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![[Ap]otheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix.](jpegs/68947.jpg)
[Ap]otheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix. "When the Phoenix is tired of Life, he builds a Nest upon the Mountains, and setti[ng] it on Fire by the wafting of his own Wings - he perishes Himself in the Flames! and from the smoke of his Ashes Arises a new Phoenix to illuminate the World!!! Vide The New Spanish Encyclopedia Edit.
[J.s G]illray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd - August 2d 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street
Coloured etching, fresh colour. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within image at sides, into plate elsewhere, losing part of title and inscriptions, laid on album paper.
Napoleon as a phoenix, setting fire to his nest, which is a globe showing the Mediterranean countires, resting on muskets on a pinnacle labled 'Pyrenean Mountains'. His face has a look of terror; his claws open, dropping a sceptre and orb, as his crown falls from his head. Napoleon's Spanish venture is prophetically depicted as his self-immolation.
BM Satires 11007.
[Ref: 68947] £480.00
[J.s G]illray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd - August 2d 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street
Coloured etching, fresh colour. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within image at sides, into plate elsewhere, losing part of title and inscriptions, laid on album paper.
Napoleon as a phoenix, setting fire to his nest, which is a globe showing the Mediterranean countires, resting on muskets on a pinnacle labled 'Pyrenean Mountains'. His face has a look of terror; his claws open, dropping a sceptre and orb, as his crown falls from his head. Napoleon's Spanish venture is prophetically depicted as his self-immolation.
BM Satires 11007.
[Ref: 68947] £480.00
Le débarquement du chevalier John Bull et de sa famille a Boulogne sur Mer. The landing of Sir John Bull & his family, at Boulogne sur Mer.
[After Henry William Bunbury] [Engraved by Gillray]
Publishd May 31.st 1792 by H Humphrey, N.o 18 Old Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 660mm (9¾ x 26"). Trimmed within plate. Central fold. Slight damage on right edge of paper.
Three sturdy French fishwives carry English travellers ashore through the water from a boat at right, while two others attempt to coax an indignant stout lady from the vessel. On the left, a lively group of French figures awaits their arrival, including a postilion in oversized riding boots holding a paper inscribed ‘Poste Royale’, hotel touts displaying cards, a monk, a fishwife, and a grotesquely shaved dog, with cliffs beyond. The foremost English passenger, a typical John Bull in top-boots, is borne ashore with comic determination as his wig slips and hat falls into the sea; behind him are a lady in riding dress and a fashionably dressed younger man. The fishwives wear frilled caps, short petticoats, earrings, and crosses. Dorothy George, 'Smollett describes the miseries of a landing at Boulogne, 'Travels through Italy and France', 1766. Frederick Reynolds was forcibly carried ashore by fishwives at Calais in 1792, at least forty 'poissardes' wading towards the vessel. He attributes this to 'sans-culottes principles'. 'Life and Times''
BM Satires 8189.
[Ref: 68636] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[After Henry William Bunbury] [Engraved by Gillray]
Publishd May 31.st 1792 by H Humphrey, N.o 18 Old Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 660mm (9¾ x 26"). Trimmed within plate. Central fold. Slight damage on right edge of paper.
Three sturdy French fishwives carry English travellers ashore through the water from a boat at right, while two others attempt to coax an indignant stout lady from the vessel. On the left, a lively group of French figures awaits their arrival, including a postilion in oversized riding boots holding a paper inscribed ‘Poste Royale’, hotel touts displaying cards, a monk, a fishwife, and a grotesquely shaved dog, with cliffs beyond. The foremost English passenger, a typical John Bull in top-boots, is borne ashore with comic determination as his wig slips and hat falls into the sea; behind him are a lady in riding dress and a fashionably dressed younger man. The fishwives wear frilled caps, short petticoats, earrings, and crosses. Dorothy George, 'Smollett describes the miseries of a landing at Boulogne, 'Travels through Italy and France', 1766. Frederick Reynolds was forcibly carried ashore by fishwives at Calais in 1792, at least forty 'poissardes' wading towards the vessel. He attributes this to 'sans-culottes principles'. 'Life and Times''
BM Satires 8189.
[Ref: 68636] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satire of the Bristol Election of 1837.] The Weird Three.](jpegs/68747.jpg)
[Satire of the Bristol Election of 1837.] The Weird Three.
Bagshaw fecit.
Monday, Printer, White's Ruins [n.d., c.1838].
Broadside, etching and letterpress. Sheet 450 x 285mm (17¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed into plate at top, creasing, surface soiling at bottom left.
A broadside presenting Tories attempting to overturn the 1837 Bristol election results as MacBeth's Three Witches around a cauldron, with papers marked 'Perjury', 'Lies', 'Slander' and 'More Perjury' When Liberal Francis Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley (1794-1870) was elected MP for Bristol, three petitioners (Bush Cookson & Payne, on behalf of the defeated Tory candidate William Fripp) accused him of extensive bribery and treating, as well as corruption, using his role as a trustee of the Anchor Society to obtain votes. A committee of the House of Commons was appointed to hear the case assembled in February, 1838, but after three days the petition was abandoned. Individual actions were brought against three other trustees and were all acquitted. In bringing the charges a woman was found guilty of perjury and the editor of the Bristol Journal was sued for libel and lost. Berkeley held his seat until his death in 1870.
[Ref: 68747] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bagshaw fecit.
Monday, Printer, White's Ruins [n.d., c.1838].
Broadside, etching and letterpress. Sheet 450 x 285mm (17¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed into plate at top, creasing, surface soiling at bottom left.
A broadside presenting Tories attempting to overturn the 1837 Bristol election results as MacBeth's Three Witches around a cauldron, with papers marked 'Perjury', 'Lies', 'Slander' and 'More Perjury' When Liberal Francis Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley (1794-1870) was elected MP for Bristol, three petitioners (Bush Cookson & Payne, on behalf of the defeated Tory candidate William Fripp) accused him of extensive bribery and treating, as well as corruption, using his role as a trustee of the Anchor Society to obtain votes. A committee of the House of Commons was appointed to hear the case assembled in February, 1838, but after three days the petition was abandoned. Individual actions were brought against three other trustees and were all acquitted. In bringing the charges a woman was found guilty of perjury and the editor of the Bristol Journal was sued for libel and lost. Berkeley held his seat until his death in 1870.
[Ref: 68747] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Seven Years' War.] The Evacuations or An Emetic for Old England Glorys...](jpegs/68927.jpg)
[The Seven Years' War.] The Evacuations or An Emetic for Old England Glorys... From the Rial* oak December 1762. *The Rial is a peice of Spanish money Grafted at present.
[by Paul Sandby?]
Publishd According to Act of Parliament by Mary Darley in little Riders Court Leicester feilds [originally 1762 but printed c.1820].
Etching. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"), with large margins. On wove paper. Faint mount burn, spotting in margins, stitch holes in top margin.
A satire on the terms of the peace preliminaries at the end of the Seven Years War, suggesting Lord Bute was taking money from the Spanish for favourable terms. He is shown with an ass's head, blowing a bubble of 'peace', as Britannia vomits the British conquests into a bowl with a French fleur-de-lis, held by a monkey. Possibly by Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, who published a number of anonymous satirical etchings, some targeting William Hogarth.
BM Satires 3917, with extensive description, suggesting the artist is Paul Sandby.
[Ref: 68927] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Paul Sandby?]
Publishd According to Act of Parliament by Mary Darley in little Riders Court Leicester feilds [originally 1762 but printed c.1820].
Etching. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"), with large margins. On wove paper. Faint mount burn, spotting in margins, stitch holes in top margin.
A satire on the terms of the peace preliminaries at the end of the Seven Years War, suggesting Lord Bute was taking money from the Spanish for favourable terms. He is shown with an ass's head, blowing a bubble of 'peace', as Britannia vomits the British conquests into a bowl with a French fleur-de-lis, held by a monkey. Possibly by Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, who published a number of anonymous satirical etchings, some targeting William Hogarth.
BM Satires 3917, with extensive description, suggesting the artist is Paul Sandby.
[Ref: 68927] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Coblers Cure for a Scolding Wife.
Rowlandson Del.
London Pub Aug by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. [n.d, c.1815.]
Fine hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Left corner loss. Taped into mount at top.
A cobbler sews his wife's mouth shut, aided by a laughing maid, who holds up a candle to light the room.
BM Satires 12148, with the date scratched out rather than erased as this example.
[Ref: 68796] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson Del.
London Pub Aug by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. [n.d, c.1815.]
Fine hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Left corner loss. Taped into mount at top.
A cobbler sews his wife's mouth shut, aided by a laughing maid, who holds up a candle to light the room.
BM Satires 12148, with the date scratched out rather than erased as this example.
[Ref: 68796] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Flight of Intellect. Portrait of Mr. Golightly experimenting on Mess.rs Quick of Speed's new patent high pressure steam Riding Pocket.
C.E. Madeley, Lith, 5 Wellington St. Strand.
Pub. by C. Tilt [n.d. c.1830].
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Central fold
Print satirising steam-powered travel, showing a man sitting astride a rocket, causing his hat to blow off and his cape to trail behind him. A label on the cylinder reads 'Warranted not to burst!'.
See Science Museum: 10410938.
[Ref: 68955] £390.00
C.E. Madeley, Lith, 5 Wellington St. Strand.
Pub. by C. Tilt [n.d. c.1830].
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Central fold
Print satirising steam-powered travel, showing a man sitting astride a rocket, causing his hat to blow off and his cape to trail behind him. A label on the cylinder reads 'Warranted not to burst!'.
See Science Museum: 10410938.
[Ref: 68955] £390.00
The Husband's Fortune Told. When gay Eighteen to Sixty weds, How just the Scheme of seoerate Beds; This Dotard beeds no Gypsy's Prate, His Wife and Betty know his Fate.
Published as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression] Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1784]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Small margins. Damaged.
An elderly gypsy woman reading the palm of a newly married old man, whose young wife holds two fingers up behind his head, the sign of a cuckold, while her maid laughs.
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68915] £320.00
Published as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression] Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1784]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Small margins. Damaged.
An elderly gypsy woman reading the palm of a newly married old man, whose young wife holds two fingers up behind his head, the sign of a cuckold, while her maid laughs.
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68915] £320.00
The Wife's Fortune Told. With Maid or Widow e'er so old, A Youth of Spirit gets the Gold; Why then to know your Fate so silly? "You gave your Cash to keep a _ filly.
Published as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression] Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1784]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed to plate on all but right side. Creases. Foxing.
An elderly gypsy woman, dressed in worn, ragged clothing and carrying a baby on her back, reads tea leaves to foretell the future of an unattractive woman seated at a round table. As the woman pays her with a coin, her husband stands behind her, gently stroking the chin of a young servant girl who leans against the back of her chair.
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68914] £320.00
Published as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression] Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1784]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed to plate on all but right side. Creases. Foxing.
An elderly gypsy woman, dressed in worn, ragged clothing and carrying a baby on her back, reads tea leaves to foretell the future of an unattractive woman seated at a round table. As the woman pays her with a coin, her husband stands behind her, gently stroking the chin of a young servant girl who leans against the back of her chair.
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68914] £320.00
[L'Elephant Blanc. faite historique, voyez Prudhomme No.96.]
[c.1791.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"), 17th century watermark. Trimmed close to image, losing title and key.
A satirical allegory of France on the eve of Revolution, while the Marquis de Lafayette was attempting to mediate between the National Assembly and the monarchy. The scene is set in Thailand, with Lafayette depicted as a white elephant with a sword and scabbard hanging from a halter around its neck, and Bailly as a stork in uniform at the head of the national guard. Around are Siamese courtiers, soldiers and the elephant's attendants, one of whom is on stilts. On a balcony are Louis XVIII and Marie-Antoinette. A version of the image appeared in issue 96 (7-14 May, 1791) of French newspaper ''Révolutions de Paris, dédiées à la Nation'', which ran from 1789 until 1794, when the 'Terror' scared the publisher into silence. A translation of that key reads: 1. The white Elephant, leader of the Siamese; 2. The Crane Mayor followed by the Municipality; 3. The Mayor’s Guard; 4. The Elephant’s military assistants; 5. Young Siamese carrying flowers and cakes; 6. Siamese Guards; 7. Enlightened Citizens; 8. The king joist [Louis XVI]; 9. His wife the ermine [Marie Antoinette]; 10. The old idol (a bear in the distance). The British Musuem states, "This satire refers to the political fable related by Prudhomme in the first nine pages of no.96 (7-14 May 1791) of his journal "Révolutions de Paris". Under cat.45 of her "Images of the French Revolution", exhib. cat., Musée du Québec, Québec City, 1989, Claudette Hould suggests that the etching (De Vinck 4077) included in Prudhomme's newspaper may have been copied from this more artistically assured satirical etching which may have appeared before the "Journal de Paris" version. In GBA 101 (1983) p.143 the etching is attributed to F J Harriet, but without giving reasons."
De Vinck 4078. Musée Carnavalet G.26495.
[Ref: 68937] £950.00
[c.1791.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"), 17th century watermark. Trimmed close to image, losing title and key.
A satirical allegory of France on the eve of Revolution, while the Marquis de Lafayette was attempting to mediate between the National Assembly and the monarchy. The scene is set in Thailand, with Lafayette depicted as a white elephant with a sword and scabbard hanging from a halter around its neck, and Bailly as a stork in uniform at the head of the national guard. Around are Siamese courtiers, soldiers and the elephant's attendants, one of whom is on stilts. On a balcony are Louis XVIII and Marie-Antoinette. A version of the image appeared in issue 96 (7-14 May, 1791) of French newspaper ''Révolutions de Paris, dédiées à la Nation'', which ran from 1789 until 1794, when the 'Terror' scared the publisher into silence. A translation of that key reads: 1. The white Elephant, leader of the Siamese; 2. The Crane Mayor followed by the Municipality; 3. The Mayor’s Guard; 4. The Elephant’s military assistants; 5. Young Siamese carrying flowers and cakes; 6. Siamese Guards; 7. Enlightened Citizens; 8. The king joist [Louis XVI]; 9. His wife the ermine [Marie Antoinette]; 10. The old idol (a bear in the distance). The British Musuem states, "This satire refers to the political fable related by Prudhomme in the first nine pages of no.96 (7-14 May 1791) of his journal "Révolutions de Paris". Under cat.45 of her "Images of the French Revolution", exhib. cat., Musée du Québec, Québec City, 1989, Claudette Hould suggests that the etching (De Vinck 4077) included in Prudhomme's newspaper may have been copied from this more artistically assured satirical etching which may have appeared before the "Journal de Paris" version. In GBA 101 (1983) p.143 the etching is attributed to F J Harriet, but without giving reasons."
De Vinck 4078. Musée Carnavalet G.26495.
[Ref: 68937] £950.00
![[William Hogarth] A New Dunciad done with a view of [fixing] ye fluctuating Ideas of Taste, without Preface or Introduction.](jpegs/68930.jpg)
[William Hogarth] A New Dunciad done with a view of [fixing] ye fluctuating Ideas of Taste, without Preface or Introduction.
[by Paul Sandby]
[Orignally 1753, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"), on wove paper watermarked 1821, large margins. Faint mount burn, stitch holes in left margin.
A caricature of William Hogarth, 'a Painter at ye Proper exercise of his Taste') in cap and dressing gown, smiling as he plays with a cat-faced puppet, his other hand holding a palette with a 'line of beauty'. Around his next is a Jack of Hearts ('The Fool of Arts'). Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, published a number of anonymous satires targeting William Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty'.
BM Satires 3241, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68930] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Paul Sandby]
[Orignally 1753, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"), on wove paper watermarked 1821, large margins. Faint mount burn, stitch holes in left margin.
A caricature of William Hogarth, 'a Painter at ye Proper exercise of his Taste') in cap and dressing gown, smiling as he plays with a cat-faced puppet, his other hand holding a palette with a 'line of beauty'. Around his next is a Jack of Hearts ('The Fool of Arts'). Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, published a number of anonymous satires targeting William Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty'.
BM Satires 3241, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68930] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Hogarth] The Fire of Faction.](jpegs/68931.jpg)
[William Hogarth] The Fire of Faction. The Fly Machine for Scotland Performd if God permit by the Briton. Places taken at the Sign of the Treasury.
Invented by Nobod engrav'd by sombody [Paul Sandby].
[Orignally 1753, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"), on wove paper watermarked 1821, large margins. Faint mount burn, stitch holes in left margin.
Three printmakers cling to a burin as a demon drives them into a furnace in the mouth of a fange monster, as a demon with William Hogath's face fans the flames with a bellows. The satirical writer Henry Howard, depicted with ass's ears, falls away, losing his dunce's cap. The verse below refers to 'Mr Hog Art'. Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, published a number of anonymous satires targeting William Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty'.
BM Satires 3955.
[Ref: 68931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Invented by Nobod engrav'd by sombody [Paul Sandby].
[Orignally 1753, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"), on wove paper watermarked 1821, large margins. Faint mount burn, stitch holes in left margin.
Three printmakers cling to a burin as a demon drives them into a furnace in the mouth of a fange monster, as a demon with William Hogath's face fans the flames with a bellows. The satirical writer Henry Howard, depicted with ass's ears, falls away, losing his dunce's cap. The verse below refers to 'Mr Hog Art'. Paul Sandby (1731-1809), an artist best known for his development of aquatint, published a number of anonymous satires targeting William Hogarth's 'Analysis of Beauty'.
BM Satires 3955.
[Ref: 68931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Hogarth] An Answer to the Print of John Wilkes Esq.e by W.m Hogarth.](jpegs/68932.jpg)
[William Hogarth] An Answer to the Print of John Wilkes Esq.e by W.m Hogarth.
Sold in Leicester fields Price 6 Pence [n.d., c.1763.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 365 x 230mm (14¼ x 9") Some toning and spotting. Small margins.
A caricature of William Hogarth in response to his print of John Wilkes, showing the artist seated in a similar pose, but with one leg ending in a cloven hoof, the other the leg of a satyr with a spiked shoe treading on the cap of liberty. He wears sleeve protectors and holds a porte-crayon in one hand and his portrait of Wilkes in the other. Behind is a crone, probably a savagely-caricatured Jane Hogarth, and a monkey with a fool's cap drawing the 'line of beauty' on a canvas.
BM Satires 4051.
[Ref: 68932] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sold in Leicester fields Price 6 Pence [n.d., c.1763.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 365 x 230mm (14¼ x 9") Some toning and spotting. Small margins.
A caricature of William Hogarth in response to his print of John Wilkes, showing the artist seated in a similar pose, but with one leg ending in a cloven hoof, the other the leg of a satyr with a spiked shoe treading on the cap of liberty. He wears sleeve protectors and holds a porte-crayon in one hand and his portrait of Wilkes in the other. Behind is a crone, probably a savagely-caricatured Jane Hogarth, and a monkey with a fool's cap drawing the 'line of beauty' on a canvas.
BM Satires 4051.
[Ref: 68932] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The negotiations of the 1763 Treaty of Paris]](jpegs/68933.jpg)
[The negotiations of the 1763 Treaty of Paris]
[Paul Sandby].
[Orignally 1762, this printing c.1821.]
Scarce etching. 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, tear in margin taped, small hole in image, stitch holes in left margin. Slight central crease.
A satire of Lord Bute's negotiations to end the Seven Years' War, including an attack on William Hogarth. The chaotic scene is outside St James's Palace, with John Bull (with a bull's head) being held down by the Duke of Bedford, who crams a scroll marked 'peace' into John's mouth. Lower left is a weeping female figure representing the City of London, which was opposed to the terms of the treaty as being a hinderance to trade. An angry William Hogarth is shown with a Scotsman riding on his back.
BM Satires 3910 with extensive description. The British Museum (BM 1868,0808.4249) states that according to Gunn it was probably not published until it was given the title "The New Ministry" by T. P.
[Ref: 68933] £320.00
[Paul Sandby].
[Orignally 1762, this printing c.1821.]
Scarce etching. 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, tear in margin taped, small hole in image, stitch holes in left margin. Slight central crease.
A satire of Lord Bute's negotiations to end the Seven Years' War, including an attack on William Hogarth. The chaotic scene is outside St James's Palace, with John Bull (with a bull's head) being held down by the Duke of Bedford, who crams a scroll marked 'peace' into John's mouth. Lower left is a weeping female figure representing the City of London, which was opposed to the terms of the treaty as being a hinderance to trade. An angry William Hogarth is shown with a Scotsman riding on his back.
BM Satires 3910 with extensive description. The British Museum (BM 1868,0808.4249) states that according to Gunn it was probably not published until it was given the title "The New Ministry" by T. P.
[Ref: 68933] £320.00
![[Lord Bute and William Hogarth] A Sett of Blocks for Hogarth's Wigs.](jpegs/68934.jpg)
[Lord Bute and William Hogarth] A Sett of Blocks for Hogarth's Wigs. price 6.
[Paul Sandby].
[Orignally c.1762, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 235 x 385mm (9¼ x 15¼"), large margins. Slight spotting, stitch holes in left margin.
A satire of Lord Bute's negotiations to end the Seven Years' War, alluding to William Hogarth's 'Five Orders of Perriwigs'.
BM Satires 3916 with extensive description.
[Ref: 68934] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Sandby].
[Orignally c.1762, this printing c.1821.]
Etching. 235 x 385mm (9¼ x 15¼"), large margins. Slight spotting, stitch holes in left margin.
A satire of Lord Bute's negotiations to end the Seven Years' War, alluding to William Hogarth's 'Five Orders of Perriwigs'.
BM Satires 3916 with extensive description.
[Ref: 68934] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Laugh and grow fat. 252.
Cha.s Corbet fecit. [Richard Purcell]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750]
Very fine coloured mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with margins Small margin on right. Repaired tears top left and right.
A three-quarters length standing portrait of a laughing stout man, with both hands resting on his stomach. Purcell (c.1746-c.1768 (fl)) produced an almost identical plate for Carington Bowles and there is also a reduced version published by Carington Bowles
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68902] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Cha.s Corbet fecit. [Richard Purcell]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750]
Very fine coloured mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with margins Small margin on right. Repaired tears top left and right.
A three-quarters length standing portrait of a laughing stout man, with both hands resting on his stomach. Purcell (c.1746-c.1768 (fl)) produced an almost identical plate for Carington Bowles and there is also a reduced version published by Carington Bowles
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68902] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Laughing Boy. 213.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1785]
Very fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of a youth covered in his belongings including, sausages, or possibly animal intestine contraception over his shoulder, a magnifying glass and cards tucked into his hat band.
CS undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68901] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1785]
Very fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of a youth covered in his belongings including, sausages, or possibly animal intestine contraception over his shoulder, a magnifying glass and cards tucked into his hat band.
CS undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68901] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle] The Compleat Vermin-Catcher of G-B-n, or the Old Trap New Baited.](jpegs/68928.jpg)
[Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle] The Compleat Vermin-Catcher of G-B-n, or the Old Trap New Baited.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament April 18th. 1754.
Etching with engraving. 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Narrow top margin, tear in top of image taped, creasing. Small margins
A satire on parliamentary corruption. The new prime minister, the Duke of Newcastle, sits by the House of Commons, using a fishing rod to lure parliamentary candidates (all on horseback) to support him with promises of advancement. The riders all express their interests, including one saying 'Jews, & no Jews'. This image reflects popular backlash against England’s highly unpopular Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753, often called the “Jew Bill.” The law allowed Jews to apply for naturalisation through Parliament. It passed easily in the Lords but faced strong Tory opposition in the Commons. Despite this, the Whigs, supporting broader religious tolerance, secured its passage, and it received royal assent. A surge of public antisemitism followed, prompting its repeal in 1754.
BM Satires 3269.
[Ref: 68928] £690.00 (£828.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament April 18th. 1754.
Etching with engraving. 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Narrow top margin, tear in top of image taped, creasing. Small margins
A satire on parliamentary corruption. The new prime minister, the Duke of Newcastle, sits by the House of Commons, using a fishing rod to lure parliamentary candidates (all on horseback) to support him with promises of advancement. The riders all express their interests, including one saying 'Jews, & no Jews'. This image reflects popular backlash against England’s highly unpopular Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753, often called the “Jew Bill.” The law allowed Jews to apply for naturalisation through Parliament. It passed easily in the Lords but faced strong Tory opposition in the Commons. Despite this, the Whigs, supporting broader religious tolerance, secured its passage, and it received royal assent. A surge of public antisemitism followed, prompting its repeal in 1754.
BM Satires 3269.
[Ref: 68928] £690.00 (£828.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Elder] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.](jpegs/68929.jpg)
[William Pitt the Elder] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.
[Orignally 1762, this printing c.1820.]
Etching. 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), on wove paper, large margins. Faint mount burn, spotting in margins, stitch holes in left margin.
Prime minister William Pitt the elder sits astride a large bubble labelled "Pride, Conceit, Patriotism, Popularity" floating in the air above Palace Yard. A satire suggesting that his policies are a bubble that will burst, copied in reverse from BM Satires 3931.
[Ref: 68929] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Orignally 1762, this printing c.1820.]
Etching. 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), on wove paper, large margins. Faint mount burn, spotting in margins, stitch holes in left margin.
Prime minister William Pitt the elder sits astride a large bubble labelled "Pride, Conceit, Patriotism, Popularity" floating in the air above Palace Yard. A satire suggesting that his policies are a bubble that will burst, copied in reverse from BM Satires 3931.
[Ref: 68929] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Commencement of the Revolution. Window Smashers.
[n.d., c.1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed and backed onto album paper, pt of larger sheet.
A satire of the Reform Act of 1832: a group of men, including the Duke of Wellington, throw bricks and stones to smash a building's window. Opponents of the attempt to pass a reform bill twice attacked the Duke's London residence, Apsley House, smashing the windows. This burlesques the events, with the Duke's bill smashing the windows of the Establishment.
[Ref: 68991] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed and backed onto album paper, pt of larger sheet.
A satire of the Reform Act of 1832: a group of men, including the Duke of Wellington, throw bricks and stones to smash a building's window. Opponents of the attempt to pass a reform bill twice attacked the Duke's London residence, Apsley House, smashing the windows. This burlesques the events, with the Duke's bill smashing the windows of the Establishment.
[Ref: 68991] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Les Passions, N.º 11. Lord-nière où la Leçon de Patins.
A Paris chez Basset, rue S.t Jacques N.º 64. Dép.é à la D.on [n.d., c.1820].
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (14¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, tear, laid on album paper at edges.
A caricatured scene of a portly Englishman (whose name is a pun on ''l'ordinière'') being taught to ice skate, a look of fear on his face.
[Ref: 68949] £360.00
A Paris chez Basset, rue S.t Jacques N.º 64. Dép.é à la D.on [n.d., c.1820].
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (14¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, tear, laid on album paper at edges.
A caricatured scene of a portly Englishman (whose name is a pun on ''l'ordinière'') being taught to ice skate, a look of fear on his face.
[Ref: 68949] £360.00
![[Thomas Stepney] Behold at Brooks's Step-nay! I'll be bound to say A figure such as this you'll see there every day-.](jpegs/68799.jpg)
[Thomas Stepney] Behold at Brooks's Step-nay! I'll be bound to say A figure such as this you'll see there every day-.
Drawn by an Amateur. Etchd. By G. Cruikshank.
Pubd. June 15th 1815 by H, Humphrey St. James's Street.
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 170 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½). Trimmed within plate to coloured border. Slight staining.
Sir Thomas Stepney (1760–1825) standing under the porch of Brooks's Club in St. James's Street. He was a a well-known figure in London's clubland and Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York.
BM 12629.
[Ref: 68799] £190.00
Drawn by an Amateur. Etchd. By G. Cruikshank.
Pubd. June 15th 1815 by H, Humphrey St. James's Street.
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 170 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½). Trimmed within plate to coloured border. Slight staining.
Sir Thomas Stepney (1760–1825) standing under the porch of Brooks's Club in St. James's Street. He was a a well-known figure in London's clubland and Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York.
BM 12629.
[Ref: 68799] £190.00
Progress of the Toilet. - The Stays. - Plate 1. [&] - The Wig. - Plate 2. [&] - Dress Completed. Plate 3.
Design'd by an Amateur. J.s Gillray fec.t.
London. Publish'd February 26.th 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Set of three coloured etchings. 270 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), large margins, plate 1 watermarked 'J Whatman - W Balston'. Paper toned and stained; plate 1 with printer's crease in right margin
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 68936] £950.00 view all images for this item
Design'd by an Amateur. J.s Gillray fec.t.
London. Publish'd February 26.th 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Set of three coloured etchings. 270 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), large margins, plate 1 watermarked 'J Whatman - W Balston'. Paper toned and stained; plate 1 with printer's crease in right margin
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 68936] £950.00 view all images for this item
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The Unlucky Boy. 217.
Hen.y Morland Inven.t et Pinx.t.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 Feb.y 1773.
Very fine hand-coloured mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (15¼ x 10"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate.
A young boy leans across a small round table, using a thin strip of paper to tickle the nose of a girl asleep in a high-backed wooden chair to the right. He raises a finger to his lips as he stifles a laugh, both figures softly illuminated by the candle on the table. Plate re-issued by Robert Sayer with the series number '217' added to right.
CS 19. State recorded in the Lennox-Boyd database III of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68851] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Hen.y Morland Inven.t et Pinx.t.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 Feb.y 1773.
Very fine hand-coloured mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (15¼ x 10"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate.
A young boy leans across a small round table, using a thin strip of paper to tickle the nose of a girl asleep in a high-backed wooden chair to the right. He raises a finger to his lips as he stifles a laugh, both figures softly illuminated by the candle on the table. Plate re-issued by Robert Sayer with the series number '217' added to right.
CS 19. State recorded in the Lennox-Boyd database III of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68851] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes.] Arms of Liberty and Slevery.](jpegs/68935.jpg)
[John Wilkes.] Arms of Liberty and Slevery. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Middlesex [...] I am, With gratitude and esteem, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient humble Servant, John Wilkes. King's Bench Prison. Saturday, June 18, 1768.
[1768]
Broadside, etching and letterpress. Sheet 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9½"), large margins. Folds and creasing.
A very rare broadside, purporting to be written by John Wilkes soon after his imprisonment in 1768 for publishing the North Briton and the Essay on Woman in 1764. Mock coats-of-arms for Wilkes show his portrait supported by John Glynn and Earl Temple with the motto "Always Ready in a Good Cause"; those for Lord Mansfield show Lord Bute and the Devil with the motto "Justice Sans Pitie".
BM Satires 4207.
[Ref: 68935] £1,350.00 (£1620.00 incl.VAT)
[1768]
Broadside, etching and letterpress. Sheet 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9½"), large margins. Folds and creasing.
A very rare broadside, purporting to be written by John Wilkes soon after his imprisonment in 1768 for publishing the North Briton and the Essay on Woman in 1764. Mock coats-of-arms for Wilkes show his portrait supported by John Glynn and Earl Temple with the motto "Always Ready in a Good Cause"; those for Lord Mansfield show Lord Bute and the Devil with the motto "Justice Sans Pitie".
BM Satires 4207.
[Ref: 68935] £1,350.00 (£1620.00 incl.VAT)
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![[The miraculous windmill']](jpegs/68953.jpg)
[The miraculous windmill']
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine coloured etching, extremely scarce. Sheet 295 x 450mm (11½ x 17¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing inscriptions, stains mostly not showing on front.
A supposed invention of a miraculous windmill capable of transforming ugly wives into beautiful ones. On the left and behind men bring their wives by boat, barrow and piggyback to place them inside the windmill; on the right the rejuvenated beauties are welcomed by their spouses.
See Wellcome 26373i for a variant.
[Ref: 68953] £680.00
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine coloured etching, extremely scarce. Sheet 295 x 450mm (11½ x 17¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing inscriptions, stains mostly not showing on front.
A supposed invention of a miraculous windmill capable of transforming ugly wives into beautiful ones. On the left and behind men bring their wives by boat, barrow and piggyback to place them inside the windmill; on the right the rejuvenated beauties are welcomed by their spouses.
See Wellcome 26373i for a variant.
[Ref: 68953] £680.00