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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Officiers Prussiene.
Dessine par C. Vernet. Grave par Debucourt.
à Paris, chez Ch. Bance, Rue J. J. Rousseau No.10. [n.d., 1815.]
Etching and aquatint in fine original hand colour, second state, before plate number. 345 x 255mm, 13½ x 10". A fine impression, with full margins.
Two Prussian officers; the one at right wearing a helmet and saluting the one standing on the left. From the series 'Collection de costumes dessinés d'après nature...' after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836). The plates were issued first separately, then in parts (livraisons) containing six numbered plates, one part issued yearly from 1814 to 1824. Published by Bance in Paris and by Bossange-Masson, 14 Great Marlborough Street, London (his imprint is not on these or on the BM impressions).
Ogilby Trust: 933, II, 2. See BNF: FRBNF36586529.
[Ref: 19513] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Vernet. Grave par Debucourt.
à Paris, chez Ch. Bance, Rue J. J. Rousseau No.10. [n.d., 1815.]
Etching and aquatint in fine original hand colour, second state, before plate number. 345 x 255mm, 13½ x 10". A fine impression, with full margins.
Two Prussian officers; the one at right wearing a helmet and saluting the one standing on the left. From the series 'Collection de costumes dessinés d'après nature...' after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836). The plates were issued first separately, then in parts (livraisons) containing six numbered plates, one part issued yearly from 1814 to 1824. Published by Bance in Paris and by Bossange-Masson, 14 Great Marlborough Street, London (his imprint is not on these or on the BM impressions).
Ogilby Trust: 933, II, 2. See BNF: FRBNF36586529.
[Ref: 19513] £180.00 (£216.00 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)
The Great. The Fat. The Past. The Present.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A scarce lithograph. 212 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Some staining.
'The Great': A soldier with a great past and probably considered a great leader. 'The Fat': that same soldier, having retired has resorted to eating and drinking. Satirical comparison between Napoleon and Louis XVIII.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14500] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1840.]
A scarce lithograph. 212 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Some staining.
'The Great': A soldier with a great past and probably considered a great leader. 'The Fat': that same soldier, having retired has resorted to eating and drinking. Satirical comparison between Napoleon and Louis XVIII.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14500] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Progress of Heroism!
Woodward Delin.t. I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub.d April 9th 1796 by S W. Fores No. 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Etching with original colour. 345 x 475mm, 13½ x 18¾". Few stains and creases; mount burn.
Eight scenes of a captain, brave on the parade-ground, less so on the battlefield, in the tradition of parodic 'progresses'. After George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
[Ref: 24396] £320.00
Woodward Delin.t. I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub.d April 9th 1796 by S W. Fores No. 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Etching with original colour. 345 x 475mm, 13½ x 18¾". Few stains and creases; mount burn.
Eight scenes of a captain, brave on the parade-ground, less so on the battlefield, in the tradition of parodic 'progresses'. After George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
[Ref: 24396] £320.00
The Life of a Gentleman. Scene the Tenth._ Wounds & Destitution. Given with No.40 of the Teetotaler. Progress of Inebriety. No.10.
T.C. Wilson [written inside the image.]
Lithograph. 318 x 254mm. 12½ x 10".
An officer outside the Spanish Legion Office, stands with a broken arm ready to join the queue of officer awaiting compensation.
[Ref: 15466] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson [written inside the image.]
Lithograph. 318 x 254mm. 12½ x 10".
An officer outside the Spanish Legion Office, stands with a broken arm ready to join the queue of officer awaiting compensation.
[Ref: 15466] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Prospect of War. Crusca, eight.
[Published by James Aitken?, c.1790.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Tear on platemark repaired, small hole on soldier.
Contrasting view of the prospect of war: on the left a foppish soldier looks worried; on the right a sailor rejoices with the thought of prize money. James Aitken published a number of satires on the poetry of ''Della Crusca'', Robert Merry (1755-98), a Republican sympathiser.
See BM 1985,0119.114 for a similar 'Crusca' satire by Aitken.
[Ref: 54415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by James Aitken?, c.1790.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Tear on platemark repaired, small hole on soldier.
Contrasting view of the prospect of war: on the left a foppish soldier looks worried; on the right a sailor rejoices with the thought of prize money. James Aitken published a number of satires on the poetry of ''Della Crusca'', Robert Merry (1755-98), a Republican sympathiser.
See BM 1985,0119.114 for a similar 'Crusca' satire by Aitken.
[Ref: 54415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Queen's Own. To Be Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
B.C.
Just Published by T. Reed, 7 Vinegar Yard.
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, damage to corners, short tear, mounted on album paper.
An officer smoking a decorative pipe approaches a barracks, followed by a man carrying armfulls of 'Devil's Mortars' (spicy spreadable sausage).
See BM 1952,0517.70 for a very similar version published by Orlando Hodson.
[Ref: 55775] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B.C.
Just Published by T. Reed, 7 Vinegar Yard.
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, damage to corners, short tear, mounted on album paper.
An officer smoking a decorative pipe approaches a barracks, followed by a man carrying armfulls of 'Devil's Mortars' (spicy spreadable sausage).
See BM 1952,0517.70 for a very similar version published by Orlando Hodson.
[Ref: 55775] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Quiz. ''By the great God of War.''
Mas.r Hook Inv.t. Etch'd by I.B. [Barlow?]
Publish'd as the Act directs, June 14th 1786, by T. Cornell Bruton St.t.
Etching, 18th century watermark; 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7") wide margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin top right.
A caricature portrait of Quiz, a character in 'Patrick in Prussia, or Love in a Camp', a musical farce by O'Keefe. He stands, dressed in regimentals with a very high bearskin decorated with skull and cross-bones, outside the mess run by Mable Flourish, whom he eventually marries. The figure might be actor John Quick, who played Quiz when the play opened at Covent Garden 17 Feb. 1786.
[Ref: 54435] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mas.r Hook Inv.t. Etch'd by I.B. [Barlow?]
Publish'd as the Act directs, June 14th 1786, by T. Cornell Bruton St.t.
Etching, 18th century watermark; 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7") wide margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin top right.
A caricature portrait of Quiz, a character in 'Patrick in Prussia, or Love in a Camp', a musical farce by O'Keefe. He stands, dressed in regimentals with a very high bearskin decorated with skull and cross-bones, outside the mess run by Mable Flourish, whom he eventually marries. The figure might be actor John Quick, who played Quiz when the play opened at Covent Garden 17 Feb. 1786.
[Ref: 54435] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Raw Material.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph with added hand-colour. 132 x 178mm. 5¼ x 7". Trimmed and laid on separate sheet.
Two officers stand by a poster that reads "Wanted. Active Young Men Glorious in Opportunity..."; one points his sword down to the floor issuing and order as three young men march by in a haphazard manner with a sitck, pitch-fork and broom acting as rifles.
[Ref: 17438] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph with added hand-colour. 132 x 178mm. 5¼ x 7". Trimmed and laid on separate sheet.
Two officers stand by a poster that reads "Wanted. Active Young Men Glorious in Opportunity..."; one points his sword down to the floor issuing and order as three young men march by in a haphazard manner with a sitck, pitch-fork and broom acting as rifles.
[Ref: 17438] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Real Inhabitants of this Earth.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin & Republished 1805 by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street.
Hand-coloured stipple and etching. Watermarked: 1802. 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼". Fly spots at top.
An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy, both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley; lower right a dog. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456.
[Ref: 20100] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin & Republished 1805 by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street.
Hand-coloured stipple and etching. Watermarked: 1802. 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼". Fly spots at top.
An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy, both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley; lower right a dog. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456.
[Ref: 20100] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Recuiting Party.
Drawn by H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Publish'd 1 June 1790 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate,
Three members of a recruiting party march stiffly inline. The leader is a tall obese man carrying a pike and wearing a sword; next is a diminutive drummer; and last is a thin officer holding a cane.
[Ref: 41684] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Publish'd 1 June 1790 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate,
Three members of a recruiting party march stiffly inline. The leader is a tall obese man carrying a pike and wearing a sword; next is a diminutive drummer; and last is a thin officer holding a cane.
[Ref: 41684] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Recruiting Serjeant. Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[1770]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Three worm holes in the left edge, some ink offset.
A recruiting serjeant stands in a village tempting the villagers to enlist with promises, while two old soldiers walk by complaining about the reality of service.
BM Satire 4411.
[Ref: 55190] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Recruits.]](jpegs/56436.jpg)
[Recruits.]
[W. H. Bunbury delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street.]
Scarce etching, unfinished proof before stippling and lettering. Sheet 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within platemark on three sides.
A motley group of recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune'. The inn sign depicts a old soldier with one eye, arm and leg, begging. The second of a series by Bunbury, with 'A Visit to thje Camp' and 'Nancy', published during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 56436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[W. H. Bunbury delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street.]
Scarce etching, unfinished proof before stippling and lettering. Sheet 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within platemark on three sides.
A motley group of recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune'. The inn sign depicts a old soldier with one eye, arm and leg, begging. The second of a series by Bunbury, with 'A Visit to thje Camp' and 'Nancy', published during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 56436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Refin'd Taste. Eternal Infamy, that Wretch Confound, / Who Planted first this Vice on English Ground. / A Crime that Spite of Sense and Nature reigns. / and Poisons Genial Love & Manhood Stains. Vid. Rod. Random.
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R.St.G.M. Inv.t. [Richard St George Mansergh.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Etching, 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A scene from Tobias Smollett's 'Adventures of Roderick Random': a civilian eyeing up a soldier through a glass. A large beauty spot on the soldier's cheek covers a pockmark from veneral disease. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '6' upper right. The plate was originally published by Mary Darley, but was later issued by Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittle.
BM Satires: 5173. See Ref: 51697 for coloured image.
[Ref: 55383] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Russian Cossack.
[T. Palser.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Fine hand-colorured etching and engraving, watermark 1815. Plate 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A Russian Cossack on horseback hodling a spear facing forward; a sword around his waist and a rifle pointing out fro his saddlebag. Three soldiers on horseback, to the left, charge towards other mounted troops to the right.
[Ref: 52340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[T. Palser.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Fine hand-colorured etching and engraving, watermark 1815. Plate 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A Russian Cossack on horseback hodling a spear facing forward; a sword around his waist and a rifle pointing out fro his saddlebag. Three soldiers on horseback, to the left, charge towards other mounted troops to the right.
[Ref: 52340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Howev-a-r am I to get ov-a-r? Military Caricatures 6.
T.S. Seacombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 6 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. An extremely tall Infantry Officer looks down at a puddle through his monicle, contemplating how to cross it. A well dressed woman watches him from the background, smiling. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 6.
[Ref: 39063] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T.S. Seacombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 6 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. An extremely tall Infantry Officer looks down at a puddle through his monicle, contemplating how to cross it. A well dressed woman watches him from the background, smiling. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 6.
[Ref: 39063] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peacocking. Military Caricatures 5.
T.S. Seccombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 5 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. A Military Artillery Officer in full uniform, wearing a jacket, belt, a pouch around his shoulder, dress spurs and boots, a dress hat with chin scales and a peaked feather at the front, clutching his sword and hanky. A group of women in Ball gowns in watch the officer from behind. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 5.
[Ref: 39062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T.S. Seccombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 5 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. A Military Artillery Officer in full uniform, wearing a jacket, belt, a pouch around his shoulder, dress spurs and boots, a dress hat with chin scales and a peaked feather at the front, clutching his sword and hanky. A group of women in Ball gowns in watch the officer from behind. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 5.
[Ref: 39062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The festive Infantry Major. Military Caricatures 1.
T.S. Seccombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 1 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. A rotund Infantry Major smiles as he takes the floor to dance at a festive ball. Other well dressed figures are seen in the background. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 1.
[Ref: 39061] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
T.S. Seccombe Capt.n RA.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Very rare.
Plate 1 from 'Seccombe's Military Caricatures'. c.1875. A rotund Infantry Major smiles as he takes the floor to dance at a festive ball. Other well dressed figures are seen in the background. Major Thomas Strong Seccombe (1840 - 1913) became a member of the Ipswich Art Club in 1875, the same year that he was promoted Major.
Ogilby. 816: 1.
[Ref: 39061] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[I'm doing my best, Sir]](jpegs/43853.jpg)
[I'm doing my best, Sir] Je fais mon possible Mr.
G.f. de Goez inv et del R. Brichet. Sculp. 1784.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire, sous son Privilege et avec défense de n'en faire ni vendre de Copies.
Etching, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Staining to upper edge; tear on right. Rare.
Caricatured likeness of a soldier holding a rifle, with encampment behind where other soldiers can be seen punishing prisoners. From an unidentified series of prints by etcher Robert Brichet after German painter Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708 - 1774).
For another print from the same series see ref. 19615 & 43852.
[Ref: 43853] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
G.f. de Goez inv et del R. Brichet. Sculp. 1784.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire, sous son Privilege et avec défense de n'en faire ni vendre de Copies.
Etching, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Staining to upper edge; tear on right. Rare.
Caricatured likeness of a soldier holding a rifle, with encampment behind where other soldiers can be seen punishing prisoners. From an unidentified series of prints by etcher Robert Brichet after German painter Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708 - 1774).
For another print from the same series see ref. 19615 & 43852.
[Ref: 43853] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[What the devil are you doing?]](jpegs/43852.jpg)
[What the devil are you doing?] Que diable fais tu la?
G.f. de Goez inv et del R. Brichet. Sculp. 1784.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire, sous son Privilege et avec défense de n'en faire ni vendre de Copies.
Etching, rare, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate; very small hole in centre. Slight staining at top.
Full-length likeness of a soldier, with a town in background. From an unidentified series of prints by etcher Robert Brichet after German painter Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708 - 1774).
For another print from the same series see ref. 19615 & 43853.
[Ref: 43852] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
G.f. de Goez inv et del R. Brichet. Sculp. 1784.
Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Négoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire, sous son Privilege et avec défense de n'en faire ni vendre de Copies.
Etching, rare, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate; very small hole in centre. Slight staining at top.
Full-length likeness of a soldier, with a town in background. From an unidentified series of prints by etcher Robert Brichet after German painter Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708 - 1774).
For another print from the same series see ref. 19615 & 43853.
[Ref: 43852] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Le camarade met de l'eau dans son Vin?...
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs [Paris, n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 240mm. 12¼ x 9½".
Two uniformed French officers drinking wine at a table outside. Lithograph by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), printed by Villain from a series of humorous military subjects"Cahier de fantasies par Charlet".
[Ref: 22404] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs [Paris, n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 240mm. 12¼ x 9½".
Two uniformed French officers drinking wine at a table outside. Lithograph by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), printed by Villain from a series of humorous military subjects"Cahier de fantasies par Charlet".
[Ref: 22404] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Soldiers in the Field.]](jpegs/52221.jpg)
[Soldiers in the Field.]
D. Redman Lithog. W Heath 165 New Bond Street.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 400 x 292mm (15¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to the image with damage at the bottom.
A very scarce print of French infantry soldiers drinking in the foreground with a barrel of beer to the side; more soldiers relax to the left-hand middle-ground; an officer on horseback appears to the left middle-ground. In the background infantry troops march.
[Ref: 52221] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D. Redman Lithog. W Heath 165 New Bond Street.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 400 x 292mm (15¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to the image with damage at the bottom.
A very scarce print of French infantry soldiers drinking in the foreground with a barrel of beer to the side; more soldiers relax to the left-hand middle-ground; an officer on horseback appears to the left middle-ground. In the background infantry troops march.
[Ref: 52221] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington] Inspecting a Volunteer Corps, in Hyde Park.](jpegs/56048.jpg)
[Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington] Inspecting a Volunteer Corps, in Hyde Park.
Js Gillray, del & ft.
Pub.d Dec.r 4th 1803. by H. Humphrey 27-St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, edge worn; creased, a few stains.
General Charles Stanhope (1753-1829), 3rd Earl of Harrington, sits erect on horseback in profile to the left., his leg awkwardly thrust out. He wears a huge cocked hat, long and thick queue, and full-skirted coat.
BM: 10165
[Ref: 56048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Js Gillray, del & ft.
Pub.d Dec.r 4th 1803. by H. Humphrey 27-St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, edge worn; creased, a few stains.
General Charles Stanhope (1753-1829), 3rd Earl of Harrington, sits erect on horseback in profile to the left., his leg awkwardly thrust out. He wears a huge cocked hat, long and thick queue, and full-skirted coat.
BM: 10165
[Ref: 56048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Stanhope 4th Earl of Harrington & Maria Foote] The Little Jockey Coming In at the Winning Post!!!](jpegs/62528.jpg)
[Charles Stanhope 4th Earl of Harrington & Maria Foote] The Little Jockey Coming In at the Winning Post!!! Jacta est alea - She was a but a Foot yesterday but she is Higher now.
W.Heath.
[n.d., 1831.]
Etching. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Tear in bottom margin taped.
A satire of Regency buck Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), 4th Earl of Harrington, as a horse being ridden by Maria Foote towards a pillar with an earl's coronet. whom he married in 1831. He wears a peculiar hat known as a "Petersham" (he was Viscount Petersham before the death of his father and wasknown as 'Beau Petersham'). Actress Maria Foote (c.1797-1867) married the Earl in April 1831.
BM: 10165
[Ref: 62528] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.Heath.
[n.d., 1831.]
Etching. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Tear in bottom margin taped.
A satire of Regency buck Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), 4th Earl of Harrington, as a horse being ridden by Maria Foote towards a pillar with an earl's coronet. whom he married in 1831. He wears a peculiar hat known as a "Petersham" (he was Viscount Petersham before the death of his father and wasknown as 'Beau Petersham'). Actress Maria Foote (c.1797-1867) married the Earl in April 1831.
BM: 10165
[Ref: 62528] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tiens Ferme.
I.lith de Delpech.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 266 x 355mm. 10½ x 14".
Two soldiers, one holding on to the tail coat of the other, and the other grabbing hold of a pig's tail, trying to hold the pig still before it escapes the camp.
[Ref: 17315] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
I.lith de Delpech.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. 266 x 355mm. 10½ x 14".
Two soldiers, one holding on to the tail coat of the other, and the other grabbing hold of a pig's tail, trying to hold the pig still before it escapes the camp.
[Ref: 17315] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A Trifling Misunderstanding or a Military Tea Party. Effects of a Field Education.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), J. Whatman watermark 1828, with wide margins. Some paper toning.
When the hostess requested a captain's company for tea she did not expect him to bring the rank and file.
[Ref: 54316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.r. Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"), J. Whatman watermark 1828, with wide margins. Some paper toning.
When the hostess requested a captain's company for tea she did not expect him to bring the rank and file.
[Ref: 54316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene, after the Battle of Vittoria or,- More Trophies for White-Hall!!!
G. Cruikshank px.t.
Pub.d. July 10.th. 1819 by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Paper watermarked '1819'; Plate: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Staining.
Satire commenting on the Duke of Wellington's defeat of the French under Marshal Baptiste Jourdan at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813. This victory eventually led to victory in the Peninsular War. A Portugese officer hands Jorden's 'rollingpin' (Marshal's Baton) to a mounted Wellington.
BM Satire: 12071.
[Ref: 37454] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank px.t.
Pub.d. July 10.th. 1819 by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Paper watermarked '1819'; Plate: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Staining.
Satire commenting on the Duke of Wellington's defeat of the French under Marshal Baptiste Jourdan at the Battle of Vittoria in 1813. This victory eventually led to victory in the Peninsular War. A Portugese officer hands Jorden's 'rollingpin' (Marshal's Baton) to a mounted Wellington.
BM Satire: 12071.
[Ref: 37454] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene after the Battle of Vittoria or,- More trophies for White-Hall.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 10.th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Time stained. Tear in bottom that goes into the plate mark. Laid on card.
Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured. Wellington is pictured sitting on his white horse, looks down at three officers who heap the spoils of war at his feet. A soldier is drags a cannon downhill by a rope. Two asses are harnessed tandem to the gun-carriage with two Frenchmen astride them.
BM: 12071
[Ref: 55837] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 10.th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Time stained. Tear in bottom that goes into the plate mark. Laid on card.
Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured. Wellington is pictured sitting on his white horse, looks down at three officers who heap the spoils of war at his feet. A soldier is drags a cannon downhill by a rope. Two asses are harnessed tandem to the gun-carriage with two Frenchmen astride them.
BM: 12071
[Ref: 55837] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Battle of Vittoria.
G. Cruikshank fc.t.
Pu.d July 7th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822]. Trimmed into plate on three sides.
Wellington sits on his horse watching as his army charges the French, driving them off with bayonets. On the night Joseph Bonaparte flees on a galloping ass, his crown falling from his head. Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured, but many soldiers broke rank to loot the abandoned French wagons.
BM: 12068.
[Ref: 61869] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fc.t.
Pu.d July 7th 1813 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822]. Trimmed into plate on three sides.
Wellington sits on his horse watching as his army charges the French, driving them off with bayonets. On the night Joseph Bonaparte flees on a galloping ass, his crown falling from his head. Satire on the allied victory at the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) in which 151 cannon were captured, but many soldiers broke rank to loot the abandoned French wagons.
BM: 12068.
[Ref: 61869] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
The Grand Duke of Middleburg or the late Ld C-t-m & Commdore Cur-t's paying thier respects on thier return from the Glorious Expeditin.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Published [by J. Johnston No.101 Cheapside] Sepr 1809.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at top, creases.
Three men stand before an angry George III: Lord Chatham, holding a handkerchief to his eye, proffering his sword to the king; Sir William Curtis, dressed as a burlesqued sailor, holding a long ladle; and Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan. The king's accusations mirror public feeling: that they wasted the £8 million spent on the Walcheren Campaign by idling and feasting on turtle soup, Curtis having the contract to feed the expenditure.
BM Satires 11369.
[Ref: 58473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Published [by J. Johnston No.101 Cheapside] Sepr 1809.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at top, creases.
Three men stand before an angry George III: Lord Chatham, holding a handkerchief to his eye, proffering his sword to the king; Sir William Curtis, dressed as a burlesqued sailor, holding a long ladle; and Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan. The king's accusations mirror public feeling: that they wasted the £8 million spent on the Walcheren Campaign by idling and feasting on turtle soup, Curtis having the contract to feed the expenditure.
BM Satires 11369.
[Ref: 58473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cost of a Waterloo Medal.
[William Heath.]
[Pub Oct 1st 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole publisher of W.H.s Etchings.]
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 220 x 320mm (8¾ x 12½"). Trimmed around title, losing inscriptions, framed over image on three sides, unexamined out of frame.
A French and a British soldier sit at ale-house table. The Frenchman hold out his grand Legion of Honour medal for comparison to what he describes as the 'nasty Waterloo medal - shabby - cost your Nation only two francs'. The Englishman answers with a good-humoured smile, 'That's true - but it - cost yours - A Napoleon!!!'.
BM Satires: 15868, an earlier state with Napoleon spelt 'Napolean'.
[Ref: 61171] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
[Pub Oct 1st 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole publisher of W.H.s Etchings.]
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 220 x 320mm (8¾ x 12½"). Trimmed around title, losing inscriptions, framed over image on three sides, unexamined out of frame.
A French and a British soldier sit at ale-house table. The Frenchman hold out his grand Legion of Honour medal for comparison to what he describes as the 'nasty Waterloo medal - shabby - cost your Nation only two francs'. The Englishman answers with a good-humoured smile, 'That's true - but it - cost yours - A Napoleon!!!'.
BM Satires: 15868, an earlier state with Napoleon spelt 'Napolean'.
[Ref: 61171] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Prince William of Gloucester] Patern-Staff.](jpegs/43267.jpg)
[Prince William of Gloucester] Patern-Staff. Weymouth, 1797.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 9th 1797 by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street.
Etching. 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
A rear view of a small, thin officer, wearing a bicorn hat, face obscured, believed to be William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), Field Marshal. Gillray produced three satires relating to George III's summer holiday in Weymouth in 1797, when cavalry and infantry camps were erected nearby.
BM 9070.
[Ref: 43267] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 9th 1797 by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street.
Etching. 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
A rear view of a small, thin officer, wearing a bicorn hat, face obscured, believed to be William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), Field Marshal. Gillray produced three satires relating to George III's summer holiday in Weymouth in 1797, when cavalry and infantry camps were erected nearby.
BM 9070.
[Ref: 43267] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)