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Mr John Anderson, Falconer, at Barrowchaw, Renfrewshire,
Mr John Anderson, Falconer, at Barrowchaw, Renfrewshire, as he appear'd at the Coronation of His Majesty George the 4th, July 19th 1821.
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. Cruikshank.
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St James's St. London, Aug. 16th 1821.
Rare coloured aquatint. 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 9"). Paper lightly toned.
John Anderson (c 1750-1833). falconer to Malcolm Fleming of Barochan, the Earl of Morton and Sir Alexander Donne of Ochiltree. At the coronation Anderson presented the king a pair of falcons on behalf of the 4th Duke of Atholl, Governor of the Isle of Man, accounting for the Manx triskelion on his sleeve.
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The Pleasures Of Angling.
The Pleasures Of Angling. to face Page 158.
Designed and Etched by J.R Cruikshank.
Published by Thomas Boys, Ludgate Hill London, Dec 1.1819.
Bit messy.
Isaac Robert Cruikshank was the brother of fellow caricaturist, George Cruikshank.
[Ref: 56113]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Archery, - Tom, Jerry and the
Archery, - Tom, Jerry and the "Fat Knight" trying their skill to the Bulls Eye.
Drawn & Eng.d by R. Cruikshank.
Published May 1, 1829 by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane Paternoster Row.
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 248mm. 6 x 9¾". Trimmed.
A pavilion and tents set up for spectators to view some archery; in the left foreground women are attended to by a butler with a tray of wine and a man showing them his trophies; a castle and landscape in the background.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20077]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Blind-man's Buff.
Blind-man's Buff.
[Robert Cruishank fecit.]
[Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill.] [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet, with title pasted below.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
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Blind-man's Buff.
Blind-man's Buff.
Robert Cruikshank fecit.
Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill. [n.d., c.1825.]
Fine aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album sheet.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
Not in BM.
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Revolution of the 18th Brumaire.
Revolution of the 18th Brumaire.
I.R. Cruikshank Del.t. Pole Sc.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
Scene of Napoleon's coup against the Council of 500 on the 19th Brumaire (the second day of the 'Coup of 18 Brumaire', 900 November 1799.
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Cribb's Parlour. Tom introducing Jerry and Logic to the Champion of England.
Cribb's Parlour. Tom introducing Jerry and Logic to the Champion of England.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub'd by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Jan. 1, 1822.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate, binding notches affecting publication line.
The interior of the Union Arms, Panton Street, which Tom Cribb ran after retiring from boxing, the walls filled with boxing pictures. A man holds up a prize cup. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
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[Signature of Robert Cruikshank Sept 12, 1863 to
[Signature of Robert Cruikshank Sept 12, 1863 to "Richard Fisher Esq" in ink maybe a member of the publishing house "H. Fisher & Son"with ink mss. invitation illustration To "Mr. Woodwend's".] Mr G.H. Virtue, at Home... Tues May 26th "Ethereal Material"
Sep.t 12th 1865.
Two sheets: invitation 95 x 135 (3¾ x 5¼"), signature 150 x 180mm (6 x 7"), with boar's head blindstamp and Cruikshank's signature. Laid on album paper.
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The Daffy Club or a Musical Master of the Fancy.
The Daffy Club or a Musical Master of the Fancy.
Drawn & Engraved by R. Cruikshank.
Published March 1, 1824, by Sherwood, Jones & C.o.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The interior of the Castle Tavern, Holborn (landlord the boxer Tom Belcher) during a meeting of the 'Daffy Club', men who enjoy gin (daffy), sport and gambling. The walls are filled with portraits of boxers and other sporting paintings.
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Doctor Syntax at Vauxhall Gardens.
Doctor Syntax at Vauxhall Gardens.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed at bottom, losing publisher's inscription.
The cleric, his wife and another couple dine finely in an open-air booth, as other visitors to Vauxhall Gardens walk by. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
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Doctor Syntax Going to Richmond in the Steam Boat.
Doctor Syntax Going to Richmond in the Steam Boat.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Mount burn.
The cleric is sprayed in the face by a fellow passenger opening a bottle. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
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The Oppidan's Museum, or Eton Court of Claims at the Christopher.
The Oppidan's Museum, or Eton Court of Claims at the Christopher.
Drawn & Engraved by R. Cruikshank.
Published March 1. 1824 by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, binding marks along bottom edge.
A view in the cellars of the Christopher Hotel in Eton, where 'Oppidans' (i.e. pupils who could afford to lodge in town rather than at the school) would stay). Curios hang from the ceiling. A drinking scene. A plate from 'The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle', described by Abbey as 'perhaps the most daring book ever published' because many of the people in the narrative could be recognised.
Abbey Life 325.
[Ref: 60823]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV and Caroline of Brunswick] The Beggar's Petition.
[George IV and Caroline of Brunswick] The Beggar's Petition. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man...
I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
London: Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town; and Sold by Every Bookseller and Newsman in the Kingdom. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Price One Shilling. Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials [n.d., c.1819].
Rare coloured etching with letterpress, watermark T. Edmonds 1819. Sheet 410 x 260mm (16 x 10¼"). Tears entering image at top, edges with archival tape on reverse, some other wear and loss at bottom.
George as a beggar, baggage marked 'Vice' on his back, crown held out as a begging bowl, on the road from The Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park (''The Cottage'') to Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, home of his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick. She looks out of a window as he sings to her: ''I ling'ring fall a victim to dispair, / Scorned by the World, by Justice, and by Thee''.
Not in BM; the Bodleian 'Broadside Ballads Online' only has the letterpress.
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A New Chancery Suit removed to the Scotch Bar or more Legitimates.
A New Chancery Suit removed to the Scotch Bar or more Legitimates.
I.R C fecit.
Pubd Feby 4th 1819 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark;sheet 240 x 335mm (9 x 13½") with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
A satire on Thomas Erskine's, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823) marriage to his second wife and mistress Lady Sarah Erskine. They married Gretna Green on 12th October 1818. Erskine, in woman's dress, wearing a huge feathered bonnet over a barrister's wig, holds the right hand of a demure-looking woman, modishly dressed and apparently pregnant. He holds a paper: 'Breach of Promise'. With them are three young children. The smith, in profile to the right, wears Highland dress; he holds a red-hot bar on the anvil and raises his hammer, saying, "I shall make a good thing of this Piece at last." Erskine says: "I have bother'd the Courts in London many times, I'll now try my hand at the Scotch Bar—as to Miss C— she may do her worst since I have got my Letters back." A young woman rushes towards them shouting to stop. Gretna's "runaway marriages" began in 1754 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act came into force in England. Under the Act, if a parent of a person under the age of 21 objected to the minor's marriage, the parent could legally veto the union. The Act tightened the requirements for marrying in England and Wales but did not apply in Scotland, where it was possible for boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12 with or without parental consent. It was, however, only in the 1770s, with the construction of a toll road passing through the hitherto obscure village of Graitney, that Gretna Green became the first easily reachable village over the Scottish border. Scottish law allowed for "irregular marriages", meaning that if a declaration was made before two witnesses, almost anybody had the authority to conduct the marriage ceremony. The blacksmiths in Gretna became known as "anvil priests".
BM Satires 13384.
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Irish Hospitality.
Irish Hospitality.
I. R. Cruikshank. G. C.k sculp.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 165 x 225mm (6½ x 9"). Trimmed and foxing. Minus verses.
A scene in a dining room in which four large men sit around a table drinking wine. An illustration to a song sheet. In profile to left is Whittle.
BM Satire 12699. (not in colour)
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Fencing.
Fencing. Jerry's Admiration of Tom, in an ''Assault'' with M.r O'Shaunessy, at the Rooms in S.t James's St.t.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub'd by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Feb.y 1, 1821.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Repaired tear on right top.
Fencing scene from Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
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Tom, Jerry, Logic, and the ''uncommonly big gentleman'' among the ''Shew Folks'' at Bartholomew Fair.
Tom, Jerry, Logic, and the ''uncommonly big gentleman'' among the ''Shew Folks'' at Bartholomew Fair. One man in his time plays many parts.
Drawn & Eng.d by R. Cruikshank.
Published by Geo. Virtue Oct. 1 1828, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Some surface dirt in the margins.
The trio attend a Shakespearean-style play with a ghost, presented in a tent theatre. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
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Tom, Jerry and Logic, in character at the Grand Carnival.
Tom, Jerry and Logic, in character at the Grand Carnival.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, March 1, 1821.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, pt watermark 1817. Sheet 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Creasing through publishers' inscription.
Costumed revellers and masqueraders dancing and merry-making, with an acrobat on a tightrope. Bottom right Tom seduces a woman dressed as a nun while Jerry, dressed as a monk, talks to Logic. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
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[Charles Mathews] M.r Mathews, as the Lecturer.
[Charles Mathews] M.r Mathews, as the Lecturer.
I.R.C. [Isaac Robert Cruikshank] fecit.
[n.d., c.1823.]
Etching. 185 x 105mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
The actor Charles Mathews (1776 - 1835) as a lecturer in crainiology, standing at a table, a skull in his hand. Mathews specialised in playing all the characters in his 'monodrama' entertainments.
Not in BM, but see 1865,1111.2477 for the same character by George Cruikshank.
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Raphael's Witch!!! or the Oracle of the Future,
Raphael's Witch!!! or the Oracle of the Future, by the Author of the Prophetic Messenger. With Coloured Designs on Copper, by R. Cruikshank & The Author, a a Piece of Music by Blewitt.
London: William Charlton Wright. Paternoster Row [n.d., c.1831].
8vo, original half calf gilt, marbled boards, first edition; pp. 23+180; with coloured title and two coloured folding plates, both very defective. Binding distressed.
A book containing various methods of fortune telling. According to the Preface ''This book is adapted to lay about in drawing-rooms - to be read in gardens and groves - to ornament the boudoir - for amusement in evening parties, as an innocent substitute for cards - to be consulted in every mood of mind and temper. For singular as it may seem, not a thought can arise, nor a wish originate, but the LADY-WITCH OF RAPHAEL will easily solve and satisfy. It removes ennui and low spirits, but cheering the heart--brightening the ideas, and alluring to virtue, happiness and bliss.''.
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Sam Snatch; or, The Fashionable Bailiff.
Sam Snatch; or, The Fashionable Bailiff. My name's Sam Snatch---a grab, d'ye see, Never was a bolder / Vith high and low I can make free, And tap 'em on the shoulder [...]
Cruikshank
Printed and published by R. Harrild, 20, Great Eastcheap
Etching with hand-colouring and letterpress, sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Tears top left and bottom. Damaged.
A bailiff grips a terrified dandy by the shoulders while others flee; song text beneath.
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Splendid Jem, once a dashing hero in the Metropolis, recognized by Tom amongst the Convicts, in the Dock Yard at Chatham.
Splendid Jem, once a dashing hero in the Metropolis, recognized by Tom amongst the Convicts, in the Dock Yard at Chatham.
Drawn & Eng.d by Rob.t Cruikshank.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾").
Jem, one of a gang of convicts kept on hulks on the River Medway prior to gaol transportation, lifts his cap to Tom. Australian interest. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London".
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A Sketch at St Albans -or- Shaving the New Maid Dutchess!!!
A Sketch at St Albans -or- Shaving the New Maid Dutchess!!!
R. C. [Robert Cruikshank] fecit. Peter Wilkins del.t.
Pubd June 1827 [by George Humphrey?].
Hand-coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with wide margins. Publication line partly illegible (as BM example).
The Duke of St. Albans (left) stands over his moustachioed wife. holding her chin, with a razor in his right hand. Behind him on a stool are a jug of shaving-water and a bowl of lather with a brush. Mrs. Coutts looks up at him; in her right hand is a cheque for £50,000, in her left a Cheque Book. She says, 'My dear young Shaver, here's £50.000 for you but you must dress my Beard once a day at least, do whatever I desire you, and never dare to contradict me', to which he replies ' My dear Dutchess your chin wants mowing sadly, and you should be properly lather'd first, but I fear I have not strength to do it'. A satirical print on the marriage of actress Harriot Mellon (formerly the wife of Thomas Coutts, who left her his fortune and share in Coutts bank when he died in 1822) to the Duke of St Albans, 23 years her junior.
BM Satires 15455.
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Miss Tree as Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Miss Tree as Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
I.R. Chriukshank, Fecit.
Pub.d by F. Humphrey 27 St James's St. March 1822.
Coloured etching. Printed area 210 x 140mm, 8¼ x 5½", watermarked 'J.Whatman 1821'.
Ellen Tree (1805-80), actress, later Mrs Charles Kean, shown here the year of her profession debut. In 1846 she was Julia in the first production of the 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' in America.
Not listed in Hall.
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[Wellington] A Vision of Judgment!!!
[Wellington] A Vision of Judgment!!!
[by Robert Cruikshank]
Pub.d by Tregear Cheapside [n.d, c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 350mm (10 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A haggard Wellington lying on a sofa is startled by a vision of Charon on the River Styx, which features Canning, holding up a banner inscribed 'Turkey Portugal Russia', Percival in a blood-stained robe and Castlereagh with a slit throat. At Wellington's feet are a crown, mitre and a skull marked 'Memento [Mori]'. Behind George IV sleeps, a bottle of brandy on the table before him. An attack on Wellington aiming for sovereign power, his non-intervention in Portugal and failure in actions in the Russia-Turkey dispute.
BM Satires 16049.
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Westminster Election.
Westminster Election.
I.R. Cruikshank. del & fec.t.
London Pu.d by J.J. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall, 16th July 1818.
Coloured etching. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the hustings erected in front of St Paul's Church, with Henry Hunt haranguing the crowd. Frontispiece to 'The Poll Book, for electing Two Representatives in Parliament for ... Westminster'. John James Stockdate was the publisher who tried to blackmail the Duke of Wellington with the ''Memoirs of Harriette Wilson'', receiving the reply 'Publish and be damned'.
BM Satires 13003.
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