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Magnifico smokentissimo custardissimo astrologissimo cunningmanissimo rabbinissimo viro Iacko Adams de Clarkenwell Greeno hanc lovelissiman sui picturam.
Hobbedeboody pinxit et scratchabat.
London. Pub. as the Act directs May 30, 1792 by J. Caulfield.
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of Jack Adams, known as "the cunning man of Clerkenwell Green", an astrologer, at a table drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, a tobacco pipe tucked into his belt. In the lower right corner, a man asks "Is she a princess": this is John Carleton who married the Mary Carleton, a serial marital fraudster known as "the German princess," in 1663.
See BM Satires 1019 for the original printing.
[Ref: 69782] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Hobbedeboody pinxit et scratchabat.
London. Pub. as the Act directs May 30, 1792 by J. Caulfield.
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of Jack Adams, known as "the cunning man of Clerkenwell Green", an astrologer, at a table drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, a tobacco pipe tucked into his belt. In the lower right corner, a man asks "Is she a princess": this is John Carleton who married the Mary Carleton, a serial marital fraudster known as "the German princess," in 1663.
See BM Satires 1019 for the original printing.
[Ref: 69782] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Gravel Carters.
Painted by Wolstenholme. Engraved by Reeve.
Published by Reeve, 151 Grafton S.t Fitzroy Sq.r Aug.t 10, 1801.
Rare aquatint, printed in colour and hand-finished. 365 x 450mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Repaired tears, bottom margin rebuilt, laid on restorer's paper.
Men stop for lunch beside their horses.
[Ref: 69691] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wolstenholme. Engraved by Reeve.
Published by Reeve, 151 Grafton S.t Fitzroy Sq.r Aug.t 10, 1801.
Rare aquatint, printed in colour and hand-finished. 365 x 450mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Repaired tears, bottom margin rebuilt, laid on restorer's paper.
Men stop for lunch beside their horses.
[Ref: 69691] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Timber Carters.
Painted by Wolstenholme. Engraved by Reeve.
Published by Reeve, 151 Grafton S.t Fitzroy Sq.r Aug.t 10, 1801.
Rare aquatint, printed in colour and hand-finished. 365 x 450mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Repaired tears, creasing, laid on restorer's paper.
Two men use horses to carry away logs.
[Ref: 69690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wolstenholme. Engraved by Reeve.
Published by Reeve, 151 Grafton S.t Fitzroy Sq.r Aug.t 10, 1801.
Rare aquatint, printed in colour and hand-finished. 365 x 450mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Repaired tears, creasing, laid on restorer's paper.
Two men use horses to carry away logs.
[Ref: 69690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)