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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Dogs and wild-boar. 12.
Fred.k Tayler.
[n.d. c.1872. Etching Club?]
Etching on chine collé, plate 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
Two dogs sink their teeth into a wild boar attempting to flee in a grassy landscape. (John) Frederick Tayler (1802– 89) was a 19th-century English landscape watercolour painter, president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the Etching Club. Tayler executed some two dozen ‘lithotints,’ which were published by T. McLean in 1844, under the title of ‘Frederick Tayler's Portfolio.’ A member of the ‘Etching Club,’ he etched a number of small plates for the various publications of that body (Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village,’ ‘Songs of Shakespeare,’ ‘Etched Thoughts,’ &c.), and also made drawings on wood for several popular classics, such as Thomson's ‘Seasons,’ ‘Sir Roger de Coverley,’ and Goldsmith's ‘Works.’
[Ref: 61182] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Fred.k Tayler.
[n.d. c.1872. Etching Club?]
Etching on chine collé, plate 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
Two dogs sink their teeth into a wild boar attempting to flee in a grassy landscape. (John) Frederick Tayler (1802– 89) was a 19th-century English landscape watercolour painter, president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the Etching Club. Tayler executed some two dozen ‘lithotints,’ which were published by T. McLean in 1844, under the title of ‘Frederick Tayler's Portfolio.’ A member of the ‘Etching Club,’ he etched a number of small plates for the various publications of that body (Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village,’ ‘Songs of Shakespeare,’ ‘Etched Thoughts,’ &c.), and also made drawings on wood for several popular classics, such as Thomson's ‘Seasons,’ ‘Sir Roger de Coverley,’ and Goldsmith's ‘Works.’
[Ref: 61182] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A Wild Elephant Trumpeting, or A Scene from Paradise Lost! ________"the unwieldy elephant "To make them mirth used all his might, and wreathed "His lithe proboscis." Par.e Lost. Bk.4.
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Wild Fowl Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wild Geese on the Marshes.]](jpegs/472.jpg)
[Wild Geese on the Marshes.]
Winifred Austen [signed in pencil lower right].
[n.d.]
Coloured aquatint 290 x 390mm
By Winifred Austen, R.I., R.E. (1876-1964). Although she also worked in both oils and watercolours, Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. She made some two hundred etched plates and the naturalist Sir Peter Scott said she was 'certainly the best bird etcher of this century'. illustrator, painter, etcher and aquatint engraver of birds and mammals.
Guichard British Etchers: pg.24.
[Ref: 472] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Winifred Austen [signed in pencil lower right].
[n.d.]
Coloured aquatint 290 x 390mm
By Winifred Austen, R.I., R.E. (1876-1964). Although she also worked in both oils and watercolours, Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. She made some two hundred etched plates and the naturalist Sir Peter Scott said she was 'certainly the best bird etcher of this century'. illustrator, painter, etcher and aquatint engraver of birds and mammals.
Guichard British Etchers: pg.24.
[Ref: 472] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. George Wild as Demosthenes Dodge Esq.re, in E.L. Blanchard's Original Farce entitled, "The Artful Dodge". [Facsimile autograph:] George Wild Royal Olympia.
Madeley Lith 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1842.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 458 x 318mm. 18 x 12½". Cut, small tears in lower edge. Soiling.
George Wild (1805-1856) was an actor and manager. Edward L. Blanchard (1820-1889) was a drama critic and a playwright who specialised in pantomimes.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19926] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley Lith 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1842.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 458 x 318mm. 18 x 12½". Cut, small tears in lower edge. Soiling.
George Wild (1805-1856) was an actor and manager. Edward L. Blanchard (1820-1889) was a drama critic and a playwright who specialised in pantomimes.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19926] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jonathan Wild going to the Place of Execution.
[London: Olive Payne, 1736.]
Engraving. 315 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Small tears in edges. 2 very small holes on right centre. Trimmed to plate on right.
Soldiers leading Jonathan Wild (c.1682-1725) past St Sepulchre's Church on Skinner Street on the way to the gallows at Tyburn. Wild was known as the ''Thief-Taker General'' for apprehending criminals, most notably Jack Sheppard the highwayman. However he was a gang-master himself, protecting his associates and arresting his conspirators. Eventually he was caught out and executed: his skeletal remains are on public display in the Royal College's Hunterian Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
[Ref: 53149] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Olive Payne, 1736.]
Engraving. 315 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Small tears in edges. 2 very small holes on right centre. Trimmed to plate on right.
Soldiers leading Jonathan Wild (c.1682-1725) past St Sepulchre's Church on Skinner Street on the way to the gallows at Tyburn. Wild was known as the ''Thief-Taker General'' for apprehending criminals, most notably Jack Sheppard the highwayman. However he was a gang-master himself, protecting his associates and arresting his conspirators. Eventually he was caught out and executed: his skeletal remains are on public display in the Royal College's Hunterian Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
[Ref: 53149] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mathilde Wildauer.
Prinzhofer 1845. Gedr. B. J. Rauh.
Lithograph, printed on india. Sheet: 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14"), with large margins.
A seated portrait of Austrian opera singer Mathilde Wildauer (1820-1878).
[Ref: 46513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Prinzhofer 1845. Gedr. B. J. Rauh.
Lithograph, printed on india. Sheet: 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14"), with large margins.
A seated portrait of Austrian opera singer Mathilde Wildauer (1820-1878).
[Ref: 46513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Henry S Wilde [facsimile signature].](jpegs/22518.jpg)
Henry S Wilde [facsimile signature].
D'Orsay fecit Decb. 1847 [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1848.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Closed marginal tears.
Portrait of a young Victorian gentleman, seated in a chair. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 22518] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
D'Orsay fecit Decb. 1847 [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1848.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Closed marginal tears.
Portrait of a young Victorian gentleman, seated in a chair. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 22518] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Hero of the Ring and his Agent. The National Soporting Club, taken from Life. Jimmy Wilde & Teddy Lewis.
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Oscar Wilde.
Photo by Ellis & Walery.
[London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906.]
Photogravure. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate on right.
A studio portrait of playwright Oscar Wilde, in buttoned-up jacket, cigar in one hand, gloves in the other. The frontispiece portrait to Robert Harborough Sherrard's biography.
[Ref: 63708] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Photo by Ellis & Walery.
[London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906.]
Photogravure. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate on right.
A studio portrait of playwright Oscar Wilde, in buttoned-up jacket, cigar in one hand, gloves in the other. The frontispiece portrait to Robert Harborough Sherrard's biography.
[Ref: 63708] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Nil Admirali. Major John Wildman.
[after Wenceslaus Hollar.]
Pub.d by W.Richardson Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, oxidation of colour.
A head and shoulders portrait of soldier and Republican agitator John Wildman (c.1621-1693), in an oval frame of palms, wearing collar and gown, landscape with church behind. A civilian adviser to the New Model Army, he agitated against Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, and was sent to prison with John Lilburne and was released. He survived the Restoration because of his opposition to Cromwell but was sent to prison in 1661 for complicity in republican plots against the government. In 1683 he was committed to the Tower of London for complicity in the Rye House Plot; in 1685 he fled to the Netherlands when he was accused of involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion. Returning with William III he was made Postmaster General but was sacked after reports that he was intriguing with the Jacobites.
See Pennington 1697 for Hollar's original.
[Ref: 65793] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Wenceslaus Hollar.]
Pub.d by W.Richardson Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, oxidation of colour.
A head and shoulders portrait of soldier and Republican agitator John Wildman (c.1621-1693), in an oval frame of palms, wearing collar and gown, landscape with church behind. A civilian adviser to the New Model Army, he agitated against Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, and was sent to prison with John Lilburne and was released. He survived the Restoration because of his opposition to Cromwell but was sent to prison in 1661 for complicity in republican plots against the government. In 1683 he was committed to the Tower of London for complicity in the Rye House Plot; in 1685 he fled to the Netherlands when he was accused of involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion. Returning with William III he was made Postmaster General but was sacked after reports that he was intriguing with the Jacobites.
See Pennington 1697 for Hollar's original.
[Ref: 65793] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Modern Movement in Art
by R.H. Wilenski.
London Faber & Gwyer. Second Impression March MCMXXVIII Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited Frome and London.
Book: 8vo (217 x 139mm). Cloth binding with title label stuck onto the spine.pp. ix-xvi + 243. 32 b/w images.
An illustrated narrative of the character, development, techniques and relative values of the modern art movements.
[Ref: 10372] £50.00
by R.H. Wilenski.
London Faber & Gwyer. Second Impression March MCMXXVIII Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited Frome and London.
Book: 8vo (217 x 139mm). Cloth binding with title label stuck onto the spine.pp. ix-xvi + 243. 32 b/w images.
An illustrated narrative of the character, development, techniques and relative values of the modern art movements.
[Ref: 10372] £50.00
![[Wilhelm IV., Duke of Bavaria] Quadro di Luca Kranach.](jpegs/56507.jpg)
[Wilhelm IV., Duke of Bavaria] Quadro di Luca Kranach.
Loren. Lorenzi del, P. Ant. Pazzi sc.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, taped bottom left corner.
A portrait of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, with hat and a chain around his neck, which he grasps with one hand. The inscriptions state that this print was engraved by Pietro Antonio Pazzi from a drawing by Lorenzo Lorenzi, taken from a painting by Lucas Cranach.
[Ref: 56507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Loren. Lorenzi del, P. Ant. Pazzi sc.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, taped bottom left corner.
A portrait of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, with hat and a chain around his neck, which he grasps with one hand. The inscriptions state that this print was engraved by Pietro Antonio Pazzi from a drawing by Lorenzo Lorenzi, taken from a painting by Lucas Cranach.
[Ref: 56507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[William II of Orange] Wilhem II Prinz von Oranien nachmahliger Statthalter.](jpegs/64763.jpg)
[William II of Orange] Wilhem II Prinz von Oranien nachmahliger Statthalter. Jhro Hochfürst Durchlaucht der Frau Erbprinzessin zu Anhalt Dessau &c. &c. &c.
Nach dem Originalgemählde von Van Dyk im adlichen Fraülein stift zu Mosikau. Geschabt von Michelis.
Unterthänigst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Gesellschaft in Dessau 1797.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 530 x 380mm (20¾ x 15"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of William II (1626-50) as a boy of about six, with a greyhound, after Anthony van Dyck. He became sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland in 1647; married Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I in 1641, by whom he fathered William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1688.
Le Blanc 9
[Ref: 64763] £360.00
Nach dem Originalgemählde von Van Dyk im adlichen Fraülein stift zu Mosikau. Geschabt von Michelis.
Unterthänigst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Gesellschaft in Dessau 1797.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 530 x 380mm (20¾ x 15"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of William II (1626-50) as a boy of about six, with a greyhound, after Anthony van Dyck. He became sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland in 1647; married Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I in 1641, by whom he fathered William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1688.
Le Blanc 9
[Ref: 64763] £360.00
The Rape of the Petti-coat. He valiantly seiz'd the Petti-coat and Boot at the Portal of his own Mansion. Daily adv.
[Oxford, 1768.]
Etching, offset, sheet 125 x 200mm. 5 x 8". Slight offsetting.
Lord Mayor Thomas Harley is shown removing a petticoat and boot from a gallows erected outside the Mansion House in the City of London. A satire on Harley's personal intervention to subdue a riot after the election of John Wilkes (1727-797) as Radical MP for Middlesex in 1768. From 'The Oxford Magazine'.
BM Satires 4190.
[Ref: 17208] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford, 1768.]
Etching, offset, sheet 125 x 200mm. 5 x 8". Slight offsetting.
Lord Mayor Thomas Harley is shown removing a petticoat and boot from a gallows erected outside the Mansion House in the City of London. A satire on Harley's personal intervention to subdue a riot after the election of John Wilkes (1727-797) as Radical MP for Middlesex in 1768. From 'The Oxford Magazine'.
BM Satires 4190.
[Ref: 17208] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.](jpegs/55366.jpg)
[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
![[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant.](jpegs/45348.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant. Vol. IV. No. XXXIII.
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esqr. - Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks. Great without Title, beyond fortune blef'd, Rich ev'n when plundered, honour'd, while opprefs'd, Lov'd without Youth, & follow'd without Power, At Home, tho exil'd; free, tho' m the Tower. Pope.
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, creases.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53489] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, creases.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53489] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes.]](jpegs/54342.jpg)
[John Wilkes.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼), with large margins. Some spotting.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 54342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼), with large margins. Some spotting.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 54342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esqr. - Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks. Great without Title, beyond fortune blef'd, Rich ev'n when plundered, honour'd, while opprefs'd, Lov'd without Youth, & follow'd without Power, At Home, tho exil'd; free, tho' m the Tower. Pope.
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner repaired.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53550] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner repaired.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53550] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes.]](jpegs/60133.jpg)
[John Wilkes.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Faint glue stains at edges of outer margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 60133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Faint glue stains at edges of outer margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 60133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Esq.r
Engrav'd by Freeman from an Original Portrait by Zoffani.
Published by Longman & Co. November 5th. 1804.
Stipple, with small margins. Plate 165 x 102mm. 6½ x 4".
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. After a portrait by Johan Zoffany, the German painter who made his name in London with his portraits and 'conversation pieces' of influential figures.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25526] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Freeman from an Original Portrait by Zoffani.
Published by Longman & Co. November 5th. 1804.
Stipple, with small margins. Plate 165 x 102mm. 6½ x 4".
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. After a portrait by Johan Zoffany, the German painter who made his name in London with his portraits and 'conversation pieces' of influential figures.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25526] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilks, Esq.r
Hopwood, sculp.
Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, Oct.r 1.1805.
Stipple in oval, title in open letters. 222 x 146mnm. 8¾ x 5¾". Creasing along lower edge.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Engraved in reverse from the parodic portrait by Wilkes' enemy William Hogarth.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25527] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Hopwood, sculp.
Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, Oct.r 1.1805.
Stipple in oval, title in open letters. 222 x 146mnm. 8¾ x 5¾". Creasing along lower edge.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Engraved in reverse from the parodic portrait by Wilkes' enemy William Hogarth.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25527] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant.](jpegs/61757.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant. Vol. IV. No. XXXIII.
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with separate letterpress description.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
BM 4967.
[Ref: 61757] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with separate letterpress description.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
BM 4967.
[Ref: 61757] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] Out of Place and Unpensioned.](jpegs/41931.jpg)
[John Wilkes] Out of Place and Unpensioned.
J. Collett inv.t et del.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1769 by Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of radical politician and writer John Wilkes (1725-1797) who, after returning from exile in France, was elected MP for Middlesex in 1769. However, as parliament considered him an outlaw at the time he was expelled from the House of Commons, he was then re-elected and the expelled again and Henry Luttrell was given the seat. Supporters of his campaign for re-election were John Wheble, editor of the Middlesex Journal and the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who signed a petition calling George III to allow Wilkes to stand for the seat as barring him was an invasion of the rights of electors to choose their elective. Wilkes stands, his chin resting on a stick, on the table beside him is a copy of 'The Middlesex Journal' and on the wall hangs 'The Middlesex Petition', based on an earlier mezzotint droll of a man in a similar stance.
[Ref: 41931] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Collett inv.t et del.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1769 by Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of radical politician and writer John Wilkes (1725-1797) who, after returning from exile in France, was elected MP for Middlesex in 1769. However, as parliament considered him an outlaw at the time he was expelled from the House of Commons, he was then re-elected and the expelled again and Henry Luttrell was given the seat. Supporters of his campaign for re-election were John Wheble, editor of the Middlesex Journal and the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who signed a petition calling George III to allow Wilkes to stand for the seat as barring him was an invasion of the rights of electors to choose their elective. Wilkes stands, his chin resting on a stick, on the table beside him is a copy of 'The Middlesex Journal' and on the wall hangs 'The Middlesex Petition', based on an earlier mezzotint droll of a man in a similar stance.
[Ref: 41931] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Hercules Cleaning the Augean Stable. The Figure on the Pedastal is the Symbol of bribery, Corruption & Hypocrisy.
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.](jpegs/54337.jpg)
[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). With small margins.
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 54337] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). With small margins.
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 54337] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble. John Wilkes Esq, Lord Mayor of the City of London
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 9th 1774, at Mrs. Sledges Henrietta Street Covent Garden.]
Mezzotint. 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate and inside plate at bottom, publication line lost.
Politician, MP for Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London, poet, writer and publisher of a weekly paper "The North Briton".
CS:88.
[Ref: 14664] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 9th 1774, at Mrs. Sledges Henrietta Street Covent Garden.]
Mezzotint. 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate and inside plate at bottom, publication line lost.
Politician, MP for Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London, poet, writer and publisher of a weekly paper "The North Briton".
CS:88.
[Ref: 14664] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Esqr. Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1775].
Engraving. 100 x 180mm.
Political reformer noted for his published attacks on George III and for his support of the rights of American colonists [1727 - 1797]. Became Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
[Ref: 3200] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1775].
Engraving. 100 x 180mm.
Political reformer noted for his published attacks on George III and for his support of the rights of American colonists [1727 - 1797]. Became Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
[Ref: 3200] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Esqr. Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex, Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without Friend to Liberty, a Lover of his King, Opposer of Ministerial Tyranny, and Defender of his Country.
G. Bock _ fecit.
[Published as the Act directs April 14, 1769.]
Mezzotint, very rare & scarce. 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Publication line cut. Cut to plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
CS: 25. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14800] £360.00
G. Bock _ fecit.
[Published as the Act directs April 14, 1769.]
Mezzotint, very rare & scarce. 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Publication line cut. Cut to plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
CS: 25. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14800] £360.00
The Patriot. Dedicated to the Freeholders of Middlesex.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r
Engraved by E. Bocquet. From an Original Picture by Pine.
Pub. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple. 257 x 196mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Repaired tear at bottom.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 28708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by E. Bocquet. From an Original Picture by Pine.
Pub. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple. 257 x 196mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Repaired tear at bottom.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 28708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] The Devils Triumphant or the Messengers in the Suds.](jpegs/63590.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Devils Triumphant or the Messengers in the Suds.
[by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by printers of the North Briton newspaper. In the Guildhall (identified by the legs of Mag and Magog upper left), a demon grasps the collar of Nathan Carrington, the King's Messenger who had arrested the printers. Two other demons attack three other Messengers (Money, Watson and Blackmore) who are prostrate. In the centre Wilkes takes the hand of Pratt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who had released him from the Tower. To the right a group of printers delight in their good fortune in the substantial sums they have been awarded.
BM Satires 4065.
[Ref: 63590] £360.00
[by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by printers of the North Briton newspaper. In the Guildhall (identified by the legs of Mag and Magog upper left), a demon grasps the collar of Nathan Carrington, the King's Messenger who had arrested the printers. Two other demons attack three other Messengers (Money, Watson and Blackmore) who are prostrate. In the centre Wilkes takes the hand of Pratt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who had released him from the Tower. To the right a group of printers delight in their good fortune in the substantial sums they have been awarded.
BM Satires 4065.
[Ref: 63590] £360.00
John Wilkes Esq.r.
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
Publish'd Nov. 10 1804 by Richard Philips 11 S.t Paul's Churchyard.
Stipple sheet: 175 x 110mm (7x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 65194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
Publish'd Nov. 10 1804 by Richard Philips 11 S.t Paul's Churchyard.
Stipple sheet: 175 x 110mm (7x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 65194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
Drawn from the Life and Etched in Aquafortis by Willm. Hogarth.
Price 1 Shilling. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May ye 16. 1763.
Etching. 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom, crease across top.
Caricature portrait of John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), holding a pole topped by the cap of Liberty. The personal friendship of Hogarth & Wilkes did not stop the two attacking each other in caricature and pamphlet. Early in 1763 Wilkes had antagonised Hogarth by mocking his acceptance of royal payment; here Hogarth retaliates with this satirical portrait of Wilkes during his trial for an attack on George III in his satirical journal 'The North Briton'. On the reverse is pasted an election bill for Montgomery for the General Election of 1802, advertising the support of 'Lady Harriot'. (Henrietta Clive, sister of George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, and daughter-in-law of Clive of India) and 'two Clives for Ever' for an unnamed candidate. Very scarce local publication line 'Griffiths Printers Bishop's Castle'.
Paulson: 214, I of II, with price. BM 4050.
[Ref: 58307] £360.00
Drawn from the Life and Etched in Aquafortis by Willm. Hogarth.
Price 1 Shilling. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May ye 16. 1763.
Etching. 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom, crease across top.
Caricature portrait of John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), holding a pole topped by the cap of Liberty. The personal friendship of Hogarth & Wilkes did not stop the two attacking each other in caricature and pamphlet. Early in 1763 Wilkes had antagonised Hogarth by mocking his acceptance of royal payment; here Hogarth retaliates with this satirical portrait of Wilkes during his trial for an attack on George III in his satirical journal 'The North Briton'. On the reverse is pasted an election bill for Montgomery for the General Election of 1802, advertising the support of 'Lady Harriot'. (Henrietta Clive, sister of George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, and daughter-in-law of Clive of India) and 'two Clives for Ever' for an unnamed candidate. Very scarce local publication line 'Griffiths Printers Bishop's Castle'.
Paulson: 214, I of II, with price. BM 4050.
[Ref: 58307] £360.00
John Wilkes Esq.r. Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex. Friend to Libery, a Lover of his King, opposer of Ministerial Tyranny & Defender of his Country._
R.E Pine pinxt. Kitcheman delin.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map adn Printseller, N.o53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1768]
Fine mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Very faint foxing.
Three-quarter length portrait of John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), seated at a table wearing a coat with braiding and large cuffs, and frilled cravat, powdered hair brushed back, left hand on his thigh, right hand holding quill poised over sheets of paper, looking up to left at a classical statuette of a female figure holding a mirror and large shield decorated with a shining sun, a volume labelled 'Sydney on Gov', a letter addressed 'To Hump,,y Cotes Esqr London' and a scroll labelled 'Magna Charta' on the table, and a plaque with a bust of Hampden leaning against it to lower left. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament. The painting by Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788) is in the Parliamentary Art Collection.
CS ENA 161 i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68784] £360.00
R.E Pine pinxt. Kitcheman delin.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map adn Printseller, N.o53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1768]
Fine mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Very faint foxing.
Three-quarter length portrait of John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), seated at a table wearing a coat with braiding and large cuffs, and frilled cravat, powdered hair brushed back, left hand on his thigh, right hand holding quill poised over sheets of paper, looking up to left at a classical statuette of a female figure holding a mirror and large shield decorated with a shining sun, a volume labelled 'Sydney on Gov', a letter addressed 'To Hump,,y Cotes Esqr London' and a scroll labelled 'Magna Charta' on the table, and a plaque with a bust of Hampden leaning against it to lower left. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament. The painting by Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788) is in the Parliamentary Art Collection.
CS ENA 161 i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68784] £360.00
The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esq.r Lord Mayor of the City of London. And Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex in the year 1775.
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.
Mezzotint with hand-colour, 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Foxed. Light creasing, bit tatty.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.
Mezzotint with hand-colour, 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Foxed. Light creasing, bit tatty.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esq.r Lord Mayor of the City of London. And Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex in the year 1775.
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), with large margins on three sides. On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at the bottom losing the publication line.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68791] £320.00
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), with large margins on three sides. On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at the bottom losing the publication line.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68791] £320.00
John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of King's Bench.
Gent. Mag. May 1768.
Engraving. 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Three vertical folds as normal.
John Wilkes (1725-97), before the Kings Bench shortly before his imprisonment in 1768. A fold-out plate to the Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ref: 53524] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Gent. Mag. May 1768.
Engraving. 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Three vertical folds as normal.
John Wilkes (1725-97), before the Kings Bench shortly before his imprisonment in 1768. A fold-out plate to the Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ref: 53524] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Malice and Fortitude. There is no terror in your threats; For Jam arm'd so strong in honesty, That they have pass by me, as the idle wind, Which I respect not - Shakespeare.
[n.d. c.1768]
Scarce etching, sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Left slightly stained.
Satire that praises John Wilkes (1726-97) and disparages his opponents. He is standing behind a low picket fence beneath a palm tree, with one hand resting on a low column that reads "fortitude" and the other pointing to his chest, which has the words "magna Charta" written on it as though it were a collar. A group of threatening people approach him, led by Lord Bute (1713-92), who is brandishing a drawn sword. Princess Augusta (1719-72) is standing next to him, holding a dagger, seemingly ready to stab Wilkes. The figure behind them is likely a blindfolded version of King George III (1738-1820) , and Lord Mansfield (1705-93) is carrying a scroll with the words "Nulli differemus justiciam." Sir Fletcher Norton (1716-89) raises his fist, while Lord Sandwich (1718-92), wearing a jockey's cap and holding a cricket bat, watches furiously from behind. Four quotes from Act IV, scene three of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" are below. An early cricket item.
See BM Satires 4239 for different copy.
[Ref: 62039] £360.00
[n.d. c.1768]
Scarce etching, sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Left slightly stained.
Satire that praises John Wilkes (1726-97) and disparages his opponents. He is standing behind a low picket fence beneath a palm tree, with one hand resting on a low column that reads "fortitude" and the other pointing to his chest, which has the words "magna Charta" written on it as though it were a collar. A group of threatening people approach him, led by Lord Bute (1713-92), who is brandishing a drawn sword. Princess Augusta (1719-72) is standing next to him, holding a dagger, seemingly ready to stab Wilkes. The figure behind them is likely a blindfolded version of King George III (1738-1820) , and Lord Mansfield (1705-93) is carrying a scroll with the words "Nulli differemus justiciam." Sir Fletcher Norton (1716-89) raises his fist, while Lord Sandwich (1718-92), wearing a jockey's cap and holding a cricket bat, watches furiously from behind. Four quotes from Act IV, scene three of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" are below. An early cricket item.
See BM Satires 4239 for different copy.
[Ref: 62039] £360.00
![[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.](jpegs/59972.jpg)
[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.
[Oxford Magazine, 3rd February 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7").
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 59972] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 3rd February 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7").
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 59972] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Schildknaap, Lid van het Parlement van Engeland, wegens Aylesbury, in't Graaschap Buckingham.
R.V. 1764.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A Dutch portrait of John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
R.V. 1764.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A Dutch portrait of John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet: 155 x 100mm (6 x 4'') Trimmed.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. A copy of Magna Carta on desk.
[Ref: 49106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet: 155 x 100mm (6 x 4'') Trimmed.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. A copy of Magna Carta on desk.
[Ref: 49106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Iohn Wilkes Elected Knight of the Shire for Middlesex on the XXVIII.th of March, MDCCLXVIII by the Free Voice of the People.
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼''). Trimmed, paper tone.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Two books on Locke: Works & Sidney on Government on floor.
[Ref: 49107] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼''). Trimmed, paper tone.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Two books on Locke: Works & Sidney on Government on floor.
[Ref: 49107] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'') very large margins.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. On the desk is a copy of the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 49118] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'') very large margins.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. On the desk is a copy of the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 49118] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes.
[After Franz Heissig.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 190mm (7 x 7½''). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49123] £350.00
[After Franz Heissig.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 190mm (7 x 7½''). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49123] £350.00
Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex. John Wilkes Esq.r Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, 29th March 1768. Alderman of the Ward of Faringdon without. The Rev.d John Horne, Minister of New Brentford.
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Mr Alderman W[ilke]s in his Magisterial Character at the Sessions House in the Old Baily](jpegs/58647.jpg)
Mr Alderman W[ilke]s in his Magisterial Character at the Sessions House in the Old Baily Assisted by L[or]d M[ansfiel]d, the L[or]d M[ayor]r, Ald[erma]n H[arle]y, Ald[erman]n Tre[cothic]k, the Rec[or]d[e]r, &c &c. Engraved for the Oxford Magazine.
[1770.]
Etching, 115 x 165mm (4½ x 6½"). Trimmed into plate at top, laid on album paper.
A satire on John Wilkes being elected as an alderman of the City of London and therefore sitting as a magistrate, despite his recent prison sentence. It shows a trial with William Beckford presiding as Lord Mayor, with Alderman Thomas Harley, Wilkes, James Eyre (Recorder of the City), Lord Mansfield and Alderman Barlow Trecothick on the bench.
BM Satires
[Ref: 58647] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1770.]
Etching, 115 x 165mm (4½ x 6½"). Trimmed into plate at top, laid on album paper.
A satire on John Wilkes being elected as an alderman of the City of London and therefore sitting as a magistrate, despite his recent prison sentence. It shows a trial with William Beckford presiding as Lord Mayor, with Alderman Thomas Harley, Wilkes, James Eyre (Recorder of the City), Lord Mansfield and Alderman Barlow Trecothick on the bench.
BM Satires
[Ref: 58647] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Stipple. Sheet: 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 46327] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Stipple. Sheet: 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 46327] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r. Formerly a Great Champion of Liberty, now Chamberlain of London &c. &c.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with 3 sheets of letterpress. Plate: 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4") with large margins.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797) with three pages of letterpress discussing Wilkes's career.
[Ref: 46328] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with 3 sheets of letterpress. Plate: 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4") with large margins.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797) with three pages of letterpress discussing Wilkes's career.
[Ref: 46328] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)