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Lewis Marks del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, June 6. 1814.
Hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman & W. Balston watermark. Sheet: 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Damaged.
A satirical scene shows an ugly woman sitting on the throne dipping her hand in a box of snuff while the Prince Regent enquires after his wife. A commentary on the arrival of the allied sovereigns who exploited the Regent's bad relationship with his wife.
BM Satires 12278.
[Ref: 46474] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, June 6. 1814.
Hand-coloured etching, J. Whatman & W. Balston watermark. Sheet: 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Damaged.
A satirical scene shows an ugly woman sitting on the throne dipping her hand in a box of snuff while the Prince Regent enquires after his wife. A commentary on the arrival of the allied sovereigns who exploited the Regent's bad relationship with his wife.
BM Satires 12278.
[Ref: 46474] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull playing a Rubber. The Chronologist. No. 4.
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Courage Displayed!!!
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate.
Etching with original colour. Sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 51352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fecit.
London. pubd by Marks, 17 Artillery St, Bishopsgate.
Etching with original colour. Sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within printed border.
A man attacks a mouse with a poker, inadvertently breaking a mirror. Two women stand on a chaise longue, one hitching up her skirts.
[Ref: 51352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]](jpegs/41167.jpg)
[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]
H.S. Marks.
London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Lith to the Queen.
Etching on india, platemark 180 x 130mm (7 x 5") very large margins.
Etching by painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98), plate 17 from Passages from 'Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club' (1862). Marks first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853 and regularly exhibited there in the next two decades (mostly with Shakespearean or historical subjects). Family responsibilities forced him to take on additional work, including illustrations such as this, art criticism, and designs for porcelain, church and theatre interiors, and even Christmas cards! He was elected as an Academician in 1878.
[Ref: 41167] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H.S. Marks.
London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Lith to the Queen.
Etching on india, platemark 180 x 130mm (7 x 5") very large margins.
Etching by painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98), plate 17 from Passages from 'Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club' (1862). Marks first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853 and regularly exhibited there in the next two decades (mostly with Shakespearean or historical subjects). Family responsibilities forced him to take on additional work, including illustrations such as this, art criticism, and designs for porcelain, church and theatre interiors, and even Christmas cards! He was elected as an Academician in 1878.
[Ref: 41167] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Low Life Above Stairs; or, the Humours of the Great Baby at B***ht*n. Releas'd from all the toils of State, / From care and sorrow free, / The humourous Wag of pond'rous weight, Gives way to mirth and glee...
London Pub. by J.L. Marks No.28 Fetter Lane Fleet Street Jan.y 24th 1821.
Etching with hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Chip in margin top left. Small margins.
A servants' ball in Brighton Pavilion, with George IV dancing a reel with a fat cook, with other couples including a black footman. The musicians in the gallery are ministers, with Sidmouth and Liverpool playing a duet at a square piano, Eldon blowing bagpipes and Castlereagh playing a harp. To the left are Lord and Lady Conyngham, he with cuckold's horns, she distressed at George dancing with someone else. She says: "Ah! with his scullion! Titles & rank are my defence But what can save her insolence!"
BM Satires 14111.
[Ref: 56736] £360.00
London Pub. by J.L. Marks No.28 Fetter Lane Fleet Street Jan.y 24th 1821.
Etching with hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Chip in margin top left. Small margins.
A servants' ball in Brighton Pavilion, with George IV dancing a reel with a fat cook, with other couples including a black footman. The musicians in the gallery are ministers, with Sidmouth and Liverpool playing a duet at a square piano, Eldon blowing bagpipes and Castlereagh playing a harp. To the left are Lord and Lady Conyngham, he with cuckold's horns, she distressed at George dancing with someone else. She says: "Ah! with his scullion! Titles & rank are my defence But what can save her insolence!"
BM Satires 14111.
[Ref: 56736] £360.00
Illustration of Plays No 6. Inconstant!!
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The March of Interlect or a Dust-Man & Family of the 19th Century.
Marks fecit.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper, with second droll on reverse.
A satire on the aspirations of the working classes. The affluently dressed dustman's wife asks her husband if he has seen the latest issue of 'La Bells Ass-emblee' (John Bell's La Belle Assemblée, or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine). The second droll is 'Very Wet', a coloured aquatint (180 x 140mm, trimmed to image), with a well-dress woman getting soaked despite her umbrella.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 56617] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Marks fecit.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper, with second droll on reverse.
A satire on the aspirations of the working classes. The affluently dressed dustman's wife asks her husband if he has seen the latest issue of 'La Bells Ass-emblee' (John Bell's La Belle Assemblée, or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine). The second droll is 'Very Wet', a coloured aquatint (180 x 140mm, trimmed to image), with a well-dress woman getting soaked despite her umbrella.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 56617] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Three Weeks after Marriage!! Illustration of Plays No 7.
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Awful Moments or Monkeys of Honour!! N.o 37. How many Cowards, whose hearts are all as false, As stains of sand, wear yet upon their chins, The beards of Hercules and Frowning Mars; Who inward search'd have livers white as milk: Shakespeare.
M.arks fc.
[London Published by J.L. Marks, 17, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate] [n.d c.1824]
Etching with colour, 180 x 205mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Slight loss lower left.
A caricature of a duel fought in 1824 between Cornet William Battier (fl.1824-) and Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), both of the 10th Hussars. With a Shakespeare (1564-1616) quote from the 'Merchant of Venice. Act III. Scene 2.' Battier, Londonberry and their seconds Lt-Col. Thomas Weston (-c.1824) and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) are depicted as monkeys wearing military uniforms.
[Ref: 58441] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.arks fc.
[London Published by J.L. Marks, 17, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate] [n.d c.1824]
Etching with colour, 180 x 205mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Slight loss lower left.
A caricature of a duel fought in 1824 between Cornet William Battier (fl.1824-) and Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), both of the 10th Hussars. With a Shakespeare (1564-1616) quote from the 'Merchant of Venice. Act III. Scene 2.' Battier, Londonberry and their seconds Lt-Col. Thomas Weston (-c.1824) and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) are depicted as monkeys wearing military uniforms.
[Ref: 58441] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III. Scene a Tent - ''Give me another ass, bind up my wounds! "Have mercy, there I say, you'll break my bones.'' Duncombe's, Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.9.
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Disappointed Undertaker, or Rising John Bull's Choler_a
Marks fec.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A portly John Bull is propositioned by an undertaker who carries a coffin strapped to his back, offering a deal for his whole family.
[Ref: 56283] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A portly John Bull is propositioned by an undertaker who carries a coffin strapped to his back, offering a deal for his whole family.
[Ref: 56283] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A pair of grotesque figures.]](jpegs/50465.jpg)
[A pair of grotesque figures.]
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)