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China Under the Guidance & Protection of France and England. The Allies in Pekin. An English and a French Officer try which shall appear To a Chinese Lady least a Barbarian.
London, W.H.J. Carter, Bookseller, Printseller, &c 12, Regent Street, Pall Mall [c.1850]
Rare lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 345 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Damaged, foxing. List of W.H.J. Carter's stock of caricatures printed verso.
Satire on relations between the European powers and France: British and French soldiers compete to win the favour of a Chinese woman by displaying their good manners.
[Ref: 47086] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
London, W.H.J. Carter, Bookseller, Printseller, &c 12, Regent Street, Pall Mall [c.1850]
Rare lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 345 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Damaged, foxing. List of W.H.J. Carter's stock of caricatures printed verso.
Satire on relations between the European powers and France: British and French soldiers compete to win the favour of a Chinese woman by displaying their good manners.
[Ref: 47086] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst] L-d Am-t on duty](jpegs/67301.jpg)
[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst] L-d Am-t on duty If I had Power, I’d kill 20 in an Hour.
Pub accg to act June 12. 1780 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Finely hand-coloured rare etching, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), with large margins. Few small brown stains.
Satire on the Gordon Riots in 1780. Lord Amherst (1717-97) in profile on horseback, wearing a general’s uniform and brandishing a bloodied sword with two geese as his victims, one lying dead, the other wounded. Behind him, red-coated soldiers on horseback emerge through smoke, while to the left a large house blazes with flames pouring from its windows.
BM Satires 5682.
[Ref: 67301] £360.00
Pub accg to act June 12. 1780 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Finely hand-coloured rare etching, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), with large margins. Few small brown stains.
Satire on the Gordon Riots in 1780. Lord Amherst (1717-97) in profile on horseback, wearing a general’s uniform and brandishing a bloodied sword with two geese as his victims, one lying dead, the other wounded. Behind him, red-coated soldiers on horseback emerge through smoke, while to the left a large house blazes with flames pouring from its windows.
BM Satires 5682.
[Ref: 67301] £360.00
![[Peace of Amiens] Old Times Returned.](jpegs/63119.jpg)
[Peace of Amiens] Old Times Returned.
W. f. [George Moutard Woodward.]
Pub.d May 18 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, title slightly cropped.
An obese John Bull eats at a laden table; The waiter says ''Pudding did you say Sir?''; Bull retorts angrily ''Yes you Scoundrel Pudding_ do you mean to stave a Man in a Christian Country _ at Peace with all the World!''. The Treaty of Amiens was signed on 25th March 1802, resulting in a pause in the war with Revolutionary France until 18th May 1803.
[Ref: 63119] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W. f. [George Moutard Woodward.]
Pub.d May 18 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, title slightly cropped.
An obese John Bull eats at a laden table; The waiter says ''Pudding did you say Sir?''; Bull retorts angrily ''Yes you Scoundrel Pudding_ do you mean to stave a Man in a Christian Country _ at Peace with all the World!''. The Treaty of Amiens was signed on 25th March 1802, resulting in a pause in the war with Revolutionary France until 18th May 1803.
[Ref: 63119] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Artillery Driver. 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs, . . . But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath...'
[Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Surface dirt, crease in upper right,
A camp scene. In the foreground (right) stands a yokel in a smock-frock, his hair falling on his shoulders but wearing a military hat. He holds a long whip and points with his right forefinger as if addressing an audience. Beneath the title are the words of his song (39 lines) beginning: 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs... But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath.' Behind are tents and cannon in a landscape with small figures: sentries, officers, and ladies. The nearest tent (right) has the Prince of Wales's feathers and the word 'Demezy'.
[Ref: 7249] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Surface dirt, crease in upper right,
A camp scene. In the foreground (right) stands a yokel in a smock-frock, his hair falling on his shoulders but wearing a military hat. He holds a long whip and points with his right forefinger as if addressing an audience. Beneath the title are the words of his song (39 lines) beginning: 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs... But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath.' Behind are tents and cannon in a landscape with small figures: sentries, officers, and ladies. The nearest tent (right) has the Prince of Wales's feathers and the word 'Demezy'.
[Ref: 7249] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Artillery Duty.
[after Matthew Darly.]
Printed for Robert Sayer, No 53, Fleet Steet [n.d., c.1775].
Coloured etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Paper loss lower left margin.
Two military macaronis in uniform; a very tall soldier holds a huge umbrella or parasol over the head of a diminutive officer. A re-issue of Matthew Darly's plate of 1773.
See BM Satires 4646 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60981] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Matthew Darly.]
Printed for Robert Sayer, No 53, Fleet Steet [n.d., c.1775].
Coloured etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Paper loss lower left margin.
Two military macaronis in uniform; a very tall soldier holds a huge umbrella or parasol over the head of a diminutive officer. A re-issue of Matthew Darly's plate of 1773.
See BM Satires 4646 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60981] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Battle of Bears and Frogs]. Turmæ ranarum periunt non vulnere multo Artus si vivet, quæque salire solet.](jpegs/54044.jpg)
[The Battle of Bears and Frogs]. Turmæ ranarum periunt non vulnere multo Artus si vivet, quæque salire solet.
Eckstiene pinx [John Eckstein]. Reynolds sculp.
London Pub.d April 1.st 1801.
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp of a bee, in lower margin. Repaired tears, central fold, month engraved in a ferrent style to the rest of the inscription.
An army of bears storm a hill defended by frogs with cannon, bayoneting and shooting some as others hop into a pond to escape. A rough translation of the Latin title is 'The host of frogs perish and their limbs, used to jumping, twitch on'. The BM has two examples, one matching this state, and another with a different title ('Im Belles Ferro Ceciderunt Igne Robusti') and joke signatures, from the Lennox-Boyd collection, as this example. The collector's stamp, a blind-stamped Napoleonic Bee, is that of William J. Latta of Philadelphia, a collector of Napolionic prints, who began his collection c.1880, sold it Anderson Galleries, New York, in four sales 1913-4. Lugt (L.2825) says of the collection that it ''was reputed to be the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The portraits were remarkable for the beauty of the prints and the rarity of the states; the series of caricatures was particularly comprehensive''.
BM 1872,0511.896 & 2010,7081.5049. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54044] £320.00
Eckstiene pinx [John Eckstein]. Reynolds sculp.
London Pub.d April 1.st 1801.
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp of a bee, in lower margin. Repaired tears, central fold, month engraved in a ferrent style to the rest of the inscription.
An army of bears storm a hill defended by frogs with cannon, bayoneting and shooting some as others hop into a pond to escape. A rough translation of the Latin title is 'The host of frogs perish and their limbs, used to jumping, twitch on'. The BM has two examples, one matching this state, and another with a different title ('Im Belles Ferro Ceciderunt Igne Robusti') and joke signatures, from the Lennox-Boyd collection, as this example. The collector's stamp, a blind-stamped Napoleonic Bee, is that of William J. Latta of Philadelphia, a collector of Napolionic prints, who began his collection c.1880, sold it Anderson Galleries, New York, in four sales 1913-4. Lugt (L.2825) says of the collection that it ''was reputed to be the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The portraits were remarkable for the beauty of the prints and the rarity of the states; the series of caricatures was particularly comprehensive''.
BM 1872,0511.896 & 2010,7081.5049. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54044] £320.00
Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747. As Lowendahl of late the Wallls he did scour...
[n.d., c.1747.]
Very rare engraving with later hand-colour. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Creasing, damage to edges and tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
A satirical print discussing the seige and ransacking of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French under Ulrich Lowendal in 1747 during the war of Austrian Succession.
[Ref: 42721] £680.00
[n.d., c.1747.]
Very rare engraving with later hand-colour. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"). Creasing, damage to edges and tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
A satirical print discussing the seige and ransacking of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French under Ulrich Lowendal in 1747 during the war of Austrian Succession.
[Ref: 42721] £680.00
Rencontre D'Anglaises a Paris. Le Suprême Bon Ton, No. 23.
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. No.15 [n.d., July 1814].
Coloured etching. Fine decorative interior design frame, sight size 205 x 270mm (8 x 10½").
Two British soldiers greet each other enthusiastically, one accompanied by his wife and daughter. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BNF FRBNF41515493.
[Ref: 69570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. No.15 [n.d., July 1814].
Coloured etching. Fine decorative interior design frame, sight size 205 x 270mm (8 x 10½").
Two British soldiers greet each other enthusiastically, one accompanied by his wife and daughter. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BNF FRBNF41515493.
[Ref: 69570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Senior officers of the British Army at a camp.]](jpegs/63132.jpg)
[Senior officers of the British Army at a camp.]
LGFawkes September 1873.
Maclure & Macdonald, Lith.rs to the Queen, London. Entered at Stationers Hall.
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Repaired tear, pencil identification, including Strickland, Gen. Stanley, Gen Woodhouse.
A group of Officers chatting and discussing tactics at a camp. Lionel Grimston Fawkes (1849-1931) attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, becoming a colonel in the Royal Artillery and Professor of Military Topography at the Royal Military Academy from 1895 to 1900. He also served as a Justice of the Peace before retiring to Canada.
[Ref: 63132] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
LGFawkes September 1873.
Maclure & Macdonald, Lith.rs to the Queen, London. Entered at Stationers Hall.
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Repaired tear, pencil identification, including Strickland, Gen. Stanley, Gen Woodhouse.
A group of Officers chatting and discussing tactics at a camp. Lionel Grimston Fawkes (1849-1931) attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, becoming a colonel in the Royal Artillery and Professor of Military Topography at the Royal Military Academy from 1895 to 1900. He also served as a Justice of the Peace before retiring to Canada.
[Ref: 63132] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
British Soldiers Drowning Care.
[Published 20th Novr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle No. 53 Fleet Street London.]
Mezzotint. 300 x 255mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing the text of a song and inscription.
Social satire; officers in a tent around a table drink red wine, or punch from a bowl, smoke pipes and sing; one has his arm in a sling, another waves his hat, in the background are mounted soldiers and the British flag, and on the floor is a cannon and shot.
[Ref: 3737] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Published 20th Novr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle No. 53 Fleet Street London.]
Mezzotint. 300 x 255mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing the text of a song and inscription.
Social satire; officers in a tent around a table drink red wine, or punch from a bowl, smoke pipes and sing; one has his arm in a sling, another waves his hat, in the background are mounted soldiers and the British flag, and on the floor is a cannon and shot.
[Ref: 3737] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan] His Lordship.](jpegs/56514.jpg)
[James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan] His Lordship. (A Sketch in the Phoenix.)
[after Henry Hope Crealock.]
Lithographed, Printed and Published by Dickinson Brothers, 114, Bond Street [n.d., c.1856].
Fine & rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"), with large margins. A little damage to edges.
A slightly caricatured portrait of Cardigan, sword drawn, on a charger, probably 'Ronald', which he rode at the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. Behind is his bugler. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-91), a captain in the 90th Light Infantry during the Crimean War, was an accomplished draughtsman, who also sketched during the Indian Mutiny, Opium Wars in China and the Zulu campaign (for the Illustrated London News). He retired from the army as a Lieutenant-General. Irish interest.
[Ref: 56514] £360.00
[after Henry Hope Crealock.]
Lithographed, Printed and Published by Dickinson Brothers, 114, Bond Street [n.d., c.1856].
Fine & rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"), with large margins. A little damage to edges.
A slightly caricatured portrait of Cardigan, sword drawn, on a charger, probably 'Ronald', which he rode at the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. Behind is his bugler. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-91), a captain in the 90th Light Infantry during the Crimean War, was an accomplished draughtsman, who also sketched during the Indian Mutiny, Opium Wars in China and the Zulu campaign (for the Illustrated London News). He retired from the army as a Lieutenant-General. Irish interest.
[Ref: 56514] £360.00
A Camp Scene.
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. G. White Sculp.t.
Publish.d June the 25th 1784 by C. White, Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 315 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom. Small margins left & right. Foxing.
A scene in a military encampment. Three visitors (two men and a woman) watch with amusement as a soldier, dressed in full regimentals including a busby, shaves another despite having a spade and axe thrust through his belt.
BM Satires 6727.
[Ref: 54586] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Del.t. G. White Sculp.t.
Publish.d June the 25th 1784 by C. White, Stafford Row Pimlico.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 315 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom. Small margins left & right. Foxing.
A scene in a military encampment. Three visitors (two men and a woman) watch with amusement as a soldier, dressed in full regimentals including a busby, shaves another despite having a spade and axe thrust through his belt.
BM Satires 6727.
[Ref: 54586] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Captn. Cut-Lass.
Pubd. by MDarly No.39 Strand Novr. 18th 1771 Accorg. to Act.
Etching, early state before the addition of 'V.2' at top left. 160 x 105mm, 6¼ x 4". Ink annotation to lower margin, 'of the Rifle Brigade'.
A smiling man dressed as a military officer wears an enormous cutlass. In his right hand is a cane which rests on his right shoulder; his left hand is on his hip. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '1' upper right.
See 14177 for later state (BM Satires: 4986).
[Ref: 14214] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. by MDarly No.39 Strand Novr. 18th 1771 Accorg. to Act.
Etching, early state before the addition of 'V.2' at top left. 160 x 105mm, 6¼ x 4". Ink annotation to lower margin, 'of the Rifle Brigade'.
A smiling man dressed as a military officer wears an enormous cutlass. In his right hand is a cane which rests on his right shoulder; his left hand is on his hip. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '1' upper right.
See 14177 for later state (BM Satires: 4986).
[Ref: 14214] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chelsea Pensioners] Fresh Arrivals at Chelsea.](jpegs/54566.jpg)
[Chelsea Pensioners] Fresh Arrivals at Chelsea.
Giles Grinagain in et f.
Published Mar 15th 1802 by S. Howitt, Panton Street Haymarket.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½") large margins. Some toning of paper at edge of plate.
Two veterans of the French Revolutionary Wars, both still in army uniform, compare notes about their loss of limbs with two older Chelsea Pensioners, also amputees. One of the Old Guard says 'a Rascal of a Frenchman shot my nose off', during his service with the Marquis of Grandby during the Seven Years' War. 'Giles Grinagain' was probably a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt, the publisher of the print.
[Ref: 54566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Giles Grinagain in et f.
Published Mar 15th 1802 by S. Howitt, Panton Street Haymarket.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½") large margins. Some toning of paper at edge of plate.
Two veterans of the French Revolutionary Wars, both still in army uniform, compare notes about their loss of limbs with two older Chelsea Pensioners, also amputees. One of the Old Guard says 'a Rascal of a Frenchman shot my nose off', during his service with the Marquis of Grandby during the Seven Years' War. 'Giles Grinagain' was probably a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt, the publisher of the print.
[Ref: 54566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The City Militia.
Pub.d. by Tregear Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 285mm, (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed. Some repaired damage.
A satirical scene showing a member of the militia with a horses head advertises his abilities as a good housekeeper and directs any potential employer to request a character reference from the Court of Aldermen.
[Ref: 39496] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d. by Tregear Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 285mm, (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed. Some repaired damage.
A satirical scene showing a member of the militia with a horses head advertises his abilities as a good housekeeper and directs any potential employer to request a character reference from the Court of Aldermen.
[Ref: 39496] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The City Train'd Bands Recruiting Serjeant.
Pub Accor.g to Act by MDarly Strand Sep.r 2d. 1773.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
A new recruit with a peg-leg is presented to a startled-looking recruiting officer of the much-caricatured City of London militia. A small militia man stands behind with a gun over his shoulder, having removed his hat, like the first man. A portrait and maps on the wall of the office, a sword on the table and musket lying on the floor below. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '14' upper right.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 14538] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub Accor.g to Act by MDarly Strand Sep.r 2d. 1773.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
A new recruit with a peg-leg is presented to a startled-looking recruiting officer of the much-caricatured City of London militia. A small militia man stands behind with a gun over his shoulder, having removed his hat, like the first man. A portrait and maps on the wall of the office, a sword on the table and musket lying on the floor below. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '14' upper right.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 14538] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mother Carey's Chickens. BM these Birds have lately been seen hovering about the Horse Guards.
[by Charles Williams.]
[Watermarked 1803 but printed later.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Mounted in album paper at edges, some toning.
Mrs Cary or Carey releases a flock of fledgling officers with money bags from a sack marked 'Pin Money instead of Allowance', to the disgust of a group of full-size officers, one of whom says 'To waste ones health in unwholesome Climates an then fail of promotion because we cannot fee ****** or Army Agents Agents.!!'. Mrs Cary succeeded Mary Anne Clarke as mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, after Clarke admitted selling army commissions to support their lavish lifestyle in 1809. This satire suggests that the practice continued.
BM Satires 11050, published by Tegg 1808.
[Ref: 54569] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
[Watermarked 1803 but printed later.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 380mm (10 x 15"). Mounted in album paper at edges, some toning.
Mrs Cary or Carey releases a flock of fledgling officers with money bags from a sack marked 'Pin Money instead of Allowance', to the disgust of a group of full-size officers, one of whom says 'To waste ones health in unwholesome Climates an then fail of promotion because we cannot fee ****** or Army Agents Agents.!!'. Mrs Cary succeeded Mary Anne Clarke as mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, after Clarke admitted selling army commissions to support their lavish lifestyle in 1809. This satire suggests that the practice continued.
BM Satires 11050, published by Tegg 1808.
[Ref: 54569] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Anne Clarke] Dissolution of Partnership or the Industrious Mrs Clarke Winding Up Her Accounts.](jpegs/63418.jpg)
[Mary Anne Clarke] Dissolution of Partnership or the Industrious Mrs Clarke Winding Up Her Accounts.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d M Feb.y 15. 1809 by Tho.s Tegg N.º 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate.
Mary Anne Clarke sits on the left, raising her skirts to receive a money bag from Jeremiah Donovan, an ex-army surgeon who was her main go-between when she was selling commissions. On the right is Captain Tuck, who received a written scale of Mrs. Clarke's prices from Donovan. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, was found out to be selling army commissions while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. York was forced to resign from his position, though he was later exonerated and reinstated. Mrs Clarke was prosecuted for libel in 1813 and imprisoned. On her release, she went to live in France.
BM Satires 11217.
[Ref: 63418] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d M Feb.y 15. 1809 by Tho.s Tegg N.º 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate.
Mary Anne Clarke sits on the left, raising her skirts to receive a money bag from Jeremiah Donovan, an ex-army surgeon who was her main go-between when she was selling commissions. On the right is Captain Tuck, who received a written scale of Mrs. Clarke's prices from Donovan. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, was found out to be selling army commissions while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. York was forced to resign from his position, though he was later exonerated and reinstated. Mrs Clarke was prosecuted for libel in 1813 and imprisoned. On her release, she went to live in France.
BM Satires 11217.
[Ref: 63418] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Anne Clarke] The Road to Preferment Through Clarkes Passage.](jpegs/62054.jpg)
[Mary Anne Clarke] The Road to Preferment Through Clarkes Passage.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d March 5. 1809 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, pt. watermark. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in title.
Mrs Clarke, dressed in a military jacket and hat, stands in a massive archway, addressing a mixture of young, old and infirm soldiers, parsons and civilians, one of whom holds up a money bag marked '500'. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, was found out to be selling army commissions while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. York was forced to resign from his position, though he was later exonerated and reinstated. Mrs Clarke was prosecuted for libel in 1813 and imprisoned. On her release, she went to live in France.
BM Satires 11239; Grego II 149.
[Ref: 62054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d March 5. 1809 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, pt. watermark. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in title.
Mrs Clarke, dressed in a military jacket and hat, stands in a massive archway, addressing a mixture of young, old and infirm soldiers, parsons and civilians, one of whom holds up a money bag marked '500'. Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, was found out to be selling army commissions while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. York was forced to resign from his position, though he was later exonerated and reinstated. Mrs Clarke was prosecuted for libel in 1813 and imprisoned. On her release, she went to live in France.
BM Satires 11239; Grego II 149.
[Ref: 62054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Martal Macaroni. Pray S.r. do you Laugh at me. 24.
Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t Nov. 6th, 1771 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Etching with very large margins. Platemark: 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Light creasing.
A fashionably dressed young officer standing in profile to left, his hair dressed in an extremely long queue which echoes the sword hanging at his side. A contemporary identification of the figure as 'Ensign Horneck'. Plate 24 from the publication, '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc. (Vol.1)'. Published by caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly (1720 - 1781).
BM Satires ref: 4711.
[Ref: 34307] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t Nov. 6th, 1771 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Etching with very large margins. Platemark: 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Light creasing.
A fashionably dressed young officer standing in profile to left, his hair dressed in an extremely long queue which echoes the sword hanging at his side. A contemporary identification of the figure as 'Ensign Horneck'. Plate 24 from the publication, '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc. (Vol.1)'. Published by caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly (1720 - 1781).
BM Satires ref: 4711.
[Ref: 34307] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Drill. Why you infernal rascal_how dare you stand there making such horrible ugly faces! _ Make the fly leave my nose Serjeant.
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching. Framed, sight size 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
An angry Serjeant berates a soldier, who is standing to attention, as he pulls faces to dislodge a wasp on his nose.
[Ref: 61188] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching. Framed, sight size 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
An angry Serjeant berates a soldier, who is standing to attention, as he pulls faces to dislodge a wasp on his nose.
[Ref: 61188] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Why you infernal rascal _ how dare you stand there making such horrible Ugly Faces! - Make the Fly leave my nose alone Serjeant. Drill.
Drawn & Etched by W Heath.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 247mm (7½ z 9¾").
A sergeant addresses a line of soldiers on parade, one of whom is being stung on the nose by a bee.
[Ref: 52331] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by W Heath.
Pub April 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 247mm (7½ z 9¾").
A sergeant addresses a line of soldiers on parade, one of whom is being stung on the nose by a bee.
[Ref: 52331] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two drunken French soldiers]](jpegs/56040.jpg)
[Two drunken French soldiers]
Pub.d by J. Dickinson 114 Bond Str.t [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph, rare & fine colour. Printed area 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Tear in image taped.
[Ref: 56040] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by J. Dickinson 114 Bond Str.t [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph, rare & fine colour. Printed area 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Tear in image taped.
[Ref: 56040] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Expédition anglais. La Charge. La Retraite.
[Jean Louis Argaud de Barges.]
[n.d., c.1801.]
Coloured etching. Fine decorative interior design frame, sight size 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
On the left an English officer rides a turkey cock, wearing a hat with a tobacco pipe sticking out of the back, sword resting on his shoulder. A basket holds six bottles of wine. On the right he flees, astride a tag, his hat, pipe and sword falling to the ground.
See BM Satires 10537 for a copy.
[Ref: 69569] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Jean Louis Argaud de Barges.]
[n.d., c.1801.]
Coloured etching. Fine decorative interior design frame, sight size 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
On the left an English officer rides a turkey cock, wearing a hat with a tobacco pipe sticking out of the back, sword resting on his shoulder. A basket holds six bottles of wine. On the right he flees, astride a tag, his hat, pipe and sword falling to the ground.
See BM Satires 10537 for a copy.
[Ref: 69569] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Military Duties Plate 3.rd. Eyes Right.
[William Heath.]
[Pub.d May 8 1824 by S.W.Fores 41 Picadilly.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Trimmed, very small hole top right.
A soldier stands at attention beside an officer outside a rustic inn or cottage. As the officer inspects a paper, the soldier eyes a girl in an open window.
BM Satires 14731.
[Ref: 60586] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[William Heath.]
[Pub.d May 8 1824 by S.W.Fores 41 Picadilly.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Trimmed, very small hole top right.
A soldier stands at attention beside an officer outside a rustic inn or cottage. As the officer inspects a paper, the soldier eyes a girl in an open window.
BM Satires 14731.
[Ref: 60586] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Field Excercise. Stop! Stop! for goodness sake stop, _ Who'd have thought you'd have wheel'd around in this manner.
Sly Dick.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"). Spotting and soiling.
An obese citizen is caught between two ranks of soldiers with bayonets fitted and attempts to run the lines.
[Ref: 53434] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Sly Dick.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"). Spotting and soiling.
An obese citizen is caught between two ranks of soldiers with bayonets fitted and attempts to run the lines.
[Ref: 53434] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Flannel Coats of Mail against the cold/French or the British Ladies Patriotic Presents to the Army.
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pubd Novr 25 1793 by S W Fores N 3 Piccadilly
Scarce coloured etching. 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate, printer's crease through title. Stained.
Two pretty women stand on stools as they pull on the flannel breeches of a tall and handsome grenadier, who wears a bearskin cap. In the title 'French' is scored out and replaced with 'cold'.
BM Satires 8349.
[Ref: 61885] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pubd Novr 25 1793 by S W Fores N 3 Piccadilly
Scarce coloured etching. 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate, printer's crease through title. Stained.
Two pretty women stand on stools as they pull on the flannel breeches of a tall and handsome grenadier, who wears a bearskin cap. In the title 'French' is scored out and replaced with 'cold'.
BM Satires 8349.
[Ref: 61885] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fought All His Battles O'er Again and Thrice he Slew the Slain.
Mr. Bunbury del: J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 1st Jany. 1782.
Etching, 275 x 250mm. 10¾ x 9¾". One small closed tear at left; else a fine impression.
Social satire, oval design: an old military officer with a wooden leg describes his campaigns to two cronies. He is seated in a chair (right) in profile, wearing regimentals and sword, his wig with long loosely twisted pigtail queue. He has a wooden leg and holds a map or plan taken from the wall, showing it to a stout man sitting on his right, who looks at it through spectacles. The third man standing behind, his left arm on the back of the soldier's chair, looks over their shoulders at the map. At their feet a small dog lies asleep. Through the open door (left) a man is seen dancing along while he plays a fiddle. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 6139.
[Ref: 21971] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Bunbury del: J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd 1st Jany. 1782.
Etching, 275 x 250mm. 10¾ x 9¾". One small closed tear at left; else a fine impression.
Social satire, oval design: an old military officer with a wooden leg describes his campaigns to two cronies. He is seated in a chair (right) in profile, wearing regimentals and sword, his wig with long loosely twisted pigtail queue. He has a wooden leg and holds a map or plan taken from the wall, showing it to a stout man sitting on his right, who looks at it through spectacles. The third man standing behind, his left arm on the back of the soldier's chair, looks over their shoulders at the map. At their feet a small dog lies asleep. Through the open door (left) a man is seen dancing along while he plays a fiddle. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 6139.
[Ref: 21971] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Rights of Man alias French Liberty alias Entering Volunteers for the Republic.
IC [Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub May 7 1791 by W S Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly where may be seen the Compleate Model of th Guilotine also the largest Collection of caracaturs in the Kingdm, also the Head & Hand of Count Streuenzee, &c. admit 1
Hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"). Trimmed within plate. Some surface dirt. Very small loss within title.
The print was published shortly after war between Britain and France began in February 1793. The date of 1791 is an engraver's error. A satire on the unpopular recruiting law of 24 February 1793. Recruits, bound and humiliated, are led off by two grotesque French officers, a third drives them along with his sword, "Come along and share in the glory of France." Five famished-looking men have been thrown across the back of a horse, where they lie head downwards, screaming. Into the posteriors of the topmost man is thrust a vertical pole, striped like a barber's, and tricolour, which supports a cap of 'Liberté'; he says, "I wont be a Volunteer foutré". Another man says, "if this is Rights of Man & french Liberty Lord have mercy upon us". On the horse's neck sits one of the officers, pointing to his victim and saying, "Vive la Liberté". A similar soldier leads the horse by a halter, a sword in his hand; he looks back fiercely, saying, "Come along my brave Volunteers, one Sous per Day in Assignats & Plenty of Water." Other men are dragged along by ropes attached to the horse; a woman and two ragged children form a chain to pull back a ragged man who is so dragged; he says, "oh mon Dieu, my Wife & my pauvre Famille". Another ragged man has fallen to the ground. Four other men are being driven along behind the horse by the third soldier; a man on the extreme left says, cowering in terror, "O I do not wish to go to Glory so soon".
BM Satires 7853. Ex Collection of Lib Lindensiana Earl of Crawford.
[Ref: 61892] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
IC [Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub May 7 1791 by W S Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly where may be seen the Compleate Model of th Guilotine also the largest Collection of caracaturs in the Kingdm, also the Head & Hand of Count Streuenzee, &c. admit 1
Hand coloured etching on 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"). Trimmed within plate. Some surface dirt. Very small loss within title.
The print was published shortly after war between Britain and France began in February 1793. The date of 1791 is an engraver's error. A satire on the unpopular recruiting law of 24 February 1793. Recruits, bound and humiliated, are led off by two grotesque French officers, a third drives them along with his sword, "Come along and share in the glory of France." Five famished-looking men have been thrown across the back of a horse, where they lie head downwards, screaming. Into the posteriors of the topmost man is thrust a vertical pole, striped like a barber's, and tricolour, which supports a cap of 'Liberté'; he says, "I wont be a Volunteer foutré". Another man says, "if this is Rights of Man & french Liberty Lord have mercy upon us". On the horse's neck sits one of the officers, pointing to his victim and saying, "Vive la Liberté". A similar soldier leads the horse by a halter, a sword in his hand; he looks back fiercely, saying, "Come along my brave Volunteers, one Sous per Day in Assignats & Plenty of Water." Other men are dragged along by ropes attached to the horse; a woman and two ragged children form a chain to pull back a ragged man who is so dragged; he says, "oh mon Dieu, my Wife & my pauvre Famille". Another ragged man has fallen to the ground. Four other men are being driven along behind the horse by the third soldier; a man on the extreme left says, cowering in terror, "O I do not wish to go to Glory so soon".
BM Satires 7853. Ex Collection of Lib Lindensiana Earl of Crawford.
[Ref: 61892] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A General on the Staff. An Inspecting General.
[H.E.Bunbury fecit 1794.]
[London, Publish'd by W.Dickinson &c. Feb.y 23d 1795, No.58 next York House, Piccadilly.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 155 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed borders, glue stains in corners.
Two satires on one sheet, each with a printed border. On the left a short, corpulent, and gouty officer with closed eyes hobbles on crutches; on the right an elderly officer looks admiringly at a pretty girl through thick spectacles.
BM Satires 8619.
[Ref: 41611] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[H.E.Bunbury fecit 1794.]
[London, Publish'd by W.Dickinson &c. Feb.y 23d 1795, No.58 next York House, Piccadilly.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 155 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed to printed borders, glue stains in corners.
Two satires on one sheet, each with a printed border. On the left a short, corpulent, and gouty officer with closed eyes hobbles on crutches; on the right an elderly officer looks admiringly at a pretty girl through thick spectacles.
BM Satires 8619.
[Ref: 41611] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
My Bane and Antidote now lye before m ,/ This in a moment brings me to an end/ But these inform me I shall never die!!_ Cato.
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Veritas delt 1811.
[British, 1811.]
Hand-coloured etching, rare, image 305 x 215mm. 12 x 8½". Trimmed within plate, close to image. Closed tear to lower right margin.
Caricature of Godfrey Green, a soldier accused of misappropriating funds to pay his debts; he sits in profile to the left at a table strewn with papers inscribed 'Court of Inquiry', 'Reasons for quitting my last Regiment', 'Bills', and 'Letters from Lawyers'. His buttons are inscribed '34'. He has no sword, but in his right hand is a pistol, the butt inscribed 'G.G.', the stock 'Courage'. In his left hand are three contemporary caricatures, the uppermost 'Anticipation' (BM Satires 11756), with 'How to C ... net' (11757) and a print (partly visible) of a peacock with the head of Green wearing a cocked hat and called 'Peacock . . .' These he weighs against the pistol with an agonized frown. The table is inscribed 'Breach of Trust' and 'Obstinacy'; the chair with 'Incorrigible-ness', 'Disgrace', and 'Lies'. On the wall is a framed placard titled 'Dashing Advice to Officers’, above a list of tenets subverting the traditional attributes of a gentleman officer. Green escaped indictment but was transferred from the 87th to the 34th Regiment on 30 May 1811. G. G. appears in the 1811 'Army List' as Lieutenant (gazetted 1807) in the 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment; he is not in the 1812 'List'. this is a companion print to 'Green turned yellow...' by Williams (BM 11758). By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active), prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs. Almost all plates are anonymous.
BM Satires 11759.
[Ref: 24443] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)
Vive la Republic! - Vive les Gueux! - A Bas les Aristocrats!
C.W. [C. Wyndham]
[1842.]
Rare etching with fine colour, with letterpress title. 300 x 185mm (11¾ x 7¼"), with large margins, signed and dated in ink by the artist on verso. A few stains in the margins.
A caricature of a French guardsman, hands in pockets, musket slung on his back, smoking a clay pipe.
[Ref: 55757] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. [C. Wyndham]
[1842.]
Rare etching with fine colour, with letterpress title. 300 x 185mm (11¾ x 7¼"), with large margins, signed and dated in ink by the artist on verso. A few stains in the margins.
A caricature of a French guardsman, hands in pockets, musket slung on his back, smoking a clay pipe.
[Ref: 55757] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Hardinge and the Crimean War] The ''System'' or the British Juggernaut.](jpegs/61430.jpg)
[Henry Hardinge and the Crimean War] The ''System'' or the British Juggernaut. They manage these matters better in France. Sterne.
Touchstone del.t.
London, Published Nov.r 1855 by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22 Ludgate Hill.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 305 x 410mm (12 x 16"). Repaired tear.
A satire on Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War. A toothless old man, he sits in a chariot (marked 'Routine', 'Family Interest' and 'incompetence'), being pulled by Establishment figures, crushing soldiers marked 'Common Fellows' and 'Ill-Paid Sailors'. His six arms hold a cat o'nine tails, commissions for sale, a baton marked 'caprice', and money-bags for bribes, extravagence and speculation. John Bull stands in a window with a bulldog with 'Times' on its collar. The conduct of the Crimean War was being questioned, particularly by 'The Times', whose correspondent William Howard Russell was reporting on the appalling conditions suffered by the regular army. A commission was set up to investigate these failings: as Hardinge was delivering the report to Victoria and Albert, he collapsed with a stroke and had to retire soon after. 'Touchstone' was a satirist whose work was published by Thomas McLean in the early 1850s. The 'T' of Touchstone is a monogram of a jester's head with belled cap.
[Ref: 61430] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Touchstone del.t.
London, Published Nov.r 1855 by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22 Ludgate Hill.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 305 x 410mm (12 x 16"). Repaired tear.
A satire on Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War. A toothless old man, he sits in a chariot (marked 'Routine', 'Family Interest' and 'incompetence'), being pulled by Establishment figures, crushing soldiers marked 'Common Fellows' and 'Ill-Paid Sailors'. His six arms hold a cat o'nine tails, commissions for sale, a baton marked 'caprice', and money-bags for bribes, extravagence and speculation. John Bull stands in a window with a bulldog with 'Times' on its collar. The conduct of the Crimean War was being questioned, particularly by 'The Times', whose correspondent William Howard Russell was reporting on the appalling conditions suffered by the regular army. A commission was set up to investigate these failings: as Hardinge was delivering the report to Victoria and Albert, he collapsed with a stroke and had to retire soon after. 'Touchstone' was a satirist whose work was published by Thomas McLean in the early 1850s. The 'T' of Touchstone is a monogram of a jester's head with belled cap.
[Ref: 61430] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Return of a Body of Irregulars. This Print is most respectfully dedicated to the South Herts. Yeomanry by an Amateur Mars.
EC [Edward Corbould.]
[Published in London by T. Parker, c.1840.]
Scarce lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 315 x 400mm (12½ x 15¾"). Tears taped.
Drunken cavalrymen bring chaos to the centre of Hatfield. A poster to the right is dated 1840.] Probably raised for the Chartist Riots.
Ogilvy 1906.
[Ref: 55902] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
EC [Edward Corbould.]
[Published in London by T. Parker, c.1840.]
Scarce lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 315 x 400mm (12½ x 15¾"). Tears taped.
Drunken cavalrymen bring chaos to the centre of Hatfield. A poster to the right is dated 1840.] Probably raised for the Chartist Riots.
Ogilvy 1906.
[Ref: 55902] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Irishman's Joy.
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W.S. [Charles Williams] del.t et Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Repaired tear entering plate on right, small hole in plate.
An Irish officer surrounded by adoring women. The 24 lines of verse conclude: 'Search the world over, sure Paddy's the Boy. / For banging the men, and for kissing the lasses'.
[Ref: 40710] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Bull's Progress] John Bull Going to War.](jpegs/56039.jpg)
[John Bull's Progress] John Bull Going to War.
[by John Gillray.]
[Pub.d June 3.d 1793. by H. Humphrey N 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ z 7½"). Trimmed from a four-panel satire.
One panel of a four panel anti-war satire, showing John Bull proudly signing up as an infantryman, but his family in tears. The sequence of the four scenes is: a stout John Bull lazing by his hearth; Bull marching away; Bull's family approach the stone gateway of the Treasury, the three balls of a pawnbroker above it and the inscription 'Money Lent by Authority', carrying their possessions; and Bull's return, one-eyed and one-legged, to his emaciated family in a bare hovel.
BM Satires 8328.
[Ref: 56039] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Gillray.]
[Pub.d June 3.d 1793. by H. Humphrey N 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ z 7½"). Trimmed from a four-panel satire.
One panel of a four panel anti-war satire, showing John Bull proudly signing up as an infantryman, but his family in tears. The sequence of the four scenes is: a stout John Bull lazing by his hearth; Bull marching away; Bull's family approach the stone gateway of the Treasury, the three balls of a pawnbroker above it and the inscription 'Money Lent by Authority', carrying their possessions; and Bull's return, one-eyed and one-legged, to his emaciated family in a bare hovel.
BM Satires 8328.
[Ref: 56039] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johnny Newcome] Smells Powder for the first time.](jpegs/55892.jpg)
[Johnny Newcome] Smells Powder for the first time.
Drawn and Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1815 by P. Martin 198 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A battle scene with Johnny holding a sword, at the end of a long line of soldiers, charging forward with bayonets as the French flee to the right. In the bottom right a trooper clears the pockets of a wounded Frenchman. From "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns in the Peninsular and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson", a satire on soldiers in the Peninsular Wars.
BM Satires: 12489.
[Ref: 55892] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub.d Feb.y 1.st 1815 by P. Martin 198 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A battle scene with Johnny holding a sword, at the end of a long line of soldiers, charging forward with bayonets as the French flee to the right. In the bottom right a trooper clears the pockets of a wounded Frenchman. From "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of his Campaigns in the Peninsular and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by Rowlandson", a satire on soldiers in the Peninsular Wars.
BM Satires: 12489.
[Ref: 55892] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Lock Step, or drilling for the Review. The merc'ry rising to near Eighty Eight / The Sun in a Vertical ray, / To practise on Lexden, expiring with heat, / We march and we Sweat all the way [...]
C Aylmer 11th foot delt
Pubd Augt 4th 1797 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Trimmed top and bottom, with tears into image and title area. 1797 watermark. Very scarce.
Satire on military reviews, particularly the insufferable heat in which they are sometimes conducted, by a military officer and amateur artist.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 39532] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C Aylmer 11th foot delt
Pubd Augt 4th 1797 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Trimmed top and bottom, with tears into image and title area. 1797 watermark. Very scarce.
Satire on military reviews, particularly the insufferable heat in which they are sometimes conducted, by a military officer and amateur artist.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 39532] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Loyal London Volunteers, Preparing for a Field Day. Quarter before Six, M.T. 318.
Publish'd Oct.r 5 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching, with large margins. Plate 297 x 241mm (11¾ x 9½"). Crease.
In a bare breakfast parlour are three volunteers, in different stages of preparation. By an open door is a small round table with tea-pot and cups; a liveried servant enters with a steaming urn. A young man, fully dressed and wearing a much-plumed helmet, holds a musket at attention, admiring himself in a wall-mirror. A stout man wrapped in a sheet is being shaved by a barber or valet. A young man wearing breeches and boots with shirt and braces tickles the chin of a young woman who holds a musket.
BM Satires: 10215.
[Ref: 28863] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Oct.r 5 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching, with large margins. Plate 297 x 241mm (11¾ x 9½"). Crease.
In a bare breakfast parlour are three volunteers, in different stages of preparation. By an open door is a small round table with tea-pot and cups; a liveried servant enters with a steaming urn. A young man, fully dressed and wearing a much-plumed helmet, holds a musket at attention, admiring himself in a wall-mirror. A stout man wrapped in a sheet is being shaved by a barber or valet. A young man wearing breeches and boots with shirt and braces tickles the chin of a young woman who holds a musket.
BM Satires: 10215.
[Ref: 28863] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Macaroni Captains.
Pub.d Accord.g to Act, Sep.r 17th. 1772, by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Two military men engaged in a violent struggle with some geese using their swords and a cane: one goose is biting the end of the long pigtail queue of the soldier to left, who holds another goose by the neck in his right hand and is about to strike it with his sword. The other soldier is threatening a goose with his sword and also with his tasselled cane. Three geese hiss angrily with outstretched necks; one lies dead on the ground. Numbered '11' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 5061.
[Ref: 14100] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Accord.g to Act, Sep.r 17th. 1772, by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾").
Two military men engaged in a violent struggle with some geese using their swords and a cane: one goose is biting the end of the long pigtail queue of the soldier to left, who holds another goose by the neck in his right hand and is about to strike it with his sword. The other soldier is threatening a goose with his sword and also with his tasselled cane. Three geese hiss angrily with outstretched necks; one lies dead on the ground. Numbered '11' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 5061.
[Ref: 14100] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Manchester Hero, or Arts yield to Arms. From the Original Picture by John Collett, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins. In mount measuring 595 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Mint.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4556.
[Ref: 64507] £360.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins. In mount measuring 595 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Mint.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4556.
[Ref: 64507] £360.00
The Military Contrast.
[by Matthew Darley.]
Pub. May 1. 1773 Accord. to Act by MDarly 39 Strand.
Coloured etching. 175 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, tear in bottom margin taped.
On the left is a veteran redcoat, one-eyed, one-armed and one-legged; on the right is a dandy officer, peering at the veteran though a monocle.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55903] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[by Matthew Darley.]
Pub. May 1. 1773 Accord. to Act by MDarly 39 Strand.
Coloured etching. 175 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, tear in bottom margin taped.
On the left is a veteran redcoat, one-eyed, one-armed and one-legged; on the right is a dandy officer, peering at the veteran though a monocle.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 55903] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Military Discoveries.]](jpegs/55784.jpg)
[Military Discoveries.] Being awoke by a violent noise, and rushing from your quarters, you Discover your Colonel who commands you, immediately to resist a serious and unexpected attack made on the Camp by the Enemy, without waiting for any additonal Clothes
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint. 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins.
Men pulling on their clothes as their colonel swings his sabre, wearing only shirt, jacket and cap. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Samuel Alken.
Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55784] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint. 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins.
Men pulling on their clothes as their colonel swings his sabre, wearing only shirt, jacket and cap. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Samuel Alken.
Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55784] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Military Discoveries.] On recovering from a swoon, you Discover it was occasioned by your horse being shot under you, and in the fall broke your leg;](jpegs/55783.jpg)
[Military Discoveries.] On recovering from a swoon, you Discover it was occasioned by your horse being shot under you, and in the fall broke your leg; on looking round you see both friend and enemy leaving you in the lurch , that your only company are a pack of low bred things, who have actually had the honour to be killed by sword or bullet, while you have happened of nothing more than a common place accident.
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1818 watermark; 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins. Slight soiling, crack in bottom plate mark.
A cavalryman wakes to find the battle has moved on. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Sanuel Alken.
Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55783] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1818 watermark; 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins. Slight soiling, crack in bottom plate mark.
A cavalryman wakes to find the battle has moved on. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Sanuel Alken.
Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55783] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Military Extinguisher!!
London Pub.d by W. Holland No 50 Oxford St April 1798.
Coloured etching. 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed to plate on three sides. Time stained.
A massive trooper lowers his bearskin over his commanding officer's head like a candle snuffer.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 58371] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by W. Holland No 50 Oxford St April 1798.
Coloured etching. 340 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed to plate on three sides. Time stained.
A massive trooper lowers his bearskin over his commanding officer's head like a candle snuffer.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 58371] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.
[James Gillray.]
Pubd June 11th 1800. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design.
BM Satires 9564.
[Ref: 35184] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
Pubd June 11th 1800. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet size: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design.
BM Satires 9564.
[Ref: 35184] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Officiers Prussiene.
Dessine par C. Vernet. Grave par Debucourt.
à Paris, chez Ch. Bance, Rue J. J. Rousseau No.10. [n.d., 1815.]
Etching and aquatint in fine original hand colour, second state, before plate number. 345 x 255mm, 13½ x 10". A fine impression, with full margins.
Two Prussian officers; the one at right wearing a helmet and saluting the one standing on the left. From the series 'Collection de costumes dessinés d'après nature...' after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836). The plates were issued first separately, then in parts (livraisons) containing six numbered plates, one part issued yearly from 1814 to 1824. Published by Bance in Paris and by Bossange-Masson, 14 Great Marlborough Street, London (his imprint is not on these or on the BM impressions).
Ogilby Trust: 933, II, 2. See BNF: FRBNF36586529.
[Ref: 19513] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Vernet. Grave par Debucourt.
à Paris, chez Ch. Bance, Rue J. J. Rousseau No.10. [n.d., 1815.]
Etching and aquatint in fine original hand colour, second state, before plate number. 345 x 255mm, 13½ x 10". A fine impression, with full margins.
Two Prussian officers; the one at right wearing a helmet and saluting the one standing on the left. From the series 'Collection de costumes dessinés d'après nature...' after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836). The plates were issued first separately, then in parts (livraisons) containing six numbered plates, one part issued yearly from 1814 to 1824. Published by Bance in Paris and by Bossange-Masson, 14 Great Marlborough Street, London (his imprint is not on these or on the BM impressions).
Ogilby Trust: 933, II, 2. See BNF: FRBNF36586529.
[Ref: 19513] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
On. Guard. Off. Guard. Guarded.
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry Monogram.][William Heath.]
Pub by Tho. McLean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet.
Three scenes showing the demise of a soldier, on the left the soldier stands proud and on guard, the centre image shows the soldier drunk and leaning on a lamp post and the final image shows him in prison having been court martialled.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 46642] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Great. The Fat. The Past. The Present.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A scarce lithograph. 212 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Some staining.
'The Great': A soldier with a great past and probably considered a great leader. 'The Fat': that same soldier, having retired has resorted to eating and drinking. Satirical comparison between Napoleon and Louis XVIII.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14500] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1840.]
A scarce lithograph. 212 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Cut and laid on scrap sheet. Some staining.
'The Great': A soldier with a great past and probably considered a great leader. 'The Fat': that same soldier, having retired has resorted to eating and drinking. Satirical comparison between Napoleon and Louis XVIII.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14500] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Hits N.o 45. The New Regulation Infantry Hat; Or Prince Albert's Own.
Printed by W. Kohler, 22, Denmark S.t.
London: Published by W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1844]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 440mm (11½ x 17¼"), large margins.
Satire on the invention of the Albert Shako. Prince Albert (1819-61) stands with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) showing off the his new hat design on the 11th Hussars. The infant Prince of Wales marches in front of the line of infantrymen.
[Ref: 66783] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by W. Kohler, 22, Denmark S.t.
London: Published by W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1844]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 440mm (11½ x 17¼"), large margins.
Satire on the invention of the Albert Shako. Prince Albert (1819-61) stands with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) showing off the his new hat design on the 11th Hussars. The infant Prince of Wales marches in front of the line of infantrymen.
[Ref: 66783] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)