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![[Allegorical frontispiece to Colton's General Atlas.]](jpegs/51957.jpg)
[Allegorical frontispiece to Colton's General Atlas.]
F.A. Chapman del. C. Wise Sc.
[New York; J.H. Colton, c.1850.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 470 x 375mm (18½ x 14¾"). Creased at bottom below image.
An allegorical scene with four female figures representing the sciences related to mapping gathered around a globe, one of whom is pointing to America. Around them are the tools of geographers and navigators: a telescope, sextant, compass, palette and brushes, reference books and hourglass. Behind is a town and harbour.
[Ref: 51957] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
F.A. Chapman del. C. Wise Sc.
[New York; J.H. Colton, c.1850.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 470 x 375mm (18½ x 14¾"). Creased at bottom below image.
An allegorical scene with four female figures representing the sciences related to mapping gathered around a globe, one of whom is pointing to America. Around them are the tools of geographers and navigators: a telescope, sextant, compass, palette and brushes, reference books and hourglass. Behind is a town and harbour.
[Ref: 51957] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Council.
Publishd as ye Act Directs for ye Proprietor by W Humphrey Feby 9 1780 N 227 Strand or N.o 18 Bond Street.
Framed scarce etching, sight size 240 x 235mm (9½ x 13¼"). Frame size 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Unexamined outside of frame. Loss top right corner and made up repair bottom right.
Three men seated in a latrine: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792) (centre), William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793) (left) in judge's wig and gown, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) (right), Boreas, Caen Wood (Mansfield's house near Hampstead), and "Jemmy Twitcher" being inscribed over their respective heads. On the wall "the State of the Nation". North is looking at Mansfield with a satisfied expression on his face. He has a large piece of torn paper in his right hand that reads, "National Debt 206,000 000 00 60 000 £ for Razors, Jews Harps," (probably implying that the Jewish men were making large profits in taking up loans and were shaving their beards on becoming wealthy). A piece of paper with the inscription "Improvements in Bushy 1780" is clutched by him in his right hand, suggesting that he is using the Exchequer to fund improvements to his own home. A big piece of torn paper with the words "Protestant Association Lord G. Gordon President" is under his feet. De Castro, 'Gordon Riots'. North turned down Lord George Gordon's request, made on January 5, 1780, for him to present the Protestant Association's petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act, which Gordon had presented on June 2 with disastrous results. Turning around, Mansfield tears pieces from "Magna Chart[a]" that is affixed to the wall behind him. Sandwich is seen tearing an ensign flag with a triumphant expression on his face, suggesting that he is playing havoc with the Navy. A torn paper with the words "Petition... County of Huntingdon" is under his foot. Three prints are pasted on the wall: "The State of the Nation”, "Poor Old England," and "The Family of ye Wrong Heads". Over the head of Sandwich a piece of paper with the following writing is on the wall: "Neglecting faithfid Worth for Fawning Slaves; Whose Councels weak & Wicked, easy rous'd To Paltry Scheems of Absolute Command, To seek their Splendour in their sure Disgrace, And in a broken ruin'd Peoples Wealth: When such o'ercast the State, no Bond of Love, No Heart, no Soul, no Unity, no Nerve, Combines the loose disjointed Publick, lost To Fame abroad, to Happiness at Home. Vide Thompson, Liberty Book y 4."
BM Satires 5633.
[Ref: 62301] £480.00
Publishd as ye Act Directs for ye Proprietor by W Humphrey Feby 9 1780 N 227 Strand or N.o 18 Bond Street.
Framed scarce etching, sight size 240 x 235mm (9½ x 13¼"). Frame size 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Unexamined outside of frame. Loss top right corner and made up repair bottom right.
Three men seated in a latrine: Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792) (centre), William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793) (left) in judge's wig and gown, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) (right), Boreas, Caen Wood (Mansfield's house near Hampstead), and "Jemmy Twitcher" being inscribed over their respective heads. On the wall "the State of the Nation". North is looking at Mansfield with a satisfied expression on his face. He has a large piece of torn paper in his right hand that reads, "National Debt 206,000 000 00 60 000 £ for Razors, Jews Harps," (probably implying that the Jewish men were making large profits in taking up loans and were shaving their beards on becoming wealthy). A piece of paper with the inscription "Improvements in Bushy 1780" is clutched by him in his right hand, suggesting that he is using the Exchequer to fund improvements to his own home. A big piece of torn paper with the words "Protestant Association Lord G. Gordon President" is under his feet. De Castro, 'Gordon Riots'. North turned down Lord George Gordon's request, made on January 5, 1780, for him to present the Protestant Association's petition for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act, which Gordon had presented on June 2 with disastrous results. Turning around, Mansfield tears pieces from "Magna Chart[a]" that is affixed to the wall behind him. Sandwich is seen tearing an ensign flag with a triumphant expression on his face, suggesting that he is playing havoc with the Navy. A torn paper with the words "Petition... County of Huntingdon" is under his foot. Three prints are pasted on the wall: "The State of the Nation”, "Poor Old England," and "The Family of ye Wrong Heads". Over the head of Sandwich a piece of paper with the following writing is on the wall: "Neglecting faithfid Worth for Fawning Slaves; Whose Councels weak & Wicked, easy rous'd To Paltry Scheems of Absolute Command, To seek their Splendour in their sure Disgrace, And in a broken ruin'd Peoples Wealth: When such o'ercast the State, no Bond of Love, No Heart, no Soul, no Unity, no Nerve, Combines the loose disjointed Publick, lost To Fame abroad, to Happiness at Home. Vide Thompson, Liberty Book y 4."
BM Satires 5633.
[Ref: 62301] £480.00
In Council. O-these are the Ears of an Ass not a Fox.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed.
A satirical scene depicting to devilish figures sat playing cards and gambling. Stood in the centre, on one leg, is a man with an animals head, he is holding his ears and exclaims 'O-these are th Ears of an Ass not a Fox.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 67483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed.
A satirical scene depicting to devilish figures sat playing cards and gambling. Stood in the centre, on one leg, is a man with an animals head, he is holding his ears and exclaims 'O-these are th Ears of an Ass not a Fox.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 67483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull In The Council Chamber.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 1.st 1813 by W N Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, Whatman 1811 watermark; sheet 210 x 495mm (8¼ x 19½"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Right side ragged. Large repaired tear on left.
Plate from the 'Scourge', vi, frontispiece. In the center of the design, a caricatured Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) sits enthroned beneath a canopy. Her knees are spread wide, and she has one slender foot elevated on a cushioned stool, a coffer holding the "Hastings Diamond"; in her left hand she holds a sceptre topped with an eagle, and her left elbow rests on a bolster bearing the name "German Sausage," which is perched atop a large mound of greenery inside a receptacle labeled "Sauer Kraut." Perched on her feathered cap is a small crown. A lean, hideous courtier (left) kneels and offers her a box labelled 'Strasbu[rgh],' from which she takes snuff; another (right) stands with her knees bent and holds another box bearing the same inscription. Both sport feminine mob-caps, quasi-military attire with epaulets, and have grotesque comic profiles. Behind the first, a third, capless, holds out a jar of 'Strasbu[rgh]' snuff. Three small, hideous demons sprint forward from the left, each holding a box on their head that reads "Real Strasburg," "Princes Mixture," and "Irish Blaguard." A fourth moves forward from the right, carrying a massive jar of "Royal Strasburgh" atop his head. The Queen's festooned canopy is held up by terminal pillars topped with half-length representations of repulsive, nude hags resting their arms on a cluster of money bags bearing the words "1000" or "... 00." A serpent with fangs and fiery jaws is entwined around each, projecting the words "Pride Corruption" on the left and "Malice Hatered" on the right. "Am I not the Q—n?" she asks. I refuse to give up even the slightest bit of my authority—more Strasburgh there—present the reports to me." Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) is depicted on the left, his body covered in scales, his tail barbed, small horns growing from his forehead, cloven hooves, and an incorrectly placed star on his breast. He is holding out a paper with the words "Secret Inquiry" written on it and is making an exclamatory gesture with his extended arms. " May it please your — The precious Ore resists every Chemical attempt at deterioration— so the Virtue of injured Woman repels the touch of Slander & rises superior to its malevolence. I take Shame to myself at discomfiture—but the Princess is declared "Innocen!" Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818) is seen behind Liverpool on the left, wearing a wig and a gown, and facing right with her fists clenched. "By Hell, I thought to shame the Rogues, but the d—d Brewer [Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), the Princess's champion] was too much for me," he says with a frown. "May it please your M—g—ty the Reports of the Physicians is admirably confused & equivocating & well calculated to meet the public eye!" bows Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), who is positioned on the extreme left and has a huge, hooked nose. He holds a paper with the title "Medical monthly Report." The Regent (1762-1830) is pictured on the far right, sleeping in a cradle with the motto "Ich Dein" and three unkempt ostrich feathers on top. A decanter of "Curacoa" rests between his legs, and he is holding a doll meant for Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford (1760-1834) that has enormous breasts and a spikey crown. A ragged Irishman is seen in profile to the right, kneeling before the cradle and holding out a piece of paper titled "Catholic Claims." Wearing the Chancellor's wig and gown, John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) kneels beside the cradle, offering the child his arms in defense against the Irishman. "Pat, take it easy or you'll wake up the Royal Conscience, who is currently sound asleep." he says. "By St. Patrick, but there's no risk of upsetting it as long as your Lordship is its Keeper," Pat responds. John Bull is standing behind Pat, his hands up in shock and his legs arched. He looks to the left and cries, " Mercy on me what have we hear, Conscience asleep! on the one hand & the Manufacture of Reports on the other— Is this the way I am bubbled?!" As though he is standing in the opening of a cave, rocks surround him.
BM Satires 12066.
[Ref: 62415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d July 1.st 1813 by W N Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, Whatman 1811 watermark; sheet 210 x 495mm (8¼ x 19½"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Right side ragged. Large repaired tear on left.
Plate from the 'Scourge', vi, frontispiece. In the center of the design, a caricatured Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) sits enthroned beneath a canopy. Her knees are spread wide, and she has one slender foot elevated on a cushioned stool, a coffer holding the "Hastings Diamond"; in her left hand she holds a sceptre topped with an eagle, and her left elbow rests on a bolster bearing the name "German Sausage," which is perched atop a large mound of greenery inside a receptacle labeled "Sauer Kraut." Perched on her feathered cap is a small crown. A lean, hideous courtier (left) kneels and offers her a box labelled 'Strasbu[rgh],' from which she takes snuff; another (right) stands with her knees bent and holds another box bearing the same inscription. Both sport feminine mob-caps, quasi-military attire with epaulets, and have grotesque comic profiles. Behind the first, a third, capless, holds out a jar of 'Strasbu[rgh]' snuff. Three small, hideous demons sprint forward from the left, each holding a box on their head that reads "Real Strasburg," "Princes Mixture," and "Irish Blaguard." A fourth moves forward from the right, carrying a massive jar of "Royal Strasburgh" atop his head. The Queen's festooned canopy is held up by terminal pillars topped with half-length representations of repulsive, nude hags resting their arms on a cluster of money bags bearing the words "1000" or "... 00." A serpent with fangs and fiery jaws is entwined around each, projecting the words "Pride Corruption" on the left and "Malice Hatered" on the right. "Am I not the Q—n?" she asks. I refuse to give up even the slightest bit of my authority—more Strasburgh there—present the reports to me." Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) is depicted on the left, his body covered in scales, his tail barbed, small horns growing from his forehead, cloven hooves, and an incorrectly placed star on his breast. He is holding out a paper with the words "Secret Inquiry" written on it and is making an exclamatory gesture with his extended arms. " May it please your — The precious Ore resists every Chemical attempt at deterioration— so the Virtue of injured Woman repels the touch of Slander & rises superior to its malevolence. I take Shame to myself at discomfiture—but the Princess is declared "Innocen!" Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818) is seen behind Liverpool on the left, wearing a wig and a gown, and facing right with her fists clenched. "By Hell, I thought to shame the Rogues, but the d—d Brewer [Samuel Whitbread II (1764-1815), the Princess's champion] was too much for me," he says with a frown. "May it please your M—g—ty the Reports of the Physicians is admirably confused & equivocating & well calculated to meet the public eye!" bows Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), who is positioned on the extreme left and has a huge, hooked nose. He holds a paper with the title "Medical monthly Report." The Regent (1762-1830) is pictured on the far right, sleeping in a cradle with the motto "Ich Dein" and three unkempt ostrich feathers on top. A decanter of "Curacoa" rests between his legs, and he is holding a doll meant for Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford (1760-1834) that has enormous breasts and a spikey crown. A ragged Irishman is seen in profile to the right, kneeling before the cradle and holding out a piece of paper titled "Catholic Claims." Wearing the Chancellor's wig and gown, John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) kneels beside the cradle, offering the child his arms in defense against the Irishman. "Pat, take it easy or you'll wake up the Royal Conscience, who is currently sound asleep." he says. "By St. Patrick, but there's no risk of upsetting it as long as your Lordship is its Keeper," Pat responds. John Bull is standing behind Pat, his hands up in shock and his legs arched. He looks to the left and cries, " Mercy on me what have we hear, Conscience asleep! on the one hand & the Manufacture of Reports on the other— Is this the way I am bubbled?!" As though he is standing in the opening of a cave, rocks surround him.
BM Satires 12066.
[Ref: 62415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Council of Trent] Sacro Concilio Generale di Trento.](jpegs/26711.jpg)
[Council of Trent] Sacro Concilio Generale di Trento.
A. Schiavonetti Sc.
Trento presso Giuseppe Anton Marietti Librajo [Italian, n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving, 180 x 230mm. 7 x 9". Creasing; marginal chips and tears.
Locally-published image of the Council in session in Santa Maria Maggiore church, Trento, northern Italy; key below. As part of the Counter-Reformation, it is considered to be one of the Catholic Church's most important councils. It convened between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in 25 sessions. The council issued condemnations on what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined Church teachings in the areas of Scripture and Tradition, Original Sin, Justification, Sacraments, the Eucharist in Holy Mass and the veneration of saints. By specifying Catholic doctrine on salvation, the sacraments, and the Biblical canon, the Council was answering Protestant disputes.
[Ref: 26711] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
A. Schiavonetti Sc.
Trento presso Giuseppe Anton Marietti Librajo [Italian, n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving, 180 x 230mm. 7 x 9". Creasing; marginal chips and tears.
Locally-published image of the Council in session in Santa Maria Maggiore church, Trento, northern Italy; key below. As part of the Counter-Reformation, it is considered to be one of the Catholic Church's most important councils. It convened between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in 25 sessions. The council issued condemnations on what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined Church teachings in the areas of Scripture and Tradition, Original Sin, Justification, Sacraments, the Eucharist in Holy Mass and the veneration of saints. By specifying Catholic doctrine on salvation, the sacraments, and the Biblical canon, the Council was answering Protestant disputes.
[Ref: 26711] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Council of War.
Engraved & Published by William Sartain 728 Sansom St. Philad.a
Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by William Sartain, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint. Sheet 381 x 482mm. 15 x 19". Faint stain on right.
The famous scene of the two uniformed Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), having a strategy meeting in front of a tent, while looking over an area map. They both served as miltary officers during the American Civil War.
[Ref: 23253] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved & Published by William Sartain 728 Sansom St. Philad.a
Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by William Sartain, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Mezzotint. Sheet 381 x 482mm. 15 x 19". Faint stain on right.
The famous scene of the two uniformed Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), having a strategy meeting in front of a tent, while looking over an area map. They both served as miltary officers during the American Civil War.
[Ref: 23253] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Buckinghamshire. Essex. Hampshire. Worcestershire.](jpegs/55242.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Buckinghamshire. Essex. Hampshire. Worcestershire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Tear entering image top right, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially tatting, cows, rabbits and porcelain painting. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55242] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Tear entering image top right, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially tatting, cows, rabbits and porcelain painting. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55242] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Hertfordshire. Sussex. Cornwall. Lancashire.](jpegs/55240.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Hertfordshire. Sussex. Cornwall. Lancashire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing, repaired tear bottom centre.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially corn, sheep, fishing and spinning. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55240] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing, repaired tear bottom centre.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially corn, sheep, fishing and spinning. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55240] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Staffordshire. Yorkshire. Northamptonshire. Oxfordshire.](jpegs/55241.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Staffordshire. Yorkshire. Northamptonshire. Oxfordshire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing, two small tears at top.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially pottery, horses, spinning and glove-making. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing, two small tears at top.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially pottery, horses, spinning and glove-making. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Northumberland. Devonshire. Herefordshire. Befordshire.](jpegs/55239.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Northumberland. Devonshire. Herefordshire. Befordshire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially sailors, milk, apples and market gardening. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially sailors, milk, apples and market gardening. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Cheshire. Kent. Norfolk. Dorsetshire.](jpegs/55238.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Cheshire. Kent. Norfolk. Dorsetshire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially cheese-making, hop-growing, turkey and chicken farming and butter-making. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55238] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing.
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially cheese-making, hop-growing, turkey and chicken farming and butter-making. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55238] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Essex.](jpegs/68146.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Essex.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Light staining.
From a series of idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties. A woman and a child feed a cow. Essex was known for cattle farming in the 1800s, particularly for fattening cattle to supply the growing demand for meat in London, as well as developing dairy.
See [Ref: 55242].
[Ref: 68146] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Light staining.
From a series of idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties. A woman and a child feed a cow. Essex was known for cattle farming in the 1800s, particularly for fattening cattle to supply the growing demand for meat in London, as well as developing dairy.
See [Ref: 55242].
[Ref: 68146] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Wiltshire. Gloucestershire. Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire.](jpegs/55237.jpg)
[Allegories of the industries of English Counties] Wiltshire. Gloucestershire. Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially pig farming; pin-making, embroidery and hosiary. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55237] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). A little wear to edges, some surface soiling. Foxing
Idealised scenes of women and children representing the industry of the four counties: sequentially pig farming; pin-making, embroidery and hosiary. Very rare complete.
[Ref: 55237] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Country Amusement, Bull Baiting.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No.69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1784.]
Engraving, 170 x 260mm. Publication line excised.
The popular amusement of bull baiting in the central part of this satire. The onlookers have the hawkers and pickpockets preying on them.
[Ref: 763] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No.69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1784.]
Engraving, 170 x 260mm. Publication line excised.
The popular amusement of bull baiting in the central part of this satire. The onlookers have the hawkers and pickpockets preying on them.
[Ref: 763] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Country amusements]](jpegs/45080.jpg)
[Country amusements] Les Amusements Champetres
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at cormers.
Young couples relaxing in the country. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45080] £360.00
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at cormers.
Young couples relaxing in the country. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45080] £360.00
The Country Attorney and his Clients. From the Original Picture painted by Hand Holbein, in the Collection fo Robert Bragg M.D. To Whom this Plate is Dedicated; By his most Obliged humble Servant, J. Boydell. Size of the Picture, 3F:3¾I by 4F:3I in Length. No.8.
Hans Holbein Pinxt. Anty. Walker delint. et Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London: March 1st. 1764.
Engraving. Plate 430 x 539mm (17 x 21¼"), with wide margins.
An interior with shelves full of bonds and little sacks, piled up and hanging from hooks, all labelled, where an attorney sits at a desk covered with papers, reading a deed held in his left hand, holding out the other to receive a coin from an elderly man, who stands to left, hat in hand, leaning forwards attentively, watched by a young man, while a woman and two other men crowd curiously behing them and young boy acts as a clerk, sitting on the right. BM suggest "after a painting wrongly attributed to Holbein".
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38267] £360.00
Hans Holbein Pinxt. Anty. Walker delint. et Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London: March 1st. 1764.
Engraving. Plate 430 x 539mm (17 x 21¼"), with wide margins.
An interior with shelves full of bonds and little sacks, piled up and hanging from hooks, all labelled, where an attorney sits at a desk covered with papers, reading a deed held in his left hand, holding out the other to receive a coin from an elderly man, who stands to left, hat in hand, leaning forwards attentively, watched by a young man, while a woman and two other men crowd curiously behing them and young boy acts as a clerk, sitting on the right. BM suggest "after a painting wrongly attributed to Holbein".
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38267] £360.00
![[Country ball]](jpegs/45078.jpg)
[Country ball] Le Bal Champetre.
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil.
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy.
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Musical scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45078] £360.00
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil.
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy.
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Musical scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45078] £360.00
Country Christening. Parson:_Wilt thou cause this Child to be taught &c. &c. in the Vulgar Tongue?_Godfather:_I Wooll.
E_, Del.t.
[London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1826.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼''). Trimmed and tipped into an album sheet.
A scene in a church showing a mother holding her child at the font as the vicar conducts the service.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50727] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E_, Del.t.
[London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1826.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼''). Trimmed and tipped into an album sheet.
A scene in a church showing a mother holding her child at the font as the vicar conducts the service.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50727] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Clergyman. Le Curè de Campagne.
Drawn by R. Westall, R.A. Engraved by R. Field.
London, Published March 1 1801, by Anth.y Cardon, No 31, Clipstone Street, Fitzroy Square.
Stipple. 410 x 450mm (16 x 17¾"). Edges of wide margins ragged.
A vicar standing at the door of his church receiving the gratitude of his idealised congregation, as a small girl hugs his legs, looking up adoringly.
[Ref: 53438] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by R. Westall, R.A. Engraved by R. Field.
London, Published March 1 1801, by Anth.y Cardon, No 31, Clipstone Street, Fitzroy Square.
Stipple. 410 x 450mm (16 x 17¾"). Edges of wide margins ragged.
A vicar standing at the door of his church receiving the gratitude of his idealised congregation, as a small girl hugs his legs, looking up adoringly.
[Ref: 53438] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Club. Eamus quo Ducet Gula.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
Published April. 21. 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill & 8 Old Broad Street London.
Stipple. 395 x 505mm (15¾ x 20"). Tear entering plate on left, crease on left. Small margins.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'. First published in 1788 by Dickinson.
See BM Satire 7452 for the first issue.
[Ref: 69122] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
Published April. 21. 1803 by Jn.º Harris, N.º 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill & 8 Old Broad Street London.
Stipple. 395 x 505mm (15¾ x 20"). Tear entering plate on left, crease on left. Small margins.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'. First published in 1788 by Dickinson.
See BM Satire 7452 for the first issue.
[Ref: 69122] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Club. Eamus quo Ducet Gula.
[After Henry Bunbury.] I.C. 1823.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 295 x 470mm (11½ x 18½"). Trimmed to image, title excised and pasted in middle verso.
A lithographic copy of Bunbury's caricature, originally published 1788. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'.
[Ref: 24488] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[After Henry Bunbury.] I.C. 1823.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 295 x 470mm (11½ x 18½"). Trimmed to image, title excised and pasted in middle verso.
A lithographic copy of Bunbury's caricature, originally published 1788. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'.
[Ref: 24488] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Club. Eamus quo Ducet Gula.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London. Published 5 March 1794 by John Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 395 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tear in title area.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'.
See BM Satire 7452 for the firsxt issue.
[Ref: 53368] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London. Published 5 March 1794 by John Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 395 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tear in title area.
The interior of a country club with the members arriving for a supper. On the wall are the Club rules (''No Jokes in this society but practical ones, or forfeit 3d'') and a world map. The Latin motto reads 'let us go where greed leads us'.
See BM Satire 7452 for the firsxt issue.
[Ref: 53368] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Club.
H Bunbury Esqr Dele. Lambeth.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, tears in edges.
Caricatures of the members of a club.
BM 1935,0522.8.105, a reversed copy of BM Satires 7452. See Ref: 53368, 24488.
[Ref: 54561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H Bunbury Esqr Dele. Lambeth.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, tears in edges.
Caricatures of the members of a club.
BM 1935,0522.8.105, a reversed copy of BM Satires 7452. See Ref: 53368, 24488.
[Ref: 54561] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Country concert]](jpegs/45079.jpg)
[Country concert] Le Concert Champetre
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Musical scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45079] £420.00
Dessiné par Charles Eisen et Gravé par de Longueil
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Musical scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45079] £420.00
![[Country Cottage.]](jpegs/24957.jpg)
[Country Cottage.]
Mr Cleather WFW.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Pen and ink with crayon. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾").
A countryside scene: with a cottage to the left with a derelict barn to the right build on top of a bridge over a flowing stream.
[Ref: 24957] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Cleather WFW.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Pen and ink with crayon. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾").
A countryside scene: with a cottage to the left with a derelict barn to the right build on top of a bridge over a flowing stream.
[Ref: 24957] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Crier Oyes Oyes! This is to give notice. That Atice Grant has lost from out her Sty last night at 25 minutes past 10 O Clock two pigs the one a black un tother Caroty, whoe'er bring un to the said Alice Grant _ Or give inflamation where the stoln or strayed shall have her thanks and the first suckling pig from the Breed of Old Nanny at Lammas day next _ God save the King.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾).
The crier, his mouth wide open, with an angry expression, shakes his bell making announcement in the faces of three shocked locals. He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat, wig and holds a cane. On his left a complacent onlooker holds a pitchfork. A path leads to a farmhouse . William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), print publisher and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived, produced a number of naive popular prints between 1812 and 1817, usually based on other prints.
[Ref: 54526] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾).
The crier, his mouth wide open, with an angry expression, shakes his bell making announcement in the faces of three shocked locals. He wears a long old-fashioned coat, broad cocked hat, wig and holds a cane. On his left a complacent onlooker holds a pitchfork. A path leads to a farmhouse . William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), print publisher and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived, produced a number of naive popular prints between 1812 and 1817, usually based on other prints.
[Ref: 54526] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Country Evenings. The returne from the Tythe Feast. There are only Three in the Village that are worth a __. / ''We'll n'er go home till morning. / Till day light doth appear.''
H.y Alken Del't. R.G. Reeve Sculp.t.
Published by Tho's McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1929.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
Three drunken revellers walking through a wood by lamplight,
[Ref: 42011] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H.y Alken Del't. R.G. Reeve Sculp.t.
Published by Tho's McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1929.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
Three drunken revellers walking through a wood by lamplight,
[Ref: 42011] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Country Fair Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Hand coloured aquatint with etching. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 36756] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Hand coloured aquatint with etching. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 36756] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Country Fair Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sports of a Country Fair. Part the First. Teggs Caricatures No 38.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.
Very finely coloured etching, early state. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Laid on album paper with some cockling of paper.
The horse breaks free from a cart carrying people around the fair, tipping them onto the ground. From a set of plates of similar disasters. Showmen including tight rope walkers in background. Pasted on the back are two Bunbury caricatures of coach drivers.
BM Satires 11629.
[Ref: 59288] £350.00
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.
Very finely coloured etching, early state. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Laid on album paper with some cockling of paper.
The horse breaks free from a cart carrying people around the fair, tipping them onto the ground. From a set of plates of similar disasters. Showmen including tight rope walkers in background. Pasted on the back are two Bunbury caricatures of coach drivers.
BM Satires 11629.
[Ref: 59288] £350.00
Sports of a Country Fair. Teggs Caricatures No 40.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.
Coloured etching, early state with very fine colour. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Spectators flee from the upper storey of a burning theatre, landing in a heap at the bottom of some stairs. From a set of plates of similar disasters. Circus including tight rope walker in background.
BM Satires 11629. See Ref: 59288
[Ref: 59290] £350.00
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling Coloured.
Coloured etching, early state with very fine colour. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Spectators flee from the upper storey of a burning theatre, landing in a heap at the bottom of some stairs. From a set of plates of similar disasters. Circus including tight rope walker in background.
BM Satires 11629. See Ref: 59288
[Ref: 59290] £350.00
Sports of a Country Fair. Part the Third. Teggs Caricatures No 41.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Tear reaching image lower left, creasing.
Chaos in the interior of a large theatrical tent as a tiger bursts through the flimsy canvas wall. From a set of four plates of similar disasters.
BM Satires 11631
[Ref: 51688] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d October 5th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Tear reaching image lower left, creasing.
Chaos in the interior of a large theatrical tent as a tiger bursts through the flimsy canvas wall. From a set of four plates of similar disasters.
BM Satires 11631
[Ref: 51688] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Copy of a Letter from a Country Gentleman to his absent Friend. July 5, 1814.
Letterpress. Sheet: 400 x 250mm (15¾ x 9¾''). Damage, staining and folds.
A comic poem in the form of a letter to a friend in which the author describes the meeting of a Justice of the Peace, a doctor and a lawyer who discuss the peace called with France and Bonaparte. The group also argue about how celebrate the Peace without costing themselves too dearly and worry about the letting off of fireworks and squibs. Address in manuscript in back: 'To Myears Esq.r Fanhane Hall Ware Herts'. In ink under what women loath & all men curse describing gout! "When we all know tis something worse"
[Ref: 48223] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Letterpress. Sheet: 400 x 250mm (15¾ x 9¾''). Damage, staining and folds.
A comic poem in the form of a letter to a friend in which the author describes the meeting of a Justice of the Peace, a doctor and a lawyer who discuss the peace called with France and Bonaparte. The group also argue about how celebrate the Peace without costing themselves too dearly and worry about the letting off of fireworks and squibs. Address in manuscript in back: 'To Myears Esq.r Fanhane Hall Ware Herts'. In ink under what women loath & all men curse describing gout! "When we all know tis something worse"
[Ref: 48223] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Girl at Home. Blooming Maiden, Nature's Pride...
Painted by G. Morland. E.M. Diemar, Excud.t. Engraved by M.C. Prestel.
Published by T. Palser, Surry Side of Westminster Bridge.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 420 x 325mm (16½ x 12¾''). Paper tone, staining & trimmed.
A rural scene showing a young woman standing next to a farmer outside a country house.
[Ref: 51088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by G. Morland. E.M. Diemar, Excud.t. Engraved by M.C. Prestel.
Published by T. Palser, Surry Side of Westminster Bridge.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 420 x 325mm (16½ x 12¾''). Paper tone, staining & trimmed.
A rural scene showing a young woman standing next to a farmer outside a country house.
[Ref: 51088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Country Girl and Soldier.]](jpegs/19823.jpg)
[Country Girl and Soldier.]
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [in ink].
[Publish'd 23d. Jany. 1783.]
Etching with added hand-colour. Plate 330 x 299mm. 13 x 11¾". Uncut. Time staining inside plate.
A country girl sitting outside a thatched cottage, holding a jug in one hand and offering a glass to a solider with the other. The soldier is leaning on his gun, wearing a cocked hate and looking curiously at her.
[Ref: 19823] £320.00
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [in ink].
[Publish'd 23d. Jany. 1783.]
Etching with added hand-colour. Plate 330 x 299mm. 13 x 11¾". Uncut. Time staining inside plate.
A country girl sitting outside a thatched cottage, holding a jug in one hand and offering a glass to a solider with the other. The soldier is leaning on his gun, wearing a cocked hate and looking curiously at her.
[Ref: 19823] £320.00
The Country Girl Carrying a Present to the Lord of the Manor meets with an unwelcome Reception. [&] The Country Girl Persued by the Mastiffs rescued by the Courage of her Brother.
Painted by R.M. Paye. Engraved by J.no Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Huighness the Prince of Wales.
London, Published Jan.y 1st 1792 by J.no Young, Engraver to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Cockspur St.t.
Pair of very fine & rare mezzotints with large margins. Ea. 630 x 430mm (24¾ x 17").
The Country Girl has dogs set on her as a joke and is rescued by her brother with a club.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 28437] £850.00 view all images for this item
Painted by R.M. Paye. Engraved by J.no Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Huighness the Prince of Wales.
London, Published Jan.y 1st 1792 by J.no Young, Engraver to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Cockspur St.t.
Pair of very fine & rare mezzotints with large margins. Ea. 630 x 430mm (24¾ x 17").
The Country Girl has dogs set on her as a joke and is rescued by her brother with a club.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 28437] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Containing Instructions for managing the Brew-House, and Malt-Liquors in the Cellar; the making of wines of all sorts. Directions for the Dairy, in the Improvement of Butter and Cheese upon the worst of Soils... By R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S. The Second Edition.
London: Printed for Woodman, and Lyon, In Russel-Street, Covent Garden. M.DCC.XXVII [1727]. (Price 2s. 6.d.)
8vo, original full calf gilt; pp. xii + 187; with engraved frontispiece by John Sturt. Hinges strained, old ink mss. marginalia, some staining.
A scarce cookery book, with instructions on pickling, cheese and wine making and cooking game, divided into months. As the post of Professor of Botany at Cambridge was unpaid, Richard Bradley (1688-1732) needed the income from publishing to survive. 4 pages of recipes in front in ink (maybe the missing pages) Minus pages 181-4.
[Ref: 56719] £350.00 view all images for this item
London: Printed for Woodman, and Lyon, In Russel-Street, Covent Garden. M.DCC.XXVII [1727]. (Price 2s. 6.d.)
8vo, original full calf gilt; pp. xii + 187; with engraved frontispiece by John Sturt. Hinges strained, old ink mss. marginalia, some staining.
A scarce cookery book, with instructions on pickling, cheese and wine making and cooking game, divided into months. As the post of Professor of Botany at Cambridge was unpaid, Richard Bradley (1688-1732) needed the income from publishing to survive. 4 pages of recipes in front in ink (maybe the missing pages) Minus pages 181-4.
[Ref: 56719] £350.00 view all images for this item
A Country Inn Yard at the Time of an Election.
Invented & Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Robert Sayer, 1768.]
Engraving with very large margins; 175 x 280mm (7 x 11").
A coach getting ready to leave an inn yard, an election riot in the background. Soon after the death of William Hogarth in 1764, his widow Jane gave the London publisher Robert Sayer permission to publish a collection of her husband's work. Although engraved in a smaller format, Sayer's versions retain all the detail of the original plates.
[Ref: 31473] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Invented & Painted by W.m Hogarth.
[London: Robert Sayer, 1768.]
Engraving with very large margins; 175 x 280mm (7 x 11").
A coach getting ready to leave an inn yard, an election riot in the background. Soon after the death of William Hogarth in 1764, his widow Jane gave the London publisher Robert Sayer permission to publish a collection of her husband's work. Although engraved in a smaller format, Sayer's versions retain all the detail of the original plates.
[Ref: 31473] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![A Country Life [parallel text in French]](jpegs/47648.jpg)
A Country Life [parallel text in French] Here love and wine their matchless Charms unite. / How Sweetly tempting lures the luscious Grape [...]
[Unsigned, c.1770]
Rare mezzotint; platemark 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins
Romantic countryside scene.
[Ref: 47648] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Unsigned, c.1770]
Rare mezzotint; platemark 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins
Romantic countryside scene.
[Ref: 47648] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Maid. How happy is the Maid. Who lives a rural life. By no false Views betray'd. To know domestic Strife. No Passion sways her Mind. Nor wishes to be Great. By humbler Hopes confind. She shuns the flatt'ring Bait.
Sold by J. McArdell at teh Golden Head the Corner of Southampton Street Cov.t Gard.n [n.d., c.1760].
Fine and rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman wearing a silk gown and carrying a basket of flowers. This plate was originally an untitled portrait of Lucy Ebberton (or Everton) after George Knapton (see Ref: 68219), but the face has been reworked beyound recognition.
CS 58, unlisted state after ii of ii; Russell 58, unlisted state after iii of iii; Goodwin 130. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68834] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Sold by J. McArdell at teh Golden Head the Corner of Southampton Street Cov.t Gard.n [n.d., c.1760].
Fine and rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman wearing a silk gown and carrying a basket of flowers. This plate was originally an untitled portrait of Lucy Ebberton (or Everton) after George Knapton (see Ref: 68219), but the face has been reworked beyound recognition.
CS 58, unlisted state after ii of ii; Russell 58, unlisted state after iii of iii; Goodwin 130. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68834] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Country Maid and her Milk Pail. The Moral / When we dwell much on distant and chemerical advantages; we neglect our present business and are exposed to real misfortunes.
[Anon., c.1810]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5").
Moral tale of a milkmaid who, in thinking too much about the future wealth she stands to accrue from the sale of her milk rather than her present task, absent-mindedly spills the pail of milk.
[Ref: 37944] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1810]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5").
Moral tale of a milkmaid who, in thinking too much about the future wealth she stands to accrue from the sale of her milk rather than her present task, absent-mindedly spills the pail of milk.
[Ref: 37944] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Le Repas de Campagne. Prandium Agreste. Gravé d'aprés le Tableau original peint par Watteau haut de 2 pieds sur 1 pied 6 pouces de large.
A. Watteau pinxit. Deplace sculp.
a Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau, graveur du Roy ruë St Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or Avec privilege du Roy [nd., c.1730].
Etching with some engraving. 455 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with large margins. Uncut. Some time staining. A little chipping to edges.
A family have a meal outside a thatched cottage.
[Ref: 57866] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Watteau pinxit. Deplace sculp.
a Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau, graveur du Roy ruë St Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or Avec privilege du Roy [nd., c.1730].
Etching with some engraving. 455 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with large margins. Uncut. Some time staining. A little chipping to edges.
A family have a meal outside a thatched cottage.
[Ref: 57866] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rural pleasures]](jpegs/46484.jpg)
[Rural pleasures] Les Plaisirs Champetres.
Inventé et dessiné par M. Charles Eisen et gravé par M. De Longueil.
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy.
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A suggestive rural idyll after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 46484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et dessiné par M. Charles Eisen et gravé par M. De Longueil.
A Paris chés Daumont rue St. Martin, Avec Privilege du Roy.
Fine engraving, sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A suggestive rural idyll after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 46484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Country Race Course with Horses Racing.]](jpegs/54700.jpg)
[A Country Race Course with Horses Racing.]
[W. Mason Esq. delin.t. Aquatinta by F.Jukes. Engrav'd by J.Jenkins.]
Pub.h.d June 20th [no year] W.m Mason Esq.r. [c.1786.]
Aquatint with engraving, proof before title, scratched publication line. Sheet 465 x 650mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tears repaired. Some creasing in sky.
A chaotic scene at a racecourse, Newmarket Heath or probably York as the artist, William Mason (1724 -97), was Canon Residentiary of York. The horses pass the finish post, through spectators who wander close to the course. On the left is a high phaeton carriage, in the right foreground a woman pie-seller falls to the ground, spilling her wares. A pair to ''A Country Race Course with Horses Preparing to Start''. The BM's example was published by James Phillips in 1786.
BM Satires 8256. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 54700] £690.00
[W. Mason Esq. delin.t. Aquatinta by F.Jukes. Engrav'd by J.Jenkins.]
Pub.h.d June 20th [no year] W.m Mason Esq.r. [c.1786.]
Aquatint with engraving, proof before title, scratched publication line. Sheet 465 x 650mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tears repaired. Some creasing in sky.
A chaotic scene at a racecourse, Newmarket Heath or probably York as the artist, William Mason (1724 -97), was Canon Residentiary of York. The horses pass the finish post, through spectators who wander close to the course. On the left is a high phaeton carriage, in the right foreground a woman pie-seller falls to the ground, spilling her wares. A pair to ''A Country Race Course with Horses Preparing to Start''. The BM's example was published by James Phillips in 1786.
BM Satires 8256. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 54700] £690.00
The Country Singing Clerk on a Sunday.
Pubd. Accorg. to Act Octr 21. 1773 by MDarly Strand.
Etching, 170 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
A man walking along a road holding a very long stick with a face carved at the top, and holding his hat. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.6' upper left and '20' upper right.
BM Satires: 4689.
[Ref: 14325] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. Accorg. to Act Octr 21. 1773 by MDarly Strand.
Etching, 170 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
A man walking along a road holding a very long stick with a face carved at the top, and holding his hat. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.6' upper left and '20' upper right.
BM Satires: 4689.
[Ref: 14325] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Le Gouter Champêtre.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½. Trimmed within plate, close to title at bottom.
Two well-dressed couples share a meal on a rowing boat decorated with a bower of branches. Behind is another boat with three musicians.
[Ref: 57817] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½. Trimmed within plate, close to title at bottom.
Two well-dressed couples share a meal on a rowing boat decorated with a bower of branches. Behind is another boat with three musicians.
[Ref: 57817] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Country Sport.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9½"), with large margins.
Man and boy chasing a pig in vicinity of an alehouse. Another man lays sprawled on the floor, presmably having failed in an attempt to do likewise. Etching published by William Davison, publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures often based on better known prints.
[Ref: 43836] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9½"), with large margins.
Man and boy chasing a pig in vicinity of an alehouse. Another man lays sprawled on the floor, presmably having failed in an attempt to do likewise. Etching published by William Davison, publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures often based on better known prints.
[Ref: 43836] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Sharp Reply. "Which is the way to Epsom, Jack?" "How did you know my Name, was Jack"? "I guessed it." "Then guess your way to Epsom."
Painted by J. Pollard. H. Heath Junr.
Dean & Co. Threadneedle St. London. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15". Two marginal tears.
Scene on a country road recording a terse exchange between a young squire on his horse with a shepherd-boy, sheep to right. Very fine colour published for the fashionable pastime of compiling scrap albums. After James Pollard (1792 - 1867).
[Ref: 11629] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Pollard. H. Heath Junr.
Dean & Co. Threadneedle St. London. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 285 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15". Two marginal tears.
Scene on a country road recording a terse exchange between a young squire on his horse with a shepherd-boy, sheep to right. Very fine colour published for the fashionable pastime of compiling scrap albums. After James Pollard (1792 - 1867).
[Ref: 11629] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Scene in a Country Town at the Time of a Race.
Drawn by W. Mason Esq.r. Engrav'd by V Green.
Publish'd March 27th 1789 by F. Brydon, Printseller & Framemaker, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London.
A very large & rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 600mm (17½ x 23¾"). Trimmed to plate; worm holes filled, mainly in title area.
A chaotic scene in a High Street, probably York as the artist William Mason was Canon Residentiary of York and Rector of Aston. A stagecoach and personal carriages crash into each other, much to the amusement of spectators looking from the windows of the Red Lion coaching inn. Adding to the noise are coach passengers beating a drum and blowing a trumpet, a fiddler and a ballad singer. Other figures include a gipsy woman sitting on the pavement, a Jewish pedlar clutching his box on the roof of the stagecoach and a man riding a racehorse through the melée. The BM's example is trimmed to the image, but has a 1908 report that gives the title and describes an earlier state, ''Publish'd July 26th 1783 by V. Green, N°29 Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by F Brydon, Printseller, N° 7, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London''. See Ref: 31344 for Frank Paton's Christmas Card design.
BM Satires 8243; Siltzer p.360; Not in Whitman list of Green's non-mezzotints.
[Ref: 54616] £950.00
Drawn by W. Mason Esq.r. Engrav'd by V Green.
Publish'd March 27th 1789 by F. Brydon, Printseller & Framemaker, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London.
A very large & rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 600mm (17½ x 23¾"). Trimmed to plate; worm holes filled, mainly in title area.
A chaotic scene in a High Street, probably York as the artist William Mason was Canon Residentiary of York and Rector of Aston. A stagecoach and personal carriages crash into each other, much to the amusement of spectators looking from the windows of the Red Lion coaching inn. Adding to the noise are coach passengers beating a drum and blowing a trumpet, a fiddler and a ballad singer. Other figures include a gipsy woman sitting on the pavement, a Jewish pedlar clutching his box on the roof of the stagecoach and a man riding a racehorse through the melée. The BM's example is trimmed to the image, but has a 1908 report that gives the title and describes an earlier state, ''Publish'd July 26th 1783 by V. Green, N°29 Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by F Brydon, Printseller, N° 7, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London''. See Ref: 31344 for Frank Paton's Christmas Card design.
BM Satires 8243; Siltzer p.360; Not in Whitman list of Green's non-mezzotints.
[Ref: 54616] £950.00
A Country Wedding. ''O Pan, Tegean God_be here Propitious'' Virgil, Georgic, 1st. verse. 17.
A. Parson, Del.t.
[London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1826.]
Hand-coloured etching, watermark 'J. Whatman 1825'. Sheet: 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼''). Trimmed and tipped into an album sheet.
A scene showing a newly married couple walking out of a country church, followed by the rest of the congregation.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50726] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A. Parson, Del.t.
[London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1826.]
Hand-coloured etching, watermark 'J. Whatman 1825'. Sheet: 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼''). Trimmed and tipped into an album sheet.
A scene showing a newly married couple walking out of a country church, followed by the rest of the congregation.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50726] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)