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Graduation de la Famille Anglaise.
A Paris, chez Genty, Rue St. Jacques, No.14. Depose a la Direct.n de la Lib.ie [n.d., 1816].
Hand-coloured etching. 225 x 350mm (8¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
An English soldier with his wife and other family members arranged in descending order of height - right down to a puppet controlled by a young boy at the far left end. By Jean Baptiste Genty (1770 - 1820; fl). He is recorded as a miniaturist exhibiting from 1799 to 1808, pupil of Jacques-Louis David. From 1814 he became a publisher of caricatures, lithographs and costume plates.
[Ref: 58460] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris, chez Genty, Rue St. Jacques, No.14. Depose a la Direct.n de la Lib.ie [n.d., 1816].
Hand-coloured etching. 225 x 350mm (8¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
An English soldier with his wife and other family members arranged in descending order of height - right down to a puppet controlled by a young boy at the far left end. By Jean Baptiste Genty (1770 - 1820; fl). He is recorded as a miniaturist exhibiting from 1799 to 1808, pupil of Jacques-Louis David. From 1814 he became a publisher of caricatures, lithographs and costume plates.
[Ref: 58460] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Dames Anglaises après-Diné. Scènes Anglaises dessinées à Londres, par un français prisonnier de Guerre. No 1.
[Drawn and etched by Alphonse Roehn.]
A Paris, Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq S.t Honoré [n.d., c.1814].
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 14"). Narrow margins. Two slight stains
A group of women sit in silent boredom, being served tea by a black servant. From a set of eight.
BM Satires 12350.
[Ref: 58458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by Alphonse Roehn.]
A Paris, Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq S.t Honoré [n.d., c.1814].
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 14"). Narrow margins. Two slight stains
A group of women sit in silent boredom, being served tea by a black servant. From a set of eight.
BM Satires 12350.
[Ref: 58458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Fishing for spouses] Le Bon Poisson. Il aime qu'on le Prenne.](jpegs/58457.jpg)
[Fishing for spouses] Le Bon Poisson. Il aime qu'on le Prenne. [&] Le Poisson des Dames. c'est à qui en attrapera.
A Paris, chez Noël, rue St Jacques No. 16.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each c.220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½") very large margins. A few spots.
Two satirical plates. In the first six men in a boat fish with rod and nets for fish with the heads of women, using different baits. In the second the roles are reversed. Extremely interesting images of dating in the early 19th century!
[Ref: 58457] £690.00 view all images for this item
A Paris, chez Noël, rue St Jacques No. 16.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each c.220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½") very large margins. A few spots.
Two satirical plates. In the first six men in a boat fish with rod and nets for fish with the heads of women, using different baits. In the second the roles are reversed. Extremely interesting images of dating in the early 19th century!
[Ref: 58457] £690.00 view all images for this item
![[Man dancing?]](jpegs/58451.jpg)
[Man dancing?]
L. Fruÿtiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins.
A grotesque man wearing a comical cowl, hands behind his back, right left stretched forward, sword in his belt. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58451] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Fruÿtiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins.
A grotesque man wearing a comical cowl, hands behind his back, right left stretched forward, sword in his belt. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58451] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ian braget is mÿnen naem / tot all dingen ben ick bequam.
L. Fruytiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins. Mark in margin; attached to album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man playing a guitar. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58449] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L. Fruytiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins. Mark in margin; attached to album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man playing a guitar. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58449] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![ick heb pÿy in mÿnen buÿck. Van hcter scÿt botelli [***]](jpegs/58452.jpg)
ick heb pÿy in mÿnen buÿck. Van hcter scÿt botelli [***]
L. Fruÿtiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins. End of title weakly inked. Attached to Album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man carrying a vessel leaking fluid. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58452] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L. Fruÿtiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½") very large margins. End of title weakly inked. Attached to Album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man carrying a vessel leaking fluid. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58452] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Voÿe ma belle mine bien en posture qui ne danseroit avec cette mesure.
L. Fruytiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 95 x 70mm (3¾ x 2¾") with large margins. Attached to Album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man dancing. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58450] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L. Fruytiers.
[Antwerp, c.1750.]
Rare etching. 95 x 70mm (3¾ x 2¾") with large margins. Attached to Album sheet at corners.
A grotesque man dancing. A bouffon. Lodewijk Jozef Fruytiers (1713-82), dean of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp in 1753-4.
[Ref: 58450] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Erostrate moderne, Ecrivant sur les Arts.](jpegs/58454.jpg)
[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Erostrate moderne, Ecrivant sur les Arts.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814), blindfolded, with horns, seated in a chair marked 'Trésor des Iconoclastes', writing with a quill. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58454] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814), blindfolded, with horns, seated in a chair marked 'Trésor des Iconoclastes', writing with a quill. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58454] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Mr L'ane comme il n'y en a point.](jpegs/58459.jpg)
[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Mr L'ane comme il n'y en a point. Peu m'importent les chefs d'oeuvres de tous les arts, pourvu que j'écrase, que je m'élève, et que le chardon ne me manque pas. O gens de goût, reconnaissez la bête.
Inspiré par Crémier.
[n.d., 1797.]
Etching with engraving. 240 x 265mm (9½ x 10½"), with large margins.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a donkey with his face, kicking over a bust of Apollo and the Transfiguration of Raphael with his hind legs, trampling the books of Descartes and Racine with his forelegs. It satirises Mercier’s opposition to the creation of a chalcographie nationale to make engravings after the paintings in the Louvre, arguing that anyone should be able to do it. ‘Cremier’ is a fake name. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
BM 1991,0615.132.
[Ref: 58459] £360.00
Inspiré par Crémier.
[n.d., 1797.]
Etching with engraving. 240 x 265mm (9½ x 10½"), with large margins.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a donkey with his face, kicking over a bust of Apollo and the Transfiguration of Raphael with his hind legs, trampling the books of Descartes and Racine with his forelegs. It satirises Mercier’s opposition to the creation of a chalcographie nationale to make engravings after the paintings in the Louvre, arguing that anyone should be able to do it. ‘Cremier’ is a fake name. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
BM 1991,0615.132.
[Ref: 58459] £360.00
![[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Envain contre les Arts, ce vieux Roquet s'escrime, / C'est le Serpent qui mord la lime.](jpegs/58448.jpg)
[Louis-Sébastien Mercier] Envain contre les Arts, ce vieux Roquet s'escrime, / C'est le Serpent qui mord la lime.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Slight foxing of edges, old ink mss. in list of names, large margins. Creasing.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a pug standing upright in the dress of a clerk, quill in hand and book under his arm. He stands before a monument inscribed with a list of artists' names. At the base is a snake with a file (tool) in its mouth. The title roughly translates as 'In vain this old pug fights against the arts; it's the snake that bites the file'. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58448] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Slight foxing of edges, old ink mss. in list of names, large margins. Creasing.
A caricature of Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) as a pug standing upright in the dress of a clerk, quill in hand and book under his arm. He stands before a monument inscribed with a list of artists' names. At the base is a snake with a file (tool) in its mouth. The title roughly translates as 'In vain this old pug fights against the arts; it's the snake that bites the file'. A French dramatist and writer, Mercier was highly critical of earlier art, especially writers including Rancine and Boileau. He was a member of the National Convention who was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, only surviving because of the fall of Robiespierre.
[Ref: 58448] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)