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Récréations. Pl. 23. Société respectable.
Henry Monnier. Lith. de Bernard.
Publié par Giraldon-Bovinet, Passage Vivienne, N.º 26, à Paris [n.d., c.1826].
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), large margins.
A caricatured scene of billiards players around a table.
[Ref: 69145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Monnier. Lith. de Bernard.
Publié par Giraldon-Bovinet, Passage Vivienne, N.º 26, à Paris [n.d., c.1826].
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), large margins.
A caricatured scene of billiards players around a table.
[Ref: 69145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Club. Eamus quo Ducet Gula.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
Published April. 21. 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill & 8 Old Broad Street London.
Stipple. 395 x 505mm (15¾ x 20"). Tear entering plate on left, crease on left. Small margins.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'. First published in 1788 by Dickinson.
See BM Satire 7452 for the first issue.
[Ref: 69122] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
Published April. 21. 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill & 8 Old Broad Street London.
Stipple. 395 x 505mm (15¾ x 20"). Tear entering plate on left, crease on left. Small margins.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'. First published in 1788 by Dickinson.
See BM Satire 7452 for the first issue.
[Ref: 69122] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Dancing Lesson _ P:t 2.
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The second of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl lifts the hem of her dress as a boy, hat in hand, takes a step.
Not in BM Satires (the only one in the series not listed, but plates 3 & 4 only 1835 reissues). See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The second of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl lifts the hem of her dress as a boy, hat in hand, takes a step.
Not in BM Satires (the only one in the series not listed, but plates 3 & 4 only 1835 reissues). See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Dancing Lesson _ P:t 1.
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The first of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl stands still as he begins to play, with a boy bowing as he enters the room.
BM Satires 14436. See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The first of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl stands still as he begins to play, with a boy bowing as he enters the room.
BM Satires 14436. See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Flemish Club. 407.
David Teniers Pinx.t. C. Corbutt Fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at No.53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, fine impression, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), large margins. Creasing.
A scene in a tavern in which men and women sit drinking, eating and smoking. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69174] £320.00
David Teniers Pinx.t. C. Corbutt Fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at No.53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, fine impression, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), large margins. Creasing.
A scene in a tavern in which men and women sit drinking, eating and smoking. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69174] £320.00
![[John Scott, Earl of Eldon] The September Sittings. _ A Demurrer.](jpegs/69097.jpg)
[John Scott, Earl of Eldon] The September Sittings. _ A Demurrer. Tros Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur. Virgil.
Pub.d by E. King, 25, Chancery Lane, Nov.r 3, 1825.
Coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"), with large margins. Mint.
A full-length caricatured portrait of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), out shooting, using the Purse of the Great Seal as his game bag. In it are a cock and goose, the traditional bag of the cockney sportsman, and a piglet. The Latin quotation, 'Trojan and Tyrian shall be treated by me impartially', refers to his duties as Lord Chancellor. Eldon was an ardent sportsman at Encombe, his country estate.
BM 14805.
[Ref: 69097] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by E. King, 25, Chancery Lane, Nov.r 3, 1825.
Coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"), with large margins. Mint.
A full-length caricatured portrait of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), out shooting, using the Purse of the Great Seal as his game bag. In it are a cock and goose, the traditional bag of the cockney sportsman, and a piglet. The Latin quotation, 'Trojan and Tyrian shall be treated by me impartially', refers to his duties as Lord Chancellor. Eldon was an ardent sportsman at Encombe, his country estate.
BM 14805.
[Ref: 69097] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Tavern Scene.] [From a Painting by D: Teniers, in the Collection of Sir James Lowther, Bar.t.]](jpegs/69028.jpg)
[Tavern Scene.] [From a Painting by D: Teniers, in the Collection of Sir James Lowther, Bar.t.]
Teniers pinx.t. WBaillie Sculp.t.
Publish'd 23.d Dec.r 1771.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 445 x 340mm (17½ x 13¼"). Narrow lateral margins.
An untitled Dutch tavern scene, centred around a card game, after David Teniers II (1610-90). It was engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 69028] £360.00
Teniers pinx.t. WBaillie Sculp.t.
Publish'd 23.d Dec.r 1771.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 445 x 340mm (17½ x 13¼"). Narrow lateral margins.
An untitled Dutch tavern scene, centred around a card game, after David Teniers II (1610-90). It was engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 69028] £360.00