Grosvenor Prints

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.
[Ref: 41430] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Anglo-Gallic Salutations in London_or Practice makes perfect! "Gode a morning Sare, did it rain towmorrow? "yase it vas"
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 6th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; tear and holes..
A comic scene in which two French men staying in London greet each other in ungrammatical English. They are outside the White Bear, Piccadilly, ''The Original Paris Coach Office'', advertising coaches to France. Pair to 'Anglo-Parisian Salutations' (ref. 43642).
BM Satire 14440.
[Ref: 54397] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Anglo-Parisian Salutations_or Practice par excellence! "Commong porty vous munseer?_O Oui_il est un tres belle jour"!
G.C.k sculp.
Pub.d June 10th 1822 by G. Humphrey- 27 S.t James's Stre.t London.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, edges messy.
A comic scene in which two English men staying in Paris greet each other in stilted French. On the walls are various posters for plays and operas such as 'Jean Bull en Paris'.
BM Satire 14441. See ref: 54397 for Pair
[Ref: 43642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Archery.
Sketched Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. [n.d., c.1835.]
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm. 7½ x 11".
Eight vignettes, featuring female hairstyles, the largest showing putti in an archery tournament. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' 1834 by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12017] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Napoleon Forcing the Passage of the Bridge of Arcola.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the original design of C. Vernet, executed at Paris by L. Duplessi Bertaux.
Published April 2, 1823 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, album paper stuck over left edge.
The Battle of Arcole (15-17 November 1796), fought south east of Verona between French and Austrian forces attempting to relieve Mantova. The scene has Napoleon riding Marengo over the bridge, following the Tricoleur: in the painting by Horace Vernet (not Carle as the inscription states) it is Napoleon who carrys the standard. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53345] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00

[Prince Augustus Frederick] The Protestants Champion!!
R. Cruickshank fecit.
Pub.d August 1825 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"). Trimmed.
A satirical portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), 6th son of George III.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 46605] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Bartholomew Fair] The Fiend's Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery & Vice, Under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and thew Worshipful Court of Aldermen! In the Age of Intellect. Pl 3.
Desaigned Etched & Published by George Cruikshank, Sept.r 1. 1832.
Etching. Sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper, small tear, spotting.
Bartholomew Fair is depicted in a frying pan held above a fire by a huge horned demon with a toasting fork. Two imps hold up scrolls listing the 'Amusements of the People', including 'Drunkenness, Riot, Robbery, Rascality', more demons on top left. A tent has large advert for "Wild Beasts". An attack on the lawlessness of Bartholomew Fair, before an 1840 ban on exhibitions sent it into decline, ceasing completely by 1855.
BM Satires 17352.
[Ref: 57709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon Defeating the Mamelukes, at the Battle of the Pyramids, near Cairo.
Engrav'd by Mr George Cruikshank from the Design of Swebach, originally Published at Paris, and dedicated to the Grand Army.
Published October 1 1823 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint, J. Whatman, Turkey Mill 1827 watermark. Sheet 215 x 295mm (8½ x 11½"). Folded twice as issued, trimmed close to image, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
In the Battle of the Pyramids (or Battle of Embabeh), 21st July 1798, Napoleon destroyed the Ottoman armies of Egypt, using a new tactic, the Divisional Square, to counter the Mameluck cavalry attacks. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 54170] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Whims of the Moment or the Bedford Level!!
Woodward del. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank]
[London Pub No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening]
Coloured etching, E & P watermark. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at top.
Two panels: on the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which has been roughly cropped from the back of the neck; on the right a farmer smiles as he shows off his neck, shaved at the back of his head. Francis Russell (1765-1802), 5th Duke of Bedford, protested against the imposition of a tax on hair powder in 1795 by cutting his hair short, a style that became known as the 'Bedford Level', after the area of the Fens reclaimed by his family.
BM Satires 8763.
[Ref: 54563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon's Entrance into the City of Berlin.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the Original Design of Swebach, Published at Paris.
Published August 27, 1825 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
Napoleon's visit to Berlin in 1806, by Joseph-François Swebach. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53359] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Blue Devils _ !!
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London _ Jan.y 10th. 1823 _
Coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark Sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A melancholy man in night-cap and slippers stares at his account sheet in an otherwise empty grate, supporting his head on his hand. He is tormented by blue demons: one offers him a noose, another a razor.
BM Satires 14598, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60564] £320.00

[Napoleon] The Blindfolded Austrian Officer.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Dec. 1. 1814.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained.
Napoleon Bonaparte in a tent with three massive guards and a fourth making up for his lack of stature by standing on a stool. Another officer brings a blindfolded Austrian to surrender to Napoleon after the Battle of Ulm. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12462.
[Ref: 55791] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon] Burning the Mosques.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Dec. 4th. 1814.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained.
Napoleon Bonaparte directing the burning of the Great Mosque and other mosques to quell the Cairo Uprising during the Egyptian Campaign, 1798. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12464.
[Ref: 55789] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon] Pursued by Cossacks.
[by George Cruikshank.]
London. Published by Thomas Tegg. No 111. Cheapside. Jan. 9. 1815.
Aquatint, printed in brown. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Edges stained, messy.
A diminutive Napoleon leaps from the side-window of a ramshackle hut as a Cossack strikes at the door with an axe. From 'The life of Napoleon: a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos', possibly by William Combe.
BM Satires 12480.
[Ref: 55788] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon the Great, in His Coronation Robes.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the original Painting of Girard.
Published October 13, 1826 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Very fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split, album paper stuck over left edge.
A faithful rendering of François Gérard's painting, now housed at Versailles. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53358] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Going to a Fight.]
Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
Sherwood & co [n.d. September 1st 1819.]
Etching and aquatint. 60 x 495mm (2¼ x 19½"). Some creasing and staining with nicks and holes in the margins.
The seventh strip in Cruikshank's 'Going to a Fight' series, which measured roughly four feet in total. When altogether the strips were rolled tightly into a container with a printed inscription reading '[Illustra]ting the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst.' In this strip parts 27-34 are labelled from right to left. The central scene depicts a popular boxing match, with large semi-circular crowd and a 'betting stand' at the back.
F. Siltzer: 325.
[Ref: 56766] £480.00

December_ ''Boxing Day''.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d. 1843]
Etching. 95 x 140mm (3¾ x 5½"). Laid on album paper with trimmed corners.
A boxing day scene with a distinct 'boxing' theme; each sign or activity has is relating to box or boxing, from the 'Box Office' to two men boxing.
[Ref: 56649] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Voila-t-on Mort!!! Boxing Extraordinary _ or _ a Noble Fall _!!!!!!
Etch'd by G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d July 17.th 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's S.t London.
Etching with letterpress, on Turkey Mill Whatman paper; 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
A man lies on the floor of a stately room in complete disarray with blood gushing from his nose after the man to his right has just thrown a punch. A third man exclaims in the doorway, dropping his bottle of champagne. A small dog barks in the corner.
[Ref: 56586] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

To Calais.
[Anchor monogram of Frederick Marryat] etched by G.C. [George Cruikshank].
London Pub.d June 5th 1824 by G. Humphrey 24 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"). Trimmed within printed border, laid on album paper.
The cockneyfied passengers of a small ferry, depicted with a sailor's contempt, hang over the rail in misery or walk on deck.
BM Satires 14719.
[Ref: 58304] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of Camperdown] The Dutch in an Uproar or the Batavian Republic crying for Winter.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub.d Octr 15 1797 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. NB Folios of Caracatures Lent.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed into plate. Slight staining at top.
A post-boy holds out a scroll, 'Account of the Total Defeat of the Dutch Fleet' to a Dutch council. The president complains that the English have taken the Dutch colonies and now had destroyed their fleet. On the table is a map of France with Holland marked as 'Department 85', and the 'Plan of the Invasions of England Ireland Scotland the Cape of Good hope Gibralter East & West Indies China &c. &c. &c. &c.'. Admiral Jan Willem de Winter had been coerced by the French to go to sea to attack Edinburgh and Glasgow then land in the north of Ireland. British Admiral Adam Duncan put paid to the scheme with a superb victory at Camperdown on the 11th October. This satire was published only four days later.
[Ref: 61877] £360.00

[Title Page] The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror. By G.M. Woodward. Esq.r. Author of Eccentric Excursions. Vol. I.
Woodward Del.t Cruickshanks Sculp.t.
Published by Thomas Tegg N.o 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, plate 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), with large margins left & right. Thread margins top and bottom. Nicks to bottom margin. Paper toned and surface dirt in margins.
The title is written on a traditional curtain that is symmetrically placed throughout the design, with a John Bull-style smiling mask in the centre. The design features an ugly and aged man and woman sitting and smiling, holding a print that appears to be a mirror reflection of their heads and shoulders. Caricature heads are shown densely clustered together, as though they are in a theatre gallery, while the curtain descends on either side of the central mask. Liliputian figures are below.
BM Satires 10889.
[Ref: 61920] £360.00

A Correct Representation of Her Majesty Queen Caroline Returning From the House of Lords, 1820
I.R. Cruikshank fecit. R W ad vivam del.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street, London [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 205 x 410mm (8 x 16"). Trimmed to printed border, small tears in bottom left corner.
Caroline of Brunswick in an open coach with six horses and liveried footmen, being cheered by crowds in New Palace Yard.
[Ref: 62121] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline of Brunswick and Bergami] Chastity! Chaste as the Icecle, / That's Curded by the frost from purest snow / and hands on Dian's temple.
Sr Facto del. [Etched by George Cruikshank]
London Pub.d by G. Humphtrety 27 St James's St 1820.
Etching. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾") very large margins.
Caroline of Brunswick and Bartolomeo Bergami embracing on a couch, she in the Turkish peasant woman costume she wore at a ball given by her in Naples, Bergamo in the hussar costume that he wore as Chamberlain. Originally published as one of four related scenes as 'La Gloire des Honnetes Gens!!', for this issue the plate has been cut down.
BM Satires 13731
[Ref: 54457] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Correct Representation of Her Majesty Queen Caroline Returning From the House of Lords, 1820
I.R. Cruikshank fecit. R W ad vivam del.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street, London [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 410mm (8½ x 16"). Trimmed into printed border at sides
Caroline of Brunswick in an open coach with six horses and liveried footmen, being cheered by crowds in New Palace Yard.
[Ref: 62136] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline of Brunswick] A late Arrival at Mother Wood's.
[George Cruikshank.]
Pub.d June 19 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 260 x 390mm (10¼ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Uncut. Slight staining, mostly in margins on left, repaired tear in margin on left.
Queen Caroline, stout and flamboyant, stands on the balcony at Alderman Sir Matthew Wood's house in South Audley Street, looking down complacently with folded arms at the cheering crowd which fills the street. Wood (1768-1843), a Whig politician, persuaded Caroline not to be paid off by Brougham's mission to France and to return to England to confront her husband, George IV.
BM Satires 13734.
[Ref: 61866] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Interior View Of The House Of God. "Believe not every Spirit", but try the Spirits, wether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world." I John. Chapter iv, Verse 1.st
G. Cruikshank fec.t
Published November 1.st 1811 by M Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, sheet 240 x 410mm (9½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Some loss bottom right.
Plate from the 'Scourge', ii, before p. 349. Scene in Elias Carpenter's (fl. 1811) meeting-house, previously a paper-stainer's workshop. The pulpit is the focal point of the design, positioned before the organ loft. "And Jacob kissed Rachel Genesis... [&c]," yells Carpenter, a portrait, emphatically raising his fist as his words reach a young lady beneath the organ loft. A dishevelled clerk stands behind him, extinguishing a candle. Directly above their heads, a webbed-winged demon peers down from in front of the organ, using a red-hot poker to play a gridiron. Heads peer through and over a frayed curtain that encircles the organ loft. Most of the congregation consists of sanctimonious humbugs or ruffians, with a few disreputable-looking women. Seated in an enclosure directly in front of the pulpit are four relatively well-dressed women, one of whom is holding a paper with the words "Dear Carpenter" on it. One book has the inscription "Mrs. Joanna Southcote Vision 4." People whose eyes are not on the preacher engage in discussions and encounters. A man wraps his arm around a young woman and shows her a pornographic book called "Fan[ny] Hi[ll]"; another offers a scared woman a bottle of "Gin." An elderly woman is carrying a bottle of "Max". A comparatively well-dressed man gapes at the preacher while a man takes his watch from his fob, another has robbed him of a wallet. The packet marked "Signed Gabriel 3s/6d" is held by the latter. Beside the pulpit, a pious man is holding a document that reads, "Capt Morris Hymns—Hymn 1st Great Plenipo." A club fight is taking place next to a small door on the right, right next to a sign that reads, "House of God... 5 Pounds Reward." On the extreme left, is a portrait-group of detached observers who contrast favourably with the congregation. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), a three-quarter length self-portrait with a sketch in his hand, is seen speaking with Jones (fl. 1811-1816), the publisher of the "Scourge." George is followed by Isaac Robert (1789-1856) (right), a slightly older and stouter version of his brother, who is turning to face William Hone (1780-1842). The building has a barrel-shaped roof and is dilapidated, with bricks poking through the plaster. Walls and roofs are embellished with pictures. They consist of: (1) a man surrounded by clouds and riding a horse; (2) a man enthroned on clouds and holding a banner who is addressed by someone who is kneeling; and (3) a capering demon. There are windows in each side wall, their Venetian blinds falling apart. There is a notice by one (right): 'Tickets either to these [? the sel[ect]] Pews or to Heaven 3s 6d each'. On the pulpit is inscribed : 'Hiatus valde / Deflendus} H — / Damnation. — Madness — Fire & Brimstone Blasphemy Red Hot — Lust... } Hot water — / Lukewarm — Drowsiness } Milk / Water —' Beneath this (and under the pulpit) is an arched recess in which is the head of a demon gnashing his teeth and pointing upwards.
BM Satires 11764.
[Ref: 62416] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Right Hon.ble Alias A Sans Culottes, alias the Man of the People, alias the Disipated Patriot, alias the Gamester, alias the Leader of Opposition, alias the word Eater, alias the Solisiter for the French Republic, alias S_t Breecher, alias the Protector turned Begger.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Lond: Pub: June 14 1793 by W. Fores Piccadilly where may be seen the Largest Collection of Caricature in the World. Admit one shill.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½''). Trimmed, foxing and creasing.
A satirical print showing a ragged Fox standing before a collection box, a satire on the squandering of Lord Holland's fortune.
BM Satire 8332.
[Ref: 50756] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Bobadil disgraced or Kate in a rage- For Brunswick^s Duke with Nin^ety Thousand men March'd into France and then!! - & then Marched out ag^ain.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub Octr 1792 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Finely hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1729-96) stands between Stanislas II August, King of Poland (1732-9)8, whom she seizes by his pigtail queue, and Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1721-92), whose back she kicks and threatens with a sceptre. She says "B------t your Cowardly Spirit I'll Kick you to Hell, what I suppose you was frightened at their Naked A------sses. Get out of my sight, or I'll send you and your Army------after my Husband." Brunswick cowers before her saying, ""And here my rendezvous is quite cut off. Honor is cudgell'd, well, Bawd will I turn To Brunswick will I steal, & there I'll steal: And Patches will I get unto these cudgell'd scars, And swear I got them in the Gallic Wars." Stanislaus being dragged exclaims, "Let my Pole go oh! Stanislaus what Disgrace". On a table beside him are a crown labelled 'to the King of Poland' and a paper: 'rules & orders to be Implicitly obeyed Cat Catherine.' On the wall behind him is a 'Map of France' showing the south of 'England' and the 'english channel'; France, the word in reversed letters, is bisected by a line, the northern portion inscribed 'my share'.
BM Satires 8124.
[Ref: 61894] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Christian Slavery at Algiers. 1816. Cap.t Croker Visiting the Hospital at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Striken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank.
Publish'd by W. Hone, 55 Fleet Street.
Etching. Sheet: 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½'').
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 48119] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Box.
S.K. inv.t. G.Ck. fec.t.
[London, S. Knight?, c.1826.]
Etching. At top of sheet an envelope front signed by Daniel O' Connell. Sheet 160 x 125mm (6¼ x 5"). Laid on album sheet with printed strips 'G. Cruikshank's Holiday Scenes' pasted above and below.
Theatre box crammed with excited children. A playbill reads 'During the Xmas Holidays- Pantomime of Harlequin- Clown by Mr G [Joseph Grimaldi]'. A related drawing is in the V & A Museum. It was etched by George Cruikshank and originally published by S. Knight (also the artist?) in 1826.
See BM Satires 15190 for one with Knight's publication line.
[Ref: 43908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Cobbler and Poet. Sung with great Applause by Mr. Fawcett, in Mr. Allingham's New Farce, called "Who Wins, or the Widow's Choice".
I. Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image.
A scene in Grubb Street in which the short figure of a cobbler, his tools in the background, and a tall poet meet in the middle of the street.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46156] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Coming it! _
I. _ etched by G. C_k.
London Pubd by G Humphrey 24 St James's Street _ Nov.r 24th 1824.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
Amateur whips, ostentatiously or ineptly negligent, drive outré vehicles with showy horses.
BM Satires 14721.
[Ref: 58274] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Bull In The Council Chamber.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 1.st 1813 by W N Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, Whatman 1811 watermark; sheet 210 x 495mm (8¼ x 19½"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Right side ragged. Large repaired tear on left.
Plate from the 'Scourge', vi, frontispiece. In the center of the design, a caricatured Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) sits enthroned beneath a canopy. Her knees are spread wide, and she has one slender foot elevated on a cushioned stool, a coffer holding the "Hastings Diamond"; in her left hand she holds a sceptre topped with an eagle, and her left elbow rests on a bolster bearing the name "German Sausage," which is perched atop a large mound of greenery inside a receptacle labeled "Sauer Kraut." Perched on her feathered cap is a small crown. A lean, hideous courtier (left) kneels and offers her a box labelled 'Strasbu[rgh],' from which she takes snuff; another (right) stands with her knees bent and holds another box bearing the same inscription. Both sport feminine mob-caps, quasi-military attire with epaulets, and have grotesque comic profiles. Behind the first, a third, capless, holds out a jar of 'Strasbu[rgh]' snuff. Three small, hideous demons sprint forward from the left, each holding a box on their head that reads "Real Strasburg," "Princes Mixture," and "Irish Blaguard." A fourth moves forward from the right, carrying a massive jar of "Royal Strasburgh" atop his head. The Queen's festooned canopy is held up by terminal pillars topped with half-length representations of repulsive, nude hags resting their arms on a cluster of money bags bearing the words "1000" or "... 00." A serpent with fangs and fiery jaws is entwined around each, projecting the words "Pride Corruption" on the left and "Malice Hatered" on the right. "Am I not the Q—n?" she asks. I refuse to give up even the slightest bit of my authority—more Strasburgh there—present the reports to me." Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) is depicted on the left, his body covered in scales, his tail barbed, small horns growing from his forehead, cloven hooves, and an incorrectly placed star on his breast. He is holding out a paper with the words "Secret Inquiry" written on it and is making an exclamatory gesture with his extended arms. " May it please your — The precious Ore resists every Chemical attempt at deterioration— so the Virtue of injured Woman repels the touch of Slander & rises superior to its malevolence. I take Shame to myself at discomfiture—but the Princess is declared "Innocen!" Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818) is seen behind Liverpool on the left, wearing a wig and a gown, and facing right with her fists clenched. "By Hell, I thought to shame the Rogues, but the d—d Brewer [Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), the Princess's champion] was too much for me," he says with a frown. "May it please your M—g—ty the Reports of the Physicians is admirably confused & equivocating & well calculated to meet the public eye!" bows Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), who is positioned on the extreme left and has a huge, hooked nose. He holds a paper with the title "Medical monthly Report." The Regent (1762-1830) is pictured on the far right, sleeping in a cradle with the motto "Ich Dein" and three unkempt ostrich feathers on top. A decanter of "Curacoa" rests between his legs, and he is holding a doll meant for Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford (1760-1834) that has enormous breasts and a spikey crown. A ragged Irishman is seen in profile to the right, kneeling before the cradle and holding out a piece of paper titled "Catholic Claims." Wearing the Chancellor's wig and gown, John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) kneels beside the cradle, offering the child his arms in defense against the Irishman. "Pat, take it easy or you'll wake up the Royal Conscience, who is currently sound asleep." he says. "By St. Patrick, but there's no risk of upsetting it as long as your Lordship is its Keeper," Pat responds. John Bull is standing behind Pat, his hands up in shock and his legs arched. He looks to the left and cries, " Mercy on me what have we hear, Conscience asleep! on the one hand & the Manufacture of Reports on the other— Is this the way I am bubbled?!" As though he is standing in the opening of a cave, rocks surround him.
BM Satires 12066.
[Ref: 62415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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".
[Ref: 60991] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Lithographic designs by George Cruikshank, signed by the artist] Reissue of Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank in Monthly Parts Half a Crown [...]
[George Cruikshank, c.1854]
86 Fleet Street W. Kent & Co Late David Bogue
Lithograph, 270 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"). Glued to backing sheet, wormhole bottom left; frontispiece to Cruikshank's 'Illustrations of Time' verso. Inscribed 'To the Editor of the Morning Post with the compliments of George Cruikshank'
'About 1854 Cruikshank intended to publish "Re-issue of Scraps and Sketches in monthly parts...to be completed in ten parts." [...] For this issue the artist executed a lithographic design for the wrappers, and the work was published by "W. Kent & Co., late Bogue" (Cohn).
Cohn 180
[Ref: 41113] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Six vignette satires on education on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Six educational satires including: 'The Pursuit of Letters' in which large-headed infants in baby walkers rush after large letters on spidery legs; and 'The Tutor's Assistant', a birch-rod. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15622.
[Ref: 51602] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Preservation. An African Settlement. Spoon=bill. Botheration. A Vane Man.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Feb.y 1 1831.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Small tears in bottom edge, some slight staining.
Five vignette drolls. 'Preservation' has hunters shooting each other rather than the pheasants; 'An African Settlement' shows a graveyard. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57283] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Nine vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1st 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Nine random satires, including 'Lithography', a pun showing a beggar drawing on a pavement. Plate 6 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'
BM Satires 15982.
[Ref: 51597] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires of bonnets on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Spotting.
Seven satires on ladies' hats, including: 'Bonnet Building', featuring four milliners, two on tall step-ladders, trimming a hat far larger than themselves with giant bows of ribbon; and 'Section of the Bonnet Carriage', depicting a carriage shaped accomodate her hat and her bustle. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 51595] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Nine vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1st 1829.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"), watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill, 1829). Tear through vignette top left.
Nine random satires, including 'Lithography', a pun showing a beggar drawing on a pavement. Plate 6 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'
BM Satires 15982.
[Ref: 57286] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Five vignette legal scenes on one sheet.] "Pleading at the Bar." or - Popular Education - a Farce. Performed every Sessions.
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Four legal satires around a central realistic rendering of an Old Bailey trial, including: 'Chamber Practice', in which young lawyers carouse drunkenly; and 'Practising at the Bar', depicting a burglar using a crow-bar to jimmy open a shutter of a bar (pub) door. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15621.
[Ref: 51601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some staining.
Seven vignette satiresm including 'Brobdignag Bonnet', showing a woman with a massive hat. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57290] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires of wooden legs on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Spotting.
Seven satires on wooden legs, including: 'A Gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with his leg on –', in which a chambermaid mistakes a sailor's leg for the handle of the warming pan; and 'Living on Wooden Legs, with four stilt walkers. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15617.
[Ref: 51600] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Five vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
Nov.r 1 1829.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Five including: 'Church & State'—', in which a bishop and a layman take wine together at a dinner-table under a gas chandelier, while three bloated footmen attend.
BM Satires 15980.
[Ref: 51603] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Seven random satires, including: 'A Jolly Companion', a bust profile of a man constructed from a punch bowl, decanter, two glasses, lemon, lemon-squeezer and corkscrew; and 'Tooth Powder' showing a sufferer from tooth-ache extracting a tooth by firing a pistol, the bullet attached by a string to the tooth. Plate 1 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15619.
[Ref: 51599] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Six vignette satires on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. J. Whatman 1827 watermark; Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½").
Nine random satires, including 'Johnny Cockaigne showing Cousin Tummas a "Lions" den', a view of William Crockford's 'St James's Club', St James's Street. Plate 4 from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15620.
[Ref: 51598] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Cigar Divan. Pleasure Boat. The Ale House and The Home.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank
Sept.r 1st 1832.
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Small tear in left edge, some slight staining.
Five vignette drolls from the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
[Ref: 57281] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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