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Map of Hope, Love, Hatred & Despair.
Ent.d Sta.s Hall [Irish? c.1840].
Extremely rare lithographic broadsheet map with text. Sheet 390 x 510mm (15¼ x 20"). Folds, tear at central fold, small tears in edges repaired.
An allegorical map outlining the features around 'The Great Ocean of Love', including 'The Bay of Delight', 'Temple of Hymen' 'Cradle Point', the 'Quick-Sands of Inconstancy', 'Mountains of Deceit', the Dead Lake of Indifference and 'Callous Bay' on 'Divorce Island'. The surrounding text expands on the theme. Above the map are twelve lines of verse by Rev.d Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), separated by a compass ross with the cardinals Hope, Love, Despair and Hatred. The National Library of Ireland has the same map, with the compass rose replacing the title, the text set differently and no quote from Watts, signed 'Callaghan Bro.s Lith. Cork'.
See National Library of Ireland EPH E821.
[Ref: 52952] £650.00
Ent.d Sta.s Hall [Irish? c.1840].
Extremely rare lithographic broadsheet map with text. Sheet 390 x 510mm (15¼ x 20"). Folds, tear at central fold, small tears in edges repaired.
An allegorical map outlining the features around 'The Great Ocean of Love', including 'The Bay of Delight', 'Temple of Hymen' 'Cradle Point', the 'Quick-Sands of Inconstancy', 'Mountains of Deceit', the Dead Lake of Indifference and 'Callous Bay' on 'Divorce Island'. The surrounding text expands on the theme. Above the map are twelve lines of verse by Rev.d Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), separated by a compass ross with the cardinals Hope, Love, Despair and Hatred. The National Library of Ireland has the same map, with the compass rose replacing the title, the text set differently and no quote from Watts, signed 'Callaghan Bro.s Lith. Cork'.
See National Library of Ireland EPH E821.
[Ref: 52952] £650.00
![[Map of Matrimony]](jpegs/53270.jpg)
[Map of Matrimony]
[n.d., c.1850.
Coloured inks, 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼) within perforated border on scrap sheet.
A manuscript 'map of matrimony', with the Gulf of Matrimony, Cape Scandal and Land of Spinsters.
[Ref: 53270] £145.00
[n.d., c.1850.
Coloured inks, 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼) within perforated border on scrap sheet.
A manuscript 'map of matrimony', with the Gulf of Matrimony, Cape Scandal and Land of Spinsters.
[Ref: 53270] £145.00
Market of Love.
F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, invt. & sculpt.
Publish'd 4th May, 1801, by Anth.y Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.29 Pall Mall, London.
Stipple and etching, on later paper, 225 x 265mm (9 x 10½").
In front of a tree, four classical women kneeling and standing around a fenced enclosure holding three winged putti; in the background on the left, another nymph carrying away a putto on her shoulder. A reissue of the plate published in 1795 by Molteno and C. Guisan, with evidence of wear. By Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
De Vesme 440, undescribed state. See BM 1951,0723.21.
[Ref: 22471] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, invt. & sculpt.
Publish'd 4th May, 1801, by Anth.y Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.29 Pall Mall, London.
Stipple and etching, on later paper, 225 x 265mm (9 x 10½").
In front of a tree, four classical women kneeling and standing around a fenced enclosure holding three winged putti; in the background on the left, another nymph carrying away a putto on her shoulder. A reissue of the plate published in 1795 by Molteno and C. Guisan, with evidence of wear. By Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
De Vesme 440, undescribed state. See BM 1951,0723.21.
[Ref: 22471] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Marriage.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Nov.r 15.th 1787, by J. Dean, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Coloured mezzotint with large margins. Plate 503 x 354mm (19¾ x 14"). Title area bit messy.
A bride and groom, simply dressed, walking hand-in-hand under a church porch, looking into each other's eyes, the groom holding his hat in his left hand, two bridesmaids throwing flowers from baskets on the right, with an old lady and another woman standing behind them. From a set of four.
[Ref: 28188] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Nov.r 15.th 1787, by J. Dean, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Coloured mezzotint with large margins. Plate 503 x 354mm (19¾ x 14"). Title area bit messy.
A bride and groom, simply dressed, walking hand-in-hand under a church porch, looking into each other's eyes, the groom holding his hat in his left hand, two bridesmaids throwing flowers from baskets on the right, with an old lady and another woman standing behind them. From a set of four.
[Ref: 28188] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Maternal Affection. From a Bas Relief in Hurst Church.
R. Westmacott R.A. sculpr. Drawn on Stone by H. Corbould.
[London: F. Moser, 1820.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 305 x 275mm. 12 x 10¾". India paper creased and bubbled.
Classical design in a roundel; a young woman kneeling in profile to right holding a child in her lap which looks up at her while two other children lean against her back. From an edition of four lithographs of which there is a complete set in original wrappers in the BM. The wrapper is lettered: 'The Art of Design of the English School, in a Series of Drawings on Stone: from original works in Painting & Sculpture'. Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856) is the sculptor. A Royal Academician and Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, Westmacott was responsible for the design of 'The Progress of Civilization', the sculpture for the British Museum pediment. He received commissions for monuments in all parts of the country, as well as in India and the colonies.
BM 1893,0803.84.
[Ref: 22157] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R. Westmacott R.A. sculpr. Drawn on Stone by H. Corbould.
[London: F. Moser, 1820.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 305 x 275mm. 12 x 10¾". India paper creased and bubbled.
Classical design in a roundel; a young woman kneeling in profile to right holding a child in her lap which looks up at her while two other children lean against her back. From an edition of four lithographs of which there is a complete set in original wrappers in the BM. The wrapper is lettered: 'The Art of Design of the English School, in a Series of Drawings on Stone: from original works in Painting & Sculpture'. Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856) is the sculptor. A Royal Academician and Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, Westmacott was responsible for the design of 'The Progress of Civilization', the sculpture for the British Museum pediment. He received commissions for monuments in all parts of the country, as well as in India and the colonies.
BM 1893,0803.84.
[Ref: 22157] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Matrimonial Map.
A. Houghton.
[n.d. c.1830]
Pen and ink drawing, sheet 180 x 230mm (7¼ x 9"), including large margins. Some surface dirt in margins.
An allegorical map of Matrimony, with the Gulf of Matrimony, Petticoat Government and Land of Spinsters.
[Ref: 62271] £180.00
A. Houghton.
[n.d. c.1830]
Pen and ink drawing, sheet 180 x 230mm (7¼ x 9"), including large margins. Some surface dirt in margins.
An allegorical map of Matrimony, with the Gulf of Matrimony, Petticoat Government and Land of Spinsters.
[Ref: 62271] £180.00
The Universal Power of Love. Motto.
Kirke pinx. Ant. Cardon sculp.
Tomkins scrip. Cooper sculp. [n.d., c.1813.]
Scarce stipple. 365 x 290mm (14¼ x 11½"), with large margins.
A portrait of the figure of love shown holding a torch and bow and arrow, with verse by Erasmus Darwin.
[Ref: 47505] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Kirke pinx. Ant. Cardon sculp.
Tomkins scrip. Cooper sculp. [n.d., c.1813.]
Scarce stipple. 365 x 290mm (14¼ x 11½"), with large margins.
A portrait of the figure of love shown holding a torch and bow and arrow, with verse by Erasmus Darwin.
[Ref: 47505] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
My Sweetheart. Love’s Vagaries No. 2.
London Pubd by S. Gans Southampton Street Covent Garden May 25th 1831.
Coloured lithograph, rare. 229 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Some toning.
A small rotund man proudly looks up at his tall, slim and elegant partner.
[Ref: 26855] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
London Pubd by S. Gans Southampton Street Covent Garden May 25th 1831.
Coloured lithograph, rare. 229 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Some toning.
A small rotund man proudly looks up at his tall, slim and elegant partner.
[Ref: 26855] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Amores Naturales. Ex. Plinio Lib. 36. Cap. 5. Varroni docto celebratum opus Arcesilia, Pulchre haec, Spectator, picta Tabella refert. Marmoreo lapidj torua est incisa Leaena, Parte omni aligeris cincta Cupidinibus. [...]
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Never Too Late to Mend. Lor! How delightfully you sing Mr. Lark, do try. "Little Love is a Mischievous Boy." John I'm going to Lecture you on getting Tipsy last night It's a very disgraceful waste of time. Do you think so mark why I think it a very pleasant occupation.
[n.d. c.1820).
Coloured lithograph. 146 x 161mm (5¾ x 6½"). Stained and trimmed.
A satirical print that highlights the ups and downs of marriage, from frivilous flirting and courting with music, to the wife reprimanding her husband for wasting his time drinking (a bottle still sticks up from his back pocket).
[Ref: 52224] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1820).
Coloured lithograph. 146 x 161mm (5¾ x 6½"). Stained and trimmed.
A satirical print that highlights the ups and downs of marriage, from frivilous flirting and courting with music, to the wife reprimanding her husband for wasting his time drinking (a bottle still sticks up from his back pocket).
[Ref: 52224] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Celebrated Women of the Old Testament.] Susanna.](jpegs/51923.jpg)
[Celebrated Women of the Old Testament.] Susanna. Susanna, à sensibus falsò accusata malignis, Insons inventa est, frausque retecta sunum.
M. de Vos inv. J. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [n.d. c.1590.]
Rare engraving. 160 x 90mm (6¼ x 3½"), with large margins.
Portrait of Susanna, a woman accused of adultery by two lechers attempting to blackmail her into having sex with them. Daniel proves her innocence,after which the two men are executed. Plate 19 of the series 'Icones Illustrium Feminarum Veteris Testamenti', engraved by Jan Collaert II (c.1561-c.1620) after Maarten de Vos (1532 - 1603). The author of the verse was Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574.
BM: 1992,0404.21, first state, before borderlines.
[Ref: 51923] £320.00
M. de Vos inv. J. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [n.d. c.1590.]
Rare engraving. 160 x 90mm (6¼ x 3½"), with large margins.
Portrait of Susanna, a woman accused of adultery by two lechers attempting to blackmail her into having sex with them. Daniel proves her innocence,after which the two men are executed. Plate 19 of the series 'Icones Illustrium Feminarum Veteris Testamenti', engraved by Jan Collaert II (c.1561-c.1620) after Maarten de Vos (1532 - 1603). The author of the verse was Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574.
BM: 1992,0404.21, first state, before borderlines.
[Ref: 51923] £320.00
Our Grandmother's Courtship. What a lucky dog were you Grandpapa! Frederick Locker.
[n.d. c.1880]
Proof steel engraving, 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9").
A young couple embrace next to a highly decorated wall and fireplace. With a line from Frederick Locker-Lampson's (1821–1895) poem, 'To my Grandmother.'
[Ref: 62273] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1880]
Proof steel engraving, 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9").
A young couple embrace next to a highly decorated wall and fireplace. With a line from Frederick Locker-Lampson's (1821–1895) poem, 'To my Grandmother.'
[Ref: 62273] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Firm and Faithful Fond and true / Such my love I'll prove to you!
[n.d., c.1840.]
Paper lace doily with watercolour flowers. Doily 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾")..
A romantic valentine.
[Ref: 55477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Paper lace doily with watercolour flowers. Doily 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾")..
A romantic valentine.
[Ref: 55477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Lily of the Valley For the Bosom.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Embossed album sheet, 280 x 230mm (11 x 9") with two valentines. A paper lace doily with embossed flower trimmed and stuck on, doily pasted on; and verso an embossed card with watercolour forget-me-nots and bows of ribbon.
Two romantic valentines.
[Ref: 55476] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1840.]
Embossed album sheet, 280 x 230mm (11 x 9") with two valentines. A paper lace doily with embossed flower trimmed and stuck on, doily pasted on; and verso an embossed card with watercolour forget-me-nots and bows of ribbon.
Two romantic valentines.
[Ref: 55476] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43793.jpg)
[Valentine.] Do you think I'd wed a Pipe, with rags and smoke? [/] No, no, that would be too great a joke; [/] No, you old chimney pot, now stop your smoking, [/] Or you will soon smell sulphur and be choking.
[n.d, c.1850]
Woodcut. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾").
An example of an alternative Victorian Valentines card, criticising the recipient's smoking habit.
[Ref: 43793] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d, c.1850]
Woodcut. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾").
An example of an alternative Victorian Valentines card, criticising the recipient's smoking habit.
[Ref: 43793] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Fanny Hill, Louisa, and the Nosegay Boy. Woman of Pleasure.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37408] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37408] £450.00
Hariet ravish'd in the Summer House. Woman of Pleasure.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining to sheet.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37404] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining to sheet.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37404] £450.00
Fanny Hill & Pheobe. Women of Pleasure.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Cut to image on all sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37406] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Cut to image on all sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of John Cleland's 'Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37406] £450.00
St. Preux and Eloisa. I feel - I feel you are a thousand times more dear to me than ever. O my charming Mistress! my Wife! my Sister! my Friend! By what name shall I express what I feel? Eloisa Vol 1. Page: 85.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Julie, or the New Heloise'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37405] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Julie, or the New Heloise'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37405] £450.00
Mrs. Homespun & Sedley. Pupil of Pleasure.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Samuel Jackson's Pupil of Pleasure. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37403] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Samuel Jackson's Pupil of Pleasure. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37403] £450.00
Lady Bellaston & Tom Jones after their return from the Masquerade. Tom Jones book 15 Chap.t 7.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See: Ref 37407. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37402] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See: Ref 37407. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37402] £450.00
Tom Jones, Molly Seagrim, and Square.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See Ref: 37402. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37401] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See Ref: 37402. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37401] £450.00
Tom Jones and, Molly Seagrim in the Grove.
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining in title area.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See Ref: 37401, 37405, 37403. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37407] £450.00
[W. Ward and J.R. Smith(?) after G. Morland.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Tipped into backing sheet. Light staining in title area.
An illustration supposedly of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones'. Radically different from George Morland's (1763-1804) more familiar rustic genre, landscapes and elegant portraits of decorous young ladies, this plate graphically depicts sexual intercourse. It is from a series of rude illustrations of popular novels almost certainly engraved by William Ward (1766-1826) and John Raphael Smith (1752-1812), with whom Morland enjoyed a fruitful business partnership. The plates are (naturally) unsigned. For a set of eleven from this series see item ref: 28133.
See Ref: 37401, 37405, 37403. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37407] £450.00
Le Pressant-Serment. Le moment presse bell-Hortence. De vous declarer mon amour et mes feux; Je jure sur une parfaite obeissance A suivre tout ce que je lis dans vos yeux.
[n.d. c.1800.]
A very fine engraving printed in red. 294 x 228mm. 11½ x 9".
A young man down on his knees declaring his love.
[Ref: 15423] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1800.]
A very fine engraving printed in red. 294 x 228mm. 11½ x 9".
A young man down on his knees declaring his love.
[Ref: 15423] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
La Pluie d'Amour ou la Rosée du Mois de Mai. Air: Nous sommes précepteurs d'Amour.
A Paris chez Boulard, M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Martin, No. 84.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 245 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
A French satirical scene showing young women catching the cupids falling out of the sky like rain, on the left one woman hands a cupid to a young man.
[Ref: 46680] £320.00
A Paris chez Boulard, M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Martin, No. 84.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 245 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
A French satirical scene showing young women catching the cupids falling out of the sky like rain, on the left one woman hands a cupid to a young man.
[Ref: 46680] £320.00
Les Sabots. D'après le Tableau Original de François Boucher premier Peintre du Roi.
F. Boucher pinx. R. Gaillard Sculp.
[n.d., 1773.] but later.
Etching. 495 x 380mm (19½ x 15"), with very large margins.
'The wooden shoes'. A young couple pick and feed each other cherries, having kicked off their shoes under the tree. A reversed copy of François Boucher's 1768 oval painting, now in the Art Gallery of Ontario (Object number 78/6).
[Ref: 61255] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
F. Boucher pinx. R. Gaillard Sculp.
[n.d., 1773.] but later.
Etching. 495 x 380mm (19½ x 15"), with very large margins.
'The wooden shoes'. A young couple pick and feed each other cherries, having kicked off their shoes under the tree. A reversed copy of François Boucher's 1768 oval painting, now in the Art Gallery of Ontario (Object number 78/6).
[Ref: 61255] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Seduction.
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by J. Young.
London. Pub. Nov.r 5. 1788 by Ja.s Birchall No. 473, Strand.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Light foxing. A few scratches to printed area.
A young woman wearing a mob cap, shawl and apron, sitting at the door of a thatched cottage, her left arm hooked over the back of her chair, reading a letter. There is a basket upside down beside her, and a bird drinking from a plate on the ground next to it. A young man is seen bribing a second woman behind a tree next to the cottage to the right. A companion print to item ref: 36981, 'Credulous Innocence'.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36990] £360.00
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by J. Young.
London. Pub. Nov.r 5. 1788 by Ja.s Birchall No. 473, Strand.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Light foxing. A few scratches to printed area.
A young woman wearing a mob cap, shawl and apron, sitting at the door of a thatched cottage, her left arm hooked over the back of her chair, reading a letter. There is a basket upside down beside her, and a bird drinking from a plate on the ground next to it. A young man is seen bribing a second woman behind a tree next to the cottage to the right. A companion print to item ref: 36981, 'Credulous Innocence'.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36990] £360.00
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43807.jpg)
[Valentine.] Thou simple Youth a caution take, [/] Ere you your love declare, [/] A fruitless match I know you'd make, [/] And a most unhappy pair.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
A Victorian valentine card showing a young woman and young man standing next to each other, below them are words of caution.
[Ref: 43807] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
A Victorian valentine card showing a young woman and young man standing next to each other, below them are words of caution.
[Ref: 43807] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Sincere Lovers. The tim'rous Youth w.th Prayers intreats ye Fair, Which she rejects with a disdainfull Air: Yet pines in thought, & bears an equal part Of all his Anguish; in her asking Heart. In real Love the Sex alike the same, Fortune themselves to give their Lovers pain.
I. Simon fec et ex, C. Coypel pinx
[n.d. c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Plate 349 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, creasing top right; glued to backing sheet.
Wry comment on the games involved in courtship, in which those involved 'torture themselves to give their Lovers pain.'
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28404] £350.00
I. Simon fec et ex, C. Coypel pinx
[n.d. c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Plate 349 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, creasing top right; glued to backing sheet.
Wry comment on the games involved in courtship, in which those involved 'torture themselves to give their Lovers pain.'
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28404] £350.00
![[Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn.]](jpegs/44827.jpg)
[Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn.]
Invented, Painted, Engraved & Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March the 25. 1738 [but later]. According to Act of Parliament.
Engraving, Plate: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), on 19th century paper. Trimmed to plate, wear and damage in margins and paper loss in the left edge.
A busy scene in a barn being used as a dressing room for a troop of actors. In the centre an expressive woman stands facing the viewer, her hand raised while around her the other figures get ready for the performance, one woman seated to the left of the central figure does her hair, a woman on the right practices her lines and in the corner a figure in a eagle headress feeds a baby.
Paulson: 150.
[Ref: 44827] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Invented, Painted, Engraved & Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March the 25. 1738 [but later]. According to Act of Parliament.
Engraving, Plate: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), on 19th century paper. Trimmed to plate, wear and damage in margins and paper loss in the left edge.
A busy scene in a barn being used as a dressing room for a troop of actors. In the centre an expressive woman stands facing the viewer, her hand raised while around her the other figures get ready for the performance, one woman seated to the left of the central figure does her hair, a woman on the right practices her lines and in the corner a figure in a eagle headress feeds a baby.
Paulson: 150.
[Ref: 44827] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43810.jpg)
[Valentine.] Do run and play you stupid girl [/] Don't let me see those features, [/] You certainly by far excel, [/] All vain and shapeless creatures.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½").
A cruel Victorian valentine criticising a young woman for her vanity.
[Ref: 43810] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving with embossed border. Sheet: 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½").
A cruel Victorian valentine criticising a young woman for her vanity.
[Ref: 43810] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
![[Valentine.] Surely love is between us.](jpegs/15446.jpg)
[Valentine.] Surely love is between us.
On stone by G. Ryner.
Published by Shepherd & Sutton, Foster Lane, London. A Duiotes Lithog. 70 St. Martins Lane. [n.d. c.1820.]
Lithograph. 243 x 349mm. 9½ x 13¾". Spotting.
Valentines. Satire of two lovers with a cupid sat between them.
[Ref: 15446] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
On stone by G. Ryner.
Published by Shepherd & Sutton, Foster Lane, London. A Duiotes Lithog. 70 St. Martins Lane. [n.d. c.1820.]
Lithograph. 243 x 349mm. 9½ x 13¾". Spotting.
Valentines. Satire of two lovers with a cupid sat between them.
[Ref: 15446] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Susanna and the Elders.]](jpegs/52519.jpg)
[Susanna and the Elders.]
[after Peter Paul Rubens.]
CJVißcher Excu. [n.d., 1652.]
Engraving with etching, 17th century watermark. 375 x 515mm (14¾ x 20¼"), engraved Dutch text masked, with contemporary red ruling. Torn to the plate at the centrefold.
Susanna being harassed by the Elders, who pull at her clothes. Originally published in a Dutch bible, 'Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti', the red ruling and masked text suggest this example comes from the English edition, 'Figures of the Bible, in wich almost every history of the Holy Scriptures is discribed'.
[Ref: 52519] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Peter Paul Rubens.]
CJVißcher Excu. [n.d., 1652.]
Engraving with etching, 17th century watermark. 375 x 515mm (14¾ x 20¼"), engraved Dutch text masked, with contemporary red ruling. Torn to the plate at the centrefold.
Susanna being harassed by the Elders, who pull at her clothes. Originally published in a Dutch bible, 'Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti', the red ruling and masked text suggest this example comes from the English edition, 'Figures of the Bible, in wich almost every history of the Holy Scriptures is discribed'.
[Ref: 52519] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Susanna and the Elders.] Turpe Senilis Amor.](jpegs/57433.jpg)
[Susanna and the Elders.] Turpe Senilis Amor.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 365 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A naked Susanna washing at a pool with a sea-monster fountain. The elders lurk in the background.
[Ref: 57433] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 365 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A naked Susanna washing at a pool with a sea-monster fountain. The elders lurk in the background.
[Ref: 57433] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Susanna and the Elders.]](jpegs/38232.jpg)
[Susanna and the Elders.] Surrexerunt duo fenes e accurrerunt, ingemuit autem Susanna, e ait melius est mihi absque opere incidere in manus vestras quam peccare in conspectu Domini.
J.B. de Troy pinxit. Laur. Cars Sculpsit.
a Paris chez l'Auteur rue neuve des Petits Champs vis-a-vis la rue Vivienne [n.d., 1750.]
Engraving. 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Small margins. Slight staining in title on right.
Two elders attempt to blackmail Susanna into having sex with them. In her resulting trial for adultery she is saved by Daniel. After Jean Francois De Troy (1679-1752).
[Ref: 38232] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. de Troy pinxit. Laur. Cars Sculpsit.
a Paris chez l'Auteur rue neuve des Petits Champs vis-a-vis la rue Vivienne [n.d., 1750.]
Engraving. 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Small margins. Slight staining in title on right.
Two elders attempt to blackmail Susanna into having sex with them. In her resulting trial for adultery she is saved by Daniel. After Jean Francois De Troy (1679-1752).
[Ref: 38232] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tregear's Flights of Humour No 31. An Optical Delusion. Never Mind Billy What Others May Say, You are Very Pretty in My Eye.
Published by G. Tregear 123 Cheapside London, 1833.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners; cockling in these areas.
A pretty young girl hangs on the arm of a man with simian features.
Wellcome 107401.
[Ref: 60529] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Published by G. Tregear 123 Cheapside London, 1833.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners; cockling in these areas.
A pretty young girl hangs on the arm of a man with simian features.
Wellcome 107401.
[Ref: 60529] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Veneris Triumphus. Illa quidem totum dignissima temperat orbem. Illa tenet nullo regna minora Deo. Ovid: Fast: Lib: IV.V: 91.
C. Cignani inv: et. del: J.M. Liotard sculpsit.
[n.d., 1743.]
A rare & fine engraving. Sheet 500 x 865mm (19¾ x 34") Trimmed within plate.
A scene representing Love's triumph over learning, glory and the arts, one of seven cartoons drawn by Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) for the fresco decorations on the walls of a room in the Palazzo del Giardino at Parma. Venus sits holding Cupid in her arms as her triumphal chariot (drawn by two young satyrs and two putti with their hands tied behind their backs) crushes a book, an eagle standard, a sword, a pair of compasses, a laurel-wreath and a palette. The procession is headed by a winged youth playing a harp and includes the Three Graces. Cignani's frescoes were begun in about 1678 and survive today, although they suffered damage in the Second World War. The cartoons came into the possession of Joseph Smith (1682-1770, the British consul at Venice, 1744-60, and patron of Canaletto) in the 1730s, where Jean Michel Liotard saw them and engraved them for his 'Monochromata Septem Caroli Cignanti Bononiensis', as this print. The cartoons were bought by George III in 1762 and are now in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court.
[Ref: 46261] £480.00
C. Cignani inv: et. del: J.M. Liotard sculpsit.
[n.d., 1743.]
A rare & fine engraving. Sheet 500 x 865mm (19¾ x 34") Trimmed within plate.
A scene representing Love's triumph over learning, glory and the arts, one of seven cartoons drawn by Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) for the fresco decorations on the walls of a room in the Palazzo del Giardino at Parma. Venus sits holding Cupid in her arms as her triumphal chariot (drawn by two young satyrs and two putti with their hands tied behind their backs) crushes a book, an eagle standard, a sword, a pair of compasses, a laurel-wreath and a palette. The procession is headed by a winged youth playing a harp and includes the Three Graces. Cignani's frescoes were begun in about 1678 and survive today, although they suffered damage in the Second World War. The cartoons came into the possession of Joseph Smith (1682-1770, the British consul at Venice, 1744-60, and patron of Canaletto) in the 1730s, where Jean Michel Liotard saw them and engraved them for his 'Monochromata Septem Caroli Cignanti Bononiensis', as this print. The cartoons were bought by George III in 1762 and are now in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court.
[Ref: 46261] £480.00
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43813.jpg)
[Valentine.] This is your portrait, your poor ugly ass. [/] And the nonsense you speak try for knowledge to pass [/] Your nose and your ears are so long to be sure, [/] A mind filled with conceit is dreadfully poor.
[n.d, c.1850.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5").
A cruel Victorian valentine comparing a man to a donkey.
[Ref: 43813] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d, c.1850.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5").
A cruel Victorian valentine comparing a man to a donkey.
[Ref: 43813] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43811.jpg)
[Valentine.] Why did you court her suddenly?[/] And why so soon "propose" [/] Why lead her to the altar [/] To be led by the nose?
[n.d., c.1850.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½").
A Victorian valentine criticising a man's decision to get married.
[Ref: 43811] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½").
A Victorian valentine criticising a man's decision to get married.
[Ref: 43811] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Humours of Valentine's Day.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 90 x 110mm (3½" x 4¼). Trimmed.
A black pageboy gives a message to his mistress depicting a heart pierced by arrows and the word 'Snowball'.
[Ref: 57260] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 90 x 110mm (3½" x 4¼). Trimmed.
A black pageboy gives a message to his mistress depicting a heart pierced by arrows and the word 'Snowball'.
[Ref: 57260] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Valentine.]](jpegs/43797.jpg)
[Valentine.] You may smile as you please, and anoint well with grease [/] Your ugly old Phizz, and false hair [/] You may dress out quite gay, yet that's not the way [/] To keep up a Juvenile air...
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 215 x 180mm (8½ x 7").
An example of a cruel Victorian Valentine, which pokes fun at a spinster attempting to cling on to her youth.
[Ref: 43797] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 215 x 180mm (8½ x 7").
An example of a cruel Victorian Valentine, which pokes fun at a spinster attempting to cling on to her youth.
[Ref: 43797] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The good Woman's Heart.
April 15th 1837.
Ink sketch on album paper with a printed border. A little toning of paper.
A sketch of a love-heart, divided into areas with titles like 'Virtue and Youth', 'Religion and Piety' & 'Love, Constancy and Modesty', 'Obedience and good nature'.
[Ref: 57258] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
April 15th 1837.
Ink sketch on album paper with a printed border. A little toning of paper.
A sketch of a love-heart, divided into areas with titles like 'Virtue and Youth', 'Religion and Piety' & 'Love, Constancy and Modesty', 'Obedience and good nature'.
[Ref: 57258] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)