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Arithmetic. The Multiplication Table. Addition _ Division _ Fractions.
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A sketch from the Central Board of Health or The Real Ass-i-Antic Cholera!!
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
[by William Heath.]
Pub July 20 1820 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching, watermark 1820; 1820. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. Tears and creasing. Borders messy.
Caroline of Brunswick in Turkish costume, with much of her vast bosom on display, smoking a hookah. An interpreter makes pleasantries, to which Caroline replies ''I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to Day] is Long!!!''. A disgruntled Bartolommeo Bergami stands behind. An anti-Caroline satire of her visit to Tunis in 1816, published as George IV tried to win a divorce by the Pains and Penalties Bill 1820.
BM Satires 13767.
[Ref: 54560] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Heath.]
Pub July 20 1820 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching, watermark 1820; 1820. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. Tears and creasing. Borders messy.
Caroline of Brunswick in Turkish costume, with much of her vast bosom on display, smoking a hookah. An interpreter makes pleasantries, to which Caroline replies ''I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to Day] is Long!!!''. A disgruntled Bartolommeo Bergami stands behind. An anti-Caroline satire of her visit to Tunis in 1816, published as George IV tried to win a divorce by the Pains and Penalties Bill 1820.
BM Satires 13767.
[Ref: 54560] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Geography, or the Use of the Globes _ A Practical Lesson. Shewing the Face of the Earth.
W. Heath Del et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A red-faced teacher hurls a desk globe into the face of a mischievious pupil. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54312] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath Del et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A red-faced teacher hurls a desk globe into the face of a mischievious pupil. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54312] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Much Ado About Nothing!!!
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.](jpegs/54303.jpg)
[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.](jpegs/54302.jpg)
[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T Mc Fat 26 Haymarket - where Caricatuers are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with wide margins. Creasing top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket. A pirate copy of Heath's print, possibly by John Phillips. The publisher's name is a pun on 'McLean'.
Copy of BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54302] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T Mc Fat 26 Haymarket - where Caricatuers are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with wide margins. Creasing top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket. A pirate copy of Heath's print, possibly by John Phillips. The publisher's name is a pun on 'McLean'.
Copy of BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54302] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Quakers] Obediah _ Puzzled.](jpegs/54567.jpg)
[Quakers] Obediah _ Puzzled.
H.H. [Henry Heath].
Pub.d Ap.l 1830. by S. Gan's Southampton St.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (55 x 14¼"). Faded. Trimmed to plate on three sides.
One Quaker expresses disquiet at another's brightly coloured jacket. ''Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?''. ''I created it.''. ''Created it friend?''. ''Yea verily - for I said, Let it be made, and it was made!!''.
[Ref: 54567] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. [Henry Heath].
Pub.d Ap.l 1830. by S. Gan's Southampton St.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (55 x 14¼"). Faded. Trimmed to plate on three sides.
One Quaker expresses disquiet at another's brightly coloured jacket. ''Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?''. ''I created it.''. ''Created it friend?''. ''Yea verily - for I said, Let it be made, and it was made!!''.
[Ref: 54567] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bootblack] I Haxes Parden Marm, Boots if you Please.](jpegs/54613.jpg)
[Bootblack] I Haxes Parden Marm, Boots if you Please. Sketches of Character. No 2.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, where political and other caricatures are daily pub. [n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of a shoeshiner, tugging his forelock. Under his arms is a plank with a notch to help pull boots off feet.
[Ref: 54613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, where political and other caricatures are daily pub. [n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of a shoeshiner, tugging his forelock. Under his arms is a plank with a notch to help pull boots off feet.
[Ref: 54613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Very cold outside eh? Why I'm a perfect icicle don't I look the picture of misery... Sketches of Character _ the outside passenger No 6.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
[Published by Thomas Mclean, n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, losing publication line.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
[Ref: 54614] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
[Published by Thomas Mclean, n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, losing publication line.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
[Ref: 54614] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Looking Glass. Fashionable intelligence 1830. Slave trade 1. Slave trade 2. A sketch of that curious little architect sitting on his (egg). New system of heraldry. 1730 Dress of the guards. 1830. Gallop-hard- Trials Old Bailey. Change of linen. Sheriffs-officers .
[by William Heath]
[Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Edges chipped. Tears into image on right.
10 vignettes on one sheet, the largest being a fashion satire. Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
[Ref: 54600] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Heath]
[Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Edges chipped. Tears into image on right.
10 vignettes on one sheet, the largest being a fashion satire. Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
[Ref: 54600] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Tempest.
Heath Del.
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Heath Del.
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Trifling Misunderstanding or a Military Tea Party. Effects of a Field Education.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), J. Whatman watermark 1828, with wide margins. Some paper toning.
When the hostess requested a captain's company for tea she did not expect him to bring the rank and file.
[Ref: 54316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), J. Whatman watermark 1828, with wide margins. Some paper toning.
When the hostess requested a captain's company for tea she did not expect him to bring the rank and file.
[Ref: 54316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)