A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Innocent Amusements. Coo'Biddy Coo'Biddy Coo'Biddy! Cock a doodle Doo!!
Ego. Del.t
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
A woman incites a man to crow while holding onto some grapes. The man has bird like features and stands on his tiptoes on a chair, his hands reach behind his back puffing out the tails of his coat to look like plumage and crows like a cockerel for the woman. Ego is the pseudonym of amateur M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.) based on a pun of his initialls M.E.
[Ref: 56545] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Ego. Del.t
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
A woman incites a man to crow while holding onto some grapes. The man has bird like features and stands on his tiptoes on a chair, his hands reach behind his back puffing out the tails of his coat to look like plumage and crows like a cockerel for the woman. Ego is the pseudonym of amateur M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.) based on a pun of his initialls M.E.
[Ref: 56545] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Dove-Tailing.
Drawn by M.E. [Egerton]. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1827.
Very fine coloured aquatint. 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A woman shows a tradesman a receipt proving she has paid his bill. He says ''I'm very sorry I did not recollect it!'', to which she replies ''no doubt you are very sorry you didn't Re-collect it!!!''. This satire was first published by George Hunt c.1825.
Hickman p.65. State I of II.
[Ref: 56522] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by M.E. [Egerton]. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1827.
Very fine coloured aquatint. 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A woman shows a tradesman a receipt proving she has paid his bill. He says ''I'm very sorry I did not recollect it!'', to which she replies ''no doubt you are very sorry you didn't Re-collect it!!!''. This satire was first published by George Hunt c.1825.
Hickman p.65. State I of II.
[Ref: 56522] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Piper.
M.E. del H. Pyall sc.
London Pub.d June 1, 1825, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row. Russel Square.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint, sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Light staining around the edges.
A Scotsman in full tartan and kilt hose dances on the shoreline while playing the bagpipes. One of seven prints of people personifying types of fish and a crab. After M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.), humorous designer and social satirist; apparently an amateur since he often signed as 'Esq'. Henry Pyall (1795-1833) etcher and aquatinter, often worked after 'M.E.'
[Ref: 56524] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
M.E. del H. Pyall sc.
London Pub.d June 1, 1825, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row. Russel Square.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint, sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Light staining around the edges.
A Scotsman in full tartan and kilt hose dances on the shoreline while playing the bagpipes. One of seven prints of people personifying types of fish and a crab. After M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.), humorous designer and social satirist; apparently an amateur since he often signed as 'Esq'. Henry Pyall (1795-1833) etcher and aquatinter, often worked after 'M.E.'
[Ref: 56524] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
As Sour as Verjuice.
Drawn by ME Engraved by G. Hunt
London Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket 1827
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 360 x 205mm (14 x 8"). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. With possible printers crease.
Man in a restaurant rings its service bell, knocking over a candle in the process, seemingly in response to the sourness of his wine. 'As sour as verjuice [vinegar]' was a common simile, for instance "he looked at me as sour as verjuice" (Thomas Dekker, 'The Shoemaker's Holiday', 1600). After M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.), humorous designer and social satirist; apparently an amateur since he often signed as 'Esq'.
Hickman p.72. State II of II. BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 56521] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by ME Engraved by G. Hunt
London Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket 1827
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 360 x 205mm (14 x 8"). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. With possible printers crease.
Man in a restaurant rings its service bell, knocking over a candle in the process, seemingly in response to the sourness of his wine. 'As sour as verjuice [vinegar]' was a common simile, for instance "he looked at me as sour as verjuice" (Thomas Dekker, 'The Shoemaker's Holiday', 1600). After M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.), humorous designer and social satirist; apparently an amateur since he often signed as 'Esq'.
Hickman p.72. State II of II. BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 56521] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Innocent Amusements. Filling a Water-Butt with a spoon.
Ego. Del.t
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
A man carefully transfers water from a pond/lake/river up some steps and into a barrell using a spoon. Ego is the pseudonym of amateur M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.) based on a pun of his initialls M.E.
[Ref: 56550] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Ego. Del.t
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
A man carefully transfers water from a pond/lake/river up some steps and into a barrell using a spoon. Ego is the pseudonym of amateur M Egerton (1821 - 1827; fl.) based on a pun of his initialls M.E.
[Ref: 56550] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)