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Love Feast.
Thaumaso Scrutiny Esq.e Fecit.
Published for the Satirist. Oct.r 1.st 1808, by S. Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, plate 185 x 335mm (7¼ x 13½"), with margins. On paper watermarked '1807'. Folds as issued. Small tear in one of the folds just touchng the plate.
Pl. from the 'Satirist', iii. 225. A satire on the marriage of Calvinist preacher, William Huntington (1745-1813) on 15th August 1808, to the rich widow of Sir James Sanderson (1741–1798), so that gold replaces his former earnings as a coal-heaver. He had formerly (after seducing and deserting another young woman) had 'a connection' (i.e. married) Mary Short by whom he had thirteen children; she died from gin and chagrin at the intimacy from c. 1803 between Huntington and Lady Sanderson. A "love-feast" is underway in a sparsely furnished room, illuminated by a torch that the Devil is holding above Huntington's bride's head. Huntington is holding the hand of a small woman who is staring at a picture (or mirror) that a "fat mid-wife" has held out to her. The picture features little imps or ragamuffins. The Devil offers a miserable literary hack a pair of breeches, while his ragged shirt and coat hang over his nude legs. With great pleasure, the latter accepts the breeches; from his pocket projects a paper: 'Huntington rescued from the Attack of the Satirist'. Hideous men and women can be seen on the left; one man is shown pouring a bottle's contents into the mouth of a woman who appears to be debauched. A woman holding an ugly baby is given a "Warrant f Bastardy" by a man. Demons are seen in the background emptying one sack of coal and stuffing another full of gold. "Bank of Faith this Lucrative Concern to be Disposed of the Present Proprietor retiring from Trade" is written on a placard that is attached to the wall.
BM Satires 11083.
[Ref: 62310] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Thaumaso Scrutiny Esq.e Fecit.
Published for the Satirist. Oct.r 1.st 1808, by S. Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, plate 185 x 335mm (7¼ x 13½"), with margins. On paper watermarked '1807'. Folds as issued. Small tear in one of the folds just touchng the plate.
Pl. from the 'Satirist', iii. 225. A satire on the marriage of Calvinist preacher, William Huntington (1745-1813) on 15th August 1808, to the rich widow of Sir James Sanderson (1741–1798), so that gold replaces his former earnings as a coal-heaver. He had formerly (after seducing and deserting another young woman) had 'a connection' (i.e. married) Mary Short by whom he had thirteen children; she died from gin and chagrin at the intimacy from c. 1803 between Huntington and Lady Sanderson. A "love-feast" is underway in a sparsely furnished room, illuminated by a torch that the Devil is holding above Huntington's bride's head. Huntington is holding the hand of a small woman who is staring at a picture (or mirror) that a "fat mid-wife" has held out to her. The picture features little imps or ragamuffins. The Devil offers a miserable literary hack a pair of breeches, while his ragged shirt and coat hang over his nude legs. With great pleasure, the latter accepts the breeches; from his pocket projects a paper: 'Huntington rescued from the Attack of the Satirist'. Hideous men and women can be seen on the left; one man is shown pouring a bottle's contents into the mouth of a woman who appears to be debauched. A woman holding an ugly baby is given a "Warrant f Bastardy" by a man. Demons are seen in the background emptying one sack of coal and stuffing another full of gold. "Bank of Faith this Lucrative Concern to be Disposed of the Present Proprietor retiring from Trade" is written on a placard that is attached to the wall.
BM Satires 11083.
[Ref: 62310] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)