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Mrs. Barry.
Mrs. Barry.
Kettle Pinxt. S Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde?] fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Ann (or Anne) Barry (née Street) (baptised 1733 - 1801), actress, sitting with her hands folded in her lap, wearing a white gown with ribbons looping the sleeves and a sash around her waist. Her hair is up with pearls, she has a pearl necklace, with cloak over left shoulder and her knees. After Tilly Kettle (1735-86).
Chaloner Smith 1 ('Paul'), only state but sitter's face with some retouching, See ref: 23453.
[Ref: 61548]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Westbourne Procession, See page 324.
The Westbourne Procession, See page 324.
[Samuel De Wilde]
Published for the Satirist. April 1.st 1809. by S Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 205 x 380mm (8¼ x 15"). Trimmed within plate bottom and right. Folds as issued. Samll hole in image on right.
Plate from the Satirist, iv. 313. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), lightly clad, sits astride a black goat facing the tail which she holds, wrapped in a Letter, in her right hand; the animal has the face of Col Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle (c.1762-1833). Holding one of its long horns, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, (Viscount Folkstone) (1779-1869) drags it forwards while Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet, (1770-1844) tugs at the rope around its neck. Samuel Whitbread (1764 -1815) steadies Mrs. Clarke while William Cobbett (1763-1835) pushes it aside. A boisterous group are watching and cheering with bludgeons and hats. "Here I am / Upon a black ram / Like a Wh—e as I am," Mrs. Clarke declares with a smile. A paper with the title ‘Lines to be Repeated at the House’ is held by her. A big spur with six points that reads, ‘Malice, Arrogance, Interest, Disappointment, Revenge, Ingratitude,’ is fastened to her slipper. From Cobbett's pockets project papers, 'Subscription for Miss Taylor and Cobbetts Political [Reg]ister.' He holds a piece of Democratic Ginger with which he is about to ginger the goat. He says, " A Fig for such a Ram. (To fig (from feague) is to ginger a horse.)" Behind him walks a fashionably dressed man with a pamphlet in his pocket, 'Hague's Letter to the Duke of York'. "I say Tom—How goes Trade in the Informing line?" inquires one of the debased-looking rabble. Burdett puts a coin in the hand of a ragged ruffian and says, "No Bribery No Corruption —come give us a cheer my lad & here's a Guinea for you." The man shouts, "No Bribery—No Corruption—Burdett for ever Wardle for ever No Duke." Others yell, "Burdett for ever" and "Wardle for ever." Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1772-1840) and his brother, Charles (1775-1850), both of whom have leeks in their hats, exchange "This will keep us awake Watky" and "Aye I think we shall Wynne the day now." In the background is inscribed Westbourne Place.
BM Satires 11297.
[Ref: 62320]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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A Private Examination.
A Private Examination.
[Samuel De Wilde]
Publised for the March. 1.st 1809. by S Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 205 x 340mm (8¼ x 13½"). Folds as issued. Fold second from right split and repaired with tape. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Plate from the Satirist, iv. 209. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852) lies back on a little table, "How much longer need I LIE", she asks. A long garter with the inscription "Si qua [word illegible] meliora putat" protrudes from beneath her petticoats. William Cobbett (1763-1835) and his proteges stand by her side, while John Fuller (1757-1834) attacks her from the left, firing a blast from a massive pair of bellows inscribed "Rose Hill Bellows." Standing next to him is the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), wearing the Chancellor of the Exchequer's robe and pointing his mirror of truth at her. "I Perceive all," he says. "I'll blast her no Forging here you baggage. And still I blew a Fuller blast . And gave a lustier cheer," declares Fuller. Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (1770-1844) kneels next to her and tries to protect her from the light of truth by holding up a little barrel of Whitbread's Entire Hogshead, which has the head of Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815) on it. "Cobbett stands by me and I'll support you," declares Lord Folkestone (William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor (1779–1869), endorsing him. There are notes marked "Notes for Cobbett" in his pocket. Talk of Portland Stone I say there's nothing like Folke Stone," asserts the considerably larger and heavier Cobbett as he holds him up. Under Mrs. Clarke's table lies Col Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle (c.1761-1833), with 'Ravish'd Letters,' looking up at her with a sly grin. On the wall is a picture inscribed 'Distant View of Newgate & Pillory.'
BM Satires 11234
[Ref: 62373]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[William Cobbett] The Porcupine's Den.
[William Cobbett] The Porcupine's Den.
[Samuel De Wilde]
Published for the Satirist Nov.r 1.st 1808 by S. Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching, sheet 205 x 360mm (8 x 14"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Holes in right margin where previously bound. Folds as issued. Small tears in folds.
Plate from the Satirist, iii. 337. Crouching on the floor of his cave is William Cobbett (1763-1835), a monster whose bare trunk ends in two scaly snake tails. Spikes sprout from behind his head and shoulders, meant for a porcupine's quills. A few of them dart toward a cave opening where Cobbett is exposed to sunlight through a sun-inscribed "Monthly Meteor." Holding up a quill, he flinches in fear and raises a "Veil of Infamy" with his left hand. Above an open book, the words "Memoranda of Infamy" are suspended. The quills take off in the direction of the "Monthly Meteor," but they fall back when they get to the cave's opening. The words "Rage," "Lies," "Vulgar," "Abuse," "Envy," "Lies," "Disappointment," and "Malice" are inscribed on them. John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) and Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (1770-1844) are the two other monsters on the right side of the cave. They are slender, nude animals with webbed wings, a tail, and talons. They have an open book with the words "Cobbetts Register 1802 - Sr F Burdett a Seditious Demagogue, Mr Pitt a God, Horne Tooke a Devil, Loyalty, England Happy" written on it, and they are pushing it over a large bonnet rouge that reads "Jacobin's Extinguisher." Rays from the "Monthly Meteor" strike Burdett. Two open books stand in front of Cobbett: 'Cobbetts Register 1807 - Sr F Burdett a God. Mr Pitt a Devil. Horne Tooke an Angel. Sedition England at her last Gasp.' and 'Instructions from Lord Edward Fitzgerald.'
BM Satires 11049.
[Ref: 62417]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced Himself.]
[A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced Himself.]
J. Steen pinx.t. S. Paul sculp.
R. Sayer Excudit. Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1771.
Scarce mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Cracks in platemark and tears in margins repaired. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
Cottage interior with two women sitting in front of the hearth, one holding a glass, the other turning in her chair to look at a man in a cape, tattered trousers and broad white collar, who makes a bow, lifting his right hand to his mouth as he introduces himself. Two other men standing closer to the fire and smoking pipes are amused. Mussel shells on the floor and a spoon propped against a large covered pot lower right. Engraved after Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch, c.1625 -79), by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), a painter, especially of theatrical subjects, and watercolourist, who also produced etchings and mezzotints which he signed with the pseudonym 'Samuel Paul'.
[Ref: 50598]   £420.00  
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A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced himself.
A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced himself. Done from the Original Picture Painted by John Steen, in the Possession of John Blackwood, Esqr. by S. Paul.
R. Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller No. 53, in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1st. Jany. 1771.
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Margins a little weakened; a good impression, small foxing in margins.
Cottage interior with two women sitting in front of the hearth, one holding a glass, the other turning in her chair to look at a man in a cape, tattered trousers and broad white collar, who makes a bow, lifting his right hand to his mouth as he introduces himself. Two other men standing closer to the fire and smoking pipes are amused. Mussel shells on the floor and a spoon propped against a large covered pot lower right. Engraved after Jan Havicksz. Steen (Dutch, c.1625-79), by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), a painter, especially of theatrical subjects, and watercolourist, who also produced etchings and mezzotints which he signed with the pseudonym 'Samuel Paul'.
CS: undescribed. BM: 1861,1109.351.
[Ref: 22246]   £430.00  
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[St Geneviève.]
[St Geneviève.]
C. Vanlo Eques Pinxt. S. Paul Sculpt.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit. [n.d. c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾") with large margins. Creased in centre.
Saint Genevieve sitting in a landscape at the edge of a stream reading a book, a tree behind her and her sheep sitting beside her to right, while two cherubs look down on her to upper right. Scratched-letter proof with artist and engraver's names only.
[Ref: 60337]   £320.00  
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Love Feast.
Love Feast.
Thaumaso Scrutiny Esq.e Fecit.
Published for the Satirist. Oct.r 1.st 1808, by S. Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, plate 185 x 335mm (7¼ x 13½"), with margins. On paper watermarked '1807'. Folds as issued. Small tear in one of the folds just touchng the plate.
Pl. from the 'Satirist', iii. 225. A satire on the marriage of Calvinist preacher, William Huntington (1745-1813) on 15th August 1808, to the rich widow of Sir James Sanderson (1741–1798), so that gold replaces his former earnings as a coal-heaver. He had formerly (after seducing and deserting another young woman) had 'a connection' (i.e. married) Mary Short by whom he had thirteen children; she died from gin and chagrin at the intimacy from c. 1803 between Huntington and Lady Sanderson. A "love-feast" is underway in a sparsely furnished room, illuminated by a torch that the Devil is holding above Huntington's bride's head. Huntington is holding the hand of a small woman who is staring at a picture (or mirror) that a "fat mid-wife" has held out to her. The picture features little imps or ragamuffins. The Devil offers a miserable literary hack a pair of breeches, while his ragged shirt and coat hang over his nude legs. With great pleasure, the latter accepts the breeches; from his pocket projects a paper: 'Huntington rescued from the Attack of the Satirist'. Hideous men and women can be seen on the left; one man is shown pouring a bottle's contents into the mouth of a woman who appears to be debauched. A woman holding an ugly baby is given a "Warrant f Bastardy" by a man. Demons are seen in the background emptying one sack of coal and stuffing another full of gold. "Bank of Faith this Lucrative Concern to be Disposed of the Present Proprietor retiring from Trade" is written on a placard that is attached to the wall.
BM Satires 11083.
[Ref: 62310]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit.
The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit.
Thomas Scrutiny Inv.t.
Published for the Satarist July 1. 1808 by S. Tipper Leadenhall Street.
Aquatint and etching. Sheet: 205 x 340mm (8 x 13¼''). Trimmed, two vertical creases as issued.
A satirical print commenting on a bill banning the distillation of alcohol using grain in favour for the use of sugar and molasses. A black magician is shown holding a wand made of sugar cane shocking Sir John Sinclair and Arthur Young. On the left is a large barrel and distilling equipment and in the centre grotesque figures representing vice and sickness dance in a container of liquid.
BM Satire 10993.
[Ref: 50976]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Carolina Lady Scarsdale. And Her Son the Honourable John Curzon.
S. Paul fecit. Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil [n.d., c.1775].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). A fine impression.
Portrait of Lady Caroline Scarsdale (née Colyear) (1733-1812), wife of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale. She cradles her infant son John Curzon (1759-94), naval officer; curtain behind, landscape through window at left. Engraved by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) under the pseudonym 'S. Paul', after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).
Hamilton p.130. Chaloner Smith 5.
[Ref: 22475]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Carolina Lady Scarsdale.
Carolina Lady Scarsdale. And Her Son the Honourable John Curzon.
S. Paul fecit. Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil [n.d., c.1775].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins. Slight tear in margins centre right.
Portrait of Lady Caroline Scarsdale (née Colyear) (1733-1812), wife of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale. She cradles her infant son John Curzon (1759-94), naval officer; curtain behind, landscape through window at left. Engraved by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) under the pseudonym 'S. Paul', after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).
Hamilton p.130. Chaloner Smith 5. See Ref: 22475.
[Ref: 61547]   £360.00  
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The School of Projects.
The School of Projects.
[by Samuel De Wilde.]
Published for the Satirist, Octr 1st 1809. by S. Tipper Leaden (St.
Etching with aquatint, Sheet 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½"). Folds as issued. Trimmed within plate. Holes in right edge where previously bound.
A satire on some of the outlandish projects being touted to investors. On the left is a model of a bridge from the Earth to the Moon, a plan devised by Ralph Dodd, who is depicted boring a hole through the Earth, a satire on his plan to dig a dry tunnel from Gravesend to Tilbury (before Brunel's Thames Tunnel). In the centre is Frederick Albert Winsor (1763-1830), pioneer of gas lighting, whose system was to be used to light both Dodd's tunnel and his proposed Strand Bridge. On the right is William Robert Henry Brown, manager of the Golden Lane Brewery, and also Chairman of the Hope Insurance Company and promoter of a Cattle Insurance Company. To his left is George Leybourne, a supporter of the cattle insurance scheme, said to have had a plan for making a sheep grow as large as an ox.
BM Satires 11439.
[Ref: 62374]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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