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![[John Bull's Progress] John Bull Going to War.](jpegs/56039.jpg)
[John Bull's Progress] John Bull Going to War.
[by John Gillray.]
[Pub.d June 3.d 1793. by H. Humphrey N 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ z 7½"). Trimmed from a four-panel satire.
One panel of a four panel anti-war satire, showing John Bull proudly signing up as an infantryman, but his family in tears. The sequence of the four scenes is: a stout John Bull lazing by his hearth; Bull marching away; Bull's family approach the stone gateway of the Treasury, the three balls of a pawnbroker above it and the inscription 'Money Lent by Authority', carrying their possessions; and Bull's return, one-eyed and one-legged, to his emaciated family in a bare hovel.
BM Satires 8328.
[Ref: 56039] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Gillray.]
[Pub.d June 3.d 1793. by H. Humphrey N 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ z 7½"). Trimmed from a four-panel satire.
One panel of a four panel anti-war satire, showing John Bull proudly signing up as an infantryman, but his family in tears. The sequence of the four scenes is: a stout John Bull lazing by his hearth; Bull marching away; Bull's family approach the stone gateway of the Treasury, the three balls of a pawnbroker above it and the inscription 'Money Lent by Authority', carrying their possessions; and Bull's return, one-eyed and one-legged, to his emaciated family in a bare hovel.
BM Satires 8328.
[Ref: 56039] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Kettle hooting the Porridge-Pot.
[J. Gillray.]
Pubd. July 23d 1782 by P. J. Leatherhead.
Etching with colour, added by hand, but later, Sheet 240 x 330mm, 9½ x 13". Trimmed.
Political satire: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737 - 1805) (left), as the proverbial kettle, looks at Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) (right), the (porridge) pot, who is running away down a road in a landscape. Shelburne has a complacent smile and holds out his hands, pointing towards Fox; his left foot is on the neck of a goose, which lies on its back on the ground. He is saying, 'Oh do but look how black his Arse is!' Fox (right) with the head of a fox, his body a large circular pot, blackened underneath, is running away with an alarmed expression, his hands held up, his tongue hanging out. In the centre of the design, between the two figures is a signpost, its arm, pointing to the right, forms into a human hand holding a die in its fingers, pointing in the direction in which Fox is running. The arm of the post is inscribed 'TO BROOKS'S'; from it hangs a rope with a noose at the end of it. On the post hangs a sign inscribed 'To be Lett- either as a Gibbet or Direction Post'. Fox, destitute on leaving office, is running off to his gambling associates at Brooks's club in St. James's Street for his support, while, politically speaking, Shelburne is depicted as equally black. Fox's geese, in caricature, usually represents the electors of Westminster. By James Gillray (1756 - 1815). George suggests that the publisher 'Leatherhead' is fictitious. This is the only satire in the BM catalogue on which that name appears.
BM Satires 6013.
[Ref: 22467] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Gillray.]
Pubd. July 23d 1782 by P. J. Leatherhead.
Etching with colour, added by hand, but later, Sheet 240 x 330mm, 9½ x 13". Trimmed.
Political satire: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737 - 1805) (left), as the proverbial kettle, looks at Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806) (right), the (porridge) pot, who is running away down a road in a landscape. Shelburne has a complacent smile and holds out his hands, pointing towards Fox; his left foot is on the neck of a goose, which lies on its back on the ground. He is saying, 'Oh do but look how black his Arse is!' Fox (right) with the head of a fox, his body a large circular pot, blackened underneath, is running away with an alarmed expression, his hands held up, his tongue hanging out. In the centre of the design, between the two figures is a signpost, its arm, pointing to the right, forms into a human hand holding a die in its fingers, pointing in the direction in which Fox is running. The arm of the post is inscribed 'TO BROOKS'S'; from it hangs a rope with a noose at the end of it. On the post hangs a sign inscribed 'To be Lett- either as a Gibbet or Direction Post'. Fox, destitute on leaving office, is running off to his gambling associates at Brooks's club in St. James's Street for his support, while, politically speaking, Shelburne is depicted as equally black. Fox's geese, in caricature, usually represents the electors of Westminster. By James Gillray (1756 - 1815). George suggests that the publisher 'Leatherhead' is fictitious. This is the only satire in the BM catalogue on which that name appears.
BM Satires 6013.
[Ref: 22467] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland] Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts; _ Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning.](jpegs/61775.jpg)
[George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland] Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts; _ Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning.
J.s Gillray ad vivam fec.t.
Publish'd May 9th 1808 by H. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street.
Coloured etching. J. Whatman 1811 watermark. Sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the Marquis of Stafford, shown walking along with his shoulders pushed forward. On a pillar is a Christie's picture sale catalogue at the entrance to Christie's. Leveson-Gower was the wealthiest man in Britain and spent hugely on his art collection and was one of the first collectors in London to open his collection to the public. He married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, in 1785, and the pair became infamous for the Highland Clearances of the early 19th century. He become Duke of Sutherland five months before his death.
BM Satires 11076.
[Ref: 61775] £650.00
J.s Gillray ad vivam fec.t.
Publish'd May 9th 1808 by H. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street.
Coloured etching. J. Whatman 1811 watermark. Sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the Marquis of Stafford, shown walking along with his shoulders pushed forward. On a pillar is a Christie's picture sale catalogue at the entrance to Christie's. Leveson-Gower was the wealthiest man in Britain and spent hugely on his art collection and was one of the first collectors in London to open his collection to the public. He married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, in 1785, and the pair became infamous for the Highland Clearances of the early 19th century. He become Duke of Sutherland five months before his death.
BM Satires 11076.
[Ref: 61775] £650.00
![[General Robert Manners.]](jpegs/43268.jpg)
[General Robert Manners.] '' - Gentle manners, with affections mild, in wit a man, simplicity a child''.
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 4th 1798. by H Humphrey. St James's Street.
Etching. 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7") very large margins.
Probably Robert Manners (1758-1832), grandson of the 2nd Duke of Rutland, MP for Cambridge 1791, gazetted Major-General 3 May 1796, full general in 1813.
BM 9288; the original water-colour, by an amateur (closely followed by Gillray), is in the Print Room.
[Ref: 43268] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 4th 1798. by H Humphrey. St James's Street.
Etching. 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7") very large margins.
Probably Robert Manners (1758-1832), grandson of the 2nd Duke of Rutland, MP for Cambridge 1791, gazetted Major-General 3 May 1796, full general in 1813.
BM 9288; the original water-colour, by an amateur (closely followed by Gillray), is in the Print Room.
[Ref: 43268] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.
[James Gillray.]
Pubd June 11th 1800. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design.
BM Satires 9564.
[Ref: 35184] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
Pubd June 11th 1800. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design.
BM Satires 9564.
[Ref: 35184] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of Importance. 99. "Nee' may his Whiskers loose their hue, "Chang'd (like Moll Coggin's tail) to blue! "But still......."new Grace adorn his figure; "More stiff his boots more black his stock, "His hat assume a prouder cock, "Like Pistol's (would 'twere bigger!) vide Anti Jacobin.
[After James Gillray by Williams.]
[Published by Tegg. n.d. c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½". Trimmed to plate along left-hand edge.
Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Francis Rawson Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (1754-1826) was a British politician and army officer.
BM Satires: [copy of] 9386.
[Ref: 24168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After James Gillray by Williams.]
[Published by Tegg. n.d. c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½". Trimmed to plate along left-hand edge.
Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Francis Rawson Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (1754-1826) was a British politician and army officer.
BM Satires: [copy of] 9386.
[Ref: 24168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Nicholls] French Habits No. 10.](jpegs/59153.jpg)
[John Nicholls] French Habits No. 10. Juge de Paix.
J.s. G.y [James Gillray.] d. & f.t.
Pub.d May 15st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
John Nicholls (c.1745-1832), MP for Tregony, in the dress of the French Republican Juge de Paix., as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). Notoriously ugly, Nicholls is shown with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw and his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9211.
[Ref: 59153] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.s. G.y [James Gillray.] d. & f.t.
Pub.d May 15st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
John Nicholls (c.1745-1832), MP for Tregony, in the dress of the French Republican Juge de Paix., as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). Notoriously ugly, Nicholls is shown with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw and his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9211.
[Ref: 59153] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Natural Crop; - alias - A Norfolk dumpling.
Pubd. Sepr. 21st. 1791. by H. Humphrey N.18 Old Bond Street.
Etching in sepia, 185 x 145mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Uncut sheet.
A satirical portrait of the Bernard Edward Howard, twelfth Duke of Norfolk (1765 - 1842), by James Gillray (1756 - 1815). In his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, and his hair is closely cropped. The fashion for cropped hair began in 1791. Earlier caricatures show the Duke wearing his own hair without powder, hanging on his neck.
BM Satires: 8000.
[Ref: 8920] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. Sepr. 21st. 1791. by H. Humphrey N.18 Old Bond Street.
Etching in sepia, 185 x 145mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Uncut sheet.
A satirical portrait of the Bernard Edward Howard, twelfth Duke of Norfolk (1765 - 1842), by James Gillray (1756 - 1815). In his left hand is the baton of Earl Marshal. He wears top-boots, a slouched hat, and his hair is closely cropped. The fashion for cropped hair began in 1791. Earlier caricatures show the Duke wearing his own hair without powder, hanging on his neck.
BM Satires: 8000.
[Ref: 8920] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Palemon and Lavinia. ''He saw her charming; - but he saw not half / The Charms her downcast Modesty conceal'd.''
J. C. Esq.r del.t.
London Publishd Jan.y 23d 1805-by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour faded.
A yokel, holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile. The verse is Thomson's 'Seasons, Autumn'.
BM Satires 10480.
[Ref: 56157] £380.00
J. C. Esq.r del.t.
London Publishd Jan.y 23d 1805-by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour faded.
A yokel, holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile. The verse is Thomson's 'Seasons, Autumn'.
BM Satires 10480.
[Ref: 56157] £380.00
![[Paul I of Russia] The Magnanimous Ally. Painted at St Petersburg 1799.](jpegs/39009.jpg)
[Paul I of Russia] The Magnanimous Ally. Painted at St Petersburg 1799.
[by James Gillray.]
Published September 17th 1799 by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street London.
Etching. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed border, creased.
A caricature portrait of Tsar Paul I (1754-1801), shown in full ceremonial uniform including two Crosses of the Order of the Knights of St John, standing on a French revolutionary standard. Although the Russians joined with the British to invade the Batavian Republic in August 1799 to neutralise its navy, there was a general dislike of both Paul and the coalition.
BM: 9415.
[Ref: 39009] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by James Gillray.]
Published September 17th 1799 by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street London.
Etching. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed border, creased.
A caricature portrait of Tsar Paul I (1754-1801), shown in full ceremonial uniform including two Crosses of the Order of the Knights of St John, standing on a French revolutionary standard. Although the Russians joined with the British to invade the Batavian Republic in August 1799 to neutralise its navy, there was a general dislike of both Paul and the coalition.
BM: 9415.
[Ref: 39009] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
My Poll & My Partner Joe.
J.s G.y [James Gillray] del.t. T. Adams Sc.
Pub.d April 18th 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Fine coloured etching. 285 x 355mm (11¼ x 14").
A sailor and a grotesque woman dance with abandon. A burlesque of Dibden's popular song, 'The Waterman', in which the hero is taken by a press-gang and returns to find his wife in Joe's arms.
BM Satires 8907.
[Ref: 58238] £480.00
J.s G.y [James Gillray] del.t. T. Adams Sc.
Pub.d April 18th 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Fine coloured etching. 285 x 355mm (11¼ x 14").
A sailor and a grotesque woman dance with abandon. A burlesque of Dibden's popular song, 'The Waterman', in which the hero is taken by a press-gang and returns to find his wife in Joe's arms.
BM Satires 8907.
[Ref: 58238] £480.00
Posting in Ireland, - 'Forward immediately your honour: But sure a'nt I waiting for the I waiting for the Girl with the Poker just to give this Mare a burn your honour ' tis just to make her start your honour!
C. Loraine Smith Esqr. _ pinxt. [but James Gillray.]
Publish'd April 8th 1805. by H. Humphrey St. James's Street.
Coloured aquatint. 305 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"). Three small marginal tears. One effecting wash border and title lower right, another effecting upper wash border.
A scene by James Gillray satirising a Charles Loraine Smith coaching scene.
BM: 10478.
[Ref: 50339] £680.00
C. Loraine Smith Esqr. _ pinxt. [but James Gillray.]
Publish'd April 8th 1805. by H. Humphrey St. James's Street.
Coloured aquatint. 305 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"). Three small marginal tears. One effecting wash border and title lower right, another effecting upper wash border.
A scene by James Gillray satirising a Charles Loraine Smith coaching scene.
BM: 10478.
[Ref: 50339] £680.00
Hanging. Drowning. Fatal Effects of the French Defeat.
[By James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 9th 1795. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at top, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight foxing at corners.
Two scenes about the news that the French army on the Rhine had been defeated by the Austrians: on the left the pro-revolution Charles James Fox tries to hang himself; on the right William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas celebrate, sloshing wine everywhere. Behind Fox is a portrait of General Jean-Charles Pichegru who, it later transpired, was a secret royalist and had caused the French defeat by betraying the French strategy. In 1803 he plotted a coup against Napoleon, was discovered and was found strangled in his prison cell.
BM Satire 8683.
[Ref: 52916] £950.00
[By James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 9th 1795. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at top, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight foxing at corners.
Two scenes about the news that the French army on the Rhine had been defeated by the Austrians: on the left the pro-revolution Charles James Fox tries to hang himself; on the right William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas celebrate, sloshing wine everywhere. Behind Fox is a portrait of General Jean-Charles Pichegru who, it later transpired, was a secret royalist and had caused the French defeat by betraying the French strategy. In 1803 he plotted a coup against Napoleon, was discovered and was found strangled in his prison cell.
BM Satire 8683.
[Ref: 52916] £950.00
![[Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford] French Habits. No 4.](jpegs/59144.jpg)
[Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford] French Habits. No 4. Membre du Directoire Exécutif.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins.
Francis Russell wearing the uniform of a Director, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). His head has ostrich feathers and he wears a cloak over a tunic, with a sabre. Behind a curtain marked 'Egalite' half-covers the Bedfors arms and motto of 'Che sara sara'. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9199.
[Ref: 59144] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins.
Francis Russell wearing the uniform of a Director, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). His head has ostrich feathers and he wears a cloak over a tunic, with a sabre. Behind a curtain marked 'Egalite' half-covers the Bedfors arms and motto of 'Che sara sara'. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9199.
[Ref: 59144] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Generae of Patriotism, _ or _ The Bloomsbury Farmer, planting Bedfordshire Wheat.
J.s G.y des et fec.r.
Pub.d Feb.y 3.d 1796 by H Humphrey New Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") Trimmed within plate/to plate on three sides.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765 – 1802), as a farmer, scatters guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder. As he sows the tips of bonnets-rouges and spikes sprout up; behind him they progressively emerge more completely, and appear as little Jacobins, a raised dagger in each hand, crowding in close ranks towards the horizon, where they hail (or are smitten by) thunderbolts which dart from clouds in the upper left corner of the design and explode on reaching the ground. The soil is prepared by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839): a bull (John Bull) is harnessed to a plough which is guided by Sheridan wearing a bonnet-rouge and Lauderdale raises a whip to flog the weary bull.. Fox's smiling face is the centre of a sun which issues from clouds and shines on Bedford. Bedford was an ardent supporter of Fox and a friend of Lauderdale; for his lavish expenditure for party purposes. Bedford was a great agriculturist and an original member of the Board of Agriculture
BM Satires 8783.
[Ref: 58780] £650.00
J.s G.y des et fec.r.
Pub.d Feb.y 3.d 1796 by H Humphrey New Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") Trimmed within plate/to plate on three sides.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765 – 1802), as a farmer, scatters guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder. As he sows the tips of bonnets-rouges and spikes sprout up; behind him they progressively emerge more completely, and appear as little Jacobins, a raised dagger in each hand, crowding in close ranks towards the horizon, where they hail (or are smitten by) thunderbolts which dart from clouds in the upper left corner of the design and explode on reaching the ground. The soil is prepared by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839): a bull (John Bull) is harnessed to a plough which is guided by Sheridan wearing a bonnet-rouge and Lauderdale raises a whip to flog the weary bull.. Fox's smiling face is the centre of a sun which issues from clouds and shines on Bedford. Bedford was an ardent supporter of Fox and a friend of Lauderdale; for his lavish expenditure for party purposes. Bedford was a great agriculturist and an original member of the Board of Agriculture
BM Satires 8783.
[Ref: 58780] £650.00
Sampson Overcome by a Philistian. "If e'er we want a very valiant Knight, / "Have we not Sampson_ bold Sir Compton Wright!...
Invented by a Thief! Engraved by a Pickpocket! [James Gillray.]
Published by Bonde at the Thieftakers office Bow Street.
Coloured engraving. 345 x 235mm. Trimmed within plate, some of the inscription print weak.
A satire on the Bow Street Runners, under the direction of Sir Sampson Wright (knighted September 1782). A frequent accusation was the use of entrapment to earn rewards. On the left is the clerk Bond (Bonde).
BM: 6121.
[Ref: 6792] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Invented by a Thief! Engraved by a Pickpocket! [James Gillray.]
Published by Bonde at the Thieftakers office Bow Street.
Coloured engraving. 345 x 235mm. Trimmed within plate, some of the inscription print weak.
A satire on the Bow Street Runners, under the direction of Sir Sampson Wright (knighted September 1782). A frequent accusation was the use of entrapment to earn rewards. On the left is the clerk Bond (Bonde).
BM: 6121.
[Ref: 6792] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sawney in the Bog-House. 'Tis a bra' bonny seat, o' my saul, Sawney cries, / I never beheld sic before with me Eyes, Such a place in aw' Scotland I never could meet, For the High and the Low ease themselves in the Street.
[James Gillray.]
Published 4th June 1779, by M.rs Holt, No 111. Oxford Street London [but H.G. Bohn, 1851].
Coloured etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") very large margins.
A caricature of a Scot misunderstanding the use of a privy, with his kilt around his waist and his legs down different holes. The thistle and the crown suggests that he is a Jacobite. This example comes from Henry George Bohn's collected edition of Gillray's satires. This is one of the 'Suppressed Plates', which are particularly hard to find in their original printings.
See BM Satires 5539.
[Ref: 58366] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
Published 4th June 1779, by M.rs Holt, No 111. Oxford Street London [but H.G. Bohn, 1851].
Coloured etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") very large margins.
A caricature of a Scot misunderstanding the use of a privy, with his kilt around his waist and his legs down different holes. The thistle and the crown suggests that he is a Jacobite. This example comes from Henry George Bohn's collected edition of Gillray's satires. This is one of the 'Suppressed Plates', which are particularly hard to find in their original printings.
See BM Satires 5539.
[Ref: 58366] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satire on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.] ''Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt''.](jpegs/61783.jpg)
[Satire on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.] ''Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt''. Designed for the Shakespeare Gallery.
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d March 20th 1791 by H. Humphrey No 18. Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 195mm (7¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to printed border at sides. Bit messy.
A corpulent man kneels before an equally fat woman, paying court. A parody of Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1 (''too too sullied flesh''), which Gillray is suggesting that he is submitting to John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. The print appears in Humphrey's shop-window in Gillray's 'Very Slippery Weather' Publisher John Boydell commissioned paintings based on Shakespeare from prominent artists, which he intended to for an illustrated edition of the plays. The huge cost of the series contributed to the collapse of his business.
BM Satires 8013.
[Ref: 61783] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d March 20th 1791 by H. Humphrey No 18. Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 195mm (7¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to printed border at sides. Bit messy.
A corpulent man kneels before an equally fat woman, paying court. A parody of Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1 (''too too sullied flesh''), which Gillray is suggesting that he is submitting to John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. The print appears in Humphrey's shop-window in Gillray's 'Very Slippery Weather' Publisher John Boydell commissioned paintings based on Shakespeare from prominent artists, which he intended to for an illustrated edition of the plays. The huge cost of the series contributed to the collapse of his business.
BM Satires 8013.
[Ref: 61783] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Ann Sheridan] S.t Cecilia.](jpegs/7189.jpg)
[Elizabeth Ann Sheridan] S.t Cecilia.
[By James Gillray.]
Pub.d April 24th 1782, by H.Humphrey, New Bond Street.
Etching on Whatman paper watermarked 1813. 225 x 165mm.
A burlesque of Reynolds's painting of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'. She sits at the organ in profile to the right, on a low stool, her face ht by rays which descend through clouds. The place of the two angels in Reynolds's picture is taken by two squalling cats, who sit on the player's left, a book of music propped up in front of them.
[Ref: 7189] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[By James Gillray.]
Pub.d April 24th 1782, by H.Humphrey, New Bond Street.
Etching on Whatman paper watermarked 1813. 225 x 165mm.
A burlesque of Reynolds's painting of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'. She sits at the organ in profile to the right, on a low stool, her face ht by rays which descend through clouds. The place of the two angels in Reynolds's picture is taken by two squalling cats, who sit on the player's left, a book of music propped up in front of them.
[Ref: 7189] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Shuckburgh-Evelyn] French Habits No. 8.](jpegs/59149.jpg)
[George Shuckburgh-Evelyn] French Habits No. 8. Membre de la Haute Cour de Justice.
J.s. G.y [James Gillray.] d. & f.
Pub.d May 15th 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751-1804), M.P. for Warwickshire, in the white cap and robe with tricolour border (not obvious in this uncoloured impression) of a Judge of the High Court. The cushioned bench behind indicates the setting as the House of Commons. He never took part in debates, but by voting in the minority against the 'Assessed Taxes Bill' of 1798 (introduced by Pitt to pay for the Napoleonic War) earned this caricature: he is shown in the costume of a High Court judge, for which he obviously does not have the stature.
BM Satires 9209.
[Ref: 59149] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.s. G.y [James Gillray.] d. & f.
Pub.d May 15th 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751-1804), M.P. for Warwickshire, in the white cap and robe with tricolour border (not obvious in this uncoloured impression) of a Judge of the High Court. The cushioned bench behind indicates the setting as the House of Commons. He never took part in debates, but by voting in the minority against the 'Assessed Taxes Bill' of 1798 (introduced by Pitt to pay for the Napoleonic War) earned this caricature: he is shown in the costume of a High Court judge, for which he obviously does not have the stature.
BM Satires 9209.
[Ref: 59149] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Elements of Skating. The Consequence of going before the Wind. [&] Attitude! _ttitude is every thing. [&] Making the Most of a Passing Friend in a case of Emergency. [&] A Fundamental Error in the Art of Skaiting.
[after James Gillray?]
[c.1809.]
Set of four etchings with fine colour. 274 x 406mm (10¾ x 16"), paper watermarked 1809.
An elderly man, holding his umbrella in front of him to form a sail, cannonades into another skater, who falls, the apex of the umbrella entering his mouth, while his foot strikes the stomach of the aggressor. The ice cracks beneath them. The latter wears wrinkled ankle-boots. In the background, a man falls forward, his umbrella and hat torn from him by a gust, whose strength is indicated by a wind-swept. [&] Two skaters strike attitudes in the foreground. One, with hands on hips, describes a curve with one foot, the other foot being held out stiffly. He looks aggressively towards the other, a younger man who bends his knees, arms extended, and grins at his rival. The former wears a spencer over a short coat, the latter a tail coat; both wear Hessian boots, but those of the latter, who is more fashionably dressed, reach to the knee and are tasselled. Both hold sticks. In the background, a pair of men with folded arms skate back to back in doing a figure of eight; a third skates forward fast with hands on hips. The scene is a lake in a snow-covered landscape. [&] A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. [&] One man falls violently, arms and legs in the air; he brings the ferrule of his stick heavily down on the eye of a neighbour who has just landed on his posterior, his legs and arms extended. In the background three other skaters have fallen, and lie or sit, legs in the air.
BM Satires 10475A; 10474A; 10477A; 10476A.
[Ref: 52335] £690.00 view all images for this item
[after James Gillray?]
[c.1809.]
Set of four etchings with fine colour. 274 x 406mm (10¾ x 16"), paper watermarked 1809.
An elderly man, holding his umbrella in front of him to form a sail, cannonades into another skater, who falls, the apex of the umbrella entering his mouth, while his foot strikes the stomach of the aggressor. The ice cracks beneath them. The latter wears wrinkled ankle-boots. In the background, a man falls forward, his umbrella and hat torn from him by a gust, whose strength is indicated by a wind-swept. [&] Two skaters strike attitudes in the foreground. One, with hands on hips, describes a curve with one foot, the other foot being held out stiffly. He looks aggressively towards the other, a younger man who bends his knees, arms extended, and grins at his rival. The former wears a spencer over a short coat, the latter a tail coat; both wear Hessian boots, but those of the latter, who is more fashionably dressed, reach to the knee and are tasselled. Both hold sticks. In the background, a pair of men with folded arms skate back to back in doing a figure of eight; a third skates forward fast with hands on hips. The scene is a lake in a snow-covered landscape. [&] A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. [&] One man falls violently, arms and legs in the air; he brings the ferrule of his stick heavily down on the eye of a neighbour who has just landed on his posterior, his legs and arms extended. In the background three other skaters have fallen, and lie or sit, legs in the air.
BM Satires 10475A; 10474A; 10477A; 10476A.
[Ref: 52335] £690.00 view all images for this item
Elements of Skateing. Attitude! _Attitude is every thing. [&] The Consequence of going before the Wind. [&] Making the Most of a Passing Friend in a case of Emergency. [&] A Fundamental Error in the Art of Skaiting.
[by James Gillray]
London Publishd. November 24th. 1805. by H. Humphrey 27. St. James's Street.
Set of four etchings with some aquatint, with very fine hand colour. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), two watermarked 'J Whatman'. Thread margins.
Four caricatures of skaters: the first shows two posing successfully but the other three show disasters.
BM Satires 10474-10477.
[Ref: 61801] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
[by James Gillray]
London Publishd. November 24th. 1805. by H. Humphrey 27. St. James's Street.
Set of four etchings with some aquatint, with very fine hand colour. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), two watermarked 'J Whatman'. Thread margins.
Four caricatures of skaters: the first shows two posing successfully but the other three show disasters.
BM Satires 10474-10477.
[Ref: 61801] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
![[Lumley Skeffinton] Half Natural.](jpegs/58321.jpg)
[Lumley Skeffinton] Half Natural.
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d August 1st 1799. by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street.
Etching. Sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of Sir Lumley St George Skeffington (1771-1850), 2nd Baronet, shown from behind, with exaggerated shoulders, looking towards a gibbet, smiling. A fop and playwright whose 'The Sleeping Beauty' was presented at Drury Lane in May 1805, he was consulted on dress and style by the Prince Regent. He invented the colour Skeffington brown.
BM Satire 9440.
[Ref: 58321] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
Pub.d August 1st 1799. by H. Humphrey No 27 St James's Street.
Etching. Sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of Sir Lumley St George Skeffington (1771-1850), 2nd Baronet, shown from behind, with exaggerated shoulders, looking towards a gibbet, smiling. A fop and playwright whose 'The Sleeping Beauty' was presented at Drury Lane in May 1805, he was consulted on dress and style by the Prince Regent. He invented the colour Skeffington brown.
BM Satire 9440.
[Ref: 58321] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Smoking Club.
Ja.s Gillray del.t 1793.
[George Humphrey, c.1822.]
Coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman 1822. Sheet 200 x 225mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The Speaker Henry Addington sits above Pitt, Fox, Dundas and Sheridan, sitting at a table with tankard and punch bowl, all smoking long pipes. A burlesque of the House of Commons as a smoking-club, a plebeian gathering of quarrelsome members puffing smoke at each other.
BM Satires 8303.
[Ref: 54574] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Gillray del.t 1793.
[George Humphrey, c.1822.]
Coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman 1822. Sheet 200 x 225mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The Speaker Henry Addington sits above Pitt, Fox, Dundas and Sheridan, sitting at a table with tankard and punch bowl, all smoking long pipes. A burlesque of the House of Commons as a smoking-club, a plebeian gathering of quarrelsome members puffing smoke at each other.
BM Satires 8303.
[Ref: 54574] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Smyth] A Petty-Professor of Modern-History, brought to the light.](jpegs/59375.jpg)
[William Smyth] A Petty-Professor of Modern-History, brought to the light.
Cambridge del.t. London Sculp.t [James Gillray].
Publishd March 20th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of William Smyth (1765-1849), a poet and historian who became Regius Professor at Cambridge in 1807. He is shown lecturing to sleeping or yawning students.
BM Satires 11590.
[Ref: 59375] £750.00
Cambridge del.t. London Sculp.t [James Gillray].
Publishd March 20th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A caricature of William Smyth (1765-1849), a poet and historian who became Regius Professor at Cambridge in 1807. He is shown lecturing to sleeping or yawning students.
BM Satires 11590.
[Ref: 59375] £750.00
![[Charles Stanhope; Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby; James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale; Michael Angelo Taylor; and Charles Grey] French Habits. No 3.](jpegs/59143.jpg)
[Charles Stanhope; Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby; James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale; Michael Angelo Taylor; and Charles Grey] French Habits. No 3. Les Membres du Conseil des des Cinq Cents.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Small margins, stain in background on right.
Stanhope, Derby, Lauderdale, Taylor and Grey wearing the dress of the Council of Five Hundred, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9198.
[Ref: 59143] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Small margins, stain in background on right.
Stanhope, Derby, Lauderdale, Taylor and Grey wearing the dress of the Council of Five Hundred, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9198.
[Ref: 59143] £220.00 (£264.00 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)
![[John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway] An Old Encore, at the Opera.](jpegs/61794.jpg)
[John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway] An Old Encore, at the Opera.
I.L.R. pinx [James Gillray].
Pub.d April 1st 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27, St. James's Street.
Scarce coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into printed border.
Galloway (1736-1806) 'was long remarkable for his attendance at the Opera, where he was generally to be found... in the pit, close to the orchestra, loud in applause of any favourite performer' (Gentleman's Magazine, 1806 p.1086). Robert Burns attacked Galloway, a Tory peer, in his poem 'On the Earl of Galloway'; James Boswell wrote that he had "a petulant forwardness that cannot fail to disgust people of sense and delicacy".
BM Satires 10159. Grego p.307.
[Ref: 61794] £450.00
I.L.R. pinx [James Gillray].
Pub.d April 1st 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27, St. James's Street.
Scarce coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into printed border.
Galloway (1736-1806) 'was long remarkable for his attendance at the Opera, where he was generally to be found... in the pit, close to the orchestra, loud in applause of any favourite performer' (Gentleman's Magazine, 1806 p.1086). Robert Burns attacked Galloway, a Tory peer, in his poem 'On the Earl of Galloway'; James Boswell wrote that he had "a petulant forwardness that cannot fail to disgust people of sense and delicacy".
BM Satires 10159. Grego p.307.
[Ref: 61794] £450.00
The Storm Rising; _ or _ the Republican Flotilla in danger.
J.s. G.y inv. & f.
Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1798, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Scarce coloured etching. 265 x 680mm (10½ x 27"). Repaired tear, laid on archival paper.
A scene on the English Channel, with a windlass being turned by Charles James Fox, Francis Russell, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Tierney, all Whig politicians who initially supported the French Revolution. They are winching towards England a raft with a tricolour flag inscribed 'Liberty', laden with an invasion force. Above, in the clouds, is a wind head of William Pitt the Younger, blowing huge waves to swamp the raft before it can reach shore.
BM 9167.
[Ref: 62226] £1,800.00
J.s. G.y inv. & f.
Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1798, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Scarce coloured etching. 265 x 680mm (10½ x 27"). Repaired tear, laid on archival paper.
A scene on the English Channel, with a windlass being turned by Charles James Fox, Francis Russell, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Tierney, all Whig politicians who initially supported the French Revolution. They are winching towards England a raft with a tricolour flag inscribed 'Liberty', laden with an invasion force. Above, in the clouds, is a wind head of William Pitt the Younger, blowing huge waves to swamp the raft before it can reach shore.
BM 9167.
[Ref: 62226] £1,800.00
Tea Just Over or the Game of Consequences Just Begun.
[Monogram of a compass rose with fleur-de-lis] Esq.r del.t [James Gillray].
Pub,d May 11th 1801 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St. Folios of Caractatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Framed. Unexamined out of the frame.
A laughing man knocks his neighbour's cup, causing a chain reaction of accidents. Behind a four play cards.
BM Satires 9822.
[Ref: 51855] £350.00
[Monogram of a compass rose with fleur-de-lis] Esq.r del.t [James Gillray].
Pub,d May 11th 1801 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St. Folios of Caractatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Framed. Unexamined out of the frame.
A laughing man knocks his neighbour's cup, causing a chain reaction of accidents. Behind a four play cards.
BM Satires 9822.
[Ref: 51855] £350.00
![[George Tierney] French Habits. No 6.](jpegs/59146.jpg)
[George Tierney] French Habits. No 6. Le Boureau.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins, slight stain.
George Tierney, Radical MP for Southwark and supporter of Fox, caricatured as an executioner, standing by a guillotine with blood dripping from the blade. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9201.
[Ref: 59146] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins, slight stain.
George Tierney, Radical MP for Southwark and supporter of Fox, caricatured as an executioner, standing by a guillotine with blood dripping from the blade. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9201.
[Ref: 59146] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Oh! Listen to the Voice of Love.
Ja.s Gillray del.t.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 215 x 185mm (8½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A interior scene in which an ugly man kneels before a plain woman holding a fan.
Copy of BM Satire 9450.
[Ref: 43648] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Gillray del.t.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 215 x 185mm (8½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A interior scene in which an ugly man kneels before a plain woman holding a fan.
Copy of BM Satire 9450.
[Ref: 43648] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Very Slippy-Weather. [&] Dreadful-Hot Weather. [&] Sad Sloppy Weather. [&] Raw-Weather. [&] Fine Bracing Weather. [&] Windy Weather. [&] Delicious Weather.](jpegs/61759.jpg)
Very Slippy-Weather. [&] Dreadful-Hot Weather. [&] Sad Sloppy Weather. [&] Raw-Weather. [&] Fine Bracing Weather. [&] Windy Weather. [&] Delicious Weather.
Etch'd by J.s Gillray.
London. Published February 10.th 1808. by H. Humphrey N.º 27 S.t James's Street.
Set of seven etchings with very fine hand colour. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to border.
The complete set of seven etchings, showing men affected by the weather. The most famous is 'Very Slippy-Weather', which shows a man slipping on the icy pavement outside Hannah Humphry's shop on St James's Street, the window full of Gillray satires.
BM Satires 11094-11100.
[Ref: 61759] £2,800.00 view all images for this item
Etch'd by J.s Gillray.
London. Published February 10.th 1808. by H. Humphrey N.º 27 S.t James's Street.
Set of seven etchings with very fine hand colour. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to border.
The complete set of seven etchings, showing men affected by the weather. The most famous is 'Very Slippy-Weather', which shows a man slipping on the icy pavement outside Hannah Humphry's shop on St James's Street, the window full of Gillray satires.
BM Satires 11094-11100.
[Ref: 61759] £2,800.00 view all images for this item
Wide-Awake.
[after James Gillray]
[n.d., c.1806.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed.
A comic scene in which an old man is startled awake from a nap by two howling cats.
Copy of BM Satire 10645.
[Ref: 43650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after James Gillray]
[n.d., c.1806.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed.
A comic scene in which an old man is startled awake from a nap by two howling cats.
Copy of BM Satire 10645.
[Ref: 43650] £260.00 (£312.00 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)
![[William IV when Duke of Clarence] Nauticus.](jpegs/43899.jpg)
[William IV when Duke of Clarence] Nauticus. ''Those Lips were made for Kissing Ladies!''.
[by James Gillray.]
London - Pub.d Oct.r 11the 1791. by H. Humphrey, No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 185 x 160mm (7¼ x 6¼"). Mounted in album paper.
A caricature portrait of William, Duke of Clarence, smiling with bulbous lips, hair is shaggy and uncurled under a large round hat, wearing his naval uniform with star. It was published the year he started his long affair with actress Mrs Jordan.
BM Satires 7964.
[Ref: 43899] £420.00
[by James Gillray.]
London - Pub.d Oct.r 11the 1791. by H. Humphrey, No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 185 x 160mm (7¼ x 6¼"). Mounted in album paper.
A caricature portrait of William, Duke of Clarence, smiling with bulbous lips, hair is shaggy and uncurled under a large round hat, wearing his naval uniform with star. It was published the year he started his long affair with actress Mrs Jordan.
BM Satires 7964.
[Ref: 43899] £420.00
![[Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn] A Welch Tandem.](jpegs/61776.jpg)
[Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn] A Welch Tandem.
J.s Gillray ad vivam fec.t.
London Publishd June 21.st 1801- by H. Humphrey. No 27. S.t James's Street.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A caricature of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (5th Baronet, 1772-1840) and his brothers, Charles Watkin (1775-1850) and Henry Watkin, squeezed together in a small rustic phaeton drawn (left to right) by three prancing goats (one breaking wind), heading to Wynnstay. Williams-Wynn was the largest landowner in North Wales: because he controlled many parliamentary seats he referred to himself as the 'Prince in Wales'.
BM Satires 9760.
[Ref: 61776] £650.00
J.s Gillray ad vivam fec.t.
London Publishd June 21.st 1801- by H. Humphrey. No 27. S.t James's Street.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A caricature of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (5th Baronet, 1772-1840) and his brothers, Charles Watkin (1775-1850) and Henry Watkin, squeezed together in a small rustic phaeton drawn (left to right) by three prancing goats (one breaking wind), heading to Wynnstay. Williams-Wynn was the largest landowner in North Wales: because he controlled many parliamentary seats he referred to himself as the 'Prince in Wales'.
BM Satires 9760.
[Ref: 61776] £650.00