Grosvenor Prints

St. Stephen's statute.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Feb.y 6.th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), on 1804 watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Pinholes. Paper stuck to parts.
The chief Minister (or steward) ( should be William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759-1834), but resembles Hawkesbury (Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729 –1808)) (to whom the King first applied on Pitt's death), in court dress, introduces the new ministry to George III. The King, wearing uniform inspects them through a telescope. Eight are characterized, besides two heads in shadow; Fox, Sidmouth, Lord Henry Petty, Moira, Sheridan, Lord Grenville, (?) Bedford and Tierney. Drawn before details of the new Ministry were known.
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 58790] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Newgate Illustrated-or the Knight and the Squire. a Tale of the 19th Century.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d March 21st 1805 by S. Knight Lambeth.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Paper toning.
Sir William Rawlings and Robert Albion Cox, Sheriffs of Middlesex in 1802, in prison. They were imprisoned after the Committee on the Middlesex Election of 1802 claimed they 'wilfully, knowingly, and corruptly admitted upwards of 300 persons to vote as proprietors of a mill at Isleworth', despite being supported by Fox, Sheridan and others. They were released on 10 May, a little over two months after their imprisonment began. On the floor beside the younger man is a rolled paper: 'View of the Mill at Isleworth', with a book: 'Essay on Refineing'.
BM Satires: 10376.
[Ref: 30572] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Old Scaleits...eterbro', from an Antient Picture in the Cathedral...2.nd: 1594. Rsaetatis 98. You see Old Scaleits picture stand on hie but at your feete there doth his body lye his grave stone both his age and death time show his office by theis tokens you may know. Second to none for strength and sturdye limm a scarbabe mighty voice with visage grim he had interd two queens within this place and this towns householders in his lives space twice over: but at length his one turne came what hee for others did for him the same was done no doubt his soule doth live for aye in heaven: though here his body clad in clay. Iuly 2 1594. R S Aetatis 98.
[Original etching by W. Williams after a painting in the Cathedral by an unknown artist.]
[Original publication - London: E. Jeffrey, 1807.]
Etching. 318 x 133mm. 12½ x 5¼". Cut, paper loss to upper left-hand corner.
Representation of "Old Scaleits" with teh text of the memorial. Robert Scarlett died in 1594 at the age of 98, having spent much of his life as the sexton at Peterborough Cathedral. He was laid to rest just inside the cathedral and is commemorated by a wall painting and a portrait which both hang up high inside the West front. It is suggested by some writers about Peterborough that he was the inspiration possible prototype for Hamlet's "Alas, poor Yorick".
[Ref: 23306] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Bridgett Osborne. William Henery Lord Osborne. Lady Mary Osborne.
T.Hill pinx. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper at corners.
Group portrait of Lady Bridget Williams (fl 1691); Lord William Henry Osborne (1691-1711), and Mary Cochrane (1688-1722), Countess of Dundonald.
CS 43. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65476] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Bridgett Osborne. William Henery Lord Osborne. Lady Mary Osborne. [Counterproof]
T.Hill pinx. R.Williams fe. [in reverse.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare counterproof mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Very damaged.
Counter proof of group portrait of Lady Bridget Williams (fl 1691); Lord William Henry Osborne (1691-1711), and Mary Cochrane (1688-1722), Countess of Dundonald.
CS 43. i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65490] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[New College, Oxford] Collegium Novum.
[by William Williams.]
[Oxford: William Williams, 1733].
Fine engraving. 435 x 575mm (17 x 22½"), with large margins.
An elevated view of New College Oxford, engraved by William Williams for his 'Oxonia depicta sive collegiorum et aularum […] delineatio', his update to David Loggan’s 'Oxonia illustrata' of (1675).
[Ref: 65158] £380.00

The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, sheet 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65445] £360.00

The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: Cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II.
CS 13 II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65447] £420.00

The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P Lely Eques pinx: [ R Williams fe:]
I Smith Ex: Sold by I: Smith near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand [n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 410 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Small margins and tipped into album sheet at sides, watermarked '1894'. Pinhole on platemark at bottom.
Whole length seated portrait of Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), Mistress of Charles II. Third state, with altered production details including erasing of engraver's name.
CS 13 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65448] £360.00

St. Vetus's Dance or the Panegyrist and the Patron or a Sley Push for Power. Who aspires, must down as low" As high as soar'd; obnoxious first or last", To basest things.
Veni Vidi fec.t [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 1813 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville St.
Hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 248 x 387m38m (9¾ x 15¼"). Cut, crease; some spotting.
Satire combining two subjects: the letters of Vetus (later revealed as Edward Sterling) to 'The Times' in 1812 praising Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in terms of hero-worship, and the controversy over the India Charter Bill. Vetus, on stilts, heads a procession trying to force its way into the Treasury. On the donkey sits Lord Wellesley in oriental dress, much be-jewelled, and carrying on his head a model of the India House. He has a shield inscribed in large letters 'Aut Cæsar aut Nullus'; on this is depicted a realistic hand about to grasp a small crown resting on clouds. His ass has one (superfluous) wooden leg, its own leg being bent back at the knee, and it tramples on two papers inscribed 'Fr[ee] Trade' and 'Free Port[s]'. Behind Wellesley is a second ass, with a thick sheaf of newspapers, 'The Times', bound to its back in place of a saddle and labelled 'Qui Veut'. Beside it walks Canning, who puts out a protesting arm.He is identified by a paper which he holds, inscribed 'To the Electors of Liverpool'. Vetus is dressed like the zanies who accompanied quack doctors for purposes of advertisement. He wears a conical hat in which a pen labelled 'Venial' [? Venal] is thrust. In his sash is a sheaf of papers inscribed 'Vetus Letters'. A gridiron (or 'save-all') decorates the front of his tunic and he wears wide trousers; he blows a trumpet. The other trumpet, held in his left hand and directed from his posterior towards Wellesley. He is followed by a subordinate trumpeter, plainly dressed, who blows through a small trumpet, he holds out a sheaf of 'Vetus's Letters'. Seven other well-dressed men follow Wellesley and Vetus; three of them hold out documents inscribed respectively 'Liverpool', 'Glasgow', and 'H[ull] Petition', showing that they represent the out-ports which were agitating for a share in the trade with India. John Bull stands on the pavement in front of the Treasury door, holding out a spear with which he prods Vetus on the papers in his sash; to the spear shaft is attached a banner inscribed 'Free Trade' in large letters. Castlereagh peeps through the partly open door; other faces are indicated behind him.
BM Satires: 12009.
[Ref: 30562] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

a Riddle Expounded or the Dignity of a Parsons Horse.
Woodward del.t.
London Pub.d [July 6th. 1807] by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside. Price 1sh Collored.
Hand coloured etching. Plate 241 x 344mm (9½ x 3½"), with large margins.
A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing addressing a fat elderly parson on horseback. He asks "Ha! Ha - the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, - Canst thee tell me - why - a Parsons Horse be like a King?" The parson answers with a grin: "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a Minister." Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active) after George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
BM Satires: 11617.
[Ref: 52228] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65484] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins. Glued to backing sheet
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65486] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Collectors stamp of Queen Victoria. Trimmed to plate and glued to backing sheet. Small margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65487] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the younger] Col.l Cinque Port Drilling his Recruits or Forming a Battalion. NB The left hand Man is stiled Corporal because at present he has no Appointment but as the Scene Shifting [is nearly over it is expected] he soon will have one.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Decem.r 9th 1803 by S W Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, watermark J. Ruse 1802. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing some of title at bottom, laid on album paper at corners. Faded. Bit messy.
A satire on the expected change of Ministry. William Pitt the younger as the colonel, facing two Fox and Sheridan as two volunteers, between the House of Commons and the Treasury. The Fugleman (perhaps Canning) is dressed half as a naval officer, half as a volunteer private.
BM 10127 with extensive description.
[Ref: 58376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Pitt the Younger] The Giant Refresh'd. He is indeed a Giant refresh'd!! Vide Marq- of Sta-rds Speech on withdrawing his Motion.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d May 21st 1804 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Tear just entering image repaired, creasing in corners.
A drunken Pitt asks John Bull (who is half his size) to forgive him. Pitt had replaced Henry Addington as Prime Minister on the 10th May. The Marquis of Stafford, George Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) later 1st Duke of Sutherland, had been due to make a motion condemning his own party's government, but it was withdrawn when Addington declared his intention of joining the Whigs.
BM Satires 10245.
[Ref: 61037] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Pitt and Sheridan] The Ex-Minister and the Meteor. Sir, Amongst the many attack's which I have had this night to sustain, has been one from a flash of lightning_a Meteor, which wanders about, moveing sometimes on one side, and sometimes on the other___a Meteor which to the regret of us all, has not been lately seen amongst us, but which upon its return has turned its blazing resentment upon me_but in whose fiery face I can look without terror or dismay. __vide Mr Pitt's reply to Mr Sheridan on the State of the Navy.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 13th, 1804 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly_Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Pitt stands as if declaiming in the Commons, looking towards the grotesque profile head of Sheridan, larger and fierier than life, and the centre of close-set rays which cover the background and are jagged like conventional lightning. The two heads face each other in profile; Sheridan's stare is both baleful and disconcerted. Pitt's right hand, holding a rolled document, 'Act fo [sic] War', rests on his hip. In the debate of 15 March 1804. Pitt's motion for an inquiry into the administration of the Navy (under St. Vincent) was opposed by Sheridan.
BM Satires 10235.
[Ref: 60967] £380.00

Political Balances_Unexpected Inspection_or A Good old Master takeing a peep into the state of things himself. 204.
[Charles Williams.]
by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside [n.d.]
Hand-coloured etching, watermark 1818. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A pair of scales hangs in a landscape, suspended from a hook in a block against the upper margin inscribed 'Constitution', the central pivot inscribed ('Equilibrium'). The left scale is weighted only by a document headed 'Acts for the more effectually Sarving' [sic], on the right scale, inscribed 'Prices of Provisions.', are a leg of mutton, a frothing tankard, and a loaf; it is much outweighed by the other, inscribed 'Old England', which descends below the level of the ground into a rocky pit or 'Abyss of Corruption'. On the ground below the right scale lies a starving and half-naked peasant who raises his arm to touch it. A well-dressed man, his hands on his knees, stoops in profile to the left over the descending scale. He is watched by George III who leans from a crenelated tower inscribed 'Windsor', on the extreme left, with his spy-glass to his eye. He wears a round hat topped by a small crown, and shouts: "Heigh! Heigh! Fellow! pull away those d—d heavy Corn Laws, and Butter and Cheese Laws; let the prices find the level & come within the reach of my distress'd people; I say pull them of directly Fellow, d'ont you see Old England is sunk almost out of sight, you thought I could not see did you Fellow Heigh! Heigh!" A face within a sun dipping behind the skyline sheds tears. A scale of (corn) prices explains the tilt of the scales by lines intersecting at the pivot, representing the tilt of the beam of the scales, downwards or upwards; the right end is inscribed with the price, the opposite end by a word expressing its result in social conditions.
BM Satires 13497 (addenda).
[Ref: 52294] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Humility or the Canvassing Candidate. Effrontery or the Candidate Returned.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"), on 1801 watermarked paper. Small margins.
Two designs side by side, comparing Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751–1816) election addresses. On the left, Sheridan humbly canvassing for votes before the elections of 1806. On the right, in his victory address after the election, Sheridan showing an insolent approach.
[Ref: 58792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Property Tax _ Civic Champions _ or the Darling in Danger. _ ''Make not a City feast of it, to let the meat cool, ere we can agree upon the first cut.'' Timon.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Resignation.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feb.y 23.d 1798 by S.W. Fores 59 Piccadilly._Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, watermark '1797'. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11''). Trimmed on left and right edges to platemark.
A political satire showing Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk brandishing a stick labelled 'Hereditary' before George III while Prime Minister William Pitt cowers behind the king's chair.
BM Satire 9175.
[Ref: 50765] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Nap near Nab'd or a Retreating Jump Just in Time. 203.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d June 1813 by Tho.s Tegg No.11 Cheapside - Price one sh col.d
Hand-coloured etching; J. Whatman, Turkey Mills 1820 watermark. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Some damage.
Napoleon leaps in terror from a window, his large bicorne falling off; another French officer steps on to the sill, about to follow. They will inevitably drop into a wash-tub below. The house is a neat log cabin with casement windows. Two flowering plants in pots fall from the sill, pigs scamper off, a cock and hen fly away. A woman scouring a pot looks out in alarm from a lower window. A cat miaows on a pent-house roof. Behind a paling (left) a Cossack with his long spear has dismounted, and hastens towards the house with a satisfied grin; in the background Cossacks gallop across a snowy landscape.
BM Satires 12058.
[Ref: 52299] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble. Sr. George Rooke Vice Admiral of England, &c. Admiral and Commander in Cheife of Her Majesties Fleet, &c. And one of Her majesties most Honourable Prive Council.
M. Dahll pinx. 1704. R. Williams fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate 343 x 260mm. 13½ x 10¼". Trimmed to just outside the plate. Paper tone and some spotting.
Sir George Rooke [1650 - 1709], admiral of the fleet.
[Ref: 14262] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

William Duke of Bedford.
E.Lutterell pinx. R.William fec.
[n.d., c.1700.] Sold by I.Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden.
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins.
Portrait of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616 - 1700), English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the House of Lords. He fought in the Parliamentarian army and later defected to the Royalists during the English Civil War.
CS: 6: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65438] £360.00

a Riddle expounded or the Dignity of a Parsons Horse.
Woodward del.t.
London Pub.d [July 6th. 1807] by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside. Price 1sh Collored.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 335mm
A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing addressing a fat elderly parson on horseback. He asks "Ha! Ha - the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, - Canst thee tell me - why - a Parsons Horse be like a King?" The parson answers with a grin: "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a Minister." Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active) after George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
BM Satires: 11617.
[Ref: 52098] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutchess of Monmouth.
W. Wissing pinx. R Williams fe
Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1688]
Mezzotint, sheet 245 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") Trimmed. Stains.
A half-length portrait of Anne Scott, Duchess of Monmouth (1651-1732), framed in an oval, with her hair styled in curls and a veil draped at the back of her head. She is dressed in a loose gown.
CS 37 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

James Duke of Monmouth.
W. Wissing pinx. R Williams fe
Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1688]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") Trimmed. Time stains.
A half-length portrait of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), depicted within an oval frame. He is shown wearing a long wig, a lace cravat, armour, and a sash. James Scott, the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter, was introduced to court in 1662, where he quickly became a favorite of the king, who granted him the title of Duke of Monmouth. In 1663, he married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, adopting her surname (having previously been known as James Fitzroy or Crofts). He commanded troops during the Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-74 and later against Scottish rebels in 1679. After declaring his claim to the throne, he was banished that same year and again in 1684. Upon his father’s death, he returned and raised an army against James II, but was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor. James was executed by beheading on Tower Hill on 15 July 1685.
CS 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65461] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

James Duke of Monmouth.
W. Wissing pinx. R Williams fe
Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1688]
Mezzotint, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") Trimmed. Stains where previously glued down. Damage to three corners. Ink staining in title.
A half-length portrait of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), depicted within an oval frame. He is shown wearing a long wig, a lace cravat, armour, and a sash. James Scott, the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter, was introduced to court in 1662, where he quickly became a favorite of the king, who granted him the title of Duke of Monmouth. In 1663, he married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, adopting her surname (having previously been known as James Fitzroy or Crofts). He commanded troops during the Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-74 and later against Scottish rebels in 1679. After declaring his claim to the throne, he was banished that same year and again in 1684. Upon his father’s death, he returned and raised an army against James II, but was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor. James was executed by beheading on Tower Hill on 15 July 1685.
CS 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65463] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Catherine Sedley] Madam Sidley.
W Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
Sold by E Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford str.t [n.d. c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 177mm (9½ x 7"), with wide margins. Staining in margin.
Catharine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717) was the mistress of James II and in 1686 was created Baroness Darlington and Countess of Dorchester. In 1696 she married Sir David Colyear, later Earl of Portmore. First published c.1680.
CS: 52: iii/iii.
[Ref: 30917] £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)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Rare mezzotint. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed into plate and tipped into album sheet. Some time-staining.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65504] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65505] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65506] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Skaiting Dandies, Shewing Off. 332.
Williams fecit.
Pub.d by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside, London [n.d. c.1815-1820.]
Hand-coloured etching; watermark Basted Mill. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to plate.
Ladies stand on a snow-covered bank in the middle distance watching the skaters. In the foreground are four skaters in absurd positions. A dandy lies on his back, trying to ward off with one leg another who reels backward striking him on the chin with the point of his skate.
BM Satires 13074.
[Ref: 52288] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Duke of Beaufort Marquess & Earle of Worcester.
W.Wissing pinxit. R.Williams fecit. E.Cooper exc.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (1629 - 1700), English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1644 until 3 April 1667. The Dukedom of Beaufort was bestowed upon him by King Charles II in 1682.
CS: 5: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65434] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[St Martins-in-the-Fields] St Martins in an Uproar.
[by Charles Williams]
Pubd Octr 1 1801 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 240 x 370mm (9½ x 14½"). Hole upper centre (in church railing). Stamp of S.W. Fores lower right.
Scene outside the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, with clergymen chasing a parson out of the church, while couples on the right assail him. In 1801 Thomas Scott Smith introduced himself to the Curate of St Martins as the nephew of Lord Eldon, and acquired a position at the church. For a month he officiated at marriages, baptisms and burials, before he was discovered, found guilty of forgery and sentenced to death. Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830, fl.), prolific etcher of satires from his own designs and those of other artists (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and little work has been done to establish for certain which prints he made. As a result Williams is little-known in comparison with contemporaries such as Rowlandson and Gillray in spite of the comparable quality of some of his work. This impression bears the 'S.W.F.' stamp of the publisher S.W. Fores, also found on impressions of Fores prints in the British Museum and the Hermitage, St Petersburg.
BM Satires 9779; L.2384.
[Ref: 46557] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

St Stephens Fair. O don't you think it a wonderfull Fair.'' Holcroft. 23.
Woodward, del.t _ Williams Sculp.t _
Pub,d Feby 8,th 1808 by Tho,s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Finely hand coloured etching on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1805'. Sheet 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Taped tear at top, stops before iage.
A satire showing rival politicians as showmen with booths at St Stephen's Fair, with banners including 'Catholic Emancipation' and 'No Popery'. Recognisable faces include Canning, Castlereagh, Percival, Grenville and Sheridan.
BM Satires 10966. See also BM 10763.
[Ref: 61901] £380.00

[Charles Edward Stuart.] Routed, oer Hills the young Adventurer flies, / And in a cottage sinks to this Disguise. / Fled his gay Hopes, defeated his fond Scheme, / His throne is vanish'd like a golden Dream. / By manly Thoughts He'd charm His Woes to rest: / In vain! Culloden still distracts His Breast.
J. Williams Fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"), with large margins. A few faint creases. Bit rubbed.
Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788), disguised as a woman, three-quarter length in an oval directed to right, looking towards the viewer with head turned to left, holding the frilled edge of a cap in front of him, wearing a lace-trimmed fichu and cap. J. Williams is named on the print as engraver and it is the only known work so inscribed.
Sharp: 218. CS: 1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64487] £680.00

[Charles Edward Stuart.] Routed, oer Hills the young Adventurer flies, / And in a cottage sinks to this Disguise. / Fled his gay Hopes, defeated his fond Scheme, / His throne is vanish'd like a golden Dream. / By manly Thoughts He'd charm His Woes to rest: / In vain! Culloden still distracts His Breast.
J. Williams Fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾").. Thread margins
Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788), disguised as a woman, three-quarter length in an oval directed to right, looking towards the viewer with head turned to left, holding the frilled edge of a cap in front of him, wearing a lace-trimmed fichu and cap. J. Williams is named on the print as engraver and it is the only known work so inscribed. In June 1746 following defeat at Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie fled to Skye disguised as Irish Maid Betty Burke.
Sharp: 218. CS: 1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64488] £680.00

Sublime and Beautifull. O'thou wert born to please me, my Rural Queen of Love, Through all the woods I'll praise thee my Sheperd of the Grove, Thus happy never Jealous Can any harm assail us My rural Queen of Love.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd. April 1810 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 324 x 222mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Stained, very damaged; paper chip to lower right.
A Thames waterman, with a badged sleeve, number 27, and a long boat-hook, takes the hand of a fat woman with ragged clothes holding a basket of lavender. Both are ugly and amorous. There is a rustic, though probably suburban, background. Text below from Burke's essay, 1756.
BM Satires: 11648.
[Ref: 30575] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sublime and Beautifull. O'thou wert born to please me, my Rural Queen of Love, Through all the woods I'll praise thee my Sheperd of the Grove, Thus happy never Jealous Can any harm assail us My rural Queen of Love.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd. April 1810 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾''). Small margins. Toned, creasing and tears.
A Thames waterman, with a badged sleeve, number 27, and a long boat-hook, takes the hand of a fat woman with ragged clothes holding a basket of lavender. Both are ugly and amorous. There is a rustic, though probably suburban, background. Text below from Burke's essay, 1756.
BM Satires 11648.
[Ref: 50960] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Te po a Chief of Rarotonga.
Printed in Oil Colours by G. Baxter, (Patentee) 3, Charter-house Square. From a Painting by J. Williams Jun.r.
[Published by John Snow, 26, Paternoster Row, London.] [n.d. c.1837.]
Baxter print. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Publication line lost by abrasion.
Possibly Te Po Kurikuri. He has full body tattoo, a spear in his left hand, a fan in his right. He is wearing an elaborate head-dress and is draped with a cloth over his shoulders and his hips. In the background are a Rarotongan canoe and a European sailing ship. Rarotonga, in the Hervey Islands, was the home of the Rev. John Williams in the South Seas for some years.
[Ref: 55698] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Tears of Sensibility - Sympathy a Poem - Let's all be Unhappy together -ie- The Wig Club in Distrees &c, &c
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd Jun 11th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. 248 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"). Repaired hole in centre of image. Cut.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald (Fox's first cousin), a leader of the United Irishmen, remained in hiding after the arrest of the other members of the 'Directory' on 12 Mar. Lord Clare at least was anxious for his escape, but he remained in or near Dublin continuing preparations for a rising on 23 May. £1,000 reward was therefore offered and he was arrested on 19 May, after a desperate struggle, in which he was wounded, dying of wounds on 4 June. Fitzpatrick, 'Secret Service under Pitt'; Erskine, noted for his egotism, mourns that he shall not defend him in a treason trial. Fox and other members of the Opposition had given evidence at Maidstone on 22 May in favour of Arthur O'Connor. Foxites surround an oblong table, the left end of which is cut off by the margin of the design. Fox only is standing, the central figure on the farther side of the table. All weep copiously, tears splash to the table and stream from it to the ground, where empty bottles float. On the table are decanters of 'French Wine'. Fox, with Erskine on his right, Bedford on his left, gazes mournfully to the right, his hands clasped. Erskine, his hands also clasped; Bedford holds a handkerchief to his eye and looks up at Fox. Sheridan sits at the end of the table (right), on which his elbows rest, gazing up at Fox. On the extreme right Grey (?) stands in the water, stooping to bale it with a bucket. On the nearer side of the table (left) are Norfolk and Tierney. The former turns in profile to the right towards Tierney, both fists clenched; Tierney turns his back on the table on which his left arm rests; he clenches his right fist. From his pocket projects a newspaper: 'Courier Good News from Ir[eland] the Kings Forces defeated in three different Actions'. Behind and between them sits Lauderdale in profile to the right
BM Satires 9227.
[Ref: 52370] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Tegg] The Genius of Caricature, and his Friends, celebrating the completion of the Second Volume of the Caricature Magazine, in the Temple of Mirth.
Woodward del.t.
London Pubd July 2d 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside [but slightly later].
Etching with hand-colouring. 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Framed. Creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
The 'Genius of Caricature' (a gap-toothed Lilliputian in a harlequin costume, probably a caricature of Thomas Tegg) proposes a toast to the success of the second volume of the Caricature Magazine to other Lilliputians around a dinner table in the 'Temple of Mirth', Tegg's shop. The walls are adorned with caricatures from the 'Caricature Magazine' by Thomas Rowlandson and others on the walls, while folio volumes of the magazine sit on a shelf. A toast-master holds a placard praising Tegg.
BM Satires 11133.
[Ref: 51841] £320.00

The Genius of Caricature, and his Friends, celebrating the completion of the Second Volume of the Caricature Magazine, in the Temple of Mirth
Woodward delt [in image lower left]
London Pubd July 2d 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside
Fine etching with hand-colouring, sheet 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet
The 'Genius of Caricature' presides over a dinner table in the 'Temple of Mirth', which is adorned with caricatures from the 'Caricature Magazine' by Thomas Rowlandson and others on the walls, and folio volumes of the magazine. A toast-master holds a placard inscribed with verses in praise of the 'Caricature Magazine' and its artists (naming Rowlandson and the designer of this print, George Moutard Woodward). Woodward (1760?-1809) was a prolific artist who designed 525 prints between 1790 and his death in 1809. Of orthodox pro-government and anti-French political outlook, Woodward's forte was social satire- in this field his reputation between 1807 and 1809 exceeded that even of Rowlandson (see how his name is mentioned before Rowlandson's and underlined in the placard verses here). While his reputation has since been eclipsed, Henry Angelo, whose 'Reminisces' are the main source of biographical information on Woodward, claimed that if Woodward had learned to draw (he was self-taught) and had been more temperate in his habits (it is reported that he kept low company and drank immoderately), he might have rivalled Hogarth. However, he met an inglorious end, dying in the Brown Bear tavern (according to Angelo with a glass of brandy in his hand) and was buried at the expense of his landlord.
BM Satires 11133
[Ref: 61903] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Theresa by y.e Grace of God Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Archdutchess of Austria, &c &c
C.Valo Pinx. J. Frank fecit.
Sold by T. Millward at the Dial and 3 Crowns in Fleet Street 1741. Prince 2 shillings.
Fine & scarce mezzotint, print 360 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet.
Full body portrait of Queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), sitting, hair in curls dressed with pearls, wearing earring, pearl necklace, dress with short sleeves, and robe; fluted pillar and curtain on the left; curtain on the right. Plate reduced and altered from one by R.Williams of Barbara Duchess of Cleveland. The names Valo and Frank are evidently fictitious.
CS: 13.IV. Layard 32.
[Ref: 58795] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Tack's Ghost. I Courted Polly of Spithead, / And ax'd her to be married; / At first she was most cruel kind [...] 38
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Tristram Shandy] The Siege of Bergem Op Zoom.
Sterne Inv.t. J.W.ms Del et Sc.
Pub accor.g to Act April 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
Uncle Toby in his study re-enacting the siege in his living room, with a map hanging on the wall behind and a dog barking under the table. A scene from Laurence Sterne's nine-volume novel 'Tristram Shandy', 1759-67. In 1747, during the Austrian War of Succession, aa French army under the command of Löwenthal, captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom.
[Ref: 14128] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Tristram Shandy] The Siege of Bergem Op Zoom.
Sterne Inv.t. J.W.ms Del et Sc.
Pub accor.g to Act April 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Tear entering plate on left (taped).
Uncle Toby in his study re-enacting the siege in his living room, with a map hanging on the wall behind and a dog barking under the table. A scene from Laurence Sterne's nine-volume novel 'Tristram Shandy', 1759-67. In 1747, during the Austrian War of Succession, aa French army under the command of Löwenthal, captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom.
[Ref: 54407] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Two Journals. Joul. 1 [&] Journal 11.
[C. Williams.]
Pubd July 1814 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Pair of coloured etchings. Each 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Toning to first plate.
A pair of plates, each with eight scenes representing the course of a day, contrasting how Tsar Alexander I (1777 - 1825) spent his time compared with a ‘typical' day in the life of the Prince Regent. The Tsar spends time with his sister and son, walking in the parks, dining simply and enjoying the plaudits of the mob. The Prince wakes with a hangover, rises at noon to be primped by his staff, meets his tailor, avoids 'hissing mobs' and starts to dine at eight and finishes at four am.
BM Satires 12290 & 12291.
[Ref: 58315] £380.00 view all images for this item

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