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![[Charles Stanhope] Jerry Sneak. I.O.D. Taking French Leave of the Revolutionary Society.](jpegs/59565.jpg)
[Charles Stanhope] Jerry Sneak. I.O.D. Taking French Leave of the Revolutionary Society. Political Portraiture No 5.
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by W. Locke Aug.t 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Very slight crease and staining on right.
Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), 3rd Earl Stanhope, caricatured as Jerry Sneak, a character in Foote's 'Mayor of Garret'. Stanhope resigned from the Revolution Society in 1790, but this alludes to his failure to attend a dinner at the Crown and Anchor on 14 July 1791. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch', from the 'Attic Miscellany'.
BM Satires 7895.
[Ref: 59565] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by W. Locke Aug.t 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Very slight crease and staining on right.
Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), 3rd Earl Stanhope, caricatured as Jerry Sneak, a character in Foote's 'Mayor of Garret'. Stanhope resigned from the Revolution Society in 1790, but this alludes to his failure to attend a dinner at the Crown and Anchor on 14 July 1791. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch', from the 'Attic Miscellany'.
BM Satires 7895.
[Ref: 59565] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Symptoms of Rearing.
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23.d Jan.y 1783.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 410mm (11 x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An elderly country parson fights to control a horse which rears almost vertically, clasping the animal round the neck. The parish clerk, with two large volumes under his arm, cowers to avoid the flying hooves.
BM Satires: 6340. See 28354 for a coloured version.
[Ref: 59625] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 23.d Jan.y 1783.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 410mm (11 x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate.
An elderly country parson fights to control a horse which rears almost vertically, clasping the animal round the neck. The parish clerk, with two large volumes under his arm, cowers to avoid the flying hooves.
BM Satires: 6340. See 28354 for a coloured version.
[Ref: 59625] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Horne Tooke] Protheus on Privileges. Vide pages 177, 178.](jpegs/59566.jpg)
[John Horne Tooke] Protheus on Privileges. Vide pages 177, 178. Attic Miscellany.
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & Co Feb.y 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Creasing, stain on left.
John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) trampling on the House of Commons mace, his left hand is thrust into his coat-pocket, in which is the Westminster Petition. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM Satires 7825.
[Ref: 59566] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & Co Feb.y 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Creasing, stain on left.
John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) trampling on the House of Commons mace, his left hand is thrust into his coat-pocket, in which is the Westminster Petition. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM Satires 7825.
[Ref: 59566] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Village Barber L.M. L'Inghilterra.
HW Bunbury delin: 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed close to platemark top and bottom, laid on album paper.
A caricature of a country barber-surgeon, depicting a bespectacled man holding a lancet, razor and a bowl for shaving or blood letting. Above is a shop sign of a wig. Behind are the village stocks. According to Wellcome 'L.M.' is an abbreviation for 'Licentiate in medicine', a qualification to practise medicine or surgery, bestowed by a bishop or archbishop.
BM Satire 4757. Wellcome 29464i.
[Ref: 59576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HW Bunbury delin: 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 1772 by J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed close to platemark top and bottom, laid on album paper.
A caricature of a country barber-surgeon, depicting a bespectacled man holding a lancet, razor and a bowl for shaving or blood letting. Above is a shop sign of a wig. Behind are the village stocks. According to Wellcome 'L.M.' is an abbreviation for 'Licentiate in medicine', a qualification to practise medicine or surgery, bestowed by a bishop or archbishop.
BM Satire 4757. Wellcome 29464i.
[Ref: 59576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vot are you Staring At? Spooney_is there any thing perticler about a Coachman. Sketches of Character No.1.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub. The largest assortment of Satirical Print of any House in London.
Etching with fine hand colour. 375 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, small tear on right taped, stains at top.
A large, bow-legged coachman holding a tankard of beer addresses the viewer.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 59481] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.r.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub. The largest assortment of Satirical Print of any House in London.
Etching with fine hand colour. 375 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, small tear on right taped, stains at top.
A large, bow-legged coachman holding a tankard of beer addresses the viewer.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 59481] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[William IV as Duke of Clarence] Another Mistake!!! Poor Billy. That some little cherub that sits aloft, will look out a good birth for poor Bill.](jpegs/59489.jpg)
[William IV as Duke of Clarence] Another Mistake!!! Poor Billy. That some little cherub that sits aloft, will look out a good birth for poor Bill.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, a.k.a. William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub the largest collection in London [n.d., c.1828].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear in title taped, small spot on printed border.
A satirical portrait of the Duke of Clarence (1765-1837) shown as a sailor trudging along with his belongings in a nap sack, moaning about sailing with a 'land lubber'. In 1828 the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, requested William's resignation as Lord High Admiral for sailing a squadron away for ten days without telling anyone where they were going.
BM Satire 15547.
[Ref: 59489] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, a.k.a. William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other Caricatures are daily Pub the largest collection in London [n.d., c.1828].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear in title taped, small spot on printed border.
A satirical portrait of the Duke of Clarence (1765-1837) shown as a sailor trudging along with his belongings in a nap sack, moaning about sailing with a 'land lubber'. In 1828 the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, requested William's resignation as Lord High Admiral for sailing a squadron away for ten days without telling anyone where they were going.
BM Satire 15547.
[Ref: 59489] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
I'd Be a Butterfly. The Wish Granted.
[by William Heath.]
Published by Tho.s McLean 26. Haymarket [n.d., c.1929].
Very fine etching with hand colour. Sheet: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½''). Trimmed into plate at sides, losing printed border on right.
A large woman seated at a piano sings 'I'd be a Butterfly' by Thomas Haynes Bayly. As she sings the words 'I'd have a pair of those beautiful wings', a cloven-hooved, dark-skinned, impish figure waves a wand and large butterfly wings sprout from her back, much to her surprise.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 59476] £380.00
[by William Heath.]
Published by Tho.s McLean 26. Haymarket [n.d., c.1929].
Very fine etching with hand colour. Sheet: 365 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½''). Trimmed into plate at sides, losing printed border on right.
A large woman seated at a piano sings 'I'd be a Butterfly' by Thomas Haynes Bayly. As she sings the words 'I'd have a pair of those beautiful wings', a cloven-hooved, dark-skinned, impish figure waves a wand and large butterfly wings sprout from her back, much to her surprise.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 59476] £380.00