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The Absent Man who came home one night very fatigued & after putting his pony comfortably into his bed went himself and slept in the stable.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper at corners.
Two scenes: a horse in a four-poster bed and a man lying on hay.
[Ref: 57699] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 250 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper at corners.
Two scenes: a horse in a four-poster bed and a man lying on hay.
[Ref: 57699] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bartholomew Fair] The Fiend's Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery & Vice,](jpegs/57709.jpg)
[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)
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)
![[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? /](jpegs/57795.jpg)
[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? / Why Not Very Marm Except My Old Boots and They are Out and Out Old and Curious Too.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Litthograph with hand colour. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An old woman at a bric-a-brack stall inspects a broken teapot.
[Ref: 57795] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Litthograph with hand colour. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An old woman at a bric-a-brack stall inspects a broken teapot.
[Ref: 57795] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tregear's Flights of Humour No.42. Business. My Master is the Man for Business there's none of your coming twice fot erh Money No! No! he settles at once for he tells you you'll Never Get It!!!
London Pub.d by G.S. Tregear 123 Cheapside [n.d., c.1835].
Very fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 290 x 185mm (11½ x 7¼"). Laid on album paper. Trimmed.
A man in an apron, carrying a bottle basket, writing in a notebook. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 57695] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by G.S. Tregear 123 Cheapside [n.d., c.1835].
Very fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 290 x 185mm (11½ x 7¼"). Laid on album paper. Trimmed.
A man in an apron, carrying a bottle basket, writing in a notebook. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 57695] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dawson's Humorous Scraps No 9. Cross Readings. Bill Stickers Beware.
Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman Street.
London. Published by Tho.s Dawson, 29 Bedford St. Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Her Majesty's most gracious Pardon will be Granted to any Person who will / Abuse or in any way ill use / The New Police''. This example differs from the usual 'Cross Readings' by having an illustrated satire about bills in each corner. The one bottom left combines racism with an advert for another of the the publisher's products, 'Dawson's Ink. An actor reads an advert for the ink, which is described as 'a beautiful rich black which will never fade'; he exclaims 'Never!! I did try it once when I played Othello and have been a confirmed black ever since'.
[Ref: 57702] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman Street.
London. Published by Tho.s Dawson, 29 Bedford St. Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Her Majesty's most gracious Pardon will be Granted to any Person who will / Abuse or in any way ill use / The New Police''. This example differs from the usual 'Cross Readings' by having an illustrated satire about bills in each corner. The one bottom left combines racism with an advert for another of the the publisher's products, 'Dawson's Ink. An actor reads an advert for the ink, which is described as 'a beautiful rich black which will never fade'; he exclaims 'Never!! I did try it once when I played Othello and have been a confirmed black ever since'.
[Ref: 57702] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Train up a Child in the Way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank, Total Abstainer from all Intoxicating Liquors and Tobacco.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching, first proof signed in pencil by the artist. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾"), on thick paper; on verso in pencil "pledge card", very large margins Slight surface soiling.
A moralistic plate, promoting temperance and good education, the title having been lifted from Proverbs 22:6 (King James Bible). On each side are three scenes comparing the plight of the children of drunkards to those of teetotalers.
[Ref: 57557] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank, Total Abstainer from all Intoxicating Liquors and Tobacco.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching, first proof signed in pencil by the artist. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾"), on thick paper; on verso in pencil "pledge card", very large margins Slight surface soiling.
A moralistic plate, promoting temperance and good education, the title having been lifted from Proverbs 22:6 (King James Bible). On each side are three scenes comparing the plight of the children of drunkards to those of teetotalers.
[Ref: 57557] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Graces Comparing Sandals.
Published 4th July, 1798, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured engraving. 250 x 205mm (9¾ x 8").
Three girls admiring each others' footwear.
[Ref: 57807] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Published 4th July, 1798, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured engraving. 250 x 205mm (9¾ x 8").
Three girls admiring each others' footwear.
[Ref: 57807] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Harlot's Progress. Plate II. In High keeping by a Jew. [&] Plate III. The Compleat Trull at her Lodgings in Drury Lane. [&] Plate IV. In Bridewell beating Hemp. [&] Plate V. In a High Salivation at the Point of Death. [&] Plate VI. Her Funeral properly attended.
Invented and Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Henry Parker, 1768?]
Five [of 6] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, one with 18th century watermark; totals c. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some spotting.
Reversed and reduced copies of Hogarth's famous series, probably originally published with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell. Hogarth is known to have given Bakewell permission to reproduce his "Rake" set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his versions for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. Parker reissued the 'Rake' set in 1786, now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane overprinted with the same decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is Plate I, showing Moll Hackabout's arrival in London.
Not in either BM Satires or Paulson. The Wellcome Collection has three, 38333i, 38334i &38335i.
[Ref: 57644] £750.00 view all images for this item
Invented and Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Henry Parker, 1768?]
Five [of 6] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, one with 18th century watermark; totals c. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Some spotting.
Reversed and reduced copies of Hogarth's famous series, probably originally published with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell. Hogarth is known to have given Bakewell permission to reproduce his "Rake" set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his versions for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. Parker reissued the 'Rake' set in 1786, now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane overprinted with the same decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is Plate I, showing Moll Hackabout's arrival in London.
Not in either BM Satires or Paulson. The Wellcome Collection has three, 38333i, 38334i &38335i.
[Ref: 57644] £750.00 view all images for this item
High Life in the Evening. or Quality Dinner Hour. / The Great, in one eternal Round, / Of Folly and Excess are found...
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 1st. 1769 Price 1s. but given Gratis to the Purchasers of the Court Miscellany [but later, c.1800].
Etching with engraving. 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13¼") on wove paper. Tear in margin taped.
The great and the good gathering for dinner at 5.30. Among those represented are Prime Minister the Duke of Grafton and his mistress Nancy Parsons, and the Earl of Bute intimately touching the arm of Augusta, Princess of Wales. From a set of four. The paper suggests a 19th century impression.
BM. 4334.
[Ref: 57774] £360.00
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 1st. 1769 Price 1s. but given Gratis to the Purchasers of the Court Miscellany [but later, c.1800].
Etching with engraving. 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13¼") on wove paper. Tear in margin taped.
The great and the good gathering for dinner at 5.30. Among those represented are Prime Minister the Duke of Grafton and his mistress Nancy Parsons, and the Earl of Bute intimately touching the arm of Augusta, Princess of Wales. From a set of four. The paper suggests a 19th century impression.
BM. 4334.
[Ref: 57774] £360.00
High Life at Noon. With Touch indelicate his Grace / Approaches that angelic Place...
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 1st. 1769 Price 1s. but given Gratis to the Purchasers of the Court Miscellany [but later, c.1800].
Etching with engraving. 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13¼") on wove paper. Creased, tear in margin taped.
A duke and duchess take tea with a clergyman, although both are distracted. The duke fondles a servant girl as a black page slips the duchess a letter from her lover. A valet keeps a tradesman with a bill away. A monkey sits on the floor reading 'A Dissertation on Winding up the Clock by Tristram Shandy'. From a set of four. The paper suggests a 19th century impression.
Not in British Museum.
[Ref: 57776] £360.00
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 1st. 1769 Price 1s. but given Gratis to the Purchasers of the Court Miscellany [but later, c.1800].
Etching with engraving. 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13¼") on wove paper. Creased, tear in margin taped.
A duke and duchess take tea with a clergyman, although both are distracted. The duke fondles a servant girl as a black page slips the duchess a letter from her lover. A valet keeps a tradesman with a bill away. A monkey sits on the floor reading 'A Dissertation on Winding up the Clock by Tristram Shandy'. From a set of four. The paper suggests a 19th century impression.
Not in British Museum.
[Ref: 57776] £360.00
Illustration of Plays No 6. Inconstant!!
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Marks fec.t.
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, watermark 1825; 140 x 170mm (5½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A woman uses a rope ladder to elope with a dashing hussar, her husband or father shouting from the upper window.
[Ref: 57792] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Ladie's Men. Now Mr Alderman, another glose & suppose then we go up to the Ladies.
Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
London: G.S. Tregear?, n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners.
Four drunken men enjoy their port!
[Ref: 57707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
London: G.S. Tregear?, n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners.
Four drunken men enjoy their port!
[Ref: 57707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Illustration of Plays No 16. Measure for Measure!
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed.
A man and woman batter each other with tankards in an ale house. Through the window two women do the same.
[Ref: 57793] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed.
A man and woman batter each other with tankards in an ale house. Through the window two women do the same.
[Ref: 57793] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Merry Thought! No 18.
London. Published by J.L. Marks, 11, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Aquatint and etching. 300 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Slight crease.
A stout man laughing, holding a full glass of port.
[Ref: 57689] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
London. Published by J.L. Marks, 11, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Aquatint and etching. 300 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Slight crease.
A stout man laughing, holding a full glass of port.
[Ref: 57689] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Are you fond of a Musical treat Mr Simkins? / No Marm but my little dog is for he eats all the catgut strings he comes anear!
Printed by W. Smart, 6 Hand C.t Holborn.
London. William Spooner, 377, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). A little cockling of paper. Remains of album sheet at corners.
A scene in a music room, with a dog tearing the strings from a harp.
[Ref: 57698] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Smart, 6 Hand C.t Holborn.
London. William Spooner, 377, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). A little cockling of paper. Remains of album sheet at corners.
A scene in a music room, with a dog tearing the strings from a harp.
[Ref: 57698] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Grotesque figures singing, reading from a music book on a lectern.]](jpegs/57559.jpg)
[Grotesque figures singing, reading from a music book on a lectern.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 85 x 115mm (3¼ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate.
With three ugly men and two better-looking children, a dog and a cat.
[Ref: 57559] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 85 x 115mm (3¼ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate.
With three ugly men and two better-looking children, a dog and a cat.
[Ref: 57559] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nap in the Country,
Rowlandson [**]85.
[London Pub.d by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho.] [c.1785.]
Etching, with some grey wash, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 170 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing publication line; part of year missing.
A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next to her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. One of two images on the same plate, with 'Nap in Town'.
BM Satires 6868.
[Ref: 57788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson [**]85.
[London Pub.d by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho.] [c.1785.]
Etching, with some grey wash, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 170 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing publication line; part of year missing.
A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next to her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. One of two images on the same plate, with 'Nap in Town'.
BM Satires 6868.
[Ref: 57788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Notions of the Agreeable. No. 7. There's a most confounded smell of burnt rags somewhere!!
London William Spooner, 377, Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 320 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾").
A man climbing into a four-poster bed sets fire to the back of his nightshirt with a candle.
[Ref: 57706] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London William Spooner, 377, Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 320 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾").
A man climbing into a four-poster bed sets fire to the back of his nightshirt with a candle.
[Ref: 57706] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Picture of Innocence No 1.
[Illegible monogram in image.]
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 280 x 225mm (11 x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A caricatured schoolboy uses a red-hot poker to make frogs jump.
[Ref: 57696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Illegible monogram in image.]
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair.
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 280 x 225mm (11 x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A caricatured schoolboy uses a red-hot poker to make frogs jump.
[Ref: 57696] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Rake's Progress, Plates 1 & 2, 4-8.]](jpegs/57643.jpg)
[The Rake's Progress, Plates 1 & 2, 4-8.]
[after William Hogarth.]
Publish'd w.th ye consent of M.rs Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill, March 25, 1768.
Seven [of 8] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, totals c. 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). Plates 1 & 6 trimmed to plate at bottom.
Reversed and reduced copies of the first states of Hogarth's famous series, originally published 'with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell in 1735, the same year as Hogarth's original publication. Hogarth gave permission for this set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his set for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. This posthumous edition (now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane) are overprinted with decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is 3, 'Revelling with Harlots'.
BM Satires 2159, 2174, 2203, 2212, 2224, 2237, 2247. Paulson p.90.
[Ref: 57643] £850.00 view all images for this item
[after William Hogarth.]
Publish'd w.th ye consent of M.rs Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill, March 25, 1768.
Seven [of 8] etchings with engraving, printed from two plates, totals c. 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). Plates 1 & 6 trimmed to plate at bottom.
Reversed and reduced copies of the first states of Hogarth's famous series, originally published 'with the consent of Mr William Hogarth' by Thomas Bakewell in 1735, the same year as Hogarth's original publication. Hogarth gave permission for this set to counter cheap plagaries: Bakewell sold his set for 2s. 6d, significantly cheaper than the two guineas for the originals. This posthumous edition (now with the consent of Hogarth's widow, Jane) are overprinted with decorative borders at the sides. The missing plate is 3, 'Revelling with Harlots'.
BM Satires 2159, 2174, 2203, 2212, 2224, 2237, 2247. Paulson p.90.
[Ref: 57643] £850.00 view all images for this item
![[Moustache shaving satire] Wholesale Shaving Department Established 1870.](jpegs/57561.jpg)
[Moustache shaving satire] Wholesale Shaving Department Established 1870.
[Illegible monogram] 780.
Two sheets, pencil and grey wash. Sheets 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Glue stains in corners.
Pair of satires. In the first a bearded man in a top hat, pulls a chain gang of mustachio'd men into a barber's to be shaved. In the second, the clean-shaven men rebel and kick the barber out the door, with one man changing the sign to read 'dis-Established'.
[Ref: 57561] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Illegible monogram] 780.
Two sheets, pencil and grey wash. Sheets 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Glue stains in corners.
Pair of satires. In the first a bearded man in a top hat, pulls a chain gang of mustachio'd men into a barber's to be shaved. In the second, the clean-shaven men rebel and kick the barber out the door, with one man changing the sign to read 'dis-Established'.
[Ref: 57561] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Shooting] Now Jack, hit him hard. but mind me!](jpegs/57794.jpg)
[Shooting] Now Jack, hit him hard. but mind me!
Madeley lith. 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A man cowering behind a tree shouts instructions to a man aiming a blunderbuss at a cockeral on a fence.
[Ref: 57794] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley lith. 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A man cowering behind a tree shouts instructions to a man aiming a blunderbuss at a cockeral on a fence.
[Ref: 57794] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Ah! John, there's the Fruits of Matrimony! / No, Marm this be only the fruit basket.
Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark St.
Published by W.Soffe, 380 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A man carrying a wicker crib in conversation with a woman with an umbrella and a pair of ringed pattens.
[Ref: 57708] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Kohler 22 Denmark St.
Published by W.Soffe, 380 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A man carrying a wicker crib in conversation with a woman with an umbrella and a pair of ringed pattens.
[Ref: 57708] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Pay Rent and Taxes Indeed! And no Wote. I Wish They May Get It.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 210 x 140mm (8¼ x 5½"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A satirical portrait of a tinker, a bag of household items over his shoulder, and a bellows and chair under his arm.
[Ref: 57796] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 210 x 140mm (8¼ x 5½"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A satirical portrait of a tinker, a bag of household items over his shoulder, and a bellows and chair under his arm.
[Ref: 57796] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Temperance] The Enquiry.](jpegs/57703.jpg)
[Temperance] The Enquiry. Tregear's Flights of Humour No.62.
Pub by Tregear & Lewis at their Music & Print Warehouse 96 Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A man asks another for directions to chapel and is given direction based on public houses. Published in a series of social satires begun by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.). 'Tregear and Lewis' was a shortlived partnership of Ann Tregear (widow?) and Thomas Crump Lewis.
[Ref: 57703] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub by Tregear & Lewis at their Music & Print Warehouse 96 Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A man asks another for directions to chapel and is given direction based on public houses. Published in a series of social satires begun by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.). 'Tregear and Lewis' was a shortlived partnership of Ann Tregear (widow?) and Thomas Crump Lewis.
[Ref: 57703] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Money Makes the Man. Tregear's Flights of Humour No.54.
Published at Tregears Comic Print Shop, Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1835.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"(, Laid on album paper at corners.
A Thames Waterman berates a passenger for meanness, Westminster Bridge and Abbey in the background. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 57701] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published at Tregears Comic Print Shop, Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1835.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"(, Laid on album paper at corners.
A Thames Waterman berates a passenger for meanness, Westminster Bridge and Abbey in the background. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 57701] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Taking Water for Vauxhall Be cautious my Love_don't expose your Leg.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Mint.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented. One of many similar gently comical scenes published by Robert Sayer, based on the habits of city life.
[Ref: 57791] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Mint.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented. One of many similar gently comical scenes published by Robert Sayer, based on the habits of city life.
[Ref: 57791] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Duke of Coldbath Fields Making Choice of a New Ministry. The Political Drama. No 45.
[by Charles Jameson Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Wood engraving with letterpress text. Sheet 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Trimmed around titles, laid on album paper at sides.
The Duke of Wellington sits on a dining chair, his feet on two more, selecting the new Tory Govenment in 1834 from a group of six unkept and uncooth men, Wellington declined to become prime minister, standing aside for Robert Peel. However Peel was in Italy, so Wellington acted as interim leader for three weeks in November and December 1834. Wellington is reading "Rookwood: a Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth. It was one of the most successful novels of the 19th century but has been eclipsed by the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 57797] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Jameson Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Wood engraving with letterpress text. Sheet 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Trimmed around titles, laid on album paper at sides.
The Duke of Wellington sits on a dining chair, his feet on two more, selecting the new Tory Govenment in 1834 from a group of six unkept and uncooth men, Wellington declined to become prime minister, standing aside for Robert Peel. However Peel was in Italy, so Wellington acted as interim leader for three weeks in November and December 1834. Wellington is reading "Rookwood: a Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth. It was one of the most successful novels of the 19th century but has been eclipsed by the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 57797] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Political Death and Burial of the Departed Whigs.
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)