Grosvenor Prints

A Russian Dandy a scene at Aix la Chapelle. Tis said that the Head of the Forces allied, Not having a Coat to his Back, A generous Monarch the needful supplied, And when thus equip'd they sat down side by side, To drink their Champaign & theire Sack, Now doubtless this Hero of wonderful note, Had the Monarch allowed him to choose, Would have barter'd his honor to sit in his Coat, For the Pleasure to stand in his Shoes.
Pub Dec 8th 1818 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilli & Oxford Street.
Hand coloured etching, 340 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Mount burn. Time staining. Small crease in top margin. Taped tear bottom margin.
Scarce and good satire image showing the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, held in the autumn of 1818. It (incorrectly) suggests that the Tsar imposes his policy on Wellington, who attended the Conference as Commander-in-Chief of the allied forces, Castlereagh being the British plenipotentiary. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) stands left wearing a uniform and cocked hat with field-marshal's plume. He faces talking to Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1777-1825). They both wear giant boots that reach the hips, and being wrinkled at the ankles suggest the trousers of the dandies. Wellington: "One may be allowed a Variety of Mistresses; but I have such a Variety of Masters, I shall not know which to serve first!!!" Alexander: "I think you will be a little Straiten'd in it." One of the Russians: "Our Master has put him in a strait coat now; it will be well if he does not get a Strait Waistcoat by & by."
BM Satires 13010.
[Ref: 60704] £420.00

[George Canning] Anticipation or A Peep behind the Screen.
H.H.[Henry Heath] fecit.
Pubd April 23. 1827 by S W. Fores. Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into coloured border.
George IV sits in a Gothic chair of state in conclave with four Tory Councillors: Canning, Peel, Eldon and Wellington. A satire on Canning's difficulty in forming a ministry.
BM Satires 15376, with extensive description.
[Ref: 66565] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Battle of the Bidassoa _ Oct.r 9th 1813.
W. Heath del.t. D. Havell sculp.t.
London, Pub. Nov.r 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Tear in bottom margin.
A view of the Battle of the Bisassoa (7th October), in which the Allied armies under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) crossed the lower-than-usual river into France to defeat the French under Marshal Soult. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69530] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Bull in Jeopardy; or, The Curs triumphant.
A Sharpshooter fec.
Pub. Oct. 19 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 362mm (9½ x 14¼") Cut. Remains of album sheet verso.
A large bull, with the head of John Bull, is held down with difficulty by Wellington, Peel, and O'Connell who strain at a thick rope inscribed 'Catholic Bill', which encircles the bull's horns and head and is drawn through a staple so that its head is almost on the ground. The furious animal tries to get at four dogs with human heads who menace a turkey with the turbaned head of the Sultan. The largest cur, with [N]'icolas' on its collar, savages the bird which is on its back. The others are 'Miguel'; a puny dog clipped in the French manner, evidently Charles X, and one in a cocked hat who is probably Francis I. All watch the bull apprehensively. Wellington and Peel, the latter in a battered top-hat, wear long gaiters and short jackets, O'Connell wears a barrister's wig and an apron over breeches; he grasps the end of the rope and looks over his shoulder at the bull with fierce satisfaction.
BM Satires 15888.
[Ref: 52314] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Catholic emancipation.] The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing S.t Collection.
HB [John Doyle].
Published by T. McLean 26 Haymarket March 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Printed border 260 x 330mm (10¼ x 13"). Ink mss. in top margin, stain in centre.
The ghost of George Canning appears before Wellington and other members of the cabinet, causing them to recoil in shock. Canning was a supporter of Catholic emancipation, which was only achieved after his death.
BM Satires 15834.
[Ref: 69165] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Catholic Relief Act] John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._ His progress they said depended on Ascendancy; and this, they told him was Ascendancy_and consequently the only thing that could do him good. Westminster Review No.19.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1828].
Etching with fine hand colour. Printed border 265 x 450mm (10½ x 17¾"). Trimmed to plate. Slight cockling. Crease in centre.
A very large satirical scene showing the various politicians involved with the debate regarding Catholic emancipation. On the far left, Wellington and Robert Peel stand on the outskirts of a group of figures including Brougham, with a broom in his pocket, Burdett, Scarlett and Eldon. On the right the Duke of Cumberland dances with the devil and in the distance a waggon labelled 'Common State Waggon John Bull & Co.' rushes towards the scene driven by George IV.
BM Satire 15658.
[Ref: 69141] £380.00

[Catholic Relief Act] John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._ His progress they said depended on Ascendancy; and this, they told him was Ascendancy_and consequently the only thing that could do him good. Westminster Review No.19.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1828].
Rare hand-coloured etching. Framed, sight size 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A very large satirical scene showing the various politicians involved with the debate regarding Catholic emancipation. On the far left, Wellington and Robert Peel stand on the outskirts of a group of figures including Brougham, with a broom in his pocket, Burdett, Scarlett and Eldon. On the right the Duke of Cumberland dances with the devil and in the distance a waggon labelled 'Common State Waggon John Bull & Co.' rushes towards the scene driven by George IV.
BM Satire 15658.
[Ref: 61230] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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[Catholic Relief Bill] __Finis__.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Caricatures are daily Publishing.
Coloured etching 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Repaired damage inside the plate mark on right. Small margins on 3 sides.
Satire on George IV's eventual assent to the Catholic Relief Bill (to which he was strongly opposed). Te King sits at a round library table and is poised to sign the 'Catholic Rel[ief] Bill', a long document, partly held up by Peel, who kneels. Close behind Peel are Lyndhurst and Wellington; the former uses his mace to block the coronation oath hanging on the wall, while the Duke who screens from the King a portrait of George III on the far wall. George IV's inkstand is supported on an angrily watchful British Lion. In a Gothic fireplace papers are burning: 'Petitions of the People' and 'Vox-Po[puli]'.
BM Satires: 15730.
[Ref: 63725] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Change in the Head of Affairs.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c. January 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 260 x 373mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Slight crease. Cut to platemark.
Satire on the change of Ministry which followed Goderich's resignation, after which the Duke of Wellington was summoned to Windsor by George IV and commissioned to form an administration. Here the King, depicted with a huge gouty foot, hands a wig to Wellington, who declares 'Happy I am to see the Whig discarded- I'll try and Administer something that shall fit your M_ better'. Goderich had been unable to hold together the fragile coalition of Tories and Whigs assembled by his predecessor, Canning, and resigned after only 144 days in office (which was still longer than Canning had managed!)
BM Satires: 15498.
[Ref: 30519] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Cinque Ports' Ball. To His Grace the Duke of Wellington, at Dover, Sept.r 5.th 1839.
On stone from a Drawing on the Spot by W.m Burgess. Printed at A. Ducote's Lithographic Establishment, No 70, St Martin's Lane, London.
Pub.d Oct.r 25th 1839 by Thomas Rigden, Dover; and in London by Ackermann & C.o 96, Strand, and Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Dusty in margins.
A view of the interior of the Wellington Pavilion, erected on the Priory Meadow (now St Martin's Terrace), during the Wellington Festival Ball in August 1839. The Duke can be seen in conversation. One of a set of three prints by William Burgess, with a view of the exterior of the pavilion and an interior during the Wellington Dinner, held a week before the ball.
[Ref: 60227] £360.00

The Cinque Ports' Banquet. To His Grace the Duke of Wellington, at Dover, August 30.th 1839.
On stone from a Drawing on the Spot by W.m Burgess. Printed at A. Ducote's Lithographic Establishment, No 70, St Martin's Lane, London.
Pub.d Sept.r 25th 1839 by Thomas Rigden, Dover; and in London by Ackermann & C.o 96, Strand, and Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Nick in left edge, slight staining in unprinted area on right.
A view of the interior of the Wellington Pavilion, erected on the Priory meadow (now St Martin's Terrace), during the Wellington Festival Banquet in August 1839. The Duke can be seen on the top table. One of a set of three prints by William Burgess, with a view of the exterior of the pavilion and an interior during the Wellington Ball, held a week after the dinner.
[Ref: 60226] £360.00

A Quartette in Character.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour 260 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"), with large margins.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand). All four caricatures were issued as separate prints. 'Paul Pry' was the pseudonym of William Heath.
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 55399] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] The Two Happiest Men Alive. A Friend in need is a Friend indeed. vide John Bull.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. Sep 30 1827.
Etching with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
George IV, with a gouty leg and a crutch under his left arm, is supported by the Duke of Wellington. The king plainly dressed but with the Garter ribbon and star, has a much swathed gouty leg supported in a sling from the neck. Earlier in the year Wellington had agreed to become commander-in-chief of the forces, pleasing the king
BM Satires: 15429.
[Ref: 60632] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Grijo] Battle of Grigo _ May 11th 1809.
W. Heath del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London, Pub. Nov.r 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Mint.
A view of the Battle of Grijo, in which the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under General Julien Mermet. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69529] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Wellington & William Huskisson] A Naughty Boy Turn'd out of School.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] he seems let them know who is master of th House
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c. May 1828].
Coloured etching. Framed. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on the departure from Wellington's cabinet of William Huskisson, represented here as a schoolboy in a fool's cap kneeling before a closed door placarded 'Wellington House Academy'. Huskisson, who had entertained hopes of becoming prime minister before the position was offered to Wellington, voted against the government over the East Retford Bill and subsequently offered to resign 'as a matter of form, not substance' (DNB). Wellington, however, took him at his word and seized the opportunity to rid himself of an uncomfortable colleague. As a result Huskisson's friends Dudley, Palmerston and Grant, along with the Irish Secretary Lamb all resigned (their names are written on a slate next to Huskisson in the print), a situation described by the Duke as a 'mutiny'.
BM Satires: 15532.
[Ref: 61195] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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Lord Wellington's March. For the Piano Forte, Violin or Flute. Battle of Busacca.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Two plates of engraved music, scarce. 310 x 220 (12¼ x 8¾") & 285 x 205mm (11¼ x 8"). Taped at centre fold, old ink mss. pagination; first plate trimmed to plate lower left, small tear; second plate with repaired tear.
Music probably written for a recuitment drive, illustrated with a scene of the Battle of Bussaco (27th September 1810), in which the Viscount Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese army held off a larger French army.
[Ref: 58839] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Maria II of Portugal] The Promenade or a Sketch for Windsor - plate 1st.
[Monogram of William Heath - 'Paul Pry'] Esq.r Del et Sculp.t.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are published daily. [n.d. c.1829].
Etching with very fine hand colour. 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Narrow margins and tipped into album sheet at sides.
George IV escorting the young Donna Maria of Portugal, who has to walk on tiptoe to reach his arm. Wellington bows low. Maria II, de jure Queen of Portugal, regained her throne from her uncle Miguel in 1834. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however his monogram (a man holding an umbrella) was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
BM Satires: 15564.
[Ref: 69215] £320.00

On The Stool Of Repentence.
Published by G.S. Tregear, 123, Cheapside, May, 1832.
Rare lithograph, printed border 350 x 215mm (13¾ x 8½"). Abrasions in corners were previously laid down. Tipped into album paper at sides. 1 small hole in border on right. Time-staining.
A man sits on a stool wearing a dunce cap labelled, 'A Shocking Bad Boy,' he exclaims, 'Oh Lord,, Oh Lord,, I have been Played upon, Just as if I was a German Flute.' Likely a satire on the May 1832 Crisis ("The Days Of May"), when the Whig Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845), resigned after his Reform Bill was blocked. King William IV asked the tory leader, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), to form a new government to pass a modified version of the bill, even though he was vehemently against the bill, however couldn't do so as no one would serve under him. He had to stand down in humiliation after just a few days allowing the Whigs to return and pass the reform.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 69222] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Battle of Vittoria.
G. Cruikshank fc.t.
Pu.d July 7th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822. Trimmed into plate on three sides.
Wellington sits on his horse watching as his army charges the French, driving them off with bayonets. On the night Joseph Bonaparte flees on a galloping ass, his crown falling from his head. Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured, but many soldiers broke rank to loot the abandoned French wagons.
BM: 12068.
[Ref: 61869] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)

A Scene after the Battle of Vittoria or,- More trophies for White-Hall.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 10.th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Time stained. Tear in bottom that goes into the plate mark. Laid on card.
Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured. Wellington is pictured sitting on his white horse, looks down at three officers who heap the spoils of war at his feet. A soldier is drags a cannon downhill by a rope. Two asses are harnessed tandem to the gun-carriage with two Frenchmen astride them.
BM: 12071
[Ref: 55837] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Z.K.H. De Prins Van Oranje.
J.B.V.D. Hulst, Koninklijke hofschilder pinxt. Get. door Last en V.D. Hulst: gedr. by Desguerrois en Co.
Uitgegeven door A.H. Bakhuijsen, te S'Gravenhage [n.d., c.1825].
Lithograph on india laid paper, image 320 x 250mm. 12½ x 9¾". Small tears to left paper edge.
William Frederick George Louis, Prince of Orange and future King Willliam II of the Netherlands (1792 - 1849). He entered the British Army, and in 1811, as aide-de-camp to Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, took part in several campaigns in the Peninsular War. He returned to the Netherlands in 1813 when his father became sovereign prince. In 1815, William became crown prince and he took service in the army when Napoleon escaped from Elba. He fought as commander of the Dutch-Belgian forces at the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) as well as at Waterloo. He showed personal courage and energy, but frequently displayed atrocious military judgement, leading to many heavy casualties. The Duke of Wellington attributed this to his lack of command experience, however, rather than to him being a bad leader.
[Ref: 9760] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

St. Vetus's Dance or the Panegyrist and the Patron or a Sley Push for Power. Who aspires, must down as low" As high as soar'd; obnoxious first or last", To basest things.
Veni Vidi fec.t [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1813 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 248 x 387m38m (9¾ x 15¼"). Cut, crease; some spotting.
Satire combining two subjects: the letters of Vetus (later revealed as Edward Sterling) to 'The Times' in 1812 praising Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in terms of hero-worship, and the controversy over the India Charter Bill. Vetus, on stilts, heads a procession trying to force its way into the Treasury. On the donkey sits Lord Wellesley in oriental dress, much be-jewelled, and carrying on his head a model of the India House. He has a shield inscribed in large letters 'Aut Cæsar aut Nullus'; on this is depicted a realistic hand about to grasp a small crown resting on clouds. His ass has one (superfluous) wooden leg, its own leg being bent back at the knee, and it tramples on two papers inscribed 'Fr[ee] Trade' and 'Free Port[s]'. Behind Wellesley is a second ass, with a thick sheaf of newspapers, 'The Times', bound to its back in place of a saddle and labelled 'Qui Veut'. Beside it walks Canning, who puts out a protesting arm.He is identified by a paper which he holds, inscribed 'To the Electors of Liverpool'. Vetus is dressed like the zanies who accompanied quack doctors for purposes of advertisement. He wears a conical hat in which a pen labelled 'Venial' [? Venal] is thrust. In his sash is a sheaf of papers inscribed 'Vetus Letters'. A gridiron (or 'save-all') decorates the front of his tunic and he wears wide trousers; he blows a trumpet. The other trumpet, held in his left hand and directed from his posterior towards Wellesley. He is followed by a subordinate trumpeter, plainly dressed, who blows through a small trumpet, he holds out a sheaf of 'Vetus's Letters'. Seven other well-dressed men follow Wellesley and Vetus; three of them hold out documents inscribed respectively 'Liverpool', 'Glasgow', and 'H[ull] Petition', showing that they represent the out-ports which were agitating for a share in the trade with India. John Bull stands on the pavement in front of the Treasury door, holding out a spear with which he prods Vetus on the papers in his sash; to the spear shaft is attached a banner inscribed 'Free Trade' in large letters. Castlereagh peeps through the partly open door; other faces are indicated behind him.
BM Satires: 12009.
[Ref: 30562] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Political Harmonics A New Variation for the "Soldier Tired" as performed by Monsieur Villanton, First Fiddle to The King_with a Piano Accompaniment arranged to the Air "Home! Sweet Home!" HB Sketches No.23.
HB. [John Doyle.] Printed by A. Ducote.
[Published by T.Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. Sep. 11. 1829.]
Lithograph. 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Cut, repaired tear.
A musical image showing Peel sitting on a music-stool at an upright piano, smiling over his shoulder at Wellington, who plays the violin (as he had in fact done as a young man), in profile to the left, his music on a tall stand. The Duke wears the unusual dress for him of frock-coat with knee-breeches. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) turns over Peel's music. On the right is a curtained French-window, through which Cumberland and Eldon, both top-hatted, peer into the room.
BM Satires: 15856.
[Ref: 30651] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Pombal] Battle of Pombal _ March 12.th 1811.
W. Heath del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London, Pub. May 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), very large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Mint.
A scene of the Battle of Pombal (9-11 August 1808), fought when Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) caught up with the French army led by Marshal Ney, who was attempting to withdraw from Portugal. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69525] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 39169] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 54076] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Rolica] Battle of Roleia _ Aug.t 17.th 1808.
W. Heath del.t. T. Sutherland aqua.t.
London, Pub. May 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Mint
A scene of the Battle of Roliça (17 August 1808), with British infantry in line formation, marching up a hill towards French guns. It was the first battle fought by the British in the Peninsular War, led by Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington). From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69524] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

San Sebastian.
W.P. delt. Baily sculpt.
Published May 31. 1814. by Joyce Gold, Naval Chronicle Office 103, Shoe Lane London.
Sepia aquatint, 150 x 230mm. 9" x 6". Title slightly cut away.
Illustration of the Siege of San Sebastián (7 July - 8 September 1813), when Allied forces from the army of General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington captured the city in northern Spain from its French garrison under Brigadier-General Louis Rey. Strategic targets, troop positions and heavy siege guns numbered in image (lacking key). The attack resulted in the ransacking and devastation of the town by the assaulting troops. For the 'Naval Chronicle' periodical.
[Ref: 19952] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The School of Reform. Conjugation of the Verb to Reform.
CJGrant.
[Pub. Feb. 1831 by S Gans Southampton St. Strand.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 373 x 279mm. 14¾ x 11". Bit tatty at edges.
Charles Grey (1764-1845) as a schoolmaster standing on a low dais in profile to right, addressing nine schoolboys, or Tories. Brougham (1778-1868) stands full-face, as usher, holding a big birch-rod. Four pupils sit on the front bend behind which sit another four; Wellington (1769-1852) stands behind on a stool wearing a fool's cap, like an extinguisher, decorated with bells. Two of the pupils include Lyndhurst (1772-1863) and Goulburn (1784-1856), wearing spectacles.
BM Satires: 16586. See Ref: 30676 for similar print.
[Ref: 25720] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Weep! A Nation's Loss Deplore! A Musical Tribute to The Memory of the Late Duke of Wellington. Written & Composed by Edward Francis Fitzwilliam.
Office, 192, High Holborn. [n.d. c.1852.]
Rare printed ticket. 76 x 108mm. 3 x 4¼". Glued down.
Edward Francis Fitzwilliam (1824-1857) was an English composer and music director. Following the death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in 1852, many tribute events ocurred in the year after, of which this concert ticket represents one such event.
[Ref: 24866] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Two Chancellors. Oxford. Great Britain.
G.E. Madeley lith. 3. Wellington St. Strand.
Pub.d by T. Bird, 1. Wells St. Oxford St. [n.d. c.1834.]
Coloured lithograph with added gum arabic, original colour. 278 x 386mm. 11 x 15¼". Some staining; top left and right-hand side.
Two statuettes, with caricature features of the Duke of Wellington, Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1834-52 marked 'Oxford', the other of Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor 1830-34, marked "Great Britain". The highlights of Brougham's tenure was the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, of which he was a staunch supporter, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, the cause to which he had been devoted to for so many years. He was offered the post by Grey following the defeat of Wellington's Government in 1830.
[Ref: 17816] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Victoria and the Duke of Wellington] The First of May, 1851.
Painted by F. Winterhalter. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London. Published Nov.r 6.th 1852 by P & D Colnaghi & C.º 13 & 14 Pall Mall East _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Fine mezzotint on steel. 555 x 580mm (22 x 23"). Tears in margins on right, restored abrasion entering plate lower right.
The Duke of Wellington presents a casket to Queen Victoria, as the baby Prince Arthyr proffers a bunch of lilies in return. Prince Albert stands behind, with the Crystal Palace in the background. A print commemorating the opening day of the Great Exhibition.
[Ref: 69499] £380.00

Walmer Castle. November 5, 1852.
[British, Anon., November 1852.]
Memorial souvenir of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 – 1852); one sheet folded so 4to (265 x 215mm, 10½ x 8½"). Rare, illustrated letterpress verses with sepia-tinted lithograph of Walmer Castle to upper leaf. Some faint staining.
Wellington died, aged 83, of the after effects of a stroke culminating in a series of epileptic seizures, on 14 September 1852, at Walmer Castle - his honorary residence as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports on the east Kent coast. Walmer Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539-1540 as an artillery fortress to counter the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. It was part of his programme to create a chain of coastal defences along England's coast known as the Device Forts or as Henrician Castles. The castle is now owned and managed by English Heritage.
[Ref: 22721] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The unexpected meeting of Lord Wellington & Blucher at La Belle Alliance.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster row, June 22~ 1817.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
The Prussian field-marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, shake hands outside La Belle Alliance Inn to celebrate Napoleon's final at the Battle of Waterloo.
[Ref: 37128] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Mrs Double U the Housekeeper. Household Servants - in Six Plates by William Heath. No. 3.
Pub Oct 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole publisher of W. Heaths Etchings.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Framed over platemark, unexamined out of frame.
A caricature of Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington as a disapproving housekeeper, attempting to curb George IV's extravagant spending on Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however the monogram was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
BM Satires 15880.
[Ref: 61162] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington.
Whiting.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Embossing with hand-colouring, sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½").
Embossed profile portrait, with decorative surround, of Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
[Ref: 40856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace the Duke of Wellington.
London: Pub'd Feb.y. 1. 1816 by J. Jenkins No.48 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, part printed in colour. Sheet: 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Slight marking. Trimmed.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
[Ref: 44704] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace the Duke of Wellington.
London: Pub'd Feb.y. 1. 1816 by J. Jenkins No.48 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, part printed in colour. Sheet: 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Laid on an album sheet. Trimmed.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
[Ref: 44705] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.]
[Eugène Lami. Jean Jacques Outhwaite.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Engraving, on chine collé, proof before all letters. Plate: 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½''), with very large margins.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) resting against a rock with a map draped over it.
[Ref: 48627] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Wellington Generalissimus der Englischen und Spanischen Arméen.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet: 155 x 100mm (6¼ x 4''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) made following his success during the Peninsular campaign.
[Ref: 48660] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] A Draught of the Old Well _ Ah help, in this extremest need,__If water-gods are deities indeed__vide Dryden. Cheltenham - see the conquering Hero comes!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq. It is a very moving sight.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d., 1828.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 380 x 260mm (14½ x 10"), with large margins.
Caricature produced at the time of Wellington's visit to Cheltenham for his health, after which he returned feeling much better. Very thin, he walks in discomfort holding a bunch of papers docketed Lord High Adm[iral]. His complexion is mud-coloured (as in some other prints of this date) to show his ill-health.
BM Satires: 15548.
[Ref: 52757] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Waterloo. Le Vainqueur des Vainqueurs de L'Europe.
The Portrait drawn from a Gem by Satchwell, the Battle piece drawn by Duplessi Bertaux, the whole engraved by Freeman.
Published by Samuel Leigh, Strand, 1816.
Stipple and engraving, rare. Platemark: 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"). Large margins.
A bust portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852), in profile to the right, within a decorative circle, with ornate plaques on either side inscribed with 'Toulouse', 'St. Sebastian', 'Vittoria', 'Salamanca' and others. A small scene depicting the Battle of Waterloo is below the portrait.
[Ref: 37459] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] A Vision -- Past. Present.
William Heath.
Pub Feb 9th 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of W Heaths Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with wide margins.
Wellington's military success ('past') is contasted with his political instability ('present'). On the left he stands on cloud immediately above Napoleon's tomb, with Fame blowing her trumpet and holding a wreath over his head. On the right he kneels precariously on the summit of a globe which is crushing a number of artisans and farmers, some of whom try desperately to hold it up. It is covered, like a map, with islands or continents inscribed respectively 'Free Trade', 'National Debt', 'Currency', 'Taxes'. Dividing the two scenes, and in the upper part of the design, is a king enthroned, whose fleur-de-lis head identifies him as Charles X. Speech bubble coming from the fleur-de-lis reads 'all for me', the implication being that Napoleon's defeat served only to restore the Bourbons. This print was published only months before Charles was deposed in the July Revolution.
BM Satires: 16030.
[Ref: 43629] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Oh What a Falling Off Was There _ fully accow/utred the Hero Lay. Review - Pl 2.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 29 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket- Sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricature.
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"), with large margins.
The Duke of Wellington, in full dress uniform including a bearskin, falls into a muddy puddle. On the 28th of May 1829 Wellington, whilst at a review in Hyde Park, fell from his horse and was cheered by the crowd.
BM Satires 15773.
[Ref: 55406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. 1817.
Hand coloured engraving 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Cut to plate on left side.
An unflattering portrait of the Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on horseback. Wellington points commandingly and two mounted soliders follow him while a cannon fires in the background.
[Ref: 55907] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington & Peel] The Ballad Singer's.
W. Heath.
Pub July 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. Election caricatures executed for Gentlemen in 3 Hourse.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Unexamined out of frame.
Wellington, bare-headed and wearing an old corporal's military tunic, plays a flute as Robert Peel, a buxom woman, bawls a ballad: 'The Pride of all nature is Sweet Willey O!' Nestled in the crook of Peel's arm is a miniature policeman.
BM Satires 16187.
[Ref: 61180] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. [&] M.r Laurence Irving.
WH. [Wallace Hester]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Vertical fold as issued.
Rare lightly caricatured double portrait of British nobleman and landowner, Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, JP (1876 –1941) styled as Marquess of Douro from 1900 to 1934, and English dramatist and actor, Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving (1871 –1914).
[Ref: 63827] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Tragedy. Waterloo 1815. Comedy. Oxford 1834. All the worlds a Stage, and all the Men and Women merely players [...]
I.B.
Pub.d October 14, 1834 by J.B. Brooks, 9 New Bond Street.
Coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A double caricature comparing the tragedy of Waterloo with the comedy of Wellington being made Chancellor of Oxford University.
Rare: not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 61232] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The R.t Hon.ble Arthur Viscount Wellington K.B. &c. &c. From the original Picture in the possession of the Marquis Wellesley.]
[Rob.t Home pinx.t. Cha.s Turner sculpt.]
[Published by Rob.t Home, Calcutta March 15th 1806.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 580 x 390mm (22¾ x 15¼"), large margins.
A full length portrait of Arthur Wellesley, in his major-general's uniform, hand resting on the hilt of his sword, Indian soldiers and a camp behind. Robert Home (1752-1834) worked in India from 1790, painting Wellington fourteen times between 1804 and 1806. This mezzotint seems to be an embellished version of the half-length portrait he painted in 1804, before Wellesley received the sash and star of the Order of the Bath (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1471).
Whitman 602. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, has state i of iii. Morrison Collection.
[Ref: 66510] £690.00

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] The Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Framed over platemark, unexamined out of frame. Foxing, spot in top right.
Wellington stands in profile to the right, with his gloved left hand touching the broad brim of his hat. He is dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip and a paper resembling the 'Gazette', headed 'Bill', representing the Catholic Relief Act of 1829.
BM Satires 15731.
[Ref: 61179] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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