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Catalogue: Satire
![The Diaboliad. To reign is worth ambition, tho' in Hell. Milton. [&] The Diabo - Lady.](jpegs/27545.jpg)
The Diaboliad. To reign is worth ambition, tho' in Hell. Milton. [&] The Diabo - Lady.
Lond. Mag. March 1777. [&] Lond. Mag. April 1777.
Pair of etchings, each c.110 x 175mm. 4¼ x 7". 'Lady' tipped into album page.
Two scenes from William Combe's 'The Diaboliad a poem. Dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions. Also, the Diabo-Lady: or, a match in hell', a political satire. In the first scene Simon Luttrell Irnham, 1st Earl of Carhampton, is the successful candidate about to be crowned successor to the Devil to reign in Hell (left). Other candidates, in line behind, include Charles James Fox and the young peer Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley. In the second women petition a well-dressed Devil in Hell, who stands on his dais at left, his throne behind him, with demons, monsters and fantastical creatures in the background. Lettered below with five lines of verse from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
BM Satires 5424 & 5425.
[Ref: 27545] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Lond. Mag. March 1777. [&] Lond. Mag. April 1777.
Pair of etchings, each c.110 x 175mm. 4¼ x 7". 'Lady' tipped into album page.
Two scenes from William Combe's 'The Diaboliad a poem. Dedicated to the worst man in His Majesty's dominions. Also, the Diabo-Lady: or, a match in hell', a political satire. In the first scene Simon Luttrell Irnham, 1st Earl of Carhampton, is the successful candidate about to be crowned successor to the Devil to reign in Hell (left). Other candidates, in line behind, include Charles James Fox and the young peer Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley. In the second women petition a well-dressed Devil in Hell, who stands on his dais at left, his throne behind him, with demons, monsters and fantastical creatures in the background. Lettered below with five lines of verse from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
BM Satires 5424 & 5425.
[Ref: 27545] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Diamond Cut Diamond. Oh Wigsby my boy, did you ever shave a Monkey. [/] No Sir, but if you'll just walk in I'll try.
W. Summers, Del. Cha.s Hunt, Sc.
London, Pub by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St. Soho. [n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured aquatint with etching. Sheet size: 235 x 270mm (9¼ x 10½"), watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman. 1830'. Trimmed inside plate and to image at top edge.
A scene outside 'Sharpwig, Hairdresser & Shaver', as an elaborately dressed figure inspects the shop through his monicle. The hairdresser stands in the doorway, holding shaving equipment, laughing, as does the customer inside. An advertising sign outside the shop reads, 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden [...] Barber of Seville [...] The Monkey that has seen the World'. The shop window displays various wigs and, to the left, two chimneys sweeps look on, with one saying, 'My eyes Jem theres a swell cove', the other replies, 'Ah! What a lark it would be to send him up a Gas Pipe'.
Hickman p.139.
[Ref: 36664] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
W. Summers, Del. Cha.s Hunt, Sc.
London, Pub by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St. Soho. [n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured aquatint with etching. Sheet size: 235 x 270mm (9¼ x 10½"), watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman. 1830'. Trimmed inside plate and to image at top edge.
A scene outside 'Sharpwig, Hairdresser & Shaver', as an elaborately dressed figure inspects the shop through his monicle. The hairdresser stands in the doorway, holding shaving equipment, laughing, as does the customer inside. An advertising sign outside the shop reads, 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden [...] Barber of Seville [...] The Monkey that has seen the World'. The shop window displays various wigs and, to the left, two chimneys sweeps look on, with one saying, 'My eyes Jem theres a swell cove', the other replies, 'Ah! What a lark it would be to send him up a Gas Pipe'.
Hickman p.139.
[Ref: 36664] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Dibdin] An Oddity. Wags have at ye.](jpegs/59564.jpg)
[Charles Dibdin] An Oddity. Wags have at ye. Attic Miscellany. A Musico-Oritorical Portrait.
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & Co March 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Creasing.
Charles Dibdin (c.1745 – 1814), composer and actor, stands at a harpsichord, holding a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM Satires 7953.
[Ref: 59564] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Annabal Scratch fecit.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & Co March 1st 1791.
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Creasing.
Charles Dibdin (c.1745 – 1814), composer and actor, stands at a harpsichord, holding a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. Attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM Satires 7953.
[Ref: 59564] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Dibdin] The Chaunting Orator.](jpegs/62059.jpg)
[Charles Dibdin] The Chaunting Orator.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½. Trimmed, mounted in album paper at edges.
Charles Dibdin (c.1745 – 1814), composer and actor, stands at a harpsichord, holding a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. See 59564 for a different version of the same caricature attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM K,59.72; see BM Satires 7953.
[Ref: 62059] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½. Trimmed, mounted in album paper at edges.
Charles Dibdin (c.1745 – 1814), composer and actor, stands at a harpsichord, holding a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. See 59564 for a different version of the same caricature attributed to the pseudonymical 'Annabal Scratch'.
BM K,59.72; see BM Satires 7953.
[Ref: 62059] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Murphy the Dick-Tater, Alias the Weather Cock of the Walk. A Statue to be erected near the Change.
Standidge & Co. Litho, London.
Published, for the Proprietor, by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 275mm (14 x 10¾''). Trimmed, creasing and staining.
A potato-headed figure with a globe for a body evidently prepared for all weathers. A satire on Patrick Murphy (1782 - 1847), weather prophet. His name was very prominent in 1838 as the author of ‘The Weather Almanack (on Scientific Principles, showing the State of the Weather for every Day of the Year 1838). By P. Murphy, Esq., M.N.S'. Under the date of 20 January he said ‘Fair, prob. lowest deg. of winter temp.’ By a happy chance this proved to be a remarkably cold day, the thermometer at sunrise standing at four degrees below zero. This circumstance raised his celebrity to a great height as a weather prophet, and the shop of his publishers, Messrs. Whittaker & Co., was besieged with customers, while the winter of 1837-8 became known as Murphy's winter.
[Ref: 51084] £360.00
Standidge & Co. Litho, London.
Published, for the Proprietor, by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 275mm (14 x 10¾''). Trimmed, creasing and staining.
A potato-headed figure with a globe for a body evidently prepared for all weathers. A satire on Patrick Murphy (1782 - 1847), weather prophet. His name was very prominent in 1838 as the author of ‘The Weather Almanack (on Scientific Principles, showing the State of the Weather for every Day of the Year 1838). By P. Murphy, Esq., M.N.S'. Under the date of 20 January he said ‘Fair, prob. lowest deg. of winter temp.’ By a happy chance this proved to be a remarkably cold day, the thermometer at sunrise standing at four degrees below zero. This circumstance raised his celebrity to a great height as a weather prophet, and the shop of his publishers, Messrs. Whittaker & Co., was besieged with customers, while the winter of 1837-8 became known as Murphy's winter.
[Ref: 51084] £360.00
The differance of Times, between those Times, and there Times. Britannia's Isle, like Fortune's Wheel, In Politicks does daily reel...
[n.d., c.1739.]
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed, folds and laid on album sheet.
A satirical broadside which comments on Robert Walpole's reluctance to go to war in the 1730s. It is a print of a medal struck during the rule of Oliver Cromwell which commented on France and Spain's subservience to him, however in this print Cardinal Fleury of France replaces Cromwell and the Dutch ambassador and Walpole replace the Spanish and the French ambassadors. Fleurey, resting his head in the lap of Britannia presents his bare behind while Walpole and the Dutch Ambassador debate who has to kiss it first.
[Ref: 42691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1739.]
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed, folds and laid on album sheet.
A satirical broadside which comments on Robert Walpole's reluctance to go to war in the 1730s. It is a print of a medal struck during the rule of Oliver Cromwell which commented on France and Spain's subservience to him, however in this print Cardinal Fleury of France replaces Cromwell and the Dutch ambassador and Walpole replace the Spanish and the French ambassadors. Fleurey, resting his head in the lap of Britannia presents his bare behind while Walpole and the Dutch Ambassador debate who has to kiss it first.
[Ref: 42691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Coffee's the thing! Go it ye Tigers!
Drawn, Etch.d. & Pub by Richard Dighton Nov. 1823.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 9").
A full length portrait of a man, identified by the British Museum as a Mr Cohen, stands facing the right, holding his shirt collar between his fingers.
BM 14533.A.
[Ref: 34412] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Etch.d. & Pub by Richard Dighton Nov. 1823.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 9").
A full length portrait of a man, identified by the British Museum as a Mr Cohen, stands facing the right, holding his shirt collar between his fingers.
BM 14533.A.
[Ref: 34412] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Contract. M.r. Damington. M.r. Tremloe.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by R.d. Dighton 1818.
Hand coloured etching. Plate: 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Some surface dirt and some slight staining to margins.
Two men stand facing each other: one man, who is much taller than the other points at his companion.
BM 13028.A
[Ref: 34411] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by R.d. Dighton 1818.
Hand coloured etching. Plate: 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼"). Some surface dirt and some slight staining to margins.
Two men stand facing each other: one man, who is much taller than the other points at his companion.
BM 13028.A
[Ref: 34411] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman in enormous hat.]](jpegs/36691.jpg)
[Woman in enormous hat.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
M.r. Grant.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Rich.d. Dighton April 1818.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). Some staining on left edge. Surface dirt.
A full length portrait in profile of a Mr Grant, who stands facing right, hands upon an umberella.
BM 13019.A
[Ref: 34434] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Rich.d. Dighton April 1818.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). Some staining on left edge. Surface dirt.
A full length portrait in profile of a Mr Grant, who stands facing right, hands upon an umberella.
BM 13019.A
[Ref: 34434] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman holding quill and letter.]](jpegs/36690.jpg)
[Woman holding quill and letter.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Lindsey.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton June 1824.
London, Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 270mm (5¼ x 10½").
A full-length portrait in profile of a man in a top hat, high collar and tail coat facing right.
BM 14680.A.
[Ref: 34432] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton June 1824.
London, Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 270mm (5¼ x 10½").
A full-length portrait in profile of a man in a top hat, high collar and tail coat facing right.
BM 14680.A.
[Ref: 34432] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
M.r. Lowe.
Rich.d. Dighton, Nov.r. 1823.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"). Some surface dirt. Damage to lower left corner.
Full-length portrait of a Mr Lowe who stands with one hand resting on his hip, the other hanging by his side.
BM 14534.A
[Ref: 34477] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d. Dighton, Nov.r. 1823.
London Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"). Some surface dirt. Damage to lower left corner.
Full-length portrait of a Mr Lowe who stands with one hand resting on his hip, the other hanging by his side.
BM 14534.A
[Ref: 34477] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
"King Richard"_"The Broker's Friend". Mr. Heals.
Drawn, Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton. April 15.th. 1822.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. 1826 J. Whatman, Turkey Mill watermarked paper. Plate: 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Portrait in profile of a portly man dressed in black identified as Mr Heals.
BM 14412.A
[Ref: 34182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn, Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Richard Dighton. April 15.th. 1822.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. 1826 J. Whatman, Turkey Mill watermarked paper. Plate: 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Portrait in profile of a portly man dressed in black identified as Mr Heals.
BM 14412.A
[Ref: 34182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
They'll be done, We are obliged to thee.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Rich.d. Dighton.
London, Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching. 180 x 250mm (7 x 10¾"), with wide margins. Some surface dirt. Some marks in printed area.
Full-length portrait of a man facing right, one hand in his pocket, the other holding out a sheaf of bills.
BM 14064.A
[Ref: 34430] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. by Rich.d. Dighton.
London, Pub.d. by Tho.s. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching. 180 x 250mm (7 x 10¾"), with wide margins. Some surface dirt. Some marks in printed area.
Full-length portrait of a man facing right, one hand in his pocket, the other holding out a sheaf of bills.
BM 14064.A
[Ref: 34430] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pair of watercolours by Robert Dighton.] 360 Up to every thing. [&] who cares for you.](jpegs/35769.jpg)
[Pair of watercolours by Robert Dighton.] 360 Up to every thing. [&] who cares for you.
['who cares...' signed] Dighton -del-.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two watercolours. Each sheet 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some spotting on 'Up to everything', ink mss slightly trimmed on 'who cares'.
Two buxom prostitutes, drawn half-length in oval borders. Both caricatures were published by Carington Bowles c.1780: 'Who Cares for You?' BM Satires 8418; and 'Up to Every Thing' BM 2010,7081.2173.
[Ref: 35769] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
['who cares...' signed] Dighton -del-.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two watercolours. Each sheet 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some spotting on 'Up to everything', ink mss slightly trimmed on 'who cares'.
Two buxom prostitutes, drawn half-length in oval borders. Both caricatures were published by Carington Bowles c.1780: 'Who Cares for You?' BM Satires 8418; and 'Up to Every Thing' BM 2010,7081.2173.
[Ref: 35769] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
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The Dignifyd Clerical Macaroni. 19.
Pub.d accor.g to Act Oct.r 1772 by M Darly 89 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 178 x 249mm (7 x 9¾"). Small margins.
An obese bishop in a hunting jacket worn on top of a short black smock, advances cautiously from the left on a partridge on the right, trailing its wing. He is being encouraged in his progress by his game keeper who stands in the background pointing to the bird.
[Ref: 52265] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d accor.g to Act Oct.r 1772 by M Darly 89 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 178 x 249mm (7 x 9¾"). Small margins.
An obese bishop in a hunting jacket worn on top of a short black smock, advances cautiously from the left on a partridge on the right, trailing its wing. He is being encouraged in his progress by his game keeper who stands in the background pointing to the bird.
[Ref: 52265] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse].](jpegs/53538.jpg)
A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse]. The Saw Mill.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satire 4278.
[Ref: 53538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satire 4278.
[Ref: 53538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse].](jpegs/59971.jpg)
A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse]. The Saw Mill.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"), with margins.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satires 4278.
[Ref: 59971] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"), with margins.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satires 4278.
[Ref: 59971] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse].](jpegs/54383.jpg)
A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse]. The Saw Mill.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"), with margins.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satires 4278.
[Ref: 54383] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"), with margins.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satires 4278.
[Ref: 54383] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Dis-Organist. HB Sketchs No.571.
HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket 29.th Jany. 1839.
Coloured lithograph. 284 x 419mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some toning.
A musical image showing Lord Durham playing the organ discordantly, with Lord Roebuck blowing the bellows. Lord Brougham (far right) has put the instrument out of tune; at left, a woman (Queen Victoria) and a man (Lord Melbourne) are shocked by the noise. It was universally believed that Lord Durham had come home from Canada in a towering rage, and would give full vent to his feelings as soon as the opening of the Session of Parliament should afford him an opportunity. In this belief he is here represented playing "a can(n)on" on the organ. Mr. Roebuck, who, as the agent in this country of the Canadian House of Representatives, took a very large share in every debate on Canadian questions, is engaged in the humble office of blowing the bellows; but the united efforts of Lord Durham and himself produce nothing but discord.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 30646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle.] A. Ducote's Lithogy.
Published by T. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket 29.th Jany. 1839.
Coloured lithograph. 284 x 419mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some toning.
A musical image showing Lord Durham playing the organ discordantly, with Lord Roebuck blowing the bellows. Lord Brougham (far right) has put the instrument out of tune; at left, a woman (Queen Victoria) and a man (Lord Melbourne) are shocked by the noise. It was universally believed that Lord Durham had come home from Canada in a towering rage, and would give full vent to his feelings as soon as the opening of the Session of Parliament should afford him an opportunity. In this belief he is here represented playing "a can(n)on" on the organ. Mr. Roebuck, who, as the agent in this country of the Canadian House of Representatives, took a very large share in every debate on Canadian questions, is engaged in the humble office of blowing the bellows; but the united efforts of Lord Durham and himself produce nothing but discord.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 30646] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Disappointment. D-n me she's a Black one.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del et Sculp.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, paper tone and laid on card. Bit messy.
A dandy lifts the veil of a fashionably-dressed woman asleep under a tree, realising she is black. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
[Ref: 46437] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.r Del et Sculp.
Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1828.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, paper tone and laid on card. Bit messy.
A dandy lifts the veil of a fashionably-dressed woman asleep under a tree, realising she is black. 'Paul Pry' was a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840).
[Ref: 46437] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Every Man his own cook. A Disappointment!!! Hollo!!! The Devil Take the Soot It's Spoi'd all my Eggs and Bacon!!! This is enough to make a Parson Swear,
London Pub.d by G.S. Tregear 123 Cheapside.
Lithograph. Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), with very large margins.
A comic scene showing an old man trying to cook for himself.
[Ref: 51099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by G.S. Tregear 123 Cheapside.
Lithograph. Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), with very large margins.
A comic scene showing an old man trying to cook for himself.
[Ref: 51099] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Discord of Matrimony.
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles. No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard London. Published as the Act 407 directs, 1 May, 1793.
Mezzotint, fine with very large margins. 110mm x 150mm. (4¼" x 6"). Hole in upper margin from previous binding.
Portrait of a well-dressed husband and wife looking angrily at each other. A humorous mezzotint 'droll' from the publisher Carington Bowles, who specialized in such prints.
[Ref: 31910] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles. No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard London. Published as the Act 407 directs, 1 May, 1793.
Mezzotint, fine with very large margins. 110mm x 150mm. (4¼" x 6"). Hole in upper margin from previous binding.
Portrait of a well-dressed husband and wife looking angrily at each other. A humorous mezzotint 'droll' from the publisher Carington Bowles, who specialized in such prints.
[Ref: 31910] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dismal Dandies, _ or _ General Mourning & Crape.
C.W. [Charles Williams] fecit.
Published by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London [n.d., c.1820].
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A finely-dressed soldier, with black crèpe adorning his uniform, addresses another: ''Adieu Col! Crape! I’m for Court that’s the place, For exhibiting trappings, and making a Face!!''. Crape, also with black crèpe armband, responds ''And I to Parade! that with my humour chimes For Parade and Paradeing’s the Ton of the Times''. Possibly published for the death of George III in 1820.
[Ref: 54416] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. [Charles Williams] fecit.
Published by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London [n.d., c.1820].
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A finely-dressed soldier, with black crèpe adorning his uniform, addresses another: ''Adieu Col! Crape! I’m for Court that’s the place, For exhibiting trappings, and making a Face!!''. Crape, also with black crèpe armband, responds ''And I to Parade! that with my humour chimes For Parade and Paradeing’s the Ton of the Times''. Possibly published for the death of George III in 1820.
[Ref: 54416] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Disraeli & Gladstone] Look Here, upon this picture, and on this, Hamlet. Patriotism. Jealousy.](jpegs/20672.jpg)
[Disraeli & Gladstone] Look Here, upon this picture, and on this, Hamlet. Patriotism. Jealousy. "My purpose I will tell you fairly, has been, to the best of my power, day and night, week by week, month by month, to counterwork as well as I could the purpose of Lord Beaconsfield and God helping me I will continue to do so." See Mr. Gladstone's speech at Oxford, in The Times Jan.y 31. 1878. Result to England. Treason, Dynamite, Bloodshed, Surrender of British Interests, Increased Taxes, National Humiliation.
Ent. Sta Hall. Price 1/=
Published by Thomas Walters, Bognor.
Lithograph. TW: monogram stamp. 355 x 529mm. 14 x 20¾". Some tearing and nicks.
Cartoon illustrating the rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone. The election of 1 April 1880 saw the conservative party under Benjamin Disraeli fall to the Liberals, under William Gladstone. They hated each other, a fact noticeable to all, including Queen Victoria. Gladstone stayed from 1880 until 1885 when he resigned and declined the Queen's offer of an Earldom. His 5 years saw an increase in war and bloodshed including the fall of General Gordon in Khartoum in 1885.
[Ref: 20672] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ent. Sta Hall. Price 1/=
Published by Thomas Walters, Bognor.
Lithograph. TW: monogram stamp. 355 x 529mm. 14 x 20¾". Some tearing and nicks.
Cartoon illustrating the rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone. The election of 1 April 1880 saw the conservative party under Benjamin Disraeli fall to the Liberals, under William Gladstone. They hated each other, a fact noticeable to all, including Queen Victoria. Gladstone stayed from 1880 until 1885 when he resigned and declined the Queen's offer of an Earldom. His 5 years saw an increase in war and bloodshed including the fall of General Gordon in Khartoum in 1885.
[Ref: 20672] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Distrest Poet.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼).
A man sits in a poorly furnished room penning verses at a table. A bed rests against the wall at right, with a chamberpot visible beside it; a broken chair stands at left, and a coat and hat, shelf of books, and framed picture of Fame atop Parnassus all hang on the back wall. William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), print publisher and pharmacist, produced a number of naive popular prints between 1812 and 1817, usually based on other prints.
[Ref: 54525] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼).
A man sits in a poorly furnished room penning verses at a table. A bed rests against the wall at right, with a chamberpot visible beside it; a broken chair stands at left, and a coat and hat, shelf of books, and framed picture of Fame atop Parnassus all hang on the back wall. William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), print publisher and pharmacist, produced a number of naive popular prints between 1812 and 1817, usually based on other prints.
[Ref: 54525] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Disturbers of the Dead Put to Flight. Whether Doctor, or Balaam, is most to be prais'd, / Our Readers are left in some doubt, / The good Doctor 'tis sure, the Outcry first rais'd; / But the braying compleated the Rout.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller; No 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, London, Publish'd 2 May 1771.
Rare mezzotint. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate at top, narrow margins elsewhere; repaired tears, backed with paper at top.
Three grave-robbing doctors startled by a donkey. The British Museum has a later Bowles & Carver state, bought from the Lennox-Boyd collection. This state is only guessed at in their description so it must be rare.
See BM 2010,7081.963 for the later state.
[Ref: 51230] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller; No 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, London, Publish'd 2 May 1771.
Rare mezzotint. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate at top, narrow margins elsewhere; repaired tears, backed with paper at top.
Three grave-robbing doctors startled by a donkey. The British Museum has a later Bowles & Carver state, bought from the Lennox-Boyd collection. This state is only guessed at in their description so it must be rare.
See BM 2010,7081.963 for the later state.
[Ref: 51230] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Divine Flogging.
Pubd. by MDarly 39 Strand June 1th. 1774.
Etching, 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Some staining and offsetting.
Religious satire: a portly clergyman wields his whip energetically as he rides a galloping skeletal horse.
[Ref: 14522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by MDarly 39 Strand June 1th. 1774.
Etching, 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Some staining and offsetting.
Religious satire: a portly clergyman wields his whip energetically as he rides a galloping skeletal horse.
[Ref: 14522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Divine Macaroni.
Pub accor to Act Feby. 4th. 1772 by MDarly Strand.
Etching, 255 x 175mm. 10 x 7".
A rather pious looking parson standing humbly with hands clasped and hat tucked under right arm; perhaps a portrait. Numbered upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
[Ref: 14096] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub accor to Act Feby. 4th. 1772 by MDarly Strand.
Etching, 255 x 175mm. 10 x 7".
A rather pious looking parson standing humbly with hands clasped and hat tucked under right arm; perhaps a portrait. Numbered upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
[Ref: 14096] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Adventures of Mr. Percival Dobbs. Gratis with No.1 of the New Work. The Boys Book of Romance, 1d Weekly.
G.H. Bartlett Steam Printing Works. 53A Aldersgate St London & Paris.
Woodcut, rare. Sheet: 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17½"). Repaired tear, creasing.
A series of vignettes telling the adventures of Mr Dobbs once he becomes a policeman. Dobbs is abused by children, has a gun pointed at him as he walks his beat in all weather. A supplement to the weekly publication 'The Boys Book of Romance'.
[Ref: 46445] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G.H. Bartlett Steam Printing Works. 53A Aldersgate St London & Paris.
Woodcut, rare. Sheet: 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17½"). Repaired tear, creasing.
A series of vignettes telling the adventures of Mr Dobbs once he becomes a policeman. Dobbs is abused by children, has a gun pointed at him as he walks his beat in all weather. A supplement to the weekly publication 'The Boys Book of Romance'.
[Ref: 46445] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Docking the Maccaroni__of the Butcher's Revenge. A Spruce Maccaroni who Hair and whose Cloaths, Were the envy of Fops, and the Patterns of Beaus...Now Now cry'd the Butcher the People may stare, At a Skull without Brains, & a Head without Hair.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. 91. Published
Engraving, framed. 521 x 368mm. 20½ x 14½". Some paper damage in the title area.
Satire on fashion, with a butcher cutting off the back of a Macaroni's club.
BM Satires: 4527. ex Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 17743] £650.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. 91. Published
Engraving, framed. 521 x 368mm. 20½ x 14½". Some paper damage in the title area.
Satire on fashion, with a butcher cutting off the back of a Macaroni's club.
BM Satires: 4527. ex Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 17743] £650.00
The Doctor
[Anon., c.1840]
Very rare lithograph, printed area approx 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½").
Unusual caricature probably a Jewish doctor, holding in his hand a card which seems to read 'Ayr' in reference to the Scottish town.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40640] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1840]
Very rare lithograph, printed area approx 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½").
Unusual caricature probably a Jewish doctor, holding in his hand a card which seems to read 'Ayr' in reference to the Scottish town.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40640] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
D.r Dawdle in a hurry.
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
1st March 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins.
An elderly doctor on a wretched cob, threatening it with a whip.
BM Satires 6142.
[Ref: 54591] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
1st March 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 225 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins.
An elderly doctor on a wretched cob, threatening it with a whip.
BM Satires 6142.
[Ref: 54591] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress. Thro' Physic to the Dogs.
Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint. 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½"), with wide margins.
An ugly foppish apothecary, with drink-blotched profile, kneels at the feet of a handsome young woman, one hand on his breast, the other pointing to a cloth at his feet on which are spread clyster-pipes, knife, pestle and mortar, and a bottle: 'Elixer of Life Drops'. She stands, making a gesture of surprise. Behind are the curtains of a bed, and a door round which looks an amused man. First published by Reeve & Jones in 1808, this is a reissue, with the aquatint border reduced and the publication line removed.
See BM Satires: 11114 for first issue.
[Ref: 50681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint. 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½"), with wide margins.
An ugly foppish apothecary, with drink-blotched profile, kneels at the feet of a handsome young woman, one hand on his breast, the other pointing to a cloth at his feet on which are spread clyster-pipes, knife, pestle and mortar, and a bottle: 'Elixer of Life Drops'. She stands, making a gesture of surprise. Behind are the curtains of a bed, and a door round which looks an amused man. First published by Reeve & Jones in 1808, this is a reissue, with the aquatint border reduced and the publication line removed.
See BM Satires: 11114 for first issue.
[Ref: 50681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Gruel.
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. Oct 3d. 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 155 x 105mm. 6 x 4¼".
A standing man in profile with wig and hands folded under his gown. The BM has two impressions, one identified in an old hand as Lord L------n. [Lansdowne?] - William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737 - 1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts; in the second impression he is identified as Sir Nash Grose (1740 - 1814), Judge. He appears to be wearing a legal wig and gown which would make the identification with Grose more probable. The wig resembles that worn by Serjeants at law. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '17' upper right.
BM Satires: 4682.
[Ref: 14140] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. Oct 3d. 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 155 x 105mm. 6 x 4¼".
A standing man in profile with wig and hands folded under his gown. The BM has two impressions, one identified in an old hand as Lord L------n. [Lansdowne?] - William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737 - 1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts; in the second impression he is identified as Sir Nash Grose (1740 - 1814), Judge. He appears to be wearing a legal wig and gown which would make the identification with Grose more probable. The wig resembles that worn by Serjeants at law. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '17' upper right.
BM Satires: 4682.
[Ref: 14140] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Jeremy Snob. Written by J.G. Maxwell.
Published 4th October 1798, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etched songsheet. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with margins. Tear entering image at top, split in folding creases.
A satire of a cobbler who is also a quack doctor, with a pregnant woman visiting his workshop. According to the lyrics his results are either death or recovery.
BM Satires 9334.
[Ref: 54496] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Published 4th October 1798, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etched songsheet. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with margins. Tear entering image at top, split in folding creases.
A satire of a cobbler who is also a quack doctor, with a pregnant woman visiting his workshop. According to the lyrics his results are either death or recovery.
BM Satires 9334.
[Ref: 54496] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Prosody Correcting his Proof in a Printing Office.
Drawn & Eng.d by W. Read.
Published June 1, 1821 by M. Iley, 1 Somerset St, Portman S[qu.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 175mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The inside of a printing office, press to the left, drying sheets flying about. A Rowlandson-style caricature from William Combe's ''The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque Through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles''.
Abbey Life 277.
[Ref: 44755] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by W. Read.
Published June 1, 1821 by M. Iley, 1 Somerset St, Portman S[qu.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 175mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The inside of a printing office, press to the left, drying sheets flying about. A Rowlandson-style caricature from William Combe's ''The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque Through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles''.
Abbey Life 277.
[Ref: 44755] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The German Doctor on his Travels from England. The German Doctor with his Family on his Travels to England conducted by Mynheer Shinder-Knecht.
Doctor Faustus del. Robinson fect.
Sold by J.Williams Bookseller No.39 Fleet Street. Price 6d. [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching with aquatint in brown ink, sheet 210 x 240mm. 8¼ x 9½". Trimmed within plate and glued to album page.
Social satire: a travelling doctor mounted backwards on a donkey looking back at his wife and six children; on an upper register a man hanging on a gallows. Very rare. Published by John Williams (fl.1760 - 1774), bookseller and publisher in London. May have been identical with the bookseller John Williams who was put in the pillory in 1765 for the republication of Wilkes's provocative number 45 "North Briton".
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 13069] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Faustus del. Robinson fect.
Sold by J.Williams Bookseller No.39 Fleet Street. Price 6d. [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching with aquatint in brown ink, sheet 210 x 240mm. 8¼ x 9½". Trimmed within plate and glued to album page.
Social satire: a travelling doctor mounted backwards on a donkey looking back at his wife and six children; on an upper register a man hanging on a gallows. Very rare. Published by John Williams (fl.1760 - 1774), bookseller and publisher in London. May have been identical with the bookseller John Williams who was put in the pillory in 1765 for the republication of Wilkes's provocative number 45 "North Briton".
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 13069] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Spindle & Miss Maria Mince-Meat. Worn out with folly and disease, / The doctor thinks his purse can please, / But chaste Maria, with disdain, / Laughs at his hopes, and fancied pain, / And says, a warming-pan, instead, / Would better suit his feeble bed
[after George, 1st Marquess Townshend.]
[...]1777 by J. Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, small nick in left edge. Unexamined out of frame.
According to ''The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo'' (1830), this anonymous caricature is by George Townshend and ''was intended, it is said, as a satirical corrective to a certain well-known decrepit Irish physician, whose amours rendered him fairly obnoxious to ridicule''. Field Marshal George Townshend (1724-1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, fought at Dettingen, Culloden and Lauffeld, and received Quebec City's surrender in 1759 after the death of Wolfe. However he was a keen amateur caricaturist, which got him in to trouble on more than one occasion: he offended the Duke of Cumberland during the Jacobite campaign, resulting in Townshend missing out on promotions for many years; and his contempt for Wolfe evident in another caricature led to censure for ridiculing the dead hero. However the BM biography ends: 'Established caricature as an important element in British political satire'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 51845] £320.00
[after George, 1st Marquess Townshend.]
[...]1777 by J. Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, small nick in left edge. Unexamined out of frame.
According to ''The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo'' (1830), this anonymous caricature is by George Townshend and ''was intended, it is said, as a satirical corrective to a certain well-known decrepit Irish physician, whose amours rendered him fairly obnoxious to ridicule''. Field Marshal George Townshend (1724-1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, fought at Dettingen, Culloden and Lauffeld, and received Quebec City's surrender in 1759 after the death of Wolfe. However he was a keen amateur caricaturist, which got him in to trouble on more than one occasion: he offended the Duke of Cumberland during the Jacobite campaign, resulting in Townshend missing out on promotions for many years; and his contempt for Wolfe evident in another caricature led to censure for ridiculing the dead hero. However the BM biography ends: 'Established caricature as an important element in British political satire'.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 51845] £320.00
The Doctors Visit.
London pub.d by J.W.Fores 41 Picadilly Sept.r 1827.
A rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet: 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed, clipping glued below. Very slight stain in margin on left.
A comic scene showing a doctor (dog) attending to a woman (cat) wearing her nightdress. The clipping below describes the woman's condition as atmospherical.
Not in BM
[Ref: 46806] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
London pub.d by J.W.Fores 41 Picadilly Sept.r 1827.
A rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet: 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed, clipping glued below. Very slight stain in margin on left.
A comic scene showing a doctor (dog) attending to a woman (cat) wearing her nightdress. The clipping below describes the woman's condition as atmospherical.
Not in BM
[Ref: 46806] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
"Jemmy's" Last New Pattern. The "Dodworth Nob!! Sheffield Borough Election, July 28th. 1837. John Parker Esquire 2 18 6. Henry George Ward Esquire 19 76. John Thornely Esquire 6 55.
G.E. Madeley lithog. 3, Wellington St. Strand, London.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph, very rare. 443 x 305mm (17½ x 12"). Tears, folds, creasing and soiling. Bottom trimmed.
In the 1837 United Kingdom general election Viscount Melborne's Whigs won their fourth election of the decade. However in Sheffield, John Parker and Henry George Ward were the liberal representatives and John Thornely stood as a Conservative. Out of the duck's beak "Noa" !
[Ref: 29019] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G.E. Madeley lithog. 3, Wellington St. Strand, London.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph, very rare. 443 x 305mm (17½ x 12"). Tears, folds, creasing and soiling. Bottom trimmed.
In the 1837 United Kingdom general election Viscount Melborne's Whigs won their fourth election of the decade. However in Sheffield, John Parker and Henry George Ward were the liberal representatives and John Thornely stood as a Conservative. Out of the duck's beak "Noa" !
[Ref: 29019] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Does Your Mother Know You Are Out?
W. Lee 1838.
Printed by Standidge & Co., London.
Lithograph. Sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A child falls from a window, as the mother dozes, watched by a ragged roadsweep.
[Ref: 53216] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W. Lee 1838.
Printed by Standidge & Co., London.
Lithograph. Sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
A child falls from a window, as the mother dozes, watched by a ragged roadsweep.
[Ref: 53216] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Don't You Wish You May Get It?
Dean & Co. Lith. 35, Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15".
Scene in a farmyard; a gun dog straining at the leesh to bite the tail of a monkey who provocatively proffers the tip.
[Ref: 11630] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dean & Co. Lith. 35, Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15".
Scene in a farmyard; a gun dog straining at the leesh to bite the tail of a monkey who provocatively proffers the tip.
[Ref: 11630] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Dog Barber La Francia.
H.W.Bunbury delin. 1772. J.Bretherton. F.
Publish'd as the Act directs 29th march 1772 by J.Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet size: 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Laid on sheet.
A French barber standing on the pavement holding a pair of shears with two dogs behind him. For an alternative earlier impression after Bunbury, see item ref: 34306.
BM Satire 4669.
[Ref: 36592] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
H.W.Bunbury delin. 1772. J.Bretherton. F.
Publish'd as the Act directs 29th march 1772 by J.Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet size: 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Laid on sheet.
A French barber standing on the pavement holding a pair of shears with two dogs behind him. For an alternative earlier impression after Bunbury, see item ref: 34306.
BM Satire 4669.
[Ref: 36592] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Innocent Amusements. Curling a Lap-Dog's Hair.
Drawn and etched by Theod.e Lane.
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
An older woman excessively grooms her small white dog; putting its hair in curlers.
[Ref: 56552] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and etched by Theod.e Lane.
Hand coloured etching sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼). Cut and tipped into backing sheet. Slightly time stained.
An older woman excessively grooms her small white dog; putting its hair in curlers.
[Ref: 56552] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Dog In The Manger.
London, Published 30th. November 1857, At 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 410 x 320mm. 16¼ x 10½". Repaired tears from extremities, one just into image from above. Light soiling.
A political satire. The 'dog', here dressed as a cleric, is probably intended to represent Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), Prime Minister at the time of publication. He is depicted preaching a sermon at Exeter Hall on the north side of The Strand, London. The hall could hold about 3,000 people, and was used for holding religious and philanthropic meetings. The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable: "People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves".
[Ref: 9742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published 30th. November 1857, At 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 410 x 320mm. 16¼ x 10½". Repaired tears from extremities, one just into image from above. Light soiling.
A political satire. The 'dog', here dressed as a cleric, is probably intended to represent Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), Prime Minister at the time of publication. He is depicted preaching a sermon at Exeter Hall on the north side of The Strand, London. The hall could hold about 3,000 people, and was used for holding religious and philanthropic meetings. The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable: "People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves".
[Ref: 9742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Don Quicote attended by his faithful squire Sancho Panza alias John Bull. HB Sketches 205.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 7th. 1832.
Lithograph with publisher's blind stamp. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
The title continues: 'Sallying forth upon their renowned expedition, for the redress of grievances, the righting of wrongs, and the Reform of Abuses'. Lord Grey rides a horse in profile to the left. He is in armour with a raised vizor, and holds a tilting-lance. On the horizon (left) are windmills.
BM satires: 17133
[Ref: 31387] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 7th. 1832.
Lithograph with publisher's blind stamp. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
The title continues: 'Sallying forth upon their renowned expedition, for the redress of grievances, the righting of wrongs, and the Reform of Abuses'. Lord Grey rides a horse in profile to the left. He is in armour with a raised vizor, and holds a tilting-lance. On the horizon (left) are windmills.
BM satires: 17133
[Ref: 31387] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Don_Key and Hunter. down on W_____n.
[Anon, c. November 1830]
Lithograph, sheet 230 x 240mm (9 x 9½"). Crease on right; repaired tear at bottom; lower right corner missing.
Mayor-elect John Key and Claudius Stephen Hunter, sit on the Duke of Wellington. One of many satires against Key which followed his advice that Wellington cancel the King's visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor's Day dinner on 9 November 1830, on the grounds that the Duke's assassination and a rebellion were planned.
Not in BM Satires. See ref: 17875
[Ref: 31964] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c. November 1830]
Lithograph, sheet 230 x 240mm (9 x 9½"). Crease on right; repaired tear at bottom; lower right corner missing.
Mayor-elect John Key and Claudius Stephen Hunter, sit on the Duke of Wellington. One of many satires against Key which followed his advice that Wellington cancel the King's visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor's Day dinner on 9 November 1830, on the grounds that the Duke's assassination and a rebellion were planned.
Not in BM Satires. See ref: 17875
[Ref: 31964] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Don-Key Turn'd Mayor Or an Ass in the Chair.
[Anon., 1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 360 x 255mm. 14¼ x 10".
An ass with the head of Sir John Key (1794 – 1858), Lord Mayor of London, sits erect in an arm-chair, hind legs on a stool, forelegs extended towards a horse prancing towards him over a table. The horse represents Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter (1775 – 1851), a former Lord Mayor, and it looks at Key with startled eye and open mouth. The King and Duke of Wellington’s visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s Day dinner on 9th November was abandoned on Key’s advice; he feared riots and the Duke’s assassination. He and his colleagues were widely lampooned as a result.
BM Satires: 16307. See ref: 31964
[Ref: 17875] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 360 x 255mm. 14¼ x 10".
An ass with the head of Sir John Key (1794 – 1858), Lord Mayor of London, sits erect in an arm-chair, hind legs on a stool, forelegs extended towards a horse prancing towards him over a table. The horse represents Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter (1775 – 1851), a former Lord Mayor, and it looks at Key with startled eye and open mouth. The King and Duke of Wellington’s visit to Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s Day dinner on 9th November was abandoned on Key’s advice; he feared riots and the Duke’s assassination. He and his colleagues were widely lampooned as a result.
BM Satires: 16307. See ref: 31964
[Ref: 17875] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)