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[Fishing for spouses] Le Bon Poisson. Il aime qu'on le Prenne.
[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
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The Sailors Fleet Wedding Entertainment.
The Sailors Fleet Wedding Entertainment.
[Engraved by John June.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament; November ye 10, 1747. Price 6d by Mary Cooper.
Scarce etching. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on mountboard.
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff
BM Satires 2875.
[Ref: 58412]   £450.00  
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Jealousy.
Jealousy.
A. Crowquill Esq.r inv.t. G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d November 1st 1825 by S. Knight Sweetings Alley Ry.l X'Change.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed to printed border.
A man sits at a table, surrounded by miniature figures enacting scenes prompting him to suicide and divorce.
BM Satires 14905, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58368]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek.
A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek. 2.
Brandoin Pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½") very large margins.
A vegetable seller sits at his basket offering a bunch of large carrots to an attractive, well-dressed young maidservant who responds by holding a leek in a suggestive manner. First published by John Smith of Cheapside and Robert Sayer, 1772. This example has had the publication line removed and a plate number added.
BM Satire 4603. See Goddard Payes: pg. 198-203
[Ref: 58287]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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A Nincompoop, or Hen Peck'd Husband.
A Nincompoop, or Hen Peck'd Husband.
Rowlandson sc.
T. Tegg Cheapside. [n.d., 1807 but later.]
Coloured etching, sheet 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾") Trimmed within plate. Time stained.
A small ugly man trots beside his wife, a large, over-dressed, scowling termagant, on their Sunday outing. He carries her umbrella, cloak, pattens, and a bundle in a check handkerchief; she holds a fan.
BM Satires 10909.
[Ref: 58432]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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