Grosvenor Prints

His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. [&] M.r Laurence Irving.
WH. [Wallace Hester]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Vertical fold as issued.
Rare lightly caricatured double portrait of British nobleman and landowner, Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, JP (1876 –1941) styled as Marquess of Douro from 1900 to 1934, and English dramatist and actor, Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving (1871 –1914).
[Ref: 63827] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Congratulatory Addresses Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, at the Installation of His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Chancellor of the University. M.DCCCXXXIV.
Oxford, Published by J. Vincent. 1834.
8vo, 28 pages (of 69), disbound and mounted in 4to album paper, five extra illustrations relating to Wellington & Oxford.
Different verses in English, Latin and Greek.
[Ref: 37319] £290.00 view all images for this item

Wellington. Born 1769. Died 1852.
[Whiting n.d., c.1852.]
Embossed portrait. Sheet 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Mounted in album paper.
A black-bordered bust portrait of the Duke of Wellington with a recumbent lion underneath, published to commemorate his death in 1852.
[Ref: 37327] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A View In Hyde Park. The Duke completed his 83rd. Year May 1st. 1852, was Born May 1st. 1769 Died Septr. 14th. 1852. [&] A View Near Albert Gate.
Painted By H. Daubrawa. Engraved By J. Harris.
London, Re-Published Septr. 15th. 1852, At R. Ackermann's Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. [&] London, Published July 1st. 1847, By Rudolph Ackermann, At His Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Pair of coloured aquatints, each 530 x 605mm.
Pair of equestrian portraits. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) passing the Achilles statue, a tribute to his own achievements, in Hyde Park. This a reissue, published one day after Wellington's death, of the plate first published in 1844. After Henry de Daubrawa. Thomas Cubbitt (1788 - 1855), builder. He rides past Albert Gate, Hyde Park, some of its distinctive Italianate architecture visible in the background, which he himself designed. Situated on ground purchased by government from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and others, the development was constructed 1844-6, at a cost of 20,844l. 10s 9d., and so called after H.R.H. Prince Albert.
See Guildhall Library: p5405523 and NPG: D2905.
[Ref: 8105] £1,150.00 view all images for this item

Wellington. Born May 1 1768. Died Sepr. 14. 1852.
[Whiting n.d., c.1820s.]
Embossed card, sheet 115 x 145mm. 4½ x 5¾", specially designed for scrap album. Some foxing, partially glued to scrap sheet.
Bust in profile commemorating Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. His portrait is surrounded by military standards lettered with his victorious battles; a crown above, Britannia weeping lower right, a recumbent lion at her feet. Also a winged angel of victory laying a wreath to right.
[Ref: 11932] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] [Richard Marquess Wellesley, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.]
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principle Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty. Engraved by C. Turner Warren Street Fitzroy Square.
London, Published May 28, 1815, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & C.º Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight spotting and stainng in margins.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 598, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66157] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Marquis Wellesley.
Engraved by Jn.º Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales from a Bust Modelled after Life by J.Nollekins, R.A. From a Drawing by G.A.Konan.
[London Published, Jany.1st.1809, by the Engraver No. 65, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 485 x 355mm (19 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, chips and tears in edges. Bit messy.
A bust portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, he was the older brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
CS: 68. ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65967] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Marquis Wellesley.
Engraved by Jn.º Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales from a Bust Modelled after Life by J.Nollekins, R.A. From a Drawing by G.A.Konan.
London Published, Jany.1st.1809, by the Engraver No. 65, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 560 x 395mm (22 x 10½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (20 June 1760 - 26 September 1842), was the eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. British politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland.
CS: 68. II.
[Ref: 6769] £480.00

[Richard Colley Wellesley] To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.
Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.
London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.
Fine mezzotint. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, iv of iv.
[Ref: 66153] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Richard Marquess Wellesley, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principle Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty. Engraved by C. Turner Warren Street Fitzroy Square.
London, Published May 28, 1815, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & C.º Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Fine mezzotint. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16"), large margins.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 598, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66155] £380.00

[Richard Colley Wellesley] [To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.]
[Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.]
[London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with very large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, i of iv.
[Ref: 59034] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Richard Marquess Wellesley, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c. &c. &c.
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principle Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty. Engraved by C. Turner Warren Street Fitzroy Square.
London, Published May 28, 1815, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & C.º Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Mezzotint. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16"), large margins. Foxing.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 598, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66156] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] [To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.]
Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.
London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.
Fine mezzotint, proof before title on chine collé. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with very large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66154] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Change in the Head of Affairs.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c. January 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 373mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Very large margins.
Satire on the change of Ministry which followed Goderich's resignation, after which the Duke of Wellington was summoned to Windsor by George IV and commissioned to form an administration. Here the King, depicted with a huge gouty foot, hands a wig to Wellington, who declares 'Happy I am to see the Whig discarded- I'll try and Administer something that shall fit your M_ better'. Goderich had been unable to hold together the fragile coalition of Tories and Whigs assembled by his predecessor, Canning, and resigned after only 144 days in office.
BM Satires: 15498.
[Ref: 37451] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Political Harmonics A New Variation for the "Soldier Tired" as performed by Monsieur Villanton, First Fiddle to The King_with a Piano Accompaniment arranged to the Air "Home! Sweet Home!" HB Sketches No.23.
HB. [John Doyle.] Printed by A. Ducote.
[Published by T.Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. Sep. 11. 1829.]
Fine coloured lithograph. J. Whatman 1829 watermark; 280 x 320mm (11 x 12¾"). Trimmed.
A musical image showing Peel sitting on a music-stool at an upright piano, smiling over his shoulder at Wellington, who plays the violin (as he had in fact done as a young man), in profile to the left, his music on a tall stand. The Duke wears the unusual dress for him of frock-coat with knee-breeches. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) turns over Peel's music. On the right is a curtained French-window, through which Cumberland and Eldon, both top-hatted, peer into the room.
BM Satires: 15856.
[Ref: 54074] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. Born May 1st, 1789.-Died Sept. 14th, 1852. Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, Nov.18th, 1852. With him the aim and end of War was Honourable Peace.
Mansell.
Embossed card. Sheet: 75 x 115mm (3 x 4½"). Laid on card.
A funeral card of the death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on which an angel with a trumpet kneels above a tomb with Wellington's portrait.
[Ref: 41810] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. Born May 1, 1769. Died Sep.t 14. 1852.
Windsor London.
Embossed card. Sheet:155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Laid on card.
A funeral card of the death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) showing an angel laying a wreath at the base of a monument, while the allegorical figure of Brittania weeps before his portrait.
[Ref: 41811] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Interior of St. Pauls, Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington.
On Stone by W. Clay.
[n.d. c.1852.]
Lithograph. 210 x 146mm. 8¼ x 5¾".
Interior view of St Paul's Cathedral during funeral service for Duke of Wellington, November 18, 1852, with the coffin laid in the centre. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) was one of only a handful of British subjects to be honoured with a state funeral, and was the last heraldic state funeral to be held in Britain. He was buried next to Lord Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.
[Ref: 25180] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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[Wellington in a Carriage.]
Drawn Etchd & published by I. Taylor 48 Belevdere Place.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 215 x 330mm (8½ x 13''). Trimmed, creased, damaged.
A satirical scene showing Wellington, riding in a carriage, around the carriage men and boys cheer him on.
Not in BM
[Ref: 50822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] Caleb Quotem - the parish factotum. He is all - he is evry thing - the parish could not go on without him - He has more trades that hairs in his wig. Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esq.r. _ Pl. 11.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P.Prys Caricature's - none are original without this name.
Coloured etching. 320 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed into printed border.
The Duke of Wellington holding a bearskin and a whip, reciting a list of his jobs in verse. These include 'Cabinet maker / Undertaker / Finance / Beat France / Bony parte / made him smart...'.
Not in George, but see 15787 for a pirate by Gans.
[Ref: 63386] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Duke of Wellington in caricature.
By John Physick.
Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1965.
8vo., pp. viii + 45. Illustrated wrapper, 95 b/w plates. Slightly stained cover and distressed spine.
A selection of 45 satires of the Duke of Wellington from the Department of Prints and Drawing of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
See Ref: 59735
[Ref: 59752] £60.00

Take Care of Your Pockets_A Hint for the Orthodox. "Take heed, have open eyes; for thieves do foot abroad. Shakespeare "Render unto Seizer those things which are Seizers.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 2d.1829 by T.McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of Paul Pry Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching, 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to border.
Satire on the Ministries' alleged interference with the property and doctrine of the Church, which was alleged during a press campaign against the Ministry. Here Peel and Wellington are ragged street urchins trying to pick the pocket of an old parson.
BM Satires: 15791.
[Ref: 60544] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Wellington & William Huskisson] Druming Out. Or Making an Example of a Mutineer.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] inv del.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d., 1828].
Hand-coloured etching. Framed. Plate: 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15") Unexamined out of frame, slightly faded.
The Duke of Wellington, in uniform with drum, kicks William Huskisson on the behind, watched by a rank of soldiers from different regiments. Huskisson (1770-1830) had voted against the disfranchisement of East Retford (a rotten borough) contrary to a cabinet decision and was ejected from the government, alongside Lords Palmerston and Melbourne. In 1830 Huskinson attended the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Leaving his carriage to greet Wellington, hoping to repair their relationship, he realised he was on the tracks in front of the oncoming 'Rocket', George Stephenson's pioneering locomotive. He attempted to climb back into the Duke's carriage, but the door swung open, leaving him dangling. He was hit by the Rocket, mangling one of his legs, dying several hours later, becoming the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty.
BM Satire 15531.
[Ref: 60638] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] That Old Thief wants to run away with my Bread and Butter.
[by William Heath.]
Pub May 8 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, starts in surprise as a skeleton dress in black, leans in to take bread and butter from a larder. The new sliding scale of duty in the Importation of Corn Act 1828 did not reduce the price of bread enough to allieviate the suffering of the rural poor.
BM Satires 16115.
[Ref: 61156] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] The - Omni - Buss.
William Heath.
Pub Oct 3d 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of W H etchings.
Etching with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 240 x 345mm (9½ x 17½"). Framed close to printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire of the British government as the newly-invented omnibus, with Wellington as driver, Peel (in police uniform as conductor) and George IV and Lady Conyngham as passengers. It is being pulled down a hill marked 'National Debt' by three horses with faces: in the centre is a John Bull, on the left an Irishman and the right a Scot. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however the monogram was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
BM Satires: 15887.
[Ref: 61158] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] Blind Mans Buff with the poor. There is none so Blind as him who will not see.
William Heath.
Pub Feb 12. 1830 by T.McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publishers of WH's etchings.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 17½"). Framed over platemark, unexamined out of frame.
Wellington as Prime Minister, in civilian dress but wearing a military medal, stands with closed eyes, bending forward and extending his arms, surrounded by ragged and starving men and women. He says: 'I can't See you'. Some cry, 'Pray open your eyes'; others, 'have pity on us'. A woman seated on the ground, holding a child, extends a hand; a man holds out his hat for alms. This was an attack on Wellington for his Corn Law, which put punitive duty on imports, to protect English landowners but keeping the price of bread high despite food shortages. Despite many opponents (including Karl Marx) the Corn laws lasted until 1846.
BM: 16032.
[Ref: 61159] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington and the Catholic Relief Bill] Doing Homage. _Thus they in lowliest plight, repentant bow_Mil[ton].
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Framed. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Framed over platemark, unexamined out of frame.
One of many attacks on Peel and the Duke of Wellington, introducers of Catholic Emancipation. Here they pay homage to the Pope, with Wellington kissing the papal foot.
BM Satires: 15660.
[Ref: 61194] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington & the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts] Grand Battle of Lords Spiritual and Temporal or Political courage brought to the Test.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c. May 1828].
Scarce coloured etching. Framed, sight size 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A tournament melée, with the riders attacking each other with bladders on the ends of sticks. In the centre is Wellington in dress uniform, one of the few not wearing medieval armour. His opponents include Eldon and the Dukes of Newcastle and Cumberland. A satire on the debates in the Lords on 17 & 21 April, 1828, on the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts
BM Satires: 15530.
[Ref: 61196] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] Leaving the House of Lords-Through the Assembled Commons. A Scene in Palace Yard.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub March 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire on the softening of the Duke of Wellington's stance towards Catholic Emancipation. Wellington rides determinedly through an angry proletarian crowd protesting 'No popery / No Catholic ministers'. As the vote on Catholic Relief approached, inflammatory bills with woodcuts of Popish tortures and other devices had been distributed to inflame the populace against Emancipation.
BM Satires: 15694.
[Ref: 61198] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] John Bull asking a few questions of Orator Mum. - Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two - Shakespeare.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Published the largest collection in England. [n.d. c.February 1829.]
Fine coloured etching. Framed, sight size 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
John Bull questions Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington about the 'Little Queen' (Mary II of Portugal who had been recently deposed by her uncle Miguel) and the Catholic Relief Bill. Wellington, dressed like an undertaker, keeps 'mum'. Wellington had concealed his intention to bring in Emancipation till a day or two before the opening of Parliament, thus aggravating Tory resentment. He also silently supported Miguel while expressing neutrality.
BM Satires: 15659.
[Ref: 61173] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] The Swell-Mob - Milling the Glaze.
W.H. [William Heath]
Pub May 2d 1831 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 230 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Framed over printed border, repaired tear in title; unexamined out of frame.
A street scene with ragged Tories smashing windows illuminated for the dissolution of Parliament. From left to right are Peel, Londonderry, Wellington, Eldon, Scarlett (dressed as a woman) and Ellenborough. Wellington aims a handful of mud at the king's cypher on a wall. Lord Grey called a general election hoping for a better majority for his Whig government, leading to demonstrations by the Tories, although the windows of Wellington's home, Apsley House, were also smashed. 'Mill the glaze' was slang for 'break a window'; the 'swell mob' were pickpockets who dressed respectably to blend in.
BM Satire: 15701.
[Ref: 61177] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington & Peel] Those Fellows are a Great Nuisance - I Can't See - Havent Got my Spectacles Bob.
W. Heath.
Pub March 21 1831 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 230 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Some staining, framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame. Slight foxing.
Wellington, guided by Peel, hurries after a man carrying a placard on a pole with the message headed 'Reform in Parliament'.
BM Satire: 16614.
[Ref: 61178] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] Morning. Nigth [sic]. Scene in the Island of Jersey. Scene in the Duchy of Lancaster.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] esq.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. caricatures daily published [n.d., c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Small margins.
Satire commenting on Wellington's relationships with cousins Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey and Harriet Arbuthnot. Lady Villiers was often ridiculed for 'affecting great intimacy with the Duke'. Harriet Arbuthnot and her husband Charles however, did have a close relationship with Wellington who promoted Charles Arbuthnot from the Department of Woods and Trees to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Of interest is the extra text around the top of the plate, issuing for the small figure of Paul Pry: 'I'm sorry to intrude but some dirty Rogue has lately been copying my caricatures- robbing us of our ideas & just profit- may I ask of my Friends not to purchase unless they see the Publisher T. McLeans name at the bottom, all others are copies P. Pry'. This piracy led Heath to drop Pry by 1830.
BM Satire: 15717.
[Ref: 61311] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Take Care of Your Pockets _ A Hint for the Orthodox. Take heed, have open eyes; for thieves do foot abroad. Shakespeare Render unto Seizer those things which are Seizers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub June 2d.1829 by T.McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of Paul Pry Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), large margins. Paper lightly toned.
Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and his Home Secretary, Robert Peel, depicted as ragged street urchins trying to pick the pocket of a wary parson. A satire on the Ministries' alleged interference with the property and doctrine of the Church, which was alleged during a press campaign against the Ministry.
BM Satires: 15791.
[Ref: 55954] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Duke of Wellington and his political career after Waterloo - the caricaturists' view.
Edward du Cann.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2000.
4to, blue cloth gilt with illus d/w. pp. 143, colour illustrations. Small tear in d/w.
A selection of over 100 satires of the Duke of Wellington as a politician.
See Ref: 59752
[Ref: 59735] £60.00

The Duke of Coldbath Fields Making Choice of a New Ministry. The Political Drama. No 45.
[by Charles Jameson Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Wood engraving with letterpress text. Sheet 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Trimmed around titles, laid on album paper at sides.
The Duke of Wellington sits on a dining chair, his feet on two more, selecting the new Tory Govenment in 1834 from a group of six unkept and uncooth men, Wellington declined to become prime minister, standing aside for Robert Peel. However Peel was in Italy, so Wellington acted as interim leader for three weeks in November and December 1834. Wellington is reading "Rookwood: a Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth. It was one of the most successful novels of the 19th century but has been eclipsed by the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 57797] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] Great Connoiseurs examining a celebrated Cabinet Picture.
T.H.J. [Thomas Howell Jones] fec.t.
London Pub.d 1830, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained.
George IV, Lady Conyngham and the Duke of Cumberland examine a new portrait of the Duke of Wellington, expressing negative views of the increasingly unpopular Prime Minister.
BM Satires 16048.
[Ref: 61130] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Cabinet-Maker's Complaint.
A Sharpshooter fec. [John Phillips.]
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street Strand June 16 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 249 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾") Light Brown liquid stain that has created some cockling that can be felt. Small margins.
Illustration of the many rumours of Ministerial changes and Wellington's supposed ruthlessness. He addresses George IV, claiming that 'Bob' (Robert Peel) and 'Chancery Jack' (Lyndhurst) 'are fighting instead of minding their work- The vagabonds von't be easy 'till I bundles 'em out'. On the wall behind him is a small picture of 'Bob & Chancery Jack', visualising the conflict between the two.
BM Satires: 15807.
[Ref: 52751] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Wellington] Rats in the barn. Or Iohn Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the Varment.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatuers Daily Pub.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 250mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins.
A fat John Bull, a yokel in a smock, stoops forward to cheer on a terrier with the head of Eldon who grips in his teeth a rat with the (terrified) head of Wellington. Another rat (? Peel) has been flung into the air and falls back. Other rats, all with human heads, scamper away over a heap of unthrashed corn, into which some of them dive, tails only projecting: one disappears down a hole. Behind J. B. is the doorway of the barn, framing the tower of a village church, which is out of the perpendicular, and shored up by beams, one inscribed 'Prop'.
BM Satires: 15699.
[Ref: 50743] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Arther & his man Bob giving Iohn Bull a Bolus). _ Quacks from Church St _
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket
Coloured etching, sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed inside platemark; fold through centre; good colouring.
John, larger in scale than his tormentors, lies on the ground supported by Peel, who kneels behind him, while Wellington, leaning forward on tiptoe, uses a thick rod with a cross-bar to ram down his mouth a large paper: 'Catholic Emancipation'. John, bottle-nosed and brandy-faced, wears an open waistcoat and shirt, with gaiters drawn above the knee. Peel, wearing over sleeves and apron, holds the patient's jaws with grim determination. Wellington, dressed like an old-fashioned doctor except for cavalry boots, rests his whole weight on the cross-bar of his rammer. Behind Peel on the extreme left and partly cut off by the margin is a large pestle and mortar inscribed 'Dose for 40s Free[holders]'.
BM Satires: 15714.
[Ref: 43834] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] John Bull asking a few questions of Orator Mum - Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two) Shakespeare.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Published the largest collection in England. [n.d. c.February 1829.]
Hand-coloured etching. 260 x 369mm (10¼ x 14½").
Satire probably published between the King's Speech on 5 Feb, and the introduction of the Catholic Relief Bill on 5 March. Wellington, on the right, refuses to answer John Bull's questions about the Catholics and the 'little Queen' (Mary II of Portugal). He had concealed his intention to bring in Emancipation till a day or two before the opening of Parliament, thus aggravating Tory resentment. Furthermore, when the question of British relations with Portugal was raised in the Lords and in the Commons, a request for papers was refused, reinforcing allegations that the Government was favouring the usurpation of Don Miguel under cover of the preservation of neutrality.
BM Satires: 15659.
[Ref: 30483] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington] Caleb Quotem - the parish factotum. He is all - he is evry thing - the parish could not go on without him - He has more trades that hairs in his wig. Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esq.r. _ Pl. 11.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P.Prys Caricature's - none are original without this name.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with very large margins. Creasing in lower margins.
The Duke of Wellington holding a bearskin and a whip, reciting a list of his jobs in verse. These include 'Cabinet maker / Undertaker / Finance / Beat France / Bony parte / made him smart...'.
Not in George, but see 15787 for a pirate by Gans.
[Ref: 55952] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pleasant itimation. Alarming state of the times.
WHeath.
Pub nov 9 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Small margins.
Wellington sits in an arm-chair in profile to the left, reading a letter: 'Your Grace You Intend giving a Dinner on monday - Mind it will be the last you ever shall give'. He looks startled and exclaims: 'The duece it will'. Wellington was advised not to go to a City banquet because of a plot against his life.
BM Satires: 16301.
[Ref: 39611] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Take Care of Your Pockets_A Hint for the Orthodox. "Take heed, have open eyes; for thieves do foot abroad. Shakespeare "Render unto Seizer those things which are Seizers.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 2d.1829 by T.McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of Paul Pry Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Stained. Cut to platemark.
Satire on the Ministries' alleged interference with the property and doctrine of the Church, which was alleged during a press campaign against the Ministry. Here Peel and Wellington are ragged street urchins trying to pick the pocket of an old parson.
BM Satires: 15791.
[Ref: 30524] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Wellington] Rats in the barn. Or Iohn Bulls famous old dog Billy astonishing the Varment.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatuers Daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A fat John Bull, a yokel in a smock, stoops forward to cheer on a terrier with the head of Eldon who grips in his teeth a rat with the (terrified) head of Wellington. Another rat (? Peel) has been flung into the air and falls back. Other rats, all with human heads, scamper away over a heap of unthrashed corn, into which some of them dive, tails only projecting: one disappears down a hole. Behind J. B. is the doorway of the barn, framing the tower of a village church, which is out of the perpendicular, and shored up by beams, one inscribed 'Prop'.
BM Satires: 15699.
[Ref: 63388] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington and the Catholic Relief Bill] Doing Homage. _Thus they in lowliest plight, repentant bow_Mil[ton].
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.1830.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Small margins.
One of many attacks on Peel and the Duke of Wellington, introducers of Catholic Emancipation. Here they pay homage to the Pope, with Wellington kissing the papal foot.
BM Satires: 15660.
[Ref: 52859] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

George IV & Wellington] The Th___e in Danger. There is a power before the Throne_& a power behing the Throne_greater than the Throne itself. Vide L__d K_gs Speech_
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Slight cockling in left margin and into plate. Some staining in margins.
Wellington, in uniform, stands before George IV, who sits on the throne. Wellington holds up a large cross-hilted sword (the Sword of State). He holds behind him his large plumed cocked hat, from one point of which hangs a paper reading 'Military Commission to throw Dust in John Bulls eyes'. Two papers project from his pockets: Church Patronage and Army Patronage. Lady Conyngham (George's final mistress) peers out from behind a curtain, looking satisfied. The crown is on a table beside Wellington. Etched by William Heath, with his characteristic 'Paul Pry' emblem lower right.
BM Satires: 15512.
[Ref: 37450] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

This ere pair of left off Vellingtons to be sold wery cheap. 'I wish to G-d that sombody would buy Us - Byron'
W.Heath.
Pub Nov 26 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [but later].
Etching with partial hand colour. 365 x 255mm (14½ x 10"); large margins.
The heads of Wellington and Robert Peel protrude from two Wellington boots, looking at each other with reflective melancholy. Wellington had lost a vote of no confidence on 15th November.
BM Satires: 16345.
[Ref: 39613] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._ His progress they said depended on Ascendancy; and this, they told him was Ascendancy_and consequently the only thing that could do him good. Westminster Review No.19.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 310 x 470mm (12 x 18½"). Trimmed, damage and paper loss on left edge. Tear in right edge.
A very large satirical scene showing the various politicians involved with the debate regarding Catholic emancipation. On the far left, Wellington and Robert Peel stand on the outskirst of a group of figures including Brougham, with a broom in his pocket, Burdett, Scarlett and Eldon. On the right the Duke of Cumberland dances with the devil and in the distance a waggon labelled 'Common State Waggon John Bull & Co.' rushes towards the scene driven by George IV.
BM Satire 15658.
[Ref: 46647] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Duke of Wellington & William Huskisson] Druming Out. Or Making an Example of a Mutineer.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] inv del.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d., 1828].
Hand-coloured etching. 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1827', large margins. Old ink numeral in edge of plate.
The Duke of Wellington, in uniform with drum, kicks William Huskisson on the behind, watched by a rank of soldiers from different regiments. Huskisson (1770-1830) had voted against the disfranchisement of East Retford (a rotten borough) contrary to a cabinet decision and was ejected from the government, alongside Lords Palmerston and Melbourne. In 1830 Huskinson attended the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Leaving his carriage to greet Wellington, hoping to repair their relationship, he realised he was on the tracks in front of the oncoming 'Rocket', George Stephenson's pioneering locomotive. He attempted to climb back into the Duke's carriage, but the door swung open, leaving him dangling. He was hit by the Rocket, mangling one of his legs, dying several hours later, becoming the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty.
BM Satire 15531.
[Ref: 63477] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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