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The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Are You the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign?](jpegs/55948.jpg)
[George IV] Are You the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign?
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips].
Pub. by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St Strand April 26, 1829.
Coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1817', large margins. Some creasing.
George IV, his hands behind his back, leans forward, putting the question to the off-scene Wellington. The Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister since January, had been accused of coercing the king.
BM Satires 15735.
[Ref: 55948] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips].
Pub. by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St Strand April 26, 1829.
Coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1817', large margins. Some creasing.
George IV, his hands behind his back, leans forward, putting the question to the off-scene Wellington. The Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister since January, had been accused of coercing the king.
BM Satires 15735.
[Ref: 55948] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Recruiting Party. Now's Your Time My Lads- Whigs & Tories - Christians, Jews & Turks- no distinction made.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub. by S. Gans 15 Southampton St. Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform salutes, to George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
See BM Satire: 15812 for Heath's original.
[Ref: 55404] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)