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[Hungarian and Highland Broadsword.] Outside Guard. St.George's Guard. Inside Guard. [&] Outside Half Hanger. Hanging Guard. Inside Half Hanger. [&] Half Circle Guard. Medium Guard. [&] The Consequence of not shifting the Leg. [&] The Advantage of shifting the Leg. [with] The Guards and Lessons of the Highland Broadsword.
[Guards] Designd & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Publish'd Sept.r 1 1798 by H. Angelo No.11 Curzon Street, May-Fair. [Guards] Publish'd as the Act directs, Jan.y 20.th 1799, by Mr. Angelo, No.10, Boulton Row, Berkeley Square.
Scarce 6 etchings with aquatint. Each c. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼") plates with very large margins. 'Guards' trimmed inside plate at top.
A separate issue of the '10 Lessons' designed to be displayed as a training poster for the Guards, all drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Henry Angelo's 'Hungarian and Highland Broadsword'. The five plates and frontispiece show the '10 lessons', the positions and techniques of the broadsword and sabre when used on foot, as illustrated in the 'Guards & Lessons'. In his memoirs, Angelo claimed to have practised using the broadsword at Newgate prison in 1798 with a Scottish friend and expert swordsman James Perry, the owner of the 'Morning Chronicle', who was then in prison for libelling the House of Lords. Angelo adapted and developed sword techniques into a series of military drills and exercises, which became the standard training for the British army infantry, cavalry and Royal Navy.
Grego pp.374-5. Ogilvy 2382 for 'Guards'. Ogilvy 776 Plates 19, 20, 21, 22, & 23.
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[Guards] Designd & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Publish'd Sept.r 1 1798 by H. Angelo No.11 Curzon Street, May-Fair. [Guards] Publish'd as the Act directs, Jan.y 20.th 1799, by Mr. Angelo, No.10, Boulton Row, Berkeley Square.
Scarce 6 etchings with aquatint. Each c. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼") plates with very large margins. 'Guards' trimmed inside plate at top.
A separate issue of the '10 Lessons' designed to be displayed as a training poster for the Guards, all drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Henry Angelo's 'Hungarian and Highland Broadsword'. The five plates and frontispiece show the '10 lessons', the positions and techniques of the broadsword and sabre when used on foot, as illustrated in the 'Guards & Lessons'. In his memoirs, Angelo claimed to have practised using the broadsword at Newgate prison in 1798 with a Scottish friend and expert swordsman James Perry, the owner of the 'Morning Chronicle', who was then in prison for libelling the House of Lords. Angelo adapted and developed sword techniques into a series of military drills and exercises, which became the standard training for the British army infantry, cavalry and Royal Navy.
Grego pp.374-5. Ogilvy 2382 for 'Guards'. Ogilvy 776 Plates 19, 20, 21, 22, & 23.
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Miseries of Human Life: Designed and Etched by T. Rowlandson and Published December 1 1808 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London.
[n.d., 1808, First Edition, early issue.]
4to, original half morocco, with printed paper title label on front board; 50 etchings, as called for, with wonderfully fresh colour and large margins; plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' (1), 'J Whatman 1805 (3, including 'Pall Mall'); 'J Whatman 1806' (3), and 'John Hall 1805' (11). Hinges cracked, front board nearly detached. 'Miseries of Human Life Introductory Dialogue' with stain; 'Miseries of Social Life Dialogue 7' with repaired tear.
An extremely rare early example of the complete series by Thomas Rowlandson, inspired by 'The Miseries of Human Life' by James Beresford (1764-1840), published in 1806. Rowlandson began drawing scenes as soon as the book was published and, after two years, fifty were selected by Ackermann to be published in a new edition. Contents of the book vary widely, with some plates replaced. The iconic scenes and characters from this series, some of which were Rowlandson's own invention while others closely mirror Beresford's text, reappeared frequently under variations of the 'Miseries' title, right up until the artist's death.
Abbey Life 317; ''Plate 40 'Pall Mall' [last plate in this example] is rare, most copies replacing this with 'The Chiropodist''. Grego Vol II, pp. 119-124.
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[n.d., 1808, First Edition, early issue.]
4to, original half morocco, with printed paper title label on front board; 50 etchings, as called for, with wonderfully fresh colour and large margins; plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' (1), 'J Whatman 1805 (3, including 'Pall Mall'); 'J Whatman 1806' (3), and 'John Hall 1805' (11). Hinges cracked, front board nearly detached. 'Miseries of Human Life Introductory Dialogue' with stain; 'Miseries of Social Life Dialogue 7' with repaired tear.
An extremely rare early example of the complete series by Thomas Rowlandson, inspired by 'The Miseries of Human Life' by James Beresford (1764-1840), published in 1806. Rowlandson began drawing scenes as soon as the book was published and, after two years, fifty were selected by Ackermann to be published in a new edition. Contents of the book vary widely, with some plates replaced. The iconic scenes and characters from this series, some of which were Rowlandson's own invention while others closely mirror Beresford's text, reappeared frequently under variations of the 'Miseries' title, right up until the artist's death.
Abbey Life 317; ''Plate 40 'Pall Mall' [last plate in this example] is rare, most copies replacing this with 'The Chiropodist''. Grego Vol II, pp. 119-124.
[Ref: 54618] £4,500.00 view all images for this item