Grosvenor Prints

Compensation. Old TAOW-KWANG, being now tired of the war, sent Commisioners to treat for peace. Accordingly, on the 26th of August, 1842, they arrived, and a Treaty was immediately commenced.- China to pay 21,000,000 dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years.- Five Large Ports to be thrown open to British trade, and the Island of Hong-Kong to be ceded for ever to England. - Who retains possession of Nankin and the Grand Canal until the first installment of 6,000,000 dollars is paid.
Wood engraving, printed in blue 135 x 150mm (5¼ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
A rare satire on the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) a peace treaty that ended the First Opium War (1839-1842). The image shows the Emperor Daoguang (otherwise known as Tao Kuang) (1782 -1850) handing the money over to the English Soldiers and presenting sacks, the one in his hand reads ' Holland & Wood to Burn,' and behind his men are jars containing Opium. The Chinese Court spectates. This could possibly be a Tea Wrapper.
[Ref: 55017] £300.00

Herr Blasius Rauchmantl, der frucht-loßen Alchimie Kunst Archi-Sectator, Quintae Essentiae Stultorum Possessor. 36
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1715.]
Etching, printed ftom two plates, total 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of the famous dwarf alchemist, Blasius Rauschmantle, peering through spectacles as he adds a liquid to a vessel on a furnace. Plate 36 from 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures, printed within elaborate borders.
BM 1938,0617.12.48.
[Ref: 54929] £450.00

[24 plates from ''Raccolta di XXIV. Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavlliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi''.]
Matth: Oesterreich sculpsit Dresdae. Nell Anno MDCCL.
[Dresden, George Conrado Walther) 1750.]
Folio, disbound, (lacking frontispiece); 24 numbered plates, each c. 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Edges chipped, stains.
A complete set of 24 caricatures of the Roman court and its foreign visitors after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674-1755), who is regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, Ghezzi moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists.
[Ref: 54946] £2,800.00 view all images for this item

[Japanese Golf Satires] The Golf of Rokkosan. ''Me to the Mountain Tops''. [&] The Golf of Yokoya. ''The Soup-plater's Dream, or Ye Flyers of the Flat''.
H.E.D. 04. [& 05].
[Japan?, 1904 & 1905?]
Pair of chromlithographs. Each sheet c. 180 x 690mm (8 x 27").
Extremely scarce golfing images. Two satires, each with six anthropomophic golf balls illustrating quotes from golf enthusiasts including Rudyard Kipling. One sits under a road sign marked 'The Golf of Japan'. Although all the text is in English the style of the drawing and calligraphy has a Japanese influence.
[Ref: 54707] £690.00

The Two Greatest Men in England. Dan,l Lambert who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the Stone_ measured 3 yards 4 inches around the body, and 1 yard 1 inch round the leg; 5 feet 11 inches high.
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00

[Lilliputians.] Il Regalo. 9. Mira Marsisa bella il nobil dono, che trasportato fù già dalla senna: Spresso torna a guardar qiali ore sono, e altrui con grazia, e con stupor l'accenna.
[Italian, c.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene: a dwarfish man in wig and frockcoat gives a similar-sized woman a pocket watch while her parents look on. A servant struggles to bring in a boudoir chair as big as he is.
See 54694
[Ref: 54036] £360.00

[Lilliputians.] Accademia. Ecco spiega Marsisa il suo valore, E che sola beltà non è il suo vanto; Scioglie il libro leggiadro al dolee carito, Che le Insegnò di Maggio il gran Cantore.
[Firenze presso Lorenzo Bardi [n.d.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with small margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene in a salon: a dwarfish woman sings accompanied by a violin and cello. The cellist, staning on a box to play his instrument, wears spectacles.
See 54036 for similar.
[Ref: 54694] £360.00

[The Comforts of Matrimony] & [Miseries of Wedlock] [a good Toast] & [The Tables Turned]
Rowlandson
London Published April 21, 1809 by Reeve & Jones N.o 7 Vere Street Bond Street.
Pair of hand-coloured etchings with aquatint. Sheets 295 x 355mm (11¾ x 14) Hinged into mount at top. Trimmed. Some repaired tears.
A pair of aquatint copies of Rowlandson's water-colours, all signed 'Rowlandson'. Satires on married life. The first a happy scene; a young couple sit at a breakfast-table near a fire, at which the husband toasts a muffin, while gazing at his wife adoringly who puts her left arm round his shoulder, they are surrounded by their children and pets in a tranquil and loving enviroment. The second scene is of an unhappy marriage; a man and wife fight furiously across a falling table from which dishes of meat crash to the floor. Three scantily clad and screaming children and a barking dog add to the confusion. The high-chair (and potty) of the baby has fallen over, and the child lies on its back helpless.
Joseph Grego, Rowlandson II p134 BM Satire: 11453
[Ref: 55033] £580.00 view all images for this item

The Messenger of Peace.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub.d by SW Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly Oct.r 29. 1796.
Hand coloured etching, part watermark 1794; 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"). Trimmed within plate mark. Hinged into mount at top corners.
The English mission advances humbly from the left, led by the English diplomat James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820), who bows low before three of the Directors, who are seated haughtily on a platform. Behind them is a canopy on the back of which is a picture of Hercules trying in vain to break a bundle of rods; this is enclosed in a motto: 'Les Francais unis sont invincibles'. They wear an approximation to the official costume of the Directors: long cloaks with deep collars and feathered hats, but which deviates from correctness by its greater resemblance to that of a Spanish don: they wear ruffs over their collars, and breeches instead of the long-belted tunic and sash. The central Director says, with a scowl, "Now you have made your Bow retire till we order you in again Va-t-en"; he takes a pinch of snuff from his neighbour's box. The other two echo 'Va-t-en Va-t-en'; one contemptuously uses a toothpick, the other takes snuff. From Malmesbury's pocket hangs a paper inscribed 'Finesse'. His suite hold banners and all bend low except a man just behind him who carries on his head heavy bales, resembling folded textiles, but inscribed: 'A clear & explicit explanation of an intended Negotiation to procure an hon[or]able Just & Permanent Peace according to existing circumstances'. A sailor on the extreme left, erect behind the bowing diplomats, shouts "Aye, Aye, as clear as mud". He stands in the doorway, which is inscribed 'Directory'. The eight banners are respectively inscribed: '60,000 Foot Militia'; '200,000 Fencibles'; '60,000 Additional Seamen'; '40000 Horse 100,000 Yeomanry Cavalry'; 'Navy Victualling Exchequer Bills Funded'; '50 000 Game Keepers for Rifle Men'; 'Another Loan of 40.000.000'; 'Fortifications all round the Coast'. Malmesbury and five of his followers wear ribbons.
BM 8829
[Ref: 55034] £520.00

A Parliamentary Debate in Pipes's Ground. Ton worthy Heroes of immortal Fame, all in a Passion,to y Combat came: Remitting Money may all Crimes excuse. (For, Colonies are only made for private Views)...
[n.d. c.1743].
Etching 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾), with large margins. Taped tear on right side of title that goes into the plate mark.
A satire on the duel fought between , William Richard Chetwynd (c.1731–1765) Member of Parliament for Stafford and Horatio Walpole (1678 –1757), 1st Baron Walpole. Chetwynd had told Walpole in the House of Commons that the Walpole brothers deserved to be hanged following the investigation into their affairs. The two men stepped outside into Pipe's Ground and fought a duel, in which Chetwynd was wounded and Walpole was saved only by his opponent's sword striking a button. The duel was stopped by a passing clerk before any serious injury might have occured. They were arrested by Speaker Onslow. In the print the person perhaps representing Onslow is identified by Stephens as Lord Hardwicke. The print was advertised in the London Daily Post, 14 March 1743.
B.M. 1868,0808.13273
[Ref: 55011] £400.00

Politics.
1791. [After Catherine Maria Fanshawe] R. Pollard, Sculpt. direct. & Perfecit. Aqua.t by J. Wells.
London: Publish'd April 6th 1791, by M. Ryland, No.107, New Bond Street.
Aquatint. 465 x 770mm (18¼ x 30¼"). Repaired tear, not entering image, central crease, wear to edges.
A group of men discuss politics around a salon fireplace, while the women gossip, yawn or sleep. Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834) was best known for her poetry, including the 'Riddle on the Letter H', which was originally mistakenly ascribed to Lord Byron.
[Ref: 53995] £850.00

Joseph romping with his Mistress.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Small tear in right edge. Creasing in bottom left corner. Right edge trimmed to plate mark.
A man and a woman, Joseph and his mistress, tussle on the floor of what looks to be an ornate picture room. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Duchess of D_ in the Character of a Mother.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d., 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Right edge trimmed to plate mark.
A man and a women, the dutchess, attend to a baby in front of the hearth. Next to the woman is is a baby's cradle and at the man's feet is a book titled 'Treatise on getting and nursing of Children by the Duke of D.'. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55106] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Miss B_s Hairdresser detected.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Some light foxing on left and staining, right edge trimmed to plate mark. Bit messy.
A young dishevelled woman, Miss Bess, is caught being groped by her hairdresser. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55105] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A Trial for a Rape.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving, part 18th century watermark. 105 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"). Taped tear into plate mark and image. Very small hole above right Judge. Bottom edge trimmed to platemark.
A man tried before the court for raping his wife's maid servant. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55103] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Peyton taking the Length of M.rs Williams's Foot.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d., 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Stain in top left corner. Top and right edges trimmed to plate mark.
A man, Captain Peyton, seated in intimate proximity to Mrs. Williams, massaging her foot. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment'. Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55102] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Agreeable Ghost.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Some foxing. Right margin trimmed to plate mark.
A man in bed clothes coaxes a topless woman into bed with him. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Nisbett detects Capt. Totty in bed with his Wife.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Right margin trimmed to plate mark.
A man, Mr. Nisbett, pulls Captain Totty by the scruff of his neck out of bed with his wife, Mrs. Nisbett. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mess.rs P_ and F_ obtaining their Freedom.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d., 1784.]
Engraving. 105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Lower margin trimmed to plate mark.
A dischevilled looking man, Mr. Pitt, escapes from a jail cell after an apparent disagreement with his grocer, Mr. F_. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM
[Ref: 55099] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Betty Brush evading the Tax upon the Maids.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed to left hand plate mark.
A topless women attempts to drag a clothed man into bed with; she begs that he help her 'evade the tax upon the maids'. In order to finance the war against the rebelling American colonies, the government proposed a servant tax, which was extended to women servants in 1785. This caused huge uproar as maids were commonly owned by the middle class and were less likely to be a symbol of status - unlike male servants. The tax on female servants was successfully repealed in 1792. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Three Gracelesses.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Scarce engraving, part 18th century watermark. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Foxing in left margin, straying into plate mark. Trimmed to right hand plate mark.
Three young women dance naked while two older men, one playing the cello, watch. The title is clearly a subversion of the three graces from antiquity, so we can assume the women in this image represent the opposite. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55096] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Guardian detected.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Left edge trimmed to plate mark.
Two young lovers, the lady topless, kissing on a loveseat, are caught by their chaperone. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
[Ref: 55104] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Augean Stables. Rattlesnake or Adelaide Punch No. 1.
JH [monogram].
[Adelaide: Haddrick and East] Thursday, January 24, 1878.
Lithograph. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed, losing explanatory title, split in centre fold repaired, laid on archival tissue.
An allegorical figure of Adelaide thanks Hercules (holding a theatrical mask over his face), for cleaning out the ghostly figures of 'Fever', 'Contagion' and 'Malaria', referring to 'Mr Clark' and asks if he can help to get rid of another nuisance. A bearded man, possibly journalist John Howward Clark (1830-78), sits to one side. Unfortunately a second, explanatory title has been lost. An extremely rare satire from the first issue of the 'Rattlesnake or Adelaide Punch', a fortnightly Australian humorous magazine. It survived for only a few issues, before failing and being taken over by the printers, Scrymgour and Sons. Renamed 'The Adelaide Punch', it lasted until 1884.
[Ref: 54813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Spooner's Protean Views, No. 7. The Rival Heroes or a Fight for the Championship. Between the two gamest Birds in Europe. ''When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of War.''
London, William Spooner, No. 337 Strand. June 18 1836.
Coloured lithograph, 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), trimmed and laid on card, stamped "Crayon Papers fast colours Creswick", with title label, backed with tissue, as issued.
A transformation print: when held up to a light source the two fighting cocks acquire the heads of Wellington and Napoleon.
[Ref: 55132] £350.00 view all images for this item

Teggs Caracatures N.o 32. Scotch Cleanliness Ni Vide Cottagers of Glenburnie.
Cruikshank del.
Hand coloured etching with stipple 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾) large margins. Hinged into mount at top corners. False bottom corners. Some light staining outside platemark
An English couple are horrified by the customs of their Scotch hosts. One of the host creates a fire too large that the room begins to fill with smoke, another pours hot water on top of a covered tea pot almost scalding the cat and the other sits in the other room arms folded. A dog defacates onto the carpet next to a crumpled 'Essay on Cleanefs'.
[Ref: 55036] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Modern Marriage A La Mode. Sweet Fruits of the third Honey Moon. !!
[Isaac Cruikshank].
Pub by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly May 6 1800. Folios of Caricatures Lent.
Etching with hand colour 320 x 415mm (12½ x 16¼"), with small margins. Hinged inside mount at top. A crease down the middle where previously folded.
A satire on the third marriage of the irish peer and politician John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (1756 –1818) , on 3rd April 1800, to Lady Anne Jane Gorn (Hatton)(1763–1827). A horned Abercorn puts the ring on the finger of Anne who turns aside to point up at a high alcove, serving as an altar, in which are the torso of a grinning satyr and two goats. A woman in a veiled shroud stands behind her presumably the ghost of the first wife of Abercorn, Catherine Copley who died 13th September 1791. Behind Abercorn stand three crying women who are most likely his daughters from his first marriage: Harriet, Maria and Catherine Hamilton.
BM 9576
[Ref: 55038] £450.00

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