Grosvenor Prints

Old Gripus plunder'd by his Young Wife.
London, Published as the Act directs 11th October 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No.58 in Cornhill.
Mezzotint with large margins. 155 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼").
A pretty young woman raids the purse of her elderly, snaggle-toothed husband. A reduction of the plate engraved by Dawes for John Bowles, whose business Wilkinson took over the year of publication of this print.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32966] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Old Maids Petition.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick [n.d., c.1815].
Etching. Sheet 180 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼).
An ugly old maid kneeling at a desk in prayer. A man peeps on her through gap in the rafters. Signs read "love in a village", "cupids revenge" on door and wall. By 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: 54529] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Paris & Helen, directing Cupid to Inflame each others Heart w.th Love
[after Angelica Kauffman]
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Interesting example of fine art repurposed as a popular humorous print. Valentine Green's mezzotint of Angelica Kauffman's painting of Paris and Helen was an example of one of the finest printmakers in the country treating reproducing mythological subject matter by one of the most esteemed painters in the country. Here the composition becomes light-hearted and domestic. Originally a pair with 'Renaldo arresting the Arm of Armida', apparently also after Kauffman.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for Green's mezzotint from which this derives, see ref. 14873.
[Ref: 36228] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Popping the Question. - My Ducky, shall We go to Sleep or How? / - Vy Pilly I tink Ve had petter How first and go to Shleep aftervards.
CJG [in image lower left]
Published by E. King Chancery Lane London June 1832
Lithograph, printed area 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Large margins. Creases.
A couple in bed together discussing their priorities. By Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.), printmaker in various media. Much of Grant's satire was political, such as the 131 numbers of 'The Political Drama' he produced between 1833 and 1835. From 1836 the majority of Grant's work appeared in radical, pro-Chartist periodicals.
[Ref: 37018] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Preference. [&] Necessity.
W. Heath. Del et Sculp.t.
Pub April 7th 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street & 74 New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd Feb.y 6th 1800, by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, London.
Pair of etchings with fine hand colour. Sheet 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾") & Sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, creasing. [&] Trimmed into printed border.
A young man on a chair (dressed in a pastiche of 1820s and Stuart military dress) gives a young lady in a modern low-cut dress a coy glance. Another man, similarly dressed, looks behind a curtain. In the gothic window a monkey holds a fan.
BM Satires 14566, pair with 'Necessity', 14567.
[Ref: 59506] £360.00

Declaration D'Amour de René a Sarotte. [&] Proposition de Mariage aux Parens de Sarotte.
C. Troost pinxit. Punt et Tanje fecerunt.
A Amsterdam, chez J. Punt et P. Tanje 1754 ['Proposition' only, 'Declaration' published by P. Fouquet junior in addition to Punt and Tanjé]
Pair of engravings, each 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10¾"). Small repair to upper left of 'Declaration'.
Two Dutch satirical interior scenes, in which the Puritan René declares his love to Sarotte, and asks her parents for permission to marry her. Title and four lines of verse in Dutch to left and French to right. After the 1738 paintings by Cornelis Troost (1697 - 1750).
[Ref: 27722] £320.00 view all images for this item

La Pluie d'Amour ou la Rosée du Mois de Mai. Air: Nous sommes précepteurs d'Amour.
A Paris chez Boulard, M.d d'Estampes, Rue S.t Martin, No. 84.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 245 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
A French satirical scene showing young women catching the cupids falling out of the sky like rain, on the left one woman hands a cupid to a young man.
[Ref: 46680] £320.00

The Three Gracelesses.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Scarce engraving, part 18th century watermark. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Foxing in left margin, straying into plate mark. Trimmed to right hand plate mark.
Three young women dance naked while two older men, one playing the cello, watch. The title is clearly a subversion of the three graces from antiquity, so we can assume the women in this image represent the opposite. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55096] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Betty Brush evading the Tax upon the Maids.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed to left hand plate mark.
A topless women attempts to drag a clothed man into bed with; she begs that he help her 'evade the tax upon the maids'. In order to finance the war against the rebelling American colonies, the government proposed a servant tax, which was extended to women servants in 1785. This caused huge uproar as maids were commonly owned by the middle class and were less likely to be a symbol of status - unlike male servants. The tax on female servants was successfully repealed in 1792. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Nisbett detects Capt. Totty in bed with his Wife.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Right margin trimmed to plate mark.
A man, Mr. Nisbett, pulls Captain Totty by the scruff of his neck out of bed with his wife, Mrs. Nisbett. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Agreeable Ghost.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Some foxing. Right margin trimmed to plate mark.
A man in bed clothes coaxes a topless woman into bed with him. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Peyton taking the Length of M.rs Williams's Foot.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d., 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Stain in top left corner. Top and right edges trimmed to plate mark.
A man, Captain Peyton, seated in intimate proximity to Mrs. Williams, massaging her foot. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment'. Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55102] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Guardian detected.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Left edge trimmed to plate mark.
Two young lovers, the lady topless, kissing on a loveseat, are caught by their chaperone. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
[Ref: 55104] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Miss B_s Hairdresser detected.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Some light foxing on left and staining, right edge trimmed to plate mark. Bit messy.
A young dishevelled woman, Miss Bess, is caught being groped by her hairdresser. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55105] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Duchess of D_ in the Character of a Mother.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d., 1784.]
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Right edge trimmed to plate mark.
A man and a women, the dutchess, attend to a baby in front of the hearth. Next to the woman is is a baby's cradle and at the man's feet is a book titled 'Treatise on getting and nursing of Children by the Duke of D.'. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55106] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph romping with his Mistress.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Small tear in right edge. Creasing in bottom left corner. Right edge trimmed to plate mark.
A man and a woman, Joseph and his mistress, tussle on the floor of what looks to be an ornate picture room. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Miseries of Reading and Writing _ 8 Dialogue. As you are writing drowsily by the fire, on rousing and recollecting yourself, find your Guardian in possession of your secret thoughts, which he never ceases to upbraid you of.
Rowlandson del et sculp.
Pub. Jan.y 1. 1807 by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 108 Strand.
Coloured etching. 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾") very large margins.
A young woman sleeps in a chair in a library, her hand still holding a pen on a sheet of paper. An elderly man holding an eye-glass to his eye leans over the back of her chair to inspect a paper inscribed 'My dear'.
See Ref: 54618 for a complete copy of volume.
[Ref: 59200] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Return from Scotland, or Three Weeks after Marriage.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 5th Decem.r 1777.
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired damage to margins.
A young couple sit awkwardly, the wife faced away from her husband, demonstrating that the honeymoon period has definitely ended. The tightening of marriage regulations in England in the 18th century prevented couples under the age of 21 from marrying without their parents consent. This gave rise to the phenomenon of young couples marrying over the border in Scotland, which inspired many satirical prints depicting both the joys and perils of impulsive decisions.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 4625
[Ref: 36224] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Reconciliation or the Return from Scotland.
T. Rowlandson fec.t.
Pub.d Nov.r 22. 1795. by S.W. Fores N.o3 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, surface dirt.
An interior scene showing the reconciliation of a newly-wed couple and the bride's family following her elopement to Scotland. The bride wipes her eyes while her father and mother regard the couple's entrance with shock, two servants clasp their hands in delight in the doorway.
For a 1785 version see BM 9669.
[Ref: 43645] £360.00

((Coup Double!..)) ((Caught!..)) / ((Doppelschuss!..))
Peint par Poittevin. Imp par Lemercier a Paris. Lith par Leon Noel.
Paris, Goupil et Vibert Editeurs, 15 Boulevard Montmartre et 10 Rue d'Enghien / London E. Gambart Junin & Co. 25 Berners St. Oxford St. [n.d., c.1853].
Fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 470 x 580mm (22¾ x 18¼"). Very slight foxing. Large margins.
Plate 14 from 'Le Musée des Rieurs'. A duck shooting scene in which a young couple have been caught behind a tree, trying to hide from prying eyes. A group of three hunters to the right have successfully shot two ducks, seen falling from the sky in the top left corner, beneath which are the couple, trying to keep out of sight. In the centre, a fatherly figure stands smoking a pipe, facing left, with a large rifle under his arm. In front of him, his dog has noticed the man and woman. Goupil's blind stamp, bottom centre. Title in French, English and German below. Published in London and Paris.
[Ref: 32515] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rivals.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del.t G. Shepheard sculp.t
[London Published: Jany. 10th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.]
Hand-coloured stipple and etching. Watermarked: Whatman. 279 x 202mm. 11 x 8". Cut.
A pretty fisherwoman kneeling by a basket is approached by a sailor to the right; a soldier bending over her with a hand poised to grab her breast, a young sailor looming behind the latter taps him on the shoulder. From a set of six plates by Shepheard after Bunbury.
BM Satires: 11456 (cf).
[Ref: 20103] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Rivals, or a Military Position. There the Maiden sat and her beside [/] That rival soldier with a soldiers pride [/] With self approval in his manly face [/] He seem'd the leading spirit of the place.
Painted by W.m Watts. Engraved by W.m Barnard.
London, Published Jan.y 14th. 1826 by W.m Barnard.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet: 405 x 300mm (16 x 12"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight foxing at top.
A scene in a cottage in which a young woman sits next to a soldier looking suspicously at a second man, standing in the doorway.
[Ref: 42049] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Oh! Oh! My Rival! This Shall Finish Your Tune.
Standidge & C.o Litho, 11 Cornhill.
Published for the proprietor by S. Knights, Sweetlings Alley, Cornhall [n.d c.1840]
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15). Some foxing and surface dirt.
A man looking like a typical 17th century musketeer holds his cloak over his mouth in shock at seeing a man playing an instrument, presumably to a woman they are both courting on a balcony out of frame. By his remark it is assumed he is going to kill his rival.
[Ref: 58976] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Russian Nupials or the Lock'd Jaw and Frost-Bitten Nose. Sung with unbounded Applause by Mr Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket , in the New Grand Melo-Dramatic Opera, called ''The Exile,'' written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq. (The Music sold by Messrs. Goulding, and Co. New Bond Street.)
[Isaac] Cruikshank Del.
Publish'd Dec. 1. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"), watermarked 1814. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Outside a snowbound cottage a man is confronted by his wife, who breaks off his frozen nose. Both wear coats with fur hoods. Behind is a sleigh drawn by a reindeer. Underneath the image are six verses telling the story.
BM Satires 11210; non of the three examples listed on the BM site have the verses.
[Ref: 55367] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sensual love,- or A Sop in the Pan.
[Engraved by Charles Williams after Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London Published May. 31. 1807 by T Tegg Apollo Library in Cheapside.]
Songsheet, coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 215mm (9 x 8½"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, losing verse and publisher's inscription. Bit time stained.
An enormously fat cook sits by a kitchen fire, caressing a young man, to whom she has given 'a sop in the pan', a slice of bread placed under roasting meat to catch the juices. He eats the delicacy, but looks warily at the cook.
BM Satires 10928, 'One of several prints by Rowlandson published by Thomas Tegg in 1807'.
[Ref: 51904] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

She Stoops to Conquer.
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d 181[1] by Tho.s Tegg No.111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), large margins. Creasing in top margin.
A scene in a dungeon, a young woman sits paying attention to an ugly turnkey, her hand hovering over his set of keys as she attempts to steal them to set her lover free. A later edition with the date partially removed.
BM Satire 11799.
[Ref: 50737] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Six Weeks after Marriage.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St Pauls Church Yard London / Published as the Act directs [1777]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Year of publication scratched out.
As opposed to the situation 'Three Weeks after Marriage' (see ref. 36224) which depicts only a tense situation, here it has become violent, with the husband attempting to defend himself not only from his wife but also the terrier biting at his clothes. An overturned table sends plates and cutlery across the floor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 4625
[Ref: 36225] £400.00

Staffordshire Courtship!!.
Woodward del. [Isaac] Cruikshank st-.
T Tegg 111 Cheapside - NB Folios of Caractures Lent.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, damp stain on left.
A rustic couple in a cottage interior: a woman leans towards the man's dog and exclaims, ''Bless me Mr. Clump what a pretty Dog you have got''; the man replies, "No Miss it beant a Dog - it be one of your own sex".
[Ref: 59218] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Staffordshire Courtship!!.
Woodward del. [Issac] Cruikshank st-.
T Tegg 111 Cheapside - NB Folios of Caractures Lent.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A rustic couple in a cottage interior: a woman leans towards the man's dog and exclaims, ''Bless me Mr. Clump what a pretty Dog you have got''; the man replies, "No Miss it beant a Dog - it be one of your own sex".
[Ref: 61858] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Pray M.r Gardener What Is The Language Of The Flowers To Day? Och! Its Not To Be Mistaken Madam; This Sunflower Was Red, This Morning, But It Was So Jealous Of Your Ladyships' Beauty, That It Has Turn'd Entirely Yellow.
Dean & C.o Threadneedle S.t. [n.d. c.1833]
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 410 x 235mm (16¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to blue scrapbook paper.
An ugly woman asks her Scottish gardener about the flowers. The gardener gives a flattering reply. Her black servant smiles in amusement.
[Ref: 62032] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Suspicious Husband.
Martin pinx.t. Wilson fecit
London Publish'd Feb.y 16 1772 by R. Marshall N4 Aldermary Church Yard.
Coloured mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, extra margins added on three sides.
A woman seals a letter at a candlelit table, while her maid waits to take it. Her husband peers anxiously around the door, believing it to be addressed to another lover. On the wall is a picture of cupid oriented towards the wife. Engraved by the little-known printmaker James Wilson from a painting by either Johan Fredrik or Elias Martin, Swedish artists sometime resident in London.
CLB database: state iii of iii.
[Ref: 36308] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Sweet Little Girl that I Love.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d June 4 1808 by Thos Tegg N 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1816, large margins top & bottom. Faint mount burn.
A tall, thin, elderly military officer, ugly but elegant, stoops to embrace a fat country woman, short and hideous, yet buxom.
BM Satires 11138.
[Ref: 54568] £280.00

Symptoms of Crim Con!!
Woodward Delin.
Publishd Jan.y 1st 1796 S.W. Fores No. 50 Picadilly corner of Sackville Street_Folio's of Caricatures Lent out for the Evening.
Etching. Sheet: 330 x 460mm (13 x 18''),watermarked 'J. Whatman 1822'. Trimmed within plate.
A satirical print commenting on the legal issue of Criminal Conversation which would be brought by a husband against his wife's lover for the recovery of damages. The scene consists of six groups in which a man flirts with the woman in the group angering the older, uglier man.
[Ref: 48349] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Symptoms of Matrimony.
Woodward Delin. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank?]
[Pub.d Jany 1st 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Coloured etching. 325 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription, losses in corners, paper toned.
Two tiers containing seven scenes satirising marriage.
BM: 1985,0119.373.
[Ref: 54279] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Taking Pleasure.]
R. Dagley del. et sculp.
[London, Published by John Warren, Old Bond Street, and G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. n.d. c.1821.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 114 x 159mm. 4½ x 6¼". Cut.
A couple on a pathway, with a sign reading "To Highgate" and "To London"; the man pulling a stroller with two young girls seated in the back, the woman holding a parasol and with a boy to her right; a dog carring a stick to the left. From "Takings or, the Life of a Collegian".
[Ref: 24029] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Modern Marriage A La Mode. Sweet Fruits of the third Honey Moon. !!
[Isaac Cruikshank].
Pub by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly May 6 1800. Folios of Caricatures Lent.
Etching with hand colour 320 x 415mm (12½ x 16¼"), with small margins. Hinged inside mount at top. A crease down the middle where previously folded.
A satire on the third marriage of the irish peer and politician John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (1756 –1818) , on 3rd April 1800, to Lady Anne Jane Gorn (Hatton)(1763–1827). A horned Abercorn puts the ring on the finger of Anne who turns aside to point up at a high alcove, serving as an altar, in which are the torso of a grinning satyr and two goats. A woman in a veiled shroud stands behind her presumably the ghost of the first wife of Abercorn, Catherine Copley who died 13th September 1791. Behind Abercorn stand three crying women who are most likely his daughters from his first marriage: Harriet, Maria and Catherine Hamilton.
BM 9576
[Ref: 55038] £450.00

Tregear's Flights of Humour No 31. An Optical Delusion. Never Mind Billy What Others May Say, You are Very Pretty in My Eye.
Published by G. Tregear 123 Cheapside London, 1833.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper at corners; cockling in these areas.
A pretty young girl hangs on the arm of a man with simian features.
Wellcome 107401.
[Ref: 60529] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Two Strings to one's Bow.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 155 x 140mm (6 x 5½").
A well-dressed man walks with two women at his side.
[Ref: 43801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Umbrella Courtship.
Engd. from the original by J. Styles.
Pubd. by S. Hollyer, 34, Penton Place, Ackermann & Co. & C. Tilt, Fleet Street. [c.1830.]
Mezzotint, sheet 240 x 160mm. 9½ x 6¼". Trimmed to plate.
A couple share a kiss under an umbrella in a park; four lines of witty verse either side of title.
[Ref: 16088] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[An unexpected Levee for a new married couple]
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, Jan 2d. 1775]
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image.
A newly married naval officer with his horrified bride standing on the left, surrounded by women pressing on him the promises of marriage he had made to them, while another demands payment for board and lodging. He has clearly made at least one of the women pregnant, although she weeps in despair rather than haranguing him. As Cindy McCreery notes, 'the theme of men reluctantly acknowledging their paternity was a standard joke in many prints, especially mezzotint drolls'. She also perceptively draws the parallel between the drama of the scene, and the three pictures on the wall: Lucretia stabbing herself after being raped; a man in Turkish dress standing amongst a group of veiled women, apparently to select a concubine; and a ship in a violent storm.
Cindy McCreery, 'The Satirical Gaze: Prints of Women in Late Eighteenth-Century England', p.203.
[Ref: 40821] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Unfortunate Lover.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1775.]
Coloured mezzotint. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14").
Not listed in D. George.
[Ref: 1167] £480.00

The Unpleasant Rencontre.
Design'd & Etch'd by D.T. Egerton.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 126, Haymarket, 1824.
Coloured aquatint. 210 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾") with wide margins. Slight stain through title, stitch marks in left margin, tear in bottom margin.
A scene from 'Fashionable Bores; or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz'. A woman, accompanied by her black steward, encounters her fiancé coming out of the 'Temple of Venus' (brothel). To the man this is a bore because the impending nuptials were what kept the creditors away. Daniel Thomas Egerton (1797-1842), satirist and landscape painter, murdered while living in Mexico, shortly after publishing 'Egerton's Views in Mexico'.
[Ref: 54329] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Humours of Valentine's Day.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 90 x 110mm (3½" x 4¼). Trimmed.
A black pageboy gives a message to his mistress depicting a heart pierced by arrows and the word 'Snowball'.
[Ref: 57260] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Oh! Listen to the Voice of Love.
Ja.s Gillray del.t.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 215 x 185mm (8½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A interior scene in which an ugly man kneels before a plain woman holding a fan.
Copy of BM Satire 9450.
[Ref: 43648] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ways and Means Why they don't Marry. Because [as symbol] Several letters had appeared in the Times complaining of the prevalent extravagance which rendered it impossible for people of moderate means to marry. - July, 1861.
[Punch, 41, 13 July 1861.]
Engraving. 354 x 526mm (14 x 20¾"). Foxing; folded as normal.
Two images showing the extravagence of marriage. A woman to the left holding a print of a carriage, whilst her chamber-maid attends to her hair; the room contains ornate furniture, prints of horses and of a 'Design of a Cottage'. In the opposite image, a gentleman sat in a reading chair holding The Times newspaper; his butler appears with a tipple.
[Ref: 52371] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Burlesque on Mr & Mrs Clark - or the Flitch of Bacon. Sung by Mr Fawcett, at Covent Garden, in the Popular Farce of We Fly by Night.
Publish'd April 1, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A farmer and his wife look forward to claiming 'The Dunmow Flitch', a prize for couples who have been married a year and do not regret it. However by fighting about how to cook the bacon they negate their claim. The farce 'We Fly by Night', by George Colman the younger (1762-1836), was first played on 28 Jan. 1806. Fawcett played Ferrit, a servant.
BM Satires 10673.
[Ref: 54357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Wedding. Minister, Will thou take this woman for thy wedded wife? Clown. Yeas, sure, I wool, I cum.d a Purpose.
Published & For Sale at No.111 Nassau St. N. York. [n.d., c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 395 x 285mm (15 x 11¼''). Staining and tears in edges.
A comic scene in a church showing a wedding of a simple couple. Published in New York.
[Ref: 50949] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The good Woman's Heart.
April 15th 1837.
Ink sketch on album paper with a printed border. A little toning of paper.
A sketch of a love-heart, divided into areas with titles like 'Virtue and Youth', 'Religion and Piety' & 'Love, Constancy and Modesty', 'Obedience and good nature'.
[Ref: 57258] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wringing Wet. It rain'd a deluge; poor Joseph came home late; Long at the bell he tugg'd (at last our popp'd a pate;) "Who's that there ringin now?" Cried sleepy Bet; "'Tis I you fool" said Joe I'm Wringing Wet!!!
Etching by T. Jones.
London, Pubd. Feb.y 22.th. 1828 by S.W. Fores 41, Piccadilly.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. 355 x 253mm (14 x 10").
Satire with a young man caught by the rain at night rings the bell of his house to wake sleepy wife.
[Ref: 52260] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Yankee Courtship or a Hint to Jonathan. Nº IX. Let me alon can't yer Jonathan? / Let yer alone, why I aint a touching yer am I? / No! but aint you goint to?
S.L.M.
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Coloured lithograph. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Album paper pasted over left edge, spotting.
A woman flirts with a long-haired man, his wide-brimmed hat upside-down on the floor. American connections.
[Ref: 61316] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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