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An Ass Race, for a Laced Hat. N.o 95
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Billiards.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00
Description of a Boxing Match, June 9th 1812.
Rowlandson 1812.
Pub.d March 1st 1812 by Th. Rowlandson, N1 James Street, Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Paper slightly toned. Cut without nine-line description of the fight.
A caricature of the brutal bare-knuckled match with Rowlandson giving as much attention to the braying spectators as to the boxers. Ward, the better boxer, was beaten by Quirk, the stronger man.
Not in the BM.
[Ref: 58502] £650.00
Rowlandson 1812.
Pub.d March 1st 1812 by Th. Rowlandson, N1 James Street, Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Paper slightly toned. Cut without nine-line description of the fight.
A caricature of the brutal bare-knuckled match with Rowlandson giving as much attention to the braying spectators as to the boxers. Ward, the better boxer, was beaten by Quirk, the stronger man.
Not in the BM.
[Ref: 58502] £650.00
Cockney Sports No 2. Where can I get a Pull at something old fellow there's devilish few Birds on this Road? Why Zur I dun know, but if you like to take a Pull at theis ere Pig, you be Welcome, vor I be plaguy tired of un.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). A few stains.
A cockney in conversation with a yokel.
[Ref: 58286] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). A few stains.
A cockney in conversation with a yokel.
[Ref: 58286] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Crib Uncorking Blackstrap. 98.
W. E_s [William Elmes] Scu.t.
16 Octo.r 1811 Publ.d by Tho.s Tegg. 111 Cheapside London. Prince One Shillin Coloured.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Colour slightly faded, laid on card.
Tom Cribb uncorking a bottle containing a negro's face, with admirers cheering him on. Tom Cribb (1781-1848) retained his title of boxing champion of England by beating American Thomas Molineux (1784-1818), a former slave, at Thissleton Gap, Leicester, on 28 September, 1811, breaking his jaw and knocking him out. Black Strap was a low-quality thick sweet port.
BM Satires 11755.
[Ref: 58504] £550.00
W. E_s [William Elmes] Scu.t.
16 Octo.r 1811 Publ.d by Tho.s Tegg. 111 Cheapside London. Prince One Shillin Coloured.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Colour slightly faded, laid on card.
Tom Cribb uncorking a bottle containing a negro's face, with admirers cheering him on. Tom Cribb (1781-1848) retained his title of boxing champion of England by beating American Thomas Molineux (1784-1818), a former slave, at Thissleton Gap, Leicester, on 28 September, 1811, breaking his jaw and knocking him out. Black Strap was a low-quality thick sweet port.
BM Satires 11755.
[Ref: 58504] £550.00
Cockney Angler N.o1 I Suppose You Never Went Bobbing For Eels! Then I Pity You, Particularily Such A Day As This. Why I Shall Get A Tub Full, In No Time.
Dean & C.o Threadneedle St. [n.d. c.1830]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some light time staining and surface dirt.
A man fishes for eels in the pouring rain sat on a log under an umbrella. The eels escape from his bucket.
[Ref: 58433] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Dean & C.o Threadneedle St. [n.d. c.1830]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some light time staining and surface dirt.
A man fishes for eels in the pouring rain sat on a log under an umbrella. The eels escape from his bucket.
[Ref: 58433] £75.00 (£90.00 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
![[New Elucidations of Thomson's Seasons.]](jpegs/58500.jpg)
[New Elucidations of Thomson's Seasons.]
[Henry James Pidding.]
Published by the Author, January 7th 1822.
6 scarce etchings, cut from 2? sheets. Framed, visible areas c.385 x 100mm (15¼ x 4"). Some toning, old ink mss. unexamined out of frames.
14 vignettes with skeletons acting out scenes from James Thomson's ''The Seasons'', but also with some references to Shakespeare. Subjects include cricket, duelling with swords, pelting skeletons in the stocks, shooting, riding, street sweeping and cooking lobsters. Henry James Pidding (1797 – 1864), RBA, was an English artist and engraver. His 'Pensioners outside the chapel at Greenwich (An Old Tar doing Penance for his devotion to Jolly Bacchus)' is held by the Royal Museums Greenwich.
See Wellcome Collection 36651i.
[Ref: 58500] £780.00 view all images for this item
[Henry James Pidding.]
Published by the Author, January 7th 1822.
6 scarce etchings, cut from 2? sheets. Framed, visible areas c.385 x 100mm (15¼ x 4"). Some toning, old ink mss. unexamined out of frames.
14 vignettes with skeletons acting out scenes from James Thomson's ''The Seasons'', but also with some references to Shakespeare. Subjects include cricket, duelling with swords, pelting skeletons in the stocks, shooting, riding, street sweeping and cooking lobsters. Henry James Pidding (1797 – 1864), RBA, was an English artist and engraver. His 'Pensioners outside the chapel at Greenwich (An Old Tar doing Penance for his devotion to Jolly Bacchus)' is held by the Royal Museums Greenwich.
See Wellcome Collection 36651i.
[Ref: 58500] £780.00 view all images for this item
A Hero of the Ring and his Agent. The National Soporting Club, taken from Life. Jimmy Wilde & Teddy Lewis.
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)