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A Visit to the Fives Court. Engraved for the Annals of Sporting & Fancy Gazette
Designed & Etched by J. R. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood. Neely & Jones Aug.t 1.st 1822.
Coloured etching. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Two vertical creases as normal, time staining and some foxing in the top margin.
Two professional boxers fight in a ring for a large crowd.
[Ref: 56587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Etched by J. R. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood. Neely & Jones Aug.t 1.st 1822.
Coloured etching. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Two vertical creases as normal, time staining and some foxing in the top margin.
Two professional boxers fight in a ring for a large crowd.
[Ref: 56587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Grand Duke of Middleburg or the late Ld C-t-m & Commdore Cur-t's paying thier respects on thier return from the Glorious Expeditin.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Published [by J. Johnston No.101 Cheapside] Sepr 1809.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at top, creases.
Three men stand before an angry George III: Lord Chatham, holding a handkerchief to his eye, proffering his sword to the king; Sir William Curtis, dressed as a burlesqued sailor, holding a long ladle; and Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan. The king's accusations mirror public feeling: that they wasted the £8 million spent on the Walcheren Campaign by idling and feasting on turtle soup, Curtis having the contract to feed the expenditure.
BM Satires 11369.
[Ref: 58473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Published [by J. Johnston No.101 Cheapside] Sepr 1809.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") very large margins. Album paper pasted over edge of plate at top, creases.
Three men stand before an angry George III: Lord Chatham, holding a handkerchief to his eye, proffering his sword to the king; Sir William Curtis, dressed as a burlesqued sailor, holding a long ladle; and Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan. The king's accusations mirror public feeling: that they wasted the £8 million spent on the Walcheren Campaign by idling and feasting on turtle soup, Curtis having the contract to feed the expenditure.
BM Satires 11369.
[Ref: 58473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon Terminating his Military Carreer, at the Memorable Battle of Waterloo.
[Engraved by George Cruikshank.]
Published Sep.r 15, 1827 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
Napoleon, mounted on a prancing Marengo, in the middle of the battlefield. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53364] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Cruikshank.]
Published Sep.r 15, 1827 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
Napoleon, mounted on a prancing Marengo, in the middle of the battlefield. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53364] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Worship of Wealth.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. _ 23 Myddleton Terrace.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A large money bag drawn in a carriage, gentlemen bowing as it passes. Several highly caricatured character studies either side, and four lines of verse below main image. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12020] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. _ 23 Myddleton Terrace.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A large money bag drawn in a carriage, gentlemen bowing as it passes. Several highly caricatured character studies either side, and four lines of verse below main image. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12020] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
St Swithins Chapel _ Cold bath fields -(NB not a Chapel of Ease.)
Sketched Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Myddleton Terrace Pentonville Dec.r 1833.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A preacher addresses a crowd under umbrellas in the rain outside Coldbath Fields Prison (later also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in the Clerkenwell area of London. Also other vignettes of figures under umbrellas in the rain, and Napoleon wrestling with a huge globe lower left. A satirical print on wet British weather from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878). Swithun is one of the few Anglo-Saxon saints still known to most ordinary people because of his patronage of the English weather. He gives his name to a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15th July, it will rain for 40 days.
[Ref: 12021] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sketched Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Myddleton Terrace Pentonville Dec.r 1833.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A preacher addresses a crowd under umbrellas in the rain outside Coldbath Fields Prison (later also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in the Clerkenwell area of London. Also other vignettes of figures under umbrellas in the rain, and Napoleon wrestling with a huge globe lower left. A satirical print on wet British weather from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878). Swithun is one of the few Anglo-Saxon saints still known to most ordinary people because of his patronage of the English weather. He gives his name to a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15th July, it will rain for 40 days.
[Ref: 12021] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wellington] A Vision of Judgment!!!](jpegs/55397.jpg)
[Wellington] A Vision of Judgment!!!
[by Robert Cruikshank]
Pub.d by Tregear Cheapside [n.d, c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 350mm (10 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A haggard Wellington lying on a sofa is startled by a vision of Charon on the River Styx, which features Canning, holding up a banner inscribed 'Turkey Portugal Russia', Percival in a blood-stained robe and Castlereagh with a slit throat. At Wellington's feet are a crown, mitre and a skull marked 'Memento [Mori]'. Behind George IV sleeps, a bottle of brandy on the table before him. An attack on Wellington aiming for sovereign power, his non-intervention in Portugal and failure in actions in the Russia-Turkey dispute.
BM Satires 16049.
[Ref: 55397] £380.00
[by Robert Cruikshank]
Pub.d by Tregear Cheapside [n.d, c.1829].
Etching with fine hand colour. 255 x 350mm (10 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A haggard Wellington lying on a sofa is startled by a vision of Charon on the River Styx, which features Canning, holding up a banner inscribed 'Turkey Portugal Russia', Percival in a blood-stained robe and Castlereagh with a slit throat. At Wellington's feet are a crown, mitre and a skull marked 'Memento [Mori]'. Behind George IV sleeps, a bottle of brandy on the table before him. An attack on Wellington aiming for sovereign power, his non-intervention in Portugal and failure in actions in the Russia-Turkey dispute.
BM Satires 16049.
[Ref: 55397] £380.00
Westminster Election.
I.R. Cruikshank. del & fec.t.
London Pu.d by J.J. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall, 16th July 1818.
Coloured etching. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the hustings erected in front of St Paul's Church, with Henry Hunt haranguing the crowd. Frontispiece to 'The Poll Book, for electing Two Representatives in Parliament for ... Westminster'. John James Stockdate was the publisher who tried to blackmail the Duke of Wellington with the ''Memoirs of Harriette Wilson'', receiving the reply 'Publish and be damned'.
BM Satires 13003.
[Ref: 51686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.R. Cruikshank. del & fec.t.
London Pu.d by J.J. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall, 16th July 1818.
Coloured etching. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the hustings erected in front of St Paul's Church, with Henry Hunt haranguing the crowd. Frontispiece to 'The Poll Book, for electing Two Representatives in Parliament for ... Westminster'. John James Stockdate was the publisher who tried to blackmail the Duke of Wellington with the ''Memoirs of Harriette Wilson'', receiving the reply 'Publish and be damned'.
BM Satires 13003.
[Ref: 51686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Freedom of Election or Hunt-ing for Popularity amd Plumpers for Maxwell. Westminster Election June 18th 1818.
Cruikshank. del.t & fec.t.
June 1818. G Humphrey. 27 S.t. James's Street London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 300 x 401mm (12x16''), with large margins. Old repair along the right edge plate mark line with some surface dirt and minor tears in the margins of 100mm in length.
The General Election of June 1818 for the Parlimentary seat of Westminster, Henry ''Orator'' Hunt and Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell are addressing the public. Henry ''Orator'' Hunt speaking for the Whigs discusses corruption within parliament. His counterpart Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell for the tory party came into politics after being wrecked on the Gaspar Strair on his way to escort the Ambassador of China. They were rescued by the East India Trading Company with no lives lost. He gave up on politics after he lost a severe amount of money and a personal injury after being attaked by a mob in Covent Garden. The election was won by Sir Samuel Romilly.
BM Satire 12999.
[Ref: 50842] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cruikshank. del.t & fec.t.
June 1818. G Humphrey. 27 S.t. James's Street London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 300 x 401mm (12x16''), with large margins. Old repair along the right edge plate mark line with some surface dirt and minor tears in the margins of 100mm in length.
The General Election of June 1818 for the Parlimentary seat of Westminster, Henry ''Orator'' Hunt and Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell are addressing the public. Henry ''Orator'' Hunt speaking for the Whigs discusses corruption within parliament. His counterpart Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell for the tory party came into politics after being wrecked on the Gaspar Strair on his way to escort the Ambassador of China. They were rescued by the East India Trading Company with no lives lost. He gave up on politics after he lost a severe amount of money and a personal injury after being attaked by a mob in Covent Garden. The election was won by Sir Samuel Romilly.
BM Satire 12999.
[Ref: 50842] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Game of Whist. Tom and Jerry among the Swell 'Broad Coves'.
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Jan.y 1 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate. Cut to plate.
Jerry plays whist as a black servant offers him wine. A man lounging against the chimney-piece watches Jerry's cards in the mirror and signals to Jerry's opponent. Tom sits over fruit and wine. The pair had accepted an invitation to dine from elegantly dressed card-sharpers who had lost heavily to them at the Cock Pit. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792–1878).
Abbey: Life 281; BM Satires 14344.
[Ref: 34349] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Jan.y 1 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate. Cut to plate.
Jerry plays whist as a black servant offers him wine. A man lounging against the chimney-piece watches Jerry's cards in the mirror and signals to Jerry's opponent. Tom sits over fruit and wine. The pair had accepted an invitation to dine from elegantly dressed card-sharpers who had lost heavily to them at the Cock Pit. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792–1878).
Abbey: Life 281; BM Satires 14344.
[Ref: 34349] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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A Whistling Shop. Tom & Jerry visiting Logic, "on board the Fleet".
Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
[Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, May 1, 1821.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed to the plate.
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children. Tennis interest.
[Ref: 52219] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
[Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, May 1, 1821.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Trimmed to the plate.
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children. Tennis interest.
[Ref: 52219] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
A White Ghost in Ireland.
Woodward Del. Cruikshank Sc.
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg 11 Cheapside April 6, 1807.
Coloured etching. 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Narrow margins on three sides, laid on album paper with some cockling on right.
Two Irishmen are suprised by a white cat in a church graveyard. Pasted on the reverse is a satire by Bunbury.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 59219] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Del. Cruikshank Sc.
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg 11 Cheapside April 6, 1807.
Coloured etching. 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Narrow margins on three sides, laid on album paper with some cockling on right.
Two Irishmen are suprised by a white cat in a church graveyard. Pasted on the reverse is a satire by Bunbury.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 59219] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[William IV] The Admiral in St. Petersburgh; or Poor Will foil'd again.](jpegs/46481.jpg)
[William IV] The Admiral in St. Petersburgh; or Poor Will foil'd again.
G. Cruik. del.
[n.d., 1813.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing letterpress verse, marking.
William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV), in admiral's uniform with sword, kneels on both knees, arms extended, at the feet of a young woman who walks away. He is in profile to the left, caricatured, with words issuing from his coarse protruding lips: "O listen, listen to the voice of Love." The lady (called Grand Duchess Anna (Pavlovna) of Russia in the text but actually Catherine of Oldenburgh, the widowed sister of Tsar Alexander I) looks scornfully over her shoulder, pointing to a treasure-chest (left) filled with bags. Having lived a dissolute youth the Duke was deep in debt so had derserted his long-time consort Mrs Jordan and was on the lookout for a rich wife.
BM Satire 12020.
[Ref: 46481] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Cruik. del.
[n.d., 1813.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed, losing letterpress verse, marking.
William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV), in admiral's uniform with sword, kneels on both knees, arms extended, at the feet of a young woman who walks away. He is in profile to the left, caricatured, with words issuing from his coarse protruding lips: "O listen, listen to the voice of Love." The lady (called Grand Duchess Anna (Pavlovna) of Russia in the text but actually Catherine of Oldenburgh, the widowed sister of Tsar Alexander I) looks scornfully over her shoulder, pointing to a treasure-chest (left) filled with bags. Having lived a dissolute youth the Duke was deep in debt so had derserted his long-time consort Mrs Jordan and was on the lookout for a rich wife.
BM Satire 12020.
[Ref: 46481] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Joseph Wilton] Bless Thee Bottom, bless Thee__Thou art translated. Shakespere.](jpegs/54456.jpg)
[Joseph Wilton] Bless Thee Bottom, bless Thee__Thou art translated. Shakespere. W - hen Phidias or Raph'el shall chuse to repair, / I - ncog to our fine modern Artists' fam'd School, / L - ost in wonder to see stuck in Genius's Chair / T - he Block which now fills it) a formal old Fool - / O - ff again with this sneering Remark they will go / N - o marvel your Pupils old Friend are so so''. JP.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub Jany 1 1794 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed close to image.
Joseph Wilton, Keeper of the Royal Academy, as Bottom, sitting in an arm-chair, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a stick of charcoal, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. The man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched, is John Inigo Richards, secretary of the R.A. In the background two students draw a nude male statue on a pedestal.
BM Satires 8519.
[Ref: 54456] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub Jany 1 1794 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Trimmed close to image.
Joseph Wilton, Keeper of the Royal Academy, as Bottom, sitting in an arm-chair, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a stick of charcoal, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. The man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched, is John Inigo Richards, secretary of the R.A. In the background two students draw a nude male statue on a pedestal.
BM Satires 8519.
[Ref: 54456] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Corporation Hogs Journey To Smithfield In Stile. Or Aldermen turn'd Puppet [crossed out] Pig show men. They could not agree about the Hogs admission So six cunning Aldermen prefer'd a Petition: To request they'd permit them to buy that there Pig And convey him to Smithfield straightway in a Gig. The Petition was granted, the Pig they have bought, And paid fifty Guineas, the Sum for him sought; In a cart then to Smithfield this Beast they convey'd, And triumphantly enter'd upon thier new Trade.
Cruikshank 1790.
Pub Feb 26. 1790. by S W Fores at his Museum N 3 Piccadilly, where may be seen the Completest Collection of Caricatures. &c in the Kingdom. Also the Head & hand of Count Struenzee Admit. 1s.
Finely hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate.
One of three satires on the Corporation of Windsor, Slingsby was associated with underhand dealings in connexion with works at Windsor Castle. A stout alderman is seated in a two-wheeled farm-cart, embracing an enormous pig which sits on a livery-gown. The cart is drawn by five men and pushed behind by two others. The foremost, 'Rim--n' (Rimington of Windsor (fl. 1790)), carries a banner on which is a fat pig inscribed 'Corperation Hog Admitance 6d Each Painted by R--m--ngt--n'; he says, "The greatest likness possible all my own". The next is 'Par--r' (Parker of Windsor (fl.1790) possibly Edward Parker mayor of Windsor 1799 & 1811), saying, "give me a Hodd again this is too hard work". Next is a beefeater, 'Pant--n' (possibly James Panton mayor of Windsor 1783 & 1788), in his shirt-sleeves, saying, "How I sweat I'll sell my share for ten Guineas I'm so d--nd Hungry". The next, holding a whip, is 'Bany--d' (possibly John Banyard Mayor of Windsor 1790) ; he says, "Ge up my Lads a heavy fare this". The last man, wearing a livery gown, is 'Sling--y' (Slingsby of Windsor (fl. 1790) possibly John Slingsby Mayor of Windsor 1792, 1798 & 1801); he holds a trowel and says "I had rather rightebuild London Bridge than fagg so". The cart is inscribed 'Ban--d Windsor"; the pig says "I am so tired siting like an Alderman". The alderman answers "And I too Brother, Lord how they laugh at us no Cutting or slashing". He wears a livery gown and Dorothy George reckons from BMSat 7739 to be 'Sn--w' (possibly Joseph Snow who was Mayor of Windsor 1770, 80, 86, 89 & 96). The two who push behind are 'Perr--n' (possibly Paul Perryman Mayor of Windsor 1793 & 1801) and 'Bend--g' (possibly Joseph Bending Mayor of Windsor 1781, 85 & 94); the former says, "I'll go measure Tape this is too hard work". The other, who wears a cocked hat and livery gown, says, "I'm tired of shoving I used to drive my Pigs." A grinning country boy stands behind, saying, "Birds of a feather flock together". He grasps a signpost, pointing left 'To Smitfield' and right 'To Windsor'.
BM Satires 7738.
[Ref: 61895] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cruikshank 1790.
Pub Feb 26. 1790. by S W Fores at his Museum N 3 Piccadilly, where may be seen the Completest Collection of Caricatures. &c in the Kingdom. Also the Head & hand of Count Struenzee Admit. 1s.
Finely hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate.
One of three satires on the Corporation of Windsor, Slingsby was associated with underhand dealings in connexion with works at Windsor Castle. A stout alderman is seated in a two-wheeled farm-cart, embracing an enormous pig which sits on a livery-gown. The cart is drawn by five men and pushed behind by two others. The foremost, 'Rim--n' (Rimington of Windsor (fl. 1790)), carries a banner on which is a fat pig inscribed 'Corperation Hog Admitance 6d Each Painted by R--m--ngt--n'; he says, "The greatest likness possible all my own". The next is 'Par--r' (Parker of Windsor (fl.1790) possibly Edward Parker mayor of Windsor 1799 & 1811), saying, "give me a Hodd again this is too hard work". Next is a beefeater, 'Pant--n' (possibly James Panton mayor of Windsor 1783 & 1788), in his shirt-sleeves, saying, "How I sweat I'll sell my share for ten Guineas I'm so d--nd Hungry". The next, holding a whip, is 'Bany--d' (possibly John Banyard Mayor of Windsor 1790) ; he says, "Ge up my Lads a heavy fare this". The last man, wearing a livery gown, is 'Sling--y' (Slingsby of Windsor (fl. 1790) possibly John Slingsby Mayor of Windsor 1792, 1798 & 1801); he holds a trowel and says "I had rather rightebuild London Bridge than fagg so". The cart is inscribed 'Ban--d Windsor"; the pig says "I am so tired siting like an Alderman". The alderman answers "And I too Brother, Lord how they laugh at us no Cutting or slashing". He wears a livery gown and Dorothy George reckons from BMSat 7739 to be 'Sn--w' (possibly Joseph Snow who was Mayor of Windsor 1770, 80, 86, 89 & 96). The two who push behind are 'Perr--n' (possibly Paul Perryman Mayor of Windsor 1793 & 1801) and 'Bend--g' (possibly Joseph Bending Mayor of Windsor 1781, 85 & 94); the former says, "I'll go measure Tape this is too hard work". The other, who wears a cocked hat and livery gown, says, "I'm tired of shoving I used to drive my Pigs." A grinning country boy stands behind, saying, "Birds of a feather flock together". He grasps a signpost, pointing left 'To Smitfield' and right 'To Windsor'.
BM Satires 7738.
[Ref: 61895] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Georgey à la Dandy.
Sketch'd by an Amateur - etched by G. CK.
Pub.d July 8th 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed, album paper glued over left edge, staining.
A dandy, head thrust forward and high shoulders, insignificant features with large squinting eyes, a top-hat with very curved brim on the side of his head, trousers strapped over high-heeled spurred boots, a riding-switch in his hand. In the background is a scarecrow mimicing his posture. George identifies him as Sir George Wombell (1769-1846), an amateur cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club.
BM: 14067.
[Ref: 43954] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sketch'd by an Amateur - etched by G. CK.
Pub.d July 8th 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed, album paper glued over left edge, staining.
A dandy, head thrust forward and high shoulders, insignificant features with large squinting eyes, a top-hat with very curved brim on the side of his head, trousers strapped over high-heeled spurred boots, a riding-switch in his hand. In the background is a scarecrow mimicing his posture. George identifies him as Sir George Wombell (1769-1846), an amateur cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club.
BM: 14067.
[Ref: 43954] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
An Irish Epitaph.
Woodward del. Cruikshank F.
Published by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1807.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene in a country churchyard; An old couple, with a dog, gaze at a (tilted) tombstone to the right, inscribed: 'Here lies Iohn Highley. whose Father & Mother. were Drown'd in their passage to America. Had they both lived they would have been Buried Here.' The dog is seen cocking his leg below.
BM Satires 10914.
[Ref: 36567] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshank F.
Published by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1807.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark.
A scene in a country churchyard; An old couple, with a dog, gaze at a (tilted) tombstone to the right, inscribed: 'Here lies Iohn Highley. whose Father & Mother. were Drown'd in their passage to America. Had they both lived they would have been Buried Here.' The dog is seen cocking his leg below.
BM Satires 10914.
[Ref: 36567] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Miseries of Human Life. 237 "Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!".
Woodward del. Cruiklshanks Sc.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Fine hand coloured etching. Plate 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
An interior scene depicting a fashionably dressed man to the left, who rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms. An old man, seated to the right, wearing a night-cap and glasses, looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back and a dog barks below.
BM Satires 11150.
[Ref: 61846] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruiklshanks Sc.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Fine hand coloured etching. Plate 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
An interior scene depicting a fashionably dressed man to the left, who rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms. An old man, seated to the right, wearing a night-cap and glasses, looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back and a dog barks below.
BM Satires 11150.
[Ref: 61846] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Miseries of Human Life. 237 "Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!".
Woodward del. Cruiklshanks Sc.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with margins. Trimmed losing sections of the platemark on all sides
An interior scene depicting a fashionably dressed man to the left, who rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms. An old man, seated to the right, wearing a night-cap and glasses, looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back and a dog barks below.
BM Satires 11150.
[Ref: 61855] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruiklshanks Sc.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with margins. Trimmed losing sections of the platemark on all sides
An interior scene depicting a fashionably dressed man to the left, who rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms. An old man, seated to the right, wearing a night-cap and glasses, looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back and a dog barks below.
BM Satires 11150.
[Ref: 61855] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Would-be Cromwell Tooke Horne Mad Attempting to Disperse the Short Parliament. Dec.r 1790.
Pub. Dec.r 18 1790 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Picadilly.
Etching. Sheet: 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Stain in centre. Trimmed and torn in right edge. Manuscript sceptre and book added. Slight central crease.
A scene in the House of Commons in which John Horne Tooke rises through the floor setting off an explosion, Horne Took having been defeated in the election of 1790 petitioned government against the return of Charles James Fox against whom he had stood for the Westminster seat. When the petition was presented to Parliament it was denounced as libellous.
BM Satire 7691A.
[Ref: 44867] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. Dec.r 18 1790 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Picadilly.
Etching. Sheet: 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Stain in centre. Trimmed and torn in right edge. Manuscript sceptre and book added. Slight central crease.
A scene in the House of Commons in which John Horne Tooke rises through the floor setting off an explosion, Horne Took having been defeated in the election of 1790 petitioned government against the return of Charles James Fox against whom he had stood for the Westminster seat. When the petition was presented to Parliament it was denounced as libellous.
BM Satire 7691A.
[Ref: 44867] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)