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The Bagshot Frolick or the Pot-Lid & Inkhorn.
[1762.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title.
A satire of the duel between John Wilkes and Lord William Talbot, fought on 6th October 1762 over Wilkes' mockery of Talbot in the 'North Briton'. Talbot holds a pot-lid and a spit, Wilkes a quill and and ink pot. Talbot is attended by Smollett while Wilkes is backed by Churchill. The duel was fought with pistols on Bagshot Common: despite firing at only eight yards, neither man was hit and the pair then went to a local tavern to share a bottle of claret. The lack of blood caused rumours that the duel was a stunt, inspiring satires such as this.
BM Satires 3914.
[Ref: 55193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[1762.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title.
A satire of the duel between John Wilkes and Lord William Talbot, fought on 6th October 1762 over Wilkes' mockery of Talbot in the 'North Briton'. Talbot holds a pot-lid and a spit, Wilkes a quill and and ink pot. Talbot is attended by Smollett while Wilkes is backed by Churchill. The duel was fought with pistols on Bagshot Common: despite firing at only eight yards, neither man was hit and the pair then went to a local tavern to share a bottle of claret. The lack of blood caused rumours that the duel was a stunt, inspiring satires such as this.
BM Satires 3914.
[Ref: 55193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Countryman in London.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1816.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼").
A satire on the bewilderment of a rustic in the metropolis: a barker offers him a bill, 'Milse's Wild Beasts', pointing to a sign inscribed 'Royal Tiger'. The Yale Center for British Art suggests this is an exhbition of George Stubbs' painting. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
YCBA PN6173 .C68.
[Ref: 55381] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1816.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼").
A satire on the bewilderment of a rustic in the metropolis: a barker offers him a bill, 'Milse's Wild Beasts', pointing to a sign inscribed 'Royal Tiger'. The Yale Center for British Art suggests this is an exhbition of George Stubbs' painting. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
YCBA PN6173 .C68.
[Ref: 55381] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The British Bull Baited by Mungrels. [Plate 3.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed into plate and around title, losing plate number, repairs to old folds, backed with archival paper. Damaged.
The bull, wearing a collar marked 'Liberty' attacked by dogs. A satire of the Massacre of St George's Fields, 1768, when troops read the Riot Act and opened fire, killing half-a-dozen people, including William Allen, who was shot after he had been chased to a nearby inn. His name appears on the obelisk.
BM Satires 4328, their example dated 1769 in ink.
[Ref: 55379] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed into plate and around title, losing plate number, repairs to old folds, backed with archival paper. Damaged.
The bull, wearing a collar marked 'Liberty' attacked by dogs. A satire of the Massacre of St George's Fields, 1768, when troops read the Riot Act and opened fire, killing half-a-dozen people, including William Allen, who was shot after he had been chased to a nearby inn. His name appears on the obelisk.
BM Satires 4328, their example dated 1769 in ink.
[Ref: 55379] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe] A Dalme_Tian. Booking the Colonel. This Sketch is dedicated to the Greeks.](jpegs/55401.jpg)
[Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe] A Dalme_Tian. Booking the Colonel. This Sketch is dedicated to the Greeks. No.1 Turf Characters____"Quoth Hudibrass I smell a Rat.....
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r del..
Pub June 26 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828', with large margins.
Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe (1804-1871), the noted gentleman jockey in charge of the King's Stud, depicted as a thin man in riding dress with top-hat and top-boots, holding out a betting-book. The performance of the king's horse 'The Colonel' at the Ascot Gold Cup on June 18th disappointed William IV; a letter appeared in the 'Sporting Magazine', signed by 'Independence', claiming the horse had been seen being hacked by a drunken rider only four days before the race. Delmé-Radcliffe issued a denial, but had difficulty getting it published. Heath gives a nod to the author of the letter by referencing the Greek struggle for independence. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15932.
[Ref: 55401] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r del..
Pub June 26 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Publisher of P. Prys Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828', with large margins.
Frederick Peter Delmé-Radcliffe (1804-1871), the noted gentleman jockey in charge of the King's Stud, depicted as a thin man in riding dress with top-hat and top-boots, holding out a betting-book. The performance of the king's horse 'The Colonel' at the Ascot Gold Cup on June 18th disappointed William IV; a letter appeared in the 'Sporting Magazine', signed by 'Independence', claiming the horse had been seen being hacked by a drunken rider only four days before the race. Delmé-Radcliffe issued a denial, but had difficulty getting it published. Heath gives a nod to the author of the letter by referencing the Greek struggle for independence. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15932.
[Ref: 55401] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Deputy Pendulum's Motion for an Address.
I C [Isaac Cruikshank].
Lond. Pub November 29 1795 by S W Fores N 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, tears taped, creasing and stains.
A man in old-fashioned dress stands holding an 'Address' is in his right hand, with a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protruding from his coat-pocket, before a disinterested audience. His extensive speech under the image warns about 'that bold Monster Sedition who Stalks abroad in Broad Day Light Gemmen to destroy our Glorious Constitution & Throw the Balance of power from its place'. A satire on 'cits' and on the addresses deploring seditious meetings and approving of the measures taken against them. George suggests that the speaker could be Alderman Samuel Birch (1757-1841), a fervent supporter of the Volunteer Regiments and lieutenant-colonel commandant of the 1st regiment of Loyal London volunteers, later Lord Mayor of London.
BM Satires 8700.
[Ref: 55201] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I C [Isaac Cruikshank].
Lond. Pub November 29 1795 by S W Fores N 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures Lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, tears taped, creasing and stains.
A man in old-fashioned dress stands holding an 'Address' is in his right hand, with a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protruding from his coat-pocket, before a disinterested audience. His extensive speech under the image warns about 'that bold Monster Sedition who Stalks abroad in Broad Day Light Gemmen to destroy our Glorious Constitution & Throw the Balance of power from its place'. A satire on 'cits' and on the addresses deploring seditious meetings and approving of the measures taken against them. George suggests that the speaker could be Alderman Samuel Birch (1757-1841), a fervent supporter of the Volunteer Regiments and lieutenant-colonel commandant of the 1st regiment of Loyal London volunteers, later Lord Mayor of London.
BM Satires 8700.
[Ref: 55201] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Triple Alliance or A New System of D-RB-SH-RE Politics.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Folds with a few small splits.
A satire on the 1768 general election in Derbyshire, with two gentlemen is conversation with two nobles under a scale with a Cap of Liberty outweighed by two coronets. The election was fought between Lord George Cavendish, George Bagnall Clarke (both elected) and Sir Henry Harpur. Elections there were always decided by the influence of the Cavendishes, the family of the Duke of Devonshire, the local landlord.
Not in BM Satires, but BM 1896,1118.106.
[Ref: 55205] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1768.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Folds with a few small splits.
A satire on the 1768 general election in Derbyshire, with two gentlemen is conversation with two nobles under a scale with a Cap of Liberty outweighed by two coronets. The election was fought between Lord George Cavendish, George Bagnall Clarke (both elected) and Sir Henry Harpur. Elections there were always decided by the influence of the Cavendishes, the family of the Duke of Devonshire, the local landlord.
Not in BM Satires, but BM 1896,1118.106.
[Ref: 55205] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Enrag'd Batchelor, or the Plague of a Single State. Batter'd, deseas'd, and past his youthfull Pranks... 30.
Boitard Inv.t et Delin. W. Proud sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House, in St Pauls Church yard, London [n.d., c.1760].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾''), with large margins. A little wear in corners of margins.
An aging bachelor glares at a baby in a basket in his house, left by one of his mistresses.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55371] £380.00
Boitard Inv.t et Delin. W. Proud sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House, in St Pauls Church yard, London [n.d., c.1760].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾''), with large margins. A little wear in corners of margins.
An aging bachelor glares at a baby in a basket in his house, left by one of his mistresses.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55371] £380.00
The Pharo Table. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, June 1, 1792.
Engraving. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with 4pp. text. Trimmed within plate on left with text. Large margins on 3 sides.
A scene of a Faro card party, with men and women around a table. The text is a warning about sharp practices in apparently genteel drawing rooms and the ease with which huge losses could be accrued. Faro, a hugely-popular gambling game before being superceded by Poker, was notoriously crooked: 'Hoyle’s Rules of Games' once included a warning that not a single honest faro bank could be found in the United States. Famous players included Casanova, Charles James Fox, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.
[Ref: 55321] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, June 1, 1792.
Engraving. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with 4pp. text. Trimmed within plate on left with text. Large margins on 3 sides.
A scene of a Faro card party, with men and women around a table. The text is a warning about sharp practices in apparently genteel drawing rooms and the ease with which huge losses could be accrued. Faro, a hugely-popular gambling game before being superceded by Poker, was notoriously crooked: 'Hoyle’s Rules of Games' once included a warning that not a single honest faro bank could be found in the United States. Famous players included Casanova, Charles James Fox, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.
[Ref: 55321] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
A Quartette in Character.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour 260 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"), with large margins.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand). All four caricatures were issued as separate prints. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 55399] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour 260 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"), with large margins.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand). All four caricatures were issued as separate prints. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 55399] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Sale of Fox Hounds.
Pub.d March 17th 1812 by W.m Holland No.11 Cockspur Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate on right.; ink identifications under the image.
A satire of the Prince of Wales as an auctioneer knocking down a pack of hounds with the human faces of the cabinet, held by Sheridan, while a 'Grey' horse (held by John MacMahon, who had just become keeper of the privy purse and private secretary to the Prince Regent) neighs in opposition.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55197] £360.00
Pub.d March 17th 1812 by W.m Holland No.11 Cockspur Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate on right.; ink identifications under the image.
A satire of the Prince of Wales as an auctioneer knocking down a pack of hounds with the human faces of the cabinet, held by Sheridan, while a 'Grey' horse (held by John MacMahon, who had just become keeper of the privy purse and private secretary to the Prince Regent) neighs in opposition.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55197] £360.00
![[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.](jpegs/55407.jpg)
[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching with hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828'. Colour slightly faded.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 55407] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching with hand colour. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828'. Colour slightly faded.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 55407] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV and Caroline of Brunswick] The Beggar's Petition.](jpegs/55202.jpg)
[George IV and Caroline of Brunswick] The Beggar's Petition. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man...
I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
London: Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town; and Sold by Every Bookseller and Newsman in the Kingdom. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Price One Shilling. Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials [n.d., c.1819].
Rare coloured etching with letterpress, watermark T. Edmonds 1819. Sheet 410 x 260mm (16 x 10¼"). Tears entering image at top, edges with archival tape on reverse, some other wear and loss at bottom.
George as a beggar, baggage marked 'Vice' on his back, crown held out as a begging bowl, on the road from The Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park (''The Cottage'') to Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, home of his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick. She looks out of a window as he sings to her: ''I ling'ring fall a victim to dispair, / Scorned by the World, by Justice, and by Thee''.
Not in BM; the Bodleian 'Broadside Ballads Online' only has the letterpress.
[Ref: 55202] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
London: Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town; and Sold by Every Bookseller and Newsman in the Kingdom. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Price One Shilling. Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials [n.d., c.1819].
Rare coloured etching with letterpress, watermark T. Edmonds 1819. Sheet 410 x 260mm (16 x 10¼"). Tears entering image at top, edges with archival tape on reverse, some other wear and loss at bottom.
George as a beggar, baggage marked 'Vice' on his back, crown held out as a begging bowl, on the road from The Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park (''The Cottage'') to Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, home of his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick. She looks out of a window as he sings to her: ''I ling'ring fall a victim to dispair, / Scorned by the World, by Justice, and by Thee''.
Not in BM; the Bodleian 'Broadside Ballads Online' only has the letterpress.
[Ref: 55202] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
John Hobbs, John Hobbs. Sung by Mr. Lovegrove, with unbounded Applause, in ''Any Thing New,''at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand.
Published 12th August, 1811, by Whittle and Laurie, N°.53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
William Lovegrove (1778-1816) as Jeremiah Babble, singing the story of shoe-maker John Hobbs who, 'having caught a Tartar', tries to sell his wife. Failing, he tries to hang himself but is saved by his wife and they reconcile.
BM Satires 11838.
[Ref: 55378] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12th August, 1811, by Whittle and Laurie, N°.53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
William Lovegrove (1778-1816) as Jeremiah Babble, singing the story of shoe-maker John Hobbs who, 'having caught a Tartar', tries to sell his wife. Failing, he tries to hang himself but is saved by his wife and they reconcile.
BM Satires 11838.
[Ref: 55378] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Ladies Advocate; or An Apology for Matrimony. In Answer to the Batchelor's Monitor.
H. Gravelot inv. et sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-Noster Row 1741.
Engraved broadside, 18th century watermark. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"), set in letterpress. Letterpress trimmed, losing 80% of text. Creased where folded.
An allegorical scene of a wedding, illustrating a text that calculates the benefits of matrimony to a married man, in response to a similar text showing the costs.
[Ref: 55207] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H. Gravelot inv. et sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-Noster Row 1741.
Engraved broadside, 18th century watermark. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"), set in letterpress. Letterpress trimmed, losing 80% of text. Creased where folded.
An allegorical scene of a wedding, illustrating a text that calculates the benefits of matrimony to a married man, in response to a similar text showing the costs.
[Ref: 55207] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 3. ''How you find yourself dis hot Weader Miss Chloe?'' / ''Pretty well I tank you Mr Cesar only I aspire too much.
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Marine Society.] For the Service of Our Country.](jpegs/55195.jpg)
[Marine Society.] For the Service of Our Country.
S. Wale delin.t et donavit. T. Major sculp.t et donavit.
[London: Marine Society, c.1770.]
Etching, part 18th century watermark. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"), with large margins. Two tears, one entering plate, taped.
The trade card of the Marine Society, a charity founded in 1756 by Jonas Hanway (1712-86), to encourage young men to go and join the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War. Later the Scociety turned to the education of poor boys in preperation for their joining the navy, as depicted here. Ragged boys are being directed to Britannia outside the Marine Society's Warehouse, where they are dressed as cadets. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756, Hanway was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 55195] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
S. Wale delin.t et donavit. T. Major sculp.t et donavit.
[London: Marine Society, c.1770.]
Etching, part 18th century watermark. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"), with large margins. Two tears, one entering plate, taped.
The trade card of the Marine Society, a charity founded in 1756 by Jonas Hanway (1712-86), to encourage young men to go and join the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War. Later the Scociety turned to the education of poor boys in preperation for their joining the navy, as depicted here. Ragged boys are being directed to Britannia outside the Marine Society's Warehouse, where they are dressed as cadets. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756, Hanway was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 55195] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Polite Alderman, Advancing to Future Happiness. ''Madam will you honor me with your hand at the Lord Mayors Ball'' _ ''With a great Deal of pleasure Mr Alderman''.
Published 1.st Aug.st 1792, by Rob.t Sayer & C.o Fleet Street London.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A fat alderman to an equally stout lady who curtseys, her hands in an enormous muff, from which a small dog looks out.
BM Satires 8215.
[Ref: 55369] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Published 1.st Aug.st 1792, by Rob.t Sayer & C.o Fleet Street London.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A fat alderman to an equally stout lady who curtseys, her hands in an enormous muff, from which a small dog looks out.
BM Satires 8215.
[Ref: 55369] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies. Pl.2_
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Recruiting Party. Now's Your Time My Lads- Whigs & Tories - Christians, Jews & Turks- no distinction made.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Recruiting Serjeant. Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Refin'd Taste. Eternal Infamy, that Wretch Confound, / Who Planted first this Vice on English Ground. / A Crime that Spite of Sense and Nature reigns. / and Poisons Genial Love & Manhood Stains. Vid. Rod. Random.
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Russian Nupials or the Lock'd Jaw and Frost-Bitten Nose. Sung with unbounded Applause by Mr Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket , in the New Grand Melo-Dramatic Opera, called ''The Exile,'' written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq. (The Music sold by Messrs. Goulding, and Co. New Bond Street.)
[Isaac] Cruikshank Del.
Publish'd Dec. 1. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"), watermarked 1814. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Outside a snowbound cottage a man is confronted by his wife, who breaks off his frozen nose. Both wear coats with fur hoods. Behind is a sleigh drawn by a reindeer. Underneath the image are six verses telling the story.
BM Satires 11210; non of the three examples listed on the BM site have the verses.
[Ref: 55367] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac] Cruikshank Del.
Publish'd Dec. 1. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"), watermarked 1814. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Outside a snowbound cottage a man is confronted by his wife, who breaks off his frozen nose. Both wear coats with fur hoods. Behind is a sleigh drawn by a reindeer. Underneath the image are six verses telling the story.
BM Satires 11210; non of the three examples listed on the BM site have the verses.
[Ref: 55367] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry] One of the Tenth - When I was an Infant gossips would say - when I grew older I'de be a soldier. &c.r.](jpegs/55405.jpg)
[Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry] One of the Tenth - When I was an Infant gossips would say - when I grew older I'de be a soldier. &c.r. Hyde Park May 27 1829. Sketched at the Review.
[William Heath.]
Pub May 28, 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of P. Pry caricatures.
Etching with very fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828', with large margins.
Lady Londonderry riding sidesaddle on a galloping horse, in a skirted approximation of the uniform of the 10th Hussars (regiment of her husband, Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry), with false moustache. At the review Lord Wellington fell from his horse but was unhurt.
BM Satire 15930.
[Ref: 55405] £360.00
[William Heath.]
Pub May 28, 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of P. Pry caricatures.
Etching with very fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1828', with large margins.
Lady Londonderry riding sidesaddle on a galloping horse, in a skirted approximation of the uniform of the 10th Hussars (regiment of her husband, Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry), with false moustache. At the review Lord Wellington fell from his horse but was unhurt.
BM Satire 15930.
[Ref: 55405] £360.00
![[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Oh What a Falling Off Was There _ fully accow/utred the Hero Lay.](jpegs/55406.jpg)
[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Oh What a Falling Off Was There _ fully accow/utred the Hero Lay. Review - Pl 2.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 29 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket- Sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricature.
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"), with large margins.
The Duke of Wellington, in full dress uniform including a bearskin, falls into a muddy puddle. On the 28th of May 1829 Wellington, whilst at a review in Hyde Park, fell from his horse and was cheered by the crowd.
BM Satires 15773.
[Ref: 55406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 29 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket- Sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricature.
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"), with large margins.
The Duke of Wellington, in full dress uniform including a bearskin, falls into a muddy puddle. On the 28th of May 1829 Wellington, whilst at a review in Hyde Park, fell from his horse and was cheered by the crowd.
BM Satires 15773.
[Ref: 55406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.](jpegs/55366.jpg)
[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00