Grosvenor Prints

[Charles James Fox] A Bear and his Leader. _ ''what tho' I am Obligated to Dance a Bear, a Man may be a Gentleman for all that. My Bear ever dances to the Genteelest of Tunes''.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d May 19th 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate, long tear taped on left, mounted on album paper.
Fox caricatured as a muzzled bear with a bonnet rouge in its paws, its chain held by William Wyndham Grenville, who carries a 'Cudgel for Disobedient Bears'. Lord Henry Petty, depicted as an ape in the gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pulls the bear's tail. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, as a ragged fiddler. Greville says ''don't be afraid of my Bear, Ladies & Gentlemen! I have tamed & muzzled him, & reformed his Habits''. Fox was in fact virtual head of the Coalition Ministry under the nominal leader ship of Grenville, and was conducting peace negotiations with France.
BM Satires 10566.
[Ref: 63381] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox.] le Diable-Boiteux, _ or _ The Devil upon Two Sticks, conveying John Bull to the Land of Promise. _ Vide le Sage.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd Feb.y 8t.h 1806 - by H. Humphrey - 27 St James s Street London.
Coloured etching. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Tear taped, staining.
Charles James Fox is depicted as the Devil, with wings marked 'Honesty' and 'Humility', cloven hoofs, crutches with the heads of Sidmouth and Grenville, a bonnet rouge with the Prince of Wales' feathers and a cape marked 'Loyalty, Independence and Public-Good'. He propels himself over the skyline of London towards a Carleton House (home of the Prince) in the clouds. In front of the house are three scenes: 'Liberty', with Sheridan and the Prince gambling with dice; 'Chastity', with the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert embracing on a sofa; and 'Temperance', with men drinking to excess. A fat 'cit' John Bull hitches a ride, clutching fox's cape. A satire on the allegation that the new Ministry was subservient to the Prince of Wales, not the King.
BM Satires 10525.
[Ref: 63382] £380.00

Visiting the Sick.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d July 28th 1806 by H.Humphrey 27 St James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox surrounded by exaggerated figures from politics and society. He lies in a grand chair, rejecting religious and political advice in favor of a drink. Mrs. Fitzherbert urges confession, while Bishop O’Beirne begs for Catholic emancipation. The Prince of Wales calls for wine, mocking spiritual remedies. Richard Brinsley Sheridan scoffs at reform, and other politicians mourn theatrically or plot their next move. The Grenvilles and Sidmouth coldly prepare to take over. Around Fox are symbols of political failure; broken dice and a urinal marked "Peace Negotiations" highlighting the chaos and opportunism surrounding his death.
BM Satire 10589.
[Ref: 66027] £580.00

[Charles James Fox & Frederick North] The Cole-Heavers. ''Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves''.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d April 16th 1783 by W. Humphrey, N.o 226, Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"). Trimmed within plate.
A scruffily-dressed Charles James Fox, with a fox's head and brush, holds open a sack marked 'For Private Use' for Frederick North to shovel guineas into. Empty sacks hang on a wall under a scroll reading 'For the Use of the Publick'. In April North returned to power as Home Secretary in an unlikely coalition with Fox, the radical Whig leader, only lasting to December. 'Cole' was slang for gold or money.
BM Satires 6213.
[Ref: 60795] £680.00

The Hustings. Vox populi,_ "We'll have a Mug!_ a Mug!_ a Mug!_
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1796 by H.Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed close to plate.
A satirical scene depicting Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) addressing a proletarian mob from some point apparently under the portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.
BM 8804.
[Ref: 66273] £360.00

"Crumbs of Comfort." or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children.
[James Gillray]
[n.d. c.1782]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'Fellows [1811?]'. Some surface dirt and staining.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749-1806) resignation. On a clouded mountaintop, the Devil stands between Fox and Burke (1729-97), wings outstretched. He appears as a stout man in contemporary dress with a legal wig, bands, horns, taloned toes protruding from boots, a beard, and moustache. Fox, depicted with a fox’s head, eagerly accepts a dice-box and dice from the Devil. Burke, in spectacles, kneels to receive a scourge and rosary, hinting at his alleged hidden Catholicism. A dark halo surrounds the Devil’s head, emphasizing his dominance over the pair.
BM Satires 6027.
[Ref: 66902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles James Fox] Morning Preparation. [&] Evening Consolation.
[James Gillray]
Pub.d Feb.y 25th [& Ap.l 25.th] by W. Humphrey Nº 225 Strand.
Pair of aquatints with etching. Each 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with large margins, 18th century watermark.
A satire on the desperate plight of the Opposition. 'Morning': in a poverty-stricken room are Fox, practicing his speech in a mirror; North, seated in a low arm-chair, yawning; and Burke, seated on a three-legged stool mending his breeches. 'Evening': the trio have returned, with Fox looking disconsolately at a copy of 'Pitt's Speech'; Burke flagellating himself with a birch-rod; and North kissing a young woman in tattered garments.
BM Satires 6790 & 6791.
[Ref: 63628] £550.00 view all images for this item

French Volunteers on a march to Invade Great Britain!!
[after James Gillray.]
[London: Thomas Tegg, n.d., c.1803.]
Coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Loss of outer margin top right. Crease across top area.
A French officer, sitting upon a horse, drags a procession of chained conscripts or 'volunteers'. All the figures are ragged and miserable, though one is able to take snuff. A commentry on french conscription following the breakdown of the Treaty of Amiens and England's declaration of war on France in 1803. A slightly-adapted copy of Gillray's ''French Volunteers, marching to the Conquest of Great Britain'', 1803.
BM Satire 10117a.
[Ref: 61827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Garibaldi
G. le Gray [c.1865]
Photo signed in plate as normal, approx 280 x 200mm (11 x 8") Image and text cut out separately and attached to backing sheet.
The Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Portrait by French photographer Gustave le Gray (1820-84), who arrived in Sicily in 1860 when Garibaldi was in the midst of liberating it from Bourbon rule. Le Gray's portrait of Garibaldi was widely distributed in engraved form, thus publicising Garibaldi's enterprise.
[Ref: 43210] £450.00

Ecclesiastical and Political, state of the Nation.
[James Gillray inv & fec.t.]
Published June 2nd 1780 by W.[...] Printseller [...].
Coloured etching 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Frame measures 485 x 385mm (19 x 15¼"). Publisher's name burnished from plate. Laid down. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting George III guiding a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull, he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon, from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. In the foreground lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition."
BM 5678.
[Ref: 66038] £750.00

[The marriage of Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Frederick I of Württemberg.] The Bridal-Night.
J.s G.y [James Gillray] d. & fe.c.t.
Pub.d May 18.th 1797. by H. Humphrey. 27 S.t James Street.
Coloured etching, pt. J. Whatman watermark. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Repaired tears, part of left margin rebuilt, laid on archival paper.
The grotesquely corpulent Prince of Würtemberg leads his new wife Charlotte, daughter of George III, to the bridal chamber at Windsor, accompanied by the king and queen and their entourage. Behind Pitt the younger stands, carrying the Princess's dowry of £80,000. On the wall is a large picture, inscribed 'Le Triomphe de l'Amour', of an elephant with a little cupid sitting on his neck blowing a trumpet.
BM Satires 9014.
[Ref: 60873] £850.00

The York-Minuet.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Dec.r 14th 1791. by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 225 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins Crease in top left corner, stains.
George, Prince of Wales, dances with Frederica, Duchess of York, who shows not only her famously small feet but also an immodest amount of leg.
BM Satires 7933.
[Ref: 54603] £520.00

[George, Prince of Wales] The Grand-Signior retiring.
J.s G.y d. et f. [James Gillray]
Pub.d May 25th. 1796, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small margins. Stitch holes in left edge, a few spots.
A fat and pompous Prince of Wales leaves his bedroom and walks towards that of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey. Her husband, George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, dressed in his nightclothes, lights the way with a candle and raises his night-cap deferentially, although George brushes him off. A torn map of the back of a door is titled 'A Map of the Road into the Harbour of Jersey'. Lady Jersey, a 40-year-old mother of ten and grandmother, replaced Maria Fitzherbert as George's principal mistress in 1794.
BM Satires 8807.
[Ref: 54604] £680.00

Thomas Gill.
T.Murray Pix: I.Smith fec: et [ex:]
[Published by Smith, c.1694.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm. Repairs in lower corners.
Son of the physician of the same name, shown with bow and arrow.
CS: 108.
[Ref: 15677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Un Diplomatique, settling affairs at Stevens's. Comte Haslang [ms in lower margin]
Pubd June 9th 1797 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Square.
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 340 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; slight crease.
Count Haslang sits in Stevens's, the fashionable Bond Street coffee-house, holding a wine-glass as if gesticulating in response to some person (not pictured) at whom he looks sourly. Haslang, Bavarian envoy to London, had long the subject of ridicule for both his love affairs and lack of money.
BM Satires 9067.
[Ref: 50337] £480.00

[Charming - well again.]
[After James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼''). Staining.
A convalescent, still wearing a nightcap, sits at small dinner-table, his appetite restored. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction and is about to carve a bird. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, pleased with the improvement. After a scene from James Gillray's series (with 'Gentle Emetic', 'Taking Physic', 'Brisk - Cathartic' & 'Breathing a Vein'), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires.
After BM Satires 10307.
[Ref: 49946] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Physick.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Feb.y 6.th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to printed border, long tear taped. Damaged.
An invalid, with unbuttoned breeches and nightcap, standing before a fire drinking medicine from a bowl, pulling a face. One in a series (with 'Gentle Emetic', 'Brisk - Cathartic', 'Breathing a Vein' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 9584.
[Ref: 59505] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Physick.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Feb.y 6.th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"), watermarked 'J. Ruse 1802'. Trimmed to printed border.
An invalid, with unbuttoned breeches and nightcap, standing before a fire drinking medicine from a bowl, pulling a face. One in a series (with 'Gentle Emetic', 'Brisk - Cathartic', 'Breathing a Vein' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 9584.
[Ref: 61791] £360.00

Gentle Emetic.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jan.y 28.th 1804, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An invalid sits before a bowl, his mournful-looking manservant holding his head as he waits for the inevitable. One in a series (with 'Taking Physick', 'Brisk - Cathartic', 'Breathing a Vein' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 10304.
[Ref: 61792] £320.00

Gentle Emetic.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jan.y 28th. 1804, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, tear taped top left.
An invalid sits before a bowl, his mournful-looking manservant holding his head as he waits for the inevitable. One in a series (with 'Taking Physick', 'Brisk - Cathartic', 'Breathing a Vein' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 10304.
[Ref: 59502] £380.00

Breathing a vein.
[James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jan.y 28th 1804 by H. Humphrey St. James Street London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8").
An invalid, dressed in breeches, waistcoat and nightcap, looks away as his manservant directs a spurt of blood from his bicep to a bowl. One in a series (with 'Taking Physick', 'Gentle Emetic', 'Brisk - Cathartic' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satire 10306.
[Ref: 59503] £380.00

Breathing a vein.
[James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jan.y 28th 1804 by H. Humphrey St. James Street London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"), watermarked 'J Ruse 1802. Trimmed to printed border.
An invalid, dressed in breeches, waistcoat and nightcap, looks away as his manservant directs a spurt of blood from his bicep to a bowl. One in a series (with 'Taking Physick', 'Gentle Emetic', 'Brisk - Cathartic' & 'Charming - Well again), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satire 10306.
[Ref: 61790] £360.00

Charming - well again.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jany. 28th. 1804, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½").
A convalescent, still wearing a nightcap, sits at small dinner-table, his appetite restored. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction and is about to carve a bird. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, pleased with the improvement. One in a series (with 'Gentle Emetic', 'Taking Physic', 'Brisk - Cathartic' & 'Breathing a Vein'), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 10307.
[Ref: 59504] £380.00

Charming - well again.
[by James Gillray.]
Publish'd Jan.y 28.th 1804, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"), watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Trimmed to printed border.
A convalescent, still wearing a nightcap, sits at small dinner-table, his appetite restored. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction and is about to carve a bird. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, pleased with the improvement. One in a series (with 'Gentle Emetic', 'Taking Physic', 'Brisk - Cathartic' & 'Breathing a Vein'), all of which appear in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather' (1808), alongside some of Gillray's more famous satires. As the display celebrates Gillray's domestic arrangements (it includes two prints in which Hannah Humphrey, Gillray's partner and publisher, is recognisable) it is conceivable that the patient in this satire is Gillray himself. The series certainly had significance for the caricaturist.
BM Satires 10307.
[Ref: 61793] £320.00

M.r James Gillray.
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published April 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with large margins. Trimmed just within plate, repaired tear on left.
A self-portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
Whitman 224, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65687] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

M.r James Gillray.
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published April 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with large margins. Folds in margins.
A self-portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
Whitman 224, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65688] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Yachting]
Gray [in image]. Joseph Gray [in pencil].
1924.
Etching signed by the artist, 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with very large margins. Embossed stamp of the Fine Art Trade Guild. Time staining.
A scene in a marina, with people waving off a racing yacht. Joseph Gray (1890-1962) was a painter and etcher of landscapes, architectural subjects and battlefield scenes (WWI).
[Ref: 62622] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

L'Enfant Trouve. A Sample of Roman Charity! or the misfortune of not being born with Marks of "the Talents".
J.s G.y inv & fec.t.
Pub.d Feb.y 19th 1797 by H.Humphrey, Bond Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting members of the Grenville family surround a table on which a black footman places a basket containing a baby. On the further side of the table two brothers, Thomas Grenville and Lord Grenville. Marchioness and Marquis are to the right of the table and on left and profile are the two sons, Lord George Grenville and Lord Temple. The Grenvilles were criticized for supporting Catholic Emancipation, for accumulating sinecures, and for their allegedly sympathetic stance toward Napoleon. Their blend of frugality and opulence is symbolized by the guttering altar candles and the choice to send the child to the workhouse. The Marchioness served as a key figure in English Catholic society, hosting religious life at Stowe, where she employed a chaplain, Dr. Charles O'Conor, possibly represented as the Jesuit in question.
BM Satire 10986.
[Ref: 66031] £480.00

[William Wyndham Grenville] The Bear and his Leader. "What tho' Iam Obligated to Dance a Bear, a Man may be a Gentleman for all that.,_ My bear ever dances to the Genteelest of Tunes."
J.Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d May 19th 1806 by H.Humphrey 27 St James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Unexamined out of frame. Slightly time stained.
A satirical scene depicting William Wyndham Grenville displaying a dancing bear whilst exclaiming "don't be afraid of my Bear Ladies & Gentlemen! I have tamed & muzzled him, & reformed his Habits." In Grenvilles pocket is a bag of treats labelled 'Rewards for Obedient Bears' and in his right hand he holds a long staff which reads "Cudgel for Disobedient Bears". The dancing 'bear' is Charles James Fox who faces Grenville, behind him is a monkey with the head of Lord Henry Petty who wears the gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and holds a fools gap with bells. On the left is Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth who plays a violin, surrounded by music sheets. He plays 'God save the King' and he is wearing a cocked hat, bag-wig, and Windsor uniform, with tattered breeches, and a foot projecting through a remnant of boot, his right knee rests on a wooden leg or stump.
BM Satire 10566.
[Ref: 66023] £520.00

[Greyhound.]
H. Rayner. Henry Rayner [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1939.]
Drypoint etching. Platemark: 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"), with very large margins.
A portrait of a Greyhound. Limited to 15 pulls. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 40130] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Sienna Dog [pencil]. [Griffon Bruxellois]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1942.]
Drypoint etching, printed in brown, signed in pencil. 180 x 140mm.
Also known as 'Alfie'. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 10719] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Alfie [pencil]. [Griffon Bruxellois]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1942]
Drypoint etching, printed in sanguine, signed in pencil. 180 x 140mm.
Also known as 'The Sienna Dog'. Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 10718] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Edmundus Halleius. Astronomus Regius Geometriæ Professor Savilianus.
T. Murray pinx. 1712. John Faber Fecit 1722.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No 69 St Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d., but watermarked 1817.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Edmond Halley (1656-1742), astronomer, the first to calculate a comet's orbit. At the University of Oxford his studies of the theories of Sir Isaac Newton inspired him to write his own 'Principles', which he published with his own money in 1687. In 1721 he was made Astronomer Royal and began an 18 year study of the moon's complete revolution through its ascending and descending nodes. He also wrote another important treatise called Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis (Synopsis on Cometary Astronomy), which he started in 1682 and published in 1705. In this he mathematically demonstrated that comets move in a elliptic orbits around the sun and how over time they would pass the same point. His accurate prediction of the return of what is now Halley's Comet in 1758 validated his theory.
CS:173, this late state not listed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome Library no. 3948i.
[Ref: 34139] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Edmundus Halleius, Astronomus Regius et Geometriae Professor Savilianus.
T. Murray pinx 1712. John Faber Fecit 1722
Sold by Faber in fountain Court near ye Fountain Taverne in the Strande
Mezzotint with very large margins on 3 sides, 1817 watermark; sheet 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed inside platemark lower edge.
Edmond Halley (1656-1742), astronomer. He went to the University of Oxford, where he studied the theories of Sir Isaac Newton. Because he was so intrigued with these theories, it inspired him to write the Principle which he published with his own money in 1687. In 1721 he was made Astronomer Royal and began an 18 year study of the moon's complete revolution through its ascending and descending nodes. During his life he also wrote another important treatise called Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis (Synopsis on Cometary Astronomy). It was started in 1682 and published in 1705. In this he mathematically demonstrated that comets move in a elliptic orbits around the sun and how over time they would pass the same point. He had such an accurate prediction that when the comet (now Halley's Comet) returned in 1758, it validated his theory. Engraved from a portrait by Thomas Murray (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford). Murray's painting shows Halley pointing to a globe with buildings behind him, although the composition has been reduced and the background removed here.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS II of III; for first state see ref. 34102.
[Ref: 34112] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Edmundus Halleius, Astronomus Regius et Geometriae Professor Savilianus.
T. Murray pinx 1712. John Faber Fecit 1722
Sold by Faber in fountain Court near ye Fountain Taverne in the Strande
Mezzotint, sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Repaired damage upper right; rare in this state.
Edmond Halley (1656-1742), astronomer. He went to the University of Oxford, where he studied the theories of Sir Isaac Newton. Because he was so intrigued with these theories, it inspired him to write the Principle which he published with his own money in 1687. In 1721 he was made Astronomer Royal and began an 18 year study of the moon's complete revolution through its ascending and descending nodes. During his life he also wrote another important treatise called Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis (Synopsis on Cometary Astronomy). It was started in 1682 and published in 1705. In this he mathematically demonstrated that comets move in a elliptic orbits around the sun and how over time they would pass the same point. He had such an accurate prediction that when the comet (now Halley's Comet) returned in 1758, it validated his theory. Engraved from a portrait by Thomas Murray (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford). Murray's painting shows Halley pointing to a globe with buildings behind him, although the composition has been reduced and the background removed here.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS i/iii ('one known')
[Ref: 34102] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[George Hanger] Georgey a'Cock-horse.
[James Gillray.]
[Pub.d Nov.r 23.d 1796, by H. Humphrey] New Bond Street.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Sheet 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Trimmed close to plate on three sides, around title at bottom, losing part of publication line.
A caricature of George Hanger riding a pony past the famous coffee-house, 'The Mount', in Grosvenor Street, the end of his bludgeon resting on the right toe. Hanger (1751-1824) had served with Banastre Tarleton's Legion as a major during the American Revolutionary War, commanding it at the defeat at the Battle of Charlotte of 1780, in which he was wounded. Returning to England he became a friend of the Prince of Wales and Charles James Fox, becoming known as an eccentric. In 1814 he inherited the barony of Coleraine from his brother but declined to assume the title. In his autobiography ('The life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger', 1801) he predicted that one day the northern and southern states of America ''will fight as vigorously against each other as they both have united to do against the British''.
BM Satires: 8889. See Ref: 58356.
[Ref: 61760] £480.00

[George Hanger] Georgey a'Cock-horse.
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 23.d 1796, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Slight central crease. Trimmed to plate top and left, laid on album paper.
A caricature of George Hanger riding a pony past the famous coffee-house, 'The Mount', in Grosvenor Street, the end of his bludgeon resting on the right toe. Hanger (1751-1824) had served with Banastre Tarleton's Legion as a major during the American Revolutionary War, commanding it at the defeat at the Battle of Charlotte of 1780, in which he was wounded. Returning to England he became a friend of the Prince of Wales and Charles James Fox, becoming known as an eccentric. In 1814 he inherited the barony of Coleraine from his brother but declined to assume the title. In his autobiography ('The life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger', 1801) he predicted that one day the northern and southern states of America ''will fight as vigorously against each other as they both have united to do against the British''.
BM Satires: 8889.
[Ref: 58356] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)

[Warren Hastings] Market Day. ''Every Man has his Price''. Sir R.t Walpole. Sic itur ad astra.
[by James Gillray.]
Pubd May 2.d 1788. by S. W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly.
Scarce etching, Sheet 320 x 445mm (12½ x 17½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, three small tears taped.
A satire of the House of Lords as cattle at Smithfield Market, the majority wanting to follow Warren Hastings, who is dressed as a butcher but wearing a turban, riding a nag (the horse of Hanover) and carrying off a calf with the head of George III, its forelegs tied together. Pitt and Dundas sit on a balcony unconcerned, drinking and smoking; Fox, Burke, and Sheridan, dressed as watchmen, topple off a watchman's box on which they have climbed to evade the cattle. At the front stands Edward Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, a fervent Hastings supporter. The suggestion is that the Lords were supporting Hastings in his impeachment trial for financial gain.
BM Satires 7310; Clayton 'Gillray', p56-7.
[Ref: 61038] £480.00

[Albina Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire.] Enter Cowslip, with a bowl of Cream. _ Vide Brandenburg Theatricals.
J.s G.y des.n et fec.t.
Pub.d June 13th 1795 by H. Humphrey No 37 New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Stuck on verso in ink, a description of an oak tree from Bassaleg Monmouth, 10' in width and 470' high, cut down 1810; Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border. Some toning.
A caricature of Albina Hobart (c.1737-1816., Countess of Buckinghamshire, almost spherical, holding a bowl. Albinia was famed for her society parties at Hobart House in Ham, which involved illegal high stake gambling on the faro card game. She also performed at the private theatre of the Margravine of Anspach at Brandenburg House, Hammersmith. Her size, lifestyle and love of extravagant fashion aimed at her daughters' generation made her a target for caricatures: over 50 satirical prints of her were made. A rare Gillray image.
BM Satires 8721. From the Collection of Miss Harriet Robinson.
[Ref: 58405] £420.00

The Loss of the Faro Bank! Or The Rook's Pigeon'd_ "When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tag of War!"
J.s Gillray inv & fec.t.
Pub'd Feb.y 2nd 1797 by H.Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Lady Buckinghamshire is shocked at her gambling table as her husband bursts in, shouting that the bank has been robbed and they're ruined. He rushes off to report it, vowing to catch the thief. She’s stunned, saying she locked the money up herself and blames the loss on allowing suspicious guests into the house. She laments the loss of £700 without even getting to deal a hand. Around her, the guests react in alarm. Mrs. Concannon says her gold snuffbox was stolen the night before. Lady Archer angrily adds that someone was pickpocketed at her house recently. Charles James Fox, trying to stay unnoticed, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan does the same. Behind them, George Hanger threatens to fight anyone who dares come near him. The scene ends with the line: “When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!”
BM Satire 9078.
[Ref: 66036] £320.00

[John Horne Tooke] French Habits. No 5. Président d'Administration Municipale.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins, slight stain.
John Horne Tooke wearing a black suit with a sash, his round hat with small tricolour scarf and tricolour feather on the table beside him. One of a set of twelve. Originally this was a satire of Richard Brinsley Sheridan but after being on sale for only two days, Gillray re-engraved the plate to show Horne Tooke after George Canning intervened.
BM Satires 9200.
[Ref: 59145] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[John Horne Tooke] Political Amusements for Young Gentlemen; - or, -The Old Brentford Shuttlecock, between Old-Sarum, & the Temple of St. Steevens.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Publish'd March 15.th 1801. by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street/
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾").
Lord Temple and Lord Camelford play battledore and shuttlecock with the head of John Horne Tooke. A satire on Horne Tooke's return to parliament after a by-election for the pocket borough of Old Sarum, at which Temple tried to exclude him on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England.
BM Satires 9716.
[Ref: 63379] £460.00

Political Amusements for Young Gentlemen; - or, -The Old Brentford Shuttlecock, between Old-Sarum, & the Temple of St. Steevens. No. III.
[after James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1805.]
Coloured etching. 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), large margins. Original binding folds.
Lord Temple and Lord Camelford play battledore and shuttlecock with the head of John Horne Tooke. A reduced copy of James Gillray's satire on Horne Tooke's return to parliament after a by-election for the pocket borough of Old Sarum, at which Temple tried to exclude him on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England.
See BM Satires 9716 for Gillray's original.
[Ref: 61006] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

"Two Pair of Portraits;"_presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great Britain," by John Horne Tooke.
Js. Gillray, invt. & fect.
Publishd December 1s.1798.by J.Wright Piccadilly for y.e Anti Jacobin Review.
Rare extract. 4pp. letterpress with folded etching. 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10½").
John Horne Tooke sits at an easel, on which are portraits of Fox and Pitt. Sitting on the floor are portraits of Lord Holland and Chatham. Horne Tooke asks "Which two of them will you chuse to hang up in your Cabinets; the Pitts, or the Foxes?''. On the wall is a bust of Machiavelli. The text is a transcript of Horne Tooke's pamphlet with the same title.
BM Satires: 9270.
[Ref: 60225] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk; William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne; Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] French Habits. No 2. Les Membres du Conseil des Anciens.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Small margins.
Lansdowne, Norfolk and Grafton stand together wearing the dress of the Conseil des Anciens, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). They stand, wearing robes, caps and cloaks, talking conspiritorially. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9197.
[Ref: 59140] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Hannah Humphrey] Two-Penny Whist.
J. Gillray ad viv.m fec.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 11th 1796, by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A game at whist at a round card-table at Hannah Humphrey's house in New Bond Street, shortly before the move to St James's Street. The servant 'Betty' is holding out the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick, a triumphant grin on her face. the bespectacled Hannah Humprhrey sits to her left; then a man identified as either Mortimer, picture-dealer and restorer or Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert); and finally Tholdal, a German. An intimate scene of the domestic arrangements of Gillray & Humphrey, who lived together for many years. A reversed version is visible in her shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808.
BM Satires 8885.
[Ref: 61789] £480.00

[Hunting Dog lying on leopard skin]
C.O. Murray del.t & aaft.
Rare etching. India paper proof with publishers' stamp, Plate 274 x 355mm. 10¾ x 14".
A dog lying, with one eye open looking at viewer, on a leopard skin rug. On the dresser behind him is a violin, bow, book, jug, landscape painting and rifle.
[Ref: 19366] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Hustings in Covent Garden, _ Vide. The Westminnster Election, Novr. 1806. [Publish'd for the History of the Westminster & Middlesex Elections, Novr. 1806.]
Js. Gillray dest, & fect.
Publish'd Decr. 15th 1806 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, J. Budd, Pall-Mall, & R. Bagshaw. Brydges Street.
Hand-coloured etching, 275 x 340mm (10¾ x 13½"). Damaged. Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet
Published more than a month after the election, this print was issued as a supplement to Gillray's earlier series on the Westminster election of 1806 produced during the actual campaign. The three main contenders for seats in Parliament for the borough of Westminster appear under the hustings: Sir Samuel Hood chuckling to himself at the left, red-faced and angry Sheridan near the center, and the Radical James Paull with his arm outstretched at the right. The real contest for the two Westminster seats was between Paull and Sheridan since Hood, a respected war hero and the incumbent, had nothing to fear in his expectation of being re-elected. Paull's Radical supporters Cobbett, Burdett and Bosville stand beside him and a dog whose collar reads Peter Moore barks at Paull from the left. Moore was one of Sheridan's prime supporters and had nominated him. Whitbread (of the brewery fame) another of Sheridan's supporters, rests his hand on Sheridan's shoulder and offers him a foaming glass of beer. Hood won the Westminster election of 1806 decisively with 5,478 votes. Sheridan won the second seat with 4,757 votes and Paull lost with 4,481 votes. Good early colour.
BM: 10619.
[Ref: 67309] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

End of the Irish Invasion; _ or _ the Destruction of the French Armada.
J.s G.y [James Gillray] inv et f.
Pub.d Jany [illegible] 1799 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street. Pub.d Jan.y 20.th 1797, by H. Humphrey, New bond Street.
Coloured etchinbg. Sheet 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to image on two sides, to printed border on left, into plate at bottom.
A satire of the attempted French invasion of Ireland in 1796. The French ships, one with the figurehead of Fox, are floundering in rough seas whipped up by windheads with the faces of Pitt, Dundas, Grenville, and Windham.
BM Satires 8979.
[Ref: 64703] £460.00

[John Bull's Progress] John Bull Going to War.
[by John Gillray.]
[Pub.d June 3.d 1793. by H. Humphrey N 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ z 7½"). Trimmed from a four-panel satire.
One panel of a four panel anti-war satire, showing John Bull proudly signing up as an infantryman, but his family in tears. The sequence of the four scenes is: a stout John Bull lazing by his hearth; Bull marching away; Bull's family approach the stone gateway of the Treasury, the three balls of a pawnbroker above it and the inscription 'Money Lent by Authority', carrying their possessions; and Bull's return, one-eyed and one-legged, to his emaciated family in a bare hovel.
BM Satires 8328.
[Ref: 56039] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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