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Art of Self Defence.
Art of Self Defence. Tom and Jerry receiving Instructions from Mr. Jackson, at his Rooms in Bond Street.
Drawn & Eng.d. by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
[Published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821.]
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate. Slight time staining.
Satirical print of Tom and Jerry boxing. One of the coloured illustrations for the 1821 a popular book with the title Life in London or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis.
BM Satires 14329
[Ref: 63186]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Tom, Jerry and Logic, backing Tommy, the Sweep, at the Royal Cockpit.
Tom, Jerry and Logic, backing Tommy, the Sweep, at the Royal Cockpit.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, April 1821.
Fine hand-coloured etching and aquatint. 146 x 230mm. 5¾ x 9". Small rust spot lower right outside title area.
The Royal Cockpit was an early theatre in London, located at the rear of the Palace of Whitehall. It was originally built by Henry VIII, and it was used as a cockpit for cockfighting. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London". Spectators surround the pit with the 'feeders' in the arena, each behind his bird; Tom makes a bet, signalling across the pit.
BM Satires: 14343.
[Ref: 19662]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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A Whistling Shop.
A Whistling Shop. Tom & Jerry visiting Logic, "on board the Fleet".
Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
[Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, May 1, 1821.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed to the plate.
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children. Tennis interest.
[Ref: 52219]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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