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![[Battle of Camperdown] The Dutch in an Uproar or the Batavian Republic crying for Winter.](jpegs/61877.jpg)
[Battle of Camperdown] The Dutch in an Uproar or the Batavian Republic crying for Winter.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub.d Octr 15 1797 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. NB Folios of Caracatures Lent.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed into plate. Slight staining at top.
A post-boy holds out a scroll, 'Account of the Total Defeat of the Dutch Fleet' to a Dutch council. The president complains that the English have taken the Dutch colonies and now had destroyed their fleet. On the table is a map of France with Holland marked as 'Department 85', and the 'Plan of the Invasions of England Ireland Scotland the Cape of Good hope Gibralter East & West Indies China &c. &c. &c. &c.'. Admiral Jan Willem de Winter had been coerced by the French to go to sea to attack Edinburgh and Glasgow then land in the north of Ireland. British Admiral Adam Duncan put paid to the scheme with a superb victory at Camperdown on the 11th October. This satire was published only four days later.
[Ref: 61877] £360.00
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub.d Octr 15 1797 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. NB Folios of Caracatures Lent.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed into plate. Slight staining at top.
A post-boy holds out a scroll, 'Account of the Total Defeat of the Dutch Fleet' to a Dutch council. The president complains that the English have taken the Dutch colonies and now had destroyed their fleet. On the table is a map of France with Holland marked as 'Department 85', and the 'Plan of the Invasions of England Ireland Scotland the Cape of Good hope Gibralter East & West Indies China &c. &c. &c. &c.'. Admiral Jan Willem de Winter had been coerced by the French to go to sea to attack Edinburgh and Glasgow then land in the north of Ireland. British Admiral Adam Duncan put paid to the scheme with a superb victory at Camperdown on the 11th October. This satire was published only four days later.
[Ref: 61877] £360.00
The Old Commodore. Illustrations of Dibdin.
Designed & drawn on Stone by Ja.s & Geo. Foggo.
London: Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14 Newman St. Aug: 1830. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph, sheet 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"). Crease above title.
An old commodore seated in an armchair at a fireplace, with a bandaged gouty foot resting on a footstool, grabbing a walking stick with his right hand. He is watched by a younger man, standing behind the armchair. Sword and scroll lying on the floor in foreground. Illustration to a Charles Dibdin's song.
[Ref: 60607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & drawn on Stone by Ja.s & Geo. Foggo.
London: Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14 Newman St. Aug: 1830. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph, sheet 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"). Crease above title.
An old commodore seated in an armchair at a fireplace, with a bandaged gouty foot resting on a footstool, grabbing a walking stick with his right hand. He is watched by a younger man, standing behind the armchair. Sword and scroll lying on the floor in foreground. Illustration to a Charles Dibdin's song.
[Ref: 60607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Greenwich Pensioner. 'Twas in the good Ship Rover. / I sail'ed the world around. / And for three years and over, / I ne'er touch'd British ground. / At last in England landed, / I left the roaring main. / Found all relations stranded. / And went to sea again...
Published 22.d May 1791 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, a few creases, laid on album paper at edges.
Two pensioners, one on the left with a wooden leg, sit drinking and smoking, with one telling his story to the other while a maid listens behind; the Greenwich Hospital in the background.
[Ref: 58487] £480.00
Published 22.d May 1791 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, a few creases, laid on album paper at edges.
Two pensioners, one on the left with a wooden leg, sit drinking and smoking, with one telling his story to the other while a maid listens behind; the Greenwich Hospital in the background.
[Ref: 58487] £480.00
Admiral Hosier's Ghost. To the Tune of Come and listen to my Ditty. As, near Potro Bello lying / On the gently swelling Flood,/ At Midnight with Streamers flying/ Our triumphant Navy rode [...]
C. Mosley sculp [1740]
Scarce etching and engraving, sheet 395 x 270mm (15½ x 10½"). Trimmed around image and text; repaired tears and creases. Laid on album sheet.
The ghosts of Francis Hosier (1673-1727) and his crew appear to a ship carrying Edward Vernon (1684-1757) and his men, at Portobelo in Panama. Hosier led an unsuccessful unsuccessful expedition to the Spanish Caribbean (1723-27) and was in the course of a blockade of Portobelo when a virulent fever broke out and killed Hosier and 4000 men. Vernon succeeded where Hosier had failed, taking Portobelo in 1739, but, in line with the omens of this print, Vernon's initial success turned into eventual failure by the time of his return to England in 1742. This print was occasioned by the poem printed below, by Richard Glover, 'a blatantly political piece which sought to misrepresent Hosier's fate to support then current attacks on the Walpole government, ascribing his death to his resentment at the inactivity forced on him by government orders and his inability to prevent the devastation of his fleet by disease' (DNB).
BM Satires 2422
[Ref: 39672] £420.00
C. Mosley sculp [1740]
Scarce etching and engraving, sheet 395 x 270mm (15½ x 10½"). Trimmed around image and text; repaired tears and creases. Laid on album sheet.
The ghosts of Francis Hosier (1673-1727) and his crew appear to a ship carrying Edward Vernon (1684-1757) and his men, at Portobelo in Panama. Hosier led an unsuccessful unsuccessful expedition to the Spanish Caribbean (1723-27) and was in the course of a blockade of Portobelo when a virulent fever broke out and killed Hosier and 4000 men. Vernon succeeded where Hosier had failed, taking Portobelo in 1739, but, in line with the omens of this print, Vernon's initial success turned into eventual failure by the time of his return to England in 1742. This print was occasioned by the poem printed below, by Richard Glover, 'a blatantly political piece which sought to misrepresent Hosier's fate to support then current attacks on the Walpole government, ascribing his death to his resentment at the inactivity forced on him by government orders and his inability to prevent the devastation of his fleet by disease' (DNB).
BM Satires 2422
[Ref: 39672] £420.00
End of the Irish Invasion; _ or _ the Destruction of the French Armada.
J.s G.y [James Gillray] inv et f.
Pub.d Jany [illegible] 1799 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street. Pub.d Jan.y 20.th 1797, by H. Humphrey, New bond Street.
Coloured etchinbg. Sheet 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to image on two sides, to printed border on left, into plate at bottom.
A satire of the attempted French invasion of Ireland in 1796. The French ships, one with the figurehead of Fox, are floundering in rough seas whipped up by windheads with the faces of Pitt, Dundas, Grenville, and Windham.
BM Satires 8979.
[Ref: 64703] £460.00
J.s G.y [James Gillray] inv et f.
Pub.d Jany [illegible] 1799 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street. Pub.d Jan.y 20.th 1797, by H. Humphrey, New bond Street.
Coloured etchinbg. Sheet 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to image on two sides, to printed border on left, into plate at bottom.
A satire of the attempted French invasion of Ireland in 1796. The French ships, one with the figurehead of Fox, are floundering in rough seas whipped up by windheads with the faces of Pitt, Dundas, Grenville, and Windham.
BM Satires 8979.
[Ref: 64703] £460.00
![[A masquerade scene Kensington Gardens.] Jack on a Cruise. A Missey in ye Offing.](jpegs/41779.jpg)
[A masquerade scene Kensington Gardens.] Jack on a Cruise. A Missey in ye Offing.
Sam: Sharp-Eye del.t ad vivam. J. Bretherton fec.t.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 2d July 1772, by J. Bretherton N° 134 New Bond Street.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 185mm (8¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing title and publisher's line.
A figure, wearing a woman's hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts but with a sailor's trousers bow legs, bears down on an unsuspecting young woman. A dog barks at the disguised sailor.
BM Satires 5083, suggesting the artist was Bunbury.
[Ref: 41779] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Sam: Sharp-Eye del.t ad vivam. J. Bretherton fec.t.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 2d July 1772, by J. Bretherton N° 134 New Bond Street.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 185mm (8¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing title and publisher's line.
A figure, wearing a woman's hood and cloak over very voluminous skirts but with a sailor's trousers bow legs, bears down on an unsuspecting young woman. A dog barks at the disguised sailor.
BM Satires 5083, suggesting the artist was Bunbury.
[Ref: 41779] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Jack's Home.
Drawn on Stone by J. Cawse. Printed by C. Hullamandel.
London. Pub: by Rodwell and Martin; New Bond St: 1823.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 345 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾)
A man sitting on a chair next to a bindle stares lovingly at a woman about to put food on the table. A balding gentleman smokes a pipe sitting opposite him; most likely the young man's parents welcoming thier son back from a life at sea.
[Ref: 65930] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by J. Cawse. Printed by C. Hullamandel.
London. Pub: by Rodwell and Martin; New Bond St: 1823.
Very rare lithograph, sheet 345 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾)
A man sitting on a chair next to a bindle stares lovingly at a woman about to put food on the table. A balding gentleman smokes a pipe sitting opposite him; most likely the young man's parents welcoming thier son back from a life at sea.
[Ref: 65930] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Jack's Wedding Day.
H.y Alken Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1826.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾''), with large margins.
A scene by a quay in which a party is taking place in a tavern, in the foreground Jack and his friends have a conversation with the Deputy Port Admiral.
[Ref: 50969] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H.y Alken Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1826.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾''), with large margins.
A scene by a quay in which a party is taking place in a tavern, in the foreground Jack and his friends have a conversation with the Deputy Port Admiral.
[Ref: 50969] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Just Tow.d into Port. [Presented with No.15 of the Star, Nov.r 25th. 1837.]
F. Alvey, Contractor, 128, London Rd.
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 190mm (9 x 7½''). Trimmed and foxing.
A young sailor having returned from sea peers around the corner at a beautiful young maiden standing on the street.
[Ref: 49305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
F. Alvey, Contractor, 128, London Rd.
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 190mm (9 x 7½''). Trimmed and foxing.
A young sailor having returned from sea peers around the corner at a beautiful young maiden standing on the street.
[Ref: 49305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Merry Ships Crew_or Nautical Philosophers.
Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Hand-coloured etching. In ink on right "You flog ....". Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Trimmed, paper tone and damage top right.
A scene on a quay in which a woman with a parasol and a naval officer walk arm in arm, on the right a sailor comes and talks to them.
BM Satire 13080.
[Ref: 50963] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Hand-coloured etching. In ink on right "You flog ....". Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Trimmed, paper tone and damage top right.
A scene on a quay in which a woman with a parasol and a naval officer walk arm in arm, on the right a sailor comes and talks to them.
BM Satire 13080.
[Ref: 50963] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Mid-on Half Pay. Tower Hill.
[Charles Hunt.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet:: 305 x 235mm (12 x 9¼''). Trimmed, losing publication line.
A scene showing a sad-looking midshipman, a victim of naval retrenchment, polishing boots near Tower Hill.
BM Satire 14921.
[Ref: 51091] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Hunt.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet:: 305 x 235mm (12 x 9¼''). Trimmed, losing publication line.
A scene showing a sad-looking midshipman, a victim of naval retrenchment, polishing boots near Tower Hill.
BM Satire 14921.
[Ref: 51091] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Much A Do About Nothing. To Besiege a Strong Fort with no Men to Defend it / Sure none but a Richelieu could ere have Pretend it...]
[Publish'd According to Act & sold at the Corner of ye WEst Passage of ye Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. July 1756.]
Rare etching, sheet 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing text above and below; glued to backing sheet.
One of many satires on Admiral John Byng's failure to prevent the French from taking Port Mahon in the Battle of Minorca (1756). Byng is on the right, a broken sword at his feet and a 'Gib-Halter' around his neck (Byng was court martialled and executed by firing squad on 14 March 1757). On the left a Frenchman points to Mahon, referring to it as 'Port my-own'. In the centre is Admiral Edward Hawke who replaced Byng (who was brought back to England under arrest following the loss). Despite his own best efforts, however, Hawke could not recover the island, and returned to England, unsuccessful, at the start of 1757.
BM Satires 3368; for other satires on Byng see refs 30779, 30736 etc
[Ref: 41563] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Publish'd According to Act & sold at the Corner of ye WEst Passage of ye Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. July 1756.]
Rare etching, sheet 175 x 270mm (7 x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing text above and below; glued to backing sheet.
One of many satires on Admiral John Byng's failure to prevent the French from taking Port Mahon in the Battle of Minorca (1756). Byng is on the right, a broken sword at his feet and a 'Gib-Halter' around his neck (Byng was court martialled and executed by firing squad on 14 March 1757). On the left a Frenchman points to Mahon, referring to it as 'Port my-own'. In the centre is Admiral Edward Hawke who replaced Byng (who was brought back to England under arrest following the loss). Despite his own best efforts, however, Hawke could not recover the island, and returned to England, unsuccessful, at the start of 1757.
BM Satires 3368; for other satires on Byng see refs 30779, 30736 etc
[Ref: 41563] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nautical Experience. 105.
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub.d Jan.ry 1. 1812 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 260mm x 350mm (10'' x 14''). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
See BM Satire 10192 for the first state published by Roberts. Here his publication is etched over in the plate.
[Ref: 63419] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub.d Jan.ry 1. 1812 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 260mm x 350mm (10'' x 14''). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
See BM Satire 10192 for the first state published by Roberts. Here his publication is etched over in the plate.
[Ref: 63419] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nautical Experience.
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub by Roberts middle row Holborn [n.d. c.1807].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 300mm x 355mm (11¾ x 14''). Trimmed to plate slightly on all sides except bottom.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
BM Satire 10192.
[Ref: 61904] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub by Roberts middle row Holborn [n.d. c.1807].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 300mm x 355mm (11¾ x 14''). Trimmed to plate slightly on all sides except bottom.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
BM Satire 10192.
[Ref: 61904] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Manning the Navy [&] Ancient Modes of Manning the Navy](jpegs/45863.jpg)
Manning the Navy [&] Ancient Modes of Manning the Navy Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
[Published by W. & J. Stratford (?), 1794]
Two engravings, each platemark approx. 180 x 115mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two prints published in the 'Carlton House Magazine', reissuing (in two parts) a print first published in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1790 (see BM Satires 7753), showing a press-gang at work on Tower Hill (the Tower of London and ships on the Thames can be seen in the background). Press warrants were issued in May 1790 on account of naval preparations against Spain.
BM Satires 8447 (Manning the Navy); 8501 (Ancient Modes).
[Ref: 45863] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by W. & J. Stratford (?), 1794]
Two engravings, each platemark approx. 180 x 115mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Two prints published in the 'Carlton House Magazine', reissuing (in two parts) a print first published in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1790 (see BM Satires 7753), showing a press-gang at work on Tower Hill (the Tower of London and ships on the Thames can be seen in the background). Press warrants were issued in May 1790 on account of naval preparations against Spain.
BM Satires 8447 (Manning the Navy); 8501 (Ancient Modes).
[Ref: 45863] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
An Odd Sight Sometime Hence. Price 6
[Anon., November 1756]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾). Trimmed with very small margins.
A crowd of spectators regard a gibbet marked 'The Tripple Alliance' from which are suspended three corpses. The British Museum catalogue of satires suggests that 'A' represents Lord Anson, 'B' Admiral Byng, and 'C' the Duke of Newcastle. At the foot of the gibbet is a fox whose speech bubble reads 'I have got my ends', representing Henry Fox, who is said to have caused the downfall of the three persons gibbeted. The British Museum's impression of the print has manuscript annotations identifying 'A' as Henry Fox, but their catalogue of satires considers this as incorrect. 'Generally, the "Triple Alliance" must refer to the defeat of Newcastle's attempts to form a composite Ministry.'
BM Satires 3345.
[Ref: 53827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., November 1756]
Etching, 18th century watermark. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾). Trimmed with very small margins.
A crowd of spectators regard a gibbet marked 'The Tripple Alliance' from which are suspended three corpses. The British Museum catalogue of satires suggests that 'A' represents Lord Anson, 'B' Admiral Byng, and 'C' the Duke of Newcastle. At the foot of the gibbet is a fox whose speech bubble reads 'I have got my ends', representing Henry Fox, who is said to have caused the downfall of the three persons gibbeted. The British Museum's impression of the print has manuscript annotations identifying 'A' as Henry Fox, but their catalogue of satires considers this as incorrect. 'Generally, the "Triple Alliance" must refer to the defeat of Newcastle's attempts to form a composite Ministry.'
BM Satires 3345.
[Ref: 53827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Making a Sailor an Odd Fellow.!! 109.
Woodward del. Cruikshank sp.
[London pubd by T. Tegg Cheapside Decr 1. 1812]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'. Foxing. Trimmed losing sections of platemark on all sides except right.
Ten Odd Fellows with grotesque faces watch a sailor who stands, arms akimbo, wary and pugnacious. The chairman sits in a raised armchair, smoking and drinking, behind a small table on which are two lighted candles. A man in a dressing-gown, introduces the sailor, doffing a night-cap: "Most worthy Chairman Mr Benjamin Block of Wapping Old Stairs - attends to be made a Member of the Ancient and honorable Society." The sailor with hands on hips says, "Avast my Hearties, - before I've proceeded any further on the voyage let me know what course you are steering - if you mean to frighten a British sailor with your goggle eyes, and queer faces you are d------dly mistaken - besides it appears to me that you have got masks on which is like fighting under false colours, and that wont do for an English Jack Tar!" Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London.
BM Satires 10899.
[Ref: 61838] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshank sp.
[London pubd by T. Tegg Cheapside Decr 1. 1812]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'. Foxing. Trimmed losing sections of platemark on all sides except right.
Ten Odd Fellows with grotesque faces watch a sailor who stands, arms akimbo, wary and pugnacious. The chairman sits in a raised armchair, smoking and drinking, behind a small table on which are two lighted candles. A man in a dressing-gown, introduces the sailor, doffing a night-cap: "Most worthy Chairman Mr Benjamin Block of Wapping Old Stairs - attends to be made a Member of the Ancient and honorable Society." The sailor with hands on hips says, "Avast my Hearties, - before I've proceeded any further on the voyage let me know what course you are steering - if you mean to frighten a British sailor with your goggle eyes, and queer faces you are d------dly mistaken - besides it appears to me that you have got masks on which is like fighting under false colours, and that wont do for an English Jack Tar!" Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London.
BM Satires 10899.
[Ref: 61838] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Use of a Gentleman _ or Patronage for the Admiralty. 309.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
When a St James's gentleman suggests that a press gang should leave him alone, the officer says the navy needs him to teach the other blackguards good manners.
Not in BM Satires but 1948,0214.712.
[Ref: 63441] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
When a St James's gentleman suggests that a press gang should leave him alone, the officer says the navy needs him to teach the other blackguards good manners.
Not in BM Satires but 1948,0214.712.
[Ref: 63441] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates [lettered to the single sail of boat in foreground].](jpegs/20476.jpg)
The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates [lettered to the single sail of boat in foreground].
[F. Marryat's anchor monogram.] G Cruikshank sculpt_.
Pubd. by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, first state; 215 x 285mm, 8½ x 11¼". A fine impression, full margins and fresh colour. Stain on right.
The mast slants across the design backed by a sail bellying in the wind. Mr. B. sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book inscribed 'Wilt thou upon ye high & giddy mast scale the ship (?) bays O yes & rock his brain.' Lettered below the design with 'dialogue' between our hero and a Lieutenant (on the deck below, and well out of vision). From a set of seven naval satires plus titlepage designed for George Cruikshank by Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848). He served during the First Anglo-Burmese War, 1825-26; his satirical prints are signed with an anchor. Marryat's design in water-colours and pen is in the B.M.; 'Mr. B' is without his book.
[Ref: 20476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[F. Marryat's anchor monogram.] G Cruikshank sculpt_.
Pubd. by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, first state; 215 x 285mm, 8½ x 11¼". A fine impression, full margins and fresh colour. Stain on right.
The mast slants across the design backed by a sail bellying in the wind. Mr. B. sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book inscribed 'Wilt thou upon ye high & giddy mast scale the ship (?) bays O yes & rock his brain.' Lettered below the design with 'dialogue' between our hero and a Lieutenant (on the deck below, and well out of vision). From a set of seven naval satires plus titlepage designed for George Cruikshank by Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848). He served during the First Anglo-Burmese War, 1825-26; his satirical prints are signed with an anchor. Marryat's design in water-colours and pen is in the B.M.; 'Mr. B' is without his book.
[Ref: 20476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Why, Tom, thou'rt a seaman [...]](jpegs/63499.jpg)
Why, Tom, thou'rt a seaman [...]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), paper watermarked '1847'? Some spotting in borders.
A 'Lilliputian' (i.e. a large head on a small body) caricature of a sailor, with the first verse of Charles Dibdin's ''Jack's Advice to his Friend'.
[Ref: 63499] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), paper watermarked '1847'? Some spotting in borders.
A 'Lilliputian' (i.e. a large head on a small body) caricature of a sailor, with the first verse of Charles Dibdin's ''Jack's Advice to his Friend'.
[Ref: 63499] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Sailor at a Quakers Funeral.
Woodward del. Cruikshanks sp.
[London: T. Tegg, c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 220 x 320mm. 8¾ x 12½". Trimmed into plate, to image on three sides.
Social satire: a Quaker stands by an open grave in a large walled graveyard, with clasped hands, eyes sanctimoniously turned up. A grave-digger leans on his spade watching him with puzzled distaste. The Quaker: "Verily the spirit at length beginneth to move me - Alas! there is no happiness on this side of the grave." A disgruntled sailor who stands opposite him asks: "Why then you Lubber, dont you come on this side?" A second Quaker stands behind the first, hands clasped, looking down. On the extreme left a woman in a Quaker's bonnet weeps, puting her handkerchief to her eyes. Behind the sailor and on the extreme right is another mourner, also puzzled and unsympathetic. A skull lies beside the open grave, grinning up at the Quaker. After George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809), etched by caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank (1764 - 1811), father of Isaac Robert and George.
BM Satires: 10902. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshanks sp.
[London: T. Tegg, c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 220 x 320mm. 8¾ x 12½". Trimmed into plate, to image on three sides.
Social satire: a Quaker stands by an open grave in a large walled graveyard, with clasped hands, eyes sanctimoniously turned up. A grave-digger leans on his spade watching him with puzzled distaste. The Quaker: "Verily the spirit at length beginneth to move me - Alas! there is no happiness on this side of the grave." A disgruntled sailor who stands opposite him asks: "Why then you Lubber, dont you come on this side?" A second Quaker stands behind the first, hands clasped, looking down. On the extreme left a woman in a Quaker's bonnet weeps, puting her handkerchief to her eyes. Behind the sailor and on the extreme right is another mourner, also puzzled and unsympathetic. A skull lies beside the open grave, grinning up at the Quaker. After George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809), etched by caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank (1764 - 1811), father of Isaac Robert and George.
BM Satires: 10902. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sailors at a Quakers funeral.
[After Isaac Cruikshank, c.1810]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark; small tear to bottom edge.
Quakers, sailors and a gravedigger stood by an open grave. Copy of an etching after George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809), etched by caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank (1764 - 1811), father of Isaac Robert and George.
See BM Satires 10902; for Cruikshank's etching see ref. 18477.
[Ref: 47197] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After Isaac Cruikshank, c.1810]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark; small tear to bottom edge.
Quakers, sailors and a gravedigger stood by an open grave. Copy of an etching after George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809), etched by caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank (1764 - 1811), father of Isaac Robert and George.
See BM Satires 10902; for Cruikshank's etching see ref. 18477.
[Ref: 47197] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Sailor sitting for his Miniature.
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
[London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn.][n.d. c.1807]
Finely hand coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15"), on Whatman paper.
The artist wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, a self-portrait of Woodward, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 68511] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 61900] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
[London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn.][n.d. c.1807]
Finely hand coloured etching. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15"), on Whatman paper.
The artist wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, a self-portrait of Woodward, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 68511] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 61900] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Sailor sitting for his Miniature.
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn. Pub Jan.y xxxx T Tegg 111 Cheapside. [engraved c.1807 but later]
Coloured etching. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'. Coloured faded, time-staining, small top margin.
The artist (a self-portrait of Woodward, wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 61900] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn. Pub Jan.y xxxx T Tegg 111 Cheapside. [engraved c.1807 but later]
Coloured etching. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'. Coloured faded, time-staining, small top margin.
The artist (a self-portrait of Woodward, wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 61900] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Sailor on the Mane or a trip to sea.
Heath del.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, surface abrasions, small tear in right edge.
A sailor grasps the ears of a horse at he is flung forward as his mount refuses to continue over a cliff into the sea. A castle in the background is probably Dover.
Not in BM, Yale 16874336.
[Ref: 63648] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Heath del.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, surface abrasions, small tear in right edge.
A sailor grasps the ears of a horse at he is flung forward as his mount refuses to continue over a cliff into the sea. A castle in the background is probably Dover.
Not in BM, Yale 16874336.
[Ref: 63648] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sailors on Horseback.
Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d March 16, 1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside Price One Shilling.]
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), paper watermarked 1819, with large margins on 3 sides. Slight soiling in margins.
Three sailors ride away from the sea-shore, all having trouble with their horses. One complains 'D—n me—how she heaves. Why this is worse than a Jolly Boat, in the Bay of Biscay'.
BM Satires 11801; Grego II 202.
[Ref: 61821] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson scul.
Pub.d March 16, 1811 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside Price One Shilling.]
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), paper watermarked 1819, with large margins on 3 sides. Slight soiling in margins.
Three sailors ride away from the sea-shore, all having trouble with their horses. One complains 'D—n me—how she heaves. Why this is worse than a Jolly Boat, in the Bay of Biscay'.
BM Satires 11801; Grego II 202.
[Ref: 61821] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Sailors' Encampment Before Sebastopol. The Agamemnon Babbies. No.4. ''The way these fellows (the Agamemnon Babbies, Trafalgar Lambs &c) have got up the ships guns...
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Staining and very slight tears.
A scene showing sailors from the HMS Agamemnon dragging the guns in front of a tent during the Crimean War.
[Ref: 51039] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Staining and very slight tears.
A scene showing sailors from the HMS Agamemnon dragging the guns in front of a tent during the Crimean War.
[Ref: 51039] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Tack's Ghost. I Courted Polly of Spithead, / And ax'd her to be married; / At first she was most cruel kind [...] 38
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Allen Young.] ["Alleno.'']
Ape [Carlo Pellegrini].
[Vanity Fair, 1877.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 310 x 180mm (12¼ x 7"), very large margins. Margins spotted.
Sir Allen William Young (1827-1915), master mariner and explorer best remembered for his role in Arctic exploration including the search for Sir John Franklin.
[Ref: 63883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Ape [Carlo Pellegrini].
[Vanity Fair, 1877.]
Chromolithography, proof before letters. Image 310 x 180mm (12¼ x 7"), very large margins. Margins spotted.
Sir Allen William Young (1827-1915), master mariner and explorer best remembered for his role in Arctic exploration including the search for Sir John Franklin.
[Ref: 63883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)