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The Political Coal Heavers.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with margins.
Coal heavers shovel coal ('cole' was slang for money) into the pocket of Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton, who tries to bribe John Wikes to be quiet. One bag is marked 'For the Use of MacQuirk, who was found guilty of the murder of George Clarke but pardoned, another for N[anc]y P[arson]s, Grafton's mistress. A Scots Guards grenadier says 'I serv;d you faithfully in St George's Fields, pray give me some Cole.
BM Satires 4321.
[Ref: 54384] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with margins.
Coal heavers shovel coal ('cole' was slang for money) into the pocket of Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton, who tries to bribe John Wikes to be quiet. One bag is marked 'For the Use of MacQuirk, who was found guilty of the murder of George Clarke but pardoned, another for N[anc]y P[arson]s, Grafton's mistress. A Scots Guards grenadier says 'I serv;d you faithfully in St George's Fields, pray give me some Cole.
BM Satires 4321.
[Ref: 54384] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Political Crisis for 1763.
[after Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching. 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼") with wide margins on three sides. Small margin on right side. Some creasing.
A dragon representing Lord Bute's Excise Bill is being attacked by John Wilkes and Charles Churchill, while the Dukes of Cumberland and York encourage the British Lion to charge. Above Minerva aims her spear at Lord Mansfield and the Duke of Bedford, who appear as the grotesque figures of Spite and Envy, squirting poison from a huge syringe. This is a reversed copy, without explanatory text, of 'Representing the Heroes of the Times', by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale )BM Satire 4037).
[Ref: 54430] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching. 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼") with wide margins on three sides. Small margin on right side. Some creasing.
A dragon representing Lord Bute's Excise Bill is being attacked by John Wilkes and Charles Churchill, while the Dukes of Cumberland and York encourage the British Lion to charge. Above Minerva aims her spear at Lord Mansfield and the Duke of Bedford, who appear as the grotesque figures of Spite and Envy, squirting poison from a huge syringe. This is a reversed copy, without explanatory text, of 'Representing the Heroes of the Times', by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale )BM Satire 4037).
[Ref: 54430] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The political mirror or an exhibition of ministers for April 1782.
Razo Rezio inv. Crunk Fogo sculp.
[1782.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9"). Trimmed to image on three sides, around title and inscriptions.
Members of North's Ministry (right) falling into a pit, clutched by demons, while supporters of Lord Shelburne's new Ministry (left) watch the spectacle. Britannia with her shield and spear sits in the foreground (left) saying "They would have ruined me if they had staid in power". In the air (right) Bute, in Highland dress, is about to fall from the back of a witch on whom he has been riding.
BM Satire 5982, with extensive description.
[Ref: 54379] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Razo Rezio inv. Crunk Fogo sculp.
[1782.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9"). Trimmed to image on three sides, around title and inscriptions.
Members of North's Ministry (right) falling into a pit, clutched by demons, while supporters of Lord Shelburne's new Ministry (left) watch the spectacle. Britannia with her shield and spear sits in the foreground (left) saying "They would have ruined me if they had staid in power". In the air (right) Bute, in Highland dress, is about to fall from the back of a witch on whom he has been riding.
BM Satire 5982, with extensive description.
[Ref: 54379] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
From a Sketch taken at Portsmouth by W. H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Publish'd [illegible] 1780 by J R Smith No 83 Oxford Street.
Rare stipple, proof with stippled title and publication line. 430 x 380mm (17 x 15"). Narrow margins, some creasing and surface abrasion, publication very faint. Laid down.
A group of sailors at rest on the shoreline at Portsmouth, three with 'Edgar' on their caps. One leans against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand; another is locked in an embrace with a woman. HMS Edgar fought at the battles of St Vincent (1780) and St Spartel (1782) before becoming a guardship in Portsmouth in 1783. The first published state is 1785.
See BM 1906,0419.117 for the first published state.
[Ref: 54588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
London Publish'd [illegible] 1780 by J R Smith No 83 Oxford Street.
Rare stipple, proof with stippled title and publication line. 430 x 380mm (17 x 15"). Narrow margins, some creasing and surface abrasion, publication very faint. Laid down.
A group of sailors at rest on the shoreline at Portsmouth, three with 'Edgar' on their caps. One leans against a boat at left with a tankard in his hand; another is locked in an embrace with a woman. HMS Edgar fought at the battles of St Vincent (1780) and St Spartel (1782) before becoming a guardship in Portsmouth in 1783. The first published state is 1785.
See BM 1906,0419.117 for the first published state.
[Ref: 54588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Principal Merchants & Traders assembled at the Merchant Seaman's Office to sign ye Address.
Engraved for the Oxford Magazine.
[1769.]
Engraving. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7"), with large margins.
A group of merchants gather to sign an address to George III, their characters represented by a butcher, who says ''I Shall stick my knife in the Magna Charta, & cut up the carcase of the Bill of Rights''. Another says ''D-mn his swivel eyes'', a reference to John Wilkes who was currently in prison.
BM Satires 4277.
[Ref: 54382] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the Oxford Magazine.
[1769.]
Engraving. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7"), with large margins.
A group of merchants gather to sign an address to George III, their characters represented by a butcher, who says ''I Shall stick my knife in the Magna Charta, & cut up the carcase of the Bill of Rights''. Another says ''D-mn his swivel eyes'', a reference to John Wilkes who was currently in prison.
BM Satires 4277.
[Ref: 54382] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Prospect of War. Crusca, eight.
[Published by James Aitken?, c.1790.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Tear on platemark repaired, small hole on soldier.
Contrasting view of the prospect of war: on the left a foppish soldier looks worried; on the right a sailor rejoices with the thought of prize money. James Aitken published a number of satires on the poetry of ''Della Crusca'', Robert Merry (1755-98), a Republican sympathiser.
See BM 1985,0119.114 for a similar 'Crusca' satire by Aitken.
[Ref: 54415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by James Aitken?, c.1790.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Tear on platemark repaired, small hole on soldier.
Contrasting view of the prospect of war: on the left a foppish soldier looks worried; on the right a sailor rejoices with the thought of prize money. James Aitken published a number of satires on the poetry of ''Della Crusca'', Robert Merry (1755-98), a Republican sympathiser.
See BM 1985,0119.114 for a similar 'Crusca' satire by Aitken.
[Ref: 54415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Effects of Prosperity.
G.M. Woodward Delin.
Published Novem.r 1st 1794 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'. Trimmed within plate.
Two tiers, each containing four groups in conversation, exhibiting their snobbery
[Ref: 54278] £350.00
G.M. Woodward Delin.
Published Novem.r 1st 1794 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'. Trimmed within plate.
Two tiers, each containing four groups in conversation, exhibiting their snobbery
[Ref: 54278] £350.00
Pythagorean Fancies, No 9. The Green Eyed Monster. ''I say it's a Fowl attack, you coxcomb, on the honor of my Lady''.
[illegible] Spencer, 27 Lamb'd Conduit St.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 325 x 185mm (12½ x 7½").
Two anthopomorphic scenes. Above a cat wife berates her sheep husband, as a dog(?) maid wipes tears from her eyes. Below a soldier cockerel raises his fists at another in civilian dress, a hen looking on nervously. From a whimsical series of anthropomorphic animals.
[Ref: 54597] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[illegible] Spencer, 27 Lamb'd Conduit St.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 325 x 185mm (12½ x 7½").
Two anthopomorphic scenes. Above a cat wife berates her sheep husband, as a dog(?) maid wipes tears from her eyes. Below a soldier cockerel raises his fists at another in civilian dress, a hen looking on nervously. From a whimsical series of anthropomorphic animals.
[Ref: 54597] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Quakers] Obediah _ Puzzled.](jpegs/54567.jpg)
[Quakers] Obediah _ Puzzled.
H.H. [Henry Heath].
Pub.d Ap.l 1830. by S. Gan's Southampton St.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (55 x 14¼"). Faded. Trimmed to plate on three sides.
One Quaker expresses disquiet at another's brightly coloured jacket. ''Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?''. ''I created it.''. ''Created it friend?''. ''Yea verily - for I said, Let it be made, and it was made!!''.
[Ref: 54567] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H.H. [Henry Heath].
Pub.d Ap.l 1830. by S. Gan's Southampton St.
Coloured etching. 255 x 365mm (55 x 14¼"). Faded. Trimmed to plate on three sides.
One Quaker expresses disquiet at another's brightly coloured jacket. ''Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?''. ''I created it.''. ''Created it friend?''. ''Yea verily - for I said, Let it be made, and it was made!!''.
[Ref: 54567] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Quiz. ''By the great God of War.''
Mas.r Hook Inv.t. Etch'd by I.B. [Barlow?]
Publish'd as the Act directs, June 14th 1786, by T. Cornell Bruton St.t.
Etching, 18th century watermark; 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7") wide margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin top right.
A caricature portrait of Quiz, a character in 'Patrick in Prussia, or Love in a Camp', a musical farce by O'Keefe. He stands, dressed in regimentals with a very high bearskin decorated with skull and cross-bones, outside the mess run by Mable Flourish, whom he eventually marries. The figure might be actor John Quick, who played Quiz when the play opened at Covent Garden 17 Feb. 1786.
[Ref: 54435] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mas.r Hook Inv.t. Etch'd by I.B. [Barlow?]
Publish'd as the Act directs, June 14th 1786, by T. Cornell Bruton St.t.
Etching, 18th century watermark; 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7") wide margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin top right.
A caricature portrait of Quiz, a character in 'Patrick in Prussia, or Love in a Camp', a musical farce by O'Keefe. He stands, dressed in regimentals with a very high bearskin decorated with skull and cross-bones, outside the mess run by Mable Flourish, whom he eventually marries. The figure might be actor John Quick, who played Quiz when the play opened at Covent Garden 17 Feb. 1786.
[Ref: 54435] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mr Randal and Mrs Hammond.]](jpegs/54453.jpg)
[Mr Randal and Mrs Hammond.]
T. Orde inv.t et fecit 1768.
Etching. 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼"), with margins. Creased.
Mr Randal in a tricorn and chin-length wig, buckled shoes and a simple coat and suit, with Mrs Hammond in a straw bonnet , shawl and simple dress, both carrying baskets. One of a number of prints of towns-people of Cambridge, most of which are dated 1768. The BM has an example annotated with 'D. Randal & Mrs. Hammond, fruitsellers of Cambridge'.
BM 1931,0413.54.
[Ref: 54453] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. Orde inv.t et fecit 1768.
Etching. 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼"), with margins. Creased.
Mr Randal in a tricorn and chin-length wig, buckled shoes and a simple coat and suit, with Mrs Hammond in a straw bonnet , shawl and simple dress, both carrying baskets. One of a number of prints of towns-people of Cambridge, most of which are dated 1768. The BM has an example annotated with 'D. Randal & Mrs. Hammond, fruitsellers of Cambridge'.
BM 1931,0413.54.
[Ref: 54453] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Raw Meat System, or Gentlemen in training for Pedestrian Excercises.
[n.d., c.1810 .]
Coloured etching. Sheet 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed, folded twice for binding.
The interior of a butcher's shop, with the butcher feeding meat straight into a man's mouth, restraining another man and saying ''One at a time Gentlemen if you please''. Pedestrianism was a popular sport and attracted large wagers. This satire is suggesting that the participants are fed the same way as other sporting animals. The Library of Congress has a larger satire with the same title, drawn by G.M.Woodward, engraved and published by P. Roberts, undated. This version was probably issued in a periodical.
[Ref: 54274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1810 .]
Coloured etching. Sheet 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed, folded twice for binding.
The interior of a butcher's shop, with the butcher feeding meat straight into a man's mouth, restraining another man and saying ''One at a time Gentlemen if you please''. Pedestrianism was a popular sport and attracted large wagers. This satire is suggesting that the participants are fed the same way as other sporting animals. The Library of Congress has a larger satire with the same title, drawn by G.M.Woodward, engraved and published by P. Roberts, undated. This version was probably issued in a periodical.
[Ref: 54274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Reform at Home & The Church in an Uproar.
[n.d., c.1830.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, affecting key text, a line of the key weakly inked. Some pencil mss annotations.
Caricature portraits of a group of men gathered in a church, with a key of what 14 are saying, including '1. I never put my hand in the public purse'. The pencil mss gives clues to the identifies of the men.
[Ref: 54444] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.] Bit later.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, affecting key text, a line of the key weakly inked. Some pencil mss annotations.
Caricature portraits of a group of men gathered in a church, with a key of what 14 are saying, including '1. I never put my hand in the public purse'. The pencil mss gives clues to the identifies of the men.
[Ref: 54444] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Retort Courteous.
Finucane delin.t.
Published 1st August 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾") large margins.
A scene outside a grocer's, where a countryman has slipped and fallen. The grocer laughs: ''Our London Stones are too proud to bear such a Bumkin as you are", to which the countryman replies, ''As proud as they are Measter Grocer, _ I have made them Kiss my A_e". In shop window boxes of tea can be seen, including Souchong.
BM Satires 9114.
[Ref: 54499] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Finucane delin.t.
Published 1st August 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾") large margins.
A scene outside a grocer's, where a countryman has slipped and fallen. The grocer laughs: ''Our London Stones are too proud to bear such a Bumkin as you are", to which the countryman replies, ''As proud as they are Measter Grocer, _ I have made them Kiss my A_e". In shop window boxes of tea can be seen, including Souchong.
BM Satires 9114.
[Ref: 54499] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
The Review.
[Drawn and engraved by John June.]
London. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1770.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed close to plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A scene ridiculing skirt hoops while proposing 'a new Invention by your Sexe's Friend' (a skirt which can be contracted to fit through narrow spaces by pulling two cords). The woman on the left demonstrates this innovation outside Long's Warehouse in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden where a shop sign of a woman in a petticoat is being raised into position. To the right we see 'The Round Hoops condemnd': a weeping woman is tried before a magistrate's court, apparently for wearing the round hooped petticoat which is suspended above her head (drawing comparisons with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance). First published by John June c.1750, this later state has a different publication line and the number '76' added in the lower right.
[Ref: 54334] £320.00
[Drawn and engraved by John June.]
London. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1770.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed close to plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A scene ridiculing skirt hoops while proposing 'a new Invention by your Sexe's Friend' (a skirt which can be contracted to fit through narrow spaces by pulling two cords). The woman on the left demonstrates this innovation outside Long's Warehouse in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden where a shop sign of a woman in a petticoat is being raised into position. To the right we see 'The Round Hoops condemnd': a weeping woman is tried before a magistrate's court, apparently for wearing the round hooped petticoat which is suspended above her head (drawing comparisons with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance). First published by John June c.1750, this later state has a different publication line and the number '76' added in the lower right.
[Ref: 54334] £320.00
Revue des Théâtres de Campagne. Ah! Quel plaisir..... ah! quel plaisir. Ah quel plaisir d'ête Soldat. (Dame Blanche.)
Lith. de Gobert et C.ie.
A Paris, chez Genty, Editeur, rue St Jacques No 33. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14").
A cockerel, monkey and cat dressed in 'Scottish Highland' dress for a production of the opera 'La Dame Blanche', based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels Guy Mannering (1815), The Monastery (1820), and The Abbot (1820). First performed in 1825, an English production was staged as 'The White Lady' at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1826 and the U.S.A. the following year.
[Ref: 54319] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de Gobert et C.ie.
A Paris, chez Genty, Editeur, rue St Jacques No 33. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14").
A cockerel, monkey and cat dressed in 'Scottish Highland' dress for a production of the opera 'La Dame Blanche', based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels Guy Mannering (1815), The Monastery (1820), and The Abbot (1820). First performed in 1825, an English production was staged as 'The White Lady' at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1826 and the U.S.A. the following year.
[Ref: 54319] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Sackville] Head Quarters Brookes's, 18th July 1785. You are to attack the Enemy's Propositions at six o'clock this evening.](jpegs/54571.jpg)
[George Sackville] Head Quarters Brookes's, 18th July 1785. You are to attack the Enemy's Propositions at six o'clock this evening.
J.S. f [James Sayers].
Published by Tho.s Cornell 22nd July 1785.
Etching. 250 x 155mm (9¾ x 6"). Narrow margins.
Lord George Sackville declaiming, hand on his breast, waving a scroll inscribed 'Telum imbelle' (symbolizing his unsoldierly conduct at Minden, when he refused to obey orders). Behind and below him (right) are the grinning heads of Lord Stormont and Lord Derby, saying "Hear Hear Hear". Sackville made a surprise visit to the House of Lords to oppose the Irish Propositions. He died later that year.
BM 6802A
[Ref: 54571] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.S. f [James Sayers].
Published by Tho.s Cornell 22nd July 1785.
Etching. 250 x 155mm (9¾ x 6"). Narrow margins.
Lord George Sackville declaiming, hand on his breast, waving a scroll inscribed 'Telum imbelle' (symbolizing his unsoldierly conduct at Minden, when he refused to obey orders). Behind and below him (right) are the grinning heads of Lord Stormont and Lord Derby, saying "Hear Hear Hear". Sackville made a surprise visit to the House of Lords to oppose the Irish Propositions. He died later that year.
BM 6802A
[Ref: 54571] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satan's auction.]](jpegs/54371.jpg)
[Satan's auction.]
Imp. Houiste rue Hautefeuille, 5, à Paris.
Chine collé etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"), with wide margins.
A slave auction, with Satan behind the podium. A naked woman stands with her hands tied behind her back, 'Vendre' on a sign around her neck.
[Ref: 54371] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Imp. Houiste rue Hautefeuille, 5, à Paris.
Chine collé etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"), with wide margins.
A slave auction, with Satan behind the podium. A naked woman stands with her hands tied behind her back, 'Vendre' on a sign around her neck.
[Ref: 54371] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Seamstresses] Les Brodeuses.](jpegs/54514.jpg)
[Seamstresses] Les Brodeuses.
Designed & Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon.
London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. Aug. 1 1820. Printed by Hullmandel.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"), with wide margins.
Seamstresses at work in an open window. From the 'Costumes of Paris', a series of 24 plates by Swiss painter John James Chalon (1778-1854).
Abbey 108.
[Ref: 54514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon.
London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. Aug. 1 1820. Printed by Hullmandel.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"), with wide margins.
Seamstresses at work in an open window. From the 'Costumes of Paris', a series of 24 plates by Swiss painter John James Chalon (1778-1854).
Abbey 108.
[Ref: 54514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Sequel to the Knights of Baythe, or the One Headed Corporation. See Liberty's Champions still Loyal and true ...
[Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale?]
[n.d., c.1763 bit later.]
Coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. 230 x 400mm (9 x 15¾") large margins. Tear entering plate on right, staining on right edge.
Satire on the loyal address of the Corporation of the City of Bath in response to the Peace of Paris. Figures include Temple, Pitt, Newcastle, Sir John Sebright in the costume of Falstaff, Charles Churchill, John Wilkes, Ralph Allen (identified by a raven and postboy on his head) and a devilish Lord Bute.
BM Satire 4007: ''The devil and facial types, particularly that of Bute, are reminiscent of those in satires by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale''.
[Ref: 54417] £360.00
[Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale?]
[n.d., c.1763 bit later.]
Coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. 230 x 400mm (9 x 15¾") large margins. Tear entering plate on right, staining on right edge.
Satire on the loyal address of the Corporation of the City of Bath in response to the Peace of Paris. Figures include Temple, Pitt, Newcastle, Sir John Sebright in the costume of Falstaff, Charles Churchill, John Wilkes, Ralph Allen (identified by a raven and postboy on his head) and a devilish Lord Bute.
BM Satire 4007: ''The devil and facial types, particularly that of Bute, are reminiscent of those in satires by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale''.
[Ref: 54417] £360.00
John Shanks. Cicerone of Elgin Cathedral.
[n.d., c.1830.
Rare etching. Sheet 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, some cockling of paper.
Full-length sketch portrait of John Shanks (c.1759-1841), an Elgin shoemaker who was paid by a local gentleman to clear the derelict Elgin Cathedral of rubbish. According to an obituary in the Inverness Courier ''he removed, with his pick-axe and shovel, 2866 barrowfuls of earth, besides disclosing a flight of steps that led to the grand gateway of the edifice. Tombs and figures, which had long lain hid in obscurity, were unearthed and every monumental fragment of saints and holy men was carefully preserved, and placed in some appropriate situation ... So faithfully did he discharge his duty as keeper of the ruins, that little now remains but to preserve what he accomplished''. Shanks was officially appointed the site's Keeper and Watchman in 1826.
[Ref: 54391] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.
Rare etching. Sheet 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, some cockling of paper.
Full-length sketch portrait of John Shanks (c.1759-1841), an Elgin shoemaker who was paid by a local gentleman to clear the derelict Elgin Cathedral of rubbish. According to an obituary in the Inverness Courier ''he removed, with his pick-axe and shovel, 2866 barrowfuls of earth, besides disclosing a flight of steps that led to the grand gateway of the edifice. Tombs and figures, which had long lain hid in obscurity, were unearthed and every monumental fragment of saints and holy men was carefully preserved, and placed in some appropriate situation ... So faithfully did he discharge his duty as keeper of the ruins, that little now remains but to preserve what he accomplished''. Shanks was officially appointed the site's Keeper and Watchman in 1826.
[Ref: 54391] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot.
Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by W. Soffe, 380, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 9"). Some creasing, narrow margins.
Two old Scots greet each other. One wears a kilt, both hold snuff boxes.
[Ref: 54372] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by W. Soffe, 380, Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 9"). Some creasing, narrow margins.
Two old Scots greet each other. One wears a kilt, both hold snuff boxes.
[Ref: 54372] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A Situation for a Footman.
[George Cruikshank?]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 150 x 185mm (6 x 7¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A footman being used as a pony in a childrens' nursery, watched by the nanny. A cricket bat lies, amongst other discarded toys, on the floor. A satire on a job advert.
[Ref: 54506] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[George Cruikshank?]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 150 x 185mm (6 x 7¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A footman being used as a pony in a childrens' nursery, watched by the nanny. A cricket bat lies, amongst other discarded toys, on the floor. A satire on a job advert.
[Ref: 54506] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lumley St George Skeffington] A Specie of the Butterfly or Lady Bird.](jpegs/54345.jpg)
[Lumley St George Skeffington] A Specie of the Butterfly or Lady Bird. is known as a pretty transient insect, that glitters in Showey Gardens, delights to flutter over Young Misses, and Sips from a Most Wonderful! Most Charming! Sleeping-Beauty. ''Oh the Fascinating Joys of Love.''
Etchd from Life - behind the Scenes at D.L. Theatre.
Publis.d by Buego. Maiden Lane. Pub.d by A. Beugo, 38, Maiden lane. March 12th 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Trimmed into plate, tear through inscription into image repaired, laid on card.
Sir Lumley St George Skeffington (1771-1850), 2nd Baronet, fop and playwright whose 'The Sleeping Beauty' was presented at Drury Lane in May 1805. He invented the colour Skeffington brown. A noted dandy, he was consulted on dress and style by the Prince Regent, and earned a caricature by Gillray.
BM Satire 10455.
[Ref: 54345] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Etchd from Life - behind the Scenes at D.L. Theatre.
Publis.d by Buego. Maiden Lane. Pub.d by A. Beugo, 38, Maiden lane. March 12th 1805.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Trimmed into plate, tear through inscription into image repaired, laid on card.
Sir Lumley St George Skeffington (1771-1850), 2nd Baronet, fop and playwright whose 'The Sleeping Beauty' was presented at Drury Lane in May 1805. He invented the colour Skeffington brown. A noted dandy, he was consulted on dress and style by the Prince Regent, and earned a caricature by Gillray.
BM Satire 10455.
[Ref: 54345] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bootblack] I Haxes Parden Marm, Boots if you Please.](jpegs/54613.jpg)
[Bootblack] I Haxes Parden Marm, Boots if you Please. Sketches of Character. No 2.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, where political and other caricatures are daily pub. [n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of a shoeshiner, tugging his forelock. Under his arms is a plank with a notch to help pull boots off feet.
[Ref: 54613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, where political and other caricatures are daily pub. [n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A caricature of a shoeshiner, tugging his forelock. Under his arms is a plank with a notch to help pull boots off feet.
[Ref: 54613] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Very cold outside eh? Why I'm a perfect icicle don't I look the picture of misery... Sketches of Character _ the outside passenger No 6.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
[Published by Thomas Mclean, n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, losing publication line.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
[Ref: 54614] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry, aka William Heath] Esq.
[Published by Thomas Mclean, n.d., c.1829.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, losing publication line.
A caricature of a drenched man who could not ride inside the coach.
[Ref: 54614] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Looking Glass. Fashionable intelligence 1830. Slave trade 1. Slave trade 2. A sketch of that curious little architect sitting on his (egg). New system of heraldry. 1730 Dress of the guards. 1830. Gallop-hard- Trials Old Bailey. Change of linen. Sheriffs-officers .
[by William Heath]
[Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Edges chipped. Tears into image on right.
10 vignettes on one sheet, the largest being a fashion satire. Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
[Ref: 54600] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Heath]
[Published January 1st. 1830 - by T. Mc.Lean 26 Haymarket London.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Edges chipped. Tears into image on right.
10 vignettes on one sheet, the largest being a fashion satire. Of most interest are the two scenes relating to the Slave Trade: the first shows 'Slaves in bondage', with a happy family on a plantation; the second, 'In full enjoyment of Liberty', shows the effects of thoughtless emancipation, with a family left in dire poverty, with Wilberforce's name, suggesting it was his fault.
[Ref: 54600] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Bargain _ A Specimen of Smithfield Eloquence.
[n.d., etched c. 1770]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"), with large margins. Mint.
A scene of a group of men examining a broken-down old nag, with a horse trader with a speech bubble with 17 lines of praise for the beast. A veterinary image.
BM Satires 4809. Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., etched c. 1770]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"), with large margins. Mint.
A scene of a group of men examining a broken-down old nag, with a horse trader with a speech bubble with 17 lines of praise for the beast. A veterinary image.
BM Satires 4809. Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Smoking Club.
Ja.s Gillray del.t 1793.
[George Humphrey, c.1822.]
Coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman 1822. Sheet 200 x 225mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The Speaker Henry Addington sits above Pitt, Fox, Dundas and Sheridan, sitting at a table with tankard and punch bowl, all smoking long pipes. A burlesque of the House of Commons as a smoking-club, a plebeian gathering of quarrelsome members puffing smoke at each other.
BM Satires 8303.
[Ref: 54574] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Gillray del.t 1793.
[George Humphrey, c.1822.]
Coloured etching, watermark J. Whatman 1822. Sheet 200 x 225mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The Speaker Henry Addington sits above Pitt, Fox, Dundas and Sheridan, sitting at a table with tankard and punch bowl, all smoking long pipes. A burlesque of the House of Commons as a smoking-club, a plebeian gathering of quarrelsome members puffing smoke at each other.
BM Satires 8303.
[Ref: 54574] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Snuff and Twopenny.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Cut to plate on left side. Stain in top left margin goes into the plate mark.
An old woman wearing a headscarf takes a pinch of snuff while clutching her tankard. 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: 54520] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. Sheet 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Cut to plate on left side. Stain in top left margin goes into the plate mark.
An old woman wearing a headscarf takes a pinch of snuff while clutching her tankard. 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: 54520] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Spencers.
S.W.F. Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with small margins. Printer's crease, tear taped, surface soiling.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54366] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
S.W.F. Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with small margins. Printer's crease, tear taped, surface soiling.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54366] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Spencers.
Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, edges tatty.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54348] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub March 13 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly the Corner of Sackville St Folios of Caracature lent out for the Evening - Prints & Drawings lent out on the plan of a Circulating Library.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, edges tatty.
A street musician with dancing dogs, all of which are wearing 'Spencers', as are the audience. A spencer was a short jacket, worn by both sexes, named for George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834).
[Ref: 54348] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Citizen's Sporting. Every mortal some favorite pleasure pursues.
M Fecit.
Pub.d April 1, 1803 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching. 305 x 405mm (12 x 16"), paper watermarked 'Edmeads & Pine'. Folded, repairs to fold.
Two 'cits' causing havoc by hunting in Southwark, outside a pub with the sign of the 'The Royal Oak'.
Not in BM. See Lewis Walpole 803.04.01.05
[Ref: 54308] £320.00
M Fecit.
Pub.d April 1, 1803 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching. 305 x 405mm (12 x 16"), paper watermarked 'Edmeads & Pine'. Folded, repairs to fold.
Two 'cits' causing havoc by hunting in Southwark, outside a pub with the sign of the 'The Royal Oak'.
Not in BM. See Lewis Walpole 803.04.01.05
[Ref: 54308] £320.00
Squire Minikin. High Stations Tumult but not Bliss create / None think the Great unhappy but the Great.
D.A. late 46th Regiment.
Pub.d June 26 1787 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 6¾") large margins.
A headless and one-legged man, wearing coat tails and purred top-boot, carrying a riding whip, stands on the point of a cone which rests on a rectangular pedestal inscribed 'High Stations are painful'. A pin-head replaces the head. Minikin was a term for a little man or woman, also the smallest sort of pin.
BM Satires 7228, 'Probably a personal satire by an amateur'.
[Ref: 54350] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
D.A. late 46th Regiment.
Pub.d June 26 1787 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 6¾") large margins.
A headless and one-legged man, wearing coat tails and purred top-boot, carrying a riding whip, stands on the point of a cone which rests on a rectangular pedestal inscribed 'High Stations are painful'. A pin-head replaces the head. Minikin was a term for a little man or woman, also the smallest sort of pin.
BM Satires 7228, 'Probably a personal satire by an amateur'.
[Ref: 54350] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Strangers at Home.
Published March 4th 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching, watermark Russell & Co, 1798. 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½").
Three men at a table in a well-furnished room, drinking and singing a drinking song, text underneath.
BM Satires 9110.
[Ref: 54481] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Published March 4th 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching, watermark Russell & Co, 1798. 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½").
Three men at a table in a well-furnished room, drinking and singing a drinking song, text underneath.
BM Satires 9110.
[Ref: 54481] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Struensee's Ghost, or Lord B-te and M-n-d in the Horrors.
[Oxford Magazine Ap. 1772.]
Etching. 155 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"), with margins.
A satire of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, showing him recoiling from a figure floating towards him, holding its own head in its hands. Behind Bute stands William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. Bute had been accused of being the lover of the Dowager Princess of Wales. Johann Friedrich, Count of Struensee, had fallen from power and executed, having been the lover of the Queen of Denmark.
BM Satires 16731.
[Ref: 54344] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine Ap. 1772.]
Etching. 155 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"), with margins.
A satire of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, showing him recoiling from a figure floating towards him, holding its own head in its hands. Behind Bute stands William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. Bute had been accused of being the lover of the Dowager Princess of Wales. Johann Friedrich, Count of Struensee, had fallen from power and executed, having been the lover of the Queen of Denmark.
BM Satires 16731.
[Ref: 54344] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Pillars of the State.](jpegs/54364.jpg)
[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Pillars of the State.
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[n.d., 1768].
Etching with engraving. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate on right.
Two anti-Bute satires. Above is a ship running onto rocks, with a sailing damning 'that Scottish Pilot'. Below Lord Mayor Thomas Harley and Samuel Gillam, J.P., hold up a beam with a noose, on which is written 'English or Irish here shall freely swing, No Scot while Sawney rules, shall grace ye String'. Behind them is a scene of soldiers firing on a crowd at St George’s Fields, 10th May 1768, a protest against the imprisonment of the radical Member of Parliament John Wilkes.
BM Satires 4235.
[Ref: 54364] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[n.d., 1768].
Etching with engraving. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate on right.
Two anti-Bute satires. Above is a ship running onto rocks, with a sailing damning 'that Scottish Pilot'. Below Lord Mayor Thomas Harley and Samuel Gillam, J.P., hold up a beam with a noose, on which is written 'English or Irish here shall freely swing, No Scot while Sawney rules, shall grace ye String'. Behind them is a scene of soldiers firing on a crowd at St George’s Fields, 10th May 1768, a protest against the imprisonment of the radical Member of Parliament John Wilkes.
BM Satires 4235.
[Ref: 54364] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Waistcoat.](jpegs/54365.jpg)
[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Waistcoat. Yet be not sad, good Brothers, / For, to Speak the Truth, it very well becomes you.
[n.d., 1768].
Etching with engraving. 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, stands on a stage, holding a birch rod and trampling on the fallen figure of Britannia, and pulling a child's toy truck on which stand a group of diminutive members of the administration encased in a large tartan coat. On the wall behind is a portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), the grocer known as the ''fat man of Maldon''. A satire on the alleged continuing dominance of Lord Bute five years after his resignation from office. It suggests that William Pitt, Fletcher Norton Lord Mansfield, Duke of Grafton et all, are sheltering in Bute's outsize waistcoat. Published in the Political Register, February 1768.
BM Satires 4181.
[Ref: 54365] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1768].
Etching with engraving. 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, stands on a stage, holding a birch rod and trampling on the fallen figure of Britannia, and pulling a child's toy truck on which stand a group of diminutive members of the administration encased in a large tartan coat. On the wall behind is a portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), the grocer known as the ''fat man of Maldon''. A satire on the alleged continuing dominance of Lord Bute five years after his resignation from office. It suggests that William Pitt, Fletcher Norton Lord Mansfield, Duke of Grafton et all, are sheltering in Bute's outsize waistcoat. Published in the Political Register, February 1768.
BM Satires 4181.
[Ref: 54365] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Lord Bute] The Laird of the Posts or the Bonnett's Exalted.](jpegs/54398.jpg)
Lord Bute] The Laird of the Posts or the Bonnett's Exalted.
Hogarth, Inv.t.
Printed for I. Baldwin London. [n.d., c.1762.]
Coloured etching. 140 x 280mm (5½ x 11"). Folded as issued.
Prime Minister John Stuart, Lord Bute, balances on posts lettered with numbers alluding to annual salaries and calls to fellow Scots saying ''I'll provide for ye all''. An Englishman and an Irishman stand looking on remarking that "There will be no chance for us". A satire on Bute's favouritism of Scots, copied from BM 3862, but with a lion blindfolded with a tartan cloth rather than a pit (Pitt) in the foreground.
[Ref: 54398] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hogarth, Inv.t.
Printed for I. Baldwin London. [n.d., c.1762.]
Coloured etching. 140 x 280mm (5½ x 11"). Folded as issued.
Prime Minister John Stuart, Lord Bute, balances on posts lettered with numbers alluding to annual salaries and calls to fellow Scots saying ''I'll provide for ye all''. An Englishman and an Irishman stand looking on remarking that "There will be no chance for us". A satire on Bute's favouritism of Scots, copied from BM 3862, but with a lion blindfolded with a tartan cloth rather than a pit (Pitt) in the foreground.
[Ref: 54398] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bob Cherry or Argumentum ad Hominem.
[Dublin: Gentleman's & London Magazine, 1764.]
Etching. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Creasing as normal, toning and stains.
After his resignation in April 1763, Lord Bute dangles a cherry before George Grenville and Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, as Britannia exclaims' 'Oh! My foolish children. Henry Fox syas 'Give me Holland'.
See BMM Satires 4032 for a version published by John Williams.
[Ref: 54400] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Dublin: Gentleman's & London Magazine, 1764.]
Etching. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Creasing as normal, toning and stains.
After his resignation in April 1763, Lord Bute dangles a cherry before George Grenville and Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, as Britannia exclaims' 'Oh! My foolish children. Henry Fox syas 'Give me Holland'.
See BMM Satires 4032 for a version published by John Williams.
[Ref: 54400] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Cat's Paw. Plate 1.
[n.d., 1766.]
Rair pair of etchings, each c.250 x 345mm.
William Pitt the Elder as a cat, being persuaded by monkey John Stuart, Earl of Bute, to take a chestnut from a fire. Pitt urinates in fear. A satire of the return of Pitt to office, suggesting he is being manipulated by Bute. In the second plate, 'The Monkey's Downfall or Cat's-Paw Rescu'd' (not present), Bute is on his back, attacked by dogs with Cabinet members' names on their collars, while Chatham looks on supported by crutches. It is Bute's turn to defaecate in fear.
BM Satires: 4148.
[Ref: 54423] £420.00
[n.d., 1766.]
Rair pair of etchings, each c.250 x 345mm.
William Pitt the Elder as a cat, being persuaded by monkey John Stuart, Earl of Bute, to take a chestnut from a fire. Pitt urinates in fear. A satire of the return of Pitt to office, suggesting he is being manipulated by Bute. In the second plate, 'The Monkey's Downfall or Cat's-Paw Rescu'd' (not present), Bute is on his back, attacked by dogs with Cabinet members' names on their collars, while Chatham looks on supported by crutches. It is Bute's turn to defaecate in fear.
BM Satires: 4148.
[Ref: 54423] £420.00
![[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Flight from Dover.](jpegs/54363.jpg)
[The unpopularity of Lord Bute] The Flight from Dover. The Arrival at Calais.
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[n.d., c.1768].
Etching with engraving. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). With narrow margins.
Two scenes satirising the unpopularity of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Above he is hitching a ride away from Dover on a witch's broomstick laden with money bags; below he lands in Calais to be greeted by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
BM Satires 4211.
[Ref: 54363] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[n.d., c.1768].
Etching with engraving. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). With narrow margins.
Two scenes satirising the unpopularity of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Above he is hitching a ride away from Dover on a witch's broomstick laden with money bags; below he lands in Calais to be greeted by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
BM Satires 4211.
[Ref: 54363] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sunday Sabbatarianism] The Political Drama. No 5. Illustrations of Sir Andrew Agnews New Act. Things Not to be Done on the Sabbath.](jpegs/54420.jpg)
[Sunday Sabbatarianism] The Political Drama. No 5. Illustrations of Sir Andrew Agnews New Act. Things Not to be Done on the Sabbath.
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [n.d., c.1836.]
Woodcut with letterpress. Sheet 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Laid on album paper at corners
Four satirical scenes of what might happen if one of the Sabbath Observance Bills of Sir Andrew Agnew (1793-1849, MP for Wigtownshire) was passed. Top left a policeman says he has to get permission from the Bishop to intervene to stop a man hanging himself. Top right a man is stopped from calling the midwife. Agnew introduced four bills during his seven years in Parliament, prompting Charles Dickens to write that his motivated was resentment that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life.
[Ref: 54420] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [n.d., c.1836.]
Woodcut with letterpress. Sheet 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Laid on album paper at corners
Four satirical scenes of what might happen if one of the Sabbath Observance Bills of Sir Andrew Agnew (1793-1849, MP for Wigtownshire) was passed. Top left a policeman says he has to get permission from the Bishop to intervene to stop a man hanging himself. Top right a man is stopped from calling the midwife. Agnew introduced four bills during his seven years in Parliament, prompting Charles Dickens to write that his motivated was resentment that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life.
[Ref: 54420] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Sweating Sickness; or, The Imaginary Malady. (A Bona Fide Fact.)
John Rider, Printer, Little Britain.
Published 2d Dec.r 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, N° 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with engraving, letterpress verse, 18th century watermark. Sheet 470 x 300mm (18½ x 11¾"). Edges toned and chipped.
A trick played on a member of a dining club: by concealing butter in the rim of his hat, the other members persuade Tom Ruby that he has sweating sickness and should retire to bed, missing the feast.
BM Satires 9504; Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads Bod7009.
[Ref: 54583] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Rider, Printer, Little Britain.
Published 2d Dec.r 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, N° 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with engraving, letterpress verse, 18th century watermark. Sheet 470 x 300mm (18½ x 11¾"). Edges toned and chipped.
A trick played on a member of a dining club: by concealing butter in the rim of his hat, the other members persuade Tom Ruby that he has sweating sickness and should retire to bed, missing the feast.
BM Satires 9504; Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads Bod7009.
[Ref: 54583] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Sweet Little Girl that I Love.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d June 4 1808 by Thos Tegg N 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1816, large margins top & bottom. Faint mount burn.
A tall, thin, elderly military officer, ugly but elegant, stoops to embrace a fat country woman, short and hideous, yet buxom.
BM Satires 11138.
[Ref: 54568] £280.00
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d June 4 1808 by Thos Tegg N 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1816, large margins top & bottom. Faint mount burn.
A tall, thin, elderly military officer, ugly but elegant, stoops to embrace a fat country woman, short and hideous, yet buxom.
BM Satires 11138.
[Ref: 54568] £280.00
Symptoms of Matrimony.
Woodward Delin. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank?]
[Pub.d Jany 1st 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Coloured etching. 325 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription, losses in corners, paper toned.
Two tiers containing seven scenes satirising marriage.
BM: 1985,0119.373.
[Ref: 54279] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Delin. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank?]
[Pub.d Jany 1st 1796 by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street - Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Coloured etching. 325 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription, losses in corners, paper toned.
Two tiers containing seven scenes satirising marriage.
BM: 1985,0119.373.
[Ref: 54279] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Taylors Race, or Who's in first for the Cabbage.
Jan 11th 1786.
Jan 11th 1786. Pub by W. Holland No 50 Oxford. Str.t.
Coloured etching. 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Narrow margins. Horizontal crease.
Two taylors on geese ride towards a man holding a cabbage on a pole. Cabbage is a term used for the leftover fabric from cutting out a pattern. The satire was first publised in 1780 with the publication inscription 'Pub. by T.Colley St Martin's Court Cranborn Alley. E.Hedges No.92 under the Royal Exchange', the remains of which are still visible in the lower right.
Not in BM
[Ref: 54464] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jan 11th 1786.
Jan 11th 1786. Pub by W. Holland No 50 Oxford. Str.t.
Coloured etching. 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Narrow margins. Horizontal crease.
Two taylors on geese ride towards a man holding a cabbage on a pole. Cabbage is a term used for the leftover fabric from cutting out a pattern. The satire was first publised in 1780 with the publication inscription 'Pub. by T.Colley St Martin's Court Cranborn Alley. E.Hedges No.92 under the Royal Exchange', the remains of which are still visible in the lower right.
Not in BM
[Ref: 54464] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Herbal Tea Seller] La Marchande de Tisanne.](jpegs/54516.jpg)
[Herbal Tea Seller] La Marchande de Tisanne.
Designed & Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon.
London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. May 1 1820. C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"), with large margins.
A woman selling cups of herbal tea, holding her hand out for payment from a customer.. From the 'Costumes of Paris', a series of 24 plates by Swiss painter John James Chalon (1778-1854).
Abbey 108.
[Ref: 54516] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon.
London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. May 1 1820. C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
Lithograph with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"), with large margins.
A woman selling cups of herbal tea, holding her hand out for payment from a customer.. From the 'Costumes of Paris', a series of 24 plates by Swiss painter John James Chalon (1778-1854).
Abbey 108.
[Ref: 54516] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Tempest.
Heath Del.
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Heath Del.
[n.d., watermarked 1809.]
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in top margin, one entering plate but not image. Time stained
A scene in a garret as a violinist is interrupted by a tirade from his wife. Elsewhere a baby screams, a dog howls as its tail is scalded, a cat yowls as a monkey holds it up by its tail and a parrot pecks at the man's hair.
The BM's example, 1866,1114.664, is watermarked 1814.
[Ref: 54565] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Term Below - or - The Road to Retribution.
[by Charles Williams.]
London pub 1818 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"), paper watermarked 'Whatman 1822'. With small margins. Notches in top margin, some staining in title area, publication line weak (as per BM example).
'The Lawyer's last Circuit'. Judges and barristers, on mounts including a tiger, gallop towards Hell, where flames rise from a pit. The figures include Ellenborough & elden, and perhaps the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General, Samuel Shepherd and Robert Gifford.
BM Satires 13011.
[Ref: 54469] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
London pub 1818 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"), paper watermarked 'Whatman 1822'. With small margins. Notches in top margin, some staining in title area, publication line weak (as per BM example).
'The Lawyer's last Circuit'. Judges and barristers, on mounts including a tiger, gallop towards Hell, where flames rise from a pit. The figures include Ellenborough & elden, and perhaps the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General, Samuel Shepherd and Robert Gifford.
BM Satires 13011.
[Ref: 54469] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)