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Caricature Curiosity, Plate, 1,
Caricature Curiosity, Plate, 1,
Woodward, del.t
Pubd, 1806 by Wm, Holland No.11 Cockspur Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 305 x 246mm (12 x 9¾"), with very large margins.
A satyr stands smilling, whilst holding a mirror up for a grinning monkey to stare into. A broken staff lies on the floor with a head of a Punch. Above the image are scribed the words: "To shew Folly its own image "And the very age, and body of the time, "Tis form and pressure._
[Ref: 52229]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[15 Caricature Plates.]
[15 Caricature Plates.]
Ch. Varin.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Bound set of 15 etchings in original wrappers; scarce complete. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'').
A set of fifteen etchings of caricature heads, similar to those drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. Attributed to Charles Nicolas Varin (1741-1812).
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Caricature Magazine by G.M. Woodward, Esq.r. Vol. 4.
Caricature Magazine by G.M. Woodward, Esq.r. Vol. 4. Ever Changing. Ever Now. Vive la Magatelle.
Woodward del. Rowlandson fc.
London Published by T. Tegg III Cheapside 1809.
Etching with wonderful hand-colour. Sheet: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½''). Small bottom margin. Some surface dirt. Creased and damaged.
A frontispiece showing two figures seated on either side of the image reading through earlier volumes of Woodward's Caricature Magazine. Above the figure on the left hangs a painting of a masquerade while on the other side hangs and painting of a country dance.
[Ref: 62640]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Title Page] Caricature Magazine
[Title Page] Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror, By Thomas Rowlandson, Esq.r Vol. II.
[After Woodward]
Published by T. Tegg N.o 111 Cheapside. [n.d. c.1807]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 405mm (10 x 15¾"). On paper watermarked '1816', with large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate at top & bottom. Some staining.
The title is engraved across the centre of the page. Comic Mirror' is inscribed on a half-length figure of a jester wearing a fool's cap, strung from two ribbon festoons that are centred by a bow. A ribbon loop with the words "To hold as t'were the Mirror up to Nature" is engraved beneath it. Shakespeare. Half-length figures scrutinising bound numbers (or volumes) of the Magazine are supported by one festoon with the inscription 'Country Observations on the Caricature Magazine'. A attractive woman approaches John and says, "Come on, let me look, don't keep it all to yourself." "Don't be in a hurry well these things be the drollest things ever sent into our Country," and "There is one exactly like our Exciseman," are said by two oafish men while holding an open book. As he looks through a volume, a third man remarks, "I wonder how they think of all these things." The second festoon, "Town Observations on the Caricature Magazine," features two men and two ladies (three-quarter length), who appear unattractive but rather stylish, as they enthusiastically examine the bound images. They respond with: "It is certainly very amuseing" ; "Pray Sir have they commenced the second Volume" ; "Just got the first number Ma'am from Mr Teggs." Two processions surround the sides and lower portion of the motif. 'Whimsical Characters climbing to the Temple of Fame' are located on the left. Back view of men and women ascending, perspective regressing to a circular temple where Fame sounds his horn. A chubby parson, a flirtatious military officer with a large cocked hat, and a plump 'cit' walking hand in hand with a slender woman are the people in the foreground. They see a Highlander walking ahead of them. "A Grotesque Deputation from the Temple of Momus-returning thanks for past favors and soliciting future patronage" is the text on the left. These are Lilliputian figures, with large grotesque heads of men and women, all smiling, descending from a temple that straddles Momus."The Genius of Caricature opening the Second Volume" is positioned between the two processions and forms a tail-piece. Perhaps a fantastic representation of Tegg, the man has a large smile on his face, faun's ears, and butterfly wings. He is sprawled on the ground with an open volume in his hands, which is "Caricature Magazine Vol 2d." He has "Caricature Magazine, Vol. 1" resting on his elbow. Next to him are documents with the following inscriptions: 'Bulls,' 'Anecdotes,' 'Jests,' 'Puns,' 'Bon Mot[s]', and distinct prints.
BM Satires 10917.
[Ref: 61921]   £360.00  
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[Title Page] The Caricature Magazine
[Title Page] The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror. By G.M. Woodward. Esq.r. Author of Eccentric Excursions. Vol. I.
Woodward Del.t Cruickshanks Sculp.t.
Published by Thomas Tegg N.o 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, plate 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), with large margins left & right. Thread margins top and bottom. Nicks to bottom margin. Paper toned and surface dirt in margins.
The title is written on a traditional curtain that is symmetrically placed throughout the design, with a John Bull-style smiling mask in the centre. The design features an ugly and aged man and woman sitting and smiling, holding a print that appears to be a mirror reflection of their heads and shoulders. Caricature heads are shown densely clustered together, as though they are in a theatre gallery, while the curtain descends on either side of the central mask. Liliputian figures are below.
BM Satires 10889.
[Ref: 61920]   £360.00  
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[The conclusion of the first volume of the Caricature Magazine.] Ladies and Gentlemen, having compleated the final volume of the Caricature Magazine,
[The conclusion of the first volume of the Caricature Magazine.] Ladies and Gentlemen, having compleated the final volume of the Caricature Magazine, I am desired in the name of the Proprietors, Publisher Artists &c. as also from myself and large _ long, and small headed Bretheren to return to you our sincere thanks for the kind reception we have experienced...
Woodward Inv.t and Delin; [etched by Charles Williams.]
London, Published 1st Sept.r 1807, by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins on 2 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, small tear entering plate but not image at top,
A group of 'Lilliputians' stand on a stage surrounded by a curtain festooned with satire prints.
BM Satires 10916, with extensive description of the prints illustrated.
[Ref: 58268]   £380.00  
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[Sheet of caricatures]
[Sheet of caricatures]
[most signed JWJ or similar, c.1850]
Twelve pen-and-ink caricatures affixed to both sides of an album sheet. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7").
Centrepiece shows an ape reading a Darwin volume.
[Ref: 44786]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caricature heads]
[Caricature heads]
[Anon., c.1800]
Etching, sheet, 95 x 175mm (3¾ x 7"). Very cut.
[Ref: 44137]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No.14.
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No.14. Scenes in the Court of Chancery. The Retort Courtious, (Anecdote in the Chelmsford Chronicle).
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 385 x 255mm (15 x 10'').
A satirical print in two scenes, the top scene shows a group of lawyers in the Chancery while the second shows a scene in which Daniel O'Connell stands before William IV.
BM Undescribed.
[Ref: 51064]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Caricatures Anglaises. La Comédie. Mons Taiant Chasseur.
Caricatures Anglaises. La Comédie. Mons Taiant Chasseur.
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere No 5. Deposé à la Direction. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
A comic actor and a huntsman.
[Ref: 10344]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Caricatures Anglaises.  No.9.
Caricatures Anglaises. No.9. Mons. Craque Perruquier. Mad. Flore.
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere, No 5. Deposé à la Direction [n.d., c.1800].
Etching, with large margins, watermarked laid paper. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
Caricature studies of a hairdresser/wigmaker and a florist/fruitiere, depicted with their wares/tools of their trades.
for the same print with fine colour see ref. 24316
[Ref: 24315]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Caricatures Anglaises.  No.9.
Caricatures Anglaises. No.9. Mons. Craque Perruquier. Mad. Flore.
A Paris, Chéz Vallardi, Boulevard Poissonniere, No 5. Deposé à la Direction [n.d., c.1800].
Fine hand-coloured etching, watermarked laid paper. 270 x 270mm, 10½ x 10½".
Caricature studies of a hairdresser/wigmaker and a florist/fruitiere, depicted with their wares/tools of their trades.
[Ref: 24316]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Caricaturist. A Monthly Show-Up. No. 11.
The Caricaturist. A Monthly Show-Up. No. 11.
[C.J. Grant.]
June 1.st 1832.
Album sheet with four lithographs on two sides. Sheet 440 x 325mm.(17¼ x 12¾"). Lithographs with tears, stains & losses.
14 satires from the year of the 1832 Reform Act, several featuring the Duke of Wellington and William IV, one titled Playing at Football.
[Ref: 60988]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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No. XXII. Mrs. W_n. No. XXIII. The careful Commander.
No. XXII. Mrs. W_n. No. XXIII. The careful Commander.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street, Sep.r 1. 1783.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Small margins. Loss in margin on left.
A pair of bust portraits in oval frames illustrating the account of Sir Guy Carleton (1724-1808) and a Mrs W. who had been a Miss J_mes but had travelled to New York with her husband, when he died she accepted a proposal from Carleton. 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 6302.
[Ref: 45511]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Carlton House Botchers.
The Carlton House Botchers.
For the Oxford Mag.
[1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼'') large margins. Foxing.
A satirical scene in a tailors workroom showing early image of an iron, above the figures heads hangs the petticoats of the Princess of Wales. A group including Lord Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Grafton who stand around Mr Jeremiah Dyson who is sewing a coat probably intended for the King. A masonic image.
BM Satire 4425.
[Ref: 48431]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caroline of Brunswick] A late Arrival at Mother Wood's.
[Caroline of Brunswick] A late Arrival at Mother Wood's.
[George Cruikshank.]
Pub.d June 19 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St James Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 260 x 390mm (10¼ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Uncut. Slight staining, mostly in margins on left, repaired tear in margin on left.
Queen Caroline, stout and flamboyant, stands on the balcony at Alderman Sir Matthew Wood's house in South Audley Street, looking down complacently with folded arms at the cheering crowd which fills the street. Wood (1768-1843), a Whig politician, persuaded Caroline not to be paid off by Brougham's mission to France and to return to England to confront her husband, George IV.
BM Satires 13734.
[Ref: 61866]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caroline of Brunswick and Bergami] Chastity!
[Caroline of Brunswick and Bergami] Chastity! Chaste as the Icecle, / That's Curded by the frost from purest snow / and hands on Dian's temple.
Sr Facto del. [Etched by George Cruikshank]
London Pub.d by G. Humphtrety 27 St James's St 1820.
Etching. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾") very large margins.
Caroline of Brunswick and Bartolomeo Bergami embracing on a couch, she in the Turkish peasant woman costume she wore at a ball given by her in Naples, Bergamo in the hussar costume that he wore as Chamberlain. Originally published as one of four related scenes as 'La Gloire des Honnetes Gens!!', for this issue the plate has been cut down.
BM Satires 13731
[Ref: 54457]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
[by William Heath.]
Pub July 20 1820 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching, watermark 1820; 1820. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. Tears and creasing. Borders messy.
Caroline of Brunswick in Turkish costume, with much of her vast bosom on display, smoking a hookah. An interpreter makes pleasantries, to which Caroline replies ''I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to Day] is Long!!!''. A disgruntled Bartolommeo Bergami stands behind. An anti-Caroline satire of her visit to Tunis in 1816, published as George IV tried to win a divorce by the Pains and Penalties Bill 1820.
BM Satires 13767.
[Ref: 54560]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Interior View Of The House Of God.
Interior View Of The House Of God. "Believe not every Spirit", but try the Spirits, wether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world." I John. Chapter iv, Verse 1.st
G. Cruikshank fec.t
Published November 1.st 1811 by M Jones N.o5 Newgate Street.
Etching with hand colour, sheet 240 x 410mm (9½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued. Some small tears in the folds. Some loss bottom right.
Plate from the 'Scourge', ii, before p. 349. Scene in Elias Carpenter's (fl. 1811) meeting-house, previously a paper-stainer's workshop. The pulpit is the focal point of the design, positioned before the organ loft. "And Jacob kissed Rachel Genesis... [&c]," yells Carpenter, a portrait, emphatically raising his fist as his words reach a young lady beneath the organ loft. A dishevelled clerk stands behind him, extinguishing a candle. Directly above their heads, a webbed-winged demon peers down from in front of the organ, using a red-hot poker to play a gridiron. Heads peer through and over a frayed curtain that encircles the organ loft. Most of the congregation consists of sanctimonious humbugs or ruffians, with a few disreputable-looking women. Seated in an enclosure directly in front of the pulpit are four relatively well-dressed women, one of whom is holding a paper with the words "Dear Carpenter" on it. One book has the inscription "Mrs. Joanna Southcote Vision 4." People whose eyes are not on the preacher engage in discussions and encounters. A man wraps his arm around a young woman and shows her a pornographic book called "Fan[ny] Hi[ll]"; another offers a scared woman a bottle of "Gin." An elderly woman is carrying a bottle of "Max". A comparatively well-dressed man gapes at the preacher while a man takes his watch from his fob, another has robbed him of a wallet. The packet marked "Signed Gabriel 3s/6d" is held by the latter. Beside the pulpit, a pious man is holding a document that reads, "Capt Morris Hymns—Hymn 1st Great Plenipo." A club fight is taking place next to a small door on the right, right next to a sign that reads, "House of God... 5 Pounds Reward." On the extreme left, is a portrait-group of detached observers who contrast favourably with the congregation. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), a three-quarter length self-portrait with a sketch in his hand, is seen speaking with Jones (fl. 1811-1816), the publisher of the "Scourge." George is followed by Isaac Robert (1789-1856) (right), a slightly older and stouter version of his brother, who is turning to face William Hone (1780-1842). The building has a barrel-shaped roof and is dilapidated, with bricks poking through the plaster. Walls and roofs are embellished with pictures. They consist of: (1) a man surrounded by clouds and riding a horse; (2) a man enthroned on clouds and holding a banner who is addressed by someone who is kneeling; and (3) a capering demon. There are windows in each side wall, their Venetian blinds falling apart. There is a notice by one (right): 'Tickets either to these [? the sel[ect]] Pews or to Heaven 3s 6d each'. On the pulpit is inscribed : 'Hiatus valde / Deflendus} H — / Damnation. — Madness — Fire & Brimstone Blasphemy Red Hot — Lust... } Hot water — / Lukewarm — Drowsiness } Milk / Water —' Beneath this (and under the pulpit) is an arched recess in which is the head of a demon gnashing his teeth and pointing upwards.
BM Satires 11764.
[Ref: 62416]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Cartwright] The Drum Major of Sedition.
[John Cartwright] The Drum Major of Sedition. All Gentlemen and others Electors for Westminster who are ready and willing to Surrender their rights and those of their Fellow Citizens to Secret Influence and the Lords of the Bedchamber let them repair to the Prerogative Standard lately erected at the Cannon Coffee House where they shall be kindly receiv'd untill their Services are no longer Wanted....
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub.d March 29 1784 by Mrs. Dacheray St James's Street.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Printer's crease entering image left centre tear in margin taped top centre.
Major John Cartwright stands legs apart, holding a long staff, addressing the populace before the hustings in Covent Garden, being ignored by everyone but Lord Hood in admiral's uniform, sword drawn. Under the title is a lengthy speech. John Cartwright (1740-1824) campaigned for Parliamentary reform, including universal suffrage and secret ballots. His younger brother Edmund Cartwright was the inventor of the power loom.
BM Satires 6474; Grego I, 121.
[Ref: 61823]   £380.00  
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Duncombe's Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.3.
Duncombe's Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.3. A Case of Conscience; or the Manager and Glassblowers.
T. Jones fec.t.
London Published by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t. Holborn.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½''). Slight crease.
A satirical print showing a group of glassblowers at a protest, all wear sashes and carry glass baubles on poles.
[Ref: 51093]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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This is the House for Cash Built!!
This is the House for Cash Built!! A Pretty play for grown up gentlemen during the Parliamentary recess.
[by Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1st 1797 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly Corner of Sackville St, Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Rare coloured etching, watermark 1794; Sheet 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"). Trimmed to plate. Some stains, tear at centre, crease bottom.
A satire in ten numbered compartments, based on 'This is the House that Jack Built'. 1 is the Treasury ('The House') and 2 is a pile of moneybags ('cole'). 3 to 10 are caricatures of politicians: Pitt the Younger, Dundas, Wilkes, Fox, Sheridan, Burke, Loughborough and Thurlow.
BM Satires 9044.
[Ref: 54426]   £380.00  
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A Cat in Pattens.
A Cat in Pattens.
Rowlandson inv 1812.
Coloured etching, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Watermarked 1809, very large margins. Creasing.
A woman in oversized muff, accompanied by a negro page and a poodle, ignores a ragged beggar. She wears pattens (protective blocks) tied to her shoes to raise them out of the mud. A black page carries an umbrella and a skewer of 'Cat's Meat'.
BM Satires 11973.
[Ref: 50791]   £320.00  
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Newmarket. Exhibiting a new Race of Jockies.
Newmarket. Exhibiting a new Race of Jockies.
On stone by R. Seymour.
[London, William Spooner? n.d., c.1833.]
Coloured lithograph, very fine & scarce. Sheet 220 x 295mm (8¾ x 11½"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Three cats in colours race saddled pointers watched by an excited crowd of cats.
[Ref: 33860]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Right Hon.ble Alias A Sans Culottes,
A Right Hon.ble Alias A Sans Culottes, alias the Man of the People, alias the Disipated Patriot, alias the Gamester, alias the Leader of Opposition, alias the word Eater, alias the Solisiter for the French Republic, alias S_t Breecher, alias the Protector turned Begger.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Lond: Pub: June 14 1793 by W. Fores Piccadilly where may be seen the Largest Collection of Caricature in the World. Admit one shill.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½''). Trimmed, foxing and creasing.
A satirical print showing a ragged Fox standing before a collection box, a satire on the squandering of Lord Holland's fortune.
BM Satire 8332.
[Ref: 50756]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Catch'd Napping.
Catch'd Napping.
[after Isaac Cruikshank?]
Published 1st Dec.r 1794. by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching with stipple, part 18th century watermark. 200 x 245mm (8 x 9¾") large margins.
Two country girls lie on a bank asleep, one with an errant breast. Two young sportsmen with guns creep up, as if they are stalking game.
BM Satire 8588, suggesting the attribution to Cruikshank.
[Ref: 54346]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Catgut Macaroni.
The Catgut Macaroni.
Pub by M Darly Strand July 2.d 1772 accor to Act.
Etching. Platemark: 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Small surface mark in lower right corner.
A portrait, whole length, of a man playing the violin. His figure faces the spectator, his head turned in profile to the left. He is dressed in macaroni-fashion with a large looped club. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures & designed by the greatest personages, artists &c graved & published by Mdarly, 39 Strand. 1772 (Vol.3)'. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '15' upper right.
[Ref: 38450]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Bobadil disgraced or Kate in a rage-
Bobadil disgraced or Kate in a rage- For Brunswick^s Duke with Nin^ety Thousand men March'd into France and then!! - & then Marched out ag^ain.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub Octr 1792 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Finely hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1729-96) stands between Stanislas II August, King of Poland (1732-9)8, whom she seizes by his pigtail queue, and Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1721-92), whose back she kicks and threatens with a sceptre. She says "B------t your Cowardly Spirit I'll Kick you to Hell, what I suppose you was frightened at their Naked A------sses. Get out of my sight, or I'll send you and your Army------after my Husband." Brunswick cowers before her saying, ""And here my rendezvous is quite cut off. Honor is cudgell'd, well, Bawd will I turn To Brunswick will I steal, & there I'll steal: And Patches will I get unto these cudgell'd scars, And swear I got them in the Gallic Wars." Stanislaus being dragged exclaims, "Let my Pole go oh! Stanislaus what Disgrace". On a table beside him are a crown labelled 'to the King of Poland' and a paper: 'rules & orders to be Implicitly obeyed Cat Catherine.' On the wall behind him is a 'Map of France' showing the south of 'England' and the 'english channel'; France, the word in reversed letters, is bisected by a line, the northern portion inscribed 'my share'.
BM Satires 8124.
[Ref: 61894]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The Oldenburg Procession Through Oxford. May 1814.
The Oldenburg Procession Through Oxford. May 1814.
J.H. del.t & sculp.t 1816.
Engraving. 180 x 330mm (7 x 13"). Slight foxing.
Satire on the visit of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788 - 1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia, widow of Peter Friedrich Georg I, Duke of Oldenburg and from 1816 Queen of Württemberg. During her visit, degrees were presented to the Allied sovereigns. She wears an 'Oldenburgh Bonnet', and is followed by two squat women, named underneath as Madams Aladensky & Volchousky, and Prince Gagarin.
BM: 12820, "evidently by an amateur".
[Ref: 32475]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Tipe de la Religion.
Tipe de la Religion. Estampe du tableau trouvé dans l'eglise, des soy disant Jésuittes de Billom, en Auvergne, l'An 1762. Voyez les Comtes rendus aux Chambres assembleés des Collêges de Clermont Ferrand et Billom. Le 14 Juillet 1763.
[after the etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune.]
[c.1783.]
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 515mm (12½ x 20½"). Verso pencil sketch of a warship. Trimmed within plate, paper soiled. creases, damaged.
An allegory of the French wars of religion, with the Catholic church as a galleon with different factions attempting to gain control as they sail across the sea away from the world of flesh and towards the City of God. On the way, they harvest the faithful, who join them in the ship, while fending of the attacks of the deady sins and of heretics. The king of France and the Pope are both in the lifeboat behind the galleon. This is a reversed copy of an etching by Jean Michel Moreau le jeune, in turn a copy of a vast painting (10 x 20 feet, probably painted in 1613) discovered in the Jesuit College at Billom in Auvergne in 1762, when the Jesuit order was being dissolved in France. It was taken to Paris for investigation and a report was published on the 15th July 1763. It is now in the French National Archives.
[Ref: 49003]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The M.P. Marching at the Head of his 300 Jontlemen!!!
The M.P. Marching at the Head of his 300 Jontlemen!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Polticial and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.May 1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14). Trimmed past platemark.. Very small tear in right edge.
Satire published in the wake of Catholic Emancipation. An unrecognizable O'Connell marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps—Constantly Set—Beware'. He is followed by a jubilant Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs- one holds a placard reading 'Unconditional Emancipation For Ever'. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman.
BM Satires: 15763.
[Ref: 52758]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._
John Bull in Perplexity or Ascendancy versus Union._ His progress they said depended on Ascendancy; and this, they told him was Ascendancy_and consequently the only thing that could do him good. Westminster Review No.19.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.]
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London [n.d., c.1828].
Rare hand-coloured etching. Framed, sight size 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A very large satirical scene showing the various politicians involved with the debate regarding Catholic emancipation. On the far left, Wellington and Robert Peel stand on the outskirst of a group of figures including Brougham, with a broom in his pocket, Burdett, Scarlett and Eldon. On the right the Duke of Cumberland dances with the devil and in the distance a waggon labelled 'Common State Waggon John Bull & Co.' rushes towards the scene driven by George IV.
BM Satire 15658.
[Ref: 61230]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Catholic Relief Bill] How To Keep One's Place. AD. 1833.
[Catholic Relief Bill] How To Keep One's Place. AD. 1833. The public are inform'd that T McLean is the only publisher of P.Prys Caricatures - all those without his publication are Copies.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - William Heath] Esq.
Published March 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Caricatures daily brought out._
Hand-coloured etching. 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Narrow margin at top.
The Duke of Clarence kneels before Pope Leo XII proffering a cushion with the royal crown, with Lyndhurst Wellington and Peel also genuflecting. Flanking the Pope are the 'Queen of Heaven' a woman with pinched waist and stomacher, a fat 'St Dominic', 'St Ursula' with her head under her arm and 'St Daniel' (O'Connell), in wig and gown, holding a moneybag inscribed 'Rent' and with a shillelagh against his left shoulder. A satire on the Duke of Clarence's uncompromising speech in favour of Emancipation (February 23 1829). It was expected that Clarence would be king by 1833; he became William IV the next year.
BM Satires: 15689.
[Ref: 56737]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Dont you remember the 5th of November.
Dont you remember the 5th of November.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 295 x 390mm (11¾ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate. Glued onto backing sheet at edges.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 61524]   £320.00  
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Dont you remember the 5th of November.
Dont you remember the 5th of November.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 52770]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. & Mrs. Caudle.
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle. ''What Mr. Caudle? You'll have a separate room? You'll not be tormented in this manner? No you won't Sir_not while I'm alive'' Vide Punch.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Engraving. Sheet: 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6''). Marking.
Mrs Caudle was the most famous creation of the playwright and journalist Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857). 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were serialized in 'Punch' in 1845, and Thackeray wrote that ‘Almost all the events and perplexities of Cockney domestic economy pass before her’, wrote Thackeray of the character, ‘and … a student in the twentieth century may get out of her lectures as accurate pictures of London life as we can get out of the pictures of Hogarth’ (W. M. Thackeray, Contributions to the ‘Morning Chronicle’, ed. G. N. Ray, 1955, 94).
[Ref: 50404]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. & Mrs. Caudle.
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle. No! Mr. Caudle, I shall not go to sleep like a good soul!" Vide Punch.
[John Leech.]
[1846.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9''). Trimmed.
A comic scene in which Mr and Mrs Caudle lie in bed. Mrs Caudle was the comic creation of Douglas William Jerrold who often featured in Punch magazine.
[Ref: 50992]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures.
Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures. "Ha! you are an aggravating creature, Caudle; lying there like the mummy of a man, and never as much as opening your lips to one." Lecture 15.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Hand-coloured etching in relief, on embossed and pierced patterned border trademarked Dobbs Bailey & Co. 114 x 146mm. 4¼ x 5¾". Laid on separate embossed album sheet.
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was a journalist later on in life and worked for Punch magazine in which Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were serialised. A man and woman, probably Mr and Mrs Caudle, lying in a double bed, both wearing night-caps, the man attempting to sleep while his wife harangues him for staying out late and spending his money outside the home on strangers.
See BM: 1956,0915.2.
[Ref: 17472]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures No.4
Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures No.4 "You to go to Greenwich Fair, and race up and down the hill, If I were you I should hide my head under the clothes, and be ashamed of it!"
Published by Preston, 31 Burlington Arcade [c.1850]
Lithograph printed in brown ink with hand-colouring and gum arabic. Sheet 190 x 270mm (7½ x 10½").
Mrs Caudle was the most famous creation of the playwright and journalist Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857). 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were serialized in 'Punch' in 1845, and Thackeray wrote that ‘Almost all the events and perplexities of Cockney domestic economy pass before her’, wrote Thackeray of the character, ‘and … a student in the twentieth century may get out of her lectures as accurate pictures of London life as we can get out of the pictures of Hogarth’ (W. M. Thackeray, Contributions to the ‘Morning Chronicle’, ed. G. N. Ray, 1955, 94). This print is probably a separately-issued copy sold at Burlington Arcade, which runs alongside Burlington House between Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens.
[Ref: 46590]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. & Mrs. Caudle.
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle. No! Mr. Caudle, I shall not go to sleep like a good soul!" Vide Punch.
[John Leech.]
[1846.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, laid on album sheet. Sheet: 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed to printed bottom, foxing.
A comic scene in which Mr and Mrs Caudle lie in bed. Mrs Caudle was the comic creation of Douglas William Jerrold who often featured in Punch magazine.
[Ref: 46148]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures No.2
Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures No.2 ''Ah! I expected what it would come to when you were made a Mason!!''. Vide Punch.
Published by Preston, 31 Burlington Arcade [c.1850]
Lithograph printed in brown ink with hand-colouring and gum arabic. Sheet 190 x 270mm (7½ x 10½").
A pillow-talk scene. Mrs Caudle was the most famous creation of the playwright and journalist Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857). 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were serialized in 'Punch' in 1845, and Thackeray wrote that ‘Almost all the events and perplexities of Cockney domestic economy pass before her’, wrote Thackeray of the character, and 'a student in the twentieth century may get out of her lectures as accurate pictures of London life as we can get out of the pictures of Hogarth’ (W. M. Thackeray, Contributions to the ‘Morning Chronicle’, ed. G. N. Ray, 1955, 94). This print is probably a separately-issued copy sold at Burlington Arcade, which runs alongside Burlington House between Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens.
[Ref: 51929]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures]
[Mrs. Caudles Illustrated Curtain Lectures] It's very easy, Mr Cuadle, for you to say you wont be worried in this way.
Rock & Co. London [c.1850]
Wood engraving with hand coloir. Sheet 85 x 110mm (3¼ x 4¼").
A pillow-talk scene. Mrs Caudle was the most famous creation of the playwright and journalist Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857). 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were serialized in 'Punch' in 1845, and Thackeray wrote that ‘Almost all the events and perplexities of Cockney domestic economy pass before her’, wrote Thackeray of the character, and 'a student in the twentieth century may get out of her lectures as accurate pictures of London life as we can get out of the pictures of Hogarth’ (W. M. Thackeray, Contributions to the ‘Morning Chronicle’, ed. G. N. Ray, 1955, 94).
[Ref: 51940]   £40.00   (£48.00 incl.VAT)
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The Cause of the War. Oczakoff.
The Cause of the War. Oczakoff. The Political Blind=Buff Man or the Minist-l Expediency.
London Pub.d April 1791 by W. Holland N° 50 Oxford St.t In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest Collection of Caricatures in Europe Admit.ce One Shil.g.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; Sheet 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Vertical crease on left.
King Frederick William of Prussia uses his foot to push forward a blindfolded Pitt, who sets fire to two cities marked Cronstadt and 'Rerel'. The resulting smoke covers Russian Riga, Poland, Germany and Austria. To Frederick's left is Henry Fox, Baron Holland, as a fat burgher, saying "What a blessed Alliance". In the far left is a citizen reading newspaper headlines about the loss of Baltic trade and new taxes on Malt and Porter. To the right is a boat with four men: the helmsman says, "I would rather be a Baltic trader"; oarsmen say, "Do not mind it, it will bring other wars" and "No prize money"; a man looking through a telescope says, "No Galeons - Storms, Sholas & Rocks." A man standing on the shore shouts to the boat "nothing good to be got by it". The satire suggests that Frederick was more interested in acquiring Danzig (Gdansk) while suggesting to Pitt that the Russian occupation of Oczakoff (renamed Odessa by Catherine II) was of more importance, so Britain would help fulfil his ambition.
BM Satires 7847.
[Ref: 54459]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Westminster Election.
The Westminster Election.
[n.d., 1st June 1794.]
Etching. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate on right.
The Duchesses of Devonshire and Rutland fight in front of St Paul's, Covent Garden, tearing each other's hair. Behind each woman is a backer: one says, ''D------shire for ever!''; the other, a butcher, holds out a lemon, saying, ''R------t------d for ever!''. Although the two noted beauties were political opponents. the Duchess of Rutland could have taken no part in the election, being in Ireland at the time.
BM Satires 6612.
[Ref: 58049]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord John Cavendish.]
[Lord John Cavendish.]
JS[ayers] ff.
Published 3d July 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), on thick laid paper, with wide, uncut margins.
Caricature of Whig politician Lord John Cavendish (1732 - 1796), in profile to the right, holding his hat in his left hand as if making a speech in the House of Commons. He holds a document in his right hand. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6075. NPG D9675.
[Ref: 21349]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lord John Cavendish.]
[Lord John Cavendish.]
JS[ayers] ff.
Published 3d July 1782 by C.Bretherton [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Vertical crease, most evident to verso. A decent impression overall, with good margins.
Caricature of Whig politician Lord John Cavendish (1732 - 1796), in profile to the right, holding his hat in his left hand as if making a speech in the House of Commons. He holds a document in his right hand. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press. The publisher Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was the younger brother of James Bretherton.
BM Satires 6075.
[Ref: 21350]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Celia Retiring.
Celia Retiring. 298.
Woodward delin. Etch.d by Roberts.
by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene showing an old woman, bald without her wig, preparing for bed, aided by a pretty chambermaid. Originally published by the engraver, Piercy Roberts.
Not in BM Satires. BM 1872.1012.5084.
[Ref: 61907]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Celia Retiring.
Celia Retiring. 298.
Woodward delin. Etch.d by Roberts.
Pub'd Decr 29 [c.1805] by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London. London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle-row Holborn.
Hand-coloured etching. 270 x 360mm (10½ x 14"). Date scratched out. Narrow margin to left and right.
A scene showing an old woman, bald without her wig, preparing for bed, aided by a pretty chambermaid. Originally published by the engraver, Piercy Roberts.
[Ref: 51871]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Certain Petitioners requesting a Master to discharge his Servants.
Certain Petitioners requesting a Master to discharge his Servants.
[1769.]
Engraving. Plate: 105 x 180mm (4 x 7") large margins. Some staining.
A scene showing the Lord Mayor, Samuel Turner kneels before the King. Next to him are Peter Roberts, Sir Robert Ladbroke, Aldermen Beckford and Trecothick and two sheriffs.
BM Satire 4295.
[Ref: 45477]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Certain Petitioners requesting a Master to discharge his Servants.
Certain Petitioners requesting a Master to discharge his Servants.
[1769.]
Engraving. Plate: 105 x 180mm (4 x 7") large margins. Some staining.
A scene showing the Lord Mayor, Samuel Turner kneels before the King. Next to him are Peter Roberts, Sir Robert Ladbroke, Aldermen Beckford and Trecothick and two sheriffs.
BM Satire 4295.
[Ref: 48423]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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