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Phaeton alarm'd! "Now all the horrors of the heav'ns he spies, "And monstrous shadows of prodigious size, / That, deck'd with stars, lie scatter'd o'er the skies. / "Th' astonish'd youth, where-e'er his eyes could turn, "Beheld the universe around him burn: "The world was in a blaze!" - See, Ovid's Metamorphoses.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
London. Publish'd March 22.d 1808. - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed into plate, folded, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire of the political situation in 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars. Foreign Secretary George Canning is depicted driving the Chariot of the Sun (the Ministry) across the sky to destruction, threatened by the various factions (shown as constellations), watched by Pitt (as Phaeton's father Apollo) in a shroud. Below is the Earth in flames, with Napoleon riding Ursa Major. American interest.
BM Satires 10972, with extensive description. See Tim Clayton Gillray page 323/4/5, No.203. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70133] £1,500.00
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
London. Publish'd March 22.d 1808. - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed into plate, folded, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire of the political situation in 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars. Foreign Secretary George Canning is depicted driving the Chariot of the Sun (the Ministry) across the sky to destruction, threatened by the various factions (shown as constellations), watched by Pitt (as Phaeton's father Apollo) in a shroud. Below is the Earth in flames, with Napoleon riding Ursa Major. American interest.
BM Satires 10972, with extensive description. See Tim Clayton Gillray page 323/4/5, No.203. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70133] £1,500.00
Le Robinson de l'Ile d'Elbe.
[Jacques Louis Constant Le Cerf.]
[n.d., 1814]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
A caricature of Napoleon Bonaparte as Robinson Crusoe, in uniform but with a tiger skin wrapper around him, holding an umbrella and saw, with a backpack filled with papers of of his defeats and misdeeds. Behind is his 'Man Friday', in loincloth, military jacket and hat.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70108] £490.00
[Jacques Louis Constant Le Cerf.]
[n.d., 1814]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
A caricature of Napoleon Bonaparte as Robinson Crusoe, in uniform but with a tiger skin wrapper around him, holding an umbrella and saw, with a backpack filled with papers of of his defeats and misdeeds. Behind is his 'Man Friday', in loincloth, military jacket and hat.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70108] £490.00
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The French Bugabo Frightening the Royal Commanders.
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly April 14 1797. Folios of Caracatures Lent.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 495 (11 x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, creasing, mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon Bonaparte (recognisable by his name on his bonnet rouge only) sits astride a dragon, whose breath represents the French army. To the right Archduke Charles of Austria and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, rush to escape the flames. Bottom left Pope Pius VI lies crushed by the dragon. Top right the winged head of Charles James Fox looks down smiling. A satire of the success of the French invasion of Italy, 1796-7.
BM Satires 9005. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70067] £490.00
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly April 14 1797. Folios of Caracatures Lent.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 495 (11 x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, creasing, mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon Bonaparte (recognisable by his name on his bonnet rouge only) sits astride a dragon, whose breath represents the French army. To the right Archduke Charles of Austria and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, rush to escape the flames. Bottom left Pope Pius VI lies crushed by the dragon. Top right the winged head of Charles James Fox looks down smiling. A satire of the success of the French invasion of Italy, 1796-7.
BM Satires 9005. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70067] £490.00
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The Ghost of Buonaparte appearing to the Directory.
ICk [Isaac Cruikshank].
Published by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan: 1. 1799. Folios of Caricatures Lent
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
An unrecognisable Napoleon emerges from smoke to threaten the French Directory with a sword. He wears a shirt, sash and spurred boots only, with a bleeding wound in his side. A paper on the desk suggests that the Directory sent him to Egypt to removed him from domestic politics. Two weeks earlier a report of Bonaparte's assassination in Cairo was received in London.
BM Satires 9336. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70105] £420.00
ICk [Isaac Cruikshank].
Published by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan: 1. 1799. Folios of Caricatures Lent
Etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
An unrecognisable Napoleon emerges from smoke to threaten the French Directory with a sword. He wears a shirt, sash and spurred boots only, with a bleeding wound in his side. A paper on the desk suggests that the Directory sent him to Egypt to removed him from domestic politics. Two weeks earlier a report of Bonaparte's assassination in Cairo was received in London.
BM Satires 9336. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70105] £420.00
Les Derniers M de la Republique. N.º XX.
[n.d., 1799.]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Two copies of French satires, published in 'London und Paris'. Above General Jourdan rides a lobster travelling backwards towards the Rhine. Below Napoleon approaches Madame Ango (a theatrical character, a former wish wife now wealthy) who is 'pregnant with the future', holding a pair of sabres so that they resemble obstetric forceps.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70111] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1799.]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Two copies of French satires, published in 'London und Paris'. Above General Jourdan rides a lobster travelling backwards towards the Rhine. Below Napoleon approaches Madame Ango (a theatrical character, a former wish wife now wealthy) who is 'pregnant with the future', holding a pair of sabres so that they resemble obstetric forceps.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70111] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Second Coalition] The State of the War _ or _ the Monkey-Race in Danger.](jpegs/70047.jpg)
[The Second Coalition] The State of the War _ or _ the Monkey-Race in Danger.
J.s Gillray, inv. & fect.
Pub.d May 20.th 1799. by H. Humphrey No 27 S.t James's Street.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire on the Second Coalition against France, with figures representing the members attacking a French army of monkeys. There is a crescent-headed Turk, grasping Napoleon by the waist; the Russian bear, crushing four monkeys in a hug; the Austrian eagle clasps a sheaf of thunderbolts, tearing a bonnet-rouge to piece; and the British lion, devouring its prey.
BM Satires 9388. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70047] £480.00
J.s Gillray, inv. & fect.
Pub.d May 20.th 1799. by H. Humphrey No 27 S.t James's Street.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire on the Second Coalition against France, with figures representing the members attacking a French army of monkeys. There is a crescent-headed Turk, grasping Napoleon by the waist; the Russian bear, crushing four monkeys in a hug; the Austrian eagle clasps a sheaf of thunderbolts, tearing a bonnet-rouge to piece; and the British lion, devouring its prey.
BM Satires 9388. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70047] £480.00
The Night Mare.
R S 1799 [Chapman, Aq.for fe]
[Publish'd May 1. 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterboro' Court Fleet Street - for the Anti Jacobin Review]
Stipple, album sheet 400 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and pasted on album sheet with other texts about dreams.
Pl. to the 'Anti-Jacobin Review', iii. 99. Charles James Fox, asleep in a half-tester bed, is tormented by the phantoms of his dream. A fiery horse ridden by a sansculotte tramples his chest, while Napoleon Bonaparte, depicted as a fierce, almost naked creature, pulls at Fox’s outstretched hand. A winged demon wearing a bonnet-rouge clings to the bed canopy and tears away the bedclothes. The flag carried by the sansculotte bears ‘Vive la Liberté’, with a heart pierced by a dagger. A dagger lies beneath Fox’s pillow and another flies towards him through the window. His discarded coat and boots lie nearby, with Godwin’s Political Justice protruding from the pocket. A chamber-pot is inscribed ‘Le Paux’, while pamphlets on the floor include ‘Ancient Republics’, ‘Wakefield Answer’, and ‘Morning Chronicle’.
BM Satires 9371.
[Ref: 70095] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R S 1799 [Chapman, Aq.for fe]
[Publish'd May 1. 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterboro' Court Fleet Street - for the Anti Jacobin Review]
Stipple, album sheet 400 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and pasted on album sheet with other texts about dreams.
Pl. to the 'Anti-Jacobin Review', iii. 99. Charles James Fox, asleep in a half-tester bed, is tormented by the phantoms of his dream. A fiery horse ridden by a sansculotte tramples his chest, while Napoleon Bonaparte, depicted as a fierce, almost naked creature, pulls at Fox’s outstretched hand. A winged demon wearing a bonnet-rouge clings to the bed canopy and tears away the bedclothes. The flag carried by the sansculotte bears ‘Vive la Liberté’, with a heart pierced by a dagger. A dagger lies beneath Fox’s pillow and another flies towards him through the window. His discarded coat and boots lie nearby, with Godwin’s Political Justice protruding from the pocket. A chamber-pot is inscribed ‘Le Paux’, while pamphlets on the floor include ‘Ancient Republics’, ‘Wakefield Answer’, and ‘Morning Chronicle’.
BM Satires 9371.
[Ref: 70095] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![Satans, return from [Egypt] Earth. Discovered in council- with Belzebub & Belial- a sketch after Fuseli- !!!](jpegs/67711.jpg)
Satans, return from [Egypt] Earth. Discovered in council- with Belzebub & Belial- a sketch after Fuseli- !!!
[Cawse] fecit.
Publish.d Nov.r 30 1799 by SW Fores Piccadilly where f[olios] of Caricatures may be had for the Evening
Hand-coloured etching, 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Stamp of Samuel William Fores 'S.W.F' in brown ink in right corner. . Thread margin on left and trimmed to plate on right.
One phrase within the image, "Constitutions Ready for all Occasions", is in the typically neat hand of F. Sansom( fl. c.1797-1810); the remainder of the lettering is less carefully etched. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits enthroned among clouds, brooding, his face in both hands. His right leg rests on a skull, his left trampling papers titled ‘Hymn Marselos’ and 'Council of Cinq Cents.’ Beneath the skull lie more papers: ‘Liste of the Judges’, ‘Myself in Egypt an Oratorio’, ‘Ca ira ira’. He wears uniform and a plumed cocked hat, framed by a radiant triangle of daggers inscribed ‘Seyes’, ‘Buonaparte’, ‘Ducos’; within it appears Abbaye. Behind him stand two attendant demons: Sieyès (1748-1836), wearing a bonnet-rouge, and Ducos (1747-1816), both emerging from clouds in long gowns, looking anxiously at their master; a label reads ‘Constitutions Ready for all Occasions’. In the air, four small, tailed demons with the heads of English Jacobins swarm around; Sheridan (1751-1816) spits fire at Bonaparte, while Fox (1749-1806) is at the right, the remaining figures likely M. A. Taylor (1757-1834) and Stanhope (1753-1816) .Along the lower edge appear rough Frenchmen cheering their new ruler, waving bonnets-rouges or daggers. One shouts "Down with the Councils up wth the Committees", another "Vive La Babouf Ca ira".
BM Satires 9431. Lugt L.2384.
[Ref: 67711] £420.00
[Cawse] fecit.
Publish.d Nov.r 30 1799 by SW Fores Piccadilly where f[olios] of Caricatures may be had for the Evening
Hand-coloured etching, 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Stamp of Samuel William Fores 'S.W.F' in brown ink in right corner. . Thread margin on left and trimmed to plate on right.
One phrase within the image, "Constitutions Ready for all Occasions", is in the typically neat hand of F. Sansom( fl. c.1797-1810); the remainder of the lettering is less carefully etched. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits enthroned among clouds, brooding, his face in both hands. His right leg rests on a skull, his left trampling papers titled ‘Hymn Marselos’ and 'Council of Cinq Cents.’ Beneath the skull lie more papers: ‘Liste of the Judges’, ‘Myself in Egypt an Oratorio’, ‘Ca ira ira’. He wears uniform and a plumed cocked hat, framed by a radiant triangle of daggers inscribed ‘Seyes’, ‘Buonaparte’, ‘Ducos’; within it appears Abbaye. Behind him stand two attendant demons: Sieyès (1748-1836), wearing a bonnet-rouge, and Ducos (1747-1816), both emerging from clouds in long gowns, looking anxiously at their master; a label reads ‘Constitutions Ready for all Occasions’. In the air, four small, tailed demons with the heads of English Jacobins swarm around; Sheridan (1751-1816) spits fire at Bonaparte, while Fox (1749-1806) is at the right, the remaining figures likely M. A. Taylor (1757-1834) and Stanhope (1753-1816) .Along the lower edge appear rough Frenchmen cheering their new ruler, waving bonnets-rouges or daggers. One shouts "Down with the Councils up wth the Committees", another "Vive La Babouf Ca ira".
BM Satires 9431. Lugt L.2384.
[Ref: 67711] £420.00
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The Ghost of Buonaparte appearing to the Directory.
ICk [Isaac Cruikshank].
Published by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan: 1. 1799. Folios of Caricatures Lent
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears in the inscription area, mounted in album paper at sides.
An unrecognisable Napoleon emerges from smoke to threaten the French Directory with a sword. He wears a shirt, sash and spurred boots only, with a bleeding wound in his side. A paper on the desk suggests that the Directory sent him to Egypt to removed him from domestic politics. Two weeks earlier a report of Bonaparte's assassination in Cairo was received in London.
BM Satires 9336. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70104] £550.00
ICk [Isaac Cruikshank].
Published by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan: 1. 1799. Folios of Caricatures Lent
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears in the inscription area, mounted in album paper at sides.
An unrecognisable Napoleon emerges from smoke to threaten the French Directory with a sword. He wears a shirt, sash and spurred boots only, with a bleeding wound in his side. A paper on the desk suggests that the Directory sent him to Egypt to removed him from domestic politics. Two weeks earlier a report of Bonaparte's assassination in Cairo was received in London.
BM Satires 9336. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70104] £550.00
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Buonaparte, 48 Hours after Landing! _ Vide John Bulls Home-stroke, Armed en Masse.
J.s Gillray dis & fec.t.
Pub.d July 26th 1803, by H. Humphrey St James Street London.
Coloured etching with excellent colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with good margins. Two slight printer's creases, mounted in album paper at edges.
Gillray's famous satire on Napoleon's ambitions to invade England, with John Bull displaying Bonaparte's head on a pitchfork, dripping blood.
BM Satires 10041, with extensive description. See Tim Clayton Gillray page 286. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70134] £1,950.00
J.s Gillray dis & fec.t.
Pub.d July 26th 1803, by H. Humphrey St James Street London.
Coloured etching with excellent colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with good margins. Two slight printer's creases, mounted in album paper at edges.
Gillray's famous satire on Napoleon's ambitions to invade England, with John Bull displaying Bonaparte's head on a pitchfork, dripping blood.
BM Satires 10041, with extensive description. See Tim Clayton Gillray page 286. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70134] £1,950.00
John Bull United. Bona in two Parts.
J.C. Cooke fecit 1803.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 20.th 1803.
Coloured etching. 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Small holes and creasing, mounted in album paper at sides.
A rare satire depicting John Bull as half bull with London Volunteer badge and musket and half sailor with a cudgel, standing on an island, England, Scotland and Ireland united. Opposite him is Napoleon, half soldier with one foot on Corsica, half winged demon, standing on France.
Not in BM Satire but 1948,0214.659. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70070] £850.00
J.C. Cooke fecit 1803.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 20.th 1803.
Coloured etching. 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Small holes and creasing, mounted in album paper at sides.
A rare satire depicting John Bull as half bull with London Volunteer badge and musket and half sailor with a cudgel, standing on an island, England, Scotland and Ireland united. Opposite him is Napoleon, half soldier with one foot on Corsica, half winged demon, standing on France.
Not in BM Satire but 1948,0214.659. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70070] £850.00
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![[Napoleon] A Gallic Idol.](jpegs/70071.jpg)
[Napoleon] A Gallic Idol. Symbolical of the Effects produced by that Cause which the enlightened ([sketch of a fox]) in ye Eighteenth Century sagaciously predicted would ultimately prove a Stupendous Monument of Human Wisdom!!!
J. Boyne, del. J. Barth sc.
London, Published by R. Cribb, 20 Aug.t 1803.
Fine & scarce coloured aquatint and etching. 450 x 295mm (17¾ x 11¾"). Creasing, old ink numeral bottom right. Small margins.
A symbolical bust of Napoleon, dressed as a Roman emperor, with a helmet with a wreath dripping blood and snakes hissing 'Rapine', 'Lust', 'Murder'. On the top sit Death and the Devil. Under his cloak his torn heart is exposed through rotten ribs, stabbed with a dagger marked 'Wilson's Narrative' and a spear 'British Press'. Part of the heart, marked 'Egypt' has been torn away. A satire made during the threat of invasion. In 1791 Fox called the French Revolutionary Constitution 'a stupendous Monument of Human Wisdom'.
BM Satires 10070. Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, no. 70, page 127. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70071] £1,650.00
J. Boyne, del. J. Barth sc.
London, Published by R. Cribb, 20 Aug.t 1803.
Fine & scarce coloured aquatint and etching. 450 x 295mm (17¾ x 11¾"). Creasing, old ink numeral bottom right. Small margins.
A symbolical bust of Napoleon, dressed as a Roman emperor, with a helmet with a wreath dripping blood and snakes hissing 'Rapine', 'Lust', 'Murder'. On the top sit Death and the Devil. Under his cloak his torn heart is exposed through rotten ribs, stabbed with a dagger marked 'Wilson's Narrative' and a spear 'British Press'. Part of the heart, marked 'Egypt' has been torn away. A satire made during the threat of invasion. In 1791 Fox called the French Revolutionary Constitution 'a stupendous Monument of Human Wisdom'.
BM Satires 10070. Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, no. 70, page 127. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70071] £1,650.00
The Funeral Procession of Buonaparte.
[George Moutard Woodward]
Pub.d Oct.r 27 1803 by William Holland N 11 Cockspur Street Pall Mall London.
Fine coloured etching. Two sheets conjoined, total 180 x 1100mm, with large margins. On paper watermarked 1804. Folded as issued, partially mounted in album paper at corners, folds reinforced on reverse.
An extremely rare satire, supposedly depicting the funeral of Napoleon Bonaparte. The procession is led by demons, with the coffin carried by uniformed monkeys. The mourners are led by a skeletal death and a Captain of the Consular Guard (another monkey), but the rest are ''Merry Mourners!!'', with 'Ghosts from the Plains of Jappa', and smiling representatives of the European countries that opposed Napoleon, with John Bull being carried by British sailors taking up the rear.
Not in BM. The only example we could trace is in the Princeton (Graphic Arts collection 2011.01416), which they describe as a later printing of 1813.Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 19
[Ref: 70060] £2,500.00
[George Moutard Woodward]
Pub.d Oct.r 27 1803 by William Holland N 11 Cockspur Street Pall Mall London.
Fine coloured etching. Two sheets conjoined, total 180 x 1100mm, with large margins. On paper watermarked 1804. Folded as issued, partially mounted in album paper at corners, folds reinforced on reverse.
An extremely rare satire, supposedly depicting the funeral of Napoleon Bonaparte. The procession is led by demons, with the coffin carried by uniformed monkeys. The mourners are led by a skeletal death and a Captain of the Consular Guard (another monkey), but the rest are ''Merry Mourners!!'', with 'Ghosts from the Plains of Jappa', and smiling representatives of the European countries that opposed Napoleon, with John Bull being carried by British sailors taking up the rear.
Not in BM. The only example we could trace is in the Princeton (Graphic Arts collection 2011.01416), which they describe as a later printing of 1813.Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 19
[Ref: 70060] £2,500.00
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An Hieroglyphic, Describing the State of Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, for 1804.
Engraved for the ''Prophetic-Mirror, or a Hint to England'', by L. Mayer. Printed by C. Stower, Charles Street, Hatton Garden.
Sold by Parsons and Sun Ludgate Hill; Vidler, 349, Strand; Marsom, 187, High Holborn, Major, Duke Street, West Smithfield, and Fairburn, 146 Minories. _ Price 1s Coloured - 6d Uncoloured.
Scarce woodcut. Sheet 255 x 400mm (14 x 15¾"). Trimmed close to printed borders on three sides, mounted in album paper at sides.
Three rampant lions face down 'the Beast', part dragon, part tiger, with Napoleon's head and the number 666 on one shoulder. Bonaparte holds a dagger and the chains he intends to bind the lions with. Between them is a narrow English Channel. On the left John Bull rests under the Tree of the constitution; in France soldiers fire at women and children, and demons break a pole surmounted by the cap of Liberty. A satire on the anticipated French invasion of England.
BM Satires 10220. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70069] £360.00
Engraved for the ''Prophetic-Mirror, or a Hint to England'', by L. Mayer. Printed by C. Stower, Charles Street, Hatton Garden.
Sold by Parsons and Sun Ludgate Hill; Vidler, 349, Strand; Marsom, 187, High Holborn, Major, Duke Street, West Smithfield, and Fairburn, 146 Minories. _ Price 1s Coloured - 6d Uncoloured.
Scarce woodcut. Sheet 255 x 400mm (14 x 15¾"). Trimmed close to printed borders on three sides, mounted in album paper at sides.
Three rampant lions face down 'the Beast', part dragon, part tiger, with Napoleon's head and the number 666 on one shoulder. Bonaparte holds a dagger and the chains he intends to bind the lions with. Between them is a narrow English Channel. On the left John Bull rests under the Tree of the constitution; in France soldiers fire at women and children, and demons break a pole surmounted by the cap of Liberty. A satire on the anticipated French invasion of England.
BM Satires 10220. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70069] £360.00
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The Cold-Blooded Murderer or the Assassination of the Duke D'Enghein.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d June 2.d 1804 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Parts of image weakly inked at top, mounted in album paper at sides
A satire of execution of Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duke of Enghien (1772-1804). He is shown tied to a tree, with Napoleon repeatedly running him through with a sabre, watched by two soldiers wearing carnival masks. Behind five little demons wearing bonnets rouges bring a crown made of daggers to Napoleon The duke was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to overthrow Napoleon in 1804 and shot after a court martial, leading to international outrage.
BM Satires 10251. Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, no. 80, page 135. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70066] £380.00
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d June 2.d 1804 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Parts of image weakly inked at top, mounted in album paper at sides
A satire of execution of Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duke of Enghien (1772-1804). He is shown tied to a tree, with Napoleon repeatedly running him through with a sabre, watched by two soldiers wearing carnival masks. Behind five little demons wearing bonnets rouges bring a crown made of daggers to Napoleon The duke was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to overthrow Napoleon in 1804 and shot after a court martial, leading to international outrage.
BM Satires 10251. Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, no. 80, page 135. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70066] £380.00
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A Representation of the Present State of France.
Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars.
Published by L. Mayer, as the Act directs, August 13, 1804. Price 1s. coloured.
Scarce woodcut. Sheet 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾"). Trimmed close to printed borders at sides, mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon guides an officer into his secret chamber, where a demon sits among Bonaparte's plans for the domination of Europe. To the right a monk and a sansculotte, shackled together, drag a car in which is an imperial crown, with demons hovering above ''donoting Five Years of Destruction'. A satire on Napoleon's anticipated coronation, published in the 'Prophetic Mirror, or a Hint to England'.
BM Satires 10267. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70068] £360.00
Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars.
Published by L. Mayer, as the Act directs, August 13, 1804. Price 1s. coloured.
Scarce woodcut. Sheet 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾"). Trimmed close to printed borders at sides, mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon guides an officer into his secret chamber, where a demon sits among Bonaparte's plans for the domination of Europe. To the right a monk and a sansculotte, shackled together, drag a car in which is an imperial crown, with demons hovering above ''donoting Five Years of Destruction'. A satire on Napoleon's anticipated coronation, published in the 'Prophetic Mirror, or a Hint to England'.
BM Satires 10267. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70068] £360.00
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[Napoleon.]
[n.d., c.1805.]
French coloured etching, very rare, Sheet 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, notch in left edge, mounted in album paper.
Napoleon strides along in his coronation robes and crown, sword raised, before a scene of French troops ransacking a city.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70148] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1805.]
French coloured etching, very rare, Sheet 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, notch in left edge, mounted in album paper.
Napoleon strides along in his coronation robes and crown, sword raised, before a scene of French troops ransacking a city.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70148] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Tiddy-doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker; drawing out a new Batch of Kings. his Man, Hopping Talley, mixing up the Dough.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.
Publish.d Jan.y 23.d 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom, bottom left corner restored, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon as a baker, making new kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg and Baden out of gingerbread, having wrested those states from Austrian control. The remains of the Old Regime kings, including Spain and Holland, have been swept into an 'Ash-Hole'. Behind Talleyrand is mixing more dough, inscribed Hungary, Poland and Turkey.
BM Satires 10518, with extensive description. See BM Napoleon & The British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 101, page 162; Tim Clayton Gillray page 297. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 19
[Ref: 70136] £1,350.00
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.
Publish.d Jan.y 23.d 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom, bottom left corner restored, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon as a baker, making new kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg and Baden out of gingerbread, having wrested those states from Austrian control. The remains of the Old Regime kings, including Spain and Holland, have been swept into an 'Ash-Hole'. Behind Talleyrand is mixing more dough, inscribed Hungary, Poland and Turkey.
BM Satires 10518, with extensive description. See BM Napoleon & The British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 101, page 162; Tim Clayton Gillray page 297. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 19
[Ref: 70136] £1,350.00
Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d Sept.r 1st 1806 by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (10 x 14¼"), on pt J. Whatman paper . Trimmed into plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon as a drill sergeant, standing on cannonballs to make himself taller, aided by Talleyrand as 'Constable of the Corps'. The conscripts are the Ministry, including Windham, Sheridan and Ellenborough, who are being instructed to 'Ground-Arms' by Napoleon, which they accomplish awkwardly. Sitting in an invalid chair next to Napoleon is Fox, beating a pair of kettle-drums. A satire of both the 'Windham's Training Act' in which conscripts were to undergo twenty-four days' military training for one year, and peace negotiations with Napoleon.
BM Satires 10596, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70137] £1,350.00
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d Sept.r 1st 1806 by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (10 x 14¼"), on pt J. Whatman paper . Trimmed into plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon as a drill sergeant, standing on cannonballs to make himself taller, aided by Talleyrand as 'Constable of the Corps'. The conscripts are the Ministry, including Windham, Sheridan and Ellenborough, who are being instructed to 'Ground-Arms' by Napoleon, which they accomplish awkwardly. Sitting in an invalid chair next to Napoleon is Fox, beating a pair of kettle-drums. A satire of both the 'Windham's Training Act' in which conscripts were to undergo twenty-four days' military training for one year, and peace negotiations with Napoleon.
BM Satires 10596, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70137] £1,350.00
The Wages of Sin is Death. A Characteristic Design for the Arms of Buonaparte.
[G. Alexander sculp] Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70073] £490.00
[G. Alexander sculp] Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70073] £490.00
The Wages of Sin is Death. A Characteristic Design for the Arms of Buonaparte.
Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An early example of the theme, later copied by Vogel, Cruikshank and Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. See item 63811 for later impression.
[Ref: 63973] £650.00
Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An early example of the theme, later copied by Vogel, Cruikshank and Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. See item 63811 for later impression.
[Ref: 63973] £650.00
The Valley of the Shadow of Death.
James Gillray Inv.t Sept 24 1808.
London Published by John Miller Bridge Street, & W. Blackwood Edinburgh.
Hand-coloured engraving, sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tipped into album sheet. Foxed.
Napoleon advances along a rocky causeway, only to be confronted by a host of symbolic enemies. The British lion, accompanied by a Sicilian terrier, attacks him as Death, riding a Spanish mule, and a Portuguese wolf close in. Around him appear emblems of resistance and opposition, including the Turkish crescent, the spirit of Charles XII, the Imperial Eagle, and the Pope, while the Russian bear follows at his heels. Below, Joseph Bonaparte is shown drowning, alongside other hostile creatures representing Napoleon’s weakened or rebellious allies. Plate from, 'The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations, and Compendious Biographical Anecdotes and Notices,' a nine-volume history of James Gillray’s work, published by John Miller and William Blackwood between 1824 and 1827. One of four major posthumous editions issued in the early nineteenth century, it was uniquely produced from copied engravings rather than Gillray’s original copperplates. Prints were sold individually or in bound volumes, with a choice of bindings and colouring.
See BM Satires 11031 for the one published by Humphrey.
[Ref: 69953] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
James Gillray Inv.t Sept 24 1808.
London Published by John Miller Bridge Street, & W. Blackwood Edinburgh.
Hand-coloured engraving, sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tipped into album sheet. Foxed.
Napoleon advances along a rocky causeway, only to be confronted by a host of symbolic enemies. The British lion, accompanied by a Sicilian terrier, attacks him as Death, riding a Spanish mule, and a Portuguese wolf close in. Around him appear emblems of resistance and opposition, including the Turkish crescent, the spirit of Charles XII, the Imperial Eagle, and the Pope, while the Russian bear follows at his heels. Below, Joseph Bonaparte is shown drowning, alongside other hostile creatures representing Napoleon’s weakened or rebellious allies. Plate from, 'The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations, and Compendious Biographical Anecdotes and Notices,' a nine-volume history of James Gillray’s work, published by John Miller and William Blackwood between 1824 and 1827. One of four major posthumous editions issued in the early nineteenth century, it was uniquely produced from copied engravings rather than Gillray’s original copperplates. Prints were sold individually or in bound volumes, with a choice of bindings and colouring.
See BM Satires 11031 for the one published by Humphrey.
[Ref: 69953] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Long Faces at Bayonne or King Nap and King Joe in the Dumps.
[After Woodward?]
Pub.d Aug.t 1808 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching, plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Antique double-rim circular postal cancellation stamp (British 1808) on verso Creasing where previously folded. Hole in King Joe's robes. Tear in left margin just touching the plate. Time staining.
Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte as long-faced Lilliputians, seated, hands on knees. Napoleon is in uniform and Joseph wearing a crown with a Spanish ermine-trimmed robe and the order of the Golden Fleece. After his defeat at the Battle of Bailén (16-19 July 1808) Joseph, the 'king of Spain', retreated from Madrid to Bayonne. Postal history interest.
Tentative artist attribution to Woodward from the British Museum catalogue.
BM Satires 11009.
[Ref: 70084] £380.00
[After Woodward?]
Pub.d Aug.t 1808 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching, plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Antique double-rim circular postal cancellation stamp (British 1808) on verso Creasing where previously folded. Hole in King Joe's robes. Tear in left margin just touching the plate. Time staining.
Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte as long-faced Lilliputians, seated, hands on knees. Napoleon is in uniform and Joseph wearing a crown with a Spanish ermine-trimmed robe and the order of the Golden Fleece. After his defeat at the Battle of Bailén (16-19 July 1808) Joseph, the 'king of Spain', retreated from Madrid to Bayonne. Postal history interest.
Tentative artist attribution to Woodward from the British Museum catalogue.
BM Satires 11009.
[Ref: 70084] £380.00
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Spanish-Flies or Boney takeing an imoderate Dose. Cantharides, or Spanish Flies - in too large a dose brings on Faintings - Giddyness Raving - Madness and Death. Vide Lewis Dispensatory.
E _ [monogram of William Elmes].
Dec.r 1. 1812. Pub.d by Tho.s Tegg Nº 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte are chased from Madrid to the Pyrenees by a cloud of flies. Napoleon complains that they had been of great use to him (a reference to the supposed aphrodisiac properties of the Spanish fly), but now could cause 'mortification'.
BM Satires 11016. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70129] £380.00
E _ [monogram of William Elmes].
Dec.r 1. 1812. Pub.d by Tho.s Tegg Nº 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte are chased from Madrid to the Pyrenees by a cloud of flies. Napoleon complains that they had been of great use to him (a reference to the supposed aphrodisiac properties of the Spanish fly), but now could cause 'mortification'.
BM Satires 11016. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70129] £380.00
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The Corsican Spider in his Web.
Woodward del. Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d July 12:th 1808 by Tho.s Tegg Nº 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 320 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at borrom, paper toned, mounted in album paper. Time-stained.
A spider, with Napoleon's head and eight frog-like legs, sits in the middle of a web littered with flies representing the European countries he has subdued. It eats two 'Spanish Flies', representing Charles IV and Ferdinand. Outside the web, the British fly avoids the trap and the Turkish Fly fears he might be captured next. Touching the web bottom right is a Russian fly, not completely trapped. The satire references the supposed aphrodisiac properties of the Spanish fly.
BM Satires 10999. See BM Napoleon & The British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 104 page 16. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70127] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d July 12:th 1808 by Tho.s Tegg Nº 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 320 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at borrom, paper toned, mounted in album paper. Time-stained.
A spider, with Napoleon's head and eight frog-like legs, sits in the middle of a web littered with flies representing the European countries he has subdued. It eats two 'Spanish Flies', representing Charles IV and Ferdinand. Outside the web, the British fly avoids the trap and the Turkish Fly fears he might be captured next. Touching the web bottom right is a Russian fly, not completely trapped. The satire references the supposed aphrodisiac properties of the Spanish fly.
BM Satires 10999. See BM Napoleon & The British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 104 page 16. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70127] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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A Senatus Consultum On Bonaparte making his Will before his Invasion of England and conquest of the World.
A M invt.
Pub,d Sept 19 1808 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with publisher's ink stamp, SWF bottom right in ink.. Trimmed into plate, hole in image bottom right, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon asks the Devil about his fate, to be told ambiguously that England is waiting for him. A demon spawn declares 'Why he is uglier than Papa'. A skeletal Death holds an arrow inscribed with the names of the branches of the British army and navy.
BM Satires 11029. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70131] £490.00
A M invt.
Pub,d Sept 19 1808 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with publisher's ink stamp, SWF bottom right in ink.. Trimmed into plate, hole in image bottom right, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon asks the Devil about his fate, to be told ambiguously that England is waiting for him. A demon spawn declares 'Why he is uglier than Papa'. A skeletal Death holds an arrow inscribed with the names of the branches of the British army and navy.
BM Satires 11029. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70131] £490.00
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Bony's Visions or a great little man's night comforts.
The Caricaturist General fecit.
Published for the Satirist [by Samuel Tipper] Sept.r 1.st 1811.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 345mm (8 x 13½"), with J. Whatman 1808 watermark. Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued.
Napoleon jumps out of a canopied bed (left) while wearing a nightshirt, scared of the goblins, demons and ghosts that loom around him. Beside him, sleeping, is Marie Louise (1791-1847). Above his head, a massive imperial eagle with a crown and a sword declares, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 165.
BM Satires 11736, with extensive description.
[Ref: 62418] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Caricaturist General fecit.
Published for the Satirist [by Samuel Tipper] Sept.r 1.st 1811.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 345mm (8 x 13½"), with J. Whatman 1808 watermark. Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued.
Napoleon jumps out of a canopied bed (left) while wearing a nightshirt, scared of the goblins, demons and ghosts that loom around him. Beside him, sleeping, is Marie Louise (1791-1847). Above his head, a massive imperial eagle with a crown and a sword declares, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 165.
BM Satires 11736, with extensive description.
[Ref: 62418] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Bony's Visions or a great little man's night comforts.
The Caricaturist General fecit.
Published for the Satirist [by Samuel Tipper] Sept.r 1.st 1811.
Etching and aquatint, printed in sepia and hand coloured. Sheet 200 x 345mm (8 x 13½"), watermarked with 'J Whatman 1808'. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon jumps out of a canopied bed (left) while wearing a nightshirt, scared of the goblins, demons, and ghosts that loom around him. Beside him, sleeping, is Marie Louise (1791-1847). Above his head, a massive imperial eagle with a crown and a sword declares, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 165.
BM Satires 11736, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70053] £320.00
The Caricaturist General fecit.
Published for the Satirist [by Samuel Tipper] Sept.r 1.st 1811.
Etching and aquatint, printed in sepia and hand coloured. Sheet 200 x 345mm (8 x 13½"), watermarked with 'J Whatman 1808'. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon jumps out of a canopied bed (left) while wearing a nightshirt, scared of the goblins, demons, and ghosts that loom around him. Beside him, sleeping, is Marie Louise (1791-1847). Above his head, a massive imperial eagle with a crown and a sword declares, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 165.
BM Satires 11736, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70053] £320.00
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Count Vicenza on his Travels from Krasnoi to Paris.
[William Heath?]
[n.d., 1812.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A heavily-disguised Napoleon sits in a snow carriage accompanied by three devils fleeing from Russia as his army is destroyed in the background. He begs them to protect him but ''d_m the army''.
Not in BM Satires but see 1991,0720.79. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70130] £490.00
[William Heath?]
[n.d., 1812.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A heavily-disguised Napoleon sits in a snow carriage accompanied by three devils fleeing from Russia as his army is destroyed in the background. He begs them to protect him but ''d_m the army''.
Not in BM Satires but see 1991,0720.79. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70130] £490.00
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Death and Bonaparte.
T. Rowlandson del.t.
[London: Ackermann, c.1813.]
Aquatint with original hand colour. Sheet 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, repairs to original folds as issued, mounted in album paper.
A skeletal Death, seated on a dismounted cannon, facing Napoleon Bonaparte seated on a drum, both cradling their heads in their hands. The scene was first published in 1813 as a broadside: 'Copy of the Transparency exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of November, 1813, in honour of the splendid Victories obtained by The Allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs. The Two Kings of Terror'. This version, with the engraved title added, was issued as a folding plate in a book.
See BM Satires 12093 for the broadside version. See Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 118, page 183. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70151] £320.00
T. Rowlandson del.t.
[London: Ackermann, c.1813.]
Aquatint with original hand colour. Sheet 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, repairs to original folds as issued, mounted in album paper.
A skeletal Death, seated on a dismounted cannon, facing Napoleon Bonaparte seated on a drum, both cradling their heads in their hands. The scene was first published in 1813 as a broadside: 'Copy of the Transparency exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of November, 1813, in honour of the splendid Victories obtained by The Allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs. The Two Kings of Terror'. This version, with the engraved title added, was issued as a folding plate in a book.
See BM Satires 12093 for the broadside version. See Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, No. 118, page 183. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70151] £320.00
Tragedy. Comedy.
Satirist, inv.t W H Ekoorb, delt et fect.
Satirist 1.st July 1813.
Hand-coloured etching, 19th century watermark, sheet 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate on all sides except bottom. Folds. Repairs to far right fold.
Two satirical scenes. 'Tragedy.' Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, Duc de Frioul (1772-1813), wounded in the hip, falls backwards, his broken sabre beside him. Napoleon Bonaparte stands over him, weeping and holding a handkerchief, while the Devil, depicted as a huge head with webbed wings, hovers above. Duroc says, “Dear Master in this world I've served you right well / Have you any commands for the other,” to which Napoleon replies, “Dear Duroc I need not your interest in Hell / For the Devil's my best friend and brother.” Both are burlesqued in elaborately gold-trimmed uniforms; a severed head lies behind Duroc and a battle rages in the background. 'Comedy.' A pair of scales hangs from the Prince Regent’s (George IV) feathers, inscribed ‘Ich Dien’, with ‘Protestant’ and ‘Catholic’ in the two bowls. Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, Edward Augustus Duke of Kent, Henry Richard Fox Vassall Lord Holland, and Charles Lord Grey pull on the Catholic side, advocating Catholicism, while Whitbread stands on a large cask holding a tankard and declaring, “Here's down with the Plume.” He is depicted as a statue on a pedestal inscribed ‘J. [pig] Sculptor’, while the cask bears a dedication from Drury Lane. Sheridan, drunk and lying against the barrel, adds the label “Bacon and Beer / Very good cheer!”
BM Satires 12064.
[Ref: 70091] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Satirist, inv.t W H Ekoorb, delt et fect.
Satirist 1.st July 1813.
Hand-coloured etching, 19th century watermark, sheet 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate on all sides except bottom. Folds. Repairs to far right fold.
Two satirical scenes. 'Tragedy.' Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, Duc de Frioul (1772-1813), wounded in the hip, falls backwards, his broken sabre beside him. Napoleon Bonaparte stands over him, weeping and holding a handkerchief, while the Devil, depicted as a huge head with webbed wings, hovers above. Duroc says, “Dear Master in this world I've served you right well / Have you any commands for the other,” to which Napoleon replies, “Dear Duroc I need not your interest in Hell / For the Devil's my best friend and brother.” Both are burlesqued in elaborately gold-trimmed uniforms; a severed head lies behind Duroc and a battle rages in the background. 'Comedy.' A pair of scales hangs from the Prince Regent’s (George IV) feathers, inscribed ‘Ich Dien’, with ‘Protestant’ and ‘Catholic’ in the two bowls. Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, Edward Augustus Duke of Kent, Henry Richard Fox Vassall Lord Holland, and Charles Lord Grey pull on the Catholic side, advocating Catholicism, while Whitbread stands on a large cask holding a tankard and declaring, “Here's down with the Plume.” He is depicted as a statue on a pedestal inscribed ‘J. [pig] Sculptor’, while the cask bears a dedication from Drury Lane. Sheridan, drunk and lying against the barrel, adds the label “Bacon and Beer / Very good cheer!”
BM Satires 12064.
[Ref: 70091] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Memoirs of Buonaparte, His Imperial Family, Great Officers of State, and Great Military Officers. Third Edition, with Additions.
London: Printed and Published by G.Smeeton, 17, St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. Price Sixpence. [n.d., c.1814.]
Fine & rare broadsheet, with engraved portrait 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"), set in letterpress with printed border, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Some damage to text with restoration, backed on archival paper, mounted in album paper.
A scurrilous attack on Napoleon Bonaparte, probably published in the last days of the campaign that led to his abdication in 1814. (The last date in the text is 1813.) Apparently Napoleon's mother was a brothel keeper and at sixteen he poisoned a girl he had made pregnant. The portrait, after one by Johann Michael Voltz is a 'hieroglyphic': 'The French Eagle, crouching, forms the chapeau en militaire: the Red Sea represents his throat, illustrative of his drowning armies: the visage, is formed of carcases of the unhappy victims to his cruel ambition: the hand is judiciously placed as the epaulet, drawing the Rhenish Confederacy, under the flimsy symbol of the cob-web: and the spider is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the allies".
BM Satires 12204a. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70072] £680.00
London: Printed and Published by G.Smeeton, 17, St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. Price Sixpence. [n.d., c.1814.]
Fine & rare broadsheet, with engraved portrait 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"), set in letterpress with printed border, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Some damage to text with restoration, backed on archival paper, mounted in album paper.
A scurrilous attack on Napoleon Bonaparte, probably published in the last days of the campaign that led to his abdication in 1814. (The last date in the text is 1813.) Apparently Napoleon's mother was a brothel keeper and at sixteen he poisoned a girl he had made pregnant. The portrait, after one by Johann Michael Voltz is a 'hieroglyphic': 'The French Eagle, crouching, forms the chapeau en militaire: the Red Sea represents his throat, illustrative of his drowning armies: the visage, is formed of carcases of the unhappy victims to his cruel ambition: the hand is judiciously placed as the epaulet, drawing the Rhenish Confederacy, under the flimsy symbol of the cob-web: and the spider is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the allies".
BM Satires 12204a. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70072] £680.00
![[Cyrillic title] _ Napoleon's Fame.](jpegs/70132.jpg)
[Cyrillic title] _ Napoleon's Fame. Buonaparte's Fame overpowered & destroyed by the Russian Army and Peasantry.
Copied from a Russian Print Etched by G. Cruickshank.
Pub.d May 18th 1813 by H. Humphrey - St James's Str.t -
Scarce & fine etching with fine colour. Sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper st edges.
Fame stands on a pile of bones, holding a laurel wreath that is falling to pieces. She is surrounded by three Russians: a Cossack with spear and whip; a peasant who stuffs here trumpet with snow; and a regular soldier who uses his bayonet to dislodge her fair mask her true demon face with snakes for hair.
BM Satires 12045. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70132] £1,150.00
Copied from a Russian Print Etched by G. Cruickshank.
Pub.d May 18th 1813 by H. Humphrey - St James's Str.t -
Scarce & fine etching with fine colour. Sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper st edges.
Fame stands on a pile of bones, holding a laurel wreath that is falling to pieces. She is surrounded by three Russians: a Cossack with spear and whip; a peasant who stuffs here trumpet with snow; and a regular soldier who uses his bayonet to dislodge her fair mask her true demon face with snakes for hair.
BM Satires 12045. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70132] £1,150.00
Comparative Anatomy or Bone-ys new Conscripts filling up the Skeletons of the Old Regiments. Satirist November 1.st 1813.
G. Cruikshank Fec.t.
[London: Samuel Tipper, 1813.]
Coloured etching, sheet 190 x 360mm (7½ x 14¼"). On paper watermarked 1812. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon reviews new conscripts, who are dressed in the skeletons of the regular soldiers. A satire on French losses.
BM Satires 12087, with extensive description.Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70054] £380.00
G. Cruikshank Fec.t.
[London: Samuel Tipper, 1813.]
Coloured etching, sheet 190 x 360mm (7½ x 14¼"). On paper watermarked 1812. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
Napoleon reviews new conscripts, who are dressed in the skeletons of the regular soldiers. A satire on French losses.
BM Satires 12087, with extensive description.Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70054] £380.00
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The Mock Phœnix!!! Or a vain Attempt to Rise Again.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d Dece.r 10th 1813 by R. Ackermann Nº 101 Strand.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 345mm (8½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Napoleon emerges from the flames of a huge fire burning on the summit of a rock, his crown on fire. The flames are stoked by the long spear of a Cossack, with a Dutchman working a pair of bellows. The smoke contains demons and snakes. Holland had been liberated with the help of the Russians.
BM Satires 12116, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70144] £590.00
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d Dece.r 10th 1813 by R. Ackermann Nº 101 Strand.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 345mm (8½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Napoleon emerges from the flames of a huge fire burning on the summit of a rock, his crown on fire. The flames are stoked by the long spear of a Cossack, with a Dutchman working a pair of bellows. The smoke contains demons and snakes. Holland had been liberated with the help of the Russians.
BM Satires 12116, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70144] £590.00
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Quadrupeds or Little Boneys Last Kick.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1813 by W.N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 190 x 520mm (7½ x 20½"). Trimmed within plate, folded as usual, partly laid on album paper at sides.
Tsar Alexander, as the Russian bear, stands in the centre holding Napoleon Bonaparte suspended in the air by one jack-booted leg, and plying a large birch-rod. Jack Frost, a hideous goblin, tweaks Napoleon's nose. Behind an army of Russian bears drive the French into the 'Sea of Troubles'.
BM Satires 11992, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70045] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1813 by W.N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 190 x 520mm (7½ x 20½"). Trimmed within plate, folded as usual, partly laid on album paper at sides.
Tsar Alexander, as the Russian bear, stands in the centre holding Napoleon Bonaparte suspended in the air by one jack-booted leg, and plying a large birch-rod. Jack Frost, a hideous goblin, tweaks Napoleon's nose. Behind an army of Russian bears drive the French into the 'Sea of Troubles'.
BM Satires 11992, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70045] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Copy of the Transparency exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of November, 1813, in honour of the splendid Victories obtained by The Allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs. The Two Kings of Terror.
T. Rowlandson del.t.
[London: Ackermann, c.1813.]
Aquatint with original hand colour, with letterpress underneath. Sheet 400 x 245mm (15¾ x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper.
A skeletal Death, seated on a dismounted cannon, facing Napoleon Bonaparte seated on a drum, both cradling their heads in their hands.
BM Satires 12093. Napoleon & the British, Clayton & O'Connell No 118, page 183. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70152] £1,250.00
T. Rowlandson del.t.
[London: Ackermann, c.1813.]
Aquatint with original hand colour, with letterpress underneath. Sheet 400 x 245mm (15¾ x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper.
A skeletal Death, seated on a dismounted cannon, facing Napoleon Bonaparte seated on a drum, both cradling their heads in their hands.
BM Satires 12093. Napoleon & the British, Clayton & O'Connell No 118, page 183. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70152] £1,250.00
The Imperial Tyger Hunt. Satirist 1st December 1813.
[William Henry Brooke]
Coloured etching. Sheet 190 x 365mm (7½ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A tiger with the head of Napoleon, badly wounded, leaps from a low bluff into the river 'Rhine', closely pursued by five allied sovereigns. Having been beaten at the Battle of Leipzig, Napoleon's retreat from Germany was more orderly than is depicted here.
BM Satires 12109, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70139] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[William Henry Brooke]
Coloured etching. Sheet 190 x 365mm (7½ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A tiger with the head of Napoleon, badly wounded, leaps from a low bluff into the river 'Rhine', closely pursued by five allied sovereigns. Having been beaten at the Battle of Leipzig, Napoleon's retreat from Germany was more orderly than is depicted here.
BM Satires 12109, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70139] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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![Tragedy [Death of Duroc]. Comedy [Catholic Relief Bill].](jpegs/70058.jpg)
Tragedy [Death of Duroc]. Comedy [Catholic Relief Bill]. Satirist 1.st July 1813.
Satirist, inv.t. WH Ekoob [Brroke], del et fec.
[London: Samuel Tipper, 1813.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 375mm (8 x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Two satires. On the left, Tragegy: Marshal Géraud Duroc lies dying at the Battle of Reichenbach, asking Napoleon if he has any message for the next world. Napoleon replies he has no need, 'For the Devil's my best friend and brother'. A bat-winged Devil's head looks on. On the right, Comedy, a satire of the Catholic Relief Bill: four men (the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, Fox Vasseall and Grey) pull at a set of scales with bowls marked 'Protestant' and 'Catholic', trying to sway the scale in Catholic's favour. Sheridan lies prostrate, drinking from the spigot of a beer barrel from which a statue of Samuel Whitbread looks on.
BM Satires 12064, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70058] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Satirist, inv.t. WH Ekoob [Brroke], del et fec.
[London: Samuel Tipper, 1813.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 375mm (8 x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Two satires. On the left, Tragegy: Marshal Géraud Duroc lies dying at the Battle of Reichenbach, asking Napoleon if he has any message for the next world. Napoleon replies he has no need, 'For the Devil's my best friend and brother'. A bat-winged Devil's head looks on. On the right, Comedy, a satire of the Catholic Relief Bill: four men (the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, Fox Vasseall and Grey) pull at a set of scales with bowls marked 'Protestant' and 'Catholic', trying to sway the scale in Catholic's favour. Sheridan lies prostrate, drinking from the spigot of a beer barrel from which a statue of Samuel Whitbread looks on.
BM Satires 12064, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70058] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Frankfurt Proposals] The Armistice or Thoughts to Counsel](jpegs/70103.jpg)
[The Frankfurt Proposals] The Armistice or Thoughts to Counsel
[n.d., c.1813.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Six scenes satirising the 'Frankfurt Proposals' of November 1813, a peace plan proposed by Metternich after heavy losses suffered by the allies in the battles of Lützen and Bautzen in May. They feature Napoleon being advised by the Devil, Tsar Alexander, Blücher, Francis of Austria, French empress Marie Louise and the King of Rome, and Crown Prince of Sweden Charles John (shown gloating over the subsidy paid by the British to help him keep him fighting).
Rare: not in the BM. The only example we could trace is in the Bodleian Library, Curzon b.5(103). Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70103] £520.00
[n.d., c.1813.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Six scenes satirising the 'Frankfurt Proposals' of November 1813, a peace plan proposed by Metternich after heavy losses suffered by the allies in the battles of Lützen and Bautzen in May. They feature Napoleon being advised by the Devil, Tsar Alexander, Blücher, Francis of Austria, French empress Marie Louise and the King of Rome, and Crown Prince of Sweden Charles John (shown gloating over the subsidy paid by the British to help him keep him fighting).
Rare: not in the BM. The only example we could trace is in the Bodleian Library, Curzon b.5(103). Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70103] £520.00
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![[The Corsican Shuttlecock] Jaloux de leurs plaisirs, épiant chaque geste. Messieurs dit Lucifer après vous s'il en reste.](jpegs/70064.jpg)
[The Corsican Shuttlecock] Jaloux de leurs plaisirs, épiant chaque geste. Messieurs dit Lucifer après vous s'il en reste.
[n.d., c.1814.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire of a Prussian and a Austrian soldier playing Jou du Volant (badminton), using Napoleon as the shuttlecock, with the Devil reaching out from flames to catch him and drag him to hell. Based on George Cruikshank's satire, 'The Corsican Shuttlecock', April 1814 (BMSat 12217), which depicted Wellington and Blücher as the players.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70064] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1814.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire of a Prussian and a Austrian soldier playing Jou du Volant (badminton), using Napoleon as the shuttlecock, with the Devil reaching out from flames to catch him and drag him to hell. Based on George Cruikshank's satire, 'The Corsican Shuttlecock', April 1814 (BMSat 12217), which depicted Wellington and Blücher as the players.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70064] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elba] Boney Turned Moralist.](jpegs/70050.jpg)
[Elba] Boney Turned Moralist. What I Was. What I Am. What I Ought To Be.
Rowlandson del.
Pub.d May 1.st 1815 by R. Ackermann Nº 101 Strand.
Fine coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Three satirical portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte: as emperor or 'A Cruel Tyrant'; in exile on Elba, weeping into a handkerchief, 'A Snivelling Wretch'; and with a donkey's ears, hanging from a gibbet, 'Hung for a Fool'.
BM Satires 12252. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70050] £490.00
Rowlandson del.
Pub.d May 1.st 1815 by R. Ackermann Nº 101 Strand.
Fine coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
Three satirical portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte: as emperor or 'A Cruel Tyrant'; in exile on Elba, weeping into a handkerchief, 'A Snivelling Wretch'; and with a donkey's ears, hanging from a gibbet, 'Hung for a Fool'.
BM Satires 12252. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70050] £490.00
The Sorrows of Boney, or Meditations in the Island of Elba!!!
Published April 15. 1814, by John Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London.
Rare coloured etching, watermark 1808. 190 x 210mm (7½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, slight text ink offset, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon sits on Elba weeping, looking across the sea to Europe, bats and crows flying around his head. Title later changed to "St. Helena". Wallis first published this plate in 1803 as an invasion broadside titled ''Crocodile's tears: Or, Bonaparte's lamentation. A new song'', with Napoleon yearning to invade England.
BM Satires 12223. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70115] £580.00
Published April 15. 1814, by John Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London.
Rare coloured etching, watermark 1808. 190 x 210mm (7½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, slight text ink offset, mounted in album paper at edges.
Napoleon sits on Elba weeping, looking across the sea to Europe, bats and crows flying around his head. Title later changed to "St. Helena". Wallis first published this plate in 1803 as an invasion broadside titled ''Crocodile's tears: Or, Bonaparte's lamentation. A new song'', with Napoleon yearning to invade England.
BM Satires 12223. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70115] £580.00
A Grand Manoeuvre! or, the Rogues march to the Island of Elba. 326
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d April 13th 1814 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 340mm (9 x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides. Vertical crease on right.
Napoleon, thin and haggard, is dragged to a boat manned by the Devil who waits to take him to Elba. Pulling the rope around his neck are two dwarfish Frenchmen, one a Jacobin, the other a royalist. A satire on the fickleness of the French.
BM Satires 12221, Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70076] £490.00
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d April 13th 1814 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 340mm (9 x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides. Vertical crease on right.
Napoleon, thin and haggard, is dragged to a boat manned by the Devil who waits to take him to Elba. Pulling the rope around his neck are two dwarfish Frenchmen, one a Jacobin, the other a royalist. A satire on the fickleness of the French.
BM Satires 12221, Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70076] £490.00
Je Suis sur les Epines. Je perds la carte, je ne bats que d’une aîle, je ne sais sur quel pied danser.
[n.d., 1814].
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
"I am on thorns. I am losing the map (or 'my mind'), I am only beating one wing, I don't know which foot to dance on.'' Napoleon stands gingerly on thorns, reading theatre bills listing plays about his fall, dropping a map of France onto rolled maps of Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Poland.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70110] £320.00
[n.d., 1814].
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at sides.
"I am on thorns. I am losing the map (or 'my mind'), I am only beating one wing, I don't know which foot to dance on.'' Napoleon stands gingerly on thorns, reading theatre bills listing plays about his fall, dropping a map of France onto rolled maps of Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Poland.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70110] £320.00
Caduta di Napoleone.
[Milan, n.d., 1814.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 345 x 330mm (13½ x 13"). Trimmed within plate, fold, mounted in album paper at sides.
Mercury watches as Fortune upends Napoleon from his chariot, his sword broken and crown dislodged. He falls towards a heap symbolising the detritus of his reign. Top right the veiled figure of Time hold a scroll inscribed 'li 2 Aprile 1814'.
BM Satires 12269, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70114] £420.00
[Milan, n.d., 1814.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 345 x 330mm (13½ x 13"). Trimmed within plate, fold, mounted in album paper at sides.
Mercury watches as Fortune upends Napoleon from his chariot, his sword broken and crown dislodged. He falls towards a heap symbolising the detritus of his reign. Top right the veiled figure of Time hold a scroll inscribed 'li 2 Aprile 1814'.
BM Satires 12269, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70114] £420.00
Elba. The Chains he forg'd for Myriads, to bear, / To his last hour may he be doomd to wear. / War, cruel War, has ceas'd its bloody reign. / And Peace appears, with Plenty in its train.
Haller inv et del. Fr Hirschmann sc.
Pub. Aug.t 22, 1814, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Scarce etching. Sheet 235 x 295mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A view of the fortifications of Portoferraio from the sea, flanked by two groups of emblems: War, titled '1813', and Peace, '1814'. A chain runs between them: from a central ring another chain hangs down, encircling the neck of Napoleon. A close copy of a German print.
BM Satires 12307. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70153] £320.00
Haller inv et del. Fr Hirschmann sc.
Pub. Aug.t 22, 1814, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Scarce etching. Sheet 235 x 295mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A view of the fortifications of Portoferraio from the sea, flanked by two groups of emblems: War, titled '1813', and Peace, '1814'. A chain runs between them: from a central ring another chain hangs down, encircling the neck of Napoleon. A close copy of a German print.
BM Satires 12307. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70153] £320.00
Explanation of the arms of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Tyrant of France, who created himself Emperor of the French 18th May 1803; was dethroned by the French Senate 2d April 1814; compelled to abdicate for himself and his Family 6th April, and his Life spared on condition of being transported for the remainder of his days to the Island of Elba; whither he was sent under escort on the 20th of April, 1814.
[By Thomas Rowlandson, after a design published by J.B.G. Vogel.]
[Published by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, London.] [n.d., c.1814.]
Coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 445 x 275mm (17½ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line, some cockling of paper, laid on album sheet.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 12235; see 12205 for Cruikshank's version and 11057 for Vogel's original. See our [Ref: 63973] for an earlier version.
[Ref: 63811] £590.00
[By Thomas Rowlandson, after a design published by J.B.G. Vogel.]
[Published by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, London.] [n.d., c.1814.]
Coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 445 x 275mm (17½ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line, some cockling of paper, laid on album sheet.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 12235; see 12205 for Cruikshank's version and 11057 for Vogel's original. See our [Ref: 63973] for an earlier version.
[Ref: 63811] £590.00
Nic alias Nap's March to Elba or the Downfall of the Napolean Dynasty.
[Charles Williams]
Pub,d May 1st 1814 by W N Jones Nº 1 Newgate Street.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 400mm (8 x 15¾"). Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire of the fall of Napoleon and his exile to Elba. He sits on an ass under a gibbet (a 'triumphal arch'), seeming unaware that a demon has tied a noose around his neck. In the left foreground a man in Turkish costume, pushing a wheelbarrow in which are a crown, sceptre, plate, a box of 'Jewels' and drapery dotted with bees, is accosted by three bearded Jews who demand payment. One holds out a paper: 'Contract for Supplying the French Army in Russia with Provisions'.
BM Satires 12256, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70059] £360.00
[Charles Williams]
Pub,d May 1st 1814 by W N Jones Nº 1 Newgate Street.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 400mm (8 x 15¾"). Folded as issued, trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at sides.
A satire of the fall of Napoleon and his exile to Elba. He sits on an ass under a gibbet (a 'triumphal arch'), seeming unaware that a demon has tied a noose around his neck. In the left foreground a man in Turkish costume, pushing a wheelbarrow in which are a crown, sceptre, plate, a box of 'Jewels' and drapery dotted with bees, is accosted by three bearded Jews who demand payment. One holds out a paper: 'Contract for Supplying the French Army in Russia with Provisions'.
BM Satires 12256, with extensive description. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70059] £360.00
![[Conscription] L'Epouvantail Inutile.](jpegs/70113.jpg)
[Conscription] L'Epouvantail Inutile.
[Scorpion monogram of Forceval.]
[n.d., 1814.]
Rare coloured etching. 230 x 245mm (9 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
'The Useless Scarecrow'. A wife berates her husband who hasn't prevented their child being snatched away by an eagle. His excuse for not shouting a warning is that he had his mouth full. The mother represents the French nation, worn out by the constant wars; the husband represents the complacent political class that gorged itself on wealth and titles while allowing the Imperial Eagle to snatch away the youth of France for military campaigns.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70113] £380.00
[Scorpion monogram of Forceval.]
[n.d., 1814.]
Rare coloured etching. 230 x 245mm (9 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
'The Useless Scarecrow'. A wife berates her husband who hasn't prevented their child being snatched away by an eagle. His excuse for not shouting a warning is that he had his mouth full. The mother represents the French nation, worn out by the constant wars; the husband represents the complacent political class that gorged itself on wealth and titles while allowing the Imperial Eagle to snatch away the youth of France for military campaigns.
Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70113] £380.00