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Catalogue: Satire
A Serious Affair. Which happen'd on Lord Mayor's Day, near Battersea Bridge.
Published 16th. Decr. 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co. Fleet Street, London.
Etching, 200 x 250mm. 8 x 9¾".
A rowing boat has capsized on the Thames at Battersea.
[Ref: 10376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Published 16th. Decr. 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co. Fleet Street, London.
Etching, 200 x 250mm. 8 x 9¾".
A rowing boat has capsized on the Thames at Battersea.
[Ref: 10376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Battle of Bears and Frogs]. Turmæ ranarum periunt non vulnere multo Artus si vivet, quæque salire solet.](jpegs/54044.jpg)
[The Battle of Bears and Frogs]. Turmæ ranarum periunt non vulnere multo Artus si vivet, quæque salire solet.
Eckstiene pinx [John Eckstein]. Reynolds sculp.
London Pub.d April 1.st 1801.
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp of a bee, in lower margin. Repaired tears, central fold, month engraved in a ferrent style to the rest of the inscription.
An army of bears storm a hill defended by frogs with cannon, bayoneting and shooting some as others hop into a pond to escape. A rough translation of the Latin title is 'The host of frogs perish and their limbs, used to jumping, twitch on'. The BM has two examples, one matching this state, and another with a different title ('Im Belles Ferro Ceciderunt Igne Robusti') and joke signatures, from the Lennox-Boyd collection, as this example. The collector's stamp, a blind-stamped Napoleonic Bee, is that of William J. Latta of Philadelphia, a collector of Napolionic prints, who began his collection c.1880, sold it Anderson Galleries, New York, in four sales 1913-4. Lugt (L.2825) says of the collection that it ''was reputed to be the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The portraits were remarkable for the beauty of the prints and the rarity of the states; the series of caricatures was particularly comprehensive''.
BM 1872,0511.896 & 2010,7081.5049. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54044] £320.00
Eckstiene pinx [John Eckstein]. Reynolds sculp.
London Pub.d April 1.st 1801.
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp of a bee, in lower margin. Repaired tears, central fold, month engraved in a ferrent style to the rest of the inscription.
An army of bears storm a hill defended by frogs with cannon, bayoneting and shooting some as others hop into a pond to escape. A rough translation of the Latin title is 'The host of frogs perish and their limbs, used to jumping, twitch on'. The BM has two examples, one matching this state, and another with a different title ('Im Belles Ferro Ceciderunt Igne Robusti') and joke signatures, from the Lennox-Boyd collection, as this example. The collector's stamp, a blind-stamped Napoleonic Bee, is that of William J. Latta of Philadelphia, a collector of Napolionic prints, who began his collection c.1880, sold it Anderson Galleries, New York, in four sales 1913-4. Lugt (L.2825) says of the collection that it ''was reputed to be the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The portraits were remarkable for the beauty of the prints and the rarity of the states; the series of caricatures was particularly comprehensive''.
BM 1872,0511.896 & 2010,7081.5049. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54044] £320.00
Sequel to the Battle of Temple Bar.
[n.d. c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet: 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼''). Bit messy. Small margins.
A follow on from the riot that began at temple bar; numerous merchants, bankers, and others, set out from the City, to present an address, opposing Wilkes, to the King at St James's, but on arriving they were confronted by a threatening mob who closed the gates by force, and thus prevented the deputation from proceeding. Some more determined opponents to Wilkes managed to get through to the Palace and present their address, but not without difficulty and it was with this that the palace had to call out the troops.
BM Satires: 4281.
[Ref: 48420] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet: 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼''). Bit messy. Small margins.
A follow on from the riot that began at temple bar; numerous merchants, bankers, and others, set out from the City, to present an address, opposing Wilkes, to the King at St James's, but on arriving they were confronted by a threatening mob who closed the gates by force, and thus prevented the deputation from proceeding. Some more determined opponents to Wilkes managed to get through to the Palace and present their address, but not without difficulty and it was with this that the palace had to call out the troops.
BM Satires: 4281.
[Ref: 48420] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Nelson's Victory; _ or _ Good-news operating upon Loyal-Feelings.
[after James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1798.]
Etching. 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed into plate, folded as issued, some soiling.
The reactions of senior members of the Whig Opposition to the news of Nelson's victory at Abukir (the Battle of the Nile), 1798; Burdett, Jekyll, Lansdowne, Bedford, Erskine, Norfolk, Tierney, Sheridan & Fox, who is hanging himself, leaving a note 'Farewell to the Whig Club'. A copy of the Gillray satire published by Hannah Humphrey.
BM Satires 9248a.
[Ref: 54331] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[after James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1798.]
Etching. 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed into plate, folded as issued, some soiling.
The reactions of senior members of the Whig Opposition to the news of Nelson's victory at Abukir (the Battle of the Nile), 1798; Burdett, Jekyll, Lansdowne, Bedford, Erskine, Norfolk, Tierney, Sheridan & Fox, who is hanging himself, leaving a note 'Farewell to the Whig Club'. A copy of the Gillray satire published by Hannah Humphrey.
BM Satires 9248a.
[Ref: 54331] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? /](jpegs/57795.jpg)
[A Bazaar] Well These Specimens are Certainly Very Rare, Have You Any Think Old and Curious My Little Fellow? / Why Not Very Marm Except My Old Boots and They are Out and Out Old and Curious Too.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Litthograph with hand colour. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An old woman at a bric-a-brack stall inspects a broken teapot.
[Ref: 57795] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Litthograph with hand colour. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
An old woman at a bric-a-brack stall inspects a broken teapot.
[Ref: 57795] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches of Fashion. Plate 1st. Showing the Difference between Beasts & Babies.
[William Heath.]
Pub June 4th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P-Pry original Caricatures.
Very fine hand-coloured etching. 343 x 247mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Slight stain top left.
A group of dandies dressed to impress.
BM Satires: 15962.
[Ref: 14495] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
Pub June 4th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P-Pry original Caricatures.
Very fine hand-coloured etching. 343 x 247mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Slight stain top left.
A group of dandies dressed to impress.
BM Satires: 15962.
[Ref: 14495] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene in the Honey Moon or Conjugal Felicity.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub the Largest assortment of any House in Town. [n.d., 1828.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Small margins.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans stand facing each other; the little Duke staggering under an ornamental basket which supports a side of bacon, inscribed 'Best Wiltshire' . The Duchess holds on her shoulder a cutter in which are seated six oarsmen with oars held erect, and a helmsman. The Duke is dressed as Grand Falconer and wears a hood with bells indicating both a fool's cap and the hood and bells of falconry. In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. The following year, to celebrate their anniversary, they held a reception, attended by two royal dukes and Prince Leopold (seen on the left). The Duke presented his wife with a silver fruit basket on which was engraved a flitch of bacon; the Duchess then announced her gift of a six-oared cutter called The Falcon, and the boatmen in their liveries made an appearance.
BM Satires 15600.
[Ref: 39607] £360.00
[Monogram of Paul Pry, i.e. William Heath] Esq.r Del.
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket where Political and other Caricatures are daily Pub the Largest assortment of any House in Town. [n.d., 1828.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½"). Small margins.
The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans stand facing each other; the little Duke staggering under an ornamental basket which supports a side of bacon, inscribed 'Best Wiltshire' . The Duchess holds on her shoulder a cutter in which are seated six oarsmen with oars held erect, and a helmsman. The Duke is dressed as Grand Falconer and wears a hood with bells indicating both a fool's cap and the hood and bells of falconry. In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. The following year, to celebrate their anniversary, they held a reception, attended by two royal dukes and Prince Leopold (seen on the left). The Duke presented his wife with a silver fruit basket on which was engraved a flitch of bacon; the Duchess then announced her gift of a six-oared cutter called The Falcon, and the boatmen in their liveries made an appearance.
BM Satires 15600.
[Ref: 39607] £360.00
This is No Caricature.
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with wide margins. Old ink mss. explanation under print.
In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 33100] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Doyle.]
Pub.d by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket Oct.r 1st 1827.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with wide margins. Old ink mss. explanation under print.
In 1827 William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, married Harriet Mellon, widow of the banker Thomas Coutts. An extremely wealthy former actress, she was 23 years older than her husband, giving ammunition to the satirists. After her death Harriett's money passed to Angela Burdett-Coutts.
BM Satires 15461.
[Ref: 33100] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Power of Beauty. What can delight like Wealth? the Miser cries...
[Engraved by Philip Dawe? after Heroman van der Mijn.]
Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Ch. Y.d & J. Bowles at ye black Horse, Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A young ballad singer holding a music sheet is embraced by an old man who holds up his money bag.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36303] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Philip Dawe? after Heroman van der Mijn.]
Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Ch. Y.d & J. Bowles at ye black Horse, Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A young ballad singer holding a music sheet is embraced by an old man who holds up his money bag.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36303] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Critical Observations upon Beauty.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed.
An interior scene in which a man with the head of a beast, standing next to a young woman, inspects a drawing of a demon, other pictures of demonic creatures stand around them.
[Ref: 43659] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Sheet: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed.
An interior scene in which a man with the head of a beast, standing next to a young woman, inspects a drawing of a demon, other pictures of demonic creatures stand around them.
[Ref: 43659] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Monument to be Erected to the Memory of the R.t Hon.ble W.m Beckford Esq.r.
For the Oxford Mag.
[1770.]
Etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with margins.
A monument to William Beckford with allegorical figures, including Britannia and Hercules, mourning him.
BM Satires 4396.
[Ref: 54386] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
For the Oxford Mag.
[1770.]
Etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with margins.
A monument to William Beckford with allegorical figures, including Britannia and Hercules, mourning him.
BM Satires 4396.
[Ref: 54386] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Whims of the Moment or the Bedford Level!!
Woodward del. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank]
[London Pub No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening]
Coloured etching, E & P watermark. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at top.
Two panels: on the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which has been roughly cropped from the back of the neck; on the right a farmer smiles as he shows off his neck, shaved at the back of his head. Francis Russell (1765-1802), 5th Duke of Bedford, protested against the imposition of a tax on hair powder in 1795 by cutting his hair short, a style that became known as the 'Bedford Level', after the area of the Fens reclaimed by his family.
BM Satires 8763.
[Ref: 54563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank]
[London Pub No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening]
Coloured etching, E & P watermark. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at top.
Two panels: on the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which has been roughly cropped from the back of the neck; on the right a farmer smiles as he shows off his neck, shaved at the back of his head. Francis Russell (1765-1802), 5th Duke of Bedford, protested against the imposition of a tax on hair powder in 1795 by cutting his hair short, a style that became known as the 'Bedford Level', after the area of the Fens reclaimed by his family.
BM Satires 8763.
[Ref: 54563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Publicans Sport for October or the Beer Bill in Full Opperation.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, Cloth Fair. [n.d., 1830.]
Lithograph with very fine hand-colour. Sheet: 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A satirical print commenting on the Duke of Wellington's Beerhouse Act of 1830 which removed beer taxes and introduced new licensing laws in an attempt to reduce the consumption of gin. A large pelican-like bird, whose body is a sack of hops, catches up brewers and ale-house keepers in his beak while other figures flee, Wellington and two other ministers ride on the creature's back.
[Ref: 43628] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, Cloth Fair. [n.d., 1830.]
Lithograph with very fine hand-colour. Sheet: 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A satirical print commenting on the Duke of Wellington's Beerhouse Act of 1830 which removed beer taxes and introduced new licensing laws in an attempt to reduce the consumption of gin. A large pelican-like bird, whose body is a sack of hops, catches up brewers and ale-house keepers in his beak while other figures flee, Wellington and two other ministers ride on the creature's back.
[Ref: 43628] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mark Peterman von Vesten Ville. Diesen Mann sand man beÿ Paris am Wege unter einen stein=bruchestehen. Er hatte aber schonetliche jahre versteinnert gestanden welches man schliffen konte auf dem Mosse welches auf ihm ge=wachsen war. Jeder man hatte ihn bischer...der Abgesande aber vom Tripoli möchte ihn an sich bringen, den Pallast damit zu ziehren welchen der Dey sein Herr und meister bewohnet.
Fait la charitté a un pauvre homme.
W: del R: sculpsit aqua forti. Paris 1752 [on the staff].
Very rare etching. 235 x 196mm. 9¼ x 7¾". Cut.
A beggar holding a staff and a hat held out.
[Ref: 20023] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fait la charitté a un pauvre homme.
W: del R: sculpsit aqua forti. Paris 1752 [on the staff].
Very rare etching. 235 x 196mm. 9¼ x 7¾". Cut.
A beggar holding a staff and a hat held out.
[Ref: 20023] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Les Belges Sinceres et trop credules, portent leur Or et leur Argent en offrande au perfide VanderNoot...
[Anon., French?., c.1790.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, sheet 200 x 170mm. 8 x 6¾". Trimmed within plate, possibly a fragment of a larger print?
Political satire; tribute in the form of bags and bowls of coins is brought before Hendrik Karel Nicolaas van der Noot (1731 - 1827) at centre, standing on a lettered pedestal. Van der Noot was one of the main players of the Brabant Revolution (1789-1790) against the Austrian rule of Emperor Joseph II. This revolution led to the short-lived existence of the United States of Belgium (January 11, 1790 - December 1790). This print attacks him as a traitor to his country (as described on plinth), and is probably printed by a supporter of Van der Noot's co-revolutionary and more radical rival Jan Frans Vonck (1743 – 1792), who advocated a state constructed on the French Revolutionary model.
[Ref: 16677] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., French?., c.1790.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, sheet 200 x 170mm. 8 x 6¾". Trimmed within plate, possibly a fragment of a larger print?
Political satire; tribute in the form of bags and bowls of coins is brought before Hendrik Karel Nicolaas van der Noot (1731 - 1827) at centre, standing on a lettered pedestal. Van der Noot was one of the main players of the Brabant Revolution (1789-1790) against the Austrian rule of Emperor Joseph II. This revolution led to the short-lived existence of the United States of Belgium (January 11, 1790 - December 1790). This print attacks him as a traitor to his country (as described on plinth), and is probably printed by a supporter of Van der Noot's co-revolutionary and more radical rival Jan Frans Vonck (1743 – 1792), who advocated a state constructed on the French Revolutionary model.
[Ref: 16677] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
La belle age.
Lith. de Langlame.
chez Gihaut. [French, n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 185 x 290mm (7¼ x 11½"). Hole near printed area, trimmed.
An amorous young man relaxes on a mattress in the company of two young ladies inside the loft of a barn; one woman fills his glass with wine from a bottle. Gentle social satire, a book illustration numbered 'Chape. 5' upper right.
[Ref: 56075] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de Langlame.
chez Gihaut. [French, n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 185 x 290mm (7¼ x 11½"). Hole near printed area, trimmed.
An amorous young man relaxes on a mattress in the company of two young ladies inside the loft of a barn; one woman fills his glass with wine from a bottle. Gentle social satire, a book illustration numbered 'Chape. 5' upper right.
[Ref: 56075] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Belshazzar gave a Party and provided for his friends / Women Wine and Music on which so much depends / They drank so many half-pints, They could not see at all / And ended up by Writing Nasty Things upon the Wall.
Chas. H. Eldridge.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Pencil & watercolour, heightened with gilt, on card. Card 275 x 380mm.
A scene satirising Belshazzar's Feast, from the Book of Daniel, with dancing girls and gluttony. However, instead of the word of God, the writing on the wall is graffitti, for example 'Bill Shazzer is an Ass'. 'Oodunit' (whodunit) entered the English language in the 1930s.
[Ref: 44171] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Chas. H. Eldridge.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Pencil & watercolour, heightened with gilt, on card. Card 275 x 380mm.
A scene satirising Belshazzar's Feast, from the Book of Daniel, with dancing girls and gluttony. However, instead of the word of God, the writing on the wall is graffitti, for example 'Bill Shazzer is an Ass'. 'Oodunit' (whodunit) entered the English language in the 1930s.
[Ref: 44171] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
For the Benefit of the Champion. A Catch to be Perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden _ for Admission Apply to the D____ ss_ NB. Gratis to those who wear Large Tails.
Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey. [n.d. c.1784.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 354mm (9¾ x 13½"). With small margins. Very slight centre crease.
The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY' [Cecil Wray]. Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turns to North and sings. North (right), also with a stick, sings. Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail', a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch.
BM Satires 6591.
[Ref: 52361] £320.00
Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey. [n.d. c.1784.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 354mm (9¾ x 13½"). With small margins. Very slight centre crease.
The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY' [Cecil Wray]. Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turns to North and sings. North (right), also with a stick, sings. Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail', a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch.
BM Satires 6591.
[Ref: 52361] £320.00
Count Roupee. - Vide. Hyde Park.
[James Gillray]
Pub.d June 5.th 1797. by H. Humphrey 27. S.t James's Street
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 385 x 540mm (15¼ x 21"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing card.
Caricature of Paul Benfield (1741-1810), of the East India Company, who made a fortune in India as a trader, banker, and contractor, and was notorous through Burke's (published) speech on the debts of the Nabob of Arcot oppresser. He lost his fortune establishing a mercantile firm in London, called Boyd, Benfield, & Co which engaged in speculations which turned out badly, and Benfield's fortune collapsed rapidly. He died in Paris in poverty. A small dark-complexioned man wearing spectacles rides a galloping horse through Hyde Park. There is a background of grass and trees, and in the distance a building with a pediment, evidently the new Knightsbridge Barracks.
BM Satires 9066. For one with slightly different colouring check out Yale University Library.
[Ref: 61958] £780.00
[James Gillray]
Pub.d June 5.th 1797. by H. Humphrey 27. S.t James's Street
Very rare hand-coloured etching, sheet 385 x 540mm (15¼ x 21"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing card.
Caricature of Paul Benfield (1741-1810), of the East India Company, who made a fortune in India as a trader, banker, and contractor, and was notorous through Burke's (published) speech on the debts of the Nabob of Arcot oppresser. He lost his fortune establishing a mercantile firm in London, called Boyd, Benfield, & Co which engaged in speculations which turned out badly, and Benfield's fortune collapsed rapidly. He died in Paris in poverty. A small dark-complexioned man wearing spectacles rides a galloping horse through Hyde Park. There is a background of grass and trees, and in the distance a building with a pediment, evidently the new Knightsbridge Barracks.
BM Satires 9066. For one with slightly different colouring check out Yale University Library.
[Ref: 61958] £780.00
The Bengall Minuet.
Pub.d Accor.g to Act Nov.r 3 1773 by MDarly Strand.
Etching. 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Two figures in profile face each other for a minuet dance in a panelled interior, satirising a nabob (a man who had gained significant wealth with the East India Company) and his wife, preparing for their new place in society. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '18' upper left and 'V.2' upper right.
BM Satires: 5174.
[Ref: 14535] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Accor.g to Act Nov.r 3 1773 by MDarly Strand.
Etching. 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Two figures in profile face each other for a minuet dance in a panelled interior, satirising a nabob (a man who had gained significant wealth with the East India Company) and his wife, preparing for their new place in society. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '18' upper left and 'V.2' upper right.
BM Satires: 5174.
[Ref: 14535] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Bentinck] John Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/58345.jpg)
[William Bentinck] John Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 1807 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"), large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at bottom.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck as a statue sitting in a chair of Portland Stone blocks, a placard: 'Repaird and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807'. On seeing the statue John Bull exclaims 'I really thought this Statue was gone to decay a long time ago!!'. By the time of this caricature Portland, deaf, gouty, and infirm, was a mere figure-head. This example has Portland coloured as a man rather than the intended statue.
BM Satires 10718.
[Ref: 58345] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d April 1807 by Walker No 7 Cornhill.
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"), large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at bottom.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck as a statue sitting in a chair of Portland Stone blocks, a placard: 'Repaird and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807'. On seeing the statue John Bull exclaims 'I really thought this Statue was gone to decay a long time ago!!'. By the time of this caricature Portland, deaf, gouty, and infirm, was a mere figure-head. This example has Portland coloured as a man rather than the intended statue.
BM Satires 10718.
[Ref: 58345] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/54470.jpg)
[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') very large margins. Ink marginalia, printer's crease.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 54470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') very large margins. Ink marginalia, printer's crease.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 54470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.](jpegs/61841.jpg)
[Duke of Portland] Iohn Bull contemplating a Statue of Portland Stone.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') Small margins, time stained.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 61841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub.d April 1807 by Walker N.o7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14½'') Small margins, time stained.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, caricatured as a statue, with a sign saying 'Repaired and Whitewash'd in the Year 1807' around his neck. He became Prime Minister in 1807, despite being deaf, gouty and infirm, merely as an acceptable figurehead to his fractious ministers.
BM Satire 10718.
[Ref: 61841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Dr Tom Bentley.
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 345 x 230mm (13¾ x 9¼"). False margins added.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 60018] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 345 x 230mm (13¾ x 9¼"). False margins added.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 60018] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dr Tom Bentley.
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, to image on right. Crease lower corner.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 54324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 18th century watermark; 340 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, to image on right. Crease lower corner.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 54324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747. As Lowendahl of late the Wallls he did scour...
[n.d., c.1747.]
Very rare engraving with later hand-colour. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Creasing, damage to edges and tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
A satirical print discussing the seige and ransacking of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French under Ulrich Lowendal in 1747 during the war of Austrian Succession.
[Ref: 42721] £680.00
[n.d., c.1747.]
Very rare engraving with later hand-colour. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Creasing, damage to edges and tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
A satirical print discussing the seige and ransacking of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French under Ulrich Lowendal in 1747 during the war of Austrian Succession.
[Ref: 42721] £680.00
Bergere de la Bourgogne
H.W.Bunbury del. J.Bretheron f.
Published as the Act directs 2d Feb 1773. By J.Bretherton No 134 New Bond Street.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 1007] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H.W.Bunbury del. J.Bretheron f.
Published as the Act directs 2d Feb 1773. By J.Bretherton No 134 New Bond Street.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 1007] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Militia galantry - or The Soldiers cowardly retreat to save his Bacon; at the expence of his fair Inamorata.
[by Charles Williams.
Pub.d 1821 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins.
Between signs pointing to Cheltenham and Gloucester, a woman kneels at the feet of Col. Berkeley, a tall handsome man in regimentals, wearing a plumed cocked hat. He holds a flag inscribed Letters to Amuse the Public expose the Writer and save my Pocket; on this hangs a letter-file on which papers are spiked. She begs ''In Pity don't Expose me!''. He says ''They will save me thousands''. A coach of onlookers comment, including ''Where's the Honor of a Soldier and Faith there is none in this''. William Berkeley (1786-18570, 1st Earl FitzHardinge, was sued by coach proprietor John Waterhouse for ''Criminal conversation'' with Waterhouse's wife. Despite the attempts satirised here, Waterhouse was awarded £1000 damages at Gloucester Assizes. The scandal did not stop Berkeley becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1836.
BM Satires 14274a, a second state with 'Militia' instead of 'Military'.
[Ref: 54579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.
Pub.d 1821 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins.
Between signs pointing to Cheltenham and Gloucester, a woman kneels at the feet of Col. Berkeley, a tall handsome man in regimentals, wearing a plumed cocked hat. He holds a flag inscribed Letters to Amuse the Public expose the Writer and save my Pocket; on this hangs a letter-file on which papers are spiked. She begs ''In Pity don't Expose me!''. He says ''They will save me thousands''. A coach of onlookers comment, including ''Where's the Honor of a Soldier and Faith there is none in this''. William Berkeley (1786-18570, 1st Earl FitzHardinge, was sued by coach proprietor John Waterhouse for ''Criminal conversation'' with Waterhouse's wife. Despite the attempts satirised here, Waterhouse was awarded £1000 damages at Gloucester Assizes. The scandal did not stop Berkeley becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1836.
BM Satires 14274a, a second state with 'Militia' instead of 'Military'.
[Ref: 54579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. Esq. del.t. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pubd March 1, 1827, by G. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Fine hand coloured etching and aquatint. Image 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8", on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1824. Diagonal creases to upper right corner; overall a fine, early impression.
'Tim Besom' is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker"; the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent. See item 11516 for an impression published by McLean.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p.109.
[Ref: 19577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
E.Y. Esq. del.t. Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pubd March 1, 1827, by G. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Fine hand coloured etching and aquatint. Image 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8", on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1824. Diagonal creases to upper right corner; overall a fine, early impression.
'Tim Besom' is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker"; the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent. See item 11516 for an impression published by McLean.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p.109.
[Ref: 19577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Tim Besom. Making a clear way for others, that he may clear a path for himself.
E.Y. esq. del.t. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
London Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 26¼"). Tear entering plate, one tear in margin.
"Tim Besom" is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker" and the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 109.
[Ref: 11516] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
E.Y. esq. del.t. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
London Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 26¼"). Tear entering plate, one tear in margin.
"Tim Besom" is probably taken from the Glaswegian slang for "tink, annoying person, drinker" and the scene is set for the street sweeper to make sure the street is clear of any obstacles before holding out his hat to the ladies in hope of a gratuity. The "Rum" sign above the door in the background suggests where the funds would be spent.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 109.
[Ref: 11516] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Best Shelter under the Banner of Love.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 58 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm.
No. 206 lower left corner.
[Ref: 3757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 58 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm.
No. 206 lower left corner.
[Ref: 3757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Between Friends.
From the Original Painting by O. Goldmann. Etched by J.S. King.
Copyrighted 1885. Gebbie & Co. Philadelphia, Pa [USA].
Etching, 225 x 265mm. 9 x 10½".
American social genre: two men and a woman share some gossip over refreshments at a table.
[Ref: 27685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
From the Original Painting by O. Goldmann. Etched by J.S. King.
Copyrighted 1885. Gebbie & Co. Philadelphia, Pa [USA].
Etching, 225 x 265mm. 9 x 10½".
American social genre: two men and a woman share some gossip over refreshments at a table.
[Ref: 27685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Between Two Stools the Bottom goes o the Ground. There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture.
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pubd March 1t 1802 SW Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching; 18th century watermark. Plate 248 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Tierney has fallen between two (upholstered) stools: 'Whig Stool' [tattered] and 'Tory Stool' [in good repair]; he holds out his arms, saying, "There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture". On the extreme left and right stand Fox and Addington both clasping their sides in amusement at the mishap; the latter wears robes and wig.
BM Satires 9844.
[Ref: 52270] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pubd March 1t 1802 SW Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching; 18th century watermark. Plate 248 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Tierney has fallen between two (upholstered) stools: 'Whig Stool' [tattered] and 'Tory Stool' [in good repair]; he holds out his arms, saying, "There is no trusting I find to that deceitfull Ceylon Manufacture". On the extreme left and right stand Fox and Addington both clasping their sides in amusement at the mishap; the latter wears robes and wig.
BM Satires 9844.
[Ref: 52270] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Francois Auguste Biard] Si Biard est peint en ours c'est pour la belle page...](jpegs/60509.jpg)
[Francois Auguste Biard] Si Biard est peint en ours c'est pour la belle page...
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10").. Slight ink show-through.
A caricature of French painter Francois-Auguste Biard (1799-1882), dressed in a polar bear skin in order to sketch the animals in the Arctic. In 1839 he joined Joseph Paul Gaimard's scientific expedition to Spitsbergen and Lapland, after which he painted several scenes of polar bears.
[Ref: 60509] £360.00
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10").. Slight ink show-through.
A caricature of French painter Francois-Auguste Biard (1799-1882), dressed in a polar bear skin in order to sketch the animals in the Arctic. In 1839 he joined Joseph Paul Gaimard's scientific expedition to Spitsbergen and Lapland, after which he painted several scenes of polar bears.
[Ref: 60509] £360.00
No. XVII. The Amiable Letitia Lutestring. No. XVIII. The Billing Brewer.
London Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street 1 July 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Moustache added in ink. Small margins.
Two portait busts set in ovals. On the right a portrait of Harvey Combe (1752-1818) who made his fortune in the brewing industry and elected Alderman of London in 1790, on his left is a portrait of an unknown courtesan. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7703.
[Ref: 38577] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street 1 July 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Moustache added in ink. Small margins.
Two portait busts set in ovals. On the right a portrait of Harvey Combe (1752-1818) who made his fortune in the brewing industry and elected Alderman of London in 1790, on his left is a portrait of an unknown courtesan. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7703.
[Ref: 38577] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Billington.] Clara _ a Bavura.](jpegs/58380.jpg)
[Elizabeth Billington.] Clara _ a Bavura.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Jan.y 4th 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Wax stains in top corners of margins. Bit messy.
A full-length caricature portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818) as Clara in Sheridan's opera 'The Duenna', her second leading part.
BM Satires 9914.
[Ref: 58380] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Jan.y 4th 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Wax stains in top corners of margins. Bit messy.
A full-length caricature portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818) as Clara in Sheridan's opera 'The Duenna', her second leading part.
BM Satires 9914.
[Ref: 58380] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Billy the Gamekeeper.
Design'd from Life by R. Frankland Esq.r. Engrav'd by J.s Gillray.
Publish'd April 23d 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A man dressed as a coachman, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. According to Grego, he was first a gamekeeper of the Earl of Aylesford, then his coachman.
BM Satires 11592.
[Ref: 61761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd from Life by R. Frankland Esq.r. Engrav'd by J.s Gillray.
Publish'd April 23d 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A man dressed as a coachman, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. According to Grego, he was first a gamekeeper of the Earl of Aylesford, then his coachman.
BM Satires 11592.
[Ref: 61761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Billy-Button, Master Of The Ceremonies, To an Eighteen Penny Rout & Assembly.
Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to Act Decr. 1st 1771 (39 Strand).
Etching, 160 x 105mm. 6¼ x 4".
A man who seems to be bowing, his right hand held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Samuel Foote’s play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by the actor Thomas Weston (1737 – 1777). From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen 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.2' upper left and '3' upper right.
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 14179] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to Act Decr. 1st 1771 (39 Strand).
Etching, 160 x 105mm. 6¼ x 4".
A man who seems to be bowing, his right hand held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Samuel Foote’s play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by the actor Thomas Weston (1737 – 1777). From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen 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.2' upper left and '3' upper right.
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 14179] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Billy-Button, Master-of-the-Ceremonies, To an Eighteen Penny Rout & Assembly.
Pubd. by MDarly accord. to Act Dec.r 1.st 1771 (39 Strand)
Etching with large margins. Sheet 209 x 303mm. 8¼ x 12".
A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Foote's play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by Weston. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c', an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates..
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 27982] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by MDarly accord. to Act Dec.r 1.st 1771 (39 Strand)
Etching with large margins. Sheet 209 x 303mm. 8¼ x 12".
A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Foote's play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by Weston. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c', an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates..
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 27982] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Bird's Eye Views of Society. No. VII. The Picture Sale.
[Richard Doyle.] Dalziel. [George & Edward Dalziel.]
[London: Smith Elder, 1864.]
Wood engraving. 222 x 330mm. 8¾ x 13". Two folds, as normal, small nicks and tears, small creases.
Inside the Royal Academy; men standing in the centre of a picture-lined room surrounding an auctioneer mid-auction. Women and children in the near two corners buying small trinkets. After Richard Doyle (1824-83) an illustrator of the Victorian era, famous mot only for his satirical works such as 'Birds' Eye Views of Society', but also for his books for children, especially his 'In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World', 1870.
See Ref: 26885
[Ref: 26886] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Richard Doyle.] Dalziel. [George & Edward Dalziel.]
[London: Smith Elder, 1864.]
Wood engraving. 222 x 330mm. 8¾ x 13". Two folds, as normal, small nicks and tears, small creases.
Inside the Royal Academy; men standing in the centre of a picture-lined room surrounding an auctioneer mid-auction. Women and children in the near two corners buying small trinkets. After Richard Doyle (1824-83) an illustrator of the Victorian era, famous mot only for his satirical works such as 'Birds' Eye Views of Society', but also for his books for children, especially his 'In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World', 1870.
See Ref: 26885
[Ref: 26886] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Bird's Eye Views of Society. No. XI. Belgravia out of Doors.
[Richard Doyle.] Dalziel. [George & Edward Dalziel.]
[London: Smith Elder, 1864.]
Wood engraving. 222 x 336mm. 8¾ x 13¼". Two folds, as normal, small nicks and tears.
A view of Belgrave Square, London will horses and carriage, children and women playing in the park, various other characters with dogs and smaller ponies for children seen lower left. After Richard Doyle (1824-83) an illustrator of the Victorian era, famous mot only for his satirical works such as 'Birds' Eye Views of Society', but also for his books for children, especially his 'In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World', 1870.
[Ref: 26885] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Richard Doyle.] Dalziel. [George & Edward Dalziel.]
[London: Smith Elder, 1864.]
Wood engraving. 222 x 336mm. 8¾ x 13¼". Two folds, as normal, small nicks and tears.
A view of Belgrave Square, London will horses and carriage, children and women playing in the park, various other characters with dogs and smaller ponies for children seen lower left. After Richard Doyle (1824-83) an illustrator of the Victorian era, famous mot only for his satirical works such as 'Birds' Eye Views of Society', but also for his books for children, especially his 'In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World', 1870.
[Ref: 26885] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Bishopric. Gentlemens Designs Eccecuted Gratis.
Pub.d Jan.y 4. 1787 by S W Fores's Caricature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A lady dressed in the fashion of the day, with large feathered hat and an enormous muff, lifts the back of her petticoats to show that her bustle is the backside of a bishop, strapped upside-down.
BM Satires 7224.
[Ref: 51876] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Jan.y 4. 1787 by S W Fores's Caricature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A lady dressed in the fashion of the day, with large feathered hat and an enormous muff, lifts the back of her petticoats to show that her bustle is the backside of a bishop, strapped upside-down.
BM Satires 7224.
[Ref: 51876] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Bitter Draught.
[Illegible] Fecit.
Printed & Sold by W. Belch, 258, High Street, Borough [n.d., c.1830].
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 185 x 150mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A man sitting in a chair, holding a cup in one hand and a small bottle of medicine in the other; on a table to the right is a container labelled Pills and a large bottle of medicine.
National Library of Medicine: 101393485.
[Ref: 58360] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Illegible] Fecit.
Printed & Sold by W. Belch, 258, High Street, Borough [n.d., c.1830].
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 185 x 150mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A man sitting in a chair, holding a cup in one hand and a small bottle of medicine in the other; on a table to the right is a container labelled Pills and a large bottle of medicine.
National Library of Medicine: 101393485.
[Ref: 58360] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Black Brown & Fair. You tell me dear Girl, that I'm given to rove, That I sport with each lass on the green, that I join in the dance and sing sonnets of Love...
Design'd by Sir E. Bunbury. Rowlandson sculp.
London Pub. May 6 -1807 by T.Tegg III Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Some slight staining.
A satirical songsheet with a scene at Wapping docks. The men, a Chinese, a Dutchman with a long pipe and a dog, and a lean foppish Frenchman, stand on the pavement gazing up at four smiling women, one of whom is black, leaning out a window. A black sailor walks inside, his arm round the waist of another girl. The BM states there was no ‘Sir E. Bunbury’, instead suggesting it was drawn by Henry Bunbury.
BM Satires 10925.
[Ref: 58480] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd by Sir E. Bunbury. Rowlandson sculp.
London Pub. May 6 -1807 by T.Tegg III Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Some slight staining.
A satirical songsheet with a scene at Wapping docks. The men, a Chinese, a Dutchman with a long pipe and a dog, and a lean foppish Frenchman, stand on the pavement gazing up at four smiling women, one of whom is black, leaning out a window. A black sailor walks inside, his arm round the waist of another girl. The BM states there was no ‘Sir E. Bunbury’, instead suggesting it was drawn by Henry Bunbury.
BM Satires 10925.
[Ref: 58480] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Black Brown & Fair. You tell me dear Girl, that I'm given to rove, That I sport with each lass on the green, that I join in the dance and sing sonnets of Love... [R2]
Design'd by Sir E. Bunbury. Rowlandson sculp.
London Pub. May 6 -1807 [but later] by T.Tegg III Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), watermarked 1817. Extremely fine colour. Very slight offsetting near title left.
A fine example of this satirical songsheet with a scene at Wapping docks. The men, a Chinese, a Dutchman with a long pipe and a dog, and a lean foppish Frenchman, stand on the pavement gazing up at four smiling women, one of whom is black, leaning out a window. A black sailor walks inside, his arm round the waist of another girl. The BM states there was no ‘Sir E. Bunbury’, instead suggesting it was drawn by Henry Bunbury.
BM Satires 10925.
[Ref: 59957] £480.00
Design'd by Sir E. Bunbury. Rowlandson sculp.
London Pub. May 6 -1807 [but later] by T.Tegg III Cheapside.
Hand coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), watermarked 1817. Extremely fine colour. Very slight offsetting near title left.
A fine example of this satirical songsheet with a scene at Wapping docks. The men, a Chinese, a Dutchman with a long pipe and a dog, and a lean foppish Frenchman, stand on the pavement gazing up at four smiling women, one of whom is black, leaning out a window. A black sailor walks inside, his arm round the waist of another girl. The BM states there was no ‘Sir E. Bunbury’, instead suggesting it was drawn by Henry Bunbury.
BM Satires 10925.
[Ref: 59957] £480.00
A Black Joke.
Pub. Oct 24 1790 by S.W. Fores N3 Piccadilly where may have been the completest collection of caricatures &c in the Kindom. Admittance one shilling.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Sheet toned. Stain in upper right corner. Sheet trimmed. Damage to right edge.
The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and Charles Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, holds one card above his head, about to play it, looking fixedly at Mrs. Fitzherbert. His other hand is under the table. His opponents hold two cards, and have taken no tricks. The profiles of the Prince and his partner are silhouetted.
BM Satires 7673.
[Ref: 38762] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. Oct 24 1790 by S.W. Fores N3 Piccadilly where may have been the completest collection of caricatures &c in the Kindom. Admittance one shilling.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Sheet toned. Stain in upper right corner. Sheet trimmed. Damage to right edge.
The Prince of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and Charles Fox are seated at a rectangular table playing cards. Fox, who is full face, holds one card above his head, about to play it, looking fixedly at Mrs. Fitzherbert. His other hand is under the table. His opponents hold two cards, and have taken no tricks. The profiles of the Prince and his partner are silhouetted.
BM Satires 7673.
[Ref: 38762] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
"Wat for youm say Blacka man? Gentl-folks say em man o'color." "What colour nigger?_" "Em wish no wot color? Why em Flech color, em grinnin Fool!"
London, Pub by A. Park, 47, Leonard St. Finsbury. [n.d. c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 285 x 225mm. 11¼ x 9". Laid on album page.
Inside a tavern; a grinning server holding a tankard leans back away from a black man who is dressed in the stereotypical manner of the 1840s with a top hat, and depicted with large protruding lips. The black man leans forward bearing a toothy scowl at the 'white' man's racial injustice.
[Ref: 21397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Pub by A. Park, 47, Leonard St. Finsbury. [n.d. c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 285 x 225mm. 11¼ x 9". Laid on album page.
Inside a tavern; a grinning server holding a tankard leans back away from a black man who is dressed in the stereotypical manner of the 1840s with a top hat, and depicted with large protruding lips. The black man leans forward bearing a toothy scowl at the 'white' man's racial injustice.
[Ref: 21397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Bleeding Neptune or a Scotch Experiment !!
[after Isaac Cruikshank, c.1805]
Etching, sheet 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed around image and text; glued to backing sheet.
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville bleeds Neptune from his forearm, while Alexander Trotter collects the guineas spouting from his left arm. Melville, the first lord of the Admiralty, and Trotter, paymaster of the navy, were investigated for financial irregularities in their management of the navy. When the commission's report came out in March 1805 (shortly before the Isaac Cruikshank print which this etching copies), Melville was cleared of lining his own pockets, while Trotter's financial speculations were in fact successful and standard practice amongst civil servants of the day.
BM Satires 10380 (copy)
[Ref: 37532] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after Isaac Cruikshank, c.1805]
Etching, sheet 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed around image and text; glued to backing sheet.
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville bleeds Neptune from his forearm, while Alexander Trotter collects the guineas spouting from his left arm. Melville, the first lord of the Admiralty, and Trotter, paymaster of the navy, were investigated for financial irregularities in their management of the navy. When the commission's report came out in March 1805 (shortly before the Isaac Cruikshank print which this etching copies), Melville was cleared of lining his own pockets, while Trotter's financial speculations were in fact successful and standard practice amongst civil servants of the day.
BM Satires 10380 (copy)
[Ref: 37532] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Blind Plaintiff, lame Defendant Share The friendly laws Laws impartial Care; A Shell for him, a Shell for thee, The middle is the Lawyers Fee.
London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 17 April 1779.
Mezzotint with thick original colour, rare. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Margins chipped. Stained.
Satire on lawyers; a well-dressed lawyer standing in front of a table covered with papers, books and a dish of oysters, on the right, settles a dispute between two poor men over an oyster; he eats the oyster itself, taking it from a knife that he holds to his mouth, and holds out the empty half-shells to a blind man and to a hunchback, who angrily shakes one of his crutches; a picture of lawyers on the wall behind.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36302] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 17 April 1779.
Mezzotint with thick original colour, rare. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Margins chipped. Stained.
Satire on lawyers; a well-dressed lawyer standing in front of a table covered with papers, books and a dish of oysters, on the right, settles a dispute between two poor men over an oyster; he eats the oyster itself, taking it from a knife that he holds to his mouth, and holds out the empty half-shells to a blind man and to a hunchback, who angrily shakes one of his crutches; a picture of lawyers on the wall behind.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36302] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)