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Catalogue: Satire
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, very scarce. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some damage.
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.
[Ref: 25868] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 17 April 1779.
Mezzotint, very scarce. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some damage.
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.
[Ref: 25868] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Blind-man's Buff.
[Robert Cruishank fecit.]
[Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill.] [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet, with title pasted below.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
[Ref: 43851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Cruishank fecit.]
[Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill.] [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet, with title pasted below.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
[Ref: 43851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Blind-man's Buff.
Robert Cruikshank fecit.
Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill. [n.d., c.1825.]
Fine aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album sheet.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 53386] £320.00
Robert Cruikshank fecit.
Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill. [n.d., c.1825.]
Fine aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album sheet.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 53386] £320.00
Bliss-and Ton. No. 2. Sketches from the King's Theatre.
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Blockhead and Boot Of all ye Fools that Pride can Boast...But Blunders on from its to ill.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 120 x 127mm. 4¾ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. A centre pole rises from a large jack-bute. The person bowing profoundly before the boot is Arthur Murphy. Coming down the stairs is the Duke of Cumberland armed with a whip, followed by Edward, the Duke of York.
See BM Satires: 3977**.
[Ref: 17567] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 120 x 127mm. 4¾ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. A centre pole rises from a large jack-bute. The person bowing profoundly before the boot is Arthur Murphy. Coming down the stairs is the Duke of Cumberland armed with a whip, followed by Edward, the Duke of York.
See BM Satires: 3977**.
[Ref: 17567] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Bloodhounds seizing their Prey_ie_Bow Street Patrole upon Private Business. "Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began, Almighty hunter and his prey was Man". Pope.
Pub.d July 1816 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, printed on 1817 watermarked paper; Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears and creasing in edges, paper tone. Crease through print.
A satrical print showing two theives being caught and held by two Bow Street Runners while a third runs off to the left. The Bow Street Runners were London's first police force. Watch & clock maker's shop to left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43644] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d July 1816 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, printed on 1817 watermarked paper; Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears and creasing in edges, paper tone. Crease through print.
A satrical print showing two theives being caught and held by two Bow Street Runners while a third runs off to the left. The Bow Street Runners were London's first police force. Watch & clock maker's shop to left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43644] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Blooming Gleaner and Amourous Justice.
London Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving. 420 x 350mm, 16½ x 13¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A middle-aged man with a gout-afflicted leg approaches a pretty young harvester.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 8821] £330.00
London Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving. 420 x 350mm, 16½ x 13¾". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A middle-aged man with a gout-afflicted leg approaches a pretty young harvester.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 8821] £330.00
The Blooming Peach and Shrivell'd Apple, or Amorous Notions at Fourscore.
Printed for Carington Bowles. Map & Printselleer, No. 69 in St. Paul's Chruch Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased].
Coloured mezzotint. 246 x 350mm. Minor surface rubbing and crease on lower right.
No. 271. This number means it was part of a series probably issued by Bowles and Carver c.1780.
BM: 4536.
[Ref: 137] £350.00
Printed for Carington Bowles. Map & Printselleer, No. 69 in St. Paul's Chruch Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date erased].
Coloured mezzotint. 246 x 350mm. Minor surface rubbing and crease on lower right.
No. 271. This number means it was part of a series probably issued by Bowles and Carver c.1780.
BM: 4536.
[Ref: 137] £350.00
The Blue Devils _ !!
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London _ Jan.y 10th. 1823 _
Coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark Sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A melancholy man in night-cap and slippers stares at his account sheet in an otherwise empty grate, supporting his head on his hand. He is tormented by blue demons: one offers him a noose, another a razor.
BM Satires 14598, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60564] £320.00
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London _ Jan.y 10th. 1823 _
Coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark Sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A melancholy man in night-cap and slippers stares at his account sheet in an otherwise empty grate, supporting his head on his hand. He is tormented by blue demons: one offers him a noose, another a razor.
BM Satires 14598, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60564] £320.00
A Blunt Razor. E_cod!_ One might as well _ shave _ with _ a Saw!
M.E. [Egerton]
Pub. Jan.y 1827 by Hunt, Corner of York St.t & Bridges St.t Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, creasing in borders.
A man attempts to shave, precariously balenced on two of his chair's four legs. The first state: Thomas Mclean reissued this plate later the same year.
Hickman p.78.
[Ref: 59449] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
M.E. [Egerton]
Pub. Jan.y 1827 by Hunt, Corner of York St.t & Bridges St.t Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, creasing in borders.
A man attempts to shave, precariously balenced on two of his chair's four legs. The first state: Thomas Mclean reissued this plate later the same year.
Hickman p.78.
[Ref: 59449] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
A sketch from the Central Board of Health or The Real Ass-i-Antic Cholera!!
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[by Henry Heath.] W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean St Soho.
[Published by S.W. Fores, 1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 395mm (11 x 15½"). Trimmed top and bottom, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A group of doctors parade a dummy with a skeleton's head representing cholera: a group of people run screaming from it. A doctor is shouting through a loud speaker: "Contagious to all but doctors!" A satire on the Board of Health set up when the second cholera pandemic (1826-37, also known as the Asiatic cholera pandemic), reached England in 1831. It depicts the board (Sir William Pym, Sir William Burnett, Sir B. Martin, Sir James McGrigor) as scaremongers, profiterring from fees charged for quarantining patients.
Wellcome 11405i.
[Ref: 54378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
N.o 50. It's most hinfamous to le these here Steamers out on a Sunday. If this is Chelsea Reach, I am afraid it will make me wery sick.
H. Heath.
Published by J. B. Brookes, 9 New Bond S.t Oct.r 21, 1834.
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Some staining at bottom.
Two men in a dingy are tossed by the waves created by a paddle steam boat.
[Ref: 58436] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
H. Heath.
Published by J. B. Brookes, 9 New Bond S.t Oct.r 21, 1834.
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Some staining at bottom.
Two men in a dingy are tossed by the waves created by a paddle steam boat.
[Ref: 58436] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
In and Out, and turn about; or, The Game of Bob-Cherry. As it is now performing by the greatest Actors in the Nation [...]
[Printed for J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street. Price Six-pence]
Engraving and letterpress, sheet 310 x 170mm (12¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed; collector's stamp of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune lower right.
Satire on the 'triumvirate' government of George Grenville, Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont and George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax which followed the resignation of Lord Bute in April 1763. Bute dangles a cherry on a string in front of his successors while Britannia despairs "Oh my foolish Children". On the right the countess of Yarmouth (an ally of William Pitt) and Henry Fox depart. Letterpress verses below. This impression formerly in the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune, fourth baronet (1826-98), politician and author. Fraser left his splendid collection of Gillray's caricatures to the House of Lords, a similar collection of H. B.'s caricatures and a unique set of portraits of former speakers to the House of Commons, along with various gifts to other libraries and institutions.
BM Satires 4032; L.2831; for another print from Fraser's collection see ref. 34591.
[Ref: 45459] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed for J. Williams, next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street. Price Six-pence]
Engraving and letterpress, sheet 310 x 170mm (12¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed; collector's stamp of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune lower right.
Satire on the 'triumvirate' government of George Grenville, Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont and George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax which followed the resignation of Lord Bute in April 1763. Bute dangles a cherry on a string in front of his successors while Britannia despairs "Oh my foolish Children". On the right the countess of Yarmouth (an ally of William Pitt) and Henry Fox depart. Letterpress verses below. This impression formerly in the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledclune, fourth baronet (1826-98), politician and author. Fraser left his splendid collection of Gillray's caricatures to the House of Lords, a similar collection of H. B.'s caricatures and a unique set of portraits of former speakers to the House of Commons, along with various gifts to other libraries and institutions.
BM Satires 4032; L.2831; for another print from Fraser's collection see ref. 34591.
[Ref: 45459] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Colonel Boden.]](jpegs/60078.jpg)
[Colonel Boden.] 39.
JS [James Sayers.]
Published 4.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Colonel George Boden, wearing his tricorne hat and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat. He was renowned for his large size.
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 60078] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
JS [James Sayers.]
Published 4.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Colonel George Boden, wearing his tricorne hat and with his hand in the pocket of a long coat. He was renowned for his large size.
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 60078] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![Geo Bodens [in pencil.]](jpegs/14462.jpg)
Geo Bodens [in pencil.] Col [in ink.]
JS[ayers]
Published 4 June 1792. by G. Bretherton.
Etching. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Crease. Ink title cut.
Colonel George Boden (fl.1780) commissioned in 1762 and a member of Boodle's, he was described as "the fattest, best-tempered and most popular man in London".
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 14462] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
JS[ayers]
Published 4 June 1792. by G. Bretherton.
Etching. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Crease. Ink title cut.
Colonel George Boden (fl.1780) commissioned in 1762 and a member of Boodle's, he was described as "the fattest, best-tempered and most popular man in London".
BM Satires 6064.
[Ref: 14462] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Le Concert.
L. Boilly. I. lith. de Delpech.
[n.d., c.1824.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 310 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Horizontal crease & foxing.
A group of heads: men play the recorder, flute and horn, and a man and woman sing.
[Ref: 62468] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Boilly. I. lith. de Delpech.
[n.d., c.1824.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 310 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Horizontal crease & foxing.
A group of heads: men play the recorder, flute and horn, and a man and woman sing.
[Ref: 62468] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pour de L'Audace! On peut die qui n'ont de l'audace.
Dess & Lith par Gostiaux.
Paris. G. Lalonde, Editeur, 19 r. de la Monnaie. Imp. P. Frick. r. de la V.lle. Estrapade 17 Paris.
Lithograph. Sheet: 600 x 460mm (23¾ x 18").
An exterior scene in a French park in which three soldiers sit on a bench. The two soldiers on the right and left talk and play with the children and governesses sat next to them, while the soldier in the middle looks on awkwardly too bashful to interact.
[Ref: 36458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dess & Lith par Gostiaux.
Paris. G. Lalonde, Editeur, 19 r. de la Monnaie. Imp. P. Frick. r. de la V.lle. Estrapade 17 Paris.
Lithograph. Sheet: 600 x 460mm (23¾ x 18").
An exterior scene in a French park in which three soldiers sit on a bench. The two soldiers on the right and left talk and play with the children and governesses sat next to them, while the soldier in the middle looks on awkwardly too bashful to interact.
[Ref: 36458] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View from the Horse Guards. Gen.l. Bolton.
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton, 1817. July 16th.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. Plate: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12").
A full-length portrait in profile of Lt. General Sir Robert Bolton.
BM 12905
[Ref: 34186] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. by Rich.d. Dighton, 1817. July 16th.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand coloured etching with large margins. Plate: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12").
A full-length portrait in profile of Lt. General Sir Robert Bolton.
BM 12905
[Ref: 34186] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An English Bull Dog and a Corsican Blood Hound.
Pub by Roberts 28 Middle Row Holborn [n.d., c.1803].
Very scarce etching with hand colour. Framed, visible area 260 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼").
A sturdy bull dog, its padlocked collar inscribed 'Iohn Bull', mauls a lean dog with the head and collar of Napoleon Bonaparte. The latter lies with his head in profile to the left, mouth wide open, under the paws of John Bull, who savagely bites his back. A copy of
BM Satires 10080, but the BM example has Piercy Roberts's inscription scored through and replaced with Thomas Tegg's.
[Ref: 58384] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pub by Roberts 28 Middle Row Holborn [n.d., c.1803].
Very scarce etching with hand colour. Framed, visible area 260 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼").
A sturdy bull dog, its padlocked collar inscribed 'Iohn Bull', mauls a lean dog with the head and collar of Napoleon Bonaparte. The latter lies with his head in profile to the left, mouth wide open, under the paws of John Bull, who savagely bites his back. A copy of
BM Satires 10080, but the BM example has Piercy Roberts's inscription scored through and replaced with Thomas Tegg's.
[Ref: 58384] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Surrender of Ulm _ or. _ Buonparte & Gen.l Mack coming to a right Understanding, _ intended as a specimen of French Victories _ i.e _ Conquoring without Bloodshed.!!!
J.s Gillray inv & f-
Publishd Nov.r 6th 1805. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Str.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Austrian General Karl Mack von Leiberich grovels before a tiny Napoleon, offering his sword and the keys to the city of Ulm. Mack eyes three French Grenadiers who each hold a large sack inscribed '20 Million Livres'. At the Battle of Ulm (16-19th October 1805) Napoleon surrounded Mack's entire army at Ulm: Mack surrendered with 25,000 men, 18 generals, 65 guns and 40 standards. He was later court-martialed for cowardice, but Gillray suggests here that he was bribed.
BM Satires 10437, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60962] £780.00
J.s Gillray inv & f-
Publishd Nov.r 6th 1805. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Str.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Austrian General Karl Mack von Leiberich grovels before a tiny Napoleon, offering his sword and the keys to the city of Ulm. Mack eyes three French Grenadiers who each hold a large sack inscribed '20 Million Livres'. At the Battle of Ulm (16-19th October 1805) Napoleon surrounded Mack's entire army at Ulm: Mack surrendered with 25,000 men, 18 generals, 65 guns and 40 standards. He was later court-martialed for cowardice, but Gillray suggests here that he was bribed.
BM Satires 10437, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60962] £780.00
Bond Street Bucks & Keen Countryman. Two Bond Street loungers discoursing in Piccadilly, one of them said, he wish'd much to go into the Country, upon which the other made the following observation: / "In the Country, my Friend there is nought to be seen, / "But an Ass on a Common, or a Goose on a Green." / A countryman passing at the time, pronounced the following impromptu: / "There would be in the Country them things to be seen / "Were you on a Common your Friend on a Green''.
Published 20.th Aug.t 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with stipple. 200 x 250 (8 x 9¾"), with wide margins.
A conversation outside a bookshop on the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly.
BM Satires 10356.
[Ref: 54414] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Published 20.th Aug.t 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with stipple. 200 x 250 (8 x 9¾"), with wide margins.
A conversation outside a bookshop on the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly.
BM Satires 10356.
[Ref: 54414] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Bond Street Lounger Recently Detected. Sir you've stole my Gown here it is under your Hat...
Publish'd Nov.r 18 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 235mm (8 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Caught by his landlady with her gown under his hat, the lodger tries to laugh it off as a prank. However a painting on the rear wall, 'View of Port Jackson', reminds the viewer that penal transportation to Australia was a common penalty for such petty theft.
[Ref: 54355] £320.00
Publish'd Nov.r 18 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 235mm (8 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Caught by his landlady with her gown under his hat, the lodger tries to laugh it off as a prank. However a painting on the rear wall, 'View of Port Jackson', reminds the viewer that penal transportation to Australia was a common penalty for such petty theft.
[Ref: 54355] £320.00
The Vicar of Bond Street.
Pubd. by H. Humphrys Bond St April. 9th 1791.
Hand coloured etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5". Fine. Slightly stained; glued to album page.
A plainly dressed man with crudely etched legs walks in profile to the right. 'The Rev. Mr. Newman, Vicar of Bond Street ... in the diocese of John Stockdale, Bishop of Piccadilly' is mentioned in a note to 1. 79 of the verse satire, 'Imperial Epistle to Kien Long ...' 1795, by T. J. Mathias. This would seem to imply a pamphleteer.
BM Satires: 7963.
[Ref: 13073] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by H. Humphrys Bond St April. 9th 1791.
Hand coloured etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5". Fine. Slightly stained; glued to album page.
A plainly dressed man with crudely etched legs walks in profile to the right. 'The Rev. Mr. Newman, Vicar of Bond Street ... in the diocese of John Stockdale, Bishop of Piccadilly' is mentioned in a note to 1. 79 of the verse satire, 'Imperial Epistle to Kien Long ...' 1795, by T. J. Mathias. This would seem to imply a pamphleteer.
BM Satires: 7963.
[Ref: 13073] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![In presenting ''My Book of Curs,'' the Artist hopes to cur-ry favor with his friends [...]](jpegs/59205.jpg)
In presenting ''My Book of Curs,'' the Artist hopes to cur-ry favor with his friends [...]
[by Robert Richard Scanlan.]
[n.d., 1840.]
Large 4to, lithographic title and 45 caricatures printed on chine collé on 23 sheets. Front board detached, some staining, a few tears.
A rare collection of anthropomorphic satires of dogs with human attributes.
[Ref: 59205] £750.00 view all images for this item
[by Robert Richard Scanlan.]
[n.d., 1840.]
Large 4to, lithographic title and 45 caricatures printed on chine collé on 23 sheets. Front board detached, some staining, a few tears.
A rare collection of anthropomorphic satires of dogs with human attributes.
[Ref: 59205] £750.00 view all images for this item
Boot & Shoe Shop.
J. Green del.t J.C. Stadler sculp.t
[Pub. 1813, at R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 132 x 222mm (5¼ x 8¾").
Boot and shoe shop: Women customers try on shoes and boots at Leatherhead cobblers. From 'Poetical Sketches of Scarborough', illustrated by James Green.
[Ref: 52404] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Green del.t J.C. Stadler sculp.t
[Pub. 1813, at R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 132 x 222mm (5¼ x 8¾").
Boot and shoe shop: Women customers try on shoes and boots at Leatherhead cobblers. From 'Poetical Sketches of Scarborough', illustrated by James Green.
[Ref: 52404] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Boot Lace. Well Sir, If You Had Any Gallantry You Would Say Shall I Do It For You My Love.
London. Edwards Foreign Reposityory 183 Fleet Street & Rue de la Victoire_Paris.
Very scarce hand coloured lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 315mm, (8¾ x 12"). Pin hole in top edge.
A young woman stands with one foot on a stool whilst doing up her bootlaces.
[Ref: 39491] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London. Edwards Foreign Reposityory 183 Fleet Street & Rue de la Victoire_Paris.
Very scarce hand coloured lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 315mm, (8¾ x 12"). Pin hole in top edge.
A young woman stands with one foot on a stool whilst doing up her bootlaces.
[Ref: 39491] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Singerie: an alchemist and family] Docta etiam sanos Plantis haurite liquores, / Quesis ægro medicam sedula præstet opem. /](jpegs/58125.jpg)
[Singerie: an alchemist and family] Docta etiam sanos Plantis haurite liquores, / Quesis ægro medicam sedula præstet opem. / Pour guarir maladie et tout mal qu'endommage, / Ils distilent ici diverse herb en breuuage.
[by Pieter van der Borcht.]
[Antwerp, c.1562.] But much later.
Scarce etching. Sheet 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides.
The French title: ''To cure sickness and any damaging ailment, They distill here various herbs''. From Norske National Costume Chr. Tonsberg Christiania" 1852. The interior of an alchemist's rundown workshop, the monkeys dressed in rags. To highlight the theme that there was no money to be made in the profession, the family can be seen in the background entering the workhouse. Pieter van der Borcht (c.1535-1608) did much to popularise singerie with this series of 18 prints which were, according to the British Museum, first published by Vrints c.1562. The Rijksmuseum lists editions by Philips Galle (c. 1580 as 'La vie humaine imitée par les singes') and Claes Visscher.
BM 1866,0407.46, second state, with lettering. Wellcome Library no. 17512i. Rijksmuseum RP-P-1891-A-16318. From Cameron Album bought in Venice on a grand tour.
[Ref: 58125] £380.00
[by Pieter van der Borcht.]
[Antwerp, c.1562.] But much later.
Scarce etching. Sheet 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides.
The French title: ''To cure sickness and any damaging ailment, They distill here various herbs''. From Norske National Costume Chr. Tonsberg Christiania" 1852. The interior of an alchemist's rundown workshop, the monkeys dressed in rags. To highlight the theme that there was no money to be made in the profession, the family can be seen in the background entering the workhouse. Pieter van der Borcht (c.1535-1608) did much to popularise singerie with this series of 18 prints which were, according to the British Museum, first published by Vrints c.1562. The Rijksmuseum lists editions by Philips Galle (c. 1580 as 'La vie humaine imitée par les singes') and Claes Visscher.
BM 1866,0407.46, second state, with lettering. Wellcome Library no. 17512i. Rijksmuseum RP-P-1891-A-16318. From Cameron Album bought in Venice on a grand tour.
[Ref: 58125] £380.00
![[Singerie: a thin kitchen] Indulgent etiam Genio, tenuique polenta / Se recreant: fugiens pinguiour hospes abit.](jpegs/58126.jpg)
[Singerie: a thin kitchen] Indulgent etiam Genio, tenuique polenta / Se recreant: fugiens pinguiour hospes abit. Pour guarir maladie et tout mal qu'endommage, / Ils distilent ici diverse herb en breuuage.
[by Pieter van der Borcht.]
[Antwerp, c.1562.] But much later.
Etching. Sheet 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides.
From Norske National Costume Chr. Tonsberg Christiania" 1852. A rundown room filled with thin monkeys, sitting around a table with a plate of mussels, carrots, turnips and cabbages strewn on the floor, all regarded as food for the poor. A better-fed monkey tries to leave, held back by a female monkey pulling at his coat. Pieter van der Borcht (c.1535-1608) did much to popularise singerie with this series of 18 prints which were, according to the British Museum, first published by Vrints c.1562. The Rijksmuseum lists editions by Philips Galle (c. 1580 as 'La vie humaine imitée par les singes') and Claes Visscher.
Metropolitan Museum 68.776.11; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1891-A-16318. From Cameron Album bought in Venice on a grand tour.
[Ref: 58126] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Pieter van der Borcht.]
[Antwerp, c.1562.] But much later.
Etching. Sheet 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides.
From Norske National Costume Chr. Tonsberg Christiania" 1852. A rundown room filled with thin monkeys, sitting around a table with a plate of mussels, carrots, turnips and cabbages strewn on the floor, all regarded as food for the poor. A better-fed monkey tries to leave, held back by a female monkey pulling at his coat. Pieter van der Borcht (c.1535-1608) did much to popularise singerie with this series of 18 prints which were, according to the British Museum, first published by Vrints c.1562. The Rijksmuseum lists editions by Philips Galle (c. 1580 as 'La vie humaine imitée par les singes') and Claes Visscher.
Metropolitan Museum 68.776.11; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1891-A-16318. From Cameron Album bought in Venice on a grand tour.
[Ref: 58126] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
What a bore.
London Pubd by A. Sharpe [c.1820's]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, printed area 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
A woman, holding a tiny dog, annoyed at the slower pace of her companion, who uses a walking stick. Lithograph by Edmé Jean Pigal (1798-1872), French caricaturist who studied under Baron Gros, and published by A. Sharpe, who favoured gentle observational humour such as that found in Pigal's work.
[Ref: 40583] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
London Pubd by A. Sharpe [c.1820's]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, printed area 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
A woman, holding a tiny dog, annoyed at the slower pace of her companion, who uses a walking stick. Lithograph by Edmé Jean Pigal (1798-1872), French caricaturist who studied under Baron Gros, and published by A. Sharpe, who favoured gentle observational humour such as that found in Pigal's work.
[Ref: 40583] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Boring a Secret of St-e a hasty sketch of Yesterdays Business.
JS f.
7th July 1785.
Etching. Plate 151 x 236mm (6 x 9¼"), with very large margins
The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont, in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Two small stumps of branches are inscribed 'Ist Proposition' and '2d Proposition'. Corkscrew image.
BM Satires 6796.
[Ref: 52267] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
JS f.
7th July 1785.
Etching. Plate 151 x 236mm (6 x 9¼"), with very large margins
The trunk of a tree projects horizontally from a trestle on which it rests. Within its circumference is the head of Lord Sydney, in profile to the right, facing the point of an auger with which a judge (Loughborough), whose head is in back-view, is boring into the transverse section of the log. The point of the auger is the smiling head of Lord Stormont, in profile facing downwards, the top of his wig being the point of contact. Two small stumps of branches are inscribed 'Ist Proposition' and '2d Proposition'. Corkscrew image.
BM Satires 6796.
[Ref: 52267] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The able Doctor or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
[London Magazine, n.d. c.1774]
Etching, plate 115 x 165mm (4½ x 6½"), good margins on three sides. Thread margin at bottom. Some time staining below title.
Satire on the The Boston Port Bill and the other Coercive Acts that were passed as a punishment for the 'Boston tea-party' (16 Dec. 1773). America restrained by Lord Mansfield (1705-93), dressed in judges robes and wig, is force fed tea by North (1732-92). From his pocket hangs a paper inscribed "Boston Port Bill". Behind Mansfield stands Bute (1713-92) in Scots cap and kilt, holding a drawn sword, its blade inscribed "Military Law", pistols are thrust through his belt.John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92) holds down America's legs and lifts up her dress to peek. Watching behind Sandwich are representations of France and Spain. In the foreground is a torn document inscribed "Boston petition". An allegorical figure of Britania averts her eyes as if shamed. In the background is the sea; on the horizon and on a minute scale are the spires of a town surrounded by ships, above is engraved, "Boston cannonaded".
BM 5226.
[Ref: 61284] £850.00
[London Magazine, n.d. c.1774]
Etching, plate 115 x 165mm (4½ x 6½"), good margins on three sides. Thread margin at bottom. Some time staining below title.
Satire on the The Boston Port Bill and the other Coercive Acts that were passed as a punishment for the 'Boston tea-party' (16 Dec. 1773). America restrained by Lord Mansfield (1705-93), dressed in judges robes and wig, is force fed tea by North (1732-92). From his pocket hangs a paper inscribed "Boston Port Bill". Behind Mansfield stands Bute (1713-92) in Scots cap and kilt, holding a drawn sword, its blade inscribed "Military Law", pistols are thrust through his belt.John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92) holds down America's legs and lifts up her dress to peek. Watching behind Sandwich are representations of France and Spain. In the foreground is a torn document inscribed "Boston petition". An allegorical figure of Britania averts her eyes as if shamed. In the background is the sea; on the horizon and on a minute scale are the spires of a town surrounded by ships, above is engraved, "Boston cannonaded".
BM 5226.
[Ref: 61284] £850.00
Military Amusement at Liverpool
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet: 195 x 325mm (7¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed, paper loss in bottom left corner. Laid on an album sheet. Creasing.
A comic scene showing General Godfrey Bosville (later 3rd Baron Macdonald of Sleat)(1775-1832) riding on the back of another man running a race against a smaller figure who runs behind. Bosville was a successful race horse breeder.
[Ref: 46201] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet: 195 x 325mm (7¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed, paper loss in bottom left corner. Laid on an album sheet. Creasing.
A comic scene showing General Godfrey Bosville (later 3rd Baron Macdonald of Sleat)(1775-1832) riding on the back of another man running a race against a smaller figure who runs behind. Bosville was a successful race horse breeder.
[Ref: 46201] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis Joseph de Bourbon] La Contre Revolution.](jpegs/62167.jpg)
[Louis Joseph de Bourbon] La Contre Revolution.
[etched by Ernest Jaime]
[Paris: Chez Delloye, Libraire-Éditeur, 1838.]
Coloured etching. 150 x 215mm (6 x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire on Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1736-1818), leading a counter-revolutionary army of nobles, priests and monks along the banks of the Rhine. A reversed copy of a satire from 1792, published in Ernest Jaime's 'Musée de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiées en France depuis le quatorzième siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complément à toutes les collections de mémoires'.
[Ref: 62167] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[etched by Ernest Jaime]
[Paris: Chez Delloye, Libraire-Éditeur, 1838.]
Coloured etching. 150 x 215mm (6 x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire on Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1736-1818), leading a counter-revolutionary army of nobles, priests and monks along the banks of the Rhine. A reversed copy of a satire from 1792, published in Ernest Jaime's 'Musée de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiées en France depuis le quatorzième siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complément à toutes les collections de mémoires'.
[Ref: 62167] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis Joseph de Bourbon] Marche du dom quichotte moderne pour la deffence du moulin des abus.](jpegs/62166.jpg)
[Louis Joseph de Bourbon] Marche du dom quichotte moderne pour la deffence du moulin des abus.
[etched by Ernest Jaime]
[Paris: Chez Delloye, Libraire-Éditeur, 1838.]
Etching with fine colour. Sheet 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1736-1818), satirised as Don Quixote for his attempts to organize a large counter-revolutionary army of émigrés. Mirabeau is Sancho Panza. The 'Army of Condé' fought for the armies of Austria, Britain and Russia before being disbanded in 1801. A copy of a satire from 1791, published in Ernest Jaime's 'Musée de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiées en France depuis le quatorzième siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complément à toutes les collections de mémoires'.
See BNF ark:/12148/btv1b6947796f for the earlier version.
[Ref: 62166] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[etched by Ernest Jaime]
[Paris: Chez Delloye, Libraire-Éditeur, 1838.]
Etching with fine colour. Sheet 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1736-1818), satirised as Don Quixote for his attempts to organize a large counter-revolutionary army of émigrés. Mirabeau is Sancho Panza. The 'Army of Condé' fought for the armies of Austria, Britain and Russia before being disbanded in 1801. A copy of a satire from 1791, published in Ernest Jaime's 'Musée de la caricature ou Recueil des caricatures les plus remarquables publiées en France depuis le quatorzième siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complément à toutes les collections de mémoires'.
See BNF ark:/12148/btv1b6947796f for the earlier version.
[Ref: 62166] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Beau=Ville. M.r. Beauvill.
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. as the Act directs by Rich.d. Dighton. 1824.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 250mm (5¼ x 9¾"). Slight staining on right edge.
A full-length portrait in profile of a Mr Beauvill (or Mr Benjamin Bovill), an old man facing right.
BM 14685.A
[Ref: 34423] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch.d. & Pub.d. as the Act directs by Rich.d. Dighton. 1824.
London, Pub.d. bt Tho.s. M.c.Lean 26 Haymarket 1824.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate: 135 x 250mm (5¼ x 9¾"). Slight staining on right edge.
A full-length portrait in profile of a Mr Beauvill (or Mr Benjamin Bovill), an old man facing right.
BM 14685.A
[Ref: 34423] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Bridegrooms' Gift.
C. Eisen Pinxt. C. Spooner Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles_at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
[Ref: 759] £390.00
C. Eisen Pinxt. C. Spooner Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles_at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
[Ref: 759] £390.00
The Young Sweep in Love, or the House Maid's Conquest.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act Directs [date erased]. 198 lower left.
Mrzzotint 112 x 150mm.
A young chimney sweep standing on tip-toes to kiss a tall maid in the kitchen of a house.
BM:4589 [Reduced Version]
[Ref: 7255] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act Directs [date erased]. 198 lower left.
Mrzzotint 112 x 150mm.
A young chimney sweep standing on tip-toes to kiss a tall maid in the kitchen of a house.
BM:4589 [Reduced Version]
[Ref: 7255] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Bowring] Tydus-pooh-pooh - Our Man of Genius.](jpegs/34971.jpg)
[Samuel Bowring] Tydus-pooh-pooh - Our Man of Genius. Translator of The Poetry of the Sandwich Islands.
[after Daniel Maclise.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Satire portrait of Sir John Bowing published in volume 4 of 'Fraser's Magazine'. As well as being the 4th governor of Hong Kong, he is regarded as being one the world's greatest hyperpolyglots: he claimed he knew 200 languages and could speak 100. He published works on the poetry of Russia, Poland, Spain, Serbia, Hungary, as well as descriptions of Batavia, Siam and the Philippines. Here he is satirised as the Hawaiian Tydus-pooh-pooh, who is described in the text (on-line) as 'the undisputed monarch of Owyheian literature', but depicted with his compatriots snoozing behind.
Houghton: Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900, p.468.
[Ref: 34971] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after Daniel Maclise.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Satire portrait of Sir John Bowing published in volume 4 of 'Fraser's Magazine'. As well as being the 4th governor of Hong Kong, he is regarded as being one the world's greatest hyperpolyglots: he claimed he knew 200 languages and could speak 100. He published works on the poetry of Russia, Poland, Spain, Serbia, Hungary, as well as descriptions of Batavia, Siam and the Philippines. Here he is satirised as the Hawaiian Tydus-pooh-pooh, who is described in the text (on-line) as 'the undisputed monarch of Owyheian literature', but depicted with his compatriots snoozing behind.
Houghton: Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900, p.468.
[Ref: 34971] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Le point d'honneur anglais. Moi boxer toi !..
Lith du Cheyère [after P.J. Feuchere].
Genty Editeur [Paris: n.d., 1827].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Creases and stains.
A simian-faced Englishman squares up to a guard dog with a spiked collar and chain, watched by his wife and a dog standing on its hind legs. Boxing item.
[Ref: 62294] £360.00
Lith du Cheyère [after P.J. Feuchere].
Genty Editeur [Paris: n.d., 1827].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Creases and stains.
A simian-faced Englishman squares up to a guard dog with a spiked collar and chain, watched by his wife and a dog standing on its hind legs. Boxing item.
[Ref: 62294] £360.00
Boxers of Bangor or Messengers of Peace.
Pub.d Aug.t 6. 1796 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caricatures Lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. J. Whatman 1794 watermark; S.W.F. ink stamp on right. Plate: 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Stain in small margins. Very slight printer's crease.
A satirical scene showing the Bishop of Bangor leading a riot to remove Samuel Grindley from a building attached to the Cathedral. Kneeling at the Bishop's feet are two young women, one of which is Mrs Elizabeth Warren who succeeded in calming the mob.
BM Satire 8882.
[Ref: 46736] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Aug.t 6. 1796 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caricatures Lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. J. Whatman 1794 watermark; S.W.F. ink stamp on right. Plate: 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Stain in small margins. Very slight printer's crease.
A satirical scene showing the Bishop of Bangor leading a riot to remove Samuel Grindley from a building attached to the Cathedral. Kneeling at the Bishop's feet are two young women, one of which is Mrs Elizabeth Warren who succeeded in calming the mob.
BM Satire 8882.
[Ref: 46736] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sockos se boxant. No.10.
Lith. de A. Cheyère.
Gentry, Editeur. [n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½''). Foxing.
A scene showing two monkeys dressed in human clothes boxing.
[Ref: 49028] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de A. Cheyère.
Gentry, Editeur. [n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½''). Foxing.
A scene showing two monkeys dressed in human clothes boxing.
[Ref: 49028] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Election fight for south Northumberland.]](jpegs/61467.jpg)
[Election fight for south Northumberland.]
[Anon. 1832.]
Etching, sheet 285 x 365mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Tears to edges just going into the plate. Top plate mark lost. Small margins.
A satire on the South Northumberland election. The candidates with their arms up ready to box face each other. Matthew Bell (1793-1871) is on the left looking small and dapper, wearing top-boots, he is supported by five other men. On the right facing Bell are Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792-1841) and William Ord (1781–1855) taller, heavier, older, and wearing trousers and long frock-coats.
BM Satires 17311.
[Ref: 61467] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon. 1832.]
Etching, sheet 285 x 365mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Tears to edges just going into the plate. Top plate mark lost. Small margins.
A satire on the South Northumberland election. The candidates with their arms up ready to box face each other. Matthew Bell (1793-1871) is on the left looking small and dapper, wearing top-boots, he is supported by five other men. On the right facing Bell are Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (1792-1841) and William Ord (1781–1855) taller, heavier, older, and wearing trousers and long frock-coats.
BM Satires 17311.
[Ref: 61467] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Les Boxeurs.
Peint par Bristow. Grave par Designe.
Imprime par Aze [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint on india paper, very large margins; 225 x 255mm. 9 x 10". A good impression.
One of the popular anthropomorphic prints showing monkeys forgetting their better nature due to drinking. Here the apes are embroiled in a brawl over a card game in an interior. A Boxing print. French copy of a plate by Edmund Bristow (1787 - 1876), one of his typical subjects.
[Ref: 27815] £320.00
Peint par Bristow. Grave par Designe.
Imprime par Aze [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint on india paper, very large margins; 225 x 255mm. 9 x 10". A good impression.
One of the popular anthropomorphic prints showing monkeys forgetting their better nature due to drinking. Here the apes are embroiled in a brawl over a card game in an interior. A Boxing print. French copy of a plate by Edmund Bristow (1787 - 1876), one of his typical subjects.
[Ref: 27815] £320.00
![[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald.](jpegs/55249.jpg)
[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald. How happy could I be with either / were t'other dear Charmer away. / Beg. Op. / But since I am destin;d for Neither / At present, no longer I'll Stay.
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state ii of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 55249] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state ii of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 55249] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald.](jpegs/57243.jpg)
[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald. How happy could I be with either / were t'other dear Charmer away. / Beg. Op.
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 185mm (4 x 7¼"). A little staining, trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state i of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 57243] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 185mm (4 x 7¼"). A little staining, trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state i of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 57243] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork] No. VII. Miss Gr_hill. No. VIII. The Suspicious Husband.](jpegs/38563.jpg)
[Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork] No. VII. Miss Gr_hill. No. VIII. The Suspicious Husband.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street April 1, 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portraits in ovals, on the right Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742-1798) and on the left a Miss Greenhill. Following the breakdown of his marriage in 1773 to Anne Courtenay whom he married in 1764, Boyle struck an arrangement with a courtesan named Miss Greenhill. In an attempt to divorce his wife Boyle accused her of intimacy with a musician however, this was not successful. The marriage was finally dissolved in 1782. 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 6297
[Ref: 38563] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street April 1, 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two portraits in ovals, on the right Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742-1798) and on the left a Miss Greenhill. Following the breakdown of his marriage in 1773 to Anne Courtenay whom he married in 1764, Boyle struck an arrangement with a courtesan named Miss Greenhill. In an attempt to divorce his wife Boyle accused her of intimacy with a musician however, this was not successful. The marriage was finally dissolved in 1782. 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 6297
[Ref: 38563] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose.
Rowlandson. Del.
Pub. d [erased]1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling
Coloured etching, visible area 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Date erased (as BM example). Laid down.
A crowd of burlesqued elderly Fellows in cap and gown stream from a doorway and walk through an archway towards a quadrangle. One enters the Principal's Lodge followed by a buxom girl with baskets of fruit, exciting the prurient interest of some of the Fellows. Others buy fruit from another pretty girl. At the time the Principal of Brazenose was Frodsham Hodson (1770-1822), Regius Professor of Divinity 1820. Although the architecture is realistically drawn it is not Brazenose.
BM Satires 11782.
[Ref: 58481] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson. Del.
Pub. d [erased]1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling
Coloured etching, visible area 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Date erased (as BM example). Laid down.
A crowd of burlesqued elderly Fellows in cap and gown stream from a doorway and walk through an archway towards a quadrangle. One enters the Principal's Lodge followed by a buxom girl with baskets of fruit, exciting the prurient interest of some of the Fellows. Others buy fruit from another pretty girl. At the time the Principal of Brazenose was Frodsham Hodson (1770-1822), Regius Professor of Divinity 1820. Although the architecture is realistically drawn it is not Brazenose.
BM Satires 11782.
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![Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.](jpegs/54540.jpg)
Breakfast. Symptons of Drowsiness. [&] Dinner. Symptoms of Eating and Drinking.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Execudit.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.o Harris No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street, London.
Pair of stipples. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾") very wide margins left & right (marginal tears). 'Breakfast' trimmed to plate at top, 'Dinner' with loss of margin to plate at bottom.
The 'Breakfast' shows sportsmen in a bare breakfast parlour; the 'Dinner' shows five men and two ladies seated at a more opulent dinner-table. These plates would have been originally published by Dickinson in the 1780s.
See BM Satires 8537 & 8538 for 1794 editions.
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H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Execudit.
Published April 21, 1803 by Jn.o Harris No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street, London.
Pair of stipples. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾") very wide margins left & right (marginal tears). 'Breakfast' trimmed to plate at top, 'Dinner' with loss of margin to plate at bottom.
The 'Breakfast' shows sportsmen in a bare breakfast parlour; the 'Dinner' shows five men and two ladies seated at a more opulent dinner-table. These plates would have been originally published by Dickinson in the 1780s.
See BM Satires 8537 & 8538 for 1794 editions.
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The Breakfast. Symptoms of Drowsiness.
W.H. Bunbury Del [c.1770].
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
Copy of a stipple engraving after Henry Bunbury, published by William Dickinson and John Jeffreys. Bunbury was an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'.
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W.H. Bunbury Del [c.1770].
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
Copy of a stipple engraving after Henry Bunbury, published by William Dickinson and John Jeffreys. Bunbury was an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'.
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Breaking Cover, or Hunting in Hampshire. When the swinish herd with a grunt and a snuff, Would break down their door and be off in a huff.
Published May 1821, by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 171 x 229mm. 6¾ x 9". Slight foxing.
A huntsman on his horse manages to land on top of a sty, from which run two disgruntled pigs and three piglets; another hunter looks-on very amused by the whole situation. From "The Old English 'Squire: A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free.' A Poem in Ten Cantos" by John Careless.
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Published May 1821, by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 171 x 229mm. 6¾ x 9". Slight foxing.
A huntsman on his horse manages to land on top of a sty, from which run two disgruntled pigs and three piglets; another hunter looks-on very amused by the whole situation. From "The Old English 'Squire: A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free.' A Poem in Ten Cantos" by John Careless.
[Ref: 26642] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)