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The Antiquary and Lovel.
Photogravure Goupil & C.o
Edinburgh, 1885.
Photogravure. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½"), with wide margins. Small tears along the top and left edges.
A scene depicting two well dressed men in a study surrounded by a careless pile of books. This print is from a series of eight published in a book by Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822-1891). The Scottish painter was appointed to Director of the National Galleries of Scotland in 1877 and in 1882 became the president of the Royal Scottish Academy. The book was published for the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. Douglas himself was an antiquary and bibliophile as well as having an interest in astrology and alchemy.
[Ref: 53886] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Photogravure Goupil & C.o
Edinburgh, 1885.
Photogravure. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½"), with wide margins. Small tears along the top and left edges.
A scene depicting two well dressed men in a study surrounded by a careless pile of books. This print is from a series of eight published in a book by Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822-1891). The Scottish painter was appointed to Director of the National Galleries of Scotland in 1877 and in 1882 became the president of the Royal Scottish Academy. The book was published for the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. Douglas himself was an antiquary and bibliophile as well as having an interest in astrology and alchemy.
[Ref: 53886] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Arithmetic. The Multiplication Table. Addition _ Division _ Fractions.
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Barclay's Dictonary, word Conjurer.
W. M. Craig delin. J. Brown sculp. Published as the Act directs by T. Kinnersley May 1.st 1813.
London, 1813.
Engraving. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A scene depicting a man in wizards robes waving a wand over a book, on a table next to a smoking cauldron. Two devil figures, one crouched, one with arms extended upward, stand behind the table. A man crouches next to the wizard clutching his face. The image pressumably illustrates the definition for the word 'conjurer'.
[Ref: 54120] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. M. Craig delin. J. Brown sculp. Published as the Act directs by T. Kinnersley May 1.st 1813.
London, 1813.
Engraving. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A scene depicting a man in wizards robes waving a wand over a book, on a table next to a smoking cauldron. Two devil figures, one crouched, one with arms extended upward, stand behind the table. A man crouches next to the wizard clutching his face. The image pressumably illustrates the definition for the word 'conjurer'.
[Ref: 54120] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bacon Faced Fellows of Brazen Nose, Broke Loose.
Rowlandson. Del.
Pub. d [erased]1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling
Coloured etching, visible area 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Date erased (as BM example). Laid down.
A crowd of burlesqued elderly Fellows in cap and gown stream from a doorway and walk through an archway towards a quadrangle. One enters the Principal's Lodge followed by a buxom girl with baskets of fruit, exciting the prurient interest of some of the Fellows. Others buy fruit from another pretty girl. At the time the Principal of Brazenose was Frodsham Hodson (1770-1822), Regius Professor of Divinity 1820. Although the architecture is realistically drawn it is not Brazenose.
BM Satires 11782.
[Ref: 58481] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson. Del.
Pub. d [erased]1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling
Coloured etching, visible area 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼"). Date erased (as BM example). Laid down.
A crowd of burlesqued elderly Fellows in cap and gown stream from a doorway and walk through an archway towards a quadrangle. One enters the Principal's Lodge followed by a buxom girl with baskets of fruit, exciting the prurient interest of some of the Fellows. Others buy fruit from another pretty girl. At the time the Principal of Brazenose was Frodsham Hodson (1770-1822), Regius Professor of Divinity 1820. Although the architecture is realistically drawn it is not Brazenose.
BM Satires 11782.
[Ref: 58481] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Come child of misfortune-come hither. Moore.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching. Sheet: 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on an album sheet.
A comic scene in which a wild looking child covers from a schoolmaster who is going to beat him. The title comes from Thomas Moore's poem 'Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded'
[Ref: 44688] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching. Sheet: 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed and laid on an album sheet.
A comic scene in which a wild looking child covers from a schoolmaster who is going to beat him. The title comes from Thomas Moore's poem 'Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded'
[Ref: 44688] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six vignette satires on education on one sheet.]](jpegs/51602.jpg)
[Six vignette satires on education on one sheet.]
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Six educational satires including: 'The Pursuit of Letters' in which large-headed infants in baby walkers rush after large letters on spidery legs; and 'The Tutor's Assistant', a birch-rod. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15622.
[Ref: 51602] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etched & Published by George Cruikshank ~
May 20th 1828.
Etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14½"). Some spotting.
Six educational satires including: 'The Pursuit of Letters' in which large-headed infants in baby walkers rush after large letters on spidery legs; and 'The Tutor's Assistant', a birch-rod. From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.
BM Satires 15622.
[Ref: 51602] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dance Lesson] Chest Forward, Toes Out.](jpegs/7414.jpg)
[Dance Lesson] Chest Forward, Toes Out.
Standidge & Co. Litho, 77 Cornhill.
Sold, by J. Knight, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill [n.d., c.1850].
Lithograph, sheet 235 x 275mm.
A dancing instructor holding a violin gives instructions which his pupils follow, creating very exaggerated poses.
[Ref: 7414] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Standidge & Co. Litho, 77 Cornhill.
Sold, by J. Knight, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill [n.d., c.1850].
Lithograph, sheet 235 x 275mm.
A dancing instructor holding a violin gives instructions which his pupils follow, creating very exaggerated poses.
[Ref: 7414] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dance Lesson] Chest Forward, Toes Out.](jpegs/58975.jpg)
[Dance Lesson] Chest Forward, Toes Out.
Standidge & C.o Litho, 77 Cornhill.
Sold by J Knight, Sweetlings Alley, Cornhill. [n.d c.1863]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15). Stained outside the image in margin. Some foxing and surface dirt.
A dancing instructor holding a violin gives instructions which his pupils follow, creating very exaggerated poses.
[Ref: 58975] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Standidge & C.o Litho, 77 Cornhill.
Sold by J Knight, Sweetlings Alley, Cornhill. [n.d c.1863]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15). Stained outside the image in margin. Some foxing and surface dirt.
A dancing instructor holding a violin gives instructions which his pupils follow, creating very exaggerated poses.
[Ref: 58975] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
'Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the ignorant by the incompetent' Sir Josiah Stamp.
Joaquin Macis Noviembr 1944 [etched in plate lower left.] [Signed in pencil in reverse lower right.]
Hand coloured etching, 420 x 280mm. 16½ x 11".
A scene in a classroom. A pupil approaches the seated teacher in the foreground with a piece of paper inscribed 'God Bless the Squire & his relations & teach us all our proper stations'. Behind are three heavily caricatured pupils seated at a bench, a Latin quote referencing Socrates on the wall above them, and shelves bearing books with inscribed spines and two globes. The Latin American artist Joaquin Macias is known to have lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Nicaragua, and to have visited Chile in 1951. In a hand written note discovered with a group of his etchings, he mentions a period of "30 years residence" in Britain. He seems to have etched most of his plates in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
[Ref: 9948] £450.00
Joaquin Macis Noviembr 1944 [etched in plate lower left.] [Signed in pencil in reverse lower right.]
Hand coloured etching, 420 x 280mm. 16½ x 11".
A scene in a classroom. A pupil approaches the seated teacher in the foreground with a piece of paper inscribed 'God Bless the Squire & his relations & teach us all our proper stations'. Behind are three heavily caricatured pupils seated at a bench, a Latin quote referencing Socrates on the wall above them, and shelves bearing books with inscribed spines and two globes. The Latin American artist Joaquin Macias is known to have lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Nicaragua, and to have visited Chile in 1951. In a hand written note discovered with a group of his etchings, he mentions a period of "30 years residence" in Britain. He seems to have etched most of his plates in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
[Ref: 9948] £450.00
The Oppidan's Museum, or Eton Court of Claims at the Christopher.
Drawn & Engraved by R. Cruikshank.
Published March 1. 1824 by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, binding marks along bottom edge.
A view in the cellars of the Christopher Hotel in Eton, where 'Oppidans' (i.e. pupils who could afford to lodge in town rather than at the school) would stay). Curios hang from the ceiling. A drinking scene. A plate from 'The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle', described by Abbey as 'perhaps the most daring book ever published' because many of the people in the narrative could be recognised.
Abbey Life 325.
[Ref: 60823] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by R. Cruikshank.
Published March 1. 1824 by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 9"). Trimmed within plate, binding marks along bottom edge.
A view in the cellars of the Christopher Hotel in Eton, where 'Oppidans' (i.e. pupils who could afford to lodge in town rather than at the school) would stay). Curios hang from the ceiling. A drinking scene. A plate from 'The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle', described by Abbey as 'perhaps the most daring book ever published' because many of the people in the narrative could be recognised.
Abbey Life 325.
[Ref: 60823] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![The Heiress: Plate 5. [The Captain.]](jpegs/44366.jpg)
The Heiress: Plate 5. [The Captain.]
[by Robert Seymour.]
Publsihed March 1st 1830 by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
A plate from Seymour's 'The Heiress: A Farce : in Six Plates'. Here the heroine meets 'The Captain'; the seven scenes show them at entertainments, including a fancy dress ball and card party.
[Ref: 44366] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[by Robert Seymour.]
Publsihed March 1st 1830 by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
A plate from Seymour's 'The Heiress: A Farce : in Six Plates'. Here the heroine meets 'The Captain'; the seven scenes show them at entertainments, including a fancy dress ball and card party.
[Ref: 44366] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Macaroni Schoolmaster.
[by Matthew Darly.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 7 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark, 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), large margins.
A teacher in wig and gown over dark clerical clothes, holding a book and a menacing strap in his left hand.
BM Satires: 5051.
[Ref: 55579] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Matthew Darly.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 7 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark, 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), large margins.
A teacher in wig and gown over dark clerical clothes, holding a book and a menacing strap in his left hand.
BM Satires: 5051.
[Ref: 55579] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The humorous thought of a schoolboy.
[after Robert Dighton.]
222. Printed for Bowles & Carver,. No'69 in St Paul's Churchyard, London [n.d., c.1774].
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 170mm x 140mm (7''x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Tear in title
A schoolboy about to be beaten by his master drops his trousers to reveal a face painted on his backside. Two spheres on wall over fireplace.
See BM Satires 4535 for larger version. Similar to Ref: 52131.
[Ref: 52129] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
222. Printed for Bowles & Carver,. No'69 in St Paul's Churchyard, London [n.d., c.1774].
Mezzotint with strong original colour. 170mm x 140mm (7''x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Tear in title
A schoolboy about to be beaten by his master drops his trousers to reveal a face painted on his backside. Two spheres on wall over fireplace.
See BM Satires 4535 for larger version. Similar to Ref: 52131.
[Ref: 52129] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The School of Reform. Conjugation of the Verb to Reform.
C.J. Grant.
Pub Feb 1831 by S Gans Southampton Street Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed, torn & stained.
Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), depicted as a teacher at a lectern, leading the schoolboys of the government: 'Say after Me: I Shou'd Reform; Thou Shoudst Reform ; He Shoud Reform; We Shou'd Reform; You Shou'd Reform; They Shou'd Reform'. At the back is Wellington, wearing a dunce's cap and a pinafore, saying 'I Can't Reform'. In 1830 Wellington had been forced to resign for his opposition to the First Reform Bill.
BM: 1868,0808.9346
[Ref: 30676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
C.J. Grant.
Pub Feb 1831 by S Gans Southampton Street Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed, torn & stained.
Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), depicted as a teacher at a lectern, leading the schoolboys of the government: 'Say after Me: I Shou'd Reform; Thou Shoudst Reform ; He Shoud Reform; We Shou'd Reform; You Shou'd Reform; They Shou'd Reform'. At the back is Wellington, wearing a dunce's cap and a pinafore, saying 'I Can't Reform'. In 1830 Wellington had been forced to resign for his opposition to the First Reform Bill.
BM: 1868,0808.9346
[Ref: 30676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Droll Thought of Tom the Schoolboy, or two Heads better than one.
136. London, Printed for Robert Sayer. No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10. Sept 1787.
Mezzotint. 250 mm x 210mm (10'' x 8''). Framed. Unexamined out of original maple frame. Time stained.
A schoolmaster prepares to flog a pupil, laughs to discover a face drawn on the boy's bottom. A map hangs on the back wall.
Similar to Ref: 52129.
[Ref: 52131] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
136. London, Printed for Robert Sayer. No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10. Sept 1787.
Mezzotint. 250 mm x 210mm (10'' x 8''). Framed. Unexamined out of original maple frame. Time stained.
A schoolmaster prepares to flog a pupil, laughs to discover a face drawn on the boy's bottom. A map hangs on the back wall.
Similar to Ref: 52129.
[Ref: 52131] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Shepherd & Jackdaw!! Dedicated (without permission) to the Vicar of Childwell!
Published by the Society for the suppression of Vice!!! [c.1830]
Etching, platemark 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Later restrike.
Educational satire with a shepherd sitting with his snuff (a paper beside him reads 'Chronicle: School Question' while sheep in the field below complain 'Toad! Bully! Drudge! Infidel!'
[Ref: 41076] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Published by the Society for the suppression of Vice!!! [c.1830]
Etching, platemark 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Later restrike.
Educational satire with a shepherd sitting with his snuff (a paper beside him reads 'Chronicle: School Question' while sheep in the field below complain 'Toad! Bully! Drudge! Infidel!'
[Ref: 41076] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Xmas Academics. A Combination Game of Whist.
HWBunbury del. 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 20.th Jan.y 1773. By J. Bretherton N.º 134. New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges, small hole, slight crease in centre.
Cambridge dons play whist in a Combination Room, grimacing at each other. A spectator signals the cards held by one player to his opponent. An old woman serves wine.
BM Satires 4728.
[Ref: 61786] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
HWBunbury del. 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 20.th Jan.y 1773. By J. Bretherton N.º 134. New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges, small hole, slight crease in centre.
Cambridge dons play whist in a Combination Room, grimacing at each other. A spectator signals the cards held by one player to his opponent. An old woman serves wine.
BM Satires 4728.
[Ref: 61786] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)