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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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John Bull playing a Rubber. The Chronologist. No. 4.
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull Turned Leveller.
[London: J.L. Marks, 1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 165 x 200mm. 6½ x 8". Trimmed to printed border and around title; one stain to sky.
Political satire; John Bull pushing a roller inscribed 'Reform' over wigged representatives of old corruption - he talks of 'Levelling the Land'. No.1 in the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17337] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: J.L. Marks, 1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 165 x 200mm. 6½ x 8". Trimmed to printed border and around title; one stain to sky.
Political satire; John Bull pushing a roller inscribed 'Reform' over wigged representatives of old corruption - he talks of 'Levelling the Land'. No.1 in the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17337] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Three Weeks after Marriage!! Illustration of Plays No 7.
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Small Beer and Porter!
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Stuck in the Mud.
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 160 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Trimmed to printed border and around title.
Social satire; a farmer enjoys a joke at the expense of a man from the city, who sinks into the mud clutching his umbrella. From the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17339] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 160 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Trimmed to printed border and around title.
Social satire; a farmer enjoys a joke at the expense of a man from the city, who sinks into the mud clutching his umbrella. From the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17339] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[A pair of grotesque figures.]](jpegs/50465.jpg)
[A pair of grotesque figures.]
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.](jpegs/64191.jpg)
[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)