Grosvenor Prints

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark,. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small repaired tear entering picture area on left,
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64829] £350.00

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1752].
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tear entering picture area.
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses, a state with the date removed.
[Ref: 5478] £390.00

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64830] £390.00

[Eight plates from the North-West America section of 'Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, an Offering to Youth'.]
[after Joseph Friedrich Josenhans.]
[Mainz: Joseph Scholz, c.1855.]
Eight tinted lithographs with hand colour. Each sheet 325 x 205mm (12¾ x 8"), backed on linen for binding, with letterpress with the titles and a short description. Manuscript pagination on all sheets.
All eight plates from 'Illustrations' relating to America from 'Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, an Offering to Youth', by Joseph Friedrich Josenhans (1812-84), Inspector (head) of the Basel Mission, which contained views from West Africa, India, China and New Zealand as well as the American north-west. There does not appear to be a standard collation. The titles of the plates (from the letterpress) are: 'Dying Indian and Medecine Man'; 'A Missionary's halt in a winter journey'; 'A Missionary descending the rapids in a canoe'; 'Baptism of Indians by the Bishop of Rupert's Land'; 'Public Ordinances prized at the Cumberland Station'; 'A winter congregation at the Red-River Settlement'; 'An Aged Indian, deserted by his tribe, and left to perish'; 'Value set on the Bible' [an interior scene of an Indian boy dying of consumption].
Abbey Travel 10: ''Carefully drawn, and in some cases remarkably powerful illustrations'.
[Ref: 47285] £950.00 view all images for this item

Good News from a far Country [old ink mss.].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Trimmed as a scrap. 70 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions, laid on album paper with ink mss. title.
A missionary arrives on the beach of a South Sea island and is greeted warmly by the inhabitiants as he holds out the Bible.
[Ref: 66677] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Missionary's Daughter teaching a Negro Girl.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 85 x 110mm (3¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed.
A illustration showing a young woman teaching a young black woman who kneels by her.
[Ref: 47954] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Missionary Hymn. Strengthen, Lord, their hearts and hands...
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Missionary Instruction. Pen & Ink Sketches No. 11. Now Sambo, tell me what Man is mad of?..
London J.L. Marks. [n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, rare. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
A satirical scene showing a missionary attempting to teach a young black youth what man is made of according to the Bible.
[Ref: 46052] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Missionary Instruction, or a Black Joke.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured woodcut. Sheet: 155 x 185mm (6 x 7¼''). Trimmed.
A comic scene showing a missionary giving a black boy a lesson.
[Ref: 51103] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Advert.] To be Published by Subscription, The Missionary Print, to Contain 300 Correct Likenesses.
Published by W. Williams, 2, Amen Corner.
Wood engraving. Sheet: 105 x 115mm (4¼ x 4½''). Laid on album sheet.
An advert for subscribers to contribute to a large group portrait of 300 missionaries and religious figures.
[Ref: 49070] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Missionary Received by an African Chief. West Africa.
Painted by the Church Missionary Society.
Kronheim & Co., London. [n.d. c.1890.]
Chromolithograph, rare. 319 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Paper toning; chip to upper right corner; repaired tears.
A white Church Missionary rowed to the shore by African natives to meet their chief who stands on the shore with a welcome party.
[Ref: 30746] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Missionary Society Meeting. President, ''To conclude, we have preach'd the word in all the inhabited parts of the Earth & have Translated it into 500 unknown Languages & have not the least doubt but that we shall be enabled to render it equally Intelligible in as manu more, aided by the liberal subscriptions of this evening. Vide. The News of Sunday, April, 24, 1826_ Oriental Quarterly Magazine.
London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1826.
Hand-coloured etching, watermark. Sheet: 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼''). Trimmed and tipped into an album sheet, tear in lower margin.
A scene in a missionary meeting, a large, ugly man leads the meeting, on the walls behind are images of exotic lands and a portrait of a large vicar. The British Museum states the print may be a satire of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
BM Satire 15362.
[Ref: 50725] £360.00

Missisippi, of 't Wyd-Befaamde Goud-Land, Door de Inbeelding der Wind-Negotie.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13''). Creasing as issued.
A Dutch print satirising the collapse of the Mississipi Bubble which affected the finances of France. In the centre of the image Europeans are showing negoiating with Native Americans in the Mississippi Valley. Four vignettes which surround the image, the first shows the bedchamber and deathbed of Louis XIV, at the base of the bed rats knaw through bills and papers. The second image shows John Law putting forward his financial plan, the bottom left image shows an affluent couple enjoying their wealth while the final image shows the family of a speculator rushing in to stop his suicide. Beneath the image are two columns of text.
BM Satire 1683.
[Ref: 48326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

De inventeur der windnegotie, op zyn zegekar.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), set in letterpress. Folded as issued.
'The inventor of stock-jobbery in his triumphal car.' John Law seated in a carriage drawn by two scrawny cockerals. A satire on the Mississippi Bubble. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1671.
[Ref: 35859] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

De Laggende Law, de Treurende Actionist met de Smekende Mercurius.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 275 x 355mm. Repairs to folds.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'Law laughing, the shareholders mourning, and Mercury entreating.'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 7688] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Stryd Tuszen de Smullende Bubbel Heeren, en de Aanstaande Armoede.
[n.d., 1725.]
Engraving. 275 x 355mm. Repairs to folds.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'Encounter of the carousing bubble lords and menacing poverty'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 7687] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Vonnis van Apol over de bubbels.
[n.d., 1725.]
Engraving. 275 x 355mm.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'Apollo's verdict on the stock-jobbers'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 7686] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Anatomie der Wind-Negotie, of Bombario voor den Drommel.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Engraving. 275 x 275mm. Repaired tears.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'Anatomy of the stock-jobbery or Bombario gone to the devil'. The bespectacled Bombario is a usurer, picking over the corpse of an investor. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 7672] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

De Opgehulde Actionisten in hun eer en aan zien Gesteld.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 275 x 275mm. Repaired tears.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The bedizened shareholders shown during their honor and influence.' Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1631.
[Ref: 7674] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

De Kornet van Vuil gewin of Wortel en Besse Postiljon op zyn mager, doch niewlyks gemest Varken uitschreewende De Lompany is vol.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 340 x 280mm, 13½ x 11". Edges of margins tatty.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The rubbish-bearing courser, riding on his thin, but newly fatted boar, cries: The company is full'. Above his head is a flock of harpies, and, in the background, a crowd clamours for shares being thrown from a window. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 11790] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

De Ridder van het Gilde Kalf of Hopman van de Vroege en Laate Slacht tyd In Optogt naar 't Orakel van Delfos. De Zon in de Schutter. Orakel van Deflos. Schuylenburg. Al ons geschater Is wind en water. Uit het vel van't kalf Puurd men narren zalf. 't Brood dronken beeft Diend ons ter feest.
Engraving. Plate 342 x 277mm.
A satire on the most infamous financial meltdown in history, the Mississippi Bubble incident. The humpbacked man, mounted on a cow holding gun and a fool's cap, is is John Law, the Scottish financier who established the Banque Generale in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d'Occident in 1717 to raise money to capitalise on the fabulous resources of the region. Speculators forced up the value of the company's shares but in 1720 the bubble burst, causing a run on the shares, forcing the company into backruptcy. As a consequence of the failure confidence in other similar companies failed and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined.
[Ref: 1670] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Monument consacré a la posterité en memoire de la folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle. Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
B.Picart fecit 1720.
Engraving. 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), with wide margins. Folded as issued.
'Monument consecrated to posterity in memory of the unbelievable folly of the 20th year of the 18th century.' A satire on the Mississippi Bubble, showing investors eager to buy 'Mississippi Company' shares from the cart of Fortune, led by Folly and drawn by allegorical figures of the various companies (South Sea, Mississippi, West India, East India) and John Law's 'Banque Générale Privée'. In the background is John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1628.
[Ref: 35858] £350.00

Monument consacré à la postérité en mémoir de la folie incroyable de la XX année du XVIII. siècle / Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
B. Picart fecit 1720.
Etching and engraving. Plate 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼").
Satire on Law's Mississippi scheme: personifications of various elements involved in the scheme (Mississippi, Compagnie des Indes, Bank, etc) dragging a chariot driven by Madness and running over True Trade; on the chariot stands Fortune, who is throwing shares, snakes and fool's hats at the crowd; above her, the devil blows bubbles; the chariot leads a crowd to a building with three doors (hospital for the mad, the sick and the poor); on the left people gathered around a standing man holding a project for a trade company.
[Ref: 52254] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

De Geest van der Verreesene Heerakliet Schryjende over de Rampe die er Dagelyks Spruyten uyt Wind Verkopers Acksie: Het tweede Deel
R. invent Et fe:
[Dutch, n.d., c.1720.]
Scarce hand-coloured etching on laid paper, sheet 230 x 175mm. 9 x 7". Trimmed to plate. Slight crease across middle not visible from front.
Satire on the financial crisis in 1720, showing people distressed because they are struck by the 'Wind Trade'; in the front is a man dying, on the right a man hanging over a barrel vomiting, in the background several fools laugh and dance. Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535 - c.475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Numbered in image with key above (below title). From a satirical series 'De Geest van den Verreesen Herakliet'; many prints lampooning the excessive financial speculations of the early 18th century (such as the South Sea Bubble of 1720) were issued by engravers and publishers in the Netherlands.
See BM ref:1868-0808-9728/9 for prints with similar title, inscription, and subject.
[Ref: 22595] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

De stervende Bubbel-Heer in den schoot van Madame Compagne.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 350 x 330mm (13¾ x 13"). Sheet extended with strips of paper to fit the original binding. Edges tatty.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The dying Lord Bubble in the lap of Madam Company'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles, copied from a satire of Louis XIV by Romeyn de Hooghe.
[Ref: 11793] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

De Lachende Ezopus, op het koolmaal, gehouden ter asscheyd van Actieapen.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 290 x 365mm, 11½ x 14½". Edges of margins tatty.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The laughing Aesop, present at the cole (cabbage-feast), which was given at the leave-taking of the stock-apes'. In the background a pacl of wolves savage a flock of sheep. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM Satire 1678.
[Ref: 11789] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

De Viaantsche tol-poort voor d'actionisten komende uyt alle steeden.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 350 x 330mm, 13¾ x 13".
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The tollgate of Vianen for the shareholders arriving from all towns'. Vianen, despite being near Utrecht, was in a region owned by a German count and was therefore German soil. It became the refuge of thos made bankrupt by the Mississippi Bubble's collapse: anyone who could pay the toll to enter the city could get sanctuary from creditors. 'Going to live in Vianen' became a euphemism for going bankrupt. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 11792] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Monument Dedicated to Posterity in commemoration of ye incredible Folly transacted in the Year 1720. [...] Just grav'd 4 prints upon the humours of Stock Jobbing, with a list of the bubbles & what each sold at when highest.
B. Picart inv.t. B. Baron sculp.t.
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1765].
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate and mounted in album paper.
A reversed English version of a satire on the Mississippi Bubble by Bernard Picart, showing investors eager to buy 'Mississippi Company' shares from the cart of Fortune, led by Folly and drawn by allegorical figures of the various companies (South Sea, Mississippi, West India, East India) and the Bank of England. The spokes of the wheel visible are inscribed with the names of several popular schemes, referring to the York Buildings Company (designed to supply water in London), Mining, Silk Manufacture and others. The Devil is sat on a cloud, blowing bubbles. Next to him rays emanate from a cloud, naming the consequences of economic speculation: 'Extream Joy', 'Madness', 'Prison', 'Beggery' etc. In the background buildings are named: 'Jonathan's', the coffee house famous as a scene of early share trading (replacing John Law's home, Quinquenpoix, in Picart's original); Bethlehem, the mental hospital famed as Bedlam; and the 'Hos. of Beggers'. This English version was originally published in 1720; this example was published by his nephew Carington Bowles, who took over his business in 1762.
BM: 1629. For Picart image see 35858.
[Ref: 58016] £480.00

Tytel-Print der Actie-Kraam of Voor-hof van Quinquenpoix.
[Pieter van den Berge.]
[1720.]
Broadside. Plate: 390 x 235mm (15½ x 9¼''). Creasing. Damaged. Repaired loss in centre.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on John Law's financial schemes and the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble. Law is referred to as Quinquenpoix because rue Quinquempoix was where the Compagnie des Indes was located. The central panel is surrounded by a decorative boarder which contains vignettes showing Native Americans, barrels of tobacco, navigational equipment and crocodiles.
[Ref: 48332] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Graf kelder der Verongelukte Actionisten. Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen, beschildert met de Actie-Winkel des Groenen en Dorren Tyds, Of Spiegel des Papieren Warelds.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching & engraving. Two plates, largest 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with letterpress below Folded as issued, repaired tears & creases.
'Tomb of the ruined stockholders', 'Titlepage of honor, or curtain before the theatre of the stock plays, representing the stock shop of the green and sterile times; or mirror of the paper world'. An engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes, surrounded by an etched border of Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1638.
[Ref: 35873] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Opkomts, midden, en geen eynde van den doortrapte Jan Lauw.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c. 1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15'') very large margins. Creasing as normal and foxing.
A Dutch print satirising John Law's promoting of the Mississippi Scheme and its subsequent collapse causing a financial crisis. The central image shows John Law shaking the hand of the regent Duke d'Orleans. Surrounding the central image are 16 vignettes showing scenes from Law's life and financial decisions.
[Ref: 48339] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Boaster, covered, who has escaped.] Ontsprongen rondom bedekte Blaaskaak.
[n.d., c.1720.]
A rare engraving. Sheet: 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼''). Staining in margins.
A portrait of a dwarf wearing a large hat and wig holding a playing card. Plate 7 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1669.
[Ref: 48329] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

De Vervallen Actionisten, Hersteld, door den Triompheerden Arlequin.
[n.d., 1722.]
Engraving. 280 x 355mm. 11" x 13¾". Trimmed close to platemark at top edge. Fold crease vertically down the centre as normal.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The ruined share-holders restored by the triumphant Harlequin'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1631.
[Ref: 26991] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Graf kelder der Verongelukte Actionisten. Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen, beschildert met de Actie-Winkel des Groenen en Dorren Tyds, Of Spiegel des Papieren Warelds.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Coloured etching & engraving. Two plates, largest 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with letterpress title below Letterpress description lacking.
'Tomb of the ruined stockholders', 'Titlepage of honor, or curtain before the theatre of the stock plays, representing the stock shop of the green and sterile times; or mirror of the paper world'. An engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes, surrounded by an etched border of Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1638.
[Ref: 43998] £360.00

[The share-jobber and the ghost of Aesop]. Bombario Actionist ende Geest van Esopus.
1720.
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The frontispiece to a series of satirical prints 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' commenting on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
[Ref: 44629] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Directress of the decayed Stock-Regiments, and particularly of natural Law's Shares.] Directrice der Vervalle Actie-Regimenten; en byzonderlyk van Natuurlyke Lawe Actien.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of an old dwarf holding a dog. Plate 4 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1666.
[Ref: 44631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Drinking cup, beaker, of Fi-ane or Vianen: Second scene of Aesop's Ghost.] Verkens Beker van Fi-ane of Vianen: 2de Tooneel van de Geest van Esopus.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, paper loss in right edge.
A portrait of a dwarf holding a bell. Plate 5 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1667.
[Ref: 44632] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Rector Magnificus of the Un-Actioned [Shareless] Literature.] Rector-Magnificus van de Ongeactioneerde Litteratuur .
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a dwarf in a large wig holding his hat. Plate 6 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1668.
[Ref: 44634] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Boaster, covered, who has escaped.] Ontsprongen rondom bedekte Blaaskaak.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a dwarf wearing a large hat and wig holding a playing card. Plate 7 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1669.
[Ref: 44635] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Natural Stock Doctor, or bubbling Bubble Master.] Natuur Actie-Doctor of klap-achtig Bobbel Meester.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of an old dwarf with a beard and spectacles holding a parrot. Plate 3 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1665.
[Ref: 44630] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Op en ondergang der actieonisten.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 350 x 390mm (13¾ x 15¼"). Folded, as issued.
'The Rise and Fall of the Share dealers.' A satire on the Mississippi scheme, with an architectural structure supporting several images, including : a medallion portrait of John Law holding a paper labelled 'Mississippi' is flanked by a wolf holding a dead lamb in its jaw and a monkey; a medallion with a horse defecating coins; a a view of the Tuilleries Palace with the aftermath of a duel, with one man dead and his wounded opponent carried off by three friends while a lady weeps; John Law's carriage attacked by a mob; a trompe l'oeil of a banner showing rue Quinquempoix filled with people trying to sell shares; and a medallion titled 'Labour in vain' showing three men trying to scrub a negro white. Underneath is an extensive verse in Dutch. A satire on the Mississippi Bubble. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1647.
[Ref: 35862] £350.00

Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der windnegotie. Nieuwe Volksplantin om wind.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving. 155 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"), set in letterpress. Folded, as issued.
'Mississippi, or the world-famous Goldland in the fancy of the wind trade.' A satire on the Mississippi scheme, with central view of the Mississippi with European settlers talking to two Amerinds, with four vignettes in the corners: (TL) the lying-in-state of Louis XIV; (TR) John Law presenting his investment scheme to the Duke of Orleans; (BL) the interior of Law's opulent offices in rue Quinquempoix with bags of coins being wheeled in; (BR) a ruined investor with his hysterical family. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1683.
[Ref: 35861] £380.00

Vasten avonds vreugde krans en tooneel stuk.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving on two plates, very large margins. Largest 300 x 190mm (12 x 7½").
'Shrovetide's wreath of joy and the drama', a satire on the Mississippi Bubble, comparing the feasting of Shove with the abstinence of Lent. A centre image of Cupid and Pan (ascribed by Muller to Bernard Picart.) is surrounded by a border of stabwork with emblems and Callot figures, at the top corners the heads of dwarfs, with a dwarf standing up-side-down at the bottom. The name 'Jan Law' refers to John Law, the Scotsman who founded the 'Mississippi Scheme'. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1684.
[Ref: 35866] £320.00

Der grosse versammel-platz der wind verkäuffer. A. 1720. De grote Vergader-plaats der Windverkopers van't Jaar Aº 1720
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching & engraving. 280 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾). Very large margins. Folded as issued.
'The great gathering place of the wind-dealers in the year 1720.' A central scene of stockbrokers is flanked by four smaller scenes, all with a Dutch-text engraved description. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1661.
[Ref: 37058] £350.00

Tytel-print der actie-kraam of voor-hof van Quinquenpoix.
[Centre plate etched by Pieter van den Berge.]
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching on two plates. 380 x 225mm (15 x 9").
'Title print of the stockshop or court of Quinquempoix', a satire on the Mississippi Bubble. John Law kneels before a female figure, within a separately-printed wreath-like border featuring vignettes including an American Indian and an alligator. Under the wreath are Mercury and Neptune reclining, with a small image of a man sitting at a table counting money between them. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1644.
[Ref: 35872] £320.00

De inbeelding; heersseres van't rookverkopers-gild, maald Missisippi hier, 't geen Vrankryks schat verspild.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), set in letterpress. Folded as issued.
'Fancy, the ruler of the guild of smoke-sellers, paints here Mississippi, which wastes France's treasures.' A female artist paints an oval picture of 'Mississippi', surrounded by putti. In the four corners are: (TL) a scene with two men smoking pipes; (TR) a landscape with a West Indian man standing on a tortoise and smoking a pipe; (BL) a stock exchange and two men offering papers; and (BR) a man on horseback distributing papers to a group of men while his horse defecates coins. A satire on the Mississippi Bubble. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1657.
[Ref: 35860] £350.00

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r.
W. Kidd Pinxit. I.C.Zeitter Sculp.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 250mm, 11¼ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
A rustic couple embrace under the mistletoe, after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See 24987 for another impression..
[Ref: 24702] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r. Proof.
W. Kidd Pinxit. I.C.Zeitter Sculp.
London, Published by James Bulcock, 163, Strand (11, Doors East of Somerset House) Jan.y 1.st 1828.
Mezzotint, proof with very large margins. Plate 305 x 255mm. 12 x 10".
A couple in rustic dress standing under mistletoe, the woman on the right holding and shading a candle, laughing and turning back towards the man, who puts his arms around her and puckers his lips for a kiss; table with a jug and glass to right; after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts.
See 24702 for lettered state.
[Ref: 24987] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Swallow's Geological Map of Missouri. Engraved expressly for Campbell's Sectional, Topographical & Descriptive Atlas of the State.
Steam Lith Print by Gast & Co., St Louis.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by R.A.Campbell, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington.
Engraving. 300 x 360mm, 12 x 14¼".
Map of the geology of Missouri by George Clinton Swallow, Professor of Geology and Agriculture in the State University of Missouri.
[Ref: 19985] £95.00

[A Mist]
[Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.]
London, Published June 1st. 1821, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.]
Mezzotint and engraving, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed into image, losing all lettering. Creasing.
The head and shoulders of a naked woman, shimmering above the sea, a gauzy shawl fluttering around her head.
See Ref: 54180
[Ref: 58060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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