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![[Caroline of Brunswick and Bergami] Chastity!](jpegs/54457.jpg)
[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)
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)
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)
![[George III] Nimrod.](jpegs/54590.jpg)
[George III] Nimrod.
[after A. Aldbery.]
Pub.d August 15 1787 by S.W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Etching. 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Creasing.
A portrait of George III riding. A later copy of A. Aldbery's 1787 print, with the addition of Windsor Castle in the background and two dogs, one rolling on its back.
[Ref: 54590] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after A. Aldbery.]
Pub.d August 15 1787 by S.W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Etching. 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Creasing.
A portrait of George III riding. A later copy of A. Aldbery's 1787 print, with the addition of Windsor Castle in the background and two dogs, one rolling on its back.
[Ref: 54590] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Washing the Blackamoor.
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub. by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly London jully 24 1795.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), on laid paper watermarked 'J Whatman'. Trimmed to plate at top, repair entering plate on left taped. Small margins on 3 sides.
Two ladies wash the face of Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey, attempting to remove her mixed-race complexion, helped by the Prince of Wales. She asks ''Does it look any whiter?'', to which the relies are ''You may as well attempt to remove the Island of Jersey to the Highest Mountain in Wales'' and "This stain will remain for ever''. Villiers remained a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline despite her affair with George until the Royal couple's separation. Cruikshank uses the fabled story of how to wash a blackamoor white to satirise Villiers' reputation.
BM Satires 8667.
[Ref: 54607] £360.00
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub. by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly London jully 24 1795.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), on laid paper watermarked 'J Whatman'. Trimmed to plate at top, repair entering plate on left taped. Small margins on 3 sides.
Two ladies wash the face of Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey, attempting to remove her mixed-race complexion, helped by the Prince of Wales. She asks ''Does it look any whiter?'', to which the relies are ''You may as well attempt to remove the Island of Jersey to the Highest Mountain in Wales'' and "This stain will remain for ever''. Villiers remained a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline despite her affair with George until the Royal couple's separation. Cruikshank uses the fabled story of how to wash a blackamoor white to satirise Villiers' reputation.
BM Satires 8667.
[Ref: 54607] £360.00
Pray Remember Us Poor Childreen.
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Pub July 12 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadily.
Coloured etching. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"). Small margins. Tears in edges taped, right edge soiled.
Three sons of George III, the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of York and Clarence, dressed as blue-coat schoolboys, hold out begging bowls to the members of the House of Commons. At the centre is Lord Addington; on the right is Fox; on the left is Pitt with the Devil pointing at him. The Duke of Clarence (later William IV) is a chamber pot representing his mistress, Mrs Jordan ('jordan' being slang for a chamber pot).
BM Satires 8666.
[Ref: 54612] £450.00
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Pub July 12 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadily.
Coloured etching. 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"). Small margins. Tears in edges taped, right edge soiled.
Three sons of George III, the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of York and Clarence, dressed as blue-coat schoolboys, hold out begging bowls to the members of the House of Commons. At the centre is Lord Addington; on the right is Fox; on the left is Pitt with the Devil pointing at him. The Duke of Clarence (later William IV) is a chamber pot representing his mistress, Mrs Jordan ('jordan' being slang for a chamber pot).
BM Satires 8666.
[Ref: 54612] £450.00
![The Jersey Smuggler detected; - or - Good cause for Discontent [Seperation]. _](jpegs/54606.jpg)
The Jersey Smuggler detected; - or - Good cause for Discontent [Seperation]. _ ''Marriage vows, are false as Dicers oaths.''
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 24th 1796 by H. Humphrey N 18. New Bond St.
Coloured etching. 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Small margins. A few spots.
Caroline of Brunswick discovers the Prince of Wales in bed with Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. She gestures through a door to a crib with Princess Charlotte asleep. Above the Princess's head hangs a 'Map of the Road back to Brunswick'. Jersey's part in the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales was well known, gaining sympathy of Caroline and distain for Jersey. The quote is from Hamlet.
BM Satires 8806.
[Ref: 54606] £680.00
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 24th 1796 by H. Humphrey N 18. New Bond St.
Coloured etching. 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Small margins. A few spots.
Caroline of Brunswick discovers the Prince of Wales in bed with Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. She gestures through a door to a crib with Princess Charlotte asleep. Above the Princess's head hangs a 'Map of the Road back to Brunswick'. Jersey's part in the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales was well known, gaining sympathy of Caroline and distain for Jersey. The quote is from Hamlet.
BM Satires 8806.
[Ref: 54606] £680.00
![[George, Prince of Wales] A Sketch for a Vice-Roy!! The Royal Jersey [Jasey]!!](jpegs/54610.jpg)
[George, Prince of Wales] A Sketch for a Vice-Roy!! The Royal Jersey [Jasey]!!
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by SW Fores 50, Piccadilly, February 22, 1797. - NB Folios of Carecatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Stitch marks in bottom margin, small stain in image.
The Prince of Wales wearing a 'Jazey', a bob-wig. through which can be seen insects on the back of his neck. Under his arm a rolled document: 'Thoughts on a Restricted Regency'. The prince started to wear a wig when riding, to keep his head warm. The title alludes to his affair with Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey.
BM Satires 8988.
[Ref: 54610] £420.00
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Published by SW Fores 50, Piccadilly, February 22, 1797. - NB Folios of Carecatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Stitch marks in bottom margin, small stain in image.
The Prince of Wales wearing a 'Jazey', a bob-wig. through which can be seen insects on the back of his neck. Under his arm a rolled document: 'Thoughts on a Restricted Regency'. The prince started to wear a wig when riding, to keep his head warm. The title alludes to his affair with Frances Villiers, Lady Jersey.
BM Satires 8988.
[Ref: 54610] £420.00
The York-Minuet.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Dec.r 14th 1791. by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 225 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins Crease in top left corner, stains.
George, Prince of Wales, dances with Frederica, Duchess of York, who shows not only her famously small feet but also an immodest amount of leg.
BM Satires 7933.
[Ref: 54603] £520.00
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Dec.r 14th 1791. by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 225 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins Crease in top left corner, stains.
George, Prince of Wales, dances with Frederica, Duchess of York, who shows not only her famously small feet but also an immodest amount of leg.
BM Satires 7933.
[Ref: 54603] £520.00
![[George, Prince of Wales] The Grand-Signior retiring.](jpegs/54604.jpg)
[George, Prince of Wales] The Grand-Signior retiring.
J.s G.y d. et f. [James Gillray]
Pub.d May 25th. 1796, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small margins. Stitch holes in left edge, a few spots.
A fat and pompous Prince of Wales leaves his bedroom and walks towards that of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. Her husband, George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, dressed in his nightclothes, lights the way with a candle and raises his night-cap deferentially, although George brushes him off. A torn map of the back of a door is titled 'A Map of the Road into the Harbour of Jersey'. Lady Jersey, a 40-year-old mother of ten and grandmother, replaced Maria Fitzherbert as George's principal mistress in 1794.
BM Satires 8807.
[Ref: 54604] £680.00
J.s G.y d. et f. [James Gillray]
Pub.d May 25th. 1796, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small margins. Stitch holes in left edge, a few spots.
A fat and pompous Prince of Wales leaves his bedroom and walks towards that of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. Her husband, George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, dressed in his nightclothes, lights the way with a candle and raises his night-cap deferentially, although George brushes him off. A torn map of the back of a door is titled 'A Map of the Road into the Harbour of Jersey'. Lady Jersey, a 40-year-old mother of ten and grandmother, replaced Maria Fitzherbert as George's principal mistress in 1794.
BM Satires 8807.
[Ref: 54604] £680.00
![[The Prince Regent & Poet Laureate.] Rival Candidates for the Vacant Bays.](jpegs/54471.jpg)
[The Prince Regent & Poet Laureate.] Rival Candidates for the Vacant Bays.
JC [monogram, possibly CJ] fecit.
London Publish'd Octr 1 1813 by N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching, 215 x 540mm (8½ x 21¼"). Trimmed losing part of monogram. Slight time staining.
The Regent as Apollo, his head irradiated, eyes tipsily closed, sits on one knee of the Duke of Norfolk as Bacchus, who sits on a cask. He is assailed by candidates for the laureateship, made vacant by the death of Henry Pye. These include George Byron, Lumley Skeffington, Tom Moore, Matthew Lewis and Walter Scott (in armour)
NM Satires 12082
[Ref: 54471] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
JC [monogram, possibly CJ] fecit.
London Publish'd Octr 1 1813 by N. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching, 215 x 540mm (8½ x 21¼"). Trimmed losing part of monogram. Slight time staining.
The Regent as Apollo, his head irradiated, eyes tipsily closed, sits on one knee of the Duke of Norfolk as Bacchus, who sits on a cask. He is assailed by candidates for the laureateship, made vacant by the death of Henry Pye. These include George Byron, Lumley Skeffington, Tom Moore, Matthew Lewis and Walter Scott (in armour)
NM Satires 12082
[Ref: 54471] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Marriage of the Prince Regent & Mrs Fitzherbert.] The Follies of a Day or the Marriage of Figaro.](jpegs/54477.jpg)
[Marriage of the Prince Regent & Mrs Fitzherbert.] The Follies of a Day or the Marriage of Figaro.
[Fitz delin.t. Herbert fecit.]
[Published March 13th 1786, by S. W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Bit messy. Trimmed to image and around title, losing joke artist/engraver.
The Prince Regent's clandestine marriage, officiated by Louis Weltje, with the bride being given away by George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine, dressed as a major in the Prussian service.
BM Satires 6924, 'Attributed to James Wicksteed', according to Angerlo.
[Ref: 54477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Fitz delin.t. Herbert fecit.]
[Published March 13th 1786, by S. W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Bit messy. Trimmed to image and around title, losing joke artist/engraver.
The Prince Regent's clandestine marriage, officiated by Louis Weltje, with the bride being given away by George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine, dressed as a major in the Prussian service.
BM Satires 6924, 'Attributed to James Wicksteed', according to Angerlo.
[Ref: 54477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[George, Prince of Wales, and Mrs. Fitzherbert] The Union Club Masquerade.](jpegs/54438.jpg)
[George, Prince of Wales, and Mrs. Fitzherbert] The Union Club Masquerade.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 7th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. 'Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens. In the centre is the Prince of Wales as Henry VIII, Mrs. Fitzherbert as a stout and middle-aged Anne Boleyn, and Pitt, winged and poised on one toe, as Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satires 9871.
[Ref: 54438] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 7th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. 'Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens. In the centre is the Prince of Wales as Henry VIII, Mrs. Fitzherbert as a stout and middle-aged Anne Boleyn, and Pitt, winged and poised on one toe, as Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satires 9871.
[Ref: 54438] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![Merite defended by Wisdom [against] Malice Fanatism, Murder, Robbery & Oppression.](jpegs/54492.jpg)
Merite defended by Wisdom [against] Malice Fanatism, Murder, Robbery & Oppression.
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare & scarce etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, damage and staining at edges. Damaged.
George III sits on a globe, surrounded by his ministers. A figure of Wisdom (Athena/Minerva), saying 'Not Guilty', spears a woman holding a torch which has a winged demon in its smoke. Prone on the ground is a Fury. Another demon pulls a chain, dragging three men (Fox? and a man with a coronet slipped over his eyes) to hell. Probably a satire of the supposed inappropriate relationship between Augusta, the Princess Dowager, and Lord Bute. We have been unable to trace another example.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 54492] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1771.]
Rare & scarce etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, damage and staining at edges. Damaged.
George III sits on a globe, surrounded by his ministers. A figure of Wisdom (Athena/Minerva), saying 'Not Guilty', spears a woman holding a torch which has a winged demon in its smoke. Prone on the ground is a Fury. Another demon pulls a chain, dragging three men (Fox? and a man with a coronet slipped over his eyes) to hell. Probably a satire of the supposed inappropriate relationship between Augusta, the Princess Dowager, and Lord Bute. We have been unable to trace another example.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 54492] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)