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Characteristic Sketches of the London Club House. The Amphibs.
Characteristic Sketches of the London Club House. The Amphibs.
Etched by John Phillips.
London: Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 S.t James's Street July 29 1829.
Aquatint. Sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, close to printed border at bottom.
Three men in top hats stand at the Doric-columned entrance to a club. On the left, a man with military coat and spurs is probably the Duke of Wellington.
Rare: not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 61767]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Anticipation - Bringing them to the Scratch, - Hercules in the Church; or, the Church [crossed out and replaced with] Tithes in Danger.
Anticipation - Bringing them to the Scratch, - Hercules in the Church; or, the Church [crossed out and replaced with] Tithes in Danger.
[Monogram of A. Sharpshooter, probably John Phililips] fec.
Pub. By S.W. Fores 41, Piccadilly May 1829.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Timmred to printed border, laid on album paper, small tear in left edge.
Wellington forcing two fat bishops to regurgitate gold sovereigns into a vat marked ''Receptacle for the poor Curates, Repairs of Churches; and Support of Paupers'. Wellington's Ministry had been rumoured to be planning reforms of the Tithe System in England and Wales. This was untrue. 'A. Sharpshooter' was a pseudonym used by John Phillips.
BM Satires 15771.
[Ref: 33198]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
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)
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A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register Office Edinburgh.
A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register Office Edinburgh.
J. Donaldson del.t J. Phillips Sc.t Edin.r
Pub.d by H. Paton, 21 Horse Wynd, College Edin.r [n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 246 x 178mm (9¾ x 7"). Rare;
A view of North Bridge looking towards the National Archives of Scotland building, Edinburgh.
[Ref: 30985]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[George IV] Are You the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign?
[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)
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[George IV] A Political Menagerie. Rare Favourite Birds.
[George IV] A Political Menagerie. Rare Favourite Birds.
[John Phillips ?]
London: Pub. by G. Humphrey 24. St James's Street April 9. 1829.
Hand-coloured etching. 235 x 342mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate and mounted in album paper.
George IV reclines on a sofa with his 'favourite birds': Lady Conyngham, Wellington and Peel. On the floor stands a large cat with Eldon's head, looking grimly confident of superiority to the birds. Through a large window is seen the neck of the giraffe, with the head of (?) Brougham. On the floor below Peel is a rolled document: 'WesTbury PeTiTion' (Peel had vacated his seat as MP for the rotten borough of Westbury shortly before this print was published).
BM Satires: 15726.
[Ref: 45684]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Henry Hunt] Civic Combatants.
[Henry Hunt] Civic Combatants.
A. Sharpshooter [John Phillips] fec.
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand June 1, 1829.
Fine coloured etching. 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins. Slightly creased down centre.
Henry Hunt, in a rage, hurls a jar of his 'Hunts Matchless Blacking' at Lord Mayor William Thompson's head. Thompson, in his gown, smiles and raises the City mace in both hands defensively. At Hunt's feet is a paper: 'Petition against increased Duty on Coals'; just behind him is a pugnacious coal-heaver (Lord Durham) clutching a blacking-jar. Behind the Mayor is a barrister in wig and gown, probably the Recorder (Newman Knowlys). Henry Hunt the demagogue is here conflated with another Henry Hunt, one of the City Auditors, who presented a petition to the Lords through Lord Durham alleging that obstacles had prevented his auditing of City Accounts and of mismanagement of City Estates. The petition by his feet relates to the City's request for a tax on coals towards the expanses of the new London Bridge, part of Hunt's objections.
BM Satires: 15783.
[Ref: 61861]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Recruiting Party.
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)
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[The Return from the Continent, or, the Family puzzled.]
[The Return from the Continent, or, the Family puzzled.]
Phillips, fec.
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Aug.t 1st 1835.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 325mm (8½ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing title, laid on album paper.
A stout lady pours tea on to a plate, missing the cup, in her amused astonishment at the appearance of her very fat and jovial husband who sits opposite her, wearing a hat burlesquing the French fashion, coat open over a wide expanse of horizontally striped waistcoat, and plain white trousers. The husband has obviously taken on too many French airs. The satire was originally published by George Humphrey in 1827. This reissue comes from 'Cruikshankiana, an Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank'.
See BM Satires 15465 for the first issue.
[Ref: 57829]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Cabinet-Maker's Complaint.
The Cabinet-Maker's Complaint.
A Sharpshooter fec. [John Phillips.]
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street Strand June 16 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 249 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾") Light Brown liquid stain that has created some cockling that can be felt. Small margins.
Illustration of the many rumours of Ministerial changes and Wellington's supposed ruthlessness. He addresses George IV, claiming that 'Bob' (Robert Peel) and 'Chancery Jack' (Lyndhurst) 'are fighting instead of minding their work- The vagabonds von't be easy 'till I bundles 'em out'. On the wall behind him is a small picture of 'Bob & Chancery Jack', visualising the conflict between the two.
BM Satires: 15807.
[Ref: 52751]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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