Grosvenor Prints

[The good policeman] Le beau Commissaire / Ecoutez-moi, beau Commissaire; / Si j'ai pris un peu de bonbon, / C'est une faute trop légere / Pour me faire mettre en prison [...]
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman haranguing a policeman for wanting to imprison her for a minor offence, and warns him that one day love will take his heart captive. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44945] £420.00

Polichinelle (or The Royal Punchinello Quadrilles, Performed by Command at Her Most Gracious Majesty's State Banquet.) Quadrille pour le Forte Paino, par Musard.
London Published only by R. Cocks & Co, 20 Princes St, Hanover Sq.e Music Sellers by Authority to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria I... [n.d., c.1845.]
Music sheet, 8pp. (disbound), with lithographic title, 4pp. engraved music, 1pp. letterpress ads. Publisher's blindstamp on each sheet. Slight soiling to covers; 'Keith Prowse' collection blind stamp on cover
[Ref: 60549] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Charley making a Discovery.
T. Lane
London Pubd by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street March 15 1822.
Hand coloured etching, sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A top-hatted man embraces a courtesan in a dimly lit arcade/underpass while she craftily picks his pocket of a handkerchief. A London night-watchman (Charley) holding a lantern and a bludgeon, enters the passage, leaning towards them and staring stupidly. Watchmen were nicknamed Charlies or Charleys after 1663 when Charles II set up a force of paid Watchmen to patrol the streets in all towns and cities.
BM 14460.
[Ref: 56452] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Polindo and Albarosa.
R. Cosway R.A: delt. I. Condé Sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs by I. Conde Novr. 1, 1789 & S.W. Fores Piccadilly, E.M. Diemar 114 Strand, & Molteno Colnaghi & Co. Pall Mall.
Hand coloured stipple and etching, sheet 225 x 190mm. 9 x 7½". Trimmed to plate.
The tragic lover's from "The Orlando Innamorato"an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author Matteo Maria Boiardo. Two lovers sitting against a tree, the woman divesting herself of her garment and glancing modestly away, the man in armour and a plumed hat on the right. He has one arm around her shoulder, leaning towards her and pointing upwards with his other hand. After Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821); a companion print to 'Andromache and Ascanius'.
[Ref: 17712] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Vestire dei Pollacchi.
Giarré e Stangli inc.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 225 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed within plate.
Costumes of three Poles, from Giulio Ferrario's 'Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monuments de l'antiquité et accompagné de dessins analogues au sujet par le Docteur Jules Ferrario'.
[Ref: 37998] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Polish Dance.
Drawn and Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Published as the Act directs May.10. 1804 by J.A.Atkinson, & Jas. Walker, No.8. Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Messrs. John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall, & Cheapside, London.
Coloured aquatint. 272 x 318mm (10¾ x 12½").
John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1830) was a British etcher, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia with James Walker who is thought to be his uncle. After returning to London in 1801, he made prints after his works, of Russian subjects, and made outline etchings for other artists. He also executed paintings on military subjects and battles.
[Ref: 14974] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Polite Alderman, Advancing to Future Happiness. ''Madam will you honor me with your hand at the Lord Mayors Ball'' _ ''With a great Deal of pleasure Mr Alderman''.
Published 1.st Aug.st 1792, by Rob.t Sayer & C.o Fleet Street London.
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A fat alderman to an equally stout lady who curtseys, her hands in an enormous muff, from which a small dog looks out.
BM Satires 8215.
[Ref: 55369] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A Polite Congregation. Plate 80.
Woodward del. Cruikshanks sculp.
London Published by Allen & C°, 15, Paternoster Row March 18, 1797.
Etching. 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed into plate left and bottom, some toning of paper.
The interior of a gothic church as the service finishes, filled with couples delayed leaving by social conventions.
BM Satire 9143.
[Ref: 54275] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Political Balances_Unexpected Inspection_or A Good old Master takeing a peep into the state of things himself. 204.
[Charles Williams.]
by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside [n.d.]
Hand-coloured etching, watermark 1818. Plate 248 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A pair of scales hangs in a landscape, suspended from a hook in a block against the upper margin inscribed 'Constitution', the central pivot inscribed ('Equilibrium'). The left scale is weighted only by a document headed 'Acts for the more effectually Sarving' [sic], on the right scale, inscribed 'Prices of Provisions.', are a leg of mutton, a frothing tankard, and a loaf; it is much outweighed by the other, inscribed 'Old England', which descends below the level of the ground into a rocky pit or 'Abyss of Corruption'. On the ground below the right scale lies a starving and half-naked peasant who raises his arm to touch it. A well-dressed man, his hands on his knees, stoops in profile to the left over the descending scale. He is watched by George III who leans from a crenelated tower inscribed 'Windsor', on the extreme left, with his spy-glass to his eye. He wears a round hat topped by a small crown, and shouts: "Heigh! Heigh! Fellow! pull away those d—d heavy Corn Laws, and Butter and Cheese Laws; let the prices find the level & come within the reach of my distress'd people; I say pull them of directly Fellow, d'ont you see Old England is sunk almost out of sight, you thought I could not see did you Fellow Heigh! Heigh!" A face within a sun dipping behind the skyline sheds tears. A scale of (corn) prices explains the tilt of the scales by lines intersecting at the pivot, representing the tilt of the beam of the scales, downwards or upwards; the right end is inscribed with the price, the opposite end by a word expressing its result in social conditions.
BM Satires 13497 (addenda).
[Ref: 52294] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Notice. As The Game Which is now playing of Loyal Addressing goes slowly on, Notice is Hereby Given, ...[etc]
J. And R. Childs, Printers, Bungay. [n.d., c.1820.]
Letterpress satirical broadside with woodblock printing (fragment?), sheet 140 x 225mm. 5½ x 9". Staining and creasing.
An interesting piece of political/electoral ephemera, locally-published in Bungay, a small town in Suffolk. The author refers to a 'Loyal Address' purportedly from the town council, which seems to include as one of its signatories a representative form Hellesdon, actually over the county border in Norfolk. The document notes that Hellesdon is '17 miles from Bungay'. The writer is clearly disgruntled that local people are not properly represented by their political masters, and hints at corruption. This may be an example at a very local level of increasing distrust of the electoral system and of political representation in the early 19th century.
[Ref: 13184] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Political Bullbaiting.
Published by A. Redford London Road Southwark Feb 1st 1812
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 190 x 365mm (7½ x 14¼"). Trimmed; folded as issued; hole lower left.
Satire on the costs incurred by the War of 1812 and the lifestyle of the Prince Regent. A (John) Bull, bearing the Print Regent and Queen Charlotte on its back, is attached by dogs (representing the left wing of the Opposition) urged on by the brewer Samuel Whitbread. The setting is Whitehall, with Horseguards on the left and the Banqueting House on the right. Etching published by the little-known Redford of London Road, Southwark. The design may derive from Gillray's 'John Bull, baited by the Dogs of Excise'.
BM Satires 11845
[Ref: 47122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Humility or the Canvassing Candidate. Effrontery or the Candidate Returned.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"), on 1801 watermarked paper. Small margins.
Two designs side by side, comparing Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751–1816) election addresses. On the left, Sheridan humbly canvassing for votes before the elections of 1806. On the right, in his victory address after the election, Sheridan showing an insolent approach.
[Ref: 58792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Political Coal Heavers.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with margins.
Coal heavers shovel coal ('cole' was slang for money) into the pocket of Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton, who tries to bribe John Wikes to be quiet. One bag is marked 'For the Use of MacQuirk, who was found guilty of the murder of George Clarke but pardoned, another for N[anc]y P[arson]s, Grafton's mistress. A Scots Guards grenadier says 'I serv;d you faithfully in St George's Fields, pray give me some Cole.
BM Satires 4321.
[Ref: 54384] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Political Coal Heavers.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7").
Coal heavers shovel coal ('cole' was slang for money) into the pocket of Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton, who tries to bribe John Wikes to be quiet. One bag is marked 'For the Use of MacQuirk, who was found guilty of the murder of George Clarke but pardoned, another for N[anc]y P[arson]s, Grafton's mistress. A Scots Guards grenadier says 'I serv;d you faithfully in St George's Fields, pray give me some Cole.
BM Satires 4321.
[Ref: 59968] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Political Crisis for 1763.
[after Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching. 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼") with wide margins on three sides. Small margin on right side. Some creasing.
A dragon representing Lord Bute's Excise Bill is being attacked by John Wilkes and Charles Churchill, while the Dukes of Cumberland and York encourage the British Lion to charge. Above Minerva aims her spear at Lord Mansfield and the Duke of Bedford, who appear as the grotesque figures of Spite and Envy, squirting poison from a huge syringe. This is a reversed copy, without explanatory text, of 'Representing the Heroes of the Times', by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale )BM Satire 4037).
[Ref: 54430] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Protecting the Sabbath!!! Or, Coercion for England. The Political Drama. No.1. [&] [The modern puritan. Hanging a cat on a Monday for Killing a Mouse on a Sunday.] No. 2. The Political Drama.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market.] [c.1833]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼''). Creases and staining, laid on album sheet, and trimmed, staining, creasing.
Two satires on the ''Sabbath Obervance Bill'', introduced to the Commons in 1833, from 'The Political Drama', a series of 131 satires produced between 1833 and 1835 by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.). A cat is hanging from a tree outside St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in Old Street, London, condemned by a man dressed as a Quaker, with a tartan cloak. The on-lookers call him a 'Merry Andrew' (i.e. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior), believing him to be a resident of the building behind (renamed St Andrew's). The Quaker has a number of petitions and bills under his arm. Between 1830 and 1847 the M.P. for Wigtownshire, Sir Andrew Agnew, introduced four bills to the House of Commons attempting to enforce the better Observance of the Sabbath. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign.
[Ref: 50156] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

John Bull or an Englishman's Fireside! The Political Drama. No. 4.
[C.J. Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market.
Wood engraving. Sheet: 360 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½''). Damage in corners.
Satire on attempts to enforce Observance of the Sabbath. John Bull sits miserably in a corner of a room. Having been paid his weekly wages after the shops had shut on Saturday, he has no food or 'bacca and is unable to go out for fear of the 'Arm'd Blue Devil', a bearded 'bobby' (a Metropolitan Policeman), seen through a window with a cracked pane. He complains 'This is Observing the Sabbath with a vengeance'. Between 1830 and 1847 the M.P. for Wigtownshire, Sir Andrew Agnew, introduced four bills to the House of Commons attempting to enforce the better Observance of the Sabbath. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign. A woodcut after C.J. Grant's 1833 lithograph published by Tregear.
Not in BM Satire.
[Ref: 50144] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Things Not to be Done on the Sabbath. The Political Drama. No.5.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market. [n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, staining at corners.
A set of four vignettes showing people being aprehended for taking part in activities prohibited by Sir Andrew Agnew's Sabbath Observance Bill. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50158] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Sinners Before Saint Andrew. The Political Drama No.6.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Damaged with creases, trimmed.
A satirical print showing a group of men listening to a man sitting on a barrel, on the right a man drinks from a bottle. A commentary on Sir Andrew Agnew's Sabbath Observance Bill. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50159] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Demands of the Country. The Political Drama. No.9.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained, tears, laid on album sheet at corners, creasing.
A satirical scene showing a group of angry voters approaching three politicians, including Grey and Brougham. Two of the politicians look scared while Brougham brandishes his broom. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50183] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Dog Days; Or the State Kennel. The Political Drama No.15.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Damaged, trimmed, laid on album sheet at corners. Loss on top right.
A satirical scene set in a kennel in which politicians, shown with dogs bodies, fight over bones; Wellington is shown fighting Charles Grey in the centre. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50160] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Don-Key Job. The Political Drama No.18.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Damaged, trimmed, laid on album sheet at corners.
A satirical scene commenting on Sir John Key (1794 - 1858), Lord Mayor of London. A donkey, laden with paper walks towards a man with a horses head. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50161] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Last Remains of the Unholy Alliance; or, the Meeting of the Emperors of Russia and Austria, the King of Prussia, and the X King of France, at Munchengratz. The Political Drama No.26.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed.
A satirical print showing four sovereigns sitting around a table in discussion while the devil looks on from the left. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50166] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

John Bull and Tommy Grey. The Political Drama No.27.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, laid on album sheet at corners.
A political satire in which John Bull and his wife are disturbed at night by the noise made by Charles Grey, drawn as a cat, John Bull looks out of his window with a gun. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50167] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Passive Resistance.-Cant I do wot I like with my Own. The Political Drama No.28.
CJGrant.
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained and laid on album sheet at corners.
A political satire in which a group of tax men and a policeman stand outside the home of Solomon Standout who refuses to pay tax, a sign on the door states 'No more Taxes of any description paid until we have Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual Parliaments, Cheap Government and a Honest Ministry'. Soloman Standout peeks his head out of a window above the front door. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50168] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Seizing for Assessed Taxes According to Law.] The Political Drama No.30.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed at bottom, stained.
A pair of men carry away the death bed of an old woman while her son and daughter protest. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50170] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tolpuddle Martyrs] The Ministers and their Cronies off to Botany Bay and the Dorchester Men Returning. The Political Drama No 33.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼''). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A boat of government ministers, including Earl Grey and the Duke of Wellington, being rowed out to be transported to Australia. The six Tolpuddle Martyrs stand and cheers as they are brought back to land. The scene illustrates a speech made to the House of Commons by Fergus O'Connor (MP for the County of Cork) in which he said the ministers ''should be on board the Hulks instead of these unfortunate men''. The six agricultural labourers had attempted to set up a 'friendly society' (an early trade union) and were sentenced to seven years' transportation. After a huge popular outcry and a petition of 800,000 signatures, they were pardoned two years later and returned to England. Australian interest. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
[Ref: 50257] £320.00

The Tailors Campaign. [The Political Drama No.34.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, slight staining.
A satirical print showing a row of tailors, riding geese and armed with scissors making ready to attack a group of politicians. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50172] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Last New Fashion. The Political Drama No.35.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, laid on album sheet, slight loss in bottom right.
A satirical print showing William IV and Adelaide and a group of politicians dressed in tunics, a beefeater stands in the background. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50173] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Tete a Tete. A Couple of Good Judges at all Events. John Bull Trying on His Workhouse Suit Provided For Him By The Whig Poor Laws Amendment Bill. [The Political Drama No.41.] in ink
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained, tears, laid on album sheet.
Two satirical scenes, on the left two lawyers sit in conversation, satirical magazines and prints litter the floor around them. On the right John Bull tries on a workhouse suit that is too small. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50177] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Queen Addle-Head's Visit to Yarmany to See Her Old Playfellows and Acquaintances. The Political Drama No.43.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained, tears, repaired damage.
A satirical print showing Queen Adelaide dispersing clothes, and other presents amongst poor Germans, behind her a man carries a bag of £5,000,000 . By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50179] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Old Gaffer Grey and the Tail of His ''Order'' Retiring from Place to the Tune of More ''Paupers on the Pension List''. [The Political Drama No.44.][in ink]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained, creasing.
A satirical scene showing a procession of politicians carrying bags of money and various bill into 'The Cave of Obscurity'. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50180] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Duke of Coldbath Fields Making Choice of a New Ministry. [The Political Drama No.45.] [in ink]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾''). Trimmed, stained, tears, laid on album sheet at corners, creasing.
A satirical scene showing the Duke of Wellington, sitting leisurely in a chair while infront of him stands a line of burly policemen. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50181] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Rival Booths. [Political Drama No. 51.]
CJG.
[n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼''). Trimmed, '51' in ink.
A satirical print showing a dance contest between the King and Queen and Lord Brougham. John Bull and an aristocrat drum up an audience on the right and left. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50143] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Operative Builders and their would-be Masters. [Political Drama No. 52.]
CJG.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners, staining, '52' in ink.
A satirical print showing a crowd of operative builders masters, with animal heads, approaching a group of operative builders with a large declaration stating 'No Unions', 'Hard Labour', 'Long hours and Short pay'. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50142] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Edinburgh Grand Whig Maw Wollup to Old Gaffer Grey! [The Political Drama. No.53.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, stained, laid on album sheet at corners
A satirical scene showing politicians Grey and Brougham being offered a meal of crowdie, skillegalee and haggis by five Scottish men, dressed in tartan. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50192] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A Most Glorious Flare Up! The Burning of the Estates!! [The Political Drama. No.58.][Number in ink.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, stained, tears, creasing and laid on album sheet at corners.
A satirical scene showing a group of voters celebrating while a throne, the bench of bishops and a collection of bills burn ferociously, on the right a group of politicians and William IV and Adeliade watch in horror and try to extinguish the fire. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50195] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Old Grill Among the Paddies. [Political Drama No. 61.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1833.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼''). Trimmed.
A satirical print on William Cobbett showing an English politician being carried on a grill by a crowd of Irish men and women made to look poor and uncivilised. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50150] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Whigs Turn'd Out. [The Political Drama. No.62.][Number in ink.]
CJG. [Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed.
A scene in Court showing William IV dimissing the Whig government, by the throne Wellington lowers the crown onto his own head. Though the Conservatives had gained power again Wellington refused to become Prime Minister and the position was offered to Robert Peel, as Peel was in Sardinia Wellington served as Caretaker until Peel's return. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50197] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The King in Council Assembled; or an Unanimous Ministry. [The Political Drama. No.64.] [Number in ink.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, damage top right, stained, tears, creasing, laid on album sheet at corners.
A scene showing William IV at the head of a large table at which sit ten Wellingtons, a commentary on the Conservatives regaining power after William IV dismissed the Whig government. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50198] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Men and Measures. Addle-head Reviewing her chosen Ministry a-la-German. [The Political Drama. No.65.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed
A scene showing Adelaide sitting on William IV's shoulders teaching members of Parliament sitting on bizarre mounts such as a canon, rat, elephant, woolsack and other strange creasture. One man, with butterfly wings holds a sign saying 'Money is Strength. Spinning Jenny is Power'. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50199] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A Bait for John Bull. [The Political Drama. No.66.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed
A political satire showing John Bull staring into a large cage, at the end is a bill saying 'Reform in Church & State Correction of All Abuses'. Hiding behind the cage are William IV and Adelaide and Tory politicians. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50200] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

King Arthur's Feasts and His Knights of the Round Table. Tapping John Bull of his Life's Blood. The Political Drama. No.68.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, stained, creasing.
A political satire showing a group of politicians and the devil sitting round a large round table, standing at one end, wearing a crown is Wellington. All ignore a giant John Bull who lies on the table. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50202] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Dictator at his Dirty Work Again, Influencing the General Election through the medium of the public money. [The Political Drama. No.69.] [Number in ink.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.][G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed
A political satire showing Wellington handing bags of money from a chest labelled 'Public Treasury Chest' to a crowd of voters. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50204] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Follow My Leader. [The Political Drama. No.72.][Number in ink.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, stained, tears, creasing.
A political satire showing Robert Peel pulling Adelaide, Wellington and William IV onto an island called 'Mock Reform Isle' having crossed the river from 'Reform Isle'. A commentary on the Tories attempt to back track on the Whigs reforms. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50206] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Old Tory Hack Come To A Stand. [The Political Drama. No.73.]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed
A political satire showing Adelaide and William IV riding in a cart driven by Wellington, the cart has got stuck in a muddy rut and Peel tries to help push them free. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50207] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Another Silly Billy For the People. [The Political Drama. No.74.][Number in ink.]
CJG. [Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake, n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed
A political satire showing Adelaide and William IV at court, Adelaide is shown as heavily pregnant. William is shown as overjoyed by worries 'What will the Jordans do?' referring to the ten illegitimate children he had with Dorothea Jordan. Adelaide had several miscarriages and children who died shortly after birth but no living heirs, rumours of pregnancy continued well into William's reign. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50208] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Late Bloody and Brutal Exhibition of Horrid Military Torture, or, Aristocratic Bastards in Their Glory!!! [The Political Drama. No.46.] [Number in ink]
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[G. Drake.][n.d., c.1835.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼'') Trimmed, stained, tears, creasing, laid on album sheet at corners, damaged.
A satirical print military officers laughing as a man is brutally whipped. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50322] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Political Harmonics A New Variation for the "Soldier Tired" as performed by Monsieur Villanton, First Fiddle to The King_with a Piano Accompaniment arranged to the Air "Home! Sweet Home!" HB Sketches No.23.
HB. [John Doyle.] Printed by A. Ducote.
[Published by T.Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. Sep. 11. 1829.]
Lithograph. 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Cut, repaired tear.
A musical image showing Peel sitting on a music-stool at an upright piano, smiling over his shoulder at Wellington, who plays the violin (as he had in fact done as a young man), in profile to the left, his music on a tall stand. The Duke wears the unusual dress for him of frock-coat with knee-breeches. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) turns over Peel's music. On the right is a curtained French-window, through which Cumberland and Eldon, both top-hatted, peer into the room.
BM Satires: 15856.
[Ref: 30651] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Political Hits N.o 19. A Well Stocked Nursery; Or The Promised Of Twelve Years' Growth. "Comic Events Cast Their Shadows Before."
Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 305 x 400mm (12 x 15¾").
A scene in a chaotic nursery. A man enters the door holding a note (presumably the Prime Minister at the time). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) tends to three small children saying, "Her M-j-y promises a Stock as numerous as her Royal Grandmother Ch-tte gave to a delightful Nation." While Prince Albert (1819-61) is on all fours giving Albert Edward Prince of Wales (1841-1910) a donkey ride who shouts, "Come, dear Papa you know a great French King used to let his sons ride on his back - and I am nothing like so heavy as I shall be in a few more years when our dear kind friend John Bull will have to bear me!"
[Ref: 66786] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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