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Les Modes Anglaises a Paris. Le Supreme Bon Ton, No. 22.
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris, chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. [n.d., c.1814.]
Hand coloured etching. 210 x 295mm (8¼ x 11½"). Narrow margins.
A young officer (right) walks, right to left, with a lady on each arm. He wears cocked hat and top-boots; his sword-belt is worn over his coat, and he supports his heavy sabre in his left hand. One lady uses a tall parasol as a walking-stick, and is plainly dressed, wearing an odd straw bonnet, a frill encircling her neck and shoulders. The other has a more elaborate and longer gown, with a festooned flounce. Her hat is a small fluted plateau with ribbon or lace tied under the chin. Walking towards them (from left) are a civilian with a lady whose small bonnet is covered with a long lace scarf falling well below the waist. She wears a tunic dress, the edge vandyked, over a plain skirt. Her companion wears long gaiters. The centre figure is a very tall young man who drifts along (right to left) with his arms folded behind him. He wears trousers strapped under his boots. Both civilians wear the usual flowerpot hat, and coat with long tails. In the background is a lake. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires 12358.
[Ref: 69631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris, chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. [n.d., c.1814.]
Hand coloured etching. 210 x 295mm (8¼ x 11½"). Narrow margins.
A young officer (right) walks, right to left, with a lady on each arm. He wears cocked hat and top-boots; his sword-belt is worn over his coat, and he supports his heavy sabre in his left hand. One lady uses a tall parasol as a walking-stick, and is plainly dressed, wearing an odd straw bonnet, a frill encircling her neck and shoulders. The other has a more elaborate and longer gown, with a festooned flounce. Her hat is a small fluted plateau with ribbon or lace tied under the chin. Walking towards them (from left) are a civilian with a lady whose small bonnet is covered with a long lace scarf falling well below the waist. She wears a tunic dress, the edge vandyked, over a plain skirt. Her companion wears long gaiters. The centre figure is a very tall young man who drifts along (right to left) with his arms folded behind him. He wears trousers strapped under his boots. Both civilians wear the usual flowerpot hat, and coat with long tails. In the background is a lake. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires 12358.
[Ref: 69631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Physical Aid,-or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew: & a peep thro' the Fog.
[James Gillray.]
Publd. March 14th 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Thread margins. Very light foxing and staining.
Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington (Prime Minister, succeeding Pitt, in 1801) and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. The scene is a parody of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The figures are arranged on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing boats filled with little French soldiers. Napoleon stands with drawn sword in the foremost boat, a tiny figure with a large head and no body, to show that he is Nobody. The distant French coast (right) is covered with troops marching towards the shore. In the foreground lies a long torn scroll, headed 'Treaty of Peace'. After James Gillray (1756 - 1815).
BM Satires: 9972.
[Ref: 69954] £980.00
[James Gillray.]
Publd. March 14th 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Thread margins. Very light foxing and staining.
Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington (Prime Minister, succeeding Pitt, in 1801) and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. The scene is a parody of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The figures are arranged on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing boats filled with little French soldiers. Napoleon stands with drawn sword in the foremost boat, a tiny figure with a large head and no body, to show that he is Nobody. The distant French coast (right) is covered with troops marching towards the shore. In the foreground lies a long torn scroll, headed 'Treaty of Peace'. After James Gillray (1756 - 1815).
BM Satires: 9972.
[Ref: 69954] £980.00
![[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise.](jpegs/69813.jpg)
[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise. The World was all before them where to choose [/] Their place of rest and Parson T_e [Tooke], their guide.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 69813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 69813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Collegiate Sketches or Alma Mater Illustrated.
JF [John Forster]. A Ducotës lithog.y 10 S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by W. Mason, Cambridge, W.H. Mason, Brighton, and R. Ackermnnn, London.
Oblong folio, 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), disbound; lithographic title and five numbered plates, all with original hand colour. Stitch marks on left edge; all sheets chipped and stained. Very damaged.
A collection of 19 satires of university life using academic and collegiate expressions. Rare, 'apparently unrecorded' according to Abbey, who lists the title and these five plates plus another seven from another publication. Plates I, II, III mathematics; IV Menagerie and V Cant terms etc. According to Corpus Christi College's 'Shorthand Stories', the artist was an alumni, John Forster (https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/the-bedders).
Abbey 83.
[Ref: 69658] £650.00 view all images for this item
JF [John Forster]. A Ducotës lithog.y 10 S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by W. Mason, Cambridge, W.H. Mason, Brighton, and R. Ackermnnn, London.
Oblong folio, 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), disbound; lithographic title and five numbered plates, all with original hand colour. Stitch marks on left edge; all sheets chipped and stained. Very damaged.
A collection of 19 satires of university life using academic and collegiate expressions. Rare, 'apparently unrecorded' according to Abbey, who lists the title and these five plates plus another seven from another publication. Plates I, II, III mathematics; IV Menagerie and V Cant terms etc. According to Corpus Christi College's 'Shorthand Stories', the artist was an alumni, John Forster (https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/the-bedders).
Abbey 83.
[Ref: 69658] £650.00 view all images for this item
![[George Canning] Ignis Fatuus or A Will-o the Wisp. A Sketch for a Public Exhibition.](jpegs/69602.jpg)
[George Canning] Ignis Fatuus or A Will-o the Wisp. A Sketch for a Public Exhibition.
H. Heath Fect.
Pubd May 15 1827 by S W Fores Piccadilly London.
Coloured etching. 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14").
A naked Canning, emaciated like the horse he is riding, holds out a torch to lead eight men, including the dukes of Clarence and Devonshire and Lord Landsdown, into a bog. A sun, obscured by clouds, has the head of George IV. Because of Tory splits, Canning had to invite Whig politicians to form his short lived govenment,
BM Satires 15393.
[Ref: 69602] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath Fect.
Pubd May 15 1827 by S W Fores Piccadilly London.
Coloured etching. 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14").
A naked Canning, emaciated like the horse he is riding, holds out a torch to lead eight men, including the dukes of Clarence and Devonshire and Lord Landsdown, into a bog. A sun, obscured by clouds, has the head of George IV. Because of Tory splits, Canning had to invite Whig politicians to form his short lived govenment,
BM Satires 15393.
[Ref: 69602] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The City Giants taking Vengeance on the M-st -l Tools for the Loss of their Dinner!!!
[?Sharpshooter]
Pub by J. Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate Hill, No 17 1830.
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to coloured border. Cockled. Stained.
The effigies of the two giants in Guildhall, Gog and Magog, have come to life to use their weapons with terrific force against Alderman Claudius Hunter and Mayor John Key in retaliation against a letter written by Key. Hunter, with a horse's head, sits a white horse which is on its hindlegs in a begging position; he throws up his arms. Close beside him is an ass in the Mayor's gown with a key tied to its tail; it sits on its haunches, about to fall backwards, braying. Magog (left), raising his murderous spiked ball; Gog, his spiked club in both hands.
BM Satires: 16330.
[Ref: 69874] £320.00
[?Sharpshooter]
Pub by J. Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate Hill, No 17 1830.
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to coloured border. Cockled. Stained.
The effigies of the two giants in Guildhall, Gog and Magog, have come to life to use their weapons with terrific force against Alderman Claudius Hunter and Mayor John Key in retaliation against a letter written by Key. Hunter, with a horse's head, sits a white horse which is on its hindlegs in a begging position; he throws up his arms. Close beside him is an ass in the Mayor's gown with a key tied to its tail; it sits on its haunches, about to fall backwards, braying. Magog (left), raising his murderous spiked ball; Gog, his spiked club in both hands.
BM Satires: 16330.
[Ref: 69874] £320.00
Britannia the political egotist and the old woman of Botley.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly London.
Hand-coloured etching, 19th century watermark, sheet 250 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed to plate in places. Light staining and cockling in conrers where previously glued to backing sheet.
Britannia, seated on a two-step dais, reprimands William Cobbett (1763-1835), who stands defiantly before her with his arms akimbo. Dressed as a prosperous farmer, he faces her with a truculent expression. An old countrywoman stands behind him, clasping her hands. Britannia, wearing a feathered helmet and holding her shield, displays a scroll quoting Cobbett’s defence of his treatment of his employees from the Political Register. She exclaims, “Really Sir—this defence Out does all your former out doings!!!”, to which Cobbett angrily replies, “D------n your Eyes you Brandy faced B—h I dont care a farthing for you”. A note refers to the same language being used in the Gillet’s edition of the Winchester Trial. The countrywoman remarks sarcastically, “Bless him, how like a Gentleman he swears!”, adding that if a worse man replaced him, “it must be the Devil himself”. The satire refers to William Cobbett’s defence of himself in the Political Register of 29 July 1809, following a court case at Winchester. Cobbett had been sued by the mother and brother of a farm servant, Jesse Burgess, after they were illegally detained for helping him escape. They were awarded damages of £3 6s. 8d. Cobbett devoted much of his newspaper to defending himself against accusations of oppressing the poor, claiming that his employees admired him for his “frankness and sincerity”. The old woman in the print represents Burgess’s mother.
BM Satires 11352.
[Ref: 69974] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly London.
Hand-coloured etching, 19th century watermark, sheet 250 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed to plate in places. Light staining and cockling in conrers where previously glued to backing sheet.
Britannia, seated on a two-step dais, reprimands William Cobbett (1763-1835), who stands defiantly before her with his arms akimbo. Dressed as a prosperous farmer, he faces her with a truculent expression. An old countrywoman stands behind him, clasping her hands. Britannia, wearing a feathered helmet and holding her shield, displays a scroll quoting Cobbett’s defence of his treatment of his employees from the Political Register. She exclaims, “Really Sir—this defence Out does all your former out doings!!!”, to which Cobbett angrily replies, “D------n your Eyes you Brandy faced B—h I dont care a farthing for you”. A note refers to the same language being used in the Gillet’s edition of the Winchester Trial. The countrywoman remarks sarcastically, “Bless him, how like a Gentleman he swears!”, adding that if a worse man replaced him, “it must be the Devil himself”. The satire refers to William Cobbett’s defence of himself in the Political Register of 29 July 1809, following a court case at Winchester. Cobbett had been sued by the mother and brother of a farm servant, Jesse Burgess, after they were illegally detained for helping him escape. They were awarded damages of £3 6s. 8d. Cobbett devoted much of his newspaper to defending himself against accusations of oppressing the poor, claiming that his employees admired him for his “frankness and sincerity”. The old woman in the print represents Burgess’s mother.
BM Satires 11352.
[Ref: 69974] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esq.r----Pl 7. One of the Select Vestry!!!
[Paul Pry emblem] Esq. [by Sharpshooter?]
Pub June 12 1829 by T McLEan 26 Haymarket sold Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures none are original without T McLeans name.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A grotesque Lady Conyngham, wearing a (red) jacket with fur collar and a front panel of heavily frogged and braided with gold lace, with the Garter star and the Order of the Golden Fleece (i.e. the King's coat and Orders). Reference to the Select Vestry, who reputedly feathered their nests at public expense. One of a set of 'Parish Characters', all with an imitation of William Heath's signature and seemingly ante-dated to conceal piracy.
BM Satires: 15789.
[Ref: 69878] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry emblem] Esq. [by Sharpshooter?]
Pub June 12 1829 by T McLEan 26 Haymarket sold Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures none are original without T McLeans name.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A grotesque Lady Conyngham, wearing a (red) jacket with fur collar and a front panel of heavily frogged and braided with gold lace, with the Garter star and the Order of the Golden Fleece (i.e. the King's coat and Orders). Reference to the Select Vestry, who reputedly feathered their nests at public expense. One of a set of 'Parish Characters', all with an imitation of William Heath's signature and seemingly ante-dated to conceal piracy.
BM Satires: 15789.
[Ref: 69878] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Barney the Cooper or the Head of the Guy's performing his Last Operation.
[William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub_
Fine & scarce hand coloured etching, 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Small tear in top margin just entering the plate mark.
English surgeon, Bransby Blake Cooper (1792-1853) confronts a grotesque, animated lancet, slashing at its purse with a knife labelled “My Uncles” as coins spill into his top hat. A pen labelled “Gall” and a birch rod dipped in “Pickle” threaten him, while blood-stained medical students from Guy’s advance behind him through a sea of blood and severed limbs. The scene combines financial satire with grotesque imagery of medical practice. The satire relates to Bransby Cooper and the rivalry surrounding Guy’s and St Thomas’s medical schools. Despite criticism following his trial, Cooper’s pupils presented him with a glowing testimonial. The dispute was linked to his uncle, Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-184) , who had helped separate the two schools and secure teaching positions for Bransby Cooper and his relative Aston Key. The depiction of medical students as “performers” also alludes to Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre.
BM Satires 15572.
[Ref: 69962] £420.00
[William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub_
Fine & scarce hand coloured etching, 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Small tear in top margin just entering the plate mark.
English surgeon, Bransby Blake Cooper (1792-1853) confronts a grotesque, animated lancet, slashing at its purse with a knife labelled “My Uncles” as coins spill into his top hat. A pen labelled “Gall” and a birch rod dipped in “Pickle” threaten him, while blood-stained medical students from Guy’s advance behind him through a sea of blood and severed limbs. The scene combines financial satire with grotesque imagery of medical practice. The satire relates to Bransby Cooper and the rivalry surrounding Guy’s and St Thomas’s medical schools. Despite criticism following his trial, Cooper’s pupils presented him with a glowing testimonial. The dispute was linked to his uncle, Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-184) , who had helped separate the two schools and secure teaching positions for Bransby Cooper and his relative Aston Key. The depiction of medical students as “performers” also alludes to Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre.
BM Satires 15572.
[Ref: 69962] £420.00
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A Common Sergeant late One of the Queen's Own.
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane, June, 1825.
Coloured etching. 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"),on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1825.' Stains in left edge.
A caricature of Thomas Denman (1779-1854) as a soldier but but wearing barrister's wig and bands holding a brief vertically, like a musket. After acting as one of the counsel for Queen Caroline during her trial, Denman was appointed Common Serjeant of London by the corporation of London.
[Ref: 69603] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane, June, 1825.
Coloured etching. 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"),on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1825.' Stains in left edge.
A caricature of Thomas Denman (1779-1854) as a soldier but but wearing barrister's wig and bands holding a brief vertically, like a musket. After acting as one of the counsel for Queen Caroline during her trial, Denman was appointed Common Serjeant of London by the corporation of London.
[Ref: 69603] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Devonshire, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pubd. April 12th. 1784 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Light staining.
A satire on the canvassing of the Duchess of Devonshire for Fox at the Westminster Election. The Duchess of Devonshire kisses a fat butcher, embracing him as a plump, provocatively dressed woman approaches with the cry, “Huzza – Fox for Ever”. Behind them, a man in jack-boots advances, waving his hat and cheering.
BM Satires 6520.
[Ref: 69881] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pubd. April 12th. 1784 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Light staining.
A satire on the canvassing of the Duchess of Devonshire for Fox at the Westminster Election. The Duchess of Devonshire kisses a fat butcher, embracing him as a plump, provocatively dressed woman approaches with the cry, “Huzza – Fox for Ever”. Behind them, a man in jack-boots advances, waving his hat and cheering.
BM Satires 6520.
[Ref: 69881] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Four Weighty Authorities on Reform.
CJ Grant Del & Scul.
Pub by Humphries St James's St March 31st 1831.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Slight staining and cockling. Trimmed to coloured border.
Four orators inscribed Whig, Tory, Liberal and Radical offer their opinions on reform. Grey stands with hands held out; Wellington brings down his clenched left fist towards his open right hand. The Liberal, with lank hair, his fingers interlaced and thumbs together, may be John Lee Lee, M.P. Wells. Cobbett, wearing top-boots, brandishes his gridiron and clenches his left fist.
BM Satires: 16618.
[Ref: 69876] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
CJ Grant Del & Scul.
Pub by Humphries St James's St March 31st 1831.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Slight staining and cockling. Trimmed to coloured border.
Four orators inscribed Whig, Tory, Liberal and Radical offer their opinions on reform. Grey stands with hands held out; Wellington brings down his clenched left fist towards his open right hand. The Liberal, with lank hair, his fingers interlaced and thumbs together, may be John Lee Lee, M.P. Wells. Cobbett, wearing top-boots, brandishes his gridiron and clenches his left fist.
BM Satires: 16618.
[Ref: 69876] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The French Artist.
[Anchor monogram of Captain Frederick Marryat] G. Cruikshank sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 10 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street London.
Fine & rare coloured etching. 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"), watermarked 'Turkey Mill J Whatman 1818'. Small margins. Very slight stain.
A ragged artist sits at an easel in a garret, painting a scene Danaë receiving the shower of gold. An emaciated dog snarls at the arm of a debt collector forcing papers through the door.
BM Satires 13436.
[Ref: 69598] £360.00
[Anchor monogram of Captain Frederick Marryat] G. Cruikshank sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 10 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street London.
Fine & rare coloured etching. 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"), watermarked 'Turkey Mill J Whatman 1818'. Small margins. Very slight stain.
A ragged artist sits at an easel in a garret, painting a scene Danaë receiving the shower of gold. An emaciated dog snarls at the arm of a debt collector forcing papers through the door.
BM Satires 13436.
[Ref: 69598] £360.00
![[George, Prince of Wales] A Sketch for a Vice-Roy!! The Royal Jersey [Jasey]!!](jpegs/69955.jpg)
[George, Prince of Wales] A Sketch for a Vice-Roy!! The Royal Jersey [Jasey]!!
[Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by SW Fores 50, Piccadilly, February 22, 1797. - NB Folios of Carecatures lent out for the Evening.
Very fine hand coloured etching, 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Small margins. Plate mark hard to discern on right. Print before Cruikshank's initials?
The Prince of Wales wearing a 'Jazey', a bob-wig. through which can be seen insects on the back of his neck. Under his arm a rolled document: 'Thoughts on a Restricted Regency'. The prince started to wear a wig when riding, to keep his head warm. The title alludes to his affair with Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey.
BM Satires 8988.
[Ref: 69955] £490.00
[Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by SW Fores 50, Piccadilly, February 22, 1797. - NB Folios of Carecatures lent out for the Evening.
Very fine hand coloured etching, 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Small margins. Plate mark hard to discern on right. Print before Cruikshank's initials?
The Prince of Wales wearing a 'Jazey', a bob-wig. through which can be seen insects on the back of his neck. Under his arm a rolled document: 'Thoughts on a Restricted Regency'. The prince started to wear a wig when riding, to keep his head warm. The title alludes to his affair with Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey.
BM Satires 8988.
[Ref: 69955] £490.00
All a Gog at Guildhall or the Civic Giants Displaying their Solid Attachments.
[by Charles Jameson Grant.] Dean & Munday Lithographers Threadneedle St.
London Pub.d by G. Tregear 123, Cheapside 1830.
Very rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Trimmed to coloured border.
The two giant guardians of the City of London, Gog and Magog (more correctly Gogmagog and Corineus), greet the new monarch, William IV, and his wide, Queen Adelaide. The satire points out how dependent the Royal family were on the wealth of the City.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 69880] £360.00
[by Charles Jameson Grant.] Dean & Munday Lithographers Threadneedle St.
London Pub.d by G. Tregear 123, Cheapside 1830.
Very rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Trimmed to coloured border.
The two giant guardians of the City of London, Gog and Magog (more correctly Gogmagog and Corineus), greet the new monarch, William IV, and his wide, Queen Adelaide. The satire points out how dependent the Royal family were on the wealth of the City.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 69880] £360.00
The oven on fire - or Boneys last Batch entirly spoiled!!!
I CK.
Pub.d Aug 24 1806 [in ink] by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. [c.1808]
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate. Two small stains left and right.
Napoleon, depicted as a gingerbread baker, falls to his knees in despair as flames erupt from an oven labelled “Spain Portugal”, representing the united resistance of Spanish and Portuguese forces. Joseph Bonaparte, still wearing his crown, is caught in the blaze, while Talleyrand looks on from beside a “State Prison” containing the Spanish royal family. The scene satirises Napoleon’s failure to control the growing patriotic uprising in the Iberian Peninsula.
BM Satires 11017.
[Ref: 69957] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
I CK.
Pub.d Aug 24 1806 [in ink] by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. [c.1808]
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate. Two small stains left and right.
Napoleon, depicted as a gingerbread baker, falls to his knees in despair as flames erupt from an oven labelled “Spain Portugal”, representing the united resistance of Spanish and Portuguese forces. Joseph Bonaparte, still wearing his crown, is caught in the blaze, while Talleyrand looks on from beside a “State Prison” containing the Spanish royal family. The scene satirises Napoleon’s failure to control the growing patriotic uprising in the Iberian Peninsula.
BM Satires 11017.
[Ref: 69957] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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![[German title] [...] Imm Punch. (London Charivari) The Meeting of the Smugglers.](jpegs/69628.jpg)
[German title] [...] Imm Punch. (London Charivari) The Meeting of the Smugglers.
HcK. Druch v. J.G. Fritzsche in Leipzig [n.d., c.1846].
Druch v. J.G. Fritzsche in Leipzig [n.d., c.1846].
Scarce lithograph. Printed area 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼").
A group of Jesuits in a cellar discuss the lifting of the ban on their organisation. The title acknowledges that it is adapted from a Punch cartoon of 1846, 'The Meeting of the Smugglers', in which the smugglers realise that Prime Minister Robert Peel's Free Trade policies would put them out of business.
[Ref: 69628] £320.00
HcK. Druch v. J.G. Fritzsche in Leipzig [n.d., c.1846].
Druch v. J.G. Fritzsche in Leipzig [n.d., c.1846].
Scarce lithograph. Printed area 240 x 310mm (9½ x 12¼").
A group of Jesuits in a cellar discuss the lifting of the ban on their organisation. The title acknowledges that it is adapted from a Punch cartoon of 1846, 'The Meeting of the Smugglers', in which the smugglers realise that Prime Minister Robert Peel's Free Trade policies would put them out of business.
[Ref: 69628] £320.00
A relative position in 1830 versus 1792; or, policy to a letter.
Pub.d 1830 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand.
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 225 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border. Cockled, staining and surface dirt.
A narrow stretch of water separates France from England as British “Absentees” flee France, carrying their stock, while others swim ashore declaring, “There’s no place like home.” Across the Channel, France burns as Charles X tears his hair, his crown fallen, while an ominous guillotine marked “1792” hangs above him. In England, William IV sits atop John Bull, burdened by a millstone of “Debt, Taxes, Corruption”, and observes the turmoil through a telescope. At the water’s edge, Polignac appeals to Wellington for assistance, but Wellington refuses, declaring that he is “not master here now.” The caricature suggests that William IV prevents Wellington from assisting the Bourbons in their reactionary policies. A popular myth portrayed Wellington as either complicit in, or sympathetic to, Polignac’s coup d’état, with his attitude towards the July Revolution widely misinterpreted and used for political advantage.
Bm Satires 16218.
[Ref: 69884] £320.00
Pub.d 1830 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand.
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 225 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border. Cockled, staining and surface dirt.
A narrow stretch of water separates France from England as British “Absentees” flee France, carrying their stock, while others swim ashore declaring, “There’s no place like home.” Across the Channel, France burns as Charles X tears his hair, his crown fallen, while an ominous guillotine marked “1792” hangs above him. In England, William IV sits atop John Bull, burdened by a millstone of “Debt, Taxes, Corruption”, and observes the turmoil through a telescope. At the water’s edge, Polignac appeals to Wellington for assistance, but Wellington refuses, declaring that he is “not master here now.” The caricature suggests that William IV prevents Wellington from assisting the Bourbons in their reactionary policies. A popular myth portrayed Wellington as either complicit in, or sympathetic to, Polignac’s coup d’état, with his attitude towards the July Revolution widely misinterpreted and used for political advantage.
Bm Satires 16218.
[Ref: 69884] £320.00
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The Last Stake. Designed by Stuart.
Murray Delin.t. Junto fec.t.
Publish'd according of act Dec.r 6. 1779. for J. Almon in Piccadilly London.
Very rare etching, sheet 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼"). Mostly trimmed within plate. Damaged. Foxing.
A satire on the state of the country that year. The names of the artists indicate that the creator believed this to be the fault of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-92) (Stuart), carried on by William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-93) (Murray) and executed by the Junto (Whigs). A bull representing John Bull is being lured on the other side of a creek that is marked "Rubicon - Flu -". Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-92) sits on his back, heavily fat and dozing off, ; at his back is a large square pack, inscribed "Taxes". The bull is restrained by a rope that is looped around a post bearing the inscription "The Last Stake," with a Scotsman in Highland attire intended for Bute and Mansfield in judge's robes and a wig holding the end of the rope. A pole and a club are being used by two other members of "the Junto" to prod the bull. Spain and France are using spears and swords to assault the bull. Spain wears a cut doublet, ruff, and cloak, while France dons a coat, hat, and bag-wig in French fashion. Behind them George III, who is idly observing the conflict with his hands in his pockets as they stand in front of an inn entrance gets a chamber pot emptied on his head by a woman's arm out the window. The signboard with the crown above the door is falling off and is only hanging by one hook. On the nearer side of the "Rubicon" a Dutchman stands facing the wall of a building, urinating on a paper inscribed "British Memorial".
BM Satires 5571.
[Ref: 69956] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Murray Delin.t. Junto fec.t.
Publish'd according of act Dec.r 6. 1779. for J. Almon in Piccadilly London.
Very rare etching, sheet 260 x 335mm (10¼ x 13¼"). Mostly trimmed within plate. Damaged. Foxing.
A satire on the state of the country that year. The names of the artists indicate that the creator believed this to be the fault of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-92) (Stuart), carried on by William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-93) (Murray) and executed by the Junto (Whigs). A bull representing John Bull is being lured on the other side of a creek that is marked "Rubicon - Flu -". Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-92) sits on his back, heavily fat and dozing off, ; at his back is a large square pack, inscribed "Taxes". The bull is restrained by a rope that is looped around a post bearing the inscription "The Last Stake," with a Scotsman in Highland attire intended for Bute and Mansfield in judge's robes and a wig holding the end of the rope. A pole and a club are being used by two other members of "the Junto" to prod the bull. Spain and France are using spears and swords to assault the bull. Spain wears a cut doublet, ruff, and cloak, while France dons a coat, hat, and bag-wig in French fashion. Behind them George III, who is idly observing the conflict with his hands in his pockets as they stand in front of an inn entrance gets a chamber pot emptied on his head by a woman's arm out the window. The signboard with the crown above the door is falling off and is only hanging by one hook. On the nearer side of the "Rubicon" a Dutchman stands facing the wall of a building, urinating on a paper inscribed "British Memorial".
BM Satires 5571.
[Ref: 69956] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Leap Frog.
Drawn by Raymond Esq. [crossed out] Etc.d by Roberts.
Pub.d by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, Jan.ry 1. [date erased]. [n.d. c.1807]
Rare hand coloured etching, 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
The small, nimble Napoleon plays leap-frog over the larger figures of Holland, Spain, and Hanover, finally declaring that his next leap will take him over John Bull. The Dutchman and Spaniard complain of their treatment, while Hanover questions why he submitted. John Bull, however, faces Napoleon with a clenched fist, refusing to let him pass. Does not seem to be the reissue by Tegg in 1807, as lacking serial number '285', instead with a 'O' at the top.
BM Satires 10023.
[Ref: 69879] £380.00
Drawn by Raymond Esq. [crossed out] Etc.d by Roberts.
Pub.d by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, Jan.ry 1. [date erased]. [n.d. c.1807]
Rare hand coloured etching, 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
The small, nimble Napoleon plays leap-frog over the larger figures of Holland, Spain, and Hanover, finally declaring that his next leap will take him over John Bull. The Dutchman and Spaniard complain of their treatment, while Hanover questions why he submitted. John Bull, however, faces Napoleon with a clenched fist, refusing to let him pass. Does not seem to be the reissue by Tegg in 1807, as lacking serial number '285', instead with a 'O' at the top.
BM Satires 10023.
[Ref: 69879] £380.00
![[Louis XVIII] France, (the Great Nation) driven by the North into the South!!!](jpegs/69601.jpg)
[Louis XVIII] France, (the Great Nation) driven by the North into the South!!!
G. Cruikshank fect.
London Pubd Feby 18th 1823 by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Staining at bottom not showing on front.
Louis XVIII, on roller skates but wedged into a baby's stroller, is pushed towads the Pyrennes by the Tsar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II, using the butts of muskets. Pressured by Russia and Austria to abide by terms of the Holy Alliance to restore absolutism, Louis XVIII sent a French army into Spain in 1823 to restore Bourbon king Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain.
BM Satires 14503.
[Ref: 69601] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fect.
London Pubd Feby 18th 1823 by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Staining at bottom not showing on front.
Louis XVIII, on roller skates but wedged into a baby's stroller, is pushed towads the Pyrennes by the Tsar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II, using the butts of muskets. Pressured by Russia and Austria to abide by terms of the Holy Alliance to restore absolutism, Louis XVIII sent a French army into Spain in 1823 to restore Bourbon king Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain.
BM Satires 14503.
[Ref: 69601] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The popular candidate surrounded by his friends.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d July 27.th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, 19the century watermark; 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins. Light staining in corners where previously glued down.
William Mainwaring (1735-1821) leans from the window of a carriage surrounded by constables wielding long staves, while a mob throws stones and cats at the roof, where prison governor Aris (fl. 1802) sits. Mainwaring holds a knotted scourge and shackles labelled ‘Bread and Water too good fare for Vagrants and Evidences’, shouting, ‘Take them up! send them to the Bastile Flog them! starve them out’. Aris echoes his cruelty, saying, ‘bring some of those Middlesex Electors to me & I'll warrant You I'll tame them’, while the mob protests: ‘No Bastile, no tortures, no Cruelty and no starvation’. This satire refers to Mainwaring’s unpopularity during the 1802 elections, when his opponents claimed that he required an unusually large guard of peace officers to protect him from public insult.
BM Satires 9882.
[Ref: 69973] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d July 27.th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, 19the century watermark; 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins. Light staining in corners where previously glued down.
William Mainwaring (1735-1821) leans from the window of a carriage surrounded by constables wielding long staves, while a mob throws stones and cats at the roof, where prison governor Aris (fl. 1802) sits. Mainwaring holds a knotted scourge and shackles labelled ‘Bread and Water too good fare for Vagrants and Evidences’, shouting, ‘Take them up! send them to the Bastile Flog them! starve them out’. Aris echoes his cruelty, saying, ‘bring some of those Middlesex Electors to me & I'll warrant You I'll tame them’, while the mob protests: ‘No Bastile, no tortures, no Cruelty and no starvation’. This satire refers to Mainwaring’s unpopularity during the 1802 elections, when his opponents claimed that he required an unusually large guard of peace officers to protect him from public insult.
BM Satires 9882.
[Ref: 69973] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Masquerades and Operas.]](jpegs/69605.jpg)
[Masquerades and Operas.]
W.m Hogarth Invt: et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1724.]
Etching with engraving. 130 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Small margins.
A composite street scene, satirising the ''bad taste of the town''. On the left a devil and a fool usher masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket which has a banner advertising an opera and a sign for ''Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand''. The impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window. On the right a crowd flocks to see the pantomime ''Dr Faustus''. In the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of paper, including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare and Addison and a sheet lettered "Ben John[son], crying ''Waste paper for shops'. This is an example of the second state of the plate, with Jonson's name on the wheelbarrow; this example was printed without the separate title plate which carries all of Paulson's later states.
Paulson 44 [34]. BM Satires 1742.
[Ref: 69605] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Hogarth Invt: et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1724.]
Etching with engraving. 130 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Small margins.
A composite street scene, satirising the ''bad taste of the town''. On the left a devil and a fool usher masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket which has a banner advertising an opera and a sign for ''Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand''. The impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window. On the right a crowd flocks to see the pantomime ''Dr Faustus''. In the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of paper, including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare and Addison and a sheet lettered "Ben John[son], crying ''Waste paper for shops'. This is an example of the second state of the plate, with Jonson's name on the wheelbarrow; this example was printed without the separate title plate which carries all of Paulson's later states.
Paulson 44 [34]. BM Satires 1742.
[Ref: 69605] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Du haut en bas ... ou les causes et les effets.
[Charles Elie] [n.d. c.1814]
Etching with hand colour, sheet 250 x 330mm (10 x 13"). Foxing. Trimmed to plate at top small margins elsewhere.
Napoleon balances precariously on breaking stilts as he strides from Madrid to Moscow. His sceptre and orb fall as he loses his balance, while Fontainebleau lies between the two cities in the background. Napoleon's fall from power is attributed to his Spanish policy and the Moscow campaign and he was at Fontainebleau from 30th March to 20th April. Charles Elie was a French printer and publisher. Although his name does not appear on the prints, Charles Elie is identified through the Bibliographie de la France, which records “Elie” and his address in the rue de Savoie as publisher of several etched caricatures between 1815 and 1819. As the prints are evidently by the same hand, he is believed to have been their designer, etcher, and publisher. He is also documented at the same address as an auctioneer from 1816 to 1822, while the Paris Almanach of 1817 names him Elie Chailly and records him as a painter-artist in 1811.
Bm Satires 12241.
[Ref: 69883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Elie] [n.d. c.1814]
Etching with hand colour, sheet 250 x 330mm (10 x 13"). Foxing. Trimmed to plate at top small margins elsewhere.
Napoleon balances precariously on breaking stilts as he strides from Madrid to Moscow. His sceptre and orb fall as he loses his balance, while Fontainebleau lies between the two cities in the background. Napoleon's fall from power is attributed to his Spanish policy and the Moscow campaign and he was at Fontainebleau from 30th March to 20th April. Charles Elie was a French printer and publisher. Although his name does not appear on the prints, Charles Elie is identified through the Bibliographie de la France, which records “Elie” and his address in the rue de Savoie as publisher of several etched caricatures between 1815 and 1819. As the prints are evidently by the same hand, he is believed to have been their designer, etcher, and publisher. He is also documented at the same address as an auctioneer from 1816 to 1822, while the Paris Almanach of 1817 names him Elie Chailly and records him as a painter-artist in 1811.
Bm Satires 12241.
[Ref: 69883] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Packing Up!!! "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack____Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's back_____Vide Cleaveland_
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Cut to border, faded.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 69877] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Cut to border, faded.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 69877] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord Eldon] Paul Pry's peep into Chancery.](jpegs/69627.jpg)
[Lord Eldon] Paul Pry's peep into Chancery. An overwhelming Suit.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June, 1816 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Slight staining at bottom.
Eldon sits at a large table covered with bundles of documents tied with red tape, visited by Paul Pry (as played by actor John Liston). A satire on Eldon's clinging to the Chancellorship, as well as the delays and abuses in the Court of Chancery, his great wealth and patronage, and the domestic parsimony of himself and his wife.
BM 15139, with extensive description.
[Ref: 69627] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June, 1816 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Slight staining at bottom.
Eldon sits at a large table covered with bundles of documents tied with red tape, visited by Paul Pry (as played by actor John Liston). A satire on Eldon's clinging to the Chancellorship, as well as the delays and abuses in the Court of Chancery, his great wealth and patronage, and the domestic parsimony of himself and his wife.
BM 15139, with extensive description.
[Ref: 69627] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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![[William Pitt the Younger] Talk of an Ostrich! an Ostrich is nothing to him; Johnny Bull will swallow any thing!!](jpegs/69960.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger] Talk of an Ostrich! an Ostrich is nothing to him; Johnny Bull will swallow any thing!!
Pub.d Decem.r 13 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sockville St, NB folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare hand coloured etching, sheet 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Taped into mount at top. Trimmed within plate on left and glued to album sheet. Repaired tear bottom left in title.
William Pitt the Younger (1759 -1806) uses the butt of a musket to ram a document inscribed 'Conven[tion]' down John Bull's throat. A satire on the Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices Bills (1775).
BM 8703.
[Ref: 69960] £420.00
Pub.d Decem.r 13 1795 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the corner of Sockville St, NB folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare hand coloured etching, sheet 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Taped into mount at top. Trimmed within plate on left and glued to album sheet. Repaired tear bottom left in title.
William Pitt the Younger (1759 -1806) uses the butt of a musket to ram a document inscribed 'Conven[tion]' down John Bull's throat. A satire on the Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices Bills (1775).
BM 8703.
[Ref: 69960] £420.00
![[Rake's Progress 1] He Comes to the Possession of his Fathers Estate.](jpegs/69607.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 1] He Comes to the Possession of his Fathers Estate.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 395mm (13½ x 15½"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell pays off the girl he has impregnated. A pirated copy of plate 1 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.1 for a similar composition published before Hogarth's own set.
[Ref: 69607] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 395mm (13½ x 15½"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell pays off the girl he has impregnated. A pirated copy of plate 1 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.1 for a similar composition published before Hogarth's own set.
[Ref: 69607] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rake's Progress 2] His Expensive Levee.](jpegs/69609.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 2] His Expensive Levee.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell plays host in a room with paintings of dissipation, with musicians and a fencing master, with a jockey entering carrying a trophy bowl. A pirated copy of plate 2 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.2 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69609] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell plays host in a room with paintings of dissipation, with musicians and a fencing master, with a jockey entering carrying a trophy bowl. A pirated copy of plate 2 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.2 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69609] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rake's Progress 3] He Revels with Common Whores at a Tavern in Drury Lane.](jpegs/69608.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 3] He Revels with Common Whores at a Tavern in Drury Lane.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
A room at the Rose Tavern, Drury Lane. Tom, clearly intoxicated, sprawls in a chair surrounded by prostitutes; one young woman embraces him while stealing his watch, while another spits a stream of gin across the table. To the right, a harpist stands beside a door through which a man enters, accompanied by a pregnant ballad singer holding a sheet inscribed ‘Black Joke’. The walls are decorated with a print of the Seven Wonders of the World and framed portraits of characters from The Beggar’s Opera, Roman emperors, the murderess Sarah Malcolm, and Henry Sacheverell. A pirated copy of plate 3 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.3 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69608] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
A room at the Rose Tavern, Drury Lane. Tom, clearly intoxicated, sprawls in a chair surrounded by prostitutes; one young woman embraces him while stealing his watch, while another spits a stream of gin across the table. To the right, a harpist stands beside a door through which a man enters, accompanied by a pregnant ballad singer holding a sheet inscribed ‘Black Joke’. The walls are decorated with a print of the Seven Wonders of the World and framed portraits of characters from The Beggar’s Opera, Roman emperors, the murderess Sarah Malcolm, and Henry Sacheverell. A pirated copy of plate 3 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.3 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69608] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rake's Progress 5] To Repair His Fortune He Marries a Rich Old Woman.](jpegs/69610.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 5] To Repair His Fortune He Marries a Rich Old Woman.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
In a dilapidated church of St. Marylebone Tom marrys a wealthy old woman as Sarah Young is prevented from entering. A pirated copy of plate 5 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.5 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69610] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
In a dilapidated church of St. Marylebone Tom marrys a wealthy old woman as Sarah Young is prevented from entering. A pirated copy of plate 5 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.5 for a similar composition.
[Ref: 69610] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rake's Progress 6] Resorts to a Gaming Table and is Ruined by Sharpers.](jpegs/69606.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 6] Resorts to a Gaming Table and is Ruined by Sharpers.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 395mm (13½ x 15½"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell fulls to his knees, having lost his wife's fortune in a gambling house. A pirated copy of plate 6 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.6 for similar composition.
[Ref: 69606] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 395mm (13½ x 15½"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell fulls to his knees, having lost his wife's fortune in a gambling house. A pirated copy of plate 6 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM but see 1878,0914.6 for similar composition.
[Ref: 69606] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rake's Progress 7] Confined in Prison He Reflects on His Ill Conduct and Misfortunes.](jpegs/69611.jpg)
[Rake's Progress 7] Confined in Prison He Reflects on His Ill Conduct and Misfortunes.
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell languishes in Fleet Prison. A pirated copy of plate 7 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 69611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[adapted from William Hogarth.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 340 x 390mm (13½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, tears, laid on card.
Tom Rakewell languishes in Fleet Prison. A pirated copy of plate 7 of Hogarth's ''Rake's Progress'', greatly altered.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 69611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rebellion in the School of Reform.
Pub by J. Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate hill, Mar 21, 1831.
Rare hand coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 385mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed to border at bottom. Slight damage.
Satire on the intensity of the parliamentry debates surrounding the UK Reform Act of 1832, comparing them as a chaotic classroom brawl.
Not in BM
[Ref: 69886] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub by J. Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate hill, Mar 21, 1831.
Rare hand coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 385mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed to border at bottom. Slight damage.
Satire on the intensity of the parliamentry debates surrounding the UK Reform Act of 1832, comparing them as a chaotic classroom brawl.
Not in BM
[Ref: 69886] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Russel Purge.
CJG[rant]
Pub March 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand.
Scarce hand-coloured etching, sheet 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed within plate. Cockled. Surface dirt.
John Russell (1792–1878) mixes a large concoction labelled “Reforming Dose”, surrounded by politicians seated on latrines, representing the Reform Bill and its disenfranchisement of sixty “rotten” boroughs. He presents the mixture as a universal remedy for political corruption and defective constitutions. The politicians are identified by the names of their constituencies, while boxes labelled with other boroughs lie scattered across the floor.
[Ref: 69885] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
CJG[rant]
Pub March 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand.
Scarce hand-coloured etching, sheet 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed within plate. Cockled. Surface dirt.
John Russell (1792–1878) mixes a large concoction labelled “Reforming Dose”, surrounded by politicians seated on latrines, representing the Reform Bill and its disenfranchisement of sixty “rotten” boroughs. He presents the mixture as a universal remedy for political corruption and defective constitutions. The politicians are identified by the names of their constituencies, while boxes labelled with other boroughs lie scattered across the floor.
[Ref: 69885] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Mask of Comus. As now being performed at the Theatre Royal, Madrid, with amazing success.
H.B. Printed at 70. St. Martin's Lane.
Published Nov.r 19.th 1847 by Thos. Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to coloured border. Light damage to bottom.
King Louis Philippe, depicted as Comus, offers wine to the reluctant Queen Isabella II of Spain, who sits on a throne beneath a tree marked “Liberty”. Behind her cowers Francis, titular King of Spain, while Palmerston and Henry Bulwer look on. General Narváez appears in military uniform wearing a lion mask, surrounded by musicians, animals, and animal-headed figures representing members of the Spanish royal circle.
[Ref: 69882] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H.B. Printed at 70. St. Martin's Lane.
Published Nov.r 19.th 1847 by Thos. Mc. Lean, 26 Haymarket.
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to coloured border. Light damage to bottom.
King Louis Philippe, depicted as Comus, offers wine to the reluctant Queen Isabella II of Spain, who sits on a throne beneath a tree marked “Liberty”. Behind her cowers Francis, titular King of Spain, while Palmerston and Henry Bulwer look on. General Narváez appears in military uniform wearing a lion mask, surrounded by musicians, animals, and animal-headed figures representing members of the Spanish royal circle.
[Ref: 69882] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Caricatures drawn in a theatre?]](jpegs/69796.jpg)
[Caricatures drawn in a theatre?]
J. Mortimer del.t. C.R. Ryley fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by C.R. Ryley March 1.st 1780.
Etching. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, with loss of image at top.
A series of caricature portraits of men in three groups, seemingly actors in costume and an audience. One of three plates by Charles Ruben Ryley after John Hamilton Mortimer. According to the BM the first plate is inscribed ''The heads in this and the following plates, were drawn by Mr Mortimer, on a Chimney piece; from Ideas suggested by the natural veins in the marble''.
BM Satires 5780.
[Ref: 69796] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Mortimer del.t. C.R. Ryley fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by C.R. Ryley March 1.st 1780.
Etching. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, with loss of image at top.
A series of caricature portraits of men in three groups, seemingly actors in costume and an audience. One of three plates by Charles Ruben Ryley after John Hamilton Mortimer. According to the BM the first plate is inscribed ''The heads in this and the following plates, were drawn by Mr Mortimer, on a Chimney piece; from Ideas suggested by the natural veins in the marble''.
BM Satires 5780.
[Ref: 69796] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Traveller & Boy. Boy. Sir You'll Burn Your Spurs! Trav.r My Boots you mean, Boy. No Sir they're burn't already.
Publish'd by T. Pratten 46. Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1780]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 250 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Trimmed to plate on all but right side. Left over paper stuck on right. Very small pin prick.
Interior scene with a traveller and a boy standing in the centre. A young woman washes dishes to their right and to their left an old man sits in a corner smoking a pipe. Behind them a man with a mask-like face watches them whilst drinking. Published by Thomas Prattent at 46 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, London.
See Alexander page 716. See [Ref: 33124] for one with hand colouring.
[Ref: 69925] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd by T. Pratten 46. Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1780]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 250 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Trimmed to plate on all but right side. Left over paper stuck on right. Very small pin prick.
Interior scene with a traveller and a boy standing in the centre. A young woman washes dishes to their right and to their left an old man sits in a corner smoking a pipe. Behind them a man with a mask-like face watches them whilst drinking. Published by Thomas Prattent at 46 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, London.
See Alexander page 716. See [Ref: 33124] for one with hand colouring.
[Ref: 69925] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Revolt of the Cantabs. McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, N.º 52.
[Robert Seymour.]
[April 1st 1834]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼").
The Duke of Wellington, wearing the robes of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford over his uniform, prepares to throw a bomb marked 'Atheism' at the scholars who are signing a petition, lined up as if at an army camp under the banner of 'Dissent'.
[Ref: 69646] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Seymour.]
[April 1st 1834]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼").
The Duke of Wellington, wearing the robes of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford over his uniform, prepares to throw a bomb marked 'Atheism' at the scholars who are signing a petition, lined up as if at an army camp under the banner of 'Dissent'.
[Ref: 69646] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William IV] The new Master of the Crown Inn discharging Betty the head Chambermaid.](jpegs/69875.jpg)
[William IV] The new Master of the Crown Inn discharging Betty the head Chambermaid.
H. Heath fect.
Published 1830, by S.W. Fores, Picadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed to coloured border. Light crease left corner, slightly faded.
Satire on Lady Conyngham's departure from Windsor following the death of George IV, and William IV's accession to the throne. William ushers Conyngham away- she (and her husband) carry a huge amount of money and valuables (she was believed to have plundered Windsor following George's death).
BM Satires: 16178.
[Ref: 69875] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath fect.
Published 1830, by S.W. Fores, Picadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed to coloured border. Light crease left corner, slightly faded.
Satire on Lady Conyngham's departure from Windsor following the death of George IV, and William IV's accession to the throne. William ushers Conyngham away- she (and her husband) carry a huge amount of money and valuables (she was believed to have plundered Windsor following George's death).
BM Satires: 16178.
[Ref: 69875] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)