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![[George IV] A King-Fisher.](jpegs/58280.jpg)
[George IV] A King-Fisher.
Pub,d June, 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly [but later].
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress. The king's right leg is bandaged up for his gout.
BM Satires 15137A with the king's face altered.
[Ref: 58280] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub,d June, 1826 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly [but later].
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his sceptre as a rod, watched by a kingfisher. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress. The king's right leg is bandaged up for his gout.
BM Satires 15137A with the king's face altered.
[Ref: 58280] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives Whenever He Pleases.](jpegs/58353.jpg)
[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives Whenever He Pleases.
[after William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1829.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"), watermarked 'Allee 1824'. Mounted on album sheet.
A hand-drawn caricature of George IV, a copy of the caricature by Heath published 1829. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
See BM Satires 15732 for the original.
[Ref: 58353] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[after William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1829.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"), watermarked 'Allee 1824'. Mounted on album sheet.
A hand-drawn caricature of George IV, a copy of the caricature by Heath published 1829. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
See BM Satires 15732 for the original.
[Ref: 58353] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.](jpegs/58342.jpg)
[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00
![The Two Journals. Joul. 1 [&] Journal 11.](jpegs/58315.jpg)
The Two Journals. Joul. 1 [&] Journal 11.
[C. Williams.]
Pubd July 1814 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Toning to first plate.
A pair of plates, each with eight scenes representing the course of a day, contrasting how Tsar Alexander I (1777 - 1825) spent his time compared with a ‘typical' day in the life of the Prince Regent. The Tsar spends time with his sister and son, walking in the parks, dining simply and enjoying the plaudits of the mob. The Prince wakes with a hangover, rises at noon to be primped by his staff, meets his tailor, avoids 'hissing mobs' and starts to dine at eight and finishes at four am.
BM Satires 12290 & 12291.
[Ref: 58315] £380.00 view all images for this item
[C. Williams.]
Pubd July 1814 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Toning to first plate.
A pair of plates, each with eight scenes representing the course of a day, contrasting how Tsar Alexander I (1777 - 1825) spent his time compared with a ‘typical' day in the life of the Prince Regent. The Tsar spends time with his sister and son, walking in the parks, dining simply and enjoying the plaudits of the mob. The Prince wakes with a hangover, rises at noon to be primped by his staff, meets his tailor, avoids 'hissing mobs' and starts to dine at eight and finishes at four am.
BM Satires 12290 & 12291.
[Ref: 58315] £380.00 view all images for this item
![[William IV & Lady Conyngham] The New Preventive Man on the look out.](jpegs/58275.jpg)
[William IV & Lady Conyngham] The New Preventive Man on the look out.
William Heath.
Pub June 30 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed border. Slightly damaged bottom left.
William IV dressed as a sailor or coastguard, stands on a coastline saying 'There's been a precious Gang of Smugglers about this Coast for a long time past—but I'll keep a sharp look out they shan't Gammon Me'. Behind is Lady Conyngham in a rowing boat. A satire of the fall of Lady Conyngham, a favourite of George IV. On William's accession she and her husband lost their positions, but stories of how they left Windsor laden with gifts or plunder spread widely.
BM Satires 16141.
[Ref: 58275] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub June 30 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed border. Slightly damaged bottom left.
William IV dressed as a sailor or coastguard, stands on a coastline saying 'There's been a precious Gang of Smugglers about this Coast for a long time past—but I'll keep a sharp look out they shan't Gammon Me'. Behind is Lady Conyngham in a rowing boat. A satire of the fall of Lady Conyngham, a favourite of George IV. On William's accession she and her husband lost their positions, but stories of how they left Windsor laden with gifts or plunder spread widely.
BM Satires 16141.
[Ref: 58275] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)