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Mr Deputy Dumpling and Family enjoying a Summer Afternoon. 463.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
The Church Militant. See M.r Pennant's literary life. P.21.
[c.1793.]
Mezzotint with etching, with hand colour. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Folded as issued. Small margins.
A man dressed half as a soldier, half as a parson, the soldier saying 'Come Jolly Bacchus God of Wine!', the parson 'Hear Me O Lord for I am poor & needy. A paper on the left is a tailor's final demand. From Pennant's autobiography (first published 1793), satirising what he calls ''the unguarded admission of persons of the most discordant professions into the sacred pale, who, urged by no other call than that of poverty, do not prove either ornamental or useful in their new character''.
[Ref: 58311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1793.]
Mezzotint with etching, with hand colour. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Folded as issued. Small margins.
A man dressed half as a soldier, half as a parson, the soldier saying 'Come Jolly Bacchus God of Wine!', the parson 'Hear Me O Lord for I am poor & needy. A paper on the left is a tailor's final demand. From Pennant's autobiography (first published 1793), satirising what he calls ''the unguarded admission of persons of the most discordant professions into the sacred pale, who, urged by no other call than that of poverty, do not prove either ornamental or useful in their new character''.
[Ref: 58311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The English Coachman. 192.
[after George van der Mijn.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard [n.d., 1769].
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"), with large margins. Margins toned.
A coachman sits in the kitchen of an inn, with a foaming tankard in one hand and a serving girl on his knee.
BM Satires 4501 (small version).
[Ref: 58394] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after George van der Mijn.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard [n.d., 1769].
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"), with large margins. Margins toned.
A coachman sits in the kitchen of an inn, with a foaming tankard in one hand and a serving girl on his knee.
BM Satires 4501 (small version).
[Ref: 58394] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Greenwich Pensioner. 'Twas in the good Ship Rover. / I sail'ed the world around. / And for three years and over, / I ne'er touch'd British ground. / At last in England landed, / I left the roaring main. / Found all relations stranded. / And went to sea again...
Published 22.d May 1791 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, a few creases, laid on album paper at edges.
Two pensioners, one on the left with a wooden leg, sit drinking and smoking, with one telling his story to the other while a maid listens behind; the Greenwich Hospital in the background.
[Ref: 58487] £480.00
Published 22.d May 1791 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, a few creases, laid on album paper at edges.
Two pensioners, one on the left with a wooden leg, sit drinking and smoking, with one telling his story to the other while a maid listens behind; the Greenwich Hospital in the background.
[Ref: 58487] £480.00
Lady Gorget raising Recruits for Cox-Heath.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"). Time staining.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Coxheath in Kent was often used as a military camp, with reviews and mock battles common there.
[Ref: 58390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"). Time staining.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Coxheath in Kent was often used as a military camp, with reviews and mock battles common there.
[Ref: 58390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Lady in Waiting. 317.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Publish'd as the Act directs, 2 Sep.r 1780.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
A lady, dressed in a large hat and elbow-length gloves, waits on a grassy bank under trees, the dome of St. Paul's in the distance. She looks coyly expectant.
[Ref: 58389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Publish'd as the Act directs, 2 Sep.r 1780.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
A lady, dressed in a large hat and elbow-length gloves, waits on a grassy bank under trees, the dome of St. Paul's in the distance. She looks coyly expectant.
[Ref: 58389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gertrude Mahon] The Bird of Paradise.](jpegs/58489.jpg)
[Gertrude Mahon] The Bird of Paradise.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2 Jan 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper lightly toned and chipped in top edge, ink smear in publication line.
Gertrude Mahon, seated on a settee smiling, holding a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card ''Admit Mrs M_ to the Mask'd Ball''. She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. Gertrude Mahon (née Tilson, 1752-c.1808) was the Dublin-born daughter of the dowager countess of Kerry. Left £3000 at the age of twelve, she became famous for her love of clothes and notorious adulteries. Needing money, she attempted to become an actress but supplemented her income by being a courtesan. She was last heard of in 1808.
[Ref: 58489] £590.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2 Jan 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper lightly toned and chipped in top edge, ink smear in publication line.
Gertrude Mahon, seated on a settee smiling, holding a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card ''Admit Mrs M_ to the Mask'd Ball''. She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. Gertrude Mahon (née Tilson, 1752-c.1808) was the Dublin-born daughter of the dowager countess of Kerry. Left £3000 at the age of twelve, she became famous for her love of clothes and notorious adulteries. Needing money, she attempted to become an actress but supplemented her income by being a courtesan. She was last heard of in 1808.
[Ref: 58489] £590.00
A Master Parson with a Good Living.
[Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25 June 1782.
Mezzotint with very fine hand colour. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with large margins. Edges of left margin chipped. Slight marking lower centre.
A fat parson and his family feasting in an opulent residence, a servant in livery uncorking a bottle. The parson's wife wears spectacles. A pair to 'A Journeyman Parson' (BM Satires 3754).
[Ref: 58491] £780.00
[Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25 June 1782.
Mezzotint with very fine hand colour. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with large margins. Edges of left margin chipped. Slight marking lower centre.
A fat parson and his family feasting in an opulent residence, a servant in livery uncorking a bottle. The parson's wife wears spectacles. A pair to 'A Journeyman Parson' (BM Satires 3754).
[Ref: 58491] £780.00
The New Fashioned Phaeton. Sic Itur ad Astra.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 22d Feb.y 1776.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Tear just entering plate at bottom repaired, mounted on album paper.
A phaeton and pair outside a town house, the body of the carriage raised on an expanding trellis-work to the level of the first-floor windows. A gentleman who holds the reins in his left hand leans forward to assist into the carriage a lady who is stepping through the window and over the low iron railing of the balcony. He wears a small hat, a looped macaroni club, laced coat, and top-boots. She is elaborately dressed in the height of the fashion with a vast pyramid of hair decorated with enormous ostrich feathers.
BM Satires 5394
[Ref: 58496] £490.00
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 22d Feb.y 1776.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Tear just entering plate at bottom repaired, mounted on album paper.
A phaeton and pair outside a town house, the body of the carriage raised on an expanding trellis-work to the level of the first-floor windows. A gentleman who holds the reins in his left hand leans forward to assist into the carriage a lady who is stepping through the window and over the low iron railing of the balcony. He wears a small hat, a looped macaroni club, laced coat, and top-boots. She is elaborately dressed in the height of the fashion with a vast pyramid of hair decorated with enormous ostrich feathers.
BM Satires 5394
[Ref: 58496] £490.00
The Rival Favourites.
Published Feb.y 4th 1788 by Rob.t Sayer 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins.
A young woman sitting on a striped sofa, holding a pet bird perched on her hand and pointing at it while looking at a kitten on the table in front of her.
[Ref: 58490] £650.00
Published Feb.y 4th 1788 by Rob.t Sayer 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins.
A young woman sitting on a striped sofa, holding a pet bird perched on her hand and pointing at it while looking at a kitten on the table in front of her.
[Ref: 58490] £650.00
Smack the Coachman, Tipling within Doors; while his Fare are fretting without.
Riley [Thomas Ryley] del et fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Feb.y 1, 1768. Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Top margin cut to plate, elsewhere toned. Small margins.
A smiling coachman lifts a foaming tankard, his arm hooked over a chair, whip in hand and his pipe and tobacco on the table.
[Ref: 58392] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Riley [Thomas Ryley] del et fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Feb.y 1, 1768. Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Top margin cut to plate, elsewhere toned. Small margins.
A smiling coachman lifts a foaming tankard, his arm hooked over a chair, whip in hand and his pipe and tobacco on the table.
[Ref: 58392] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tight Lacing, or Fashion before Ease. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25th Aug.t 1777.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, small tears at top taped, damp stains..
A husband, servant-maid and black page-boy join forces to try and fasten a lady's bodice. A toy spaniel on the bed looks on in amusement, while a monkey in the foreground points to an open book inscribed 'Fashions Victim a Satire'. After John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for print publishers.
BM Satires 4552.
[Ref: 58488] £480.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25th Aug.t 1777.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, small tears at top taped, damp stains..
A husband, servant-maid and black page-boy join forces to try and fasten a lady's bodice. A toy spaniel on the bed looks on in amusement, while a monkey in the foreground points to an open book inscribed 'Fashions Victim a Satire'. After John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for print publishers.
BM Satires 4552.
[Ref: 58488] £480.00