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![[Birth of George, Duke of Cambridge] A Scene in the New Farce called the Rivals, or a Visit to the Heir Presumtive.](jpegs/61868.jpg)
[Birth of George, Duke of Cambridge] A Scene in the New Farce called the Rivals, or a Visit to the Heir Presumtive.
[Charles Williams.]
London Pub,d 1819 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Price 1s.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, close to image at top, small hole in inscription area, laid on card.
Four of the sons of George III (the Dukes of Clarence, Cambridge, Kent and Cumberland) gather with their wives to examine the new heir to George IV's throne, George William Frederick Charles (1819-1904), son of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta. For eight weeks he was second in line to the throne, after his uncle William, but was superceded by the birth of Victoria on the 24th May.
BM Satires 13227.
[Ref: 61868] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
London Pub,d 1819 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Price 1s.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, close to image at top, small hole in inscription area, laid on card.
Four of the sons of George III (the Dukes of Clarence, Cambridge, Kent and Cumberland) gather with their wives to examine the new heir to George IV's throne, George William Frederick Charles (1819-1904), son of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta. For eight weeks he was second in line to the throne, after his uncle William, but was superceded by the birth of Victoria on the 24th May.
BM Satires 13227.
[Ref: 61868] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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By Royal Authority. A New Way of mounting your Horse in spite of the Gout!! Dedicated to all fashionable Equestrians afflicted with that Malady!
[Charles Williams]
London Pub.d by Sidebotham 96 Strand. [n.d. c.1816]
Hand-coloured etching, plate 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). On paper watermarked 'Pine & Thomas 1815'. Small margins. Some cockling. 'Sidebotham' in publication line scratched off.
The gouty Prince Regent (1762-1830) being helped on to his horse by Chinese assistants using an elaborate contraption outside the Chinese pagoda in Kew Gardens.
[Ref: 63104] £320.00
[Charles Williams]
London Pub.d by Sidebotham 96 Strand. [n.d. c.1816]
Hand-coloured etching, plate 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). On paper watermarked 'Pine & Thomas 1815'. Small margins. Some cockling. 'Sidebotham' in publication line scratched off.
The gouty Prince Regent (1762-1830) being helped on to his horse by Chinese assistants using an elaborate contraption outside the Chinese pagoda in Kew Gardens.
[Ref: 63104] £320.00
My Bane and Antidote now lye before m ,/ This in a moment brings me to an end/ But these inform me I shall never die!!_ Cato.
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
![The Haberdasher Dandy [old ink mss.]](jpegs/58350.jpg)
The Haberdasher Dandy [old ink mss.] "He! He! nothing talked of but Dandies Mem now Mem! what is the next thing I shall have the felicity to do for you Mem!!" / ''The next thing Mr Dandy is to measure that over again, and see how much you have cut Short.''
[C.Williams fec.t]
[London Pub.d by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside.] [n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, mounted on album paper watermarked 1814.
The interior of a shop, with the haberdasher gossiping while cutting cloth.
BM Satires 13075.
[Ref: 58350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[C.Williams fec.t]
[London Pub.d by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside.] [n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, mounted on album paper watermarked 1814.
The interior of a shop, with the haberdasher gossiping while cutting cloth.
BM Satires 13075.
[Ref: 58350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Higgins] The Lancaster Caleb Quotem, i.e. Jack of all Trades.](jpegs/54549.jpg)
[John Higgins] The Lancaster Caleb Quotem, i.e. Jack of all Trades. Vide Sr. Francis Burdett's speech.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1812 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside [faint].
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), paper watermarked 1812. Small tear taped, mount burn.
A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows, with imagined occupations for John Higgins, Governor of Lancaster jail: 'A Jailor', 'A Gardiner' (who says he 'exports Natives and imports Exotics from Botany Bay'), 'A Manufacturer', 'A Farmer', 'An Alderman' & 'A Captain'. On 3 July 1812 reforming MP Sir Francis Burdett (1770 -1844) moved for a commission of inquiry into the state of Lancaster jail, having heard that Higgins was corrupt, employing his own family at the gaol and gaining from the employment of his inmates. Wilbraham Bootle answered, saying he had often inspected the gaol and refuted the remours, after which Burdett withdrew his motion. Rare Australian item.
BM Satires 11892.
[Ref: 54549] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1812 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside [faint].
Coloured etching. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), paper watermarked 1812. Small tear taped, mount burn.
A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows, with imagined occupations for John Higgins, Governor of Lancaster jail: 'A Jailor', 'A Gardiner' (who says he 'exports Natives and imports Exotics from Botany Bay'), 'A Manufacturer', 'A Farmer', 'An Alderman' & 'A Captain'. On 3 July 1812 reforming MP Sir Francis Burdett (1770 -1844) moved for a commission of inquiry into the state of Lancaster jail, having heard that Higgins was corrupt, employing his own family at the gaol and gaining from the employment of his inmates. Wilbraham Bootle answered, saying he had often inspected the gaol and refuted the remours, after which Burdett withdrew his motion. Rare Australian item.
BM Satires 11892.
[Ref: 54549] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Horne Tooke] The Westminster Ceceeder on Fresh Duty.](jpegs/61847.jpg)
[John Horne Tooke] The Westminster Ceceeder on Fresh Duty.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd March 14 1801 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark 1792; S.W. Fink stamp at bottom margin; 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8¾"), with large margins.. Tear in top margin.
Charles James Fox stoops to support John Horne Tooke, who is about to climb into the window of St Stephen's Chapel, as the door is being closed by Lord Temple, who says: "He shall not pollute this holy Temple". Having been elected MP for Old Sarum, Lord Temple endeavoured to have Horne Tooke excluded on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England. The governement allowed him to stay but introduced a bill to make all those in holy orders ineligible to sit in the House of Commons. Horne Tooke did not run again.
BM Satires 9715. An early example, before the title was corrected to 'seceder'.
[Ref: 61847] £320.00
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd March 14 1801 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark 1792; S.W. Fink stamp at bottom margin; 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8¾"), with large margins.. Tear in top margin.
Charles James Fox stoops to support John Horne Tooke, who is about to climb into the window of St Stephen's Chapel, as the door is being closed by Lord Temple, who says: "He shall not pollute this holy Temple". Having been elected MP for Old Sarum, Lord Temple endeavoured to have Horne Tooke excluded on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England. The governement allowed him to stay but introduced a bill to make all those in holy orders ineligible to sit in the House of Commons. Horne Tooke did not run again.
BM Satires 9715. An early example, before the title was corrected to 'seceder'.
[Ref: 61847] £320.00
The Irishman's Joy.
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Two Greatest Men in England. Dan,l Lambert who at the age of 36 weighed above 50 stone, 14 pounds to the Stone_ measured 3 yards 4 inches around the body, and 1 yard 1 inch round the leg; 5 feet 11 inches high.
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
C.W ad vivum del.t et fecit.
Pub.d, April 7th, 1806 by S.W Fores n.o 50 Piccadilly.
Rare hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Margins on three sides, trimmed to plate on bottom. Tears in margins. Light cockling. Slight crease in Fox.
Satire comparing Daniel Lambert (1770 – 1809) the gaol keeper and animal breeder famous for his size and the whig statesman Charles James Fox (1749 –1806). An uncharicatured Daniel Lambert sits in a bergère, which he completely fills. His hat is on a side table next to him. He looks slightly to the right but not directly at Fox who stands in profile with his hands behind his back. He stands in front of a small upright chair, placed for a visitor. Fox is a slightly more exaggerated version of himself with his head and features larger than those of Lambert, smaller in girth, but his paunch at least equally projecting.
BM 1868,0808.7436
[Ref: 54931] £490.00
Law Terms. Pl. 1. Engrossing!!! [&] Pl. 2. Ejectment. [&] Pl. 3. A Demurrer. [&] Pl. 4. A Writ of Error.
[Charles] Williams del.t et sculp.t.
London Pub.d January [Pl.2 & 3 '1st'] 1823, by S.W. Fores, [Pl.1 & 3 'No'] 41, Piccadilly.
Rare set of four etchings, with fine hand colour. Sheets 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). All trimmed within plate; pl.2 with two small spots, pl.3 with taped tear, pl.4 with small glue stain in printed border.
Four scenes satirising legal terms. A plain young man attempts to pull one of three girls from the lap of a handsome rival; a well-dressed man tried to walk away from a courtesan, who puts a hand on his arm and points to the door of a hotel; a powerfully built man throws a dandified youth out of his daughter's bedroom window; and a young girl is caught writing letters to plan her elopement by her parents.
BM Satires: 14591-4.
[Ref: 59509] £990.00 view all images for this item
[Charles] Williams del.t et sculp.t.
London Pub.d January [Pl.2 & 3 '1st'] 1823, by S.W. Fores, [Pl.1 & 3 'No'] 41, Piccadilly.
Rare set of four etchings, with fine hand colour. Sheets 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). All trimmed within plate; pl.2 with two small spots, pl.3 with taped tear, pl.4 with small glue stain in printed border.
Four scenes satirising legal terms. A plain young man attempts to pull one of three girls from the lap of a handsome rival; a well-dressed man tried to walk away from a courtesan, who puts a hand on his arm and points to the door of a hotel; a powerfully built man throws a dandified youth out of his daughter's bedroom window; and a young girl is caught writing letters to plan her elopement by her parents.
BM Satires: 14591-4.
[Ref: 59509] £990.00 view all images for this item
Two of a Trade can never Agree. 22
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1st 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two bewigged barristers argue. Legal interest. George suggests this print belongs to a series of reduced versions of satires etched by Williams after other artists, in this case Isaac Cruikshank (1799, BM 1948,0214.410).
BM Satires 10667.
[Ref: 61105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1st 1806 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed close to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two bewigged barristers argue. Legal interest. George suggests this print belongs to a series of reduced versions of satires etched by Williams after other artists, in this case Isaac Cruikshank (1799, BM 1948,0214.410).
BM Satires 10667.
[Ref: 61105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ministry of all the Talents] Kissing Hands or New Appointments.](jpegs/61836.jpg)
[Ministry of all the Talents] Kissing Hands or New Appointments.
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub,d Feb,y 10th 1806 by E Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox, the new Foreign Secretary in Grenville's 'Ministry of all the Talents', kisses the hand of George III, saying ''it is the softest I have Kiss'd these Twenty Years - this sure is bliss if bliss on Earth there be'. The other ministers await their turn.
BM Satires 10526.
[Ref: 61836] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub,d Feb,y 10th 1806 by E Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox, the new Foreign Secretary in Grenville's 'Ministry of all the Talents', kisses the hand of George III, saying ''it is the softest I have Kiss'd these Twenty Years - this sure is bliss if bliss on Earth there be'. The other ministers await their turn.
BM Satires 10526.
[Ref: 61836] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ministry of all the Talents] St Steven's Statute.](jpegs/61850.jpg)
[Ministry of all the Talents] St Steven's Statute.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d Feb.y 6th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
George III views his ministers, including Charles James Fox as the new Foreign Secretary, through his looking glass. The satire was drawn before the details of the new government were known: the steward doing the introductions resembles Hawkesbury, George's first choice of Prime Minister, rather than Grenville, who eventually created the 'Ministry of all the Talents'
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 61850] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d Feb.y 6th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
George III views his ministers, including Charles James Fox as the new Foreign Secretary, through his looking glass. The satire was drawn before the details of the new government were known: the steward doing the introductions resembles Hawkesbury, George's first choice of Prime Minister, rather than Grenville, who eventually created the 'Ministry of all the Talents'
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 61850] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.]
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), on paper watermarked, 'C Wilmott 1819.' Repaired tears in margins, some brown staining.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 66827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.]
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), on paper watermarked, 'C Wilmott 1819.' Repaired tears in margins, some brown staining.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 66827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
St. Stephen's statute.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Feb.y 6.th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), on 1804 watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Pinholes. Paper stuck to parts.
The chief Minister (or steward) ( should be William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), but resembles Hawkesbury (Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729 –1808)) (to whom the King first applied on Pitt's death), in court dress, introduces the new ministry to George III. The King, wearing uniform inspects them through a telescope. Eight are characterized, besides two heads in shadow; Fox, Sidmouth, Lord Henry Petty, Moira, Sheridan, Lord Grenville, (?) Bedford and Tierney. Drawn before details of the new Ministry were known.
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 58790] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Feb.y 6.th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), on 1804 watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Pinholes. Paper stuck to parts.
The chief Minister (or steward) ( should be William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), but resembles Hawkesbury (Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729 –1808)) (to whom the King first applied on Pitt's death), in court dress, introduces the new ministry to George III. The King, wearing uniform inspects them through a telescope. Eight are characterized, besides two heads in shadow; Fox, Sidmouth, Lord Henry Petty, Moira, Sheridan, Lord Grenville, (?) Bedford and Tierney. Drawn before details of the new Ministry were known.
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 58790] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Full-Blown Rose, and Petty Mushroom!!
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 5th 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly London.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 245 x 350mm. (9½ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large rose, whose centre is the face in profile of politician George Rose (1744 - 1818), grows from straw inscribed 'Opposition-Hot-Bed'. It looks down at the head of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780 - 1863). Charles Fox (1749 - 1806), depicted as a gardener, on the right, leans on his spade, looking down at the figures, Beside him stands his 'Broad Bottom'd Watering Pot'. Rose, an ex-Treasury Secretary and friend of Pitt, was one of the most persistent Opposition speakers, and a critic of Petty on questions of finance and administration.
[Ref: 39509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 5th 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly London.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 245 x 350mm. (9½ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large rose, whose centre is the face in profile of politician George Rose (1744 - 1818), grows from straw inscribed 'Opposition-Hot-Bed'. It looks down at the head of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780 - 1863). Charles Fox (1749 - 1806), depicted as a gardener, on the right, leans on his spade, looking down at the figures, Beside him stands his 'Broad Bottom'd Watering Pot'. Rose, an ex-Treasury Secretary and friend of Pitt, was one of the most persistent Opposition speakers, and a critic of Petty on questions of finance and administration.
[Ref: 39509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the Younger] The Giant Refresh'd.](jpegs/61037.jpg)
[William Pitt the Younger] The Giant Refresh'd. He is indeed a Giant refresh'd!! Vide Marq- of Sta-rds Speech on withdrawing his Motion.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d May 21st 1804 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Tear just entering image repaired, creasing in corners.
A drunken Pitt asks John Bull (who is half his size) to forgive him. Pitt had replaced Henry Addington as Prime Minister on the 10th May. The Marquis of Stafford, George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) later 1st Duke of Sutherland, had been due to make a motion condemning his own party's government, but it was withdrawn when Addington declared his intention of joining the Whigs.
BM Satires 10245.
[Ref: 61037] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d May 21st 1804 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Tear just entering image repaired, creasing in corners.
A drunken Pitt asks John Bull (who is half his size) to forgive him. Pitt had replaced Henry Addington as Prime Minister on the 10th May. The Marquis of Stafford, George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) later 1st Duke of Sutherland, had been due to make a motion condemning his own party's government, but it was withdrawn when Addington declared his intention of joining the Whigs.
BM Satires 10245.
[Ref: 61037] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt the younger] Col.l Cinque Port Drilling his Recruits or Forming a Battalion.](jpegs/58376.jpg)
[William Pitt the younger] Col.l Cinque Port Drilling his Recruits or Forming a Battalion. NB The left hand Man is stiled Corporal because at present he has no Appointment but as the Scene Shifting [is nearly over it is expected] he soon will have one.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Decem.r 9th 1803 by S W Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, watermark J. Ruse 1802. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing some of title at bottom, laid on album paper at corners. Faded. Bit messy.
A satire on the expected change of Ministry. William Pitt the younger as the colonel, facing two Fox and Sheridan as two volunteers, between the House of Commons and the Treasury. The Fugleman (perhaps Canning) is dressed half as a naval officer, half as a volunteer private.
BM 10127 with extensive description.
[Ref: 58376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Decem.r 9th 1803 by S W Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, watermark J. Ruse 1802. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing some of title at bottom, laid on album paper at corners. Faded. Bit messy.
A satire on the expected change of Ministry. William Pitt the younger as the colonel, facing two Fox and Sheridan as two volunteers, between the House of Commons and the Treasury. The Fugleman (perhaps Canning) is dressed half as a naval officer, half as a volunteer private.
BM 10127 with extensive description.
[Ref: 58376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pitt and Sheridan] The Ex-Minister and the Meteor.](jpegs/60967.jpg)
[Pitt and Sheridan] The Ex-Minister and the Meteor. Sir, Amongst the many attack's which I have had this night to sustain, has been one from a flash of lightning_a Meteor, which wanders about, moveing sometimes on one side, and sometimes on the other___a Meteor which to the regret of us all, has not been lately seen amongst us, but which upon its return has turned its blazing resentment upon me_but in whose fiery face I can look without terror or dismay. __vide Mr Pitt's reply to Mr Sheridan on the State of the Navy.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 13th, 1804 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly_Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Pitt stands as if declaiming in the Commons, looking towards the grotesque profile head of Sheridan, larger and fierier than life, and the centre of close-set rays which cover the background and are jagged like conventional lightning. The two heads face each other in profile; Sheridan's stare is both baleful and disconcerted. Pitt's right hand, holding a rolled document, 'Act fo [sic] War', rests on his hip. In the debate of 15 March 1804. Pitt's motion for an inquiry into the administration of the Navy (under St. Vincent) was opposed by Sheridan.
BM Satires 10235.
[Ref: 60967] £380.00
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 13th, 1804 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly_Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Pitt stands as if declaiming in the Commons, looking towards the grotesque profile head of Sheridan, larger and fierier than life, and the centre of close-set rays which cover the background and are jagged like conventional lightning. The two heads face each other in profile; Sheridan's stare is both baleful and disconcerted. Pitt's right hand, holding a rolled document, 'Act fo [sic] War', rests on his hip. In the debate of 15 March 1804. Pitt's motion for an inquiry into the administration of the Navy (under St. Vincent) was opposed by Sheridan.
BM Satires 10235.
[Ref: 60967] £380.00
![[William Pitt the younger] Billy Pierrot and His Puppet.](jpegs/63707.jpg)
[William Pitt the younger] Billy Pierrot and His Puppet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 4.th 1804 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"), watermarked 1795. Some staining. Abrasion in ground near foot. Trimmed to plate in areas. Top right, bottom right and left corners chipped. Damaged.
Satire on the Middlesex by-election of 1804. William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) dressed as Pierrot holds a puppet of Tory politician, George Boulton Mainwaring (1773-1822). Pulling a string which moves its arms and legs he says, "Here he is Gentlemen, a Chip of the Old Block One of my own Manufactory. Here you go up up up, And then you go down down downee." On the ground lies a paper, 'and a begging we will go will go will go and a begging we will go.' In the background a procession of four coaches drive past a large signpost, 'To Brentford'. They are inscribed 'Compelled by the Contractors', the occupants say "it's all against the grain". 'Comanded by the Treasury'. 'Under the Influence of the Excise'; they say, "We are obliged to go aginst the grain." 'Threatened by the Magistrates'; they say, "I am obliged to go against my Conscience or lose my Licence."
BM Satires 10263. See [Ref: 68513] for one with slightly different colouring.
[Ref: 63707] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 4.th 1804 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"), watermarked 1795. Some staining. Abrasion in ground near foot. Trimmed to plate in areas. Top right, bottom right and left corners chipped. Damaged.
Satire on the Middlesex by-election of 1804. William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) dressed as Pierrot holds a puppet of Tory politician, George Boulton Mainwaring (1773-1822). Pulling a string which moves its arms and legs he says, "Here he is Gentlemen, a Chip of the Old Block One of my own Manufactory. Here you go up up up, And then you go down down downee." On the ground lies a paper, 'and a begging we will go will go will go and a begging we will go.' In the background a procession of four coaches drive past a large signpost, 'To Brentford'. They are inscribed 'Compelled by the Contractors', the occupants say "it's all against the grain". 'Comanded by the Treasury'. 'Under the Influence of the Excise'; they say, "We are obliged to go aginst the grain." 'Threatened by the Magistrates'; they say, "I am obliged to go against my Conscience or lose my Licence."
BM Satires 10263. See [Ref: 68513] for one with slightly different colouring.
[Ref: 63707] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Pitt] The Brazen Image erected on a Pedestal wrought by Himself.](jpegs/51683.jpg)
[William Pitt] The Brazen Image erected on a Pedestal wrought by Himself.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d May 29th 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caractures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Watermarked paper, 410 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Tear in centre across inscription area to printed border, top left corner frayed.
A yellow statue of William Pitt the younger stands on a plinth made of blocks listing all the taxes he had introduced, including income tax and taxes on hair powder, hats, servants, windows, beer and malt. On one side stand Sheridan and Fox, who says ''That Brass countenance of his never shone with more conspicuous confidence, one would think he was in the very act of proposing a new Tax''. On the right are John Bull and his Irish wife 'Hibernia'; Bull says 'I suppose that there Writing there, is the account of all his wonderfull Works"'.
BM Satire 9869.
[Ref: 51683] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d May 29th 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caractures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Watermarked paper, 410 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Tear in centre across inscription area to printed border, top left corner frayed.
A yellow statue of William Pitt the younger stands on a plinth made of blocks listing all the taxes he had introduced, including income tax and taxes on hair powder, hats, servants, windows, beer and malt. On one side stand Sheridan and Fox, who says ''That Brass countenance of his never shone with more conspicuous confidence, one would think he was in the very act of proposing a new Tax''. On the right are John Bull and his Irish wife 'Hibernia'; Bull says 'I suppose that there Writing there, is the account of all his wonderfull Works"'.
BM Satire 9869.
[Ref: 51683] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Humility or the Canvassing Candidate. Effrontery or the Candidate Returned.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"), on 1801 watermarked paper. Small margins.
Two designs side by side, comparing Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751–1816) election addresses. On the left, Sheridan humbly canvassing for votes before the elections of 1806. On the right, in his victory address after the election, Sheridan showing an insolent approach.
[Ref: 58792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"), on 1801 watermarked paper. Small margins.
Two designs side by side, comparing Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751–1816) election addresses. On the left, Sheridan humbly canvassing for votes before the elections of 1806. On the right, in his victory address after the election, Sheridan showing an insolent approach.
[Ref: 58792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edward Daniel Clarke] Projecting i.e. Irons in the Fire _ or Keep them all Going!!](jpegs/61826.jpg)
[Edward Daniel Clarke] Projecting i.e. Irons in the Fire _ or Keep them all Going!! I have lived" (said the indefatgable D,r E.D. Clarke) to know the great secret of human happiness is this _ never suffer your enegies to stagnate. the old adage of ''too many irons in the fire'' conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many Poker Tongs _ keep them all going.
C.W. [Charles Williams].
London Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827 [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 350 (9¾ x 13¾").
A man and his son fill their fireplace with pokers and tongs, much to the mother's consternation. A satire on one of the sayings of Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), a clergyman who filled the Egyptology department of the British Museum by looting one of Napoleon's Savants after the defeat of the French army at Alexandria (1801), including the Rosetta Stone.
Not in BM Satires but 1985,0119.403.
[Ref: 61826] £320.00
C.W. [Charles Williams].
London Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827 [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 350 (9¾ x 13¾").
A man and his son fill their fireplace with pokers and tongs, much to the mother's consternation. A satire on one of the sayings of Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), a clergyman who filled the Egyptology department of the British Museum by looting one of Napoleon's Savants after the defeat of the French army at Alexandria (1801), including the Rosetta Stone.
Not in BM Satires but 1985,0119.403.
[Ref: 61826] £320.00
The Property Tax _ Civic Champions _ or the Darling in Danger. _ ''Make not a City feast of it, to let the meat cool, ere we can agree upon the first cut.'' Timon.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The British Rolla I have only to say my Lords, that I am perfectly Satisfied with whatever destination my Sovereign has been graciously pleased to allot me, and that were His Majesty to call upon to serve in the Ranks as a private, I would in that subordinate station unsheath my Sword with the same chearfull alacrity and ardent Zeal as if I were call'd to the Command of the most Numerous and Gallant Army. Vide, a noble Earl's speech in the House of Lords June 20th 1803.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d June 27.th 1803 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.'
Hand coloured etching, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Ruse.' Trimmed within plate. Two printers creases. Some light staining.
Satire on Moira's speech. Lord Moira (Rawdon) (1754-1816) , dressed as Rolla from Sheridan’s Pizarro (1799), stands in profile with his right arm outstretched and left hand resting on a short sheathed sword. His costume, a short fringed tunic with bare muscular limbs, clashes with his whiskers and small pigtail. Two bench corners suggest the setting is the House of Lords. Joseph Ruse was a 19th century paper maker at the Upper Tovil Mill in Kent, England.
BM Satires 10020.
[Ref: 66828] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d June 27.th 1803 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.'
Hand coloured etching, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Ruse.' Trimmed within plate. Two printers creases. Some light staining.
Satire on Moira's speech. Lord Moira (Rawdon) (1754-1816) , dressed as Rolla from Sheridan’s Pizarro (1799), stands in profile with his right arm outstretched and left hand resting on a short sheathed sword. His costume, a short fringed tunic with bare muscular limbs, clashes with his whiskers and small pigtail. Two bench corners suggest the setting is the House of Lords. Joseph Ruse was a 19th century paper maker at the Upper Tovil Mill in Kent, England.
BM Satires 10020.
[Ref: 66828] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Scott, Lord Eldon & Angelica Catalani] A Catalanian attack on a Chance-Seller.](jpegs/61849.jpg)
[John Scott, Lord Eldon & Angelica Catalani] A Catalanian attack on a Chance-Seller.
[by Charles Williams]
London Pubd Decerm.r Is 1807 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside
Coloured etching. 1818 watermark. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
Lord Eldon in his Chancellor's robes, surrounded by seven elderly barristers, is attacked by a savage cat dressed to represent Angelica Catalani, with a gold fillet and three feathers on her head. Eldon reportedly stated that he would not give five shillings to hear her sing.
BM Satires 10919.
[Ref: 61849] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
London Pubd Decerm.r Is 1807 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside
Coloured etching. 1818 watermark. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
Lord Eldon in his Chancellor's robes, surrounded by seven elderly barristers, is attacked by a savage cat dressed to represent Angelica Catalani, with a gold fillet and three feathers on her head. Eldon reportedly stated that he would not give five shillings to hear her sing.
BM Satires 10919.
[Ref: 61849] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Shrewd Guess or the Farmers Definition of Parliamentary Debates.
C.W. [Charles Williams] fecit.
Pub,d by T Tegg N° 111 Cheapside London. [n.d. c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A family discussion in a farm-house kitchen: the farmer says ''th' men ith Parliament up at Lunnon makes sham quarrels; and then grins at us folk ith country for believen un to be in Arnest!!'' The son replies ''Eh Feather! why that be just like Dr Solomon w'th folks that swallow his balm of Gulllad [Gilead]'', a reference to Samuel Solomon (1780-1819), a quack doctor who practised and prospered at Liverpool.
BM Satire 12143.
[Ref: 51854] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. [Charles Williams] fecit.
Pub,d by T Tegg N° 111 Cheapside London. [n.d. c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A family discussion in a farm-house kitchen: the farmer says ''th' men ith Parliament up at Lunnon makes sham quarrels; and then grins at us folk ith country for believen un to be in Arnest!!'' The son replies ''Eh Feather! why that be just like Dr Solomon w'th folks that swallow his balm of Gulllad [Gilead]'', a reference to Samuel Solomon (1780-1819), a quack doctor who practised and prospered at Liverpool.
BM Satire 12143.
[Ref: 51854] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Silver-Oar_versus_The White-wand_or_The Helmsmen.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd. Aug.t 1828 by John Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Slight staining in margins.
Satire on the Duke of Clarence's unwarranted expenditure as Lord High Admiral, which led to a dispute between he and Wellington which was laid before George IV (who found Clarence 'in error from the beginning to the end'). Further defiance by Clarence led to his forced resignation in the same month this print was published. George IV listens to the dispute between Wellington (brandishing a long scroll of Clarence's expenditures) and the Duke of Clarence, whose waterman's outfit and silver oar refer to his position. He wears a cap-like ducal coronet, a star, on his sleeve: Clarence Yacht Club.
BM Satires: 15546.
[Ref: 67654] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd. Aug.t 1828 by John Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Slight staining in margins.
Satire on the Duke of Clarence's unwarranted expenditure as Lord High Admiral, which led to a dispute between he and Wellington which was laid before George IV (who found Clarence 'in error from the beginning to the end'). Further defiance by Clarence led to his forced resignation in the same month this print was published. George IV listens to the dispute between Wellington (brandishing a long scroll of Clarence's expenditures) and the Duke of Clarence, whose waterman's outfit and silver oar refer to his position. He wears a cap-like ducal coronet, a star, on his sleeve: Clarence Yacht Club.
BM Satires: 15546.
[Ref: 67654] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Martins-in-the-Fields] St Martins in an Uproar.](jpegs/46557.jpg)
[St Martins-in-the-Fields] St Martins in an Uproar.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd Octr 1 1801 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 240 x 370mm (9½ x 14½"). Hole upper centre (in church railing). Stamp of S.W. Fores lower right.
Scene outside the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, with clergymen chasing a parson out of the church, while couples on the right assail him. In 1801 Thomas Scott Smith introduced himself to the Curate of St Martins as the nephew of Lord Eldon, and acquired a position at the church. For a month he officiated at marriages, baptisms and burials, before he was discovered, found guilty of forgery and sentenced to death. Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work. This impression bears the 'S.W.F.' stamp of the publisher S.W. Fores, also found on impressions of Fores prints in the British Museum and the Hermitage, St Petersburg.
BM Satires 9779; L.2384.
[Ref: 46557] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd Octr 1 1801 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 240 x 370mm (9½ x 14½"). Hole upper centre (in church railing). Stamp of S.W. Fores lower right.
Scene outside the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, with clergymen chasing a parson out of the church, while couples on the right assail him. In 1801 Thomas Scott Smith introduced himself to the Curate of St Martins as the nephew of Lord Eldon, and acquired a position at the church. For a month he officiated at marriages, baptisms and burials, before he was discovered, found guilty of forgery and sentenced to death. Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work. This impression bears the 'S.W.F.' stamp of the publisher S.W. Fores, also found on impressions of Fores prints in the British Museum and the Hermitage, St Petersburg.
BM Satires 9779; L.2384.
[Ref: 46557] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Standing orders or John Bull lock'd out.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d Augst 1807 by Walker Nº 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Small tear just entering plate at top. Small margins.
John Bull, a yokel in a smock, stands at a closed door above which is an inscription: 'Rebuilt with Portland Stone in the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century'. Above is a window from which a man leans, saying 'By St Dennis Mr Bull, you seem in a Brown Quandary - but dont be angry - you have nothing to do with the business we are about - it is quite of a private nature'. In July 1807, after the collapse of the Ministry of all the Talents, Samuel Whitbread moved for a Committee on the State of the Nation. Dennis Browne, M.P. for Mayo, called for the exclusion of strangers (non-MPs), and the galleries were cleared.
BM Satires 10754.
[Ref: 61840] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d Augst 1807 by Walker Nº 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Small tear just entering plate at top. Small margins.
John Bull, a yokel in a smock, stands at a closed door above which is an inscription: 'Rebuilt with Portland Stone in the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century'. Above is a window from which a man leans, saying 'By St Dennis Mr Bull, you seem in a Brown Quandary - but dont be angry - you have nothing to do with the business we are about - it is quite of a private nature'. In July 1807, after the collapse of the Ministry of all the Talents, Samuel Whitbread moved for a Committee on the State of the Nation. Dennis Browne, M.P. for Mayo, called for the exclusion of strangers (non-MPs), and the galleries were cleared.
BM Satires 10754.
[Ref: 61840] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Tack's Ghost. I Courted Polly of Spithead, / And ax'd her to be married; / At first she was most cruel kind [...] 38
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A trip from Wareham to Uxbridge by Worcester - or many a Slip between the cup and the lip.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 1822 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1821'. Trimmed into printed border at top, within plate on the other three sides.
Lady Jane Paget, taking the Marquess of Worcester's arm, urges him along a country road signposted to Worcester Cathedral. She holds a paper titled 'Crazy Jane'. Behind a women (Miss Calcraft) weeps, exclaiming 'False! Perfidious! Decietfull Vi...'. Major Henry Somerset (1792-1853) later became the 7th Duke of Beaufort. He courted the daughter of John Calcraft, moved on to Jane Paget, daughter of Lord Anglesey, finally marrying Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy in 1814.
[Ref: 40603] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 1822 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1821'. Trimmed into printed border at top, within plate on the other three sides.
Lady Jane Paget, taking the Marquess of Worcester's arm, urges him along a country road signposted to Worcester Cathedral. She holds a paper titled 'Crazy Jane'. Behind a women (Miss Calcraft) weeps, exclaiming 'False! Perfidious! Decietfull Vi...'. Major Henry Somerset (1792-1853) later became the 7th Duke of Beaufort. He courted the daughter of John Calcraft, moved on to Jane Paget, daughter of Lord Anglesey, finally marrying Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy in 1814.
[Ref: 40603] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![The Two Journals. Joul. 1 [&] Journal 11.](jpegs/58315.jpg)
The Two Journals. Joul. 1 [&] Journal 11.
[C. Williams.]
Pubd July 1814 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Toning to first plate.
A pair of plates, each with eight scenes representing the course of a day, contrasting how Tsar Alexander I (1777 - 1825) spent his time compared with a ‘typical' day in the life of the Prince Regent. The Tsar spends time with his sister and son, walking in the parks, dining simply and enjoying the plaudits of the mob. The Prince wakes with a hangover, rises at noon to be primped by his staff, meets his tailor, avoids 'hissing mobs' and starts to dine at eight and finishes at four am.
BM Satires 12290 & 12291.
[Ref: 58315] £380.00 view all images for this item
[C. Williams.]
Pubd July 1814 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Toning to first plate.
A pair of plates, each with eight scenes representing the course of a day, contrasting how Tsar Alexander I (1777 - 1825) spent his time compared with a ‘typical' day in the life of the Prince Regent. The Tsar spends time with his sister and son, walking in the parks, dining simply and enjoying the plaudits of the mob. The Prince wakes with a hangover, rises at noon to be primped by his staff, meets his tailor, avoids 'hissing mobs' and starts to dine at eight and finishes at four am.
BM Satires 12290 & 12291.
[Ref: 58315] £380.00 view all images for this item
The Union Club Masquerade.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June 7.th 1802 by SWFores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, small tears taped.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens, centred on the Prince of Wales dress as Henry VIII, Mrs Fitzherbert as Anne Boleyn and William Pitt the younger as 'Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satire 9871, with extensive description. See [Ref: 54438] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68514] £320.00
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June 7.th 1802 by SWFores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, small tears taped.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens, centred on the Prince of Wales dress as Henry VIII, Mrs Fitzherbert as Anne Boleyn and William Pitt the younger as 'Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satire 9871, with extensive description. See [Ref: 54438] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68514] £320.00
Rules for a Warm Weather Ball or Salutary Conduct for Corpulent Dancers.
Argus del. [Charles Williams.]
Handcoloured etching. J. Whatman watermarked paper 1818. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10). Tears in edges. Some staining and creases.
A scene in a ballroom in which a large woman, fanning herself, converses with a man about the heat. Around them figures dance and dine while musicians play in a gallery.
BM Satire 10664.
[Ref: 38766] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del. [Charles Williams.]
Handcoloured etching. J. Whatman watermarked paper 1818. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10). Tears in edges. Some staining and creases.
A scene in a ballroom in which a large woman, fanning herself, converses with a man about the heat. Around them figures dance and dine while musicians play in a gallery.
BM Satire 10664.
[Ref: 38766] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Whitbread] The Effect of Whitbreads Entire or Wha Wants a Guinea.](jpegs/58381.jpg)
[Samuel Whitbread] The Effect of Whitbreads Entire or Wha Wants a Guinea.
[after Charles Williams.]
Pub.d as the Act directs June 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained. Nicks and creases to edges.
Samuel Whitbread stands at his tavern door (indicated by the chequerboard sign), holding a foaming tankard. Melville sits on a stool vomiting coins into a bag marked 'Pro Bono Publico', aided by Fox and Sheridan. Pitt leans against a wall. Whitbread was a close friend and colleague of Fox, leading the campaign to have Viscount Melville impeached. After Fox's death in 1806 Whitbread took over the leadership of the Whigs. A reversed copy of a plate by Charles Williams.
See BM Satires 10400 for the Williams version.
[Ref: 58381] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Charles Williams.]
Pub.d as the Act directs June 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained. Nicks and creases to edges.
Samuel Whitbread stands at his tavern door (indicated by the chequerboard sign), holding a foaming tankard. Melville sits on a stool vomiting coins into a bag marked 'Pro Bono Publico', aided by Fox and Sheridan. Pitt leans against a wall. Whitbread was a close friend and colleague of Fox, leading the campaign to have Viscount Melville impeached. After Fox's death in 1806 Whitbread took over the leadership of the Whigs. A reversed copy of a plate by Charles Williams.
See BM Satires 10400 for the Williams version.
[Ref: 58381] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![The Birmingham New Member_ A Man of Mettle [/Metal] - or a Match for Ministers.](jpegs/44918.jpg)
The Birmingham New Member_ A Man of Mettle [/Metal] - or a Match for Ministers.
[Charles Williams]
Pub 1819 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with 1818 watermark.
Birmingham brassfounders about to place a brazen head of Sir Charles Wolseley on an effigy. Wolsey had made an inflamatory speech at Stockton and was arrested for sedition. In his absence the Birmingham reformers elected him their 'Legislatorial attourney' and empowered him to represent their grievences in Parliament.
BM Satire 13251.
[Ref: 44918] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams]
Pub 1819 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with 1818 watermark.
Birmingham brassfounders about to place a brazen head of Sir Charles Wolseley on an effigy. Wolsey had made an inflamatory speech at Stockton and was arrested for sedition. In his absence the Birmingham reformers elected him their 'Legislatorial attourney' and empowered him to represent their grievences in Parliament.
BM Satire 13251.
[Ref: 44918] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)