A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Act the 2.d of the New Drury Lane Brewery or a Managers Spur to Progress.
Afrus Inv.t. [Walker f.]
Pub.d Jan.y 1812 by Walker & Knight No 7 Cornhill.
Engraving. 300 x 400mm. Creased.
When the Drury Lane Theatre burnt down in 1809 Sheridan was ruined. He turned to his friend Samuel Whitbread (the brewer) for help rebuilding it. However because Sheridan's creditors had to accept 25% of their due it was decided that Sheridan should be banned from management of the new theatre.
BM: 11936.
[Ref: 447] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Afrus Inv.t. [Walker f.]
Pub.d Jan.y 1812 by Walker & Knight No 7 Cornhill.
Engraving. 300 x 400mm. Creased.
When the Drury Lane Theatre burnt down in 1809 Sheridan was ruined. He turned to his friend Samuel Whitbread (the brewer) for help rebuilding it. However because Sheridan's creditors had to accept 25% of their due it was decided that Sheridan should be banned from management of the new theatre.
BM: 11936.
[Ref: 447] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Grand Country Dance. ''This Life is like a Country Dance, the World a spacious Ball Room''. Dublin.
Argus del.
London, Pub. by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman 1818' watermark. Sheet: 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage and staining.
A political satire showing figures representing England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a sailor looking unimpressed as a French dancing master waves his arms with his fiddle and bow infront of them. A commentary on Nelson's chase of the French fleet and Villeneuve during the Napoleonic wars. An 1818 reissue by S.W. Fores of an 1805 print published by C. Knight.
BM Satire 10423.
[Ref: 50750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.
London, Pub. by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman 1818' watermark. Sheet: 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage and staining.
A political satire showing figures representing England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a sailor looking unimpressed as a French dancing master waves his arms with his fiddle and bow infront of them. A commentary on Nelson's chase of the French fleet and Villeneuve during the Napoleonic wars. An 1818 reissue by S.W. Fores of an 1805 print published by C. Knight.
BM Satire 10423.
[Ref: 50750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Rules for a Warm Weather Ball or Salutary Conduct for Corpulent Dancers.
Argus del.
Handcoloured etching. J. Whatman watermarked paper 1818. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10). Surface dirt. Tears in edges. Some staining and creases.
A scene in a ballroom in which a large woman, fanning herself, converses with a man about the heat. Around them figures dance and dine while musicians play in a gallery.
BM Satire 10664.
[Ref: 38766] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.
Handcoloured etching. J. Whatman watermarked paper 1818. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10). Surface dirt. Tears in edges. Some staining and creases.
A scene in a ballroom in which a large woman, fanning herself, converses with a man about the heat. Around them figures dance and dine while musicians play in a gallery.
BM Satire 10664.
[Ref: 38766] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)