Grosvenor Prints

A charm for a democracy, reviewed, analysed & destroyed Jany 1st 1799 to the confusion of its affiliated friends.
[After Thomas Rowlandson]
Publish'd February 1st 1799 by [Wright's name erased] for the Anti Jacobin Review. by J Whittle Peterborough Court Fleet Street.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 460mm (12¼ x 18"). Trimmed within plate. Vertical crease as normal in centre where previously folded.
Satirical illustration from the ‘Anti-Jacobin Review’ (vol. ii, frontispiece) depicts a chaotic, hellish scene titled the Cave of Despair, where radical political figures are shown as demonic conspirators. A divine light from above drives away evil, symbolizing divine intervention against revolution and sedition. Three robed figures (wizards) prepare a grotesque potion in a cauldron inscribed with names and symbols of rebellion, such as Kosciuszko’s blade (1746-1817) and Fox’s (1749-1806) fur, while the Devil and a monster watch approvingly. Pamphlets promoting radical ideas like atheism, sedition, and insurrection fuel the flames beneath the cauldron, added by figures like Horne Tooke (1736-1812). A grim procession of opposition politicians, including Fox, Erskine (1750-1823), Tierney (1761-1830), and Thelwall (1764-1834), file into the cave, each uttering phrases of regret or defiance. Above them, the King (1738-1820) and ministers like Pitt (1759-1806) and Grenville (1759-1834) appear in divine light, symbolizing order and justice. Meanwhile, defeated demons including Robespierre (1758-94) and Voltaire (1694-1778) flee, and an ape dressed as a newsboy (symbolizing the radical press) sounds his horn, spreading seditious ideas. The scene is a visual condemnation of revolutionary ideology, radical journalism, and political opposition, portraying them as part of a satanic conspiracy against Britain.
BM Satires 9345.
[Ref: 67299] £320.00

Le Sort des Artistes. No XXVII
[after Nicolai Abildgaard.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 160 x 220mm (6¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, folds, laid on album paper.
''The Fate of Artists." An artist sits with his fingers in his ears trying to block out the chatter of the ignorant public and self-appointed critics (some with the heads of donkeys and sheep, as well as a goose and turkey) as the Roman goddess Minerva looks on.
[Ref: 70172] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[A couple startled by a bull.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 120 x 150mm (4¾ x 6"). Trimmed close to image.
Walking past a milestone on a moonlit country lane, a couple mistake a bull for a horned demon, dropping their lamp.
[Ref: 70175] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The Cadiz Memorial] To Commemorate the raising of the Siege of Cadiz in consequence of the glorious Victory gained by the Duke of Wellington over the French near Salamanca on the XXII of July MDCCCXII.
Drawn and Etched by R Shipster Woolwich.
[Published as the Act Directs Sep.r 1 1815 by F. P Tomkins 53 New Bond Street.]
Etching. Sheet 270 x 290mm (10¾ x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, losing the publication line, mounted in album paper.
An illustration of the Cadiz Memorial, a massive French mortar captured at the end of the Siege of Cadiz (1810-2). A grateful Spanish governent presented it to the British, who had it mounted on a brass sculpture of the monster Geryon (as depicted by Dante) and his dog Orthrus, on a plinth adorned with the Prince of Wales' feathers, for display in Horse Guards Parade. Most of the monument is shown accurately, but the heads of the Geryon and Orthrus are caricatured.
Not in BM Satires but see 1880,1113.2319. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70154] £360.00

Phaeton alarm'd! "Now all the horrors of the heav'ns he spies, "And monstrous shadows of prodigious size, / That, deck'd with stars, lie scatter'd o'er the skies. / "Th' astonish'd youth, where-e'er his eyes could turn, "Beheld the universe around him burn: "The world was in a blaze!" - See, Ovid's Metamorphoses.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
London. Publish'd March 22.d 1808. - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed into plate, folded, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire of the political situation in 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars. Foreign Secretary George Canning is depicted driving the Chariot of the Sun (the Ministry) across the sky to destruction, threatened by the various factions (shown as constellations), watched by Pitt (as Phaeton's father Apollo) in a shroud. Below is the Earth in flames, with Napoleon riding Ursa Major. American interest.
BM Satires 10972, with extensive description. See Tim Clayton Gillray page 323/4/5, No.203. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70133] £1,500.00

An Amateurs Dream. "Is this that Gallant Gay Lothario". Vide the Fair Penitent
Published for the Satirist Jan.y 1, 1812.
Etching and aquatint, sheet 205 x 345mm (8¼ x 13½"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810.' Folds as issued. Trimmed losing plate mark on right.
Plate from the 'Satirist', x. 1. Robert (‘Romeo’) Coates lies with closed eyes on an ornate sofa, holding a cock standing on his stomach. He wears the quasi-Spanish or sixteenth-century costume conventional in the theatre, with tasselled Hessian boots; the sofa is decorated with cocks’ heads. Visions of his dramatic ambitions surround him. Coates repeats Romeo’s words from Shakespeare: “O heavy lightness! serious vanity. Mis-shapen chaos of well seeming forms!” Behind him, Shakespeare rises from the floor, asking, “Oh Romeo! Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” To the right, a cock with Coates’s head and arm stands on clouds, offering his purse to the Apothecary, who has a cock’s head, and declaring, “Come hither Man I see that thou are poor. Hold, there's forty Ducats.” A further vision shows Coates in armour, with a cock’s head, striding across the clouds and pointing ahead. On the floor lie symbols of his theatrical aspirations: his feathered, jewelled hat, sword with a cock-shaped hilt, and a jewel on a chain. Tragedy and Comedy appear as two cocks: Tragedy is crowned, holding a dagger in its beak and a cup of poison in its claw, while Comedy carries a comic mask. The print refers to Coates’s appearance as Lothario in Nicholas Rowe’s The Fair Penitent at the Haymarket, a subject discussed in a review of Antony Pasquin’s, 'The Dramatic Censor' in the 'Satirist'.
Bm Satires 11934.
[Ref: 70145] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald] Gambling in the Stocks. Satirist April 1.st 1814.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Coloured etching. Sheet 190 x 355mm (7½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears, folds as issued, mounted in album paper at edges.
Four men in two double-stocks gamble together. Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, plays dice with the Prussian De Berenger, who whom he was accused of manipulating the Stock Market with false news of Napoleon's death. Image of stock rigging. In the bakcground a bull with a man's face and branded 'J B' for John Bull has tossed a little Napoleon high in the air so that he is about to fall on the spear of a grimly expectant Cossack. Cochrane was an inspiration for both Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, 'Master and Commander')
BM Satires 12209, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70141] £360.00

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The Glorious Verdict of Cold Bath Fields; or, a Hard Pull for Justice. The Political Drama. No.7.
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [c.1833]
Wood-engraving, sheet 280 x 440mm (11 x 17¼"). Creases and staining; holes; Centre crease as normal..
On 13 May 1833 young radicals clashed with police in the Coldbath Fields Riots in Clerkenwell, London during protests against the 1832 Reform Act (which, the demonstrators argued, didn't go far enough). Three policemen were stabbed during the clashes, one of whom later died, and in an inquest into the death, a jury of local shopkeepers and householders returned a verdict of Justifiable Homicide, arguing that the violence was provoked by the police's aggressive handling of the protest. In this print the jury (on the left) are involved in a tug-of-war against politicians, a judge- and the devil. Woodcut satire from 'The Political Drama', a series of 131 satires produced between 1833 and 1835 by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.).
[Ref: 45879] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Convent Provided.
Drawn on Stone for J.G.H. Esq.r By J. Connolly [after Samuel Hieronymus Grimm].
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 255 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed into image at sides, bottom left corner loss, nicks in edges, small glue stain. Very damaged.
Four monks in a monastery, gleefully welcoming a prostitute who has been smuggled in a sheaf of corn.
[Ref: 70242] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Le Crime Luny.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare etching. 430 x 265mm (17 x 10½") Small margins, wear to edges.
Three armoured angels, armed with swords and lightning bolts, drive a group of Catholic clergy into the pits of hell, where demons wait to drag them down. A satire on the corruption of the French church.
[Ref: 52986] £450.00

[A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of King Charles I] [Cromwell's Car]
[Printed by H C for Thomas Dring at the Harrow at the corner of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street, 1684]
Engraving, sheet 280 x 175mm (11 x 7"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Allegorical frontispiece to John Nalson's, "A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of King Charles I." satire representing the Interregnum, with Oliver Cromwell depicted in armour and with wolf-like limbs, riding in a chariot drawn by two flame-breathing griffins and driven by a female devil. On his sword is a pair of scales in which feathers labelled ‘Liberty’ outweigh the crown, church, sceptre and orb. At his feet kneel three crowned, manacled women representing England, Scotland and Ireland, while Cromwell seizes England’s crown and a small devil holds the Commonwealth coat of arms. Beneath the chariot wheels lie the bodies of Charles I and Justice. Behind, a chained winged figure is imprisoned, while a ruined mansion, wolves pursuing sheep, and a hawk attacking a bird escaped from a cage complete the scene.
Bm Satires 743.
[Ref: 70096] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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

Devils at Home. Popping the question to a Devilish fine creature. Tragic Racitation or working infernally on the feelings. Mostrous good dinner.
[n.d. c. 1807] [Publication line erased]
Etching, 380 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with margins. Repaired tears. Creases where previously folded. Light staining.
Three comedic vignettes. A romantic proposal between devils. Four devils sitting, three looking appalled by the story told by the fourth. An eating and drinking scene.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 70094] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Le Robinson de l'Ile d'Elbe.
[Jacques Louis Constant Le Cerf.]
[n.d., 1814]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
A caricature of Napoleon Bonaparte as Robinson Crusoe, in uniform but with a tiger skin wrapper around him, holding an umbrella and saw, with a backpack filled with papers of of his defeats and misdeeds. Behind is his 'Man Friday', in loincloth, military jacket and hat.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70108] £490.00

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[The English Dance of Death.] Fungus, at length, contrives to get Death's dart into his Cabinet.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London, Pub. Apr, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.]
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]14; Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate losing the publication line and some of the title. Time staining.
Death, at the left, raises his arrow to strike an old man lying in bed, reading by candlelight. The room is crowded with his possessions, including armour and other treasures, while rats scurry across the floor pursued by a cat. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
Bm Satires 12412.
[Ref: 70229] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Such is alas, the common Story Of Blood & Wounds, of Death and Glory.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
[n.d. c. 1814-1816]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing the publication line. Time staining. Holes in the bottom margin where previously bound.
A skeletal Death fires French cannons on a battlefield causing men to fall off their horses. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70197] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Though I may yield my Forfeit breath, The word of Life defies thee Death.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. March, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Holes in bottom margin where previously bound, time staining.
A skeletal Death stands triumphantly in front of a gouty bishop holding a very long arrow in one hand and an hourglass aloft in the other. Another clergyman looks on. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70210] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] The Catchpole need not fear a jail, The Undertaker is his Bail.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Sept.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
Death prepares to seize a bailiff, labelled ‘Catchpole Sherrifs Officer’, who is arresting a young man for debt outside his house. Behind them, prisoners watch the scene with amusement through a heavily barred window, while two young ladies on the left and a boy on the right look on with evident satisfaction. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12417. Abbey Life 263.9.
[Ref: 70205] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] I'll lead you to the splendid Croud: But your dress will be a shroud.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Oct.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]13. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
A vanity scene where a skeletal Death intrudes upon a vain woman admiring herself in the mirror, another woman pulls death by the coatails. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70226] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] When the old fool has drunk his wine And gone to rest, I'will be thine.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Aug.t, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
A pretty young wife sits beside her aged, doting and wealthy husband, reading to him as he gazes contentedly at his glass. Death, leaning over a screen, fills the glass, while the young woman’s left hand is held by a young officer leaning through the window at the right. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12423.
[Ref: 70190] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Here Honour, as it is the mode, To Death consigns the weighty load.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Jan.y, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]14. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate losing some of the title, time staining. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A fatal pistol duel in a park, where a skeletal Death eagerly drags away a fallen, wounded duellist before his doctor can intervene. The seconds and opponent look on. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70228] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] I list you, and you'll soon be found, One of my regiment under ground.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. June, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark; Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate close to publication line, time staining.
A village scene in which a handsome young man takes leave of a pretty girl before following a file of three rustics led by a drummer, unaware that Death, jauntily dressed in a feathered hat and cloak, is placing a hand on his shoulder. His grief-stricken parents, accompanied by a girl and boy, watch his departure. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12419. Abbey Life 263.11.
[Ref: 70186] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] On that illumin'd roll of fame Death waits to write your Lordship's name.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Feb.y, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining. Repairs at bottom.
A scene in a baronial hall with a Gothic window, panelled walls, escutcheons and suits of armour. An aged peer and his fat, plebeian bride examine a long ‘Genealogical Table’ displayed on a scroll held up by Death. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12427. Abbey Life 263.19.
[Ref: 70193] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] What do these sav'ry meats delight you ? Begone, & stay, till I invite you.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. June, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Holes in bottom margin where previously bound, time staining.
Death, holding a long arrow and an hour-glass, sits in an empty chair at the glutton’s dinner, one foot resting on a dog. The ex-Lord Mayor stares at him in horror beside his overturned chair, while his wife and servants, including a fat cook, react with alarm and dismay. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12418. Abbey Life 263.11.
[Ref: 70208] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] This is a very break Neck Heat: And Squire Jockey you are beat.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Jan.y, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A skeletal Death rides on horseback alongside a frantic jockey toward the betting post on a racetrack, while people play lotto in the foreground. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70227] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Yes, Nimrod, you may look aghast: I have unkennel'd you at last.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Aug.t, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]13; Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
Huntsmen breakfast around a table in a hall, beside a doorway where a mounted huntsman blows his horn. Death kneels beneath the table, dragging one of the men out, while the others react with terror. Two more look down anxiously from the staircase. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12424. Abbey Life 263.16.
[Ref: 70198] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Insure his Life._ But to your sorrow, You'll pay a good, round Sum tomorrow.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London Pub.Oct.r 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining.
A bespectacled skeletal Death stands, holding an arrow, behind a couple at an insurance office. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70181] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Such is power, & such the strife, That ends the Maquerade of Life.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Nov.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]13. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Faded, time staining.
A skeletal Death removes his cloak and mask in the middle of a masked ball causing panic to the costumed guests. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70196] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Nature and Truth are not at strife: Death draws his pictures after Life.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Sept.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
An elderly man poses for his portrait, seated in an armchair on a double dais before a screen, his eyes closed and a crutch in his hand. Death, acting as the artist, sits at an easel and paints the man’s death-like head, holding a palette and brushes. Behind the screen, a handsome young couple sit on a sofa, engaged in conversation ‘of Taste’. The walls are densely hung with heavily framed paintings, including portraits and nymphs, while a jointed lay-figure on the right is dressed in a woman’s hat and cloak. Fragments of antique sculpture are scattered on the floor, with a box of paints beside Death. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12426. Abbey Life 263.18.
[Ref: 70188] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Behold the signal of Old Time: That bids you close your pantomime.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Jan.y, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining.
A scene on a beach, a skeletal Death holds up an hourglass to two clowns, whilst an old man screams on the ground, a woman and a harlequin dance off in the background towards a group of ships. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70195] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] On with your dead: & I'll contrive To bury this Old Fool Alive.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Nov.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
Father Time drives a plague cart, lead by a skeletal horse, filled with the dead and runs over a dog. Whilst Death holds a live man above his head about to throw him in. Citizens coming out of a house watch in horror. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70218] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] What a watchful Care the Portal keeps! A Porter He, who never sleeps.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Dec.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
A skeletal Death sits casually in a grand porter's chair by a doorway, startling terrified household servants or watchmen who recoil in fear. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70225] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] The Doctor's sick'ning toil to close, "Recipe Coffin" is the Dose.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Nov.r, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, pt Whatman watermark [18]13. Sheet 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
Satirising the dubious relationship between incompetant doctors and undertakers. A physician drives his horse down the street, which a skeletal Death sits on the back of. A woman emerges from an undertakers crying while a man carrying a coffin smiles. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70223] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] The Dangers of the Ocean Oer, Death Wrecks the Sailors on the Shore.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. May, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining.
At the edge of the sea, Death sits on a rock, resting his chin in his hands with his elbows on his knees, and gazes at two sailors seated and leaning against another rock amid the wreckage of their ship. Its masts protrude from the water behind them. The sailors face Death boldly, resigned to a sailor’s death as an end to their misery. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12427. Abbey Life 263.19.
[Ref: 70194] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] On the frail Ice, the whirring Skate Becomes an Instrument of Fate.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. March, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A skeletal Death holding an arrow and hour glass, slips on the ice, around him people have fallen whilst ice skating and are going through the cracks in the ice. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70183] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Drunk and alive, the man was thine, But dead & drunk, why,—he is mine.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. July, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining.
Death wheels a fat sot away from his drinking companions outside the rustic inn, ‘The Goat’. His scolding wife, holding her husband’s wig and stick, angrily berates the skeleton. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12418. Abbey Life 263.11.
[Ref: 70209] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Such mortal Sport the Chase attends: At Break-Neck Hill, the Hunting Ends.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. May, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, time staining. Repaired tears to edges. Holes in botom where previously bound.
Set against a mountainous landscape with water in the distance, Death, mounted on a skeleton horse, gallops over a cliff alongside a falling huntsman, apparently delighting in his fate. Two men on horseback at the summit desperately try to rein in their horses, while below, hounds bring down a stag. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12413.
[Ref: 70202] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] His blood is stopp'd in ev'ry vein. He ne'er will eat or drink again.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. May, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining. Repaired tears to edges.
Death advances to strike down an obese man asleep in an armchair outside a rustic inn, beneath an arbour of grapevines. The curate, seated beside him, and a woman standing in the doorway with a roasted bird on a dish recoil in alarm, while a dog barks furiously at Death. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12415.
[Ref: 70201] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Her tongue & temper to subdue: Can only be perform'd by you.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, [Pub. June, 1. 1814 at R. Ackerman's, 101 Strand]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining. Repaired tears to edges. Trimmed.
A street scene in which Death drags a shrieking virago away from her husband’s door. The husband stands holding a candle, with his pretty maidservant behind him, both evidently pleased by her departure. A watchman raises his lantern to stare at the scene, while in the background two women support a drunken man. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
BM Satires 12417. Abbey Life 263.9.
[Ref: 70204] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The English Dance of Death.] Plutus commands, & to the Arms Of doting Age, She yeilds her charms.
[after Thomas Rowlandson.]
London, Pub. Feb.y, 1. 1815 at R. Ackerman's , 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Time staining.
An interrior of a Church, a pretty young woman stands at the altar holding the hand of an ugly older gentleman. A skeletal bespectacled Death, wearing clerics robes, officiates the wedding. A satirical print from Thomas Rowlandson’s celebrated 'The English Dance of Death' a series of 96 plates, published between 1814 and 1816, accompanied by an irreverent verse by Dr. William Combe.
[Ref: 70192] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox.] le Diable-Boiteux, _ or _ The Devil upon Two Sticks, conveying John Bull to the Land of Promise. _ Vide le Sage.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd Feb.y 8t.h 1806 - by H. Humphrey - 27 St James s Street London.
Coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Tear taped, staining.
Charles James Fox is depicted as the Devil, with wings marked 'Honesty' and 'Humility', cloven hoofs, crutches with the heads of Sidmouth and Grenville, a bonnet rouge with the Prince of Wales' feathers and a cape marked 'Loyalty, Independence and Public-Good'. He propels himself over the skyline of London towards a Carleton House (home of the Prince) in the clouds. In front of the house are three scenes: 'Liberty', with Sheridan and the Prince gambling with dice; 'Chastity', with the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert embracing on a sofa; and 'Temperance', with men drinking to excess. A fat 'cit' John Bull hitches a ride, clutching fox's cape. A satire on the allegation that the new Ministry was subservient to the Prince of Wales, not the King.
BM Satires 10525.
[Ref: 63382] £380.00

Le Diable aprés avoir couvé longtems la ruine du plus bel empire, s'applaudisfait de sa brillante couvée _ Narques de les efforts, lui dit son infernale moitie, voi mon Jacobin _ Le Diable demeura stupefait.
[Austria?, n.d., c.1792.]
Scarce aquatint, printed in sepia, hand colour of dolls, 18th century watermark. 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 10¾"). Creasing.
The Devil congratulates himself for his efforts to destroy France, 'the greatest empire', with his creations, the church and the aristocracy. His hellish partner mocks their efforts, presenting her agent, the Jacobin.
Ref: Musee Carnavalet.
[Ref: 70017] £850.00

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[Grotesque Furniture] See Page 117.
Sylvester Scrutiny Esquire inv.t. S. De Wilde.
Published for the Satirist, November Ist 1807, by S Tipper, Leadenhall Street.
Coloured etching, watermark Edmeades 1807. 180 x 345mm. Trimmed to plate on left, original folds.
A collection of ten illustrations of grotesque 'decorative' objects, which the accompanying text (not present) claims was seen in a farmhouse, thus satirizing the rich farmer who apes the gentry. They include a library table on the back of a naked negro, a work table on a bat, a chair like a crocodile with snake arms and a clock design with a horse-headed jockey. Thomas Hope's book 'Furniture and Interior Decoration' was published the same year.
BM Satire 10797.
[Ref: 70157] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ecclesiastical and Political, state of the Nation.
[James Gillray inv & fec.t.]
Published June 2nd 1780 by W.[...] Printseller [...].
Coloured etching 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Frame measures 485 x 385mm (19 x 15¼"). Publisher's name burnished from plate. Laid down. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting George III guiding a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull, he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon, from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. In the foreground lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition."
BM 5678.
[Ref: 66038] £750.00

The Russian Bruiser getting his dose with his seconds thirds bottle Holder &c coming in for their share.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub: by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan 30th 1801.
Coloured etching, fine 18th century watermark. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
George III as a bald bare-knuckle boxer, fighting Tsar Paul, one eye closed with a patch inscribed 'Malta', his mouth bloodied. Paul's second and third, the Kings of Denmark and Sweden, are both floored. King Frederick William of Prussia stand behind, claims neutrality. On the right is Pitt, hidden in full armour, cheering George on. A satire of the The Second League of Armed Neutrality (Prussia, Russia, Denmark–Norway and Sweden) which was formed to prevent neutral shipping from being stopped by the Royal Navy.
BM Satires 9701, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70156] £480.00

Le Charletan Politique ou le Léopard Apprivoisé.
[Antoine Denis Chaudet]
[n.d., 1794.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching. 475 x 610mm (18¾ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, into printed border at top.
An unusually large satire, with a French attack on the British Royal Ramily. French sans-culottes steal the trade goods that form the foundation of a platform on which a leopard representing England stands. On the leopard's back are the Royal Family, with King George depicted as an imbecile, with Queen Charlotte, the Duke and Duchess of York and the Prince of Wales. On the leopard's tail are nine more of the king's children, all with ass's ears. Pitt the Younger stands on stilts, holding the lopard's nose, with one sans-cullote sawing at a leg. As well as a caricaturist, Antoine Denis Chaudet (1763-1810) was a painter and sculptor. The first of the three statues of Napoleon topping the Colonne Vendôme in Paris was his work.
BM Satires 8517. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70135] £3,000.00

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Transubstantiation - or Symptoms of Dictating - Cabaling - Conspiring - Ooverawing. &c. &c.
Tho.s Jones fec.t.
London Pubd May 25 1827 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 325mm (9½ x 12¾"). Trimmed into plate, chips in edges, tear taped, stains.
A satire of the tension between George IV and his government ministers over Catholic Emancipation. Those in support of the bill (including Canning and Brougham) are tied with a ribbon inscribed 'Bond of Union' on which the Pope pulls. Above their heads is Discord, a hideous hag with spiky webbed wings and with snakes for hair. Bottom right is a demon carrying a 'New Edition of the Book of Martyrs'. Behind the Inquisition is burning a martyr on a gridiron.
BM Satires 15400. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70165] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

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The Origin of the Gout.
Etch'd from an Original Sketch, by W. H. Bunbury Esqr.
Publish'd as the Act directs, April 20th. 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street.
Etching with some stippling, small margins; published state. 220 x 260mm, 8¾ x 10¼". Two faint printer's creases.
A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair playing the cello. Both legs are padded, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hand, holds a hot coal against the right knee with a pair of tongs. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a clock on the wall behind point to 1.25. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 6881.
[Ref: 26253] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Hallet's Hint, or Cheap traveling for Berkshire electors.
[The Satirist] [n.d. c.1812]
Etching and aquatint, plate 195 x 370mm (7¾ x 14½"). Small margins. Staining. Folds as issued. Rough right edge.
Plate from the 'Satirist', x. 315. A satire on Mr. Hallett’s circular to the electors of Berkshire, in which he announced that he would not canvass personally but asked for their support. A procession of ragamuffins, some riding broomsticks, advances towards a signpost marked ‘To Reading’, on which the Devil sits pointing the way. They wave their hats and cheer ‘Hallet for ever’; one cries, ‘By J—s I'm his home made freeholder Huzza’, while another says, ‘Ill register his deeds!’, to which the Devil replies, ‘I have registered them already.’ A better-dressed man leading the procession wears leg-irons, with a paper inscribed ‘Newgate Callender’ hanging from his pocket. Two braying asses join the march, while astonished spectators watch from behind a hedge and in the background.
BM Satires 11875.
[Ref: 70149] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The bank of faith, and the new light.]
[Samuel De Wilde]
Pub.d for the Satirist June 1. 1808 by S. Tipper Leadenhall Street.
Etching, sheet 200 x 370mm (8 x 14½"). Trimmed losing plate mark on right and bottom. Staining. Folds as issued. Rough right edge.
Pl. from the 'Satirist', ii. 337; title from the explanatory text, pp. 337-43. A satire on the eccentric preaching of William Huntington (1745–1813), who called himself ‘S.S.’ or ‘Sinner Saved’. In a crowded chapel, Huntington preaches from a hexagonal pulpit while the Devil whispers in his ear, holding up a pair of breeches and books entitled ‘Village Dialogue’ and ‘Evangelical Magazine’. The Devil also defiles a crown, mitre and books, including ‘Hint to Public by Barrister’, setting them alight. Huntington declares, ‘And behold there was a pair of Leather Breeches’. The pulpit bears notices advertising the ‘Methodist Magazine’ and a ‘Hawkers and Pedlars License’. The congregation are depicted as ugly, brutish and hypocritical: a sanctimonious man holding a book open at ‘Thou shalt not steal’ picks the pocket of a man absorbed in the sermon; two children fight below; another man holds ‘Warrants for Bastardy – Orders of Filiation’ and a ‘Petition… Babes of Grace’, while others hold bottles labelled ‘Lacrimae Christi’ and ‘Brandy’. In the gallery, Theodore Hook looks through an eyeglass, beside Sheridan.
Bm Satires 11080.
[Ref: 70150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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