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The Etymology of Alderman.
Pub.d Auhust 1809 by W. Holland, No 11 Cockspur Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 1808 E & P, very large margins.
Two boys, holding chisel and hatchet, show their father their carving of a man made out of alder wood. Their carpenter father, who holds a plank and a saw, replies ''Aye Boys! I see you have made an alder man of it. a synonymous term for a Block-Head''.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 58301] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Auhust 1809 by W. Holland, No 11 Cockspur Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 1808 E & P, very large margins.
Two boys, holding chisel and hatchet, show their father their carving of a man made out of alder wood. Their carpenter father, who holds a plank and a saw, replies ''Aye Boys! I see you have made an alder man of it. a synonymous term for a Block-Head''.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 58301] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!](jpegs/58372.jpg)
[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00
Heath's Court Beauties N.o3. Give you the Deal eh? No, we'll cut for it to be sure!
[Henry Heath]
[London W Spooner 25 Regent S.t] [n.d. c.1835-40]
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 200 x 220mm (8 x 8¾"). Trimmed and glued to album paper.
One from a set of twelve series of visual puns inspired by the four playing card suits, each one captioned below, it is rarely found complete. Two Jacks hold a plank of wood. The Jack of Clubs has sliced the Jack of Diamonds in half with his sword.
[Ref: 58440] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Henry Heath]
[London W Spooner 25 Regent S.t] [n.d. c.1835-40]
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 200 x 220mm (8 x 8¾"). Trimmed and glued to album paper.
One from a set of twelve series of visual puns inspired by the four playing card suits, each one captioned below, it is rarely found complete. Two Jacks hold a plank of wood. The Jack of Clubs has sliced the Jack of Diamonds in half with his sword.
[Ref: 58440] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
An Affecting Scene in the Downs.
[William Heath]
[London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.]
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress, watermarked 1802. Trimmed within plate on three sides, letterpress trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58472] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath]
[London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.]
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress, watermarked 1802. Trimmed within plate on three sides, letterpress trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58472] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
An Affecting Scene in the Downs.
[William Heath]
London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress. Album paper pasted over left edge of image, some damage to right edge. Persons identified in old ink mss.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58471] £320.00
[William Heath]
London - Printed and Published, August, 1809, by Johnston, Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½), set in letterpress. Album paper pasted over left edge of image, some damage to right edge. Persons identified in old ink mss.
Sir William Curtis leans over the stern of his yacht towards Castlereagh who is being rowed ashore by a boatman. His yacht is covered with provisions, including a turtle. Underneath the verse is a parody of Gay's 'Black-eyed Susan'. Curtis had a contract making ship's biscuit and other dry provisions for the Royal Navy during the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign, of which Castlereagh was a proponent. This satire suggests that the £8 million cost of the campaign included fine foods for the officers.
BM Satires 11357.
[Ref: 58471] £320.00
![[Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville] Scotch Harry on his Fast Trotter on a Journey to the North.](jpegs/58379.jpg)
[Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville] Scotch Harry on his Fast Trotter on a Journey to the North.
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub.d April 15th 1805 by C. Knight Lambeth.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Some paper toning.
Melvill rides a rough horse with the face of Alexander Trotter, laiden with bags of 'siller' (silver) towards a sign marked 'Castle' by the side of the Tweed, as John Bull blows a trumpet blast marked 'Tenth Report'. The Commissioners of Naval Inquiry had just released a report on a fraud perpetrated by Trotter when he was the navy's paymaster. He had transferred money into his out account at Coutts, investing and loaning the funds at interest, from which he benefited, before returning the money to the navy. This satire suggests that Dundas, who had been Treasurer of the Navy at the time, also benefited. However Melville was acquitted in the trial in the House of Lords.
BM Satires 10386.
[Ref: 58379] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub.d April 15th 1805 by C. Knight Lambeth.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Some paper toning.
Melvill rides a rough horse with the face of Alexander Trotter, laiden with bags of 'siller' (silver) towards a sign marked 'Castle' by the side of the Tweed, as John Bull blows a trumpet blast marked 'Tenth Report'. The Commissioners of Naval Inquiry had just released a report on a fraud perpetrated by Trotter when he was the navy's paymaster. He had transferred money into his out account at Coutts, investing and loaning the funds at interest, from which he benefited, before returning the money to the navy. This satire suggests that Dundas, who had been Treasurer of the Navy at the time, also benefited. However Melville was acquitted in the trial in the House of Lords.
BM Satires 10386.
[Ref: 58379] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The New Minister or _as it should be.
Argus del,t [Charles Williams].
Pub,d Feby. 1806 by Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Hand coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 19¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over left margin. Verso period newspaper cuttings.
Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville introduces Charles James Fox to George III, who peers at Fox through his looking glass. The three exchange pleasantries. After Pitt's death in 1806, Fox joined Grenville's "Ministry of All the Talents", although he died in June.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 58346] £320.00
Argus del,t [Charles Williams].
Pub,d Feby. 1806 by Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Hand coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 19¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over left margin. Verso period newspaper cuttings.
Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville introduces Charles James Fox to George III, who peers at Fox through his looking glass. The three exchange pleasantries. After Pitt's death in 1806, Fox joined Grenville's "Ministry of All the Talents", although he died in June.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 58346] £320.00
![[Charles James Fox] John Bull's first Visit to his Old Friend the New Secretary.](jpegs/58377.jpg)
[Charles James Fox] John Bull's first Visit to his Old Friend the New Secretary.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 3d 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside printed border, small nicks in edges, creased.
John Bull, a stout shock-headed countryman in a smock, visits Fox, who stands warily, hiding behind his back a paper, 'Treaty for carrying on the War'. Fox had just become Foreign Secretary in Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' after years in the political wilderness. He was challenged on his attitude to the Union, which he had recently called 'one of the most disgraceful [acts] that ever happened to that country'. He answered that his opinion remained the same, 'But it did not follow, that, because a man had felt that a particular measure . . . had been exceptionable, he was therefore bound to undo it'.
BM Satires 10539.
[Ref: 58377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 3d 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed inside printed border, small nicks in edges, creased.
John Bull, a stout shock-headed countryman in a smock, visits Fox, who stands warily, hiding behind his back a paper, 'Treaty for carrying on the War'. Fox had just become Foreign Secretary in Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' after years in the political wilderness. He was challenged on his attitude to the Union, which he had recently called 'one of the most disgraceful [acts] that ever happened to that country'. He answered that his opinion remained the same, 'But it did not follow, that, because a man had felt that a particular measure . . . had been exceptionable, he was therefore bound to undo it'.
BM Satires 10539.
[Ref: 58377] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles James Fox] Design for a Scene in the Intended new Melo Drama intitled the Forty Thieves.](jpegs/58378.jpg)
[Charles James Fox] Design for a Scene in the Intended new Melo Drama intitled the Forty Thieves.
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pub March 25 1805 [but 1806] by I Hays 25 Marylebone St Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed into border.
Fox as an innkeeper, standing at the door of his tavern, as Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' celebrate inside. A ragged citizen approaches (showing features typical of caricatures of a Jewish men) Fox with his plan for reform, but Fox rebuffs him now he is 'establishment'. As this print satirises Fox as a cabinet member the date must be 1806.
BM Satire 10546.
[Ref: 58378] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank?]
Pub March 25 1805 [but 1806] by I Hays 25 Marylebone St Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed into border.
Fox as an innkeeper, standing at the door of his tavern, as Grenville's ''Ministry of All the Talents'' celebrate inside. A ragged citizen approaches (showing features typical of caricatures of a Jewish men) Fox with his plan for reform, but Fox rebuffs him now he is 'establishment'. As this print satirises Fox as a cabinet member the date must be 1806.
BM Satire 10546.
[Ref: 58378] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
An Irish Union! No VI. If there be no great love in the beginning.- Yet Heaven may decrease it upon better acquatance.[vide Shakespeare]
[J. Cruikshank 30 Jan. 1799.]
[Published by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly Jan 30 1799 folios of caricatures Lent out for the Evening]
Proof. Etching. Sheet 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Some staining and surface dirt.
A satire on the Union of England and Ireland. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) (left) reads from a folio History of Scotland, while William Pitt (1759-1806) (right) joins the reluctant hands of Paddy (left) and John Bull (right). Dundas, who wears a Scots cap, plaid, and tartan stockings, with a flask protruding from his coat pocket, stands in profile to the right, saying, "I'll read ye a little aboot the same Business in my ain country - you will find how many made the siller frae that time to this - depend upon it Paddy ye will be much happier - and mair independent than ever." Paddy, an Irish farmer, looks round at him with a suspicious scowl, saying, "Now is it Blareying you are at?" Pitt says with a primly complacent expression: "Depend upon it - what that Gentleman says is right - thus I join your hands in Friendship. & one Interest - and whom I put together - let no man put asunder". John Bull stares to the right, saying, "This may be Nation good Fun. - but dang my buttons, if I know what it is about! & Cousin Paddy dont seem quite clear in the Case neither." On the extreme left stands a man with blankets over his arm inscribed 'Tax on Income'. He says: "When you want the Wet Blankets - I have them ready". He is perhaps Joseph Smith, (1757-1822) private secretary to Pitt and crown agent.
BM Satires 9344.
[Ref: 58427] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Cruikshank 30 Jan. 1799.]
[Published by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly Jan 30 1799 folios of caricatures Lent out for the Evening]
Proof. Etching. Sheet 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Some staining and surface dirt.
A satire on the Union of England and Ireland. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) (left) reads from a folio History of Scotland, while William Pitt (1759-1806) (right) joins the reluctant hands of Paddy (left) and John Bull (right). Dundas, who wears a Scots cap, plaid, and tartan stockings, with a flask protruding from his coat pocket, stands in profile to the right, saying, "I'll read ye a little aboot the same Business in my ain country - you will find how many made the siller frae that time to this - depend upon it Paddy ye will be much happier - and mair independent than ever." Paddy, an Irish farmer, looks round at him with a suspicious scowl, saying, "Now is it Blareying you are at?" Pitt says with a primly complacent expression: "Depend upon it - what that Gentleman says is right - thus I join your hands in Friendship. & one Interest - and whom I put together - let no man put asunder". John Bull stares to the right, saying, "This may be Nation good Fun. - but dang my buttons, if I know what it is about! & Cousin Paddy dont seem quite clear in the Case neither." On the extreme left stands a man with blankets over his arm inscribed 'Tax on Income'. He says: "When you want the Wet Blankets - I have them ready". He is perhaps Joseph Smith, (1757-1822) private secretary to Pitt and crown agent.
BM Satires 9344.
[Ref: 58427] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Odd Fellows from Downing Street complaining to John Bull. 168.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
[n.d., c.1808.]
Hand-coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Time stained.
A satirical scene in Birdcage Walk, Westminster, with John Bull in conversation with a group of men. 'Oddfellows' were members of a society established to join 'ordinary' people together to improve their situation. This satire suggests they had little to choose between the 'Ins' and the 'Outs', parties that were plunderers of the public when in office.
BM Satire 10988.
[Ref: 58484] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
[n.d., c.1808.]
Hand-coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Time stained.
A satirical scene in Birdcage Walk, Westminster, with John Bull in conversation with a group of men. 'Oddfellows' were members of a society established to join 'ordinary' people together to improve their situation. This satire suggests they had little to choose between the 'Ins' and the 'Outs', parties that were plunderers of the public when in office.
BM Satire 10988.
[Ref: 58484] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the younger] Col.l Cinque Port Drilling his Recruits or Forming a Battalion.](jpegs/58376.jpg)
[William Pitt the younger] Col.l Cinque Port Drilling his Recruits or Forming a Battalion. NB The left hand Man is stiled Corporal because at present he has no Appointment but as the Scene Shifting [is nearly over it is expected] he soon will have one.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Decem.r 9th 1803 by S W Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, watermark J. Ruse 1802. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing some of title at bottom, laid on album paper at corners. Faded. Bit messy.
A satire on the expected change of Ministry. William Pitt the younger as the colonel, facing two Fox and Sheridan as two volunteers, between the House of Commons and the Treasury. The Fugleman (perhaps Canning) is dressed half as a naval officer, half as a volunteer private.
BM 10127 with extensive description.
[Ref: 58376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Decem.r 9th 1803 by S W Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, watermark J. Ruse 1802. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing some of title at bottom, laid on album paper at corners. Faded. Bit messy.
A satire on the expected change of Ministry. William Pitt the younger as the colonel, facing two Fox and Sheridan as two volunteers, between the House of Commons and the Treasury. The Fugleman (perhaps Canning) is dressed half as a naval officer, half as a volunteer private.
BM 10127 with extensive description.
[Ref: 58376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Younger] Billy's Puppet Shew for the Year 1804.](jpegs/58463.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger] Billy's Puppet Shew for the Year 1804.
Pub.d by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly London May 29 1804. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 'Portal & Bridges 1797'. Trimmed close to plate on three sides.
William Pitt the Younger as a puppet-master holding the strings of six tiny puppets as Melville, in highland dress, plays the bagpipes. John Bull, his wife and son are the audience. Pitt says: ''Now Mr Bull, you shall see what you shall see - A Comedy of my own making - all entirely new Performers believe me''. John answers: "Poo - Poo! - No flummery - I've been looking over the Play Bill this half hour and the Devil of anything new do I see but Yourself and the Scotch Piper''. A satire on Pitt's return to the premiership on 10 May 1804.
BM Satires 10248.
[Ref: 58463] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly London May 29 1804. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), watermarked 'Portal & Bridges 1797'. Trimmed close to plate on three sides.
William Pitt the Younger as a puppet-master holding the strings of six tiny puppets as Melville, in highland dress, plays the bagpipes. John Bull, his wife and son are the audience. Pitt says: ''Now Mr Bull, you shall see what you shall see - A Comedy of my own making - all entirely new Performers believe me''. John answers: "Poo - Poo! - No flummery - I've been looking over the Play Bill this half hour and the Devil of anything new do I see but Yourself and the Scotch Piper''. A satire on Pitt's return to the premiership on 10 May 1804.
BM Satires 10248.
[Ref: 58463] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Stanhope] The Political Tutor or New School of Reform.](jpegs/58387.jpg)
[Charles Stanhope] The Political Tutor or New School of Reform. Come Sir, look well over your Lesson - I sit here to teach Bishops religion and Judges Law.
London Pub.d June Ist 1808 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. A few spots. Unexamined out of frame.
Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), 3rd Lord Stanhope, between a group of bishops and judges, holding a birch-rod. The judge before him holds a copy of the Magna Charta; Stanhope point and says ''Come Sir, look well over your Lesson - I sit here to teach Bishops religion and Judges Law.''. On 27th May Stanhope made a violent attack on the bishops in a debate on the (Irish) Catholic Petition, saying 'All the bishops ought to be ashamed of themselves.' When Elleenborough complained that he had been 'grossly calumniated' by Stanhope, Stanhope responded that he would teach the Lord Chancellor law 'as I have this day taught the bench of bishops religion'.
BM Satires 10987.
[Ref: 58387] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d June Ist 1808 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Framed. A few spots. Unexamined out of frame.
Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), 3rd Lord Stanhope, between a group of bishops and judges, holding a birch-rod. The judge before him holds a copy of the Magna Charta; Stanhope point and says ''Come Sir, look well over your Lesson - I sit here to teach Bishops religion and Judges Law.''. On 27th May Stanhope made a violent attack on the bishops in a debate on the (Irish) Catholic Petition, saying 'All the bishops ought to be ashamed of themselves.' When Elleenborough complained that he had been 'grossly calumniated' by Stanhope, Stanhope responded that he would teach the Lord Chancellor law 'as I have this day taught the bench of bishops religion'.
BM Satires 10987.
[Ref: 58387] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Vansittart] Old Nic the Covey wot Drives the Bexley Van.](jpegs/58355.jpg)
[Nicholas Vansittart] Old Nic the Covey wot Drives the Bexley Van. My name is Nicholas your honor - they calls me Hocus Pocus for short, but lork I'm no Conjuror - I got Exchequered - but that's nothink to Nobody.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching Charles Smith bookseller's ink stamp in bottom margin. 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"). Tear taped, glue stain in edge of plate. Faded.
Apparently Heath intends the victim of this caricature to be Nicholas Vansittart (1766-1851), Lord Bexley, one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer; however the face does not resemble him.
BM Satires: 15747.
[Ref: 58355] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub May 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Coloured etching Charles Smith bookseller's ink stamp in bottom margin. 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"). Tear taped, glue stain in edge of plate. Faded.
Apparently Heath intends the victim of this caricature to be Nicholas Vansittart (1766-1851), Lord Bexley, one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer; however the face does not resemble him.
BM Satires: 15747.
[Ref: 58355] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A D__E Rout of Reynard in his Element.
Pub April 26 1784 by F. Clarkson No 73, St Pauls Church Yard.
Etching, 18th century watermark W.T. Sheet 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, edges chipped, old album paper pasted over the top of plate into image, old ink mss. in title and image.
A satire of the Duchess of Devonshire and Charles James Fox walking hand-in-hand in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, during the Westminster Election, when she campaigned for him, with the suggestion he was taking advantage of her wealth. Edmund Burke is depicted on his hands and knees, trying to look up her skirt.
BM Satires 6555.
[Ref: 58313] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub April 26 1784 by F. Clarkson No 73, St Pauls Church Yard.
Etching, 18th century watermark W.T. Sheet 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, edges chipped, old album paper pasted over the top of plate into image, old ink mss. in title and image.
A satire of the Duchess of Devonshire and Charles James Fox walking hand-in-hand in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, during the Westminster Election, when she campaigned for him, with the suggestion he was taking advantage of her wealth. Edmund Burke is depicted on his hands and knees, trying to look up her skirt.
BM Satires 6555.
[Ref: 58313] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Whitbread] The Effect of Whitbreads Entire or Wha Wants a Guinea.](jpegs/58381.jpg)
[Samuel Whitbread] The Effect of Whitbreads Entire or Wha Wants a Guinea.
[after Charles Williams.]
Pub.d as the Act directs June 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained. Nicks and creases to edges.
Samuel Whitbread stands at his tavern door (indicated by the chequerboard sign), holding a foaming tankard. Melville sits on a stool vomiting coins into a bag marked 'Pro Bono Publico', aided by Fox and Sheridan. Pitt leans against a wall. Whitbread was a close friend and colleague of Fox, leading the campaign to have Viscount Melville impeached. After Fox's death in 1806 Whitbread took over the leadership of the Whigs. A reversed copy of a plate by Charles Williams.
See BM Satires 10400 for the Williams version.
[Ref: 58381] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Charles Williams.]
Pub.d as the Act directs June 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained. Nicks and creases to edges.
Samuel Whitbread stands at his tavern door (indicated by the chequerboard sign), holding a foaming tankard. Melville sits on a stool vomiting coins into a bag marked 'Pro Bono Publico', aided by Fox and Sheridan. Pitt leans against a wall. Whitbread was a close friend and colleague of Fox, leading the campaign to have Viscount Melville impeached. After Fox's death in 1806 Whitbread took over the leadership of the Whigs. A reversed copy of a plate by Charles Williams.
See BM Satires 10400 for the Williams version.
[Ref: 58381] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Hercules Cleaning the Augean Stable. The Figure on the Pedastal is the Symbol of bribery, Corruption & Hypocrisy.
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)