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Sawney Discovered. or the Scotch Intruders 1760.
[by George Townshend.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped. Trimmed.
A line of Scots wait to be introduced to Princess Augusta to get sinecures, who is behind a screen decorated with thistles and the royal motto ''Nemo me impune lacessit", with the English ''translation', ''No One Touches Me But Gets the Itch''. The figures of Augusta, Bute and two others appear when held up to the light. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3825
[Ref: 63317] £390.00 view all images for this item
[by George Townshend.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped. Trimmed.
A line of Scots wait to be introduced to Princess Augusta to get sinecures, who is behind a screen decorated with thistles and the royal motto ''Nemo me impune lacessit", with the English ''translation', ''No One Touches Me But Gets the Itch''. The figures of Augusta, Bute and two others appear when held up to the light. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3825
[Ref: 63317] £390.00 view all images for this item
The Curtain.
Signor Rhezio Invt. [George Townshend?]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped, bottom right corner torn off. Trimmed.
A Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment". When held up to the light the figures of Princess Augusta and Lord Bute appear, dancing. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3824.
[Ref: 63318] £390.00 view all images for this item
Signor Rhezio Invt. [George Townshend?]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped, bottom right corner torn off. Trimmed.
A Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment". When held up to the light the figures of Princess Augusta and Lord Bute appear, dancing. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3824.
[Ref: 63318] £390.00 view all images for this item
Doctor Spindle & Miss Maria Mince-Meat. Worn out with folly and disease, / The doctor thinks his purse can please, / But chaste Maria, with disdain, / Laughs at his hopes, and fancied pain, / And says, a warming-pan, instead, / Would better suit his feeble bed
[after George, 1st Marquess Townshend.]
[...]1777 by J. Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, small nick in left edge. Unexamined out of frame.
According to ''The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo'' (1830), this anonymous caricature is by George Townshend and ''was intended, it is said, as a satirical corrective to a certain well-known decrepit Irish physician, whose amours rendered him fairly obnoxious to ridicule''. Field Marshal George Townshend (1724-1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, fought at Dettingen, Culloden and Lauffeld, and received Quebec City's surrender in 1759 after the death of Wolfe. However he was a keen amateur caricaturist, which got him in to trouble on more than one occasion: he offended the Duke of Cumberland during the Jacobite campaign, resulting in Townshend missing out on promotions for many years; and his contempt for Wolfe evident in another caricature led to censure for ridiculing the dead hero. However the BM biography ends: 'Established caricature as an important element in British political satire'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 51845] £320.00
[after George, 1st Marquess Townshend.]
[...]1777 by J. Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, small nick in left edge. Unexamined out of frame.
According to ''The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo'' (1830), this anonymous caricature is by George Townshend and ''was intended, it is said, as a satirical corrective to a certain well-known decrepit Irish physician, whose amours rendered him fairly obnoxious to ridicule''. Field Marshal George Townshend (1724-1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, fought at Dettingen, Culloden and Lauffeld, and received Quebec City's surrender in 1759 after the death of Wolfe. However he was a keen amateur caricaturist, which got him in to trouble on more than one occasion: he offended the Duke of Cumberland during the Jacobite campaign, resulting in Townshend missing out on promotions for many years; and his contempt for Wolfe evident in another caricature led to censure for ridiculing the dead hero. However the BM biography ends: 'Established caricature as an important element in British political satire'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 51845] £320.00
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[Satire of the Earl of Bute] [Sawney ganging back again being turned out of place.]
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after George Townshend.]
[Pub.d 14th June 1782 by Kearsley Fleet Street.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, losing title, publication line and letterpress lyrics.
The illustration to a satirical songsheet, showing Sawney (Bute) in Highland dress looking over his shoulder at a barking mastiff, as he leaves the 'Crown Inn' with the goods he has plundered from his former employers. George III can be seen looking up as Charles James Fox tries to pull the inn's sign back into place. The facade of the inn is kept up with beams marked 'Paper Credit' and 'Liberty of the Press'.
BM Satires 6005, with the original lyrics reproduced; De Vesme 2239 for attribution to Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 60752] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after George Townshend.]
[Pub.d 14th June 1782 by Kearsley Fleet Street.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, losing title, publication line and letterpress lyrics.
The illustration to a satirical songsheet, showing Sawney (Bute) in Highland dress looking over his shoulder at a barking mastiff, as he leaves the 'Crown Inn' with the goods he has plundered from his former employers. George III can be seen looking up as Charles James Fox tries to pull the inn's sign back into place. The facade of the inn is kept up with beams marked 'Paper Credit' and 'Liberty of the Press'.
BM Satires 6005, with the original lyrics reproduced; De Vesme 2239 for attribution to Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 60752] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)