Grosvenor Prints

Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-Of-War's Man. By an Old Sailor [Mathew Henry Barker]. with illustrations by George Cruikshank.
London: Published by James Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; and Joseph Robins, jun. and Co. Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin.
4to, morocco-backed boards gilt; top edge gilt, the others uncut; pp. (iv) + 200, 12 coloured etchings. Some spotting and toning to edges.
A collection of anecdotes of a life at sea, which were, according to the Introduction, originally published in the Literary Gazette newspaper. The author, Mathew Henry Barker (1790-1846), served on an East Indiaman, but regularly contributed articles to various journals.
[Ref: 21740] £800.00 view all images for this item

Anglo-Gallic Salutations in London_or Practice makes perfect! "Gode a morning Sare, did it rain towmorrow? "yase it vas"
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 6th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; tear and holes..
A comic scene in which two French men staying in London greet each other in ungrammatical English. They are outside the White Bear, Piccadilly, ''The Original Paris Coach Office'', advertising coaches to France. Pair to 'Anglo-Parisian Salutations' (ref. 43642).
BM Satire 14440.
[Ref: 54397] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Anglo-Parisian Salutations_or Practice par excellence! "Commong porty vous munseer?_O Oui_il est un tres belle jour"!
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 10th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, edges messy.
A comic scene in which two English men staying in Paris greet each other in stilted French. On the walls are various posters for plays and operas such as 'Jean Bull en Paris'.
BM Satire 14441. See ref: 54397 for Pair
[Ref: 43642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Archery.
Sketched Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. [n.d., c.1835.]
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm. 7½ x 11".
Eight vignettes, featuring female hairstyles, the largest showing putti in an archery tournament. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' 1834 by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12017] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00

[Bartholomew Fair] The Fiend's Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery & Vice, Under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and thew Worshipful Court of Aldermen! In the Age of Intellect. Pl 3.
Desaigned Etched & Published by George Cruikshank, Sept.r 1. 1832.
Etching. Sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper, small tear, spotting.
Bartholomew Fair is depicted in a frying pan held above a fire by a huge horned demon with a toasting fork. Two imps hold up scrolls listing the 'Amusements of the People', including 'Drunkenness, Riot, Robbery, Rascality', more demons on top left. A tent has large advert for "Wild Beasts". An attack on the lawlessness of Bartholomew Fair, before an 1840 ban on exhibitions sent it into decline, ceasing completely by 1855.
BM Satires 17352.
[Ref: 57709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Blue Devils _ !!
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London _ Jan.y 10th. 1823 _
Coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark Sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A melancholy man in night-cap and slippers stares at his account sheet in an otherwise empty grate, supporting his head on his hand. He is tormented by blue demons: one offers him a noose, another a razor.
BM Satires 14598, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60564] £320.00

[Napoleon] The Blindfolded Austrian Officer.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Dec. 1. 1814.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained.
Napoleon Bonaparte in a tent with three massive guards and a fourth making up for his lack of stature by standing on a stool. Another officer brings a blindfolded Austrian to surrender to Napoleon after the Battle of Ulm. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12462.
[Ref: 55791] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon] Burning the Mosques.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Dec. 4th. 1814.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained.
Napoleon Bonaparte directing the burning of the Great Mosque and other mosques to quell the Cairo Uprising during the Egyptian Campaign, 1798. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12464.
[Ref: 55789] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon] Pursued by Cossacks.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Jan. 9. 1815.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained, messy.
A diminutive Napoleon leaps from the side-window of a ramshackle hut as a Cossack strikes at the door with an axe. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12480.
[Ref: 55788] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

W. Bridle Gaoler of Ilchester. Removed by Hunt for miscondunt. [in manuscript.]
[George Cruikshank.]
[1821.]
Etching. Sheet: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾").
A full length portrait of William Bridle, gaoler of Ilchester Bastille, shown within the prison holding leg irons, manacles and a hangman's noose. Radical activist Henry Hunt was imprisioned for his role in a rally in Manchester which came to be known as the Peterloo Masscare, he served his term in Ilchester Prison and whilst there brought a case against the gaoler William Bridle for drunkeness, gambling, neglect of duty, licentiousness towards female prisoners and torture. Bridle was found guilty and removed. This portrait is the frontispeice to 'Investigation at Ilchester Gaol in the county of Somerset into the conduct of William Bridle the Gaoler, before the commissioner appointed by the crown' published in 1821.
[Ref: 41547] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Brougham] Buy a Broom?!!
John Birch del- Query - fecit. [G. Cruikshank.]
London Pubd May 13th 1825 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, image 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate. Trace of glue stains, from verso.
Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); wearing barrister's wig and bands, and over this a bodice and petticoat, all topped off with a spotted conical cap tied around his chin. He is likened to a street-seller of brooms, implying venality. By George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
BM Satires 14769.
[Ref: 25041] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Call Again Tomorrow. Sung by Mr. Smith, at Sadler's Wells. 16
[by George Cruikshank?]
Printed and published by R. Harrild, 20, Great Eastcheap [n.d., c.1820).
Coloured etching, set in letterpress. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), very large margins. Some creasing.
A debtor telling his creditor through a window to come back tomorrow, while thinking of ways to raise money without working. A song from the ''Magic Minstrel'', libretto by C. Dibden, music by Mr. Reeve, and sung by Mr Smith at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadlers' Wells.
[Ref: 58395] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Interior View Of The House Of God. "Believe not every Spirit", but try the Spirits, wether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world." I John. Chapter iv, Verse 1.st
G. Cruikshank fec.t
Published November 1.st 1811 by M Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, sheet 240 x 410mm (9½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Some loss bottom right.
Plate from the 'Scourge', ii, before p. 349. Scene in Elias Carpenter's (fl. 1811) meeting-house, previously a paper-stainer's workshop. The pulpit is the focal point of the design, positioned before the organ loft. "And Jacob kissed Rachel Genesis... [&c]," yells Carpenter, a portrait, emphatically raising his fist as his words reach a young lady beneath the organ loft. A dishevelled clerk stands behind him, extinguishing a candle. Directly above their heads, a webbed-winged demon peers down from in front of the organ, using a red-hot poker to play a gridiron. Heads peer through and over a frayed curtain that encircles the organ loft. Most of the congregation consists of sanctimonious humbugs or ruffians, with a few disreputable-looking women. Seated in an enclosure directly in front of the pulpit are four relatively well-dressed women, one of whom is holding a paper with the words "Dear Carpenter" on it. One book has the inscription "Mrs. Joanna Southcote Vision 4." People whose eyes are not on the preacher engage in discussions and encounters. A man wraps his arm around a young woman and shows her a pornographic book called "Fan[ny] Hi[ll]"; another offers a scared woman a bottle of "Gin." An elderly woman is carrying a bottle of "Max". A comparatively well-dressed man gapes at the preacher while a man takes his watch from his fob, another has robbed him of a wallet. The packet marked "Signed Gabriel 3s/6d" is held by the latter. Beside the pulpit, a pious man is holding a document that reads, "Capt Morris Hymns—Hymn 1st Great Plenipo." A club fight is taking place next to a small door on the right, right next to a sign that reads, "House of God... 5 Pounds Reward." On the extreme left, is a portrait-group of detached observers who contrast favourably with the congregation. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), a three-quarter length self-portrait with a sketch in his hand, is seen speaking with Jones (fl. 1811-1816), the publisher of the "Scourge." George is followed by Isaac Robert (1789-1856) (right), a slightly older and stouter version of his brother, who is turning to face William Hone (1780-1842). The building has a barrel-shaped roof and is dilapidated, with bricks poking through the plaster. Walls and roofs are embellished with pictures. They consist of: (1) a man surrounded by clouds and riding a horse; (2) a man enthroned on clouds and holding a banner who is addressed by someone who is kneeling; and (3) a capering demon. There are windows in each side wall, their Venetian blinds falling apart. There is a notice by one (right): 'Tickets either to these [? the sel[ect]] Pews or to Heaven 3s 6d each'. On the pulpit is inscribed : 'Hiatus valde / Deflendus} H — / Damnation. — Madness — Fire & Brimstone Blasphemy Red Hot — Lust... } Hot water — / Lukewarm — Drowsiness } Milk / Water —' Beneath this (and under the pulpit) is an arched recess in which is the head of a demon gnashing his teeth and pointing upwards.
BM Satires 11764.
[Ref: 62416] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Christian Slavery at Algiers. Capt. Croker Visiting the Hospitals at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Stricken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank fec.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pair of etchings. Sheet: 250 x 100mm (9¾ x 4"). Images and title trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 41902] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Comic Almanak, for 1847: An Ephemeris in Jest and Ernest, containing 'All Things Fitting for such a Work.' By Ricdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with Numerous Humorous Illustrations: - And a Dozen of 'Right Merrie' Cuts pertaining to the Months.
By George Cruikshank.
London Imprinted for David Bogue, Bibliopolist, in Fleet Street. Vizetelly Brothers & Co. Printers, Peterborough Court, 135 Fleet Street.
Very small 4to, original half calf gilt with marbled boards, maroon morocco title label on spine; pp. 64, twelve wood-engraved plates, Bookplate E. C. Grant on front pastedown, some pages toned, one text page with a tear.
A mixture of useful dates (i.e. when the British Museum is open), satire and caricature. The last plate is 'The Banquet of the Black Dolls' with a page of text. In ink 'To Edward C. Grant esq with thanks for his assistance from the Author.
[Ref: 40552] £180.00 view all images for this item

John Bull In The Council Chamber.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 1.st 1813 by W N Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, Whatman 1811 watermark; sheet 210 x 495mm (8¼ x 19½"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Right side ragged. Large repaired tear on left.
Plate from the 'Scourge', vi, frontispiece. In the center of the design, a caricatured Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) sits enthroned beneath a canopy. Her knees are spread wide, and she has one slender foot elevated on a cushioned stool, a coffer holding the "Hastings Diamond"; in her left hand she holds a sceptre topped with an eagle, and her left elbow rests on a bolster bearing the name "German Sausage," which is perched atop a large mound of greenery inside a receptacle labeled "Sauer Kraut." Perched on her feathered cap is a small crown. A lean, hideous courtier (left) kneels and offers her a box labelled 'Strasbu[rgh],' from which she takes snuff; another (right) stands with her knees bent and holds another box bearing the same inscription. Both sport feminine mob-caps, quasi-military attire with epaulets, and have grotesque comic profiles. Behind the first, a third, capless, holds out a jar of 'Strasbu[rgh]' snuff. Three small, hideous demons sprint forward from the left, each holding a box on their head that reads "Real Strasburg," "Princes Mixture," and "Irish Blaguard." A fourth moves forward from the right, carrying a massive jar of "Royal Strasburgh" atop his head. The Queen's festooned canopy is held up by terminal pillars topped with half-length representations of repulsive, nude hags resting their arms on a cluster of money bags bearing the words "1000" or "... 00." A serpent with fangs and fiery jaws is entwined around each, projecting the words "Pride Corruption" on the left and "Malice Hatered" on the right. "Am I not the Q—n?" she asks. I refuse to give up even the slightest bit of my authority—more Strasburgh there—present the reports to me." Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) is depicted on the left, his body covered in scales, his tail barbed, small horns growing from his forehead, cloven hooves, and an incorrectly placed star on his breast. He is holding out a paper with the words "Secret Inquiry" written on it and is making an exclamatory gesture with his extended arms. " May it please your — The precious Ore resists every Chemical attempt at deterioration— so the Virtue of injured Woman repels the touch of Slander & rises superior to its malevolence. I take Shame to myself at discomfiture—but the Princess is declared "Innocen!" Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818) is seen behind Liverpool on the left, wearing a wig and a gown, and facing right with her fists clenched. "By Hell, I thought to shame the Rogues, but the d—d Brewer [Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), the Princess's champion] was too much for me," he says with a frown. "May it please your M—g—ty the Reports of the Physicians is admirably confused & equivocating & well calculated to meet the public eye!" bows Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), who is positioned on the extreme left and has a huge, hooked nose. He holds a paper with the title "Medical monthly Report." The Regent (1762-1830) is pictured on the far right, sleeping in a cradle with the motto "Ich Dein" and three unkempt ostrich feathers on top. A decanter of "Curacoa" rests between his legs, and he is holding a doll meant for Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford (1760-1834) that has enormous breasts and a spikey crown. A ragged Irishman is seen in profile to the right, kneeling before the cradle and holding out a piece of paper titled "Catholic Claims." Wearing the Chancellor's wig and gown, John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) kneels beside the cradle, offering the child his arms in defense against the Irishman. "Pat, take it easy or you'll wake up the Royal Conscience, who is currently sound asleep." he says. "By St. Patrick, but there's no risk of upsetting it as long as your Lordship is its Keeper," Pat responds. John Bull is standing behind Pat, his hands up in shock and his legs arched. He looks to the left and cries, " Mercy on me what have we hear, Conscience asleep! on the one hand & the Manufacture of Reports on the other— Is this the way I am bubbled?!" As though he is standing in the opening of a cave, rocks surround him.
BM Satires 12066.
[Ref: 62415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lithographic designs by George Cruikshank, signed by the artist] Reissue of Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank in Monthly Parts Half a Crown [...]
[George Cruikshank, c.1854]
86 Fleet Street W. Kent & Co Late David Bogue
Lithograph, 270 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"). Glued to backing sheet, wormhole bottom left; frontispiece to Cruikshank's 'Illustrations of Time' verso. Inscribed 'To the Editor of the Morning Post with the compliments of George Cruikshank'
'About 1854 Cruikshank intended to publish "Re-issue of Scraps and Sketches in monthly parts...to be completed in ten parts." [...] For this issue the artist executed a lithographic design for the wrappers, and the work was published by "W. Kent & Co., late Bogue" (Cohn).
Cohn 180
[Ref: 41113] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Seven vignette satires of wooden legs on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Spotting.
Seven satires on wooden legs, including: 'A Gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on –', in which a chambermaid mistakes a sailor's leg for the handle of the warming pan; and 'Living on Wooden Legs, with four stilt walkers. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 51600] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Five vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Five including: 'Church & State'—', in which a bishop and a layman take wine together at a dinner-table under a gas chandelier, while three bloated footmen attend.
BM Satires 15980.
[Ref: 51603] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Seven random satires, including: 'A Jolly Companion', a bust profile of a man constructed from a punch bowl, decanter, two glasses, lemon, lemon-squeezer and corkscrew; and 'Tooth Powder' showing a sufferer from tooth-ache extracting a tooth by firing a pistol, the bullet attached by a string to the tooth. Plate 1 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15619.
[Ref: 51599] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some staining.
Seven vignette satiresm including 'Brobdignag Bonnet', showing a woman with a massive hat. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57290] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Nine vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1st 1829.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"), watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill, 1829). Tear through vignette top left.
Nine random satires, including 'Lithography', a pun showing a beggar drawing on a pavement. Plate 6 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'
BM Satires 15982.
[Ref: 57286] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Six vignette satires on education on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Six educational satires including: 'The Pursuit of Letters' in which large-headed infants in baby walkers rush after large letters on spidery legs; and 'The Tutor's Assistant', a birch-rod. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15622.
[Ref: 51602] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Five vignette legal scenes on one sheet.] "Pleading at the Bar." or - Popular Education - a Farce. Performed every Sessions.
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Four legal satires around a central realistic rendering of an Old Bailey trial, including: 'Chamber Practice', in which young lawyers carouse drunkenly; and 'Practising at the Bar', depicting a burglar using a crow-bar to jimmy open a shutter of a bar (pub) door. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15621.
[Ref: 51601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires of bonnets on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Spotting.
Seven satires on ladies' hats, including: 'Bonnet Building', featuring four milliners, two on tall step-ladders, trimming a hat far larger than themselves with giant bows of ribbon; and 'Section of the Bonnet Carriage', depicting a carriage shaped accomodate her hat and her bustle. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 51595] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Nine vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1st 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Nine random satires, including 'Lithography', a pun showing a beggar drawing on a pavement. Plate 6 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'
BM Satires 15982.
[Ref: 51597] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Preservation. An African Settlement. Spoon=bill. Botheration. A Vane Man.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Feb.y 1 1831.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Small tears in bottom edge, some slight staining.
Five vignette drolls. 'Preservation' has hunters shooting each other rather than the pheasants; 'An African Settlement' shows a graveyard. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57283] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Six vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. J. Whatman 1827 watermark; Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Nine random satires, including 'Johnny Cockaigne showing Cousin Tummas a "Lions" den', a view of William Crockford's 'St James's Club', St James's Street. Plate 4 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15620.
[Ref: 51598] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Bellows] Scraps & Sketches Part 3.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Feb.y 1831.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14").
Eight vignette drolls featuring anthropomorphic bellows. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57285] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires of bonnets on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1829.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Spotting.
Seven satires on ladies' hats, including: 'Bonnet Building', featuring four milliners, two on tall step-ladders, trimming a hat far larger than themselves with giant bows of ribbon; and 'Section of the Bonnet Carriage', depicting a carriage shaped accomodate her hat and her bustle. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Christmas - Time.
(Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
May 1st 1827).
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"), paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Small tear in top and bottom edge, some slight staining.
Six vignette drolls on the theme 'Christmas Time', including 'Pudding Time'. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57278] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Comfortables.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Feb.y 1 1830.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14") on Whatman Turkey Mill paper dated 1830. Small tear in bottom edge, some slight staining.
Six vignette drolls on the theme of 'Comfort', including 'A Batchelor's Comforts', with a man smoking before a fire. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57284] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Comforts.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Feb.y 1831.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Small tear in bottom edge.
Nine vignette drolls on the theme 'Comforts', including 'Christmas Comforts' with anthropomorphic figures of food and crockery dancing. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57275] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Odd Fish.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Sept.r 1st 1832.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Small tears in bottom edge, some slight staining.
Thirteen vignette drolls mostly with a fishy theme, including swordfish duelling with their bills. In the centre are two elephants, titled "Gentleman and Porters"smoking from a hookah. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57282] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Five vignette legal scenes on one sheet.] "Pleading at the Bar." or - Popular Education - a Farce. Performed every Sessions.
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"), on paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1829'. Tear in right edge, some spotting.
Four legal satires around a central realistic rendering of an Old Bailey trial, including: 'Chamber Practice', in which young lawyers carouse drunkenly; and 'Practising at the Bar', depicting a burglar using a crow-bar to jimmy open a shutter of a bar (pub) door. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57289] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Five scenes of 'Time'.]
(Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
May 1st 1827).
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"), paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Small tear in bottom edge, some slight staining.
Five vignette drolls on the theme 'Time', including 'Time Badly Employed', with a fair including a hot-air balloon, and 'Time is ~', with a man in prison, with a game of real tennis being played against a high wall. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57279] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

An Affecting Scene in the Downs.
[William Heath]
[London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.]
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress, watermarked 1802. Trimmed within plate on three sides, letterpress trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58472] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

An Affecting Scene in the Downs.
[William Heath]
London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress. Album paper pasted over left edge of image, some damage to right edge. Persons identified in old ink mss.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58471] £320.00

The Dancing Lesson [set of four]
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub.d July 8th 1822 by G. Humphrey, 27 St James's St, London. [Pt 2. March 6th 1824 by Humphrey; Pts 3 & 4. March 1 1825..]
Four coloured etchings. Each sheet approx. 125 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed to border and laid on album paper in a strip, concertinaed into a leather pouch with facsimile of Cruikshank's signature.
Four fine coloured etchings published over a period of four years, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Etched by George Cruikshank (1792-1878). The son of a notable satirist (who died following a drinking match when George was only 19, leaving him as the family breadwinner), Cruikshank was a prolific and celebrated caricaturist from an early age. Alongside contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray, he ridiculed the excesses of late Georgian Britain with devastating effectiveness (George IV eventually paid him 'not to caricature His Majesty in any immoral situation'). These prints date from the time when Cruikshank left behind political satire and moved into humorous book illustration.
BM Satires 14436 [1]; 14899 [3, in 1835 reissue only]; 14890 [4, in 1835 reissue only].
[Ref: 60675] £700.00 view all images for this item

Train up a Child in the Way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank, Total Abstainer from all Intoxicating Liquors and Tobacco.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching, first proof signed in pencil by the artist. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾"), on thick paper; on verso in pencil "pledge card", very large margins Slight surface soiling.
A moralistic plate, promoting temperance and good education, the title having been lifted from Proverbs 22:6 (King James Bible). On each side are three scenes comparing the plight of the children of drunkards to those of teetotalers.
[Ref: 57557] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

An Election Ball.
G. Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1813., but later impression.]
Hand-coloured etching. 'J. Whatman 1834' watermark. Plate: 140 x 190mm (5½ x 7½''), with very large margins. Paper tone.
A scene in a provincial assembly room with a musician gallery on the left, various couples dance while some guests walk from the side.
BM Satire 13432.
[Ref: 49091] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
[1851, but later.]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 395mm (6 x 15½") Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. It was drawn and etched by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) and was originally published by David Bogue for Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'; however this example has the publication line erased.
[Ref: 41930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!
Designed & etched by George Cruikshank.
Pub.d by D. Bogue 86 Fleet St London [1851].
Etching. 180 x 430mm (7 x 17"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, binding folds as normal.
A variety of white men stand in a port, watching with dismay the landing of a group of caricatured Black women, some in tribal costume. Published in Cruikshank's 'The Comic Almanack 1851'.
[Ref: 51952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair] D_D Angelic pon honour - fascinating Creature monstrous hansome!! D_m me if she isnt a divinity!! for further Particulars enquire of the Original. [&] May I die if there is'nt Sir George!! _ charming man!! as I live he's looking this way _ O! the dear fellow!! Vide the Opera boxes.
[George Cruikshank]
London Publish'd by W. S. Fores 50 Piccadilly Augt 9th 1817.
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), Lady watermarked 1815. Trimmed to plate, slight loss made up bottom left of 2nd item.
A dandy ogles an unseen woman through his monocle; and a lady in an opera box, wearing a revealing dress, scans a man with her opera glass.
BM Satires 12950 & 12951
[Ref: 52034] £360.00 view all images for this item

[Frost Fair] Gambols on the River Thames. Feb.y 1814.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d Feb.y 1814 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Fine coloured etching. J. Whatman 1822 watermark, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with very large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
A satire of the raucus frost fair held under Blackfriars Bridge, 31st January to the 5th February 1814, the last one held. Tents full of drinkers are signposted 'The Nelson' and 'Shannon'; the 'Thames Printing Office' is at work on the left; and a game of skittles is in progress in the foreground right.
BM Satires 12341.
[Ref: 61806] £680.00

The Gin Shop.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
November 1st 1829.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 255 x 295mm (10 x 11½"), paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1829. Trimmed within plate. Small tear in bottom edge, some slight staining.
The satirised interior of a gin shop, with the products in coffin-shaped containers. The red-nosed customers stand in an enormous gin-trap, one feeding gin to her baby. A skeleton with an hourglass says 'I shall have them all dead presently'. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
See reference 61960 for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 57280] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Gin Shop.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
November 1st 1829.
Etching, sheet 225 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate.
The satirised interior of a gin shop, with the products in coffin-shaped containers. The red-nosed customers stand in an enormous gin-trap, one feeding gin to her baby. A skeleton with an hourglass says 'I shall have them all dead presently'. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
See reference 57280 for a coloured version.
[Ref: 61960] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Looking for Lodgings. 'This is all I have ma'm: I have just let the last tent on the tiles to a foreign nobleman.'
George Cruikshank.
[London: David Bogue, 1851.]
Etching. 155 x 255mm, 6 x 10".
A group of four adults, presumably "Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family", being shown to a single hammock. Illustration from Henry Mayhew's "The World's show, 1851, or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family". Early in the season the tickets for the Great Exhibition were 3 guineas (£275 today), reducing to £1, five shillings, and finally (in the height of the summer, with the wealthy escaped from London) to 1 shilling (£4.35). 4.5 million 1-shilling tickets were sold.
[Ref: 16953] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Hard Times. Term Time. Worse and Worse, Semper Idem!!
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruickshank May 1st 1827.
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Some staining.
Five vignettes of poverty on one plate: a man's nose held to a grindstone; ragged beggars singing; a lawyer in front of the Law Courts giving the parties half an oyster shell each and keeping the oyster; a cleric in prison braking rocks; and a sleeping butcher in his almost empty shop. At the time England was suffering from the effects of the Corn Laws; by keeping the cost of corn high to protect the landowners the government caused extreme hardship for workers. Also, as they had to pay high wages in order for their workers to be able to eat, the laws were troublesome for the manufacturers.
[Ref: 40612] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

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