire: a group of four fashionably dressed men drinking milk supplied by a fat lady from her ass, with a man pointing and laughing behind her. Plate from the 'Oxford Magazine', where it was published to illustrate a dialogue entitled 'The City Macaronies drinking Asses-Milk, at the Lactaeum, in St. George's-fields'. The dialogue described the affectations of macaronies and the advantages of drinking asses' milk. Possibly a satire of Teresa (Theresa) (nee Imer) Cornelys (1723-97), an operatic soprano and impresario who hosted fashionable gatherings at Carlisle House in Soho Square who in 1795 was using the name Mrs Smith and selling asses' milk in Knightsbridge.
BM Satires: 4814.
[Ref: 67882] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
To the Rt. Worshipful John Smoak Esqr &c &c whose wisdom & prudence has so often saved the city from fire & destruction by his great sagacity in discovering plots this print of hunting a ma[yor]re is humbly presented to his l-d-p on his retiring from office "good riddance" &c-
GCk.
Pub.d Oct.r 15.th 1819 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimed losing platemark at top. Staining.
A satirical attack on Mayor John Atkins (fl.1819), portraying him as a scare-monger. An ass bearing the terrified profile of Mayor Atkins gallops from Henry Hunt (1773-1835) and a jeering crowd. The animal wears a double fool’s cap with bells, a cloak marked with the City Arms, and sheds the fallen mayoral chain; from its tail hangs a flaming pot tied with blood-stained daggers, a puppy, and a goose, while its hindquarters blaze with repeated cries of ''Plots.'' From its mouth comes the alarm, ''I smell a plot!'' Hunt, in a hunting cap, cracks his whip and shouts ''Fire! Fire!'' as his followers echo ''Fire Fire!'' and ''Fire Murder.'' The foremost pursuer, identified as Samuel Waddington (1759-c.1824), brandishes a three-lashed scourge labelled ''a Saddle for the Mare,'' ''a Bridle for the Ass,'' and ''a rod for the Fool’s back,'' while stones, dead rats, and other missiles fly. A scroll in the foreground reads ''London Preserved or the Plot discoverd a Farce Principal Character Lord Smoak Jack with fire Bloody Daggers &c.'' Nearby, a signpost proclaims ''Another Plot by G—d!!!! The L—d M—r has just discovered that during the Trials of Carlisle the Court is to be taken possession of by a band of Ruffians, Armed with Bloody Daggers!!!— six hundred extra Constables have been sworn in accordingly— Smoak Jacks favorite Oath, first brought into public notice in the Common Hall, holden on the Subject of the Corn Bill— Oh! Johnny Atkins! Johnny Atkins Oh!''
BM Satires 13273.
[Ref: 68150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
GCk.
Pub.d Oct.r 15.th 1819 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimed losing platemark at top. Staining.
A satirical attack on Mayor John Atkins (fl.1819), portraying him as a scare-monger. An ass bearing the terrified profile of Mayor Atkins gallops from Henry Hunt (1773-1835) and a jeering crowd. The animal wears a double fool’s cap with bells, a cloak marked with the City Arms, and sheds the fallen mayoral chain; from its tail hangs a flaming pot tied with blood-stained daggers, a puppy, and a goose, while its hindquarters blaze with repeated cries of ''Plots.'' From its mouth comes the alarm, ''I smell a plot!'' Hunt, in a hunting cap, cracks his whip and shouts ''Fire! Fire!'' as his followers echo ''Fire Fire!'' and ''Fire Murder.'' The foremost pursuer, identified as Samuel Waddington (1759-c.1824), brandishes a three-lashed scourge labelled ''a Saddle for the Mare,'' ''a Bridle for the Ass,'' and ''a rod for the Fool’s back,'' while stones, dead rats, and other missiles fly. A scroll in the foreground reads ''London Preserved or the Plot discoverd a Farce Principal Character Lord Smoak Jack with fire Bloody Daggers &c.'' Nearby, a signpost proclaims ''Another Plot by G—d!!!! The L—d M—r has just discovered that during the Trials of Carlisle the Court is to be taken possession of by a band of Ruffians, Armed with Bloody Daggers!!!— six hundred extra Constables have been sworn in accordingly— Smoak Jacks favorite Oath, first brought into public notice in the Common Hall, holden on the Subject of the Corn Bill— Oh! Johnny Atkins! Johnny Atkins Oh!''
BM Satires 13273.
[Ref: 68150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Bad Fit. This is not my Hat? _ It must be yours, Sir, there's no other left.
[Engraved by George Hunt? after M. Egerton?]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket. 1826.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges.
A man leaving a drinking club at four in the morning is given the wrong hat by a sleepy porter. The attributions are purely on stylistic grounds.
Hickman 100.
[Ref: 68063] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Hunt? after M. Egerton?]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket. 1826.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges.
A man leaving a drinking club at four in the morning is given the wrong hat by a sleepy porter. The attributions are purely on stylistic grounds.
Hickman 100.
[Ref: 68063] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Distraction d'un Afficheur.
Lith de Langlumé r. de l'Abbaye.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾").
A bill poster sticks an advert for a lost dog to the back of a man reading the theatrical posters stuck on a wall. Amongst the plays is 'Vampire', probably Charles Nodier's 'Le Vampire' which was performed at the Porte St. Martin Theatre in 1820.
[Ref: 68130] £320.00
Lith de Langlumé r. de l'Abbaye.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾").
A bill poster sticks an advert for a lost dog to the back of a man reading the theatrical posters stuck on a wall. Amongst the plays is 'Vampire', probably Charles Nodier's 'Le Vampire' which was performed at the Porte St. Martin Theatre in 1820.
[Ref: 68130] £320.00
Bishop Bonner.
[n..d, c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 80 x 155mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A half-length satirical portrait in oval of Edmund Bonner (c. 1500-1569), Bishop of London 1539-49 and 1553-59, raising a willow switch above his head. This image is a detail from a scene of him punishing a heretic from 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs' (1563). Bonner originally supported Henry VIII's schism from Rome but, in the reign of Edward VI, opposed the king's role as head of the Church, for which he was removed from office and imprisoned in the Marshalsea, a prison in Southwark. He was restored by Mary I and began persecuting Protestants, earning the nickname 'Bloody Bonner'. Elizabeth sent him back to the Marshalsea in 1560, where he remained until he died.
Not recorded in Clayton, perhaps a connection to James Gillray.
[Ref: 68197] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n..d, c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 80 x 155mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A half-length satirical portrait in oval of Edmund Bonner (c. 1500-1569), Bishop of London 1539-49 and 1553-59, raising a willow switch above his head. This image is a detail from a scene of him punishing a heretic from 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs' (1563). Bonner originally supported Henry VIII's schism from Rome but, in the reign of Edward VI, opposed the king's role as head of the Church, for which he was removed from office and imprisoned in the Marshalsea, a prison in Southwark. He was restored by Mary I and began persecuting Protestants, earning the nickname 'Bloody Bonner'. Elizabeth sent him back to the Marshalsea in 1560, where he remained until he died.
Not recorded in Clayton, perhaps a connection to James Gillray.
[Ref: 68197] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Calcraft] The Rival Mount O'Banks, or the Dorsetshire Juggler.](jpegs/68065.jpg)
[John Calcraft] The Rival Mount O'Banks, or the Dorsetshire Juggler. HN Sketches Nº 130.
HB [monogram of John Doyle]
Published 25.th May 1831, by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph. Sheet 290 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to printed border, edged with album paper. Slight creasing on left.
The Dorset election presented as two rival booths at a fairground. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, hustles for John Calcraft, who sits behnd eating his own words. The rival candidate, George Bankes, has a booth behind. Calcraft (1765-1831) won the election as a reformer, despite not being popular or being an effective politician in other seats. He committed suicide later in the year, convinced everyone despised him.
BM Satires 16685, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68065] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
HB [monogram of John Doyle]
Published 25.th May 1831, by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph. Sheet 290 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"). Trimmed to printed border, edged with album paper. Slight creasing on left.
The Dorset election presented as two rival booths at a fairground. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, hustles for John Calcraft, who sits behnd eating his own words. The rival candidate, George Bankes, has a booth behind. Calcraft (1765-1831) won the election as a reformer, despite not being popular or being an effective politician in other seats. He committed suicide later in the year, convinced everyone despised him.
BM Satires 16685, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68065] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Church and Steeple. "Bless me her Ladyship exclaims, "Who's thus, so monstrous tall, This Son of Mars, who holds his head So high above us all?" "They meant him Lady, for the Church, Tis whisper'd 'mongst the people,""Dear Sir, you surely must mistake Perhaps you mean the Steeple."
Alfred Mills del et sc:t.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Rare etching with hand-colouring, sheet 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Creasing. Light staining.
Caricatured scene at a rout: a young woman points out a tall, awkward officer in tight regimentals, while a grotesque elderly man bows beside her. Other caricatured guests look on with amused attention.
BM Satires 10653.
[Ref: 67893] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Alfred Mills del et sc:t.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yard 2 Jan. 1806.
Rare etching with hand-colouring, sheet 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Creasing. Light staining.
Caricatured scene at a rout: a young woman points out a tall, awkward officer in tight regimentals, while a grotesque elderly man bows beside her. Other caricatured guests look on with amused attention.
BM Satires 10653.
[Ref: 67893] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cigars - Havannah.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 270mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed to image and around title, laid on album paper.
A ground of men smoke cigars, enveloping themselves in clouds of smoke.
Not in BM
[Ref: 68066] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 270mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed to image and around title, laid on album paper.
A ground of men smoke cigars, enveloping themselves in clouds of smoke.
Not in BM
[Ref: 68066] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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L'Amour de Ville, ou l'Amour Coquet.
Inventé et peint par Ch. Coypel 1731. Graavé par Lépicié 1732.
A Paris chez L. Surugue graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers vis avis S.t Yves.
Fine etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins
A young woman pretends to be captivated by a amorous young man while happily accepting a love letter slipped into her hand by a young African servant.
[Ref: 67947] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et peint par Ch. Coypel 1731. Graavé par Lépicié 1732.
A Paris chez L. Surugue graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers vis avis S.t Yves.
Fine etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins
A young woman pretends to be captivated by a amorous young man while happily accepting a love letter slipped into her hand by a young African servant.
[Ref: 67947] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Consolation, or Otium cum dignitate.
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Pub.d by McLean. [n.d. c.1829]
Lithograph, sheet 260 x 320mm (10¼ x 12½") Tipped into album sheet.
A comic scene showing John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) sitting consoling himself with a huge glass of wine and a truckle of Cheshire cheese. Eldon received a cheese from the Protestants of Cheshire in thanks for his opposition to Catholic Emanciption, Eldon resigned as Chancellor in protest against the Prime Minister George Canning's liberal views on the subject.
[Ref: 67918] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Pub.d by McLean. [n.d. c.1829]
Lithograph, sheet 260 x 320mm (10¼ x 12½") Tipped into album sheet.
A comic scene showing John Scott, Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) sitting consoling himself with a huge glass of wine and a truckle of Cheshire cheese. Eldon received a cheese from the Protestants of Cheshire in thanks for his opposition to Catholic Emanciption, Eldon resigned as Chancellor in protest against the Prime Minister George Canning's liberal views on the subject.
[Ref: 67918] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Le Mort. Suppose and suppose the Giraffe it should die, Old Bags he should play over Him, we'd sit down and cry
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 11 1829.
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15") Tipped into album sheet.
George IV (1762-1830) and Lady Conyngham (1769-1861) weep unrestrainedly over the dead giraffe. The former, in back view, seated on a stool facing the corpse, places a hand on the shoulder of the latter, who sits on the floor with her face buried in a handkerchief. The animal lies on its back, its legs swathed in bandages and raised, the neck extended along the ground with the head on a cushion. Lord Eldon (1751-1838), seated with legs dangling and toes turned in, plays the bagpipe (tune, "Highland Laddie"), beside a large pill-box and a prescription signed 'Abe[rne]thy'. Behind, curtains mark the creature’s stall (at Sandpit Gate, Windsor Park), where two Nubians give way to grief. The giraffe was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, Viceroy of Egypt (1769–1849) to George IV in the summer of 1827. He sent a second giraffe to France’s Charles X and a third to the Austrian emperor, each traveling with two Egyptian milk cows, two keepers, several African animals, and a translator. George kept his in the private menagerie at Sandpit Gate in Windsor Park and he allegedly visited it every day with Lady Conyngham. Interestingly this print was published two months before the creature’s demise.
BM Satires 15845.
[Ref: 67920] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 11 1829.
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15") Tipped into album sheet.
George IV (1762-1830) and Lady Conyngham (1769-1861) weep unrestrainedly over the dead giraffe. The former, in back view, seated on a stool facing the corpse, places a hand on the shoulder of the latter, who sits on the floor with her face buried in a handkerchief. The animal lies on its back, its legs swathed in bandages and raised, the neck extended along the ground with the head on a cushion. Lord Eldon (1751-1838), seated with legs dangling and toes turned in, plays the bagpipe (tune, "Highland Laddie"), beside a large pill-box and a prescription signed 'Abe[rne]thy'. Behind, curtains mark the creature’s stall (at Sandpit Gate, Windsor Park), where two Nubians give way to grief. The giraffe was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, Viceroy of Egypt (1769–1849) to George IV in the summer of 1827. He sent a second giraffe to France’s Charles X and a third to the Austrian emperor, each traveling with two Egyptian milk cows, two keepers, several African animals, and a translator. George kept his in the private menagerie at Sandpit Gate in Windsor Park and he allegedly visited it every day with Lady Conyngham. Interestingly this print was published two months before the creature’s demise.
BM Satires 15845.
[Ref: 67920] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
New Invented Elastic Breeches.
J. Nixon fecit 1784. [Rowlandson]
Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1784 by W Humphrey N.o 227 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album paper. Time stained. Pin holes in top corners.
A satire on the fashion for close-fitting leather breeches. The interior of a breeches-maker’s shop. Two men, one standing on a chair, the other on a stool, strain to pull up the extremely tight breeches of a stout man, lifting him off the ground in the process. A stout woman enters from the right carrying a pair of breeches. On the wall hangs a placard reading: ''Ramskin, Elastic Spring Breeches Maker They set close to the Hips and never alter their Shape which Thousands can Testify Likewise a large & curious assortment of Breeches Balls Straps Boot Garters &c &c &c.'' More breeches hanging on the wall.
BM Satires 6723.
[Ref: 68014] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Nixon fecit 1784. [Rowlandson]
Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1784 by W Humphrey N.o 227 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album paper. Time stained. Pin holes in top corners.
A satire on the fashion for close-fitting leather breeches. The interior of a breeches-maker’s shop. Two men, one standing on a chair, the other on a stool, strain to pull up the extremely tight breeches of a stout man, lifting him off the ground in the process. A stout woman enters from the right carrying a pair of breeches. On the wall hangs a placard reading: ''Ramskin, Elastic Spring Breeches Maker They set close to the Hips and never alter their Shape which Thousands can Testify Likewise a large & curious assortment of Breeches Balls Straps Boot Garters &c &c &c.'' More breeches hanging on the wall.
BM Satires 6723.
[Ref: 68014] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Flemish Characters.
Drawn and Engraved by James Gillray 1793.
London Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St James's St Jan.y 1. 1822.
Scarce etching, first engraved with top third. Sheet 225 x 355mm (8¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate.
A satirical scene in the market-square of a Flemish town, perhaps Ghent. On the left men gamble on a spinning dial (a rudimentary form of roulette). In the centre are a group of clerics, deep in coversation. On the right a small crowd gathers around a milkmaid, with yoke and pails. Behind British guardsmen are being drilled. Gillray visited Flanders with Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1793, during the Flanders Campaign (1792-5) of the War of the First Coalition.
BM 8383.
[Ref: 68198] £360.00
Drawn and Engraved by James Gillray 1793.
London Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St James's St Jan.y 1. 1822.
Scarce etching, first engraved with top third. Sheet 225 x 355mm (8¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate.
A satirical scene in the market-square of a Flemish town, perhaps Ghent. On the left men gamble on a spinning dial (a rudimentary form of roulette). In the centre are a group of clerics, deep in coversation. On the right a small crowd gathers around a milkmaid, with yoke and pails. Behind British guardsmen are being drilled. Gillray visited Flanders with Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1793, during the Flanders Campaign (1792-5) of the War of the First Coalition.
BM 8383.
[Ref: 68198] £360.00
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![[Henry Fox, Lord Holland] The ever-memorable Peace-Makers settling their Accounts.](jpegs/67945.jpg)
[Henry Fox, Lord Holland] The ever-memorable Peace-Makers settling their Accounts. N.º XXXVI.
[n.d., but 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and around title, losing pagination top right, laid on album paper.
The Duke of Bedford, Earl of Bute and Lord Holland (Henry Fox) sitting around a table, with the devil behind Holland, holding an axe. Holland writes in a book inscribed 'unac.d Millions'. A satire on Holland's alleged diversion of public money to private purposes: shortly before this print was published a petition submitted to the king by the Freeholders of Middlesex described him as 'a notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions', Published in 'The Town and Country Magazine', 5 July 1769.
BM Satires 4300.
[Ref: 67945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., but 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and around title, losing pagination top right, laid on album paper.
The Duke of Bedford, Earl of Bute and Lord Holland (Henry Fox) sitting around a table, with the devil behind Holland, holding an axe. Holland writes in a book inscribed 'unac.d Millions'. A satire on Holland's alleged diversion of public money to private purposes: shortly before this print was published a petition submitted to the king by the Freeholders of Middlesex described him as 'a notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions', Published in 'The Town and Country Magazine', 5 July 1769.
BM Satires 4300.
[Ref: 67945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Ass.
York Sculpsit. Stewart del.t.
Pub acc.y to act May 20. 1780. by M Darly (39) Strand. [But later]
Etching, 160 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Light creasing.
An ass wearing a crown (George III) is led toward a domed building with two steeples labelled ''Rome,'' intended to represent St Peter’s. The ass is guided by a man with the legs and tail of a devil, identified as Bute (1713-92), partly dressed in tartan, who declares, ''This is my Ass & I’ll lead it where I please.'' Behind them stands a bishop in mitre and long gown, wielding a birch rod and pointing to the animal’s hindquarters, saying, ''Lead on my Lord I’ll drive the beast along.'' This figure represents Markham (1719-1807), the unpopular Archbishop of York, whose birch rod alludes to his former role as headmaster of Westminster School and later as preceptor to the Prince of Wales and his brother (1771–76). Nearby, two small boys, one wearing the ribbon of an order, gesture toward the ass; one asks the other, ''Where are they driving Papa too.''
BM Satires 5669.
[Ref: 68061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
York Sculpsit. Stewart del.t.
Pub acc.y to act May 20. 1780. by M Darly (39) Strand. [But later]
Etching, 160 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Light creasing.
An ass wearing a crown (George III) is led toward a domed building with two steeples labelled ''Rome,'' intended to represent St Peter’s. The ass is guided by a man with the legs and tail of a devil, identified as Bute (1713-92), partly dressed in tartan, who declares, ''This is my Ass & I’ll lead it where I please.'' Behind them stands a bishop in mitre and long gown, wielding a birch rod and pointing to the animal’s hindquarters, saying, ''Lead on my Lord I’ll drive the beast along.'' This figure represents Markham (1719-1807), the unpopular Archbishop of York, whose birch rod alludes to his former role as headmaster of Westminster School and later as preceptor to the Prince of Wales and his brother (1771–76). Nearby, two small boys, one wearing the ribbon of an order, gesture toward the ass; one asks the other, ''Where are they driving Papa too.''
BM Satires 5669.
[Ref: 68061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[George, Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Gordon] A Racket at a Rout or Billingsgate Removed to the West.](jpegs/67912.jpg)
[George, Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Gordon] A Racket at a Rout or Billingsgate Removed to the West.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 9th 1803 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Creasing. Small hole in image on right.
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. See [Ref: 63571] for different colouring
[Ref: 67912] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 9th 1803 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Creasing. Small hole in image on right.
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. See [Ref: 63571] for different colouring
[Ref: 67912] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Gnat Bites N.º 6. Oh Fredric! that nasty things has spunted all over Julian's sunday's!. _ what will be the consequence? / Vy cold, with running at the nose.
[signed in plate]
London Published by W. Soffe 380 Strand. Madeley Printer [n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"). Nicks in edges.
An elephant in an enclosure sprays water from its trunk.
[Ref: 68064] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[signed in plate]
London Published by W. Soffe 380 Strand. Madeley Printer [n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"). Nicks in edges.
An elephant in an enclosure sprays water from its trunk.
[Ref: 68064] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[1757] Part 1.st The Foreign Grinder. Part 2.d The Domestic Grinder. Part 3.d The Court Grinder. Part 4.th The Finisher.](jpegs/68132.jpg)
[1757] Part 1.st The Foreign Grinder. Part 2.d The Domestic Grinder. Part 3.d The Court Grinder. Part 4.th The Finisher.
Machiavel f.t.
[Pub. According to ye Act 1757.]
Etching. Four segments cut from one, each c. 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Each trimmed to image, losing publication line.
Four satires on the events of 1756-7, printed from one plate and originally on one sheet, each featuring the figure of Time with a grinding wheel. This first, referring to the loss of Minorca in 1756, has a Spaniard, standing on a vanquished British Lion, turning the handle of the grindstone as Time holds the face of Britannia to wheel. The second satirises the failed lottery scheme of Sir John Barnard (1685-1764). The third has Henry Fox turning a wheel marked ''Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence'', with Pitt the Elder promising to crush it. The final satire has the Devil turning a handle marked 'Good of the Nation', with a wheel listing all the various taxes.
BM Satires 3593.
[Ref: 68132] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Machiavel f.t.
[Pub. According to ye Act 1757.]
Etching. Four segments cut from one, each c. 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Each trimmed to image, losing publication line.
Four satires on the events of 1756-7, printed from one plate and originally on one sheet, each featuring the figure of Time with a grinding wheel. This first, referring to the loss of Minorca in 1756, has a Spaniard, standing on a vanquished British Lion, turning the handle of the grindstone as Time holds the face of Britannia to wheel. The second satirises the failed lottery scheme of Sir John Barnard (1685-1764). The third has Henry Fox turning a wheel marked ''Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence'', with Pitt the Elder promising to crush it. The final satire has the Devil turning a handle marked 'Good of the Nation', with a wheel listing all the various taxes.
BM Satires 3593.
[Ref: 68132] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![Knave of H[e]arts.](jpegs/68155.jpg)
Knave of H[e]arts.
Printed by C Motte, 23 Leicester Sq.
Published by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, Sep 6 1830.
Lithograph, sheet 435 x 295mm (17¼ x 11½"), large margins. Light foxing.
Portrait of a corpulent man wearing a sly, upward-glancing grin. He holds a top hat behind his back while his left hand rests on a tasseled cane. In in the upper left corner a King of Hearts playing card. Dorothy George, "He is identified as Mr. Hart, gambler (presumably gaming-house keeper) of St. James's Street."
Ricky Jay Collection. See BM Satires 16412.
[Ref: 68155] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C Motte, 23 Leicester Sq.
Published by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, Sep 6 1830.
Lithograph, sheet 435 x 295mm (17¼ x 11½"), large margins. Light foxing.
Portrait of a corpulent man wearing a sly, upward-glancing grin. He holds a top hat behind his back while his left hand rests on a tasseled cane. In in the upper left corner a King of Hearts playing card. Dorothy George, "He is identified as Mr. Hart, gambler (presumably gaming-house keeper) of St. James's Street."
Ricky Jay Collection. See BM Satires 16412.
[Ref: 68155] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Time _ Called... & Time _ Come! P.1.
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
First plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; 'Time-Called & Time-Come', a prize fight before a dense crowd; one boxer lies dead while his handlers try to revive the other. 'A Long Time-Waiting,' a dandy fishing in the rain answers ''NO!'' when asked if he has had a bite. 'A Long Time to Wait', a raven stands on a farmhouse hearth as the farmer’s wife explains they keep it to see if it lives a hundred years. 'A Short Time—Going of an Errand,' Oberon dispatches Puck, who flies off laughing, with lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 'A Very Little Time—Getting an Answer,' a would-be thief retreats as the gardener challenges him.
BM Satires 15470.
[Ref: 68083] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
First plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; 'Time-Called & Time-Come', a prize fight before a dense crowd; one boxer lies dead while his handlers try to revive the other. 'A Long Time-Waiting,' a dandy fishing in the rain answers ''NO!'' when asked if he has had a bite. 'A Long Time to Wait', a raven stands on a farmhouse hearth as the farmer’s wife explains they keep it to see if it lives a hundred years. 'A Short Time—Going of an Errand,' Oberon dispatches Puck, who flies off laughing, with lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 'A Very Little Time—Getting an Answer,' a would-be thief retreats as the gardener challenges him.
BM Satires 15470.
[Ref: 68083] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Behind Time. P.2.
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
Second plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Seven vignettes; 'Behind Time,' outside a country inn, the host tells a delayed traveller that the coach has already left ''to a minute,'' while a woman runs up dragging a child beneath a sign advertising ''The Times Coach.'' 'Killing Time,' a swaggering officer pierces a grandfather clock with his rapier. 'Taking Time—by the Forelock,' a pedestrian is violently robbed of his watch. 'Too Much Time,' a dandy reproaches a friend for staying in bed in summer, who replies that the days are ''so dreadfully long,'' beside a book titled Ennuie. 'Trifling Time Away,' three men play bagatelle with excessive seriousness. 'Time & Tide Wait for No Man,' a traveller and porter watch a steam packet receding from a jetty. 'Idling Time Away,' a corpulent man lounges while teaching a dog to hold a stick, as another gazes idly from a window.
BM Satires 15471.
[Ref: 68084] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
Second plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Seven vignettes; 'Behind Time,' outside a country inn, the host tells a delayed traveller that the coach has already left ''to a minute,'' while a woman runs up dragging a child beneath a sign advertising ''The Times Coach.'' 'Killing Time,' a swaggering officer pierces a grandfather clock with his rapier. 'Taking Time—by the Forelock,' a pedestrian is violently robbed of his watch. 'Too Much Time,' a dandy reproaches a friend for staying in bed in summer, who replies that the days are ''so dreadfully long,'' beside a book titled Ennuie. 'Trifling Time Away,' three men play bagatelle with excessive seriousness. 'Time & Tide Wait for No Man,' a traveller and porter watch a steam packet receding from a jetty. 'Idling Time Away,' a corpulent man lounges while teaching a dog to hold a stick, as another gazes idly from a window.
BM Satires 15471.
[Ref: 68084] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Time thrown away. P.3.
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Surface dirt
Third plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Six vignettes; ''Time thrown away,'' an old women vainly try to scrub a black man while as others bring hot water or drink gin. ''Pastime'', at a country fair a man throws sticks at an hourglass while a peg-legged showman cries, ''Now’s your Time to make your Fort’un! only a ha’penny a Throw-!!''; nearby are booths, a falling swing-boat rider beneath ''None but the Brave deserve the Fair.'', and a prize fight advertised ''To be seen here, the River Styx.'' ''Time gone, past recalling!-'', Time lies dying as a doctor sighs ''All too late!-'', a nurse laments ''Poor Soul!-how he is wasted away!!!'', a woman cries ''Oh! My Time, My Time! Oh! if I had but my Time again'', another rebukes her, and a man mourns ''O! my Precious Time.'' ''Time Lost,'' Diogenes enters a prison cell, lantern raised on four ruffians. ''Time, was made for Slaves'' " ie Flogging them by the Hour," an overseer whips three enslaved Africans under a planter’s gaze. ''Making up for Lost Time'', a ravenous footman devours his meal as a maid exclaims ''La! Muster John, how you do eat!!'', to which he replies, ''Eat! - Aye, & so would you eat - too, if you had been out of place—as long as I have!!''
BM Satires 15472.
[Ref: 68101] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Surface dirt
Third plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Six vignettes; ''Time thrown away,'' an old women vainly try to scrub a black man while as others bring hot water or drink gin. ''Pastime'', at a country fair a man throws sticks at an hourglass while a peg-legged showman cries, ''Now’s your Time to make your Fort’un! only a ha’penny a Throw-!!''; nearby are booths, a falling swing-boat rider beneath ''None but the Brave deserve the Fair.'', and a prize fight advertised ''To be seen here, the River Styx.'' ''Time gone, past recalling!-'', Time lies dying as a doctor sighs ''All too late!-'', a nurse laments ''Poor Soul!-how he is wasted away!!!'', a woman cries ''Oh! My Time, My Time! Oh! if I had but my Time again'', another rebukes her, and a man mourns ''O! my Precious Time.'' ''Time Lost,'' Diogenes enters a prison cell, lantern raised on four ruffians. ''Time, was made for Slaves'' " ie Flogging them by the Hour," an overseer whips three enslaved Africans under a planter’s gaze. ''Making up for Lost Time'', a ravenous footman devours his meal as a maid exclaims ''La! Muster John, how you do eat!!'', to which he replies, ''Eat! - Aye, & so would you eat - too, if you had been out of place—as long as I have!!''
BM Satires 15472.
[Ref: 68101] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Hard Times. Worse & worse, Semper idem!! P.4.
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tear top left.
Fourth plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; ''Term Time'', between a law court and debtors’ prison, an official divides an oyster shell between two litigants in ''Noodle v Doodle,'' declaring, ''Gentlemen - It was a very fine Oyster! - the Court awards you a shell each.'' Behind, debtors beg at a window marked ''Pray Remember the Poor Debtors,'' while a paper on the ground reads ''Pray remember the Poor Creditors,'' and a bailiff serves a writ. A stout woman turns a grindstone as another forces a man’s nose against it. Three destitute gardeners hold up sticks with greenery while boys skate on a frozen pond behind. Two men break stones on a road, one a ruined dandy, the other a gouty city type. A butcher sleeps outside his empty stall marked ''This Shop To Let,'' its lone rib of beef watched by a starving dog, as a ballad-singer with three hungry children cries, ''Oh! The Roast Beef of Old England -''; behind stands a derelict shop labelled ''J. Duff Baker - This House To be Let or Sold.''
BM Satires 15473.
[Ref: 68102] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tear top left.
Fourth plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; ''Term Time'', between a law court and debtors’ prison, an official divides an oyster shell between two litigants in ''Noodle v Doodle,'' declaring, ''Gentlemen - It was a very fine Oyster! - the Court awards you a shell each.'' Behind, debtors beg at a window marked ''Pray Remember the Poor Debtors,'' while a paper on the ground reads ''Pray remember the Poor Creditors,'' and a bailiff serves a writ. A stout woman turns a grindstone as another forces a man’s nose against it. Three destitute gardeners hold up sticks with greenery while boys skate on a frozen pond behind. Two men break stones on a road, one a ruined dandy, the other a gouty city type. A butcher sleeps outside his empty stall marked ''This Shop To Let,'' its lone rib of beef watched by a starving dog, as a ballad-singer with three hungry children cries, ''Oh! The Roast Beef of Old England -''; behind stands a derelict shop labelled ''J. Duff Baker - This House To be Let or Sold.''
BM Satires 15473.
[Ref: 68102] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Repulsed But Not Discouraged. [No. 63]
[John Doyle HB]
Published by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket, May 24. 1830.
Lithograph on chine collé, sheet 290 x 430mm (11½ x 17¼"). Small tears to edges of paper. Foxing outside chine collé.
O’Connell (1775-1847) and Brougham (1778-1868),wearing a wig and gown, watch as Wellington (1769-1852) and Peel (1788-1850) struggle to bar a door against a bearded Jew forcing his way in. The Jew pleads, ''Pray let me in! I am sure I shall Behave myself, as well as some, whom you have admitted.'' Peel objects, ''I cannot let you pass, if I admit you the respectable Gentleman in the broad brim and all the rest, will expect to get in,'' while Wellington warns, ''He must not be let in yet P——l, but if we dont take care the fellow will slip in, in spite of us.'' O’Connell, enjoying the scene, urges, ''Agitate friend Moses Agitate! that’s the way I got in.'' Brougham declares, ''You exclude the Jew and Quaker, while the Atheist, who laughs at your oaths, obtains Admission.'' Behind them, an atheist mockingly kisses a Testament before the Clerk, while dissenters already admitted stand to the left. In the background, bishops opposed to Jewish emancipation ascend toward the throne, where the king is indicated.
BM Satires 16118.
[Ref: 68149] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[John Doyle HB]
Published by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket, May 24. 1830.
Lithograph on chine collé, sheet 290 x 430mm (11½ x 17¼"). Small tears to edges of paper. Foxing outside chine collé.
O’Connell (1775-1847) and Brougham (1778-1868),wearing a wig and gown, watch as Wellington (1769-1852) and Peel (1788-1850) struggle to bar a door against a bearded Jew forcing his way in. The Jew pleads, ''Pray let me in! I am sure I shall Behave myself, as well as some, whom you have admitted.'' Peel objects, ''I cannot let you pass, if I admit you the respectable Gentleman in the broad brim and all the rest, will expect to get in,'' while Wellington warns, ''He must not be let in yet P——l, but if we dont take care the fellow will slip in, in spite of us.'' O’Connell, enjoying the scene, urges, ''Agitate friend Moses Agitate! that’s the way I got in.'' Brougham declares, ''You exclude the Jew and Quaker, while the Atheist, who laughs at your oaths, obtains Admission.'' Behind them, an atheist mockingly kisses a Testament before the Clerk, while dissenters already admitted stand to the left. In the background, bishops opposed to Jewish emancipation ascend toward the throne, where the king is indicated.
BM Satires 16118.
[Ref: 68149] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Looking Glass or Caricature Annual, 1836. Vol. 6.
A. Ducôte's Lithographic Establishment.
London Thomas Mc Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 390 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"). Crease bottom left, chips in edges, spotting.
A decorative frontispiece. Four people, including the Duke of Wellington, look at an eclipse of the sun by the moon, both of which have caricatured faces. Three other men dance in the sunlight.
[Ref: 68067] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Ducôte's Lithographic Establishment.
London Thomas Mc Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 390 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"). Crease bottom left, chips in edges, spotting.
A decorative frontispiece. Four people, including the Duke of Wellington, look at an eclipse of the sun by the moon, both of which have caricatured faces. Three other men dance in the sunlight.
[Ref: 68067] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lord-gueil, Lady-scorde. Les Passions, N.6.
[by Henri Buguet.]
A Paris chez Martinet, rue du Coq. Dep.é à la D.on [n.d., 1819].
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, into plate at top, affecting sur-title. Laid to album page at edges.
An English soldier tries to blow out the torch held up by his fury of a wife, a battle raging across some water behind. The title is a pun on 'orgeuil' (pride) and 'discorde'.
[Ref: 68131] £380.00
[by Henri Buguet.]
A Paris chez Martinet, rue du Coq. Dep.é à la D.on [n.d., 1819].
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, into plate at top, affecting sur-title. Laid to album page at edges.
An English soldier tries to blow out the torch held up by his fury of a wife, a battle raging across some water behind. The title is a pun on 'orgeuil' (pride) and 'discorde'.
[Ref: 68131] £380.00
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Love and Opportunity.
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 1 Sepr 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed losing publication line.
A satire on the folly of marriages between partners of unequal age, and on the sexual opportunism of young military officers. An elderly magistrate has dozed off beside a table holding glasses, pipes, and two bottles, one labelled ''Port'', set before an empty grate. He clutches a copy of ‘Compleat Justice’, identifying him as a Justice of the Peace, while a paper protruding from his pocket reads ''—him for a Trespass on…''. On a bracket table behind him are Burns’ Justice, a document marked ''Stealing a Hare,'' and another inscribed ''Mid to Wit…''. Above his head hangs a stag’s head with antlers, an allusion to his cuckoldry. On the opposite side of the fireplace, his pretty young wife sits with an army officer who fondles her, his hat hanging on the wall behind them. The mantelpiece holds two oriental-style jars and a figure of Budai, the ''laughing Buddha,'' above which a gun is suspended upside down.
BM Satires 4249. See [Ref: 5396] for publication line.
[Ref: 67926] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 1 Sepr 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed losing publication line.
A satire on the folly of marriages between partners of unequal age, and on the sexual opportunism of young military officers. An elderly magistrate has dozed off beside a table holding glasses, pipes, and two bottles, one labelled ''Port'', set before an empty grate. He clutches a copy of ‘Compleat Justice’, identifying him as a Justice of the Peace, while a paper protruding from his pocket reads ''—him for a Trespass on…''. On a bracket table behind him are Burns’ Justice, a document marked ''Stealing a Hare,'' and another inscribed ''Mid to Wit…''. Above his head hangs a stag’s head with antlers, an allusion to his cuckoldry. On the opposite side of the fireplace, his pretty young wife sits with an army officer who fondles her, his hat hanging on the wall behind them. The mantelpiece holds two oriental-style jars and a figure of Budai, the ''laughing Buddha,'' above which a gun is suspended upside down.
BM Satires 4249. See [Ref: 5396] for publication line.
[Ref: 67926] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Love at First Sight.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
[London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.]
Fine hand-coloured stipple and etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾). Slight crease at bottom. Remnants of album paper stuck to dog.
A soldier admires a young woman who holds out her skirt to hold fish she is buying from a fisherman; a dog to lower right. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456 (cf). See [Ref: 20101] & [Ref: 67885] for different colouring.
[Ref: 67889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
[London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.]
Fine hand-coloured stipple and etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾). Slight crease at bottom. Remnants of album paper stuck to dog.
A soldier admires a young woman who holds out her skirt to hold fish she is buying from a fisherman; a dog to lower right. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456 (cf). See [Ref: 20101] & [Ref: 67885] for different colouring.
[Ref: 67889] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Love at First Sight.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
[London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.]
Finely hand-coloured stipple and etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾). Trimmed within plate.
A soldier admires a young woman who holds out her skirt to hold fish she is buying from a fisherman; a dog to lower right. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456 (cf). See [Ref: 20101] & [Ref: 67889] for different colouring.
[Ref: 67885] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
[London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.]
Finely hand-coloured stipple and etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾). Trimmed within plate.
A soldier admires a young woman who holds out her skirt to hold fish she is buying from a fisherman; a dog to lower right. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456 (cf). See [Ref: 20101] & [Ref: 67889] for different colouring.
[Ref: 67885] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The March Of Intellect. Mechanical.
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Etching with hand-colour, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins on all sides except left. Light foxing.
Satire on steam powered contraptions. Six vignettes; 'War By Steam,' 'Beauty Makers From Paris,' '"Here we go up. up. up,"' 'Phrenological Cases,' 'Quick Passage To The Antipodes,' & 'Amputation By Steam.' Australian interest.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68081] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Etching with hand-colour, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins on all sides except left. Light foxing.
Satire on steam powered contraptions. Six vignettes; 'War By Steam,' 'Beauty Makers From Paris,' '"Here we go up. up. up,"' 'Phrenological Cases,' 'Quick Passage To The Antipodes,' & 'Amputation By Steam.' Australian interest.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68081] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The March Of Intellect. Professional.
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.' Tear going into plate on left. Trimmed to platemark.
Satire on professions. Six vignettes: "Law," "Divinity," "Physic," "A Lecture to Tailors on Amatomical Cutting," & "Poetry."
[Ref: 68110] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.' Tear going into plate on left. Trimmed to platemark.
Satire on professions. Six vignettes: "Law," "Divinity," "Physic," "A Lecture to Tailors on Amatomical Cutting," & "Poetry."
[Ref: 68110] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The March Of Intellect. Professional.
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Etching with hand-colour, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.' Thread margins top and bottom. Light foxing.
Satire on professions. Six vignettes: "Law," "Divinity," "Physic," "A Lecture to Tailors on Amatomical Cutting," & "Poetry."
[Ref: 68109] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket. 1829.
Etching with hand-colour, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.' Thread margins top and bottom. Light foxing.
Satire on professions. Six vignettes: "Law," "Divinity," "Physic," "A Lecture to Tailors on Amatomical Cutting," & "Poetry."
[Ref: 68109] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Methodism uncover'd.
Giles Grinagain inv.t et fec.t.
Publish'd Decb.r 20 1801. by S. Howitt Panton St.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A preacher leans from his pulpit, dropping his wig toward three lit candles as the clerk tries to catch it. He cries, ''Verily I say unto Ye. Ye will be all of Lucifer's Gang, unless - Hollo! my Wig's off - G-d-n You catch it, You Son of a Bitch, or it will be burnt to a Cinder.'' The congregation is seen from behind. An old crone complains, ''Oh! what a Cross Man to swear so!'' while a young woman remarks, ''This will be Half a Guinea in my Husband's Pocket for a New One.''
BM Satires 9818.
[Ref: 68042] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Giles Grinagain inv.t et fec.t.
Publish'd Decb.r 20 1801. by S. Howitt Panton St.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A preacher leans from his pulpit, dropping his wig toward three lit candles as the clerk tries to catch it. He cries, ''Verily I say unto Ye. Ye will be all of Lucifer's Gang, unless - Hollo! my Wig's off - G-d-n You catch it, You Son of a Bitch, or it will be burnt to a Cinder.'' The congregation is seen from behind. An old crone complains, ''Oh! what a Cross Man to swear so!'' while a young woman remarks, ''This will be Half a Guinea in my Husband's Pocket for a New One.''
BM Satires 9818.
[Ref: 68042] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Nap in the Country,
Rowlandson 1785.
London Pub.d by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet 177 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next to her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. One of two images on the same plate, with 'Nap in Town'.
BM Satires 6868.
[Ref: 67911] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson 1785.
London Pub.d by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet 177 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next to her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. One of two images on the same plate, with 'Nap in Town'.
BM Satires 6868.
[Ref: 67911] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The padlock. To be. Or not to be. A queen! is the question
Published April the 3.rd 1786 by S. W. Fores at his Caracature Warehouse N.o 3 Piccadilly London.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 300 x 420mm (12 x 16½"). Surface dirt. Trimmed within plate on right. Small brown stains. Knicks to edges of paper.
Satire on the suspected marriage of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) to Maria Anne Fitzherbert (1756-1837). The scene depicts a country churchyard beside a Gothic church. Mrs. Fitzherbert leads the Prince toward the church, holding a riding-switch and a padlocked chain, urging him, ''Oh! fie my dear, let's go unto the Alter; And then you know our conscience cannot falter.'' The Prince pauses at a gravestone, replying, '''Twas there the famous Catherine W-----… Yielded their breath: let's do so too.'' The stone bears an inscription recalling Tom Stitch and Kitty W., who ''Four times died," an allusion to the trial for rape of a Brighton tailor. The Prince’s companions spy on the couple from behind tombstones. Weltje (1745-1810) kneels in the right foreground, while Fox (1749-1806) and Hanger (1751-1824) peer from behind a tomb on the left, remarking, ''Will they stop in the Porch'' and ''And follow the Taylors Example.'' Nearby, North (1732–92) sleeps against a stone reading ''He is not Dead But Sleepeth here.'' Another rider hides among the distant graves. The title alludes to Bickerstaffe’s comic opera 'The Padlock.'
BM Satires 6941.
[Ref: 68036] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Published April the 3.rd 1786 by S. W. Fores at his Caracature Warehouse N.o 3 Piccadilly London.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 300 x 420mm (12 x 16½"). Surface dirt. Trimmed within plate on right. Small brown stains. Knicks to edges of paper.
Satire on the suspected marriage of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) to Maria Anne Fitzherbert (1756-1837). The scene depicts a country churchyard beside a Gothic church. Mrs. Fitzherbert leads the Prince toward the church, holding a riding-switch and a padlocked chain, urging him, ''Oh! fie my dear, let's go unto the Alter; And then you know our conscience cannot falter.'' The Prince pauses at a gravestone, replying, '''Twas there the famous Catherine W-----… Yielded their breath: let's do so too.'' The stone bears an inscription recalling Tom Stitch and Kitty W., who ''Four times died," an allusion to the trial for rape of a Brighton tailor. The Prince’s companions spy on the couple from behind tombstones. Weltje (1745-1810) kneels in the right foreground, while Fox (1749-1806) and Hanger (1751-1824) peer from behind a tomb on the left, remarking, ''Will they stop in the Porch'' and ''And follow the Taylors Example.'' Nearby, North (1732–92) sleeps against a stone reading ''He is not Dead But Sleepeth here.'' Another rider hides among the distant graves. The title alludes to Bickerstaffe’s comic opera 'The Padlock.'
BM Satires 6941.
[Ref: 68036] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Party Wot Drives the Sovereign.
H.H. [Henry Heath.]
Published by S.W. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London, 1832.
Lithograph with fine hand colouring, printed area 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15").
Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), side-saddle on a horse with a man's face, Lord Grey (1764 –1845), using spurs to press him into the 'Slough of Despond', joining other politicians including Wellington (1769-1852). A signpost 'To Reform' points the other way.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 67914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. [Henry Heath.]
Published by S.W. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London, 1832.
Lithograph with fine hand colouring, printed area 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15").
Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), side-saddle on a horse with a man's face, Lord Grey (1764 –1845), using spurs to press him into the 'Slough of Despond', joining other politicians including Wellington (1769-1852). A signpost 'To Reform' points the other way.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 67914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Paul Pry among the Bankers. [Pry:] Hope I don't intrude....if you don't find it rather hard to make both ends meet...I dare say you haven't stop'd payment eh? ... [Banker:] ...take your Ballance...and put it in a place of safety, if you can find one!
Pub. by Ingrey & Madeley. Lithoge. Office. 310 Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 235 x 250mm (9¼ x 10"). Cockling, light staining, remnants of album paper in margins.
John Liston was the leading comic actor of the first half of the 19th century. In 1825, with 20 years of experience behind him, he created his masterpiece character, Paul Pry, in John Poole's farce of the same name. Pry is a man consumed with curiosity, an interfering busybody unable to mind his own business. Here he quizzes a banker about how he maintains his bank as a going concern - a very topical subject! With his striped trousers, hessian boots, tail coat and top hat, Liston moulded Pry into a uniquely endearing character. Most memorable was the umbrella that Pry conveniently left behind everywhere he went so that he would have an excuse to return and eavesdrop.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 67917] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. by Ingrey & Madeley. Lithoge. Office. 310 Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 235 x 250mm (9¼ x 10"). Cockling, light staining, remnants of album paper in margins.
John Liston was the leading comic actor of the first half of the 19th century. In 1825, with 20 years of experience behind him, he created his masterpiece character, Paul Pry, in John Poole's farce of the same name. Pry is a man consumed with curiosity, an interfering busybody unable to mind his own business. Here he quizzes a banker about how he maintains his bank as a going concern - a very topical subject! With his striped trousers, hessian boots, tail coat and top hat, Liston moulded Pry into a uniquely endearing character. Most memorable was the umbrella that Pry conveniently left behind everywhere he went so that he would have an excuse to return and eavesdrop.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 67917] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawing. Colour. Space. Form. Order. P.3.
Designed, Etched & Published by Geo.e Cruikshank _ August 1.st 1826.
Etching with hand-colour, 253 x 300mm (10 x 11¾"), with margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A satire on 'Drawing' and the different components of the 'art', shows a black man smoking a cigar. From Cruikshank's series of 'Phrenological Illustrations'.
BM Satires: 15194. For the complete series in wrappers see [Ref: 9088]. For one in black and white see [Ref: 30361].
[Ref: 68082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Published by Geo.e Cruikshank _ August 1.st 1826.
Etching with hand-colour, 253 x 300mm (10 x 11¾"), with margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A satire on 'Drawing' and the different components of the 'art', shows a black man smoking a cigar. From Cruikshank's series of 'Phrenological Illustrations'.
BM Satires: 15194. For the complete series in wrappers see [Ref: 9088]. For one in black and white see [Ref: 30361].
[Ref: 68082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Political Charivari.
Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St Soho.
Published by Messrs Fores, 41 Piccadilly. [n.d. c.1841]
Lithograph with fantastic hand-colour, sheet 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¼"). Slight foxing in margins and repaired nicks to edges of paper.
Probably a satire on the 1841 United Kingdom general election. A Punch and Judy show in which Punch holds a baton labelled ''Opposition,'' and sings, "Roo_to_tooit_ tooit_tooit_tol_dilday," this is most likely Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) leader of the Irish Repeal party, which was shattered in the election. Barely a dozen Repealers retained their seats, and O'Connell himself lost in Dublin while his son was defeated in Carlow. Below a bottler plays panpipes and drum to attract a crowd, and another man collects money in a hat.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68077] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St Soho.
Published by Messrs Fores, 41 Piccadilly. [n.d. c.1841]
Lithograph with fantastic hand-colour, sheet 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¼"). Slight foxing in margins and repaired nicks to edges of paper.
Probably a satire on the 1841 United Kingdom general election. A Punch and Judy show in which Punch holds a baton labelled ''Opposition,'' and sings, "Roo_to_tooit_ tooit_tooit_tol_dilday," this is most likely Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) leader of the Irish Repeal party, which was shattered in the election. Barely a dozen Repealers retained their seats, and O'Connell himself lost in Dublin while his son was defeated in Carlow. Below a bottler plays panpipes and drum to attract a crowd, and another man collects money in a hat.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68077] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satire on the Protocol of St. Petersburg, 1826] Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.](jpegs/68060.jpg)
[Satire on the Protocol of St. Petersburg, 1826] Honni Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13¼"). Stained and creased.
Three English politicians, including the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852 ), stand in Constantinople, saying 'Mahomet for Ever' and 'Hallah'. In the street behind are Ottoman musicians, a row of decapitated heads on stakes and a man with beard, turban and pipe who says 'Giacour Frank, Dog of a Christian'. Hanging from another wall is the body of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory V of Constantinople, lynched on the orders of the Sultan in 1821. A satire on Britain's diplomatic attempts to prevent Russia going to war with the Ottoman Empire, following Ottoman atrocities against the Greeks during the war of independence, amid rumours that the entire Greek population was to be deported to Egypt as slaves. The diplomats are depicted siding with the Muslims against the Christians. The Protocol of St. Petersburg, the Anglo-Russian agreement on settling the Greek War of Independence, was signed for Britain by the Duke of Wellington in 1826.
[Ref: 68060] £480.00
[n.d., c.1826.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13¼"). Stained and creased.
Three English politicians, including the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852 ), stand in Constantinople, saying 'Mahomet for Ever' and 'Hallah'. In the street behind are Ottoman musicians, a row of decapitated heads on stakes and a man with beard, turban and pipe who says 'Giacour Frank, Dog of a Christian'. Hanging from another wall is the body of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory V of Constantinople, lynched on the orders of the Sultan in 1821. A satire on Britain's diplomatic attempts to prevent Russia going to war with the Ottoman Empire, following Ottoman atrocities against the Greeks during the war of independence, amid rumours that the entire Greek population was to be deported to Egypt as slaves. The diplomats are depicted siding with the Muslims against the Christians. The Protocol of St. Petersburg, the Anglo-Russian agreement on settling the Greek War of Independence, was signed for Britain by the Duke of Wellington in 1826.
[Ref: 68060] £480.00
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Mr. Owen or Men of Letters.
Alfred Mills Del et fec.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St Paul's Church Yard, 2 Jan 1806.
Coloured etching, sheet 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Small bottom margin. Damaged.
A Quaker stands stiffly on Mr. Owen's doorstep, asking a liveried footman if 'Friend O,-N' is within. The footman, hands on hips, bending with a grin towards the visitor, replies 'N,-O'.
BM Satires 10655.
[Ref: 67894] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Alfred Mills Del et fec.
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St Paul's Church Yard, 2 Jan 1806.
Coloured etching, sheet 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Small bottom margin. Damaged.
A Quaker stands stiffly on Mr. Owen's doorstep, asking a liveried footman if 'Friend O,-N' is within. The footman, hands on hips, bending with a grin towards the visitor, replies 'N,-O'.
BM Satires 10655.
[Ref: 67894] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
An Eclipse As Seen Over London In 1832.
[Gabriel Shire Tregear] Published at 123, Cheapside.
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 260 x 290mm (10¼ x 11½").
Against dark clouds, a large white disk eclipses much of a red one. On the white disk stand Grey (1764-1845), holding a partly coiled ''Reform Bill,'' and Brougham (1778-1868), while Wellington (1769-1852) appears dejected within the red disk. Below, spectators with telescopes remark, ''There will shortly be a total eclipse…,'' ''Look how red and angry the Sun looks,'' and ''How glorious.'' The rooftops of London and St Paul’s dome appear beneath the scene.
BM Satires 17067.
[Ref: 68038] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Gabriel Shire Tregear] Published at 123, Cheapside.
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 260 x 290mm (10¼ x 11½").
Against dark clouds, a large white disk eclipses much of a red one. On the white disk stand Grey (1764-1845), holding a partly coiled ''Reform Bill,'' and Brougham (1778-1868), while Wellington (1769-1852) appears dejected within the red disk. Below, spectators with telescopes remark, ''There will shortly be a total eclipse…,'' ''Look how red and angry the Sun looks,'' and ''How glorious.'' The rooftops of London and St Paul’s dome appear beneath the scene.
BM Satires 17067.
[Ref: 68038] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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L’Aurora Nebbiosa. o il Trasporto della Capitale a Roma (seguito alla notte sparì).
Bologna: Presso Manfredi Manfredo Editore, Via Venezia N. 1749 [n.d., c.1868].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 470 x 665mm (18½ x 26¼"). A few repairs, laid on archival linen.
A satire depicting the transfer of the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from Turin to Rome as a carnival procession., with a key of 24 verses in Italian.
[Ref: 67832] £360.00
Bologna: Presso Manfredi Manfredo Editore, Via Venezia N. 1749 [n.d., c.1868].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 470 x 665mm (18½ x 26¼"). A few repairs, laid on archival linen.
A satire depicting the transfer of the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from Turin to Rome as a carnival procession., with a key of 24 verses in Italian.
[Ref: 67832] £360.00
Rural Retirement. Pl2.
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket July 1.st 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed to plate top and left. Light creasing an surface dirt. Staining.
Nine vignettes: ''Lodging at a Farm House'', Pickle, morose, leans on a table as the farmer’s wife in mid-18th-century dress holds a tattered book, saying, ''I ha gotten a Book Sir her es half the whole duty of man— and we shant be so dull presently as they be going to toll the bell for the Tailor as is just dead.'' ''Weeds''—walking through fields, Pickle gives a coin to one of two rural children. ''Village Gossip'', a barber shaves Pickle while holding his nose, as the farmer’s wife peeps round a folding screen; the barber recounts, ''Yes Sir, one Thought you Mad another you was a fraudulent Bankrupt… Mrs Maggot said you might be a Papist Conspirator & the Beadles wife feared you might hang yourself & cause Trouble to the Parish.'' ''Thorns'', his coat-tail is torn by a briar on a country walk. ''Crossing the Farmyard'',approaching a stile, his coat is seized by a chained watchdog, with hostile turkeys, geese, a boar, scampering pigs, and a bull beyond; a grinning yokel watches from the paling. ''Patience'', he sits on a tomb in the churchyard. ''Rural Evening Walk'', Pickle perches on a bank with feet in a swamp while two yokels watch and whistle; he exclaims, ''A Plague upon those rascally clowns sending one round about down the Bank, over the Moor—through Deadmans Lane & the Halfpenny Hatch—and now up to my knees in this swamp and—good Lord theres a thieves whistle.'' ''A Morning Walk'', reading as he walks, he nearly steps into a stream. ''Blue Devils'', in his farmhouse, Pickle sits beset by tiny demons: one holds a noose, another points to an imp under a book labeled Faux Pas, a bill-sticker demon hovers with ''Bank Stopt Payment'', and others manipulate a watch; he laments, ''Was ever any poor wretch so beset by the blue Devils as I am—not ten o'clock yet, not so much as a mouse stirring through the Village, not a soul to speak to.''
[Ref: 68111] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket July 1.st 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed to plate top and left. Light creasing an surface dirt. Staining.
Nine vignettes: ''Lodging at a Farm House'', Pickle, morose, leans on a table as the farmer’s wife in mid-18th-century dress holds a tattered book, saying, ''I ha gotten a Book Sir her es half the whole duty of man— and we shant be so dull presently as they be going to toll the bell for the Tailor as is just dead.'' ''Weeds''—walking through fields, Pickle gives a coin to one of two rural children. ''Village Gossip'', a barber shaves Pickle while holding his nose, as the farmer’s wife peeps round a folding screen; the barber recounts, ''Yes Sir, one Thought you Mad another you was a fraudulent Bankrupt… Mrs Maggot said you might be a Papist Conspirator & the Beadles wife feared you might hang yourself & cause Trouble to the Parish.'' ''Thorns'', his coat-tail is torn by a briar on a country walk. ''Crossing the Farmyard'',approaching a stile, his coat is seized by a chained watchdog, with hostile turkeys, geese, a boar, scampering pigs, and a bull beyond; a grinning yokel watches from the paling. ''Patience'', he sits on a tomb in the churchyard. ''Rural Evening Walk'', Pickle perches on a bank with feet in a swamp while two yokels watch and whistle; he exclaims, ''A Plague upon those rascally clowns sending one round about down the Bank, over the Moor—through Deadmans Lane & the Halfpenny Hatch—and now up to my knees in this swamp and—good Lord theres a thieves whistle.'' ''A Morning Walk'', reading as he walks, he nearly steps into a stream. ''Blue Devils'', in his farmhouse, Pickle sits beset by tiny demons: one holds a noose, another points to an imp under a book labeled Faux Pas, a bill-sticker demon hovers with ''Bank Stopt Payment'', and others manipulate a watch; he laments, ''Was ever any poor wretch so beset by the blue Devils as I am—not ten o'clock yet, not so much as a mouse stirring through the Village, not a soul to speak to.''
[Ref: 68111] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scraps and sketches]](jpegs/68106.jpg)
[Scraps and sketches] [Pl 1]
Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank - May 20.th 1828.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Very damaged and crudely repaired.
Seven vignettes: ''A Gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on –'', a sailor startles awake as a maid tugs his peg-leg, mistaking it for a warming-pan handle, prompting his cry ''Hollo! Hollo! avast heaving there!! what the deuce are you pulling my leg for,'' to which she replies, ''O Dear! Sir I beg your pardon but I took it for the handle of the warming pan.'' ''The Advantage of a Wooden leg, upon a Pinch'', a night poaching scene where a steel trap grips a wooden leg. ''Living on wooden legs—'', performers dance on stilts on a village green. ''The Advantage of putting the best leg forward!'', a man shelters in a doorway as a dog attacks his wooden leg, while men rush up with pitchforks. ''Sing Old Rose & burn the Bellows'', a man with a peg-leg thrust into the fire sings ''Polly put a Kittle on, Polly put a Kittle on Polly put a Kittle on all hab tea!'' ''A Jury-Mast—'', a shipwrecked man floats toward shore using his raised wooden leg, bearing a streamer ''Trial by Jury.'' ''A Trifling Accident—'', a sleeping carter’s cart rolls over and snaps the wooden leg of a man lying in the road.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 68106] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank - May 20.th 1828.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Very damaged and crudely repaired.
Seven vignettes: ''A Gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on –'', a sailor startles awake as a maid tugs his peg-leg, mistaking it for a warming-pan handle, prompting his cry ''Hollo! Hollo! avast heaving there!! what the deuce are you pulling my leg for,'' to which she replies, ''O Dear! Sir I beg your pardon but I took it for the handle of the warming pan.'' ''The Advantage of a Wooden leg, upon a Pinch'', a night poaching scene where a steel trap grips a wooden leg. ''Living on wooden legs—'', performers dance on stilts on a village green. ''The Advantage of putting the best leg forward!'', a man shelters in a doorway as a dog attacks his wooden leg, while men rush up with pitchforks. ''Sing Old Rose & burn the Bellows'', a man with a peg-leg thrust into the fire sings ''Polly put a Kittle on, Polly put a Kittle on Polly put a Kittle on all hab tea!'' ''A Jury-Mast—'', a shipwrecked man floats toward shore using his raised wooden leg, bearing a streamer ''Trial by Jury.'' ''A Trifling Accident—'', a sleeping carter’s cart rolls over and snaps the wooden leg of a man lying in the road.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 68106] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scraps and sketches]](jpegs/68108.jpg)
[Scraps and sketches] [Pl 2]
Designed, Etched & Published by Geogre Cruikshank - November 1.st 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed within plate. Foxing. Repaired tear. Loss in left corner.
Five vignettes: The Horses, ‘going to the Dogs’—'', four horses watch a steam-coach below; one exclaims, ''A coach without Horses!!!—nonsense—come, come, Master Dobbin you are ‘Trotting’ but you must not think to hum me because I'm blind!'' Another adds, ''Well, dash my Wig, if that is’nt the rummest go I ever saw—'' Two dogs in the foreground comment, ''I say Wagtail! what do you think of this new invention?''—''Why I think we shall have meat cheap enough.'' ''A Fiery Steed—'', a horse-shaped engine emits smoke as a jockey cries ''Soho! Soho!'', watched by a coal-heaver. ''Phœnomenon—'', a grotesquely long-backed horse carries a post-boy and five passengers.''The Four Elements—'', a maidservant blows a kitchen fire with bellows beneath a large kettle. ''Faith Hope & Charity—'', a blind beggar is led by a dog.
BM Satires 15978.
[Ref: 68108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Published by Geogre Cruikshank - November 1.st 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed within plate. Foxing. Repaired tear. Loss in left corner.
Five vignettes: The Horses, ‘going to the Dogs’—'', four horses watch a steam-coach below; one exclaims, ''A coach without Horses!!!—nonsense—come, come, Master Dobbin you are ‘Trotting’ but you must not think to hum me because I'm blind!'' Another adds, ''Well, dash my Wig, if that is’nt the rummest go I ever saw—'' Two dogs in the foreground comment, ''I say Wagtail! what do you think of this new invention?''—''Why I think we shall have meat cheap enough.'' ''A Fiery Steed—'', a horse-shaped engine emits smoke as a jockey cries ''Soho! Soho!'', watched by a coal-heaver. ''Phœnomenon—'', a grotesquely long-backed horse carries a post-boy and five passengers.''The Four Elements—'', a maidservant blows a kitchen fire with bellows beneath a large kettle. ''Faith Hope & Charity—'', a blind beggar is led by a dog.
BM Satires 15978.
[Ref: 68108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scraps and sketches]](jpegs/68107.jpg)
[Scraps and sketches] [Pl 4]
Designed, Etched & Published by Geo.re Cruikshank - May 20.th - 1828.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Foxing.
Six vignettes: ''Johnny Cockaigne, shewing ‘Cousin Tummas’ a ‘Lions’ den—'', a cockney points out Crockford’s with riders and carriages to a countryman, remarking ''That’s one of the London ‘Hells’ Coz!''; the countryman responds, ''No sure! why what a nice looking place!!—Well; no wonder so many people do go to the Devil if he a’ gotten such Foine Housen!!'' ''Legs'' famous for ''Cutting'' & ''Shuffling'', three gamesters appear as long-legged rooks with predatory beaks, a pun on blacklegs (cheaters). ''I could a tale unfold'', a pig with a curly tail. ''Any thing but Fair play!'', a duel where a broad, fat man fires at a comically thin opponent who does not return fire. ''The Abode of Genius'', in a ragged attic, a shabby man struggles with a piece of steak, exclaiming ''To call this a tender Chuck Steak! & charge me two pence half¬penny for it!!—I've a great mind to go & Chuck it in his face!—Aye!—its a fine thing to be a Genius!!!!!'' beneath the verse: "My lodging is on the cold ground, And very hard is my fare;" a standard distressed-poet mot ''House of Industry'', a cobbler, his wife, and three children toil in a miserable room; she asks, ''If you get paid for them shoes shall us have a bit of meat on Sunday?''; he replies, ''Why—I dont know what to say to that—you know we had meat last Sunday!—we must not be extravagant.'' Below: ''A Cobler there was & he lived in a Stall which served him for Parlour & Kitchen & hall''!
BM Satires 15620.
[Ref: 68107] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Published by Geo.re Cruikshank - May 20.th - 1828.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Foxing.
Six vignettes: ''Johnny Cockaigne, shewing ‘Cousin Tummas’ a ‘Lions’ den—'', a cockney points out Crockford’s with riders and carriages to a countryman, remarking ''That’s one of the London ‘Hells’ Coz!''; the countryman responds, ''No sure! why what a nice looking place!!—Well; no wonder so many people do go to the Devil if he a’ gotten such Foine Housen!!'' ''Legs'' famous for ''Cutting'' & ''Shuffling'', three gamesters appear as long-legged rooks with predatory beaks, a pun on blacklegs (cheaters). ''I could a tale unfold'', a pig with a curly tail. ''Any thing but Fair play!'', a duel where a broad, fat man fires at a comically thin opponent who does not return fire. ''The Abode of Genius'', in a ragged attic, a shabby man struggles with a piece of steak, exclaiming ''To call this a tender Chuck Steak! & charge me two pence half¬penny for it!!—I've a great mind to go & Chuck it in his face!—Aye!—its a fine thing to be a Genius!!!!!'' beneath the verse: "My lodging is on the cold ground, And very hard is my fare;" a standard distressed-poet mot ''House of Industry'', a cobbler, his wife, and three children toil in a miserable room; she asks, ''If you get paid for them shoes shall us have a bit of meat on Sunday?''; he replies, ''Why—I dont know what to say to that—you know we had meat last Sunday!—we must not be extravagant.'' Below: ''A Cobler there was & he lived in a Stall which served him for Parlour & Kitchen & hall''!
BM Satires 15620.
[Ref: 68107] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Scraps and sketches] [Pl 4]
Designed, Etched & Pub.d by Geo.e Cruikshank Nov.r 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 265 x 350mm (10¼ x 14"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed within plate. Foxing. Edges nicked.
Four vignettes: ''Church & State'', a bishop and a layman drink wine at opposite ends of a richly served table beneath a gas chandelier, with stiff footmen and a wall painting of a papal procession alluding to Emancipation. ''The Shop for Bargains!—'', in a coal shed, a poor child begs for coal, complaining ''that penny coal I had yesterday was only a Slate,'' while the dealer retorts, ''Slate was it?! then I’m sure she’s no call to grumble….'' ''Corporal Punishment'', a sweating, corpulent man trudges uphill, remarking, ''They tell me I shall find a good deal of difficulty in getting my fat down!—but I ’fegs I find a good deal of difficulty in getting it Up!!'' ''Taken in Tow—a Scene on a Rope walk—'', a beadle arrests a rope-maker with tow tied round his waist. ''An Unthankful fellow—'', a countryman sits in the stocks in the rain while a beadle lectures him at length, beginning ''What! want to go?!!! after we have taken all this trouble with you!'' and ending with ''or did you expect that we were to find you in Rose water & toothpicks?!!!''
BM Satires 15980.
[Ref: 68105] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Pub.d by Geo.e Cruikshank Nov.r 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 265 x 350mm (10¼ x 14"). On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed within plate. Foxing. Edges nicked.
Four vignettes: ''Church & State'', a bishop and a layman drink wine at opposite ends of a richly served table beneath a gas chandelier, with stiff footmen and a wall painting of a papal procession alluding to Emancipation. ''The Shop for Bargains!—'', in a coal shed, a poor child begs for coal, complaining ''that penny coal I had yesterday was only a Slate,'' while the dealer retorts, ''Slate was it?! then I’m sure she’s no call to grumble….'' ''Corporal Punishment'', a sweating, corpulent man trudges uphill, remarking, ''They tell me I shall find a good deal of difficulty in getting my fat down!—but I ’fegs I find a good deal of difficulty in getting it Up!!'' ''Taken in Tow—a Scene on a Rope walk—'', a beadle arrests a rope-maker with tow tied round his waist. ''An Unthankful fellow—'', a countryman sits in the stocks in the rain while a beadle lectures him at length, beginning ''What! want to go?!!! after we have taken all this trouble with you!'' and ending with ''or did you expect that we were to find you in Rose water & toothpicks?!!!''
BM Satires 15980.
[Ref: 68105] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Scraps and sketches]](jpegs/68104.jpg)
[Scraps and sketches] [Pl 4]
Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Feb. 1831.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 265 x 350mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Foxing.
Seven vignettes contrasting corpulence and leanness: ''Just room for three insides Sir," four lean horses glare at three grossly fat passengers boarding an already overloaded coach, one protesting ''What All fat! really this is too bad,'' while others mutter ''where is our friend Martin'' and ''I shall Kick at it.'' ''Infatuation'', in a kitchen, a huge cook bastes meat as an obese suitor kneels, sighing ''I wish I was a little fly On my loves bosom for to lie.'' ''Round Text & small hand'', a rotund clergyman peers at a paper while a gaunt rogue picks his pocket. ''The Three Tuns.'', at an alehouse door, the host ''Tunbelly'' serves frothing jugs to two enormous customers, their bellies meeting. ''A Spare rib—'', a slender woman walks arm in arm with her massively obese husband in a park. ''Fatima Fatima Selim is near, "a Turk serenades an enormous woman on a balcony. ''The Better half'', a small, thin man trudges beside a flamboyantly fat wife, carrying her pattens and umbrella.
BM Satires 16854.
[Ref: 68104] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Feb. 1831.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 265 x 350mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Foxing.
Seven vignettes contrasting corpulence and leanness: ''Just room for three insides Sir," four lean horses glare at three grossly fat passengers boarding an already overloaded coach, one protesting ''What All fat! really this is too bad,'' while others mutter ''where is our friend Martin'' and ''I shall Kick at it.'' ''Infatuation'', in a kitchen, a huge cook bastes meat as an obese suitor kneels, sighing ''I wish I was a little fly On my loves bosom for to lie.'' ''Round Text & small hand'', a rotund clergyman peers at a paper while a gaunt rogue picks his pocket. ''The Three Tuns.'', at an alehouse door, the host ''Tunbelly'' serves frothing jugs to two enormous customers, their bellies meeting. ''A Spare rib—'', a slender woman walks arm in arm with her massively obese husband in a park. ''Fatima Fatima Selim is near, "a Turk serenades an enormous woman on a balcony. ''The Better half'', a small, thin man trudges beside a flamboyantly fat wife, carrying her pattens and umbrella.
BM Satires 16854.
[Ref: 68104] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)