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Do You Please to have your Bed Warm'd Sir? Sketches of Character No.3.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, to printed border on two sides.
A pretty chambermaid holds a candle and a copper bedpan, smiling at the viewer.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 59482] £320.00
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, to printed border on two sides.
A pretty chambermaid holds a candle and a copper bedpan, smiling at the viewer.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 59482] £320.00
Very cold outside eh? Why I'm a perfect icicle don't I look the picture of misery... Sketches of Character _ the outside passenger No 6.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Publishing [n.d., c.1829].
Coloured etching. Sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate. Few marks.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
See Ref: 59485
[Ref: 59484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Publishing [n.d., c.1829].
Coloured etching. Sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate. Few marks.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
See Ref: 59485
[Ref: 59484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![The Most Uncomfortablest, I Vos Hever Hin Six Hinsides vy there arn't a nuf room for four of us [...]](jpegs/59485.jpg)
The Most Uncomfortablest, I Vos Hever Hin Six Hinsides vy there arn't a nuf room for four of us [...] Sketches of Character _ the inside passenger No 7.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub [n.d., c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, taped tear.
A fat passenger addresses the viewer about how bad it was inside a coach, a satirical contrast to 'the outside passenger No 6'.
See Ref: 59484
[Ref: 59485] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T Mclean 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub [n.d., c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, taped tear.
A fat passenger addresses the viewer about how bad it was inside a coach, a satirical contrast to 'the outside passenger No 6'.
See Ref: 59484
[Ref: 59485] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 13.]](jpegs/36188.jpg)
[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 13.]
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Some light staining in margins.
An exterior scene of a military camp, with a number of soldiers huddling around a smoking fire, with others gathering fire wood on the right, and in the distance to the left. Plate 13 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36188] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9"). Some light staining in margins.
An exterior scene of a military camp, with a number of soldiers huddling around a smoking fire, with others gathering fire wood on the right, and in the distance to the left. Plate 13 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36188] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 18.]](jpegs/36189.jpg)
[The Life Of A Soldier, Plate 18.]
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9").
A battle scene in which a commander leads his troops on horseback. One soldier in the foreground has been thrown from his horse and lies on the ground, looking towards the battle. Plate 18 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36189] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams 1823.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 9").
A battle scene in which a commander leads his troops on horseback. One soldier in the foreground has been thrown from his horse and lies on the ground, looking towards the battle. Plate 18 from William Heath's 'The Life Of A Soldier; A Narrative And Descriptive Poem', published in 1823 by William Sams.
[Ref: 36189] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Stratagem better than Force.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq, del. [William Heath]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatuers are daily Published. [n.d., watermarked 1827.
Coloured etching with fine colour. 250 x 360mm (10 x 14"). False margins added.
An old woman and two chimney sweeps try unsuccessfully to move an ass, whilst on the right a costermonger gallops away on a donkey, using a bunch of carrots tied to a stick for encouragement. In the distance can be seen St. Paul's cathedral.
BM Satires 15959.
[Ref: 14677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq, del. [William Heath]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatuers are daily Published. [n.d., watermarked 1827.
Coloured etching with fine colour. 250 x 360mm (10 x 14"). False margins added.
An old woman and two chimney sweeps try unsuccessfully to move an ass, whilst on the right a costermonger gallops away on a donkey, using a bunch of carrots tied to a stick for encouragement. In the distance can be seen St. Paul's cathedral.
BM Satires 15959.
[Ref: 14677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hope Told a Flattering Tale.
[Paul Pry monogram of William Heath] Del. et sculpt.
Pub by Tho. Mclean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1827].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 16¼"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1827'. Trimmed within plate.
A grotesque dandy singing, sheet music in his left hand, accompanied on the guitar by a lady with elaborate bonnet.
[Ref: 59474] £360.00
[Paul Pry monogram of William Heath] Del. et sculpt.
Pub by Tho. Mclean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1827].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 16¼"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1827'. Trimmed within plate.
A grotesque dandy singing, sheet music in his left hand, accompanied on the guitar by a lady with elaborate bonnet.
[Ref: 59474] £360.00
![[Wellington & William Huskisson] A Naughty Boy Turn'd out of School.](jpegs/61195.jpg)
[Wellington & William Huskisson] A Naughty Boy Turn'd out of School.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] he seems let them know who is master of th House
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c. May 1828].
Coloured etching. Framed. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on the departure from Wellington's cabinet of William Huskisson, represented here as a schoolboy in a fool's cap kneeling before a closed door placarded 'Wellington House Academy'. Huskisson, who had entertained hopes of becoming prime minister before the position was offered to Wellington, voted against the government over the East Retford Bill and subsequently offered to resign 'as a matter of form, not substance' (DNB). Wellington, however, took him at his word and seized the opportunity to rid himself of an uncomfortable colleague. As a result Huskisson's friends Dudley, Palmerston and Grant, along with the Irish Secretary Lamb all resigned (their names are written on a slate next to Huskisson in the print), a situation described by the Duke as a 'mutiny'.
BM Satires: 15532.
[Ref: 61195] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] he seems let them know who is master of th House
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c. May 1828].
Coloured etching. Framed. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on the departure from Wellington's cabinet of William Huskisson, represented here as a schoolboy in a fool's cap kneeling before a closed door placarded 'Wellington House Academy'. Huskisson, who had entertained hopes of becoming prime minister before the position was offered to Wellington, voted against the government over the East Retford Bill and subsequently offered to resign 'as a matter of form, not substance' (DNB). Wellington, however, took him at his word and seized the opportunity to rid himself of an uncomfortable colleague. As a result Huskisson's friends Dudley, Palmerston and Grant, along with the Irish Secretary Lamb all resigned (their names are written on a slate next to Huskisson in the print), a situation described by the Duke as a 'mutiny'.
BM Satires: 15532.
[Ref: 61195] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Leopold of Saxe-Gotha] Leo Sacks - One of the Charity Crab's .](jpegs/54305.jpg)
[Leopold of Saxe-Gotha] Leo Sacks - One of the Charity Crab's . I was naked and ye clothed me I was hungry and ye took me in.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub June 12 1826 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricaturs - none are original without T. McLeans name.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Gotha (1790-1865), depicted as a charity boy because of his impecunity on his marriage to Princess Charlotte in 1816. Despite her death in 1817 he was still paid a pension by the Crown, ending when he became King of the Belgians in 1831.
BM 15803.
[Ref: 54305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub June 12 1826 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P. Pry Caricaturs - none are original without T. McLeans name.
Coloured etching. Sheet 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Gotha (1790-1865), depicted as a charity boy because of his impecunity on his marriage to Princess Charlotte in 1816. Despite her death in 1817 he was still paid a pension by the Crown, ending when he became King of the Belgians in 1831.
BM 15803.
[Ref: 54305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Can't You Look the Other Way Now.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily publishing, the largest collection of any house in London [n.d., etched c.1829].
Coloured etching. 365 x 280mm (14¼ x 11") very large margins.
An attractive buxom woman on a chaise longue lifts her foot to tie on her shoe, addressing the viewer.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 58295] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily publishing, the largest collection of any house in London [n.d., etched c.1829].
Coloured etching. 365 x 280mm (14¼ x 11") very large margins.
An attractive buxom woman on a chaise longue lifts her foot to tie on her shoe, addressing the viewer.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 58295] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Looking Glass No.1 The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths. Church Affairs. [Tail-piece].
[William Heath.]
Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath's etchings Communications for this work must be post paid and directed to Thos McLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Hand-coloured etching. 376 x 260mm. 14¾ x 10¼". Some nicks an tears around the edges.
Satire on the famous Siamese Twins. The Twins, realistically depicted, are compared with a taller couple: Wellington and Peel joined by a band inscribed 'Place'. Peel wears police uniform as in and holds a rat-trap. [&] A grotesquely bloated and corpulent bishop (right) addresses a tall emaciated parson who stands deferentially, hat in hand. [&] An Italian boy with a board of plaster figures, the figures include a whole-length figure of George IV in back view flanked by larger busts of Peel and Wellington..
BM Satires: 16002; 16003; 16004.
[Ref: 26681] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath's etchings Communications for this work must be post paid and directed to Thos McLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Hand-coloured etching. 376 x 260mm. 14¾ x 10¼". Some nicks an tears around the edges.
Satire on the famous Siamese Twins. The Twins, realistically depicted, are compared with a taller couple: Wellington and Peel joined by a band inscribed 'Place'. Peel wears police uniform as in and holds a rat-trap. [&] A grotesquely bloated and corpulent bishop (right) addresses a tall emaciated parson who stands deferentially, hat in hand. [&] An Italian boy with a board of plaster figures, the figures include a whole-length figure of George IV in back view flanked by larger busts of Peel and Wellington..
BM Satires: 16002; 16003; 16004.
[Ref: 26681] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Looking Glass. Vol.1. No.1. "None see themselves but by reflection - in this glass you may".
Drawn & Etched by William Heath - Author of the Northern Looking Glass - Paul Prys Caricatures - and various humerous works.
Published January 1st 1830 by T.M.cLean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath.s Etchings Communications for this .Work must be post paid and directed to Tho.s M.cLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Four page etching, sheet 430 x 485mm (17 x 23") unfolded. Centrefold as published. Pinholes in margins. Some time staining.
29 vignettes, front and back, on one folded sheet: Advertisements; A Certain Cure for Corns, The Leading Article, Patent Instananeous Delights; The Flying Dutchman, Fish Sauce, Police Intelligence; "There is no appe(.a)l, Sale by Auction; Smithfield Market, London Gazette; Declaration of Insolvency/Bankrupt Enlarged, The Rat-iocinator; Or infallible Trap, State of Trade, Beau Street, Good Plain Cooks, The Stocks, St. James's Street- A Card, The Cabinet Show, Currency, Chancery, Fashionable intelligence 1830, Slave trade 1, Slave trade 2, A sketch of that curious little architect sitting on his (egg), New system of heraldry, 1730 Dress of the guards 1830, Gallop-hard- Trials Old Bailey, Change of linen. Sheriffs-officers, The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths, Church Affairs, (Image of a newsboy selling the looking glass). Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
See Ref 54600 for coloured version of Slave Trade. BM Satires 15991.
[Ref: 59107] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by William Heath - Author of the Northern Looking Glass - Paul Prys Caricatures - and various humerous works.
Published January 1st 1830 by T.M.cLean 26 Haymarket London - sole publisher of William Heath.s Etchings Communications for this .Work must be post paid and directed to Tho.s M.cLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Four page etching, sheet 430 x 485mm (17 x 23") unfolded. Centrefold as published. Pinholes in margins. Some time staining.
29 vignettes, front and back, on one folded sheet: Advertisements; A Certain Cure for Corns, The Leading Article, Patent Instananeous Delights; The Flying Dutchman, Fish Sauce, Police Intelligence; "There is no appe(.a)l, Sale by Auction; Smithfield Market, London Gazette; Declaration of Insolvency/Bankrupt Enlarged, The Rat-iocinator; Or infallible Trap, State of Trade, Beau Street, Good Plain Cooks, The Stocks, St. James's Street- A Card, The Cabinet Show, Currency, Chancery, Fashionable intelligence 1830, Slave trade 1, Slave trade 2, A sketch of that curious little architect sitting on his (egg), New system of heraldry, 1730 Dress of the guards 1830, Gallop-hard- Trials Old Bailey, Change of linen. Sheriffs-officers, The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths, Church Affairs, (Image of a newsboy selling the looking glass). Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
See Ref 54600 for coloured version of Slave Trade. BM Satires 15991.
[Ref: 59107] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The March of Intellect.
F.A. Esq.r Inv.t. [monogram of Paul Pry/William Heath] Del, et sculpt.
Pub, Jan.y 23, 1828 by G. Humphrey Sy James's Street.
Rare etching with hand colour. Sheet: 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A fantastic scene on the edge of London, satirising modern technology and the consequences of education for the masses. Among the details are a Channel Bridge, the Thames Tunnel being flooded, a warship held aloft by balloons bombing the enemy fleet, a coal merchant playing chess and a man using a windlass to hoist chairs up a vertical chute from the street. A rare satire: George could only describe a photograph of the example in the collection of the Earl of Harrowby, although the BM has subsequently acquired an example.
BM 15604, with an extensive description.
[Ref: 57478] £680.00 (£816.00 incl.VAT)
F.A. Esq.r Inv.t. [monogram of Paul Pry/William Heath] Del, et sculpt.
Pub, Jan.y 23, 1828 by G. Humphrey Sy James's Street.
Rare etching with hand colour. Sheet: 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
A fantastic scene on the edge of London, satirising modern technology and the consequences of education for the masses. Among the details are a Channel Bridge, the Thames Tunnel being flooded, a warship held aloft by balloons bombing the enemy fleet, a coal merchant playing chess and a man using a windlass to hoist chairs up a vertical chute from the street. A rare satire: George could only describe a photograph of the example in the collection of the Earl of Harrowby, although the BM has subsequently acquired an example.
BM 15604, with an extensive description.
[Ref: 57478] £680.00 (£816.00 incl.VAT)
A Trip to Margate By Paul Pry Esq.r.
[by William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A plate with eight vignette satires of the popularity of day-trips to Margate.
[Ref: 55946] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A plate with eight vignette satires of the popularity of day-trips to Margate.
[Ref: 55946] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Melancholy Loss of the Medal.
[William Heath.]
[n.d c.1825.]
Hand-coloured etching. 253 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Trimmed.
A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer who faces the accused, demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men.
See BM Satires: 15602.
[Ref: 25610] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
[n.d c.1825.]
Hand-coloured etching. 253 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Trimmed.
A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer who faces the accused, demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men.
See BM Satires: 15602.
[Ref: 25610] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Hawking Ride unto St Alban's vide Shak. 'A Falc'ner William is, when Harriet hawks; With her of tarsels and of Lures he talks. vide Prior!
[Monogram of William Heath - 'Paul Pry'] Esq.r Del et Sculp.t.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political & other Caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1827]
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire of the Duke of St Albans with his new duchess, Harriot Mellon, out hawking. The Duke sits on a bucking donkey while his much larger wife rides an impressive white horse, carrying two hawks to the duke's one. Harriot had been an actress who married Thomas Coutts and inherited his fortune before marrying William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans in 1827, who was 23 years her junior. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however his monogram (a man holding an umbrella) was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
[Ref: 51580] £320.00
[Monogram of William Heath - 'Paul Pry'] Esq.r Del et Sculp.t.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political & other Caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1827]
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire of the Duke of St Albans with his new duchess, Harriot Mellon, out hawking. The Duke sits on a bucking donkey while his much larger wife rides an impressive white horse, carrying two hawks to the duke's one. Harriot had been an actress who married Thomas Coutts and inherited his fortune before marrying William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans in 1827, who was 23 years her junior. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole; however his monogram (a man holding an umbrella) was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), so Heath reverted to using his own name.
[Ref: 51580] £320.00
![[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!](jpegs/58464.jpg)
[Harriot Mellon] A Bold stroke for a Wife no chicken Hazard!!!
[William Heath.]
Pub April 21st 1822 by S W Fores Picadilly.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Slight loss left bottom in title at corners. Very slight loss top left.
Harriot Mellon, the immensely rich widow of the banker Thomas Coutts, in widow’s dress, with two suitors on their knees. Both Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and the Marquis of Worcester (identified by the paper in his pocket), were widowers with huge debts. Behind, the anxious face of a man in barrister's wig and bands peers through the curtain. This satire was first published with the same imprint but with Harriot in party dress, the speech arranged differently and no barrister.
BM Satires 14424a.
[Ref: 58464] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Pub April 21st 1822 by S W Fores Picadilly.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 295mm (9 x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper. Slight loss left bottom in title at corners. Very slight loss top left.
Harriot Mellon, the immensely rich widow of the banker Thomas Coutts, in widow’s dress, with two suitors on their knees. Both Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and the Marquis of Worcester (identified by the paper in his pocket), were widowers with huge debts. Behind, the anxious face of a man in barrister's wig and bands peers through the curtain. This satire was first published with the same imprint but with Harriot in party dress, the speech arranged differently and no barrister.
BM Satires 14424a.
[Ref: 58464] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Mistake.
[Mongram of Paul Pry] Esq. [William Heath.]
Pub March 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to border.
On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets, with a sign saying 'No Popery'. Because of the sign's handle the woman mistakes that for 'No Pop' (i.e. no credit).
BM Satires: 15685.
[Ref: 31478] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Mongram of Paul Pry] Esq. [William Heath.]
Pub March 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to border.
On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets, with a sign saying 'No Popery'. Because of the sign's handle the woman mistakes that for 'No Pop' (i.e. no credit).
BM Satires: 15685.
[Ref: 31478] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Moving Scene on the Road to Slane.
WHeath.
Pub June 29 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet size: 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Tears in right margin. Small margins.
Satire on the Conyngham family's exit from Windsor Castle following George IV's death, laden with gifts. The family are heading for 'Slane Castle', their Irish seat, which is depicted as a hovel and is placarded 'Man-Traps—Pigs beware'. The large Lady Conyngham wheels a barrow heaped with kettle (marked 'GR'), pans, and bellows. Behind her walks Lord Conyngham, with a bundle of bedding tied up in a blanket marked 'GR.', on his head and shoulders. In his left hand is a pair of tall tongs, topped by an antlered head. On the right walks a daughter, followed by the son, each with a huge bundle, that of Mount Charles inscribed 'Old Cloathes'. Behind the procession is a ragged Irish peasant woman, derisively holding up two fingers.
BM Satires: 16140.
[Ref: 39603] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
WHeath.
Pub June 29 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet size: 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Tears in right margin. Small margins.
Satire on the Conyngham family's exit from Windsor Castle following George IV's death, laden with gifts. The family are heading for 'Slane Castle', their Irish seat, which is depicted as a hovel and is placarded 'Man-Traps—Pigs beware'. The large Lady Conyngham wheels a barrow heaped with kettle (marked 'GR'), pans, and bellows. Behind her walks Lord Conyngham, with a bundle of bedding tied up in a blanket marked 'GR.', on his head and shoulders. In his left hand is a pair of tall tongs, topped by an antlered head. On the right walks a daughter, followed by the son, each with a huge bundle, that of Mount Charles inscribed 'Old Cloathes'. Behind the procession is a ragged Irish peasant woman, derisively holding up two fingers.
BM Satires: 16140.
[Ref: 39603] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Much Ado About Nothing!!!
[Paul Pry monogram, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub 1828 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") Trimmed to plate.
A tiny woman with oversized hair, hat, sleeves and skirt.
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 59478] £390.00
[Paul Pry monogram, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub 1828 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Very fine etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼") Trimmed to plate.
A tiny woman with oversized hair, hat, sleeves and skirt.
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 59478] £390.00
Much Ado About Nothing!!!
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 245mm (14 x 9"), with wide margins.
A woman dwarfed by her enormous hat and skirts. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
BM: 1985,0119.251.
[Ref: 54580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Little Musick!!! What softer sounds are these salute the ear,_As if the center of all sweets met here? Ben Johnson.
[William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Cut within plate, damage to left edge and paper tone.
A comical scene in four monkeys in human dress take part in a concert. Manuscript addition in speech bubbles from three monkeys on the left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43631] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Cut within plate, damage to left edge and paper tone.
A comical scene in four monkeys in human dress take part in a concert. Manuscript addition in speech bubbles from three monkeys on the left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43631] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull & the Archi_tect Wot Build's the Arches_ &c_ &c_ &c_ &c_ (The Architect Glory consists in the designment and Idea of the work; his ambition should be to make the form triumph over the matter.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
A Review of the New, Grand, Army. Cap.t of Starved Banditty, Ad. Camp,, the Aghast Emperor & his two Friends & Pillars of the State,, Butcher from Elba. Generalissimo.
[William Heath?]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Large tear into plate on right edge, creasing and mount burn. Small margins.
A satire of Napoleon's campaign, showing Napoleon as a small figure in the centre, behind him in clouds are the Devil and Death, either side of him are the allegorical figures of a bandit and butcher; above the group is the grotesque Demon of Death. In the background stands the French army.
BM Satire 12548.
[Ref: 50758] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath?]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Large tear into plate on right edge, creasing and mount burn. Small margins.
A satire of Napoleon's campaign, showing Napoleon as a small figure in the centre, behind him in clouds are the Devil and Death, either side of him are the allegorical figures of a bandit and butcher; above the group is the grotesque Demon of Death. In the background stands the French army.
BM Satire 12548.
[Ref: 50758] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A New Situation!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 20th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching on watermarked paper, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828'. Shee size: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene on a street corner where an eleborately dressed older woman (right), with an oversized hat and frilled dress with large ballooned sleeves, and a dog at her feet, looks down on a younger woman, carrying a wicker basket. The older woman asks 'Bless me Mary_is that you - where do you live now?', to which the younger woman glumly replies, 'If you please mam - I dont live no where now, I'm Married!'. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 32026] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 20th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching on watermarked paper, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1828'. Shee size: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene on a street corner where an eleborately dressed older woman (right), with an oversized hat and frilled dress with large ballooned sleeves, and a dog at her feet, looks down on a younger woman, carrying a wicker basket. The older woman asks 'Bless me Mary_is that you - where do you live now?', to which the younger woman glumly replies, 'If you please mam - I dont live no where now, I'm Married!'. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 32026] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
No Genius.
'Paul Pry' Esq. Del et Sc. [William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Published. [n.d., c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½''), with large margins
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50752] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
'Paul Pry' Esq. Del et Sc. [William Heath]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Published. [n.d., c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½''), with large margins
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 50752] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
No Genius.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Old Proprietors Advice.
William Heath.
Pub April 10 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 367 x 254mm (14½ x 10"). Cut to platemark.
Satire on Prince Leopold (subsequently Leopold I of Belgium) at the time he was considering an offer to become king of Greece. Leopold puts his head through a glassless window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]—Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk holding a long pipe. Next to the door are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management—Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. One of Leopold's conditions for becoming king of Greece was for a loan guaranteed by the three Powers (hence the posters on the wall here). He obtained his conditions with regard to the loan, but nonetheless turned down the throne of Greece, and became the first king of Belgium the following year.
BM Satires: 16098.
[Ref: 30540] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub April 10 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 367 x 254mm (14½ x 10"). Cut to platemark.
Satire on Prince Leopold (subsequently Leopold I of Belgium) at the time he was considering an offer to become king of Greece. Leopold puts his head through a glassless window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]—Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk holding a long pipe. Next to the door are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management—Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. One of Leopold's conditions for becoming king of Greece was for a loan guaranteed by the three Powers (hence the posters on the wall here). He obtained his conditions with regard to the loan, but nonetheless turned down the throne of Greece, and became the first king of Belgium the following year.
BM Satires: 16098.
[Ref: 30540] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
On. Guard. Off. Guard. Guarded.
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Packing Up!!! "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack____Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's back_____Vide Cleaveland_
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
![A Sketch of a row in Parliament Street. [&]](jpegs/46650.jpg)
A Sketch of a row in Parliament Street. [&] Termination of the Row in Parliament Street. Plate 2.d.
[William Heath ]Paul Pry Esqr. Signature.
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where Caricatures are daily Publishing.
A pair of hand-coloured etching. The first with J. Whatman 1828 watermark; Each plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A pair of satirical scenes showing Eldon and Wellington as brawling market women oppose each other on the Catholic Relief Bill. The first plate shows the pair preparing to fight, the second shows Eldon lying on the floor having been knocked down by Wellington.
BM Satires 15721 & 15723.
[Ref: 46650] £450.00 view all images for this item
[William Heath ]Paul Pry Esqr. Signature.
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where Caricatures are daily Publishing.
A pair of hand-coloured etching. The first with J. Whatman 1828 watermark; Each plate: 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
A pair of satirical scenes showing Eldon and Wellington as brawling market women oppose each other on the Catholic Relief Bill. The first plate shows the pair preparing to fight, the second shows Eldon lying on the floor having been knocked down by Wellington.
BM Satires 15721 & 15723.
[Ref: 46650] £450.00 view all images for this item
![[Robert Peel] Dusty Bob_the Parish Dustman.](jpegs/30485.jpg)
[Robert Peel] Dusty Bob_the Parish Dustman. Parish Characters by Paul Pry Esq.r Pl. 3.d.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton St Strand (Sole Publisher of P Prys Caricatures=(None are original without S Gans' name
Hand-coloured etching. 362 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Stain bottom right.
Peel as a rat-catcher and 'Cad' to the Ministry ('Dusty Bob' was a favourite character in the stage version of 'Life in London'). Contemporary copy of the print by William Heath (Paul Pry) lacking 'Pl-3rd' inscription and published by Gans rather than McLean.
BM Satires: 15801 (copy)
[Ref: 30485] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esqr.
Pub June 1st 1829 by S Gans 15 Southampton St Strand (Sole Publisher of P Prys Caricatures=(None are original without S Gans' name
Hand-coloured etching. 362 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Stain bottom right.
Peel as a rat-catcher and 'Cad' to the Ministry ('Dusty Bob' was a favourite character in the stage version of 'Life in London'). Contemporary copy of the print by William Heath (Paul Pry) lacking 'Pl-3rd' inscription and published by Gans rather than McLean.
BM Satires: 15801 (copy)
[Ref: 30485] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.](jpegs/54303.jpg)
[Robert Peel] The Cad to the Man Wot Drives the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with wide margins. Diagonal crease top right.
Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher, standing holding a dome-shaped wire cage, his left hand is on his hip holding an 'orange peel'. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document marked 'Police' projects from his coat-tail pocket.
BM Satires: 15734.
[Ref: 54303] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
To be sold without Reserve to the Highest Bidder - That famous Rat tailed Cob Bob "got by Merchant" out of Query" by Expediency"—is known to the Sporting World for his quickness in turning) the halter will go with the Lot. Lot.2.
H.H. del.t [After Henry Heath. Engraved by Paul Pry, pseudonym for William Heath.]
Pub June 22 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P-Prys Caricatures. None Are Original Without His Publication.
Hand-coloured etching with artist's signature [Paul Pry]. Plate 165 x 375mm. 6½ x 14¾". Small tears and time staining.
A clumsy ill-bred cob with Peel's face superimposed on its head, and looking towards the spectator, is tied by a rope to a post (right). Its bare and broken rat-tail projects, displaying its deformity.
BM Satires:15815.
[Ref: 26673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. del.t [After Henry Heath. Engraved by Paul Pry, pseudonym for William Heath.]
Pub June 22 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - Sole Publisher of P-Prys Caricatures. None Are Original Without His Publication.
Hand-coloured etching with artist's signature [Paul Pry]. Plate 165 x 375mm. 6½ x 14¾". Small tears and time staining.
A clumsy ill-bred cob with Peel's face superimposed on its head, and looking towards the spectator, is tied by a rope to a post (right). Its bare and broken rat-tail projects, displaying its deformity.
BM Satires:15815.
[Ref: 26673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Peel Thrown Away or One Mans Meat is Another Mans Poison. the Late Elections.
[Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub March 7th 1829 by T McLean 16 Haymarket where political & other caricatures are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 266 x 362mm (10½ x 14¼"). Very large margins.
Satire on the election after Sir Robert Peel resigned his Oxford University seat during Catholic Emancipation (as he had stood on a platform of opposition to Emancipation and had since changed his position). Peel was nominated for re-election but was defeated by Sir R.H. Inglis. Here Inglis is shown as an obese Oxford don in the centre, charming a yokel John Bull and holding a peeled orange inscribed 'Inglis', from which he discards the 'Peel' which is about to fall into a slough inscribed 'Westbury Close Sink of Iniquity / Impurity of Elect—Bribery—Corruption'. In this bog can be seen the head and shoulders of Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, who says 'if you will let me out there's plenty of room for your peel'. Following Peel's defeat by Inglis, the government had to ask Lopes to vacate his pocket borough at Westbury in Peel's favour (Lopes resigned for an undisclosed sum).
BM Satires: 15683.
[Ref: 39172] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esqr.
Pub March 7th 1829 by T McLean 16 Haymarket where political & other caricatures are daily Publishing.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 266 x 362mm (10½ x 14¼"). Very large margins.
Satire on the election after Sir Robert Peel resigned his Oxford University seat during Catholic Emancipation (as he had stood on a platform of opposition to Emancipation and had since changed his position). Peel was nominated for re-election but was defeated by Sir R.H. Inglis. Here Inglis is shown as an obese Oxford don in the centre, charming a yokel John Bull and holding a peeled orange inscribed 'Inglis', from which he discards the 'Peel' which is about to fall into a slough inscribed 'Westbury Close Sink of Iniquity / Impurity of Elect—Bribery—Corruption'. In this bog can be seen the head and shoulders of Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, who says 'if you will let me out there's plenty of room for your peel'. Following Peel's defeat by Inglis, the government had to ask Lopes to vacate his pocket borough at Westbury in Peel's favour (Lopes resigned for an undisclosed sum).
BM Satires: 15683.
[Ref: 39172] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Modern Peeping Tom's who deserve to be sent to Coventry!!!
[William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean Haymarket London. [n.d., c.1829].
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15''). Trimmed, tipped into album sheet. Foxing.
A scene in which dandified rakes peer closely at women who promenade on their worried looking husbands' arms. One figure, in the centre of the image, states, 'I say Bob, there's some good points about this one'. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
[Ref: 50806] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub by T. McLean Haymarket London. [n.d., c.1829].
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15''). Trimmed, tipped into album sheet. Foxing.
A scene in which dandified rakes peer closely at women who promenade on their worried looking husbands' arms. One figure, in the centre of the image, states, 'I say Bob, there's some good points about this one'. By William Heath (1794/5-1840) ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
[Ref: 50806] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Preference. [&] Necessity.](jpegs/59506.jpg)
Preference. [&] Necessity.
W. Heath. Del et Sculp.t.
Pub April 7th 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street & 74 New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd Feb.y 6th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Pair of etchings with fine hand colour. Sheet 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾") & Sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. [&] Trimmed into printed border.
A young man on a chair (dressed in a pastiche of 1820s and Stuart military dress) gives a young lady in a modern low-cut dress a coy glance. Another man, similarly dressed, looks behind a curtain. In the gothic window a monkey holds a fan.
BM Satires 14566, pair with 'Necessity', 14567.
[Ref: 59506] £360.00
W. Heath. Del et Sculp.t.
Pub April 7th 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street & 74 New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd Feb.y 6th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Pair of etchings with fine hand colour. Sheet 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾") & Sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. [&] Trimmed into printed border.
A young man on a chair (dressed in a pastiche of 1820s and Stuart military dress) gives a young lady in a modern low-cut dress a coy glance. Another man, similarly dressed, looks behind a curtain. In the gothic window a monkey holds a fan.
BM Satires 14566, pair with 'Necessity', 14567.
[Ref: 59506] £360.00
Presenting a Bill of Indemnification or Alarming Items.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d. c.Feb 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching with fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") Small margins. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Satire with the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II presenting a 'bill of indemnification' to George IV following the Battle of Navarino, in which Britain, France and Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan holds out a long scroll: Demands of the Porte—10.000 Purses of Gold—400 Ships of War, etc. In the background the French king Charles X runs away, while the Russian Tsar Nicholas walks away contemptuously.
BM Satires: 15519.
[Ref: 39605] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket [n.d. c.Feb 1828.]
Hand-coloured etching with fine colour. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") Small margins. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Satire with the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II presenting a 'bill of indemnification' to George IV following the Battle of Navarino, in which Britain, France and Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan holds out a long scroll: Demands of the Porte—10.000 Purses of Gold—400 Ships of War, etc. In the background the French king Charles X runs away, while the Russian Tsar Nicholas walks away contemptuously.
BM Satires: 15519.
[Ref: 39605] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 54076] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 54076] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Quartette in Character.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 39169] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub May 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys Original Caricatures.
Handcoloured etching. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
The quartet of mail-coach characters are (l-r): King George IV, his Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, George's mistress Lady Conyngham, and Home Secretary Robert Peel (a cage of rats in his left hand).
BM Satires: 15746.
[Ref: 39169] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies. Pl.2_
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Colour slightly faded.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 55409] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies. Pl.2_
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. Framed, sight size 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼") Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 61229] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath.] Esq.
Pub by T Mc Lean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830].
Etching with hand colour. Framed, sight size 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼") Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
Satire on Catholic emancipation: a caricatured papal legation watch as a cardinal gives absolution to Lyndhurst, Peel, and Wellington, who kneel before them.
BM Satires: 15740.
[Ref: 61229] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Recruiting Party. Now's Your Time My Lads- Whigs & Tories - Christians, Jews & Turks- no distinction made.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub June 20 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P-Pry Caricatures - none are oritinal with T McLeans Name.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform, salutes George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
BM Satire 15812.
[Ref: 55955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub June 20 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P-Pry Caricatures - none are oritinal with T McLeans Name.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Wellington, dressed in his military uniform, salutes George IV. Beside Wellington stands James Scarlett, into whose hand Wellington places a coin marked 'Attorn[ey]'. George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham drums as Robert Peel plays the flute. Wellington found it difficult to gather ministers once elected, so this satire suggests that he was bribing Scarlett, who had resigned from the post of Attorney-General when Wellington came to power in 1828, to return. This a pirated copy of William Heath's satire, even copying his Paul Pry monogram, probably by John Phillips.
BM Satire 15812.
[Ref: 55955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Retirement. Minerva's favourite Bird!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with large margins bottom & right. Plate 355 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Cut to plate left & top.
Caricature of Eldon as a hawk-like owl. Eldon led the opposition to Catholic Relief and this image encapsulates his futile, last-ditch resistance shortly before the Relief Bill was passed. A wonderful image.
BM Satires: 15739.
[Ref: 30486] £420.00
Does the Harp of Rosa Slumber Sleep gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse_
['Paul Pry', monogram of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1829.]
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Margins a little grubby and tatty.
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The print takes its title from a popular ballad of the time.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27493] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
['Paul Pry', monogram of William Heath.]
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1829.]
Hand-coloured etching. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Margins a little grubby and tatty.
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The print takes its title from a popular ballad of the time.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27493] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Allied Oak and Self Created Mushroom Race. Behold the Oak, whose firm fix'd stay / Doth check Oppression's course, / Whose slightest branch can ne'er decay, / While strong with Virtue's force / [...]The Mushroom Race you have to seek In weeds about the Root, Who scarce dare at the Oak to peep, Or at its Princely Fruit.
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Shert 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed into plate, slight crease at bottom.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Buonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547.
[Ref: 50308] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. Shert 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed into plate, slight crease at bottom.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Buonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547.
[Ref: 50308] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Allied Oak and Self Created Mushroom Race. Behold the Oak, whose firm fix'd stay / Doth check Oppression's course, / Whose slightest branch can ne'er decay, / While strong with Virtue's force / [...]The Mushroom Race you have to seek In weeds about the Root, Who scarce dare at the Oak to peep, Or at its Princely Fruit.
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Small tear just entering plate, slight staining.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547. See Ref: 50308 for trimmed image.
[Ref: 60246] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
J. Field del.t. Etch'd by Heath.
Pub. May 29. 1815, by J. Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Etching with fine hand colour. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Small tear just entering plate, slight staining.
A puzzle-print: a gnarled and aged oak creates profiles of George III, Louis XVIII, the Prince Regent , Tsar Alexander I, Wellington and Blücher. On the ground are two mushrooms and plants, in which are hidden the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte; his son Napoleon (King of Rome) and brothers Louis, Jerome and Joseph; Charles XIV John of Sweden; and Joachim Murat. In the background the tower of Windsor Castle emerges from trees.
BM Satires: 12547. See Ref: 50308 for trimmed image.
[Ref: 60246] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Sabine Farm at Chiswick.
W. Heath.
Pub March 10 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10").
Satire on natural historian Joseph Sabine's (1770-1837) expenditure as honorary secretary of the Horticultural Society. Sabine holds out his hat for alms; in his right hand is a hoe, to the head of which is tied a cabbage, and over his fashionable dress he wears a gardener's (tattered) green apron. From his coat-tail pocket projects a paper: 'Prosperous Debt £19.000 All my doing'. Behind is a garden wall with two gates and a gatehouse; above it are trees and a placard: 'Horticultural Garden'. Sabine served as Honorary Secretary of the Horticultural Society 1810-1830, incurring debts of more than £18,000. In 1830 a committee of inquiry was appointed and Sabine subsequently resigned. The society's garden was based in Chiswick.
BM Satires: 16417; for Sabine see also ref. 30761 and 30762
[Ref: 30760] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath.
Pub March 10 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Etching. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10").
Satire on natural historian Joseph Sabine's (1770-1837) expenditure as honorary secretary of the Horticultural Society. Sabine holds out his hat for alms; in his right hand is a hoe, to the head of which is tied a cabbage, and over his fashionable dress he wears a gardener's (tattered) green apron. From his coat-tail pocket projects a paper: 'Prosperous Debt £19.000 All my doing'. Behind is a garden wall with two gates and a gatehouse; above it are trees and a placard: 'Horticultural Garden'. Sabine served as Honorary Secretary of the Horticultural Society 1810-1830, incurring debts of more than £18,000. In 1830 a committee of inquiry was appointed and Sabine subsequently resigned. The society's garden was based in Chiswick.
BM Satires: 16417; for Sabine see also ref. 30761 and 30762
[Ref: 30760] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Cries of Westminster by William Heath. Newcastle Salmon- delicate Salmon- Ah this is a first rate man- (Prodigious).
Pub Oct 28 1829 by T. Mclean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of WH etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed with some marking below right foot.
A satirical portrait of Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835) on his return to Newark as the nominee of the Duke of Newcastle.
BM Satire 15891.
[Ref: 43636] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Pub Oct 28 1829 by T. Mclean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of WH etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed with some marking below right foot.
A satirical portrait of Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835) on his return to Newark as the nominee of the Duke of Newcastle.
BM Satire 15891.
[Ref: 43636] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Old Mother Scarletta the Laundress ------- Household Servants in Six Plates - by William Heath. No.5.
Pub Oct 10 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of W H-s Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. 369 x 253mm (14½ x 10"). Cut; damaged, paper chip to lower left; stain in title area.
Caricature of James Scarlett, First Baron Abinger (1769-1844). Scarlett was appointed attorney-general of the duke of Wellington's administration in June 1829, and here he refers to the Duke's libel action (in the form of the dirty linen, inscribed 'criminal information', that he is obliged to wash).
BM Satires: 15882.
[Ref: 30491] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub Oct 10 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of W H-s Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. 369 x 253mm (14½ x 10"). Cut; damaged, paper chip to lower left; stain in title area.
Caricature of James Scarlett, First Baron Abinger (1769-1844). Scarlett was appointed attorney-general of the duke of Wellington's administration in June 1829, and here he refers to the Duke's libel action (in the form of the dirty linen, inscribed 'criminal information', that he is obliged to wash).
BM Satires: 15882.
[Ref: 30491] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)