Grosvenor Prints

[Queen Caroline] Bergami's Little Darling. Who is She that Winneth the Heart of Man, That Subdueth Him to Love, and Reeigneth in His Breast.
[Theodore Lane.]
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's St Jany 25 1821.
Very fine coloured etching. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
An unkind caricature portrait of Caroline of Brunswick, standing before Brandenburgh House. wearing the feathered hat of the 'trial' and a fur-bordered pelisse. She lifts her skirts to bow to the viewer. The title references her supposed affair with her servant, Bartolomeo Pergami. This satire was published in January 1821; she was denied entry to George IV's coronation in July and died a month later.
BM Satires 14112, an alternative state with the title 'John Bull's Little Darling'.
[Ref: 69132] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Measure of Happiness, or a Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo _
[by William Heath.]
Pub July 20 1820 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Scarce coloured etching, watermark 1820; 1820. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. Tears and creasing. Borders messy.
Caroline of Brunswick in Turkish costume, with much of her vast bosom on display, smoking a hookah. An interpreter makes pleasantries, to which Caroline replies ''I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to Day] is Long!!!''. A disgruntled Bartolommeo Bergami stands behind. An anti-Caroline satire of her visit to Tunis in 1816, published as George IV tried to win a divorce by the Pains and Penalties Bill 1820.
BM Satires 13767.
[Ref: 54560] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline of Brunswick and Bergami] Chastity! Chaste as the Icecle, / That's Curded by the frost from purest snow / and hands on Dian's temple.
Sr Facto del. [Etched by George Cruikshank]
London Pub.d by G. Humphtrety 27 St James's St 1820.
Etching. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾") very large margins.
Caroline of Brunswick and Bartolomeo Bergami embracing on a couch, she in the Turkish peasant woman costume she wore at a ball given by her in Naples, Bergamo in the hussar costume that he wore as Chamberlain. Originally published as one of four related scenes as 'La Gloire des Honnetes Gens!!', for this issue the plate has been cut down.
BM Satires 13731
[Ref: 54457] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles II Seeking Revenge]
Huych Allaert Exc.
[n.d., c.1651.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet: 420 x 340mm (16½ x 13½"). Trimmed to image, central vertical fold, Small loss on left bottom corner.
A Dutch satirical scene showing Charles II standing, sword in hand while two men kneel before him, on the table behind is a parchment stating 'Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland and Ireland'. In the corner is a hydra while in the background is a scene showing the beheading of Charles I in front of Banqueting House.
[Ref: 42686] £680.00

Carolus everso missus succurtere seclo. If they who flew the Monsters of the Age...
[n.d., engraved c.1684, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet: 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Damaged.
A satirical print showing Charles II standing upon a monster with the three heads of a Jesuit, Turk and Presbyterian while Victory hands a sword to the King. From Edward Petitt's 'Visions of the Government' 1684.
BM Satire 1130.
[Ref: 67592] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A satire comparing the sovereign power of Charles II and Pope Alexander VII.]
[London, 1665.]
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"). Trimmed into image at top.
A scene with Charles II enthroned on the left, Pope Alexander VII on the right. Charles holds (B) the Church of England on the point of his sword. The key marks: (C) the Lords, with the Lord Chancellor, Lord Clarendon, closest to the king; (D) the Commons; (E) judges; (F) mayors, aldermen, etc.; (G) military and naval commanders; (H) sheriffs of counties, justices of the peace, etc.; (I) St Peter & (K) St Paul; (L) the English bishops, led by Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury; (M) Protestant clergymen; (N) doctors and scholars; (O) English martyrs at the stake; Prynne (P) kneels at the king's feet presenting his work; and (Q) a group of Protestant gentlewomen. A number of the figures appear to be intended as portraits. The Pope, triple crown slipping from his head, has: (2) Catholic lords, ladies and nuns kneeling before the pope as if worshipping him; (3) cardinals, two of whom support the toppling throne; (4) archbishops, bishops, canons, etc.; (5) abbots and priors; (6) priests; (7) Jesuits and doctors on canon law; and (8) monks, hermits and nuns. Published as the frontispiece to the second volume of Prynne's 'Records' ('An Exact Chronologicall Vindication ... of our King's Supreme Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction').
BM Satires 1029.
[Ref: 37782] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Conyngham] The Lady of the House. _ "For me, I am a Windsor dea/er and the fattest I think i 'th' forest, _ Shakespeare.
William Heath.
Pub Oct 10 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of W Hs Etchings.
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Caricature of George IV's mistress Lady Conyngham, sitting and pointing at the king's crown.
BM Satires: 15878.
[Ref: 66570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Le Mort. Suppose and suppose the Giraffe it should die, Old Bags he should play over Him, we'd sit down and cry
HB. [John Doyle.]
London Published by T. M.cLean, 26, Haymarket. Aug.t 11 1829.
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15") Tipped into album sheet.
George IV (1762-1830) and Lady Conyngham (1769-1861) weep unrestrainedly over the dead giraffe. The former, in back view, seated on a stool facing the corpse, places a hand on the shoulder of the latter, who sits on the floor with her face buried in a handkerchief. The animal lies on its back, its legs swathed in bandages and raised, the neck extended along the ground with the head on a cushion. Lord Eldon (1751-1838), seated with legs dangling and toes turned in, plays the bagpipe (tune, "Highland Laddie"), beside a large pill-box and a prescription signed 'Abe[rne]thy'. Behind, curtains mark the creature’s stall (at Sandpit Gate, Windsor Park), where two Nubians give way to grief. The giraffe was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, Viceroy of Egypt (1769–1849) to George IV in the summer of 1827. He sent a second giraffe to France’s Charles X and a third to the Austrian emperor, each traveling with two Egyptian milk cows, two keepers, several African animals, and a translator. George kept his in the private menagerie at Sandpit Gate in Windsor Park and he allegedly visited it every day with Lady Conyngham. Interestingly this print was published two months before the creature’s demise.
BM Satires 15845.
[Ref: 67920] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] The Resurrectionist. Alas ther is no Happiness on this side of the Graver!!! - Then come my love to TIHS.
W. Heath.
Pub Feb. 1st 1830 by T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket - Sole Pub. of W. Heaths etchings.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
The Duke of Cumberland and Lady Mary Graves (wife of the duke's Comptroller of the Household) stand either side of an open grave, from which an arm rises holding a cane with the cuckhold's horns. When he heard rumours that Mary was having an affair with the Duke, Thomas North Graves wrote a note to his wife expressing his confidence in her innocence, then cut his own throat.
BM Satires: 16012, second state, with the surtitle.
[Ref: 63394] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] The Goat Wot Lost his Beard.
[John Doyle.
London. Published by T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket. Nov.r 13, 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Printed border 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1829'. Creased bottom right.
The Duke of Cumberland stands among army officers, surprised they do not recognise him because he had shaved off his facial hair for a lady.
BM Satires: 15906.
[Ref: 63393] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment.
W. Heath.
Pub July 6 1830 by T. Mc Lean 26 Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching, 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Marginal tears; glued to scrap sheet. Ink spot lower right below image.
A caricature of a concerned-looking Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as the accession of his brother William IV put an end to his influence on English politics. He was passed over in favour of his brother the Duke of Sussex for the post of Ranger of St. James's Park and Hyde Park, given Windsor Park instead. The 'Grave' in the title is a reference to Cumberland's affair with Lady Graves (1783 - 1835).
BM Satires: 16156.
[Ref: 9214] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Illustr^ious Lover or the D, of Cumberland done Over.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
London Augt 16, 1801, Pub: by S W Fores N. 50 Piccadily [sic] Folios of Caricatures Lent out.
Etching with fine hand colour. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins. On Edmeades watermarked '1799' paper. Slight hole /tear near bottom of box.
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851), sits in an arm-chair pressing a knot of ribbon to his lips and says, "Not meet at St Giles's? D-n-n worse than a Dog you use me - not to be allowed to attend as Midwife, Nurse or Chamber maid, D-n-n must I belong to nobody - but I must not complain - I am allways blubbering I talk in my sleep, in short I act the part of a Fool - O the dear Plant, the dear the ever dear Pink cotton - my Charmer, my dearest dear, my adored my Celestial, I have invoked Cupid, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus, & all the Deites to Santion our heaven born love, you know I have plunged 7 times in the Hog trough over head & ears, & yet after all such sousing I cannot conquer this heaven born Passion . . . as wheat falls so my Divine affection rises . . . [&c. &c.]. Pray dont read the life of Major Hanger till I come & read it to you - O what a Dog I am." He faces a small oblong table on which is a flowering plant, which he waters from a watering-can held between his legs. Other objects on the table are books: 'Jack the Giant Killer' [a chap-book]; 'Lover Letter Tom Thumb'; 'D of Cumberland'; a print of three standing prostitutes: 'Two Penny Uprights (See Partridge, 'Slang Dict., s.v. threepenny bit.) [a similar print by Cawse has this title]; packages inscribed: 'Alcampane', lollypops', 'Sugar Candy', 'Carraway Comfits', 'Barley Sugar', 'Parmasan'. On the floor are papers: 'My Beauty without Paint'; 'My Angel'; 'My Deer Deer Dear Lovee Love Dear'; 'My Love . . . Adorable'; 'Not sufficiently Expressive of my Noble love & Devine Affection'. Beside the duke stands an open chest of 'Keepsakes', piled up with hats, bonnets, shoes, a comb, powder-puff, and a cracked chamber-pot 'often used by M. Anne'.
BM Satires 9777. See Dupl. 61873.
[Ref: 61835] £320.00

[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland] Looking Grave on the New Appointment. [in ink underneath image:] Duke of Cumberland.
W. Heath.
Pub July 6 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket-London.
Hand-coloured etching. 354 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Cut at top, old ink mms in margin.
A caricature of a concerned-looking Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as the accession of his brother William IV put an end to his influence on English politics. He was passed over in favour of his brother the Duke of Sussex for the post of Ranger of St. James's Park and Hyde Park, given Windsor Park instead. The 'Grave' in the title is a reference to Cumberland's affair with Lady Graves (1783 - 1835).
BM Satires: 16156.
[Ref: 30465] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Vindication.
HB [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Nov:21, 1829.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 325mm (10¼ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Satire on the Duke of Cumberland's declining influence. George IV, holding a satirical print (from a folio of 'McLean's Caricatures', naturally) points out to Cumberland that 'the Caricaturists have cut off your Mustaches'. Watching the interview from the right are two elegant young men, Lord Mount Charles and Lord Strathavon, who wears top-boots and leans on his brother-in-law's shoulder.
BM Satires: 15915.
[Ref: 62473] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Man Wot Violates the Grave. It's very hard these sort of men can't let a Body be = O she loved a bold Dragoon with his long _&c&
W. Heath.
Pub Jan 30 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. 372 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Crease.
The Duke of Cumberland steps up from a grave, carrying Lady Graves, with whom Cumberland had been having an affair. In 1830 this scandal erupted in the press, and shortly after this print was published Lady Graves' husband Thomas committed suicide, adding to the macabre imagery of this print.
BM Satires: 16011.
[Ref: 30541] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Light Sovereigns.
Printed by W. Kohler.
London, Me.std Fores 41 Piccasilly. [n.d. c.1840]
Lithograph, sheet 445 x 305mm (17½ x 12"), large margins. Repeared tear in margins on left.
Satire of European monarchs: A hand holds the scales of justice, with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) on the left outweighing six European kings, including Ernest Augustus King of Hanover (1771-1851), Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), and Leopold I (1790-1865). After S W Fores's death in 1838 the business was continued as Messrs Fores by his sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-58) and Arthur Blücher Fores (1814-83), who moved from satirical to sporting prints. It continued to be run by the descendants of George Thomas Fores until well into the 20th century.
[Ref: 66779] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Maria Fitzherbert] The Royal Toast. Fat, Fair, and Forty.
31 Delin.t Game Fecit.
Published by W.S. Fores Mar 20th 1786 at his Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly.
Etching. 305 x 210mm (12 x 8¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Mrs Fitzherbert, her hat bearing three ostrich feathers and the motto 'Ich Dien' to indicate her marriage (she had secretly married George, Prince of Wales in the previous year).
BM Satires: 6927.
[Ref: 27607] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederica Charlotte of Prussia] Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.
Charlot.e Zethen, design et fecit [James Gillray].
Pub.d April 10thth 1792, by H. Humphrey, No 18 Old Bond Street.
Coloured stipple. Sheet 27- x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, patched hole, ink stain from Collector's mark verso, some staining.
Seated portrait of Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767-1820), who married Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the year before. While this is a straight forward portrait rather than Gillray's usual satire, the Duchess was also the subject in one of Gillray's famous 'suppressed plates'. His 'Fashionable Contrasts; - or - The Duchess's little Shoe yeilding to the Magnitude of the Duke's Foot' showed the feet and ankles of the Duke and Duchess of York, in an obviously copulatory position, the Duchess's feet drawn very small. This satirised the sycophancy of the press at the Duchess's arrival, who commented on the daintiness of her feet.
[Ref: 40199] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederick. Duke of York and Mary Anne Charke] They Have Been Weighed in the Balance, and are found Wanting.
Flagelantes [Charles Williams] inv.t.
Pub.d March 1809 by Walker No. 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large pair of scales, the arm reading 'England expects every man to do his duty', weigh on one side by Mary Anne Clarke, supported by Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, and on other three lawyers and General Clavering (with Spencer Perceval adding papers to the scales). The fulcrum is Frederick, Duke of York, standing on the back of William Adam. John Bull watches from behind. This satire relates to the cash-for-commissions scandal involving the Duke of York and Clarke, his mistress, and specifically on the votes exonerating him. Wardle brought the motion for the removal of the Duke, but it was defeated by Perceval's amendment; eventually Perceval's resolution acquitting the Duke of personal corruption was carried. Clarke calls for the John Bull, carrying the 'Vox Populi', to lend his weight, reflecting public opinion. York did in fact resign the same month this print was published- despite the motion passed by the Commons, this was the only way to avoid a renewal of the allegations. Etching by 'Flagelantes', which BM Satires believes to be a pseudonym for Charles Williams, although many of the attributions to Williams in BM Satires are now questioned.
BM Satires 11269.
[Ref: 61842] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George II] Optimus. Britons Behold. The Best of Kings. 41.
To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand. [Edwards and Darly. n.d. c.1756.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 114 x 82mm (4½ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A caricature portrait of George II, from 'A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of...prints', London: Printed for E. Morris.
BM Satires 3537.
[Ref: 52329] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[George II] Slavery in Miniature: a fable. Apply'd to the most factious people of Great-Britain, 1745. While George and Justice rules our British Isle No Popish Varlets shall our Rights defile. Ere Britain's Peace is broken quite, / Ere Parties meet in deadly Fight; / Ere Blood is spilt and Treasure spent, / Our Crown remov'd or Kingdom rent. / Ye sensless Tribe with Patience hear, / A simple Fable, worth your Ear.
London: Printed for J. Wakelin in Little-Britain; and sold at the Pamphlet Shops [1745].
Scarce letterpress broadsheet with engraved head piece. Sheet 300 x 155mm (11¾ x 6"). Tears, with loss to engraving and text at top, bottom right and slight hole in Peace & Plenty.
A broadsheet with two columns of anti-Jacobite text, with an engraving featuring George II and Justice on one side, the Pope and a kilted Charles on the other.
Provenance: Ion Smeaton Munro (1883-1970) diplomat & writer.
[Ref: 52973] £500.00

[George III] The Scotch Cradle, or the Caledonian Nurse.
[1762.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 90 x 110mm (3½ x 4¼"), with large margins. Staining.
A satirical scene showing the British lion which represents George III in a cradle while his mother attends him along with the Earl of Bute who holds out an olive branch to the Duc de Nivernois, French enoy to England. This print comments of the Peace of Paris which was later signed in 1763.
BM Satire 3936.
[Ref: 45487] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] The Esplanade. Medfio Tutissimus Ibis.
[James Gillray]
Pub.d June 1st 1797. by H. Humphrey N. 27 S.t James's Street.
Very fine coloured etching. Sheet 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, mounted in album paper at sides, old ink mss. in bottom of plate.
A gentle satire of George III (1738-1820) walking in Weymouth, greeted by two soldiers, Lord Cathcart (1755-1843) and General David Dundas (1735–1820).
BM Satires 9019.
[Ref: 69237] £420.00

The Royal Ass.
York Sculpsit. Stewart del.t.
Pub acc.y to act May 20. 1780. by M Darly (39) Strand. [But later]
Etching, 160 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Light creasing.
An ass wearing a crown (George III) is led toward a domed building with two steeples labelled ''Rome,'' intended to represent St Peter’s. The ass is guided by a man with the legs and tail of a devil, identified as Bute (1713-92), partly dressed in tartan, who declares, ''This is my Ass & I’ll lead it where I please.'' Behind them stands a bishop in mitre and long gown, wielding a birch rod and pointing to the animal’s hindquarters, saying, ''Lead on my Lord I’ll drive the beast along.'' This figure represents Markham (1719-1807), the unpopular Archbishop of York, whose birch rod alludes to his former role as headmaster of Westminster School and later as preceptor to the Prince of Wales and his brother (1771–76). Nearby, two small boys, one wearing the ribbon of an order, gesture toward the ass; one asks the other, ''Where are they driving Papa too.''
BM Satires 5669.
[Ref: 68061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George III & Fox] The New Minister or_ As it should be.
Argus del.t. [Charles Williams].
Pub'd Feb.y 1806 by Walker No7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Edged with red linen paper browned, damaged, holes in top edge to be pinned up on wall.
George III steps from the throne to the front of the dais to inspect Charles James Fox through his glass, as Baron Grenville introduces him. Following Pitt's death earlier in 1806, Greville had formed the 'Ministry of All Talents' and offered Fox the position of Foreign Secretary, which he accepted. A rare early presentation.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 52015] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[George III and Fox] The New Minister or_ As it should be.
Argus del.t. [Charles Williams].
Pub'd Feb.y 1806 by Walker No7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed, paper loss in corners and laid on an album sheet.
George III steps from the throne to the front of the dais to inspect Charles James Fox through his glass, as Baron Grenville introduces him. Following Pitt's death earlier in 1806, Greville had formed the 'Ministry of All Talents' and offered Fox the position of Foreign Secretary, which he accepted.
BM Satires: 10528.
[Ref: 44707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] Fast Colours. Patience on a Monument smiling at Grief -or- The Royal Laundress washing Boney's Court Dresses.
GH. inv.t. G. Cruikshank fec.t
Pub.d Oct.r 2.b 1815 by W. Hone 55 Fleet S.t London.
Hand-coloured etching, scarce; Sheet: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border, paper tone and paper loss in bottom right corner.
A satirical scene showing George III, dressed in a laundresses outfit, washing a large French flag, while Napoleon, sitting upon St. Helena, looks on.
BM 12617.
[Ref: 44409] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] The Little Farthing Rush Light.
IC [Isaac Cruikshank]
London Pub : Oct.r 3 [c. 1792] by S. W. Fores N.3 Piccadilly, where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures in the world. Admit.nce 1 sh.g.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed into plate.
Five heads in night-attire surround a taper with the head of George III as the flame, each blowing at it but their puffs going wide.. The figures are (l-r) Sheridan, Fox, the Prince of Wales, Mrs Fitzherbert and Grey.
BM Satires 8283.
[Ref: 61853] £320.00

Ecclesiastical and Political, state of the Nation.
[James Gillray inv & fec.t.]
Published June 2nd 1780 by W.[...] Printseller [...].
Coloured etching 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Frame measures 485 x 385mm (19 x 15¼"). Publisher's name burnished from plate. Laid down. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting George III guiding a plough which is drawn by a snorting bull, he is blindfolded and wears a crown and the garter ribbon, from his pocket hangs a fragment of "Magna Charta". Lord North rides on the bull, urging him forward with a whip, attached to his shoulders is a knapsack or bundle inscribed "Ways & Means". Another man goads the bull with a spear. A Scot in highland dress, probably Gordon, tugs violently at the bull's harness, trying to pull it back; two other men who have been tugging at the bull have fallen to the ground and the wig of one has fallen off. The bull is advancing towards the "River Tweed" on the farther side of which are a large thistle and some fir trees on a hill. In the foreground lies a sleeping bishop, his head on his hand, holding a crozier, and leaning on a book and a "Map of Bishoprick". Behind him and the king a Jesuit, a Catholic priest, and a monk are sowing in the ground which has been already ploughed. Above their heads the Pope is seated on clouds which are supported by a swarm of demons and imps. He wears his triple crown, a royal crown is suspended over his head; in his right hand is a crozier to which are attached keys, in his left hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts. At his side is an inverted cornucopia, pouring out documents inscribed "Absolutions", "Persecutions", "Releases from Purgatory", "Pardons for Money", "Excommunications", "Curses on Heriticks", "Indulgences", "Bulls", "Confessions". Truth, an almost nude female figure, stands upon clouds (right) surrounded by a glory of rays; on her breast is a face surrounded by rays. She holds up a large scroll inscribed "40000 English Protestants massacred in Ireland 1641 Protestants burnt at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary. Gunpowder Plot or an attempt to blow up the Parliament House Protestants massacred at Paris, in the Vallies of Piedmont. Tortures of the Inquisition."
BM 5678.
[Ref: 66038] £750.00

[George III] The Laird of the Boot.
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. Plate: 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"), with large margins. light foxing.
A polticial satire showing George III and Queen Charlotte, depicted as lions, riding in a coach driven by the dowager Princess of Wales and Lord Bute, the coach drives over Britannia, recognisable because of her shield. Around the carriage are several riders, one of which is Fox who leads the way. The Duke of Cumberland lies on his back in the foreground having fallen off his horse. This print is an illustration to "The British Antidote to Caledonian Poison".
A reduced and reversed copy of BM Satire 3898.
[Ref: 45493] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] Going to Market.
[by Fredrick George Byron?]
London. Pub.d Nov.r 21 1791 by W.m Holland Nº 50 Oxford Street.
Etching. 340 x 480mm (13½ x 19"), on J. Whatman laid paper. Trimmed just within plate top and bottom.
George III as a farmer, singing as he drives a two-wheeled farm-cart to market. Queen Charlotte (sitting in a cart with a basket of hens) and two lifeguards (riding behind) join in the chorus. A satire on the farms of Windsor and the king's fondness for singing. Grego attributes the plate to Gillray but Tim Clayton (author of 'James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire', 2023) believes it to be by Byron.
BM Satires 7915.
[Ref: 63515] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire.
Colley [James Gillray?]
Pub.d by D archery May 30 1783 St James Street.
Etching. Sheet 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in edge.
A fox executioner (Charles James Fox) raises his axe over a crowned goose (George III) with its neck on a block. Two human figures (The Prince of Wales & Lord North) sing and dance. George notes: 'Possibly by Gillray, imitating the manner of Colley'. Elizabeth Darchery did publish some of James Gillray's early work.
BM 6237.
[Ref: 51642] £320.00

[An] Exact Representation of an Attempt Made by Marg.t Nicholson to Stab his Majesty on Wednesday Aug.t 2 1786.
[Pub]d Aug.t 5 1786 by W. S. Fores at the Caracature Ware-house N°3 Piccadilly.
Scarce etching. Sheet 235 x 295mm (5¼ x 11¾"), on 18th century watermarked 'C Patch'. Trimmed into image top and left (affecting title and publication line), tip of bottom left corner lost.
A sketched scene of George III taking a petition from Margaret Nicholson as she holds a knige against his chest. A Beefeater rushes foward. Margaret Nicholson (c.1750-1828) was judged insane for her half-hearted attack (in which she used an ivory-handled dessert knife) and was committed to Bedlam, where she died 42 years later.
BM Satires 6973.
[Ref: 63587] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George III - Nimrod]
[after A. Aldbery.]
[n.d., c.1794.]
Etching; unfinished proof. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), on Whatman paper. Staining. Small tears in edge.
A portrait of George III riding. A later copy of A. Aldbery's 1787 satirical portrait of George III titled 'Nimrod'.
[Ref: 38781] £360.00

[George III and the Duke of Norfolk] The Resignation.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd Feby 23d 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. _ Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching. 345 x 275mm (13½ x 10¾"), watermark dated 1793. Trimmed into plate at sides.
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, stands before George III holding out his Earl Marshal's baton, inscribed 'Hereditary'. He has thrown down sealed patents inscribed 'Cus Rotu Westri' and 'Coll of West York Mil[itia]'. The king throws his hands up in alarm, kicking over his footstool. Pitt cowers behind the king's chair. The duke was dismissed from the lord lieutenancy of the West Riding in 1798 for toasting ''Our sovereign’s health - the majesty of the people'', displeasing George.
BM Satires 9175.
[Ref: 63375] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George III & Bute] Claudius pouring Poison into the King's Ear, as he is Sleeping in the Garden.
Engraved for the Oxford Magazine.
[1769.]
Etching and engraving. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
The scene from Hamlet, but with the Earl of Bute (1713 -92) pouring poison into the ear of George III (1738 -1820), attended by Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales (1719-72), with whom it was rumoured that he was having an affair. The BM suggests the setting is Kew.
BM 8329
[Ref: 59970] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[George III & Tsar Paul 1] The Russian Bruiser getting his dose with his seconds thirds bottle Holder &c coming in for their share.
[Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub: by SW Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly Jan 30th 1801.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins. Paper lightly toned.
George III as a bare-knuckled boxer fights Tsar Paul I and his second (Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden) and third (Christian VII, King of Denmark), beating them badly. Frederick William III, King of Prussia, stands behind, expressing his neutrality. Behind George is William Pitt the younger, dressed in full armour. The English press published a report from a Danish minister that Paul I had challenged the potentates of Europe to personal combat, with their generals and ministers as squires, to decide the war. Paul's eccentric reputation gave doubt to whether he was joking or not. His unpredictable behavior led to his assassination by his own officers only two month after this satire was published. Boxing interest.
BM Satires 9701.
[Ref: 63370] £620.00

[George III] The Reception in 1760. The Reception in 1770 in our next.
[The Oxford magazine or, Universal Museum, 1770.]
Etching. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper.
A satire of George III in his first year as king, being driven in the State Coach, mobbed by a welcoming crowd. The contrasting plate 'The Reception in 1770' (not present here), published in the next issue of the magazine, showed the coach moving through empty streets, with the coachman saying 'We are no longer plagued by the Acclamations of the People'.
BM Satires 4373.
[Ref: 58651] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Excise and Tax.]
J. Collier inv.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773.
Etching. 130 x 205mm (5 x 8''), with very large margins. Creasing and foxing.
George III places a heavy weight labelled 'excise' on the back of an old man with crutches while handing a letter to a third man with a cane (Frederick North, Prime Minister?). From 'Human Passions Delineated' by Tim Bobbin, psuedonym for John Collier.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50271] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] A Sudden & Unexpected Change.
Published by Winnes 28 Little Bell Alley Coleman St. late Ino. Luffman's. 4.d Plain. 8.d. Col.d.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½''). Trimmed.
A political satire showing a minister standing before George III, who is seated in a throne.
[Ref: 50769] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Satire of George III and Paul Pindar.]
[by Thomas Rowlandson.]
[n.d., c.1787.]
Etching. 205 x 245mm (8 x 9¾"). Paper soiled, top edge of margin frayed
A satire of George III, who is about to be bucked from Pegasus, the winged horse. Another man, perhaps John Wolcot (writer of satires under the name Paul Pindar), is already falling, losing his wig and a scroll titled 'Ode for New Year'. Begind the horse is a faceless Harlequin, waving a club, perhaps having spooked the horse.
BM Satires 7188.
[Ref: 53683] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] Nimrod.
[after A. Aldbery.]
Pub.d August 15 1787 by S.W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly.
Etching. 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Creasing.
A portrait of George III riding. A later copy of A. Aldbery's 1787 print, with the addition of Windsor Castle in the background and two dogs, one rolling on its back.
[Ref: 54590] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The marriage of Charlotte, Princess Royal, to Frederick I of Württemberg.] The Bridal-Night.
J.s G.y [James Gillray] d. & fe.c.t.
Pub.d May 18.th 1797. by H. Humphrey. 27 S.t James Street.
Coloured etching, pt. J. Whatman watermark. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Repaired tears, part of left margin rebuilt, laid on archival paper.
The grotesquely corpulent Prince of Würtemberg leads his new wife Charlotte, daughter of George III, to the bridal chamber at Windsor, accompanied by the king and queen and their entourage. Behind Pitt the younger stands, carrying the Princess's dowry of £80,000. On the wall is a large picture, inscribed 'Le Triomphe de l'Amour', of an elephant with a little cupid sitting on his neck blowing a trumpet.
BM Satires 9014.
[Ref: 60873] £850.00

[George III] Secret influence directing the new P-L-T.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d by W. Humphrey. N.º 227 Strand London [n.d., c.1784].
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins.
George III, seated on a throne says, ''I trust we have got such a House of Commons as we Wanted''. Thurlow, with the body of a bird of prey; says ''Damn the Commons, the Lords shall Rule''. Bute, in Highland dress, says to Thurlow, ''Very Gude, Very Gude Damn the Commons''. A head on a serpent's body is probably Willim Pitt the Elder. To the right Britannia sits asleep. A man wearing a ribbon, probably George, Prince of Wales, says, ''Thieves! Thieves! Zounds awake Madam or you'll have your Throat Cut''.
BM Satires 6587.
[Ref: 63639] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] The Sleepy Shepherd. Engrav'd for the Oxford Magazine.
[1769.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate on top edge.
A political satire showing George III sleeping while figures, some with grotesque faces help themselves to treasure and hack away at stone labelled 'Honour of England' and 'Liberty of the Press'.
BM Satire 4320.
[Ref: 45480] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] A Sudden & Unexpected Change.
Published by W Innes 28 Little Bell Alley Coleman St. late Ino. Luffman's. 4.d Plain. 8.d. Col.d.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 195 x 325mm (7½ x 12¾''). Trimmed.
A political satire showing a minister standing before George III, who is seated on a throne.
[Ref: 50951] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George, Prince of Wales] Diamond Cut Diamond _ Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamphlet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug,t 15th 1806 by SW Fores Nº 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small margins.
The Prince is on the left addressing jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys, who bows low with a fixed and hungry smile. In the Prince's left hand is a money-bag inscribed '400'. In his pocket is a paper: 'Advice to a young Tradesman by B Frank[lin]'. On the left is a huge stack of tailor's bills, and behind prints are pasted on a screen, four of which have titles and figures: 'The Prodigal recieving his Portion'; 'Sqanders with Harlots'; 'Feeds with the Swine'; 'The Fall of Phaeton'. A satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and Jefferys over the slow repayment of bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in a year this print was published. It started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince. American interest.
BM Satires: 10592.
[Ref: 61834] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Order of the Bath] The Ceremony of Kissing the Badge at the Installation of the Knights of the Bomb.
[by Charles Williams.]
Pubd Nov.r 1st 1816 by Johnston, 98 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, folds as normal.
The Prince Regent sits on a commode-like 'Grand Mortar', facing away from the viewer, in a gothic 'Chapel of Ease'. On his back is a badge, which a supplicant is bending over to kiss. A satire relating to the reconstitution of the Order of the Bath, here 'Order of the Bomb'.
BM Satires 12811.
[Ref: 61845] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV & Wellington] A Political Reflection.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath.] Esq.
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London.
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Creased, framed over printed border, unexamined out of frame.
A scene in a nursery in which the 'Great Babe' George IV lies asleep in a cradle watched over by his mistress Lady Conyngham. On the right Wellington lowers the crown on to his head as he admires himself in the mirror. On the floor is a model of Buckingham Palace as reconstructed by Nash and a toy giraffe. Children's toys interest. A satire of Lady Conyngham's use of her influence over George to support Wellington.
BM Satire 15521.
[Ref: 61172] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Manchester Square Cattle Shew.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d for the Proprietors of Town Talk May 1st 1812.
Coloured etching. Sheet 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"). Some surface wear and soiling.
A satire of the influence of Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford, over the Prince of Wales, showing her as a prize cow at a show. It suggests she led him to desert the Whigs. Her husband Lord Hertford is attacked both for his complaisance and for accepting favours from the prince.
BM Satires 11878, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61036] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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