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Catalogue: Satire
An Artiste!!! My First Subject!! dont you think it is well Got Up! Tregears Flights of Humour No.36.
London Pubd by GS Tregear 123 Cheapside. [n.d. c.1835.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 375 x 279mm. 14¾ x 11".
A man standing in a churchyard with a pickaxe and shovel over one shoulder, and a sack slung over the other.
[Ref: 18399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Pubd by GS Tregear 123 Cheapside. [n.d. c.1835.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 375 x 279mm. 14¾ x 11".
A man standing in a churchyard with a pickaxe and shovel over one shoulder, and a sack slung over the other.
[Ref: 18399] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Simply Asking for It.
E. Ingham.
Ink drawing. Sheet: 155 x 180mm (6 x 7").
A portrait of a woman with a sprig of mistletoe in her mouth.
[Ref: 44706] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
E. Ingham.
Ink drawing. Sheet: 155 x 180mm (6 x 7").
A portrait of a woman with a sprig of mistletoe in her mouth.
[Ref: 44706] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
My Ass in a Band Box.
R. Dighton fecit.
Pub as the Act directs, Feb.t 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin, hole at bottom left platemark.
A illustration of a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satire 7793.
[Ref: 50996] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton fecit.
Pub as the Act directs, Feb.t 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin, hole at bottom left platemark.
A illustration of a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satire 7793.
[Ref: 50996] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An Ass Race, for a Laced Hat. N.o 95
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Asses of the Nineteenth Century or the Modern Use of a Coachman. See the Follies of the Watering Places.
Argus del.t [Charles Williams].
Pub.d by C Knight and Sold at No 7 Cornhill [n.d., c.1805].
Scarce etching, printed in brown and hand coloured. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
A satire on beach activities: a lady rides an ass on the seashore, with the coachman following behind on a large horse using his whip to keep the ass going forwards.
Not in BM Satires but see 1991,0720.64.
[Ref: 56161] £460.00 (£552.00 incl.VAT)
Argus del.t [Charles Williams].
Pub.d by C Knight and Sold at No 7 Cornhill [n.d., c.1805].
Scarce etching, printed in brown and hand coloured. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
A satire on beach activities: a lady rides an ass on the seashore, with the coachman following behind on a large horse using his whip to keep the ass going forwards.
Not in BM Satires but see 1991,0720.64.
[Ref: 56161] £460.00 (£552.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!](jpegs/58372.jpg)
[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00
Atlas.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on collapse of the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles. Figures, including Atlas and John Law hold up giant bubbles above their heads.
[Ref: 48482] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on collapse of the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles. Figures, including Atlas and John Law hold up giant bubbles above their heads.
[Ref: 48482] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Gretna Green. Striking the Iron while it is hot. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W. Locke Aug.t 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on one side, folding creases as normal, stains. Small margins.
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green. Gretna Green's runaway marriages began in 1753, following the introduction of the Marriage Act, prohibiting young couples to marry without their parents' permission. The act however did not apply in Scotland. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7992.
[Ref: 59544] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W. Locke Aug.t 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on one side, folding creases as normal, stains. Small margins.
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green. Gretna Green's runaway marriages began in 1753, following the introduction of the Marriage Act, prohibiting young couples to marry without their parents' permission. The act however did not apply in Scotland. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7992.
[Ref: 59544] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Crops Last Shift. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Cruikshanks. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W.Locke Nov.r 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 210 x 230mm (8¼ x 9"). Small margins. Trimmed to plate on two sides, folding creases, as normal.
Four young bloods have attacked an old woman on a donkey with a pannier of potatoes. Their hair is cropped, and they have bludgeons. One has cut off the donkey's tail; another, who holds it, has fallen backwards. A third fills his hat with potatoes which have fallen from the donkey's basket, while a fourth stands with clenched fists facing the old woman. On the collar of a bulldog beside him is inscribed 'Barrymore' (reversed, and only legible in a mirror). The print was published in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7998.
[Ref: 59536] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Cruikshanks. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W.Locke Nov.r 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 210 x 230mm (8¼ x 9"). Small margins. Trimmed to plate on two sides, folding creases, as normal.
Four young bloods have attacked an old woman on a donkey with a pannier of potatoes. Their hair is cropped, and they have bludgeons. One has cut off the donkey's tail; another, who holds it, has fallen backwards. A third fills his hat with potatoes which have fallen from the donkey's basket, while a fourth stands with clenched fists facing the old woman. On the collar of a bulldog beside him is inscribed 'Barrymore' (reversed, and only legible in a mirror). The print was published in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7998.
[Ref: 59536] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Albion Mill fire] Conflagration! or the Merry Mealmongers, A New dance, as it was performed with Universal Applause, at the Theatre Blackfriars March 2d. 1791.](jpegs/59541.jpg)
[Albion Mill fire] Conflagration! or the Merry Mealmongers, A New dance, as it was performed with Universal Applause, at the Theatre Blackfriars March 2d. 1791. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Publish.d as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.o, April 1.st 1791.
Etching, plate 195 x 230mm (7¾ x 9"). Small margins. Folding creases, as normal.
A scene on Blackfriars Bridge, with the Albion Mills on fire in the background, while a dense crowd on the bridge rejoices at the spectacle. In the foreground three men are dancing: two face each other holding hands, but looking at the fire, the third waves his hat and a toy windmill. One holds out a broadside: 'A New Song', he carries a sheaf of papers over his shoulder inscribed 'Success to the Mills of Albion but no Albion Mills'. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 8022.
[Ref: 59541] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Publish.d as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.o, April 1.st 1791.
Etching, plate 195 x 230mm (7¾ x 9"). Small margins. Folding creases, as normal.
A scene on Blackfriars Bridge, with the Albion Mills on fire in the background, while a dense crowd on the bridge rejoices at the spectacle. In the foreground three men are dancing: two face each other holding hands, but looking at the fire, the third waves his hat and a toy windmill. One holds out a broadside: 'A New Song', he carries a sheaf of papers over his shoulder inscribed 'Success to the Mills of Albion but no Albion Mills'. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 8022.
[Ref: 59541] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Auction Extraordinary. HB Sketches No. 522.
HB. A. Ducotés Lithog.y 70 St. Martins Lane.
Publsihed by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, 23rd Feb.y 1838.
Hand coloured lithograph. 'HB Subscribers Copy' blind stamp in lower left corner. Sheet size: 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Tipped into backing sheet.
A scene inside an auction room, with the auctioneer (George Robins) standing behind a pulpit, auctioning objects listed to the left in an advertisement. The dishes to be auctioned are carried around by two men in the foreground, and examined by a man standing in to the left (Lord Brougham), and two men at the right (Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel). Two men standing in the background (Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Russell) are watching the scene. The scene makes reference to Lord Melbourne who was 'a guest at the dinner-table of Her Majesty, and when she was at Windsor, he lived almost wholly at the Castle. The desolate state of his own home was the subject of frequent remark in the daily papers, and furnished occasion for a good deal of pleasantry', from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841.
[Ref: 36584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HB. A. Ducotés Lithog.y 70 St. Martins Lane.
Publsihed by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, 23rd Feb.y 1838.
Hand coloured lithograph. 'HB Subscribers Copy' blind stamp in lower left corner. Sheet size: 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Tipped into backing sheet.
A scene inside an auction room, with the auctioneer (George Robins) standing behind a pulpit, auctioning objects listed to the left in an advertisement. The dishes to be auctioned are carried around by two men in the foreground, and examined by a man standing in to the left (Lord Brougham), and two men at the right (Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel). Two men standing in the background (Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Russell) are watching the scene. The scene makes reference to Lord Melbourne who was 'a guest at the dinner-table of Her Majesty, and when she was at Windsor, he lived almost wholly at the Castle. The desolate state of his own home was the subject of frequent remark in the daily papers, and furnished occasion for a good deal of pleasantry', from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841.
[Ref: 36584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Introduction of Auld Robin Grey to Jenny. Auld Robin argued fair; tho my mither did na speak; The looked in my face till my heart was like to break; So they gi'ed him my Hand, tho my Heart was at Sea, But Auld Robin Grey proves a gude Man to me.
London: Publishee as the Act Directs, 1 Mar 1786, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart, & Printsellers & Globe-makers, No. 53 Fleet Street.
Coloured mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
A young woman is forced by poverty to wed an elderly man, Auld Robin Grey.
[Ref: 5379] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
London: Publishee as the Act Directs, 1 Mar 1786, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart, & Printsellers & Globe-makers, No. 53 Fleet Street.
Coloured mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
A young woman is forced by poverty to wed an elderly man, Auld Robin Grey.
[Ref: 5379] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Major G****n & Lady landing at Southampton in Cripples walk
[William Austin]
Pubd as the Act Directs May 1st 1773
Rare engraving, 270 x 375mm. 10½ x 14½".
Scene at Southampton, with the Isle of Wight faintly visible in the background. In the foreground a man stands with crutches to support his gouty foot is followed by a woman carrying a bottle labelled 'Hartshorn'. Nearer the shore are several figures, one of whom is labelled 'The Rabbit Doctor', and who carries a large rabbit under his arm. 'This is St. André (1680-1776), an unqualified but fashionable surgeon who investigated the case of Mary Tofts in 1726, who professed to be delivered of rabbits [...] He vouched for her story in all its impossible details. In spite of the scandal caused by its exposure he eloped with, and afterwards married, Lady Elizabeth Molyneux on the night of the death of her husband whom he had been professionally attending. They settled in Southampton about 1750' (Stevens and George). This episode was also depicted by William Hogarth in his engraving 'Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Goodliman in Consultation'. Engraved by William Austin (1721-1820).
BM Satire 5115. For a portrait of Mary Tofts, see ref. 18959
[Ref: 18916] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[William Austin]
Pubd as the Act Directs May 1st 1773
Rare engraving, 270 x 375mm. 10½ x 14½".
Scene at Southampton, with the Isle of Wight faintly visible in the background. In the foreground a man stands with crutches to support his gouty foot is followed by a woman carrying a bottle labelled 'Hartshorn'. Nearer the shore are several figures, one of whom is labelled 'The Rabbit Doctor', and who carries a large rabbit under his arm. 'This is St. André (1680-1776), an unqualified but fashionable surgeon who investigated the case of Mary Tofts in 1726, who professed to be delivered of rabbits [...] He vouched for her story in all its impossible details. In spite of the scandal caused by its exposure he eloped with, and afterwards married, Lady Elizabeth Molyneux on the night of the death of her husband whom he had been professionally attending. They settled in Southampton about 1750' (Stevens and George). This episode was also depicted by William Hogarth in his engraving 'Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Goodliman in Consultation'. Engraved by William Austin (1721-1820).
BM Satire 5115. For a portrait of Mary Tofts, see ref. 18959
[Ref: 18916] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
"Advance Australia" British Lion. "Bravo, Boys! - Swing Together!!"
[Monogram of Tenniel] Swain Sc.
Punch, Or The London Charivari. -March 14, 1891.
Wood Engraving, sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Creased.
A rowing boat coxed by a kangaroo with a group of lions rowing. A lion, Mr. Leo Britannicus, wearing a union jack shirt coaches them from the shore. A satire on the Federation of Australia.
[Ref: 56010] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Tenniel] Swain Sc.
Punch, Or The London Charivari. -March 14, 1891.
Wood Engraving, sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Creased.
A rowing boat coxed by a kangaroo with a group of lions rowing. A lion, Mr. Leo Britannicus, wearing a union jack shirt coaches them from the shore. A satire on the Federation of Australia.
[Ref: 56010] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Avis aux Pertubateurs du bon-ordre Par Fue Bordier mort en l'air à Rouen le 21 Aout 1789. Vous verrez que je serai pendu pour arranger l'affaire. Nuit aux aventures, Act III. Sc.IX, rôle de Frontin.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 260 x 172mm. 10¼ x 6¾". Some foxing; water stain to right-hand side.
A French engraving illustrating a scene from a highly politicised play titled 'Nuit aux aventures'. A harlequin called 'Frontin' stands with his club in front of the gallows, apparently a symbol of chaos and anarchy. The scene seems to have been inspired by actual events in the form of revolutionary riots at Rouen in August 1789, and reflects later attitudes to the early years of the Revolution. This print focuses on Francois Bordier (1758-1789) and his untimely death. He was involved in the pillaging of the Hotel de L'Intendence of Rouen along with a lawyer named Jourdain. They were both arrested and eventually Bordier was condemned to death and hung on 21 August 1789.
[Ref: 18923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 260 x 172mm. 10¼ x 6¾". Some foxing; water stain to right-hand side.
A French engraving illustrating a scene from a highly politicised play titled 'Nuit aux aventures'. A harlequin called 'Frontin' stands with his club in front of the gallows, apparently a symbol of chaos and anarchy. The scene seems to have been inspired by actual events in the form of revolutionary riots at Rouen in August 1789, and reflects later attitudes to the early years of the Revolution. This print focuses on Francois Bordier (1758-1789) and his untimely death. He was involved in the pillaging of the Hotel de L'Intendence of Rouen along with a lawyer named Jourdain. They were both arrested and eventually Bordier was condemned to death and hung on 21 August 1789.
[Ref: 18923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ax About.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick [n.d., c.1815].
Etching. Sheet 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7½"). Cut to plate on right side.
A stout balding man holds a smoking pipe. His arms are folded over a table and looks over his shoulder. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
[Ref: 54521] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick [n.d., c.1815].
Etching. Sheet 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7½"). Cut to plate on right side.
A stout balding man holds a smoking pipe. His arms are folded over a table and looks over his shoulder. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
[Ref: 54521] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Baal. of de Waereld in Maskerade. The World in Masquerade. Here, may the Wand ring Eye with pleasure See Both Knaves and Foolls in borrow d shapes agree; How Lords and Ladies wave their wonted pride, And walk with Jilts and Bullies. side by side…Thus, all the World for Intrest, Love or Fear Conceal themselves and in disguise appear. [Followed by translation in Dutch.]
[n.d. c.1720.]
A very rare etching. 398 x 469mm. 15¾ x 18½". Vertical crease down the middle.
The stockmarket as a masquerade ball. A grand interior, host to the masquerade ball.
BM Satires: 1635. Muller: 3601.
[Ref: 14572] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1720.]
A very rare etching. 398 x 469mm. 15¾ x 18½". Vertical crease down the middle.
The stockmarket as a masquerade ball. A grand interior, host to the masquerade ball.
BM Satires: 1635. Muller: 3601.
[Ref: 14572] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Bachelor.
Painted by J. Jenkins. Engraved by H.B.Jenkins.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 355mm (12 x 14"). Trimmed to platemark.
An interior scene in which a young man sits relaxed in a large chair with a cup of tea, surrounded by his dogs, while a young maid brings him a boiled egg.
[Ref: 42048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Jenkins. Engraved by H.B.Jenkins.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 355mm (12 x 14"). Trimmed to platemark.
An interior scene in which a young man sits relaxed in a large chair with a cup of tea, surrounded by his dogs, while a young maid brings him a boiled egg.
[Ref: 42048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bachelors Hall. 609.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24 June, 1791.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10") very large margins.
Men in riding garb eating and drinking around a table, a parson drinking near the window. On the wall is a rack of guns and ramrods.
[Ref: 51825] £380.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24 June, 1791.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10") very large margins.
Men in riding garb eating and drinking around a table, a parson drinking near the window. On the wall is a rack of guns and ramrods.
[Ref: 51825] £380.00
A Bad Fit. This is not my Hat? _ It must be yours, Sir, there's no other left.
[Engraved by George Hunt? after M. Egerton?]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket. 1826.
Coloured aquatint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked ''J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824''. With small margins. Mounted in album paper at edges.
The attributions are purely on stylistic grounds.
[Ref: 54461] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Hunt? after M. Egerton?]
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket. 1826.
Coloured aquatint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked ''J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824''. With small margins. Mounted in album paper at edges.
The attributions are purely on stylistic grounds.
[Ref: 54461] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Deputy Dumpling and Family enjoying a Summer Afternoon. 463.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
The Strolling Bagpiper.
[after Abraham Bloemaert.]
[Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No 69 St Paul's Church Yard London. Published as the Act directs.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 135 x 110mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, title excised and pasted below.
A bagpipe being played by a man wearing a bright jerkin, with a floppy hat with a feather and rose.
[Ref: 55934] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after Abraham Bloemaert.]
[Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No 69 St Paul's Church Yard London. Published as the Act directs.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 135 x 110mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions, title excised and pasted below.
A bagpipe being played by a man wearing a bright jerkin, with a floppy hat with a feather and rose.
[Ref: 55934] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Bagshot Frolick or the Pot-Lid & Inkhorn.
[1762.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title.
A satire of the duel between John Wilkes and Lord William Talbot, fought on 6th October 1762 over Wilkes' mockery of Talbot in the 'North Briton'. Talbot holds a pot-lid and a spit, Wilkes a quill and and ink pot. Talbot is attended by Smollett while Wilkes is backed by Churchill. The duel was fought with pistols on Bagshot Common: despite firing at only eight yards, neither man was hit and the pair then went to a local tavern to share a bottle of claret. The lack of blood caused rumours that the duel was a stunt, inspiring satires such as this.
BM Satires 3914.
[Ref: 55193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[1762.]
Etching. Sheet 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title.
A satire of the duel between John Wilkes and Lord William Talbot, fought on 6th October 1762 over Wilkes' mockery of Talbot in the 'North Briton'. Talbot holds a pot-lid and a spit, Wilkes a quill and and ink pot. Talbot is attended by Smollett while Wilkes is backed by Churchill. The duel was fought with pistols on Bagshot Common: despite firing at only eight yards, neither man was hit and the pair then went to a local tavern to share a bottle of claret. The lack of blood caused rumours that the duel was a stunt, inspiring satires such as this.
BM Satires 3914.
[Ref: 55193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Bald Fac'd Doe. 10.
E.T.Invt. Epping Sc. [Darly]
Pub by MDarly Strand May 29th 1772 accor to Act.
Etching, part 18th century paper with watermark. Plate 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Tears to the edges.
A stout woman standing in profile, her hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, and a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat. She is Mrs. Owen, keeper of an inn at Epping, the Bald-Faced Stag in Epping Forest, a well-known inn and a resort of Londoners for venison feasts and City hunts. After Edward Topham (1751 - 1820). From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c designed by the greatest personages, artists &c', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '10' upper right.
BM Satires: 5011.
[Ref: 21227] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E.T.Invt. Epping Sc. [Darly]
Pub by MDarly Strand May 29th 1772 accor to Act.
Etching, part 18th century paper with watermark. Plate 178 x 127mm. 7 x 5". Tears to the edges.
A stout woman standing in profile, her hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, and a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat. She is Mrs. Owen, keeper of an inn at Epping, the Bald-Faced Stag in Epping Forest, a well-known inn and a resort of Londoners for venison feasts and City hunts. After Edward Topham (1751 - 1820). From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c designed by the greatest personages, artists &c', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '10' upper right.
BM Satires: 5011.
[Ref: 21227] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jabez Spencer Balfour] Work for the Girl Flogger.](jpegs/51943.jpg)
[Jabez Spencer Balfour] Work for the Girl Flogger. Truth Christmas Number, December 25, 1893.
FCG.
Rare colour-printed wood-engraving. Sheet 320 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼").
A satire on the fall of the Liberator Building Society due to massive fraud, with the main perpetrator, Jabez Spencer Balfour (M.P. for Burnley), being flogged with a cat o' nine tails. Two of his conspirators, solicitor H.G. Wright and contractor J.W. Hobbs, watch from prison cells. Balfour (1843-1916) built up the largest building society in the country, with mostly non-conformist investors. However he was lending society funds to property companies to buy properties owned by him. When the swindle was discovered his businesses collapsed owing over £7 million (about £500 million today). However at the time of this satire he was not in custody, but in hiding in Argentina with his mistress. However in just over a year he was tracked down by Inspector Frank Froest of Scotland Yard, kidnapped, brought back to England and sentenced to 14 years hard labour, most of which he served in Portland Prison. 'The Truth' was a newspaper
[Ref: 51943] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
FCG.
Rare colour-printed wood-engraving. Sheet 320 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼").
A satire on the fall of the Liberator Building Society due to massive fraud, with the main perpetrator, Jabez Spencer Balfour (M.P. for Burnley), being flogged with a cat o' nine tails. Two of his conspirators, solicitor H.G. Wright and contractor J.W. Hobbs, watch from prison cells. Balfour (1843-1916) built up the largest building society in the country, with mostly non-conformist investors. However he was lending society funds to property companies to buy properties owned by him. When the swindle was discovered his businesses collapsed owing over £7 million (about £500 million today). However at the time of this satire he was not in custody, but in hiding in Argentina with his mistress. However in just over a year he was tracked down by Inspector Frank Froest of Scotland Yard, kidnapped, brought back to England and sentenced to 14 years hard labour, most of which he served in Portland Prison. 'The Truth' was a newspaper
[Ref: 51943] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt.](jpegs/60674.jpg)
[Set of eight scenes] The Baliff's Hunt. Going Out in the Morning. [&] Plate 2. In Full Scent. [&] Plate 3. Breaking Cover. [&] Plate 4. The Pursuit. [&] Plate 5. At Fault. [&] Plate 6. The Second Escape. [&] Plate 7. Double and Squat. [&] Plate 8. The Seizure.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight coloured etchings. Each sheet 90 x 145mm (3½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper in a strip, concertinaed into a leather pouch with facsimile of Rowlandson's signature.
A work of bailiffs chasing a debtor through the streets satirised as a fox hunt.
[Ref: 60674] £700.00 view all images for this item
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Eight coloured etchings. Each sheet 90 x 145mm (3½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper in a strip, concertinaed into a leather pouch with facsimile of Rowlandson's signature.
A work of bailiffs chasing a debtor through the streets satirised as a fox hunt.
[Ref: 60674] £700.00 view all images for this item
![[Five comic scenes]](jpegs/57072.jpg)
[Five comic scenes] Plate 15.
Designed and Drawn on Zine by A.I. Molinari. Printed by J. Grieve. Nicholas Lane London.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d.,c.1820].
Very rare zincograph, sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
Five comic scenes with one line of text; A man being handed a piece of paper, 'Hope I don't Intrude?', two men dragging a hot air balloon out of the water, 'Cloud's Omnibus arrival at the bank,' dance partners with the woman's feather accessory attaching itself to the man's hair, 'Miss Huggins, M.r Huggins,' a man sliding down a ladder from a gas lamp post,'More speed than pleasure,' and two gentleman leaning, 'a pair of Cross-grained fellows'.
[Ref: 57072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed and Drawn on Zine by A.I. Molinari. Printed by J. Grieve. Nicholas Lane London.
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d.,c.1820].
Very rare zincograph, sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
Five comic scenes with one line of text; A man being handed a piece of paper, 'Hope I don't Intrude?', two men dragging a hot air balloon out of the water, 'Cloud's Omnibus arrival at the bank,' dance partners with the woman's feather accessory attaching itself to the man's hair, 'Miss Huggins, M.r Huggins,' a man sliding down a ladder from a gas lamp post,'More speed than pleasure,' and two gentleman leaning, 'a pair of Cross-grained fellows'.
[Ref: 57072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Bank Macaroni.
Pub accord to Act April 17th 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A portly and rather self-important looking man in profile holding a quill pen, presumably a manager or employee of a bank. 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 '1' upper right.
BM Satires: 4707.
[Ref: 14351] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pub accord to Act April 17th 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A portly and rather self-important looking man in profile holding a quill pen, presumably a manager or employee of a bank. 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 '1' upper right.
BM Satires: 4707.
[Ref: 14351] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.](jpegs/56156.jpg)
[Sarah Sophia Banks?] An Old Maid on a Journey.
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. [Etched by James Gillray.]
Publish'd November 20th 1804 by H.Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street, London.
Coloured etching. 260 x 385mm (10¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins; watermarked 'J Whatman 1807'. Colour slightly faded.
This is said to be an unkind caricature of Miss Sarah Sophia Banks (1744-1818), sister of Sir Joseph Banks the naturalist. If so she wears one of her three riding habits, which she called 'hitem, titem, and scrub', as she enters an inn with her entourage. Sir Joseph donated her collection of prints and coins to the British Museum.
BM Satires 10300.
[Ref: 56156] £360.00
Goody-Two-Shoes Turned Barber or Colonial Concilation. HB Sketches 208.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
[Ref: 31416] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 28th 1832.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
This appears to be an attack on the pending measure of emancipation, demanded by public opinion and the Abolitionists, which was to be a leading issue at the general election, when the country was placarded with the Abolitionists' bill. Goderich, Colonial Secretary, was under the influence of Howick his Under-Secretary: both were in favour of immediate emancipation. When Goderich was removed from the Colonial Office on account of opposition (said to be Brougham's) to the Bill which he had in preparation, Howick resigned.
BM satires: 17158
[Ref: 31416] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Barber of Seville.
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8½ "). Trimmed, losing letterpress song, with foxing.
An illustration to a ten-verse poem (not present) satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 46482] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8½ "). Trimmed, losing letterpress song, with foxing.
An illustration to a ten-verse poem (not present) satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 46482] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Barber of Seville. Extracted from the Monthly Mirror - New Series No. XIV.
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 225mm (7½ x 8¾"), with letterpress underneath, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
An illustration and ten-verse poem satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 54351] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Mar 15. 1808 by Lauire & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 225mm (7½ x 8¾"), with letterpress underneath, sheet 290 x 225mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
An illustration and ten-verse poem satirising Gioachino Rossini's 'Barber of Seville. A woman with cross-eyes and a hairy chin sits under a grape-trellis and an orange-tree; a barber kneels at her feet. In the song the amour promises to shave her every morning if she will marry him.
BM Satire 11195.
[Ref: 54351] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Is this 'Barber Ross A'? (New Reading) vide Tragedy of Barbarossa.
Etch'd & Publish'd by Peeping Tom. Coventry St.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Etching with hand colour, 349 x 247mm. Occasional spotting.
Alexander Ross the barber and perfumer who published a 'Treatise on Bear's Grease, with observations...to preserve the head of hair..' in 1795. He was also an O.P. ('old prices') rioter, with 'OP' inscribed on his hat. When the new Covent Garden theatre was opened in 1809, the charges of admission were increased; but night after night for three months a throng crowded the pit, shouting “O P!” Much damage was done, and the manager was obliged at last to give way.
BM Satires: 11435. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes. From the Minto Wilson Collection.
[Ref: 7799] £420.00
Etch'd & Publish'd by Peeping Tom. Coventry St.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Etching with hand colour, 349 x 247mm. Occasional spotting.
Alexander Ross the barber and perfumer who published a 'Treatise on Bear's Grease, with observations...to preserve the head of hair..' in 1795. He was also an O.P. ('old prices') rioter, with 'OP' inscribed on his hat. When the new Covent Garden theatre was opened in 1809, the charges of admission were increased; but night after night for three months a throng crowded the pit, shouting “O P!” Much damage was done, and the manager was obliged at last to give way.
BM Satires: 11435. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes. From the Minto Wilson Collection.
[Ref: 7799] £420.00
A barbers shop a medley shews, of monsters, wigs, drawn-teeth and news, while one is shav’d another bleeds, a third the Grub Street Journal reads. The master full of Whig and Tory, talks politics and tells a story, and swears he is not such a sot, but that he knows full well, what’s what.
[Drawn by Egbert van Heemskerck.]
[n.d,. engraved c.1730, but printed c.1800.)
Engraving. 290 x 250mm (11½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Paper brittle, backed on thin tissue.
A satire about a barber's shop, with the characters with animal heads. One cat is being shaved, another, a female, is being bled. Painted by Egbert van Heemskerck II (c.1674 - 1744.)
[Ref: 19725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Egbert van Heemskerck.]
[n.d,. engraved c.1730, but printed c.1800.)
Engraving. 290 x 250mm (11½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Paper brittle, backed on thin tissue.
A satire about a barber's shop, with the characters with animal heads. One cat is being shaved, another, a female, is being bled. Painted by Egbert van Heemskerck II (c.1674 - 1744.)
[Ref: 19725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Barclay's Dictionary word Top-Heavy.
Craig del. Wallis sculp.
Published by T. Kinnersley Nov, 1. 1813.
Engraving and etching. 255 x 204mm. 10 x 8".
Reverend James Barclay was the compiler of an over-heavy, on the word front, dictionary of complete and universal English.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18517] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Craig del. Wallis sculp.
Published by T. Kinnersley Nov, 1. 1813.
Engraving and etching. 255 x 204mm. 10 x 8".
Reverend James Barclay was the compiler of an over-heavy, on the word front, dictionary of complete and universal English.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18517] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger.](jpegs/7514.jpg)
Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger. An uproar among the Craftsmen at Ephesus. opposing a new Species of Knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver.23 &c.
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching, sheet 197 x 280mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet.
Caricature of a man (Dr Barclay) riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 7514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching, sheet 197 x 280mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet.
Caricature of a man (Dr Barclay) riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 7514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger.](jpegs/56989.jpg)
[Dr John Barclay] The Craft in Danger. An uproar among the Craftsmen at Ephesus. opposing a new Species of Knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver.23 &c.
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears in borders.
Caricature of Dr. Barclay riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 56989] £320.00
[John Kay.]
[n.d., Edinburgh 1817.]
Etching. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears in borders.
Caricature of Dr. Barclay riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion. By John Kay (1742 - 1826), Edinburgh etcher of portrait caricatures. Image lettered with speech bubbles.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 56989] £320.00
Countryman in London.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1816.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼").
A satire on the bewilderment of a rustic in the metropolis: a barker offers him a bill, 'Milse's Wild Beasts', pointing to a sign inscribed 'Royal Tiger'. The Yale Center for British Art suggests this is an exhbition of George Stubbs' painting. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
YCBA PN6173 .C68.
[Ref: 55381] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1816.]
Etching. 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼").
A satire on the bewilderment of a rustic in the metropolis: a barker offers him a bill, 'Milse's Wild Beasts', pointing to a sign inscribed 'Royal Tiger'. The Yale Center for British Art suggests this is an exhbition of George Stubbs' painting. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
YCBA PN6173 .C68.
[Ref: 55381] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Baron * Doner-Dronk-Dickdorf and Miss Quoltz.]](jpegs/46478.jpg)
[Baron * Doner-Dronk-Dickdorf and Miss Quoltz.]
Published 20th March, 1810 by Laurie & Whittle, No.53 Fleet Street London.
Hand-etching. Sheet: 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed and stained.
An illustration to a song sung by Mr Fawcett the popular Drama, called "The Free Knights, or the Edict of Charlemagne''. A little man sits upon a mantlepiece, held up by a woman while a footman brings in food.
BM Satire 11699.
[Ref: 46478] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Published 20th March, 1810 by Laurie & Whittle, No.53 Fleet Street London.
Hand-etching. Sheet: 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed and stained.
An illustration to a song sung by Mr Fawcett the popular Drama, called "The Free Knights, or the Edict of Charlemagne''. A little man sits upon a mantlepiece, held up by a woman while a footman brings in food.
BM Satire 11699.
[Ref: 46478] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
La Baronne du Bel-Air Revenant du Palais Royal.
[French, c.1775.]
Etching with very large margins, 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½" ) with four lines of text in French underneath. Paper lightly toned, stained, folds in margins.
A woman wearing a bonnet like a scallop shell, taking to a man with a small dog on a lead. 'La Baronne du Bel-Air' was a one-act opera.
Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31746] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[French, c.1775.]
Etching with very large margins, 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½" ) with four lines of text in French underneath. Paper lightly toned, stained, folds in margins.
A woman wearing a bonnet like a scallop shell, taking to a man with a small dog on a lead. 'La Baronne du Bel-Air' was a one-act opera.
Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31746] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Colonel Barré.]](jpegs/60064.jpg)
[Colonel Barré.] 18.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Isaac Barré (1726-1802), shown holding his hat in his right hand, his left thrust into his waistcoat. Barré was an Irish soldier and MP who earned distinction during the Seven Years War and supported William Pitt during his time in Parliament.
BM Satires 6066.
[Ref: 60064] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on margins.
Portrait of Isaac Barré (1726-1802), shown holding his hat in his right hand, his left thrust into his waistcoat. Barré was an Irish soldier and MP who earned distinction during the Seven Years War and supported William Pitt during his time in Parliament.
BM Satires 6066.
[Ref: 60064] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Devil Paid His Due.
[by J.Barrow?]
Pub.d by J.Wallis. No 16, Ludgate Street. March 6 1784.
Engraving. 250 x 350mm. Trimmed within plate, small loss of printed surface.
Charles James Fox tied to an elephant's tail, being whipped by Justice. In December 1783 the coalition government of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) and Lord North was removed from office by George III after a sustained campaign of public vilification. James sayer was the son of a merchant captain from Great Yarmouth Norfolk. He openly attacked Fox, many of his cartoons damaging Fox's career. Fox had supported American Independence.
BM: 6440.
[Ref: 6791] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by J.Barrow?]
Pub.d by J.Wallis. No 16, Ludgate Street. March 6 1784.
Engraving. 250 x 350mm. Trimmed within plate, small loss of printed surface.
Charles James Fox tied to an elephant's tail, being whipped by Justice. In December 1783 the coalition government of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) and Lord North was removed from office by George III after a sustained campaign of public vilification. James sayer was the son of a merchant captain from Great Yarmouth Norfolk. He openly attacked Fox, many of his cartoons damaging Fox's career. Fox had supported American Independence.
BM: 6440.
[Ref: 6791] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Levee, or the Maecenas of Scrubs and Scaramouches. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch'd by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & C° June Ist 1791.
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). Original binding folds.
A boxing satire. A group of parasitic followers surround Richard Barry (1769-1793), 7th Earl of Barrymore, including boxers, jockeys, cock-fighters and a man resembling the Prince of Wales. On the back wall are paintings of 'Scrub' (after his nickname 'Lord Scrub), racing, cockfighting and a pierrot and harlequin. On the floor is an open book: 'New Pantomime by Bar & Co'. Despite being painted at an early age as an angelic Cupid by Richard Cosway, Barry found infamy as a rake, beginning at school at Eton, from where he would hire cabs to London to visit prostitutes. The Prince of Wales nicknamed him 'Hellgate'. He married the daughter of a sedan chair man: after he accidently killed himself with his own musket aged 23, she turned to prostitution and bare-knuckle boxing before becoming a matron of the female prisoners at the Tothill Fields Bridewell.
[Ref: 60162] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Collings. Etch'd by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & C° June Ist 1791.
Etching. 195 x 235mm (7¾ x 9¼"). Original binding folds.
A boxing satire. A group of parasitic followers surround Richard Barry (1769-1793), 7th Earl of Barrymore, including boxers, jockeys, cock-fighters and a man resembling the Prince of Wales. On the back wall are paintings of 'Scrub' (after his nickname 'Lord Scrub), racing, cockfighting and a pierrot and harlequin. On the floor is an open book: 'New Pantomime by Bar & Co'. Despite being painted at an early age as an angelic Cupid by Richard Cosway, Barry found infamy as a rake, beginning at school at Eton, from where he would hire cabs to London to visit prostitutes. The Prince of Wales nicknamed him 'Hellgate'. He married the daughter of a sedan chair man: after he accidently killed himself with his own musket aged 23, she turned to prostitution and bare-knuckle boxing before becoming a matron of the female prisoners at the Tothill Fields Bridewell.
[Ref: 60162] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bartholomew Fair] The Fiend's Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery & Vice,](jpegs/57709.jpg)
[Bartholomew Fair] The Fiend's Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery & Vice, Under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and thew Worshipful Court of Aldermen! In the Age of Intellect. Pl 3.
Desaigned Etched & Published by George Cruikshank, Sept.r 1. 1832.
Etching. Sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper, small tear, spotting.
Bartholomew Fair is depicted in a frying pan held above a fire by a huge horned demon with a toasting fork. Two imps hold up scrolls listing the 'Amusements of the People', including 'Drunkenness, Riot, Robbery, Rascality', more demons on top left. A tent has large advert for "Wild Beasts". An attack on the lawlessness of Bartholomew Fair, before an 1840 ban on exhibitions sent it into decline, ceasing completely by 1855.
BM Satires 17352.
[Ref: 57709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Desaigned Etched & Published by George Cruikshank, Sept.r 1. 1832.
Etching. Sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper, small tear, spotting.
Bartholomew Fair is depicted in a frying pan held above a fire by a huge horned demon with a toasting fork. Two imps hold up scrolls listing the 'Amusements of the People', including 'Drunkenness, Riot, Robbery, Rascality', more demons on top left. A tent has large advert for "Wild Beasts". An attack on the lawlessness of Bartholomew Fair, before an 1840 ban on exhibitions sent it into decline, ceasing completely by 1855.
BM Satires 17352.
[Ref: 57709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair.
Designed and Etched by T. Lane.
Pub. by G. Hunt Corner of York St & Bridges St.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear through title, laid on album paper.
A man smoking a pipe and carrying a cudgel, his body protected by a barrel with spikes, heavy boots protrunding from the bottom. Bartholomew Fair, held on the 24th August in Smithfield, was founded as a cloth fair in 1133. It expanded over the years to include sideshows, especially prize-fighters, musicians, wire-walkers, acrobats, puppets, freaks and wild animals, as illustrated in a famous view in the 'Microcosm of London'. However it also became increasing rowdy, with fights and muggings, as satirised here, and eventually the fair was suppressed in 1855.
Hickman p.86.
[Ref: 58465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Designed and Etched by T. Lane.
Pub. by G. Hunt Corner of York St & Bridges St.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear through title, laid on album paper.
A man smoking a pipe and carrying a cudgel, his body protected by a barrel with spikes, heavy boots protrunding from the bottom. Bartholomew Fair, held on the 24th August in Smithfield, was founded as a cloth fair in 1133. It expanded over the years to include sideshows, especially prize-fighters, musicians, wire-walkers, acrobats, puppets, freaks and wild animals, as illustrated in a famous view in the 'Microcosm of London'. However it also became increasing rowdy, with fights and muggings, as satirised here, and eventually the fair was suppressed in 1855.
Hickman p.86.
[Ref: 58465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Bassetlaw Election 1890. The Race for the Bassetlaw Stakes [,..]
Printed and Published by C. Bulter, Market Square and Carolgate, Retford.
Pen lithograph, rare; printed area 330 x 350mm (13 x 13¾"). Creases; staining to title area.
Print promoting the Conservative candidate in the 1890 Bassetlaw by-election, Sir Frederick Milner. The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Conservative MP, William Beckett-Denison. Milner is astride a calm horse inscribed 'Donovan', and receives advice and confidences from those around him. In the background is the Liberal candidate John William Mellor, whose horse is out of control and worries a nearby punter, who says 'He's Dangerous John. I'll write to Foljambe' (Foljambe, a former MP for the area, supported Milner's candidature. In the top left is 'Sir Frederick's Motto: Righteousness, Justice and Truth', with verses praising him below. Milner won the election, returning with a substantially increased Conservative majority.
[Ref: 35029] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by C. Bulter, Market Square and Carolgate, Retford.
Pen lithograph, rare; printed area 330 x 350mm (13 x 13¾"). Creases; staining to title area.
Print promoting the Conservative candidate in the 1890 Bassetlaw by-election, Sir Frederick Milner. The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Conservative MP, William Beckett-Denison. Milner is astride a calm horse inscribed 'Donovan', and receives advice and confidences from those around him. In the background is the Liberal candidate John William Mellor, whose horse is out of control and worries a nearby punter, who says 'He's Dangerous John. I'll write to Foljambe' (Foljambe, a former MP for the area, supported Milner's candidature. In the top left is 'Sir Frederick's Motto: Righteousness, Justice and Truth', with verses praising him below. Milner won the election, returning with a substantially increased Conservative majority.
[Ref: 35029] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Female Intrepidity, or the Battle of the Belles, on ye Election of a King of Bath. Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
[11th April, 1769.]
Etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed top and bottom.
A satire on a scuffle, between both men and women, that occurred in the Bath Assembly Rooms, between the supporters of the two candidates for the Master of Ceremonies, causing the Riot Act to be read.
BM 4283.
[Ref: 59969] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[11th April, 1769.]
Etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed top and bottom.
A satire on a scuffle, between both men and women, that occurred in the Bath Assembly Rooms, between the supporters of the two candidates for the Master of Ceremonies, causing the Riot Act to be read.
BM 4283.
[Ref: 59969] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bath Stays or the Lady's Steel Shapes.
Pub. by M Darly. June 4. 1777. Strand.
hand-coloured etching, sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, slightly stained and creased on edges, one pinhole.
A satire on the tight-lacing which was accentuated when 'cork rumps' became fashionable. In a blacksmith's smithy, a portion of a pair of stays is on the anvil, at which two smiths strike with hammers. A third man measures a lady round the chest with a tape, while she stands very upright and wears a deeply pointed bodice over an underskirt projecting at the back in the fashionable manner.
BM Satires: 5444.
[Ref: 59093] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. by M Darly. June 4. 1777. Strand.
hand-coloured etching, sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, slightly stained and creased on edges, one pinhole.
A satire on the tight-lacing which was accentuated when 'cork rumps' became fashionable. In a blacksmith's smithy, a portion of a pair of stays is on the anvil, at which two smiths strike with hammers. A third man measures a lady round the chest with a tape, while she stands very upright and wears a deeply pointed bodice over an underskirt projecting at the back in the fashionable manner.
BM Satires: 5444.
[Ref: 59093] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Caricature Parisienne. Les Bains des Grâces et des Maigres [The Bath of the Graces and the Thin Ones]. [&] Le Bain a la Papa [Papa's Bath].
A Paris, chez Martinet Libraire, Rue du Coq St. Honore. [1815.]
Pair of hand coloured etchings, each c.245 x 325mm. 9¾ x 12¾". Fine impressions on full sheets.
Social satire; the interiors of an all-female and all-male Parisian bath house, each with their array of caricatured patrons. For the series 'Caricature Parisienne' by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires: 12352.
[Ref: 14008] £580.00 view all images for this item
A Paris, chez Martinet Libraire, Rue du Coq St. Honore. [1815.]
Pair of hand coloured etchings, each c.245 x 325mm. 9¾ x 12¾". Fine impressions on full sheets.
Social satire; the interiors of an all-female and all-male Parisian bath house, each with their array of caricatured patrons. For the series 'Caricature Parisienne' by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires: 12352.
[Ref: 14008] £580.00 view all images for this item
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[Earl Bathurst.] 19.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins, repaired tear going into image.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 60081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins, repaired tear going into image.
Caricature of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714 - 1794). His hands are thrust into his waistcoat; he wears a tie-wig and sword. He has an almost imbecile expression. Known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, Bathurst was Lord Chancellor from 1771 to 1778.
BM Satires 6070. NPG D9622.
[Ref: 60081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)