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An Ass Race, for a Laced Hat. N.o 95
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Sold Wholesale by James Lumsden Engraver Glasgow. [n.d., c.1790.]
A very rare engraving with hand colour, sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Nicks to edges. Some creasing.
Three men ride on donkeys; one tries to buck off its rider; a crowd of onlookers watch from outside a building, perhaps a travellers inn. Accoring to 'Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected' a 'silver-laced hat' means to be hung in chains so possibly this is a race that will land the men in chains, they are chasing someone who broke the law or are being chased.
[Ref: 58420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Modern Balooning. Or the Newest Phase of Folly.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and pasted onto album paper.
Satirical scene depicting a donkey sat on top of a horse, suspended in their air by a balloon. The donkey wears a jacket and trousers, and holds a flag, looking down upon the field of other donkeys below.
[Ref: 66810] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and pasted onto album paper.
Satirical scene depicting a donkey sat on top of a horse, suspended in their air by a balloon. The donkey wears a jacket and trousers, and holds a flag, looking down upon the field of other donkeys below.
[Ref: 66810] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Breaking Cover, or Hunting in Hampshire. When the swinish herd with a grunt and a snuff, Would break down their door and be off in a huff.
Published May 1821, by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 171 x 229mm. 6¾ x 9". Slight foxing.
A huntsman on his horse manages to land on top of a sty, from which run two disgruntled pigs and three piglets; another hunter looks-on very amused by the whole situation. From "The Old English 'Squire: A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free.' A Poem in Ten Cantos" by John Careless.
[Ref: 26642] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Published May 1821, by Tho.s McLean, Hay Market.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 171 x 229mm. 6¾ x 9". Slight foxing.
A huntsman on his horse manages to land on top of a sty, from which run two disgruntled pigs and three piglets; another hunter looks-on very amused by the whole situation. From "The Old English 'Squire: A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free.' A Poem in Ten Cantos" by John Careless.
[Ref: 26642] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Cambridge Jockey. Eques Cantab.
HWB [Bunbury] Invt.
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. by MDarly Engraver No.(39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 350mm. 9¾ x 13¾".
A young thin Cambridge student in hunting dress riding rapidly across a heath holding out a whip in front of his horse's nose. A lurcher-type dog runs alongside. Racing interest. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
See BM Satires: 4724.
[Ref: 14114] £380.00
HWB [Bunbury] Invt.
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. by MDarly Engraver No.(39) Strand.
Etching, 250 x 350mm. 9¾ x 13¾".
A young thin Cambridge student in hunting dress riding rapidly across a heath holding out a whip in front of his horse's nose. A lurcher-type dog runs alongside. Racing interest. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
See BM Satires: 4724.
[Ref: 14114] £380.00
Angling - No Sport At All. Good gracious! M.r Cat'em will be drowned.
On Stone by R Seymour.
[n.d. c.1830]
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Staining. Edges nicked.
Anthropomorphic satire with cats fishing from a rowboat in incredibly rainy weather. One cat is actively fishing while others appeared bored, seasick or catnapping. One is about to fall into the water.
[Ref: 67722] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by R Seymour.
[n.d. c.1830]
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Staining. Edges nicked.
Anthropomorphic satire with cats fishing from a rowboat in incredibly rainy weather. One cat is actively fishing while others appeared bored, seasick or catnapping. One is about to fall into the water.
[Ref: 67722] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Any sport Gentlemen? - Sport to be sure, we just saw an hare runningup a tree so we both fired and down it came. we knows what we are about you see.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 150 x 220mm (6 x 8¾). Some staining at top. Trimmed.
A city type hold up a squirrel he has mistaken for a hare.
[Ref: 61329] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 150 x 220mm (6 x 8¾). Some staining at top. Trimmed.
A city type hold up a squirrel he has mistaken for a hare.
[Ref: 61329] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Now Tomkins stop till I Say Fire!! another go I think will do him up.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 111 Fleet St. [n.d., c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 170 x 260mm (6¾ x 10¼). Creasing on left margins. Trimmed.
Two city types shoot at a songbird.
[Ref: 61330] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 111 Fleet St. [n.d., c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 170 x 260mm (6¾ x 10¼). Creasing on left margins. Trimmed.
Two city types shoot at a songbird.
[Ref: 61330] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Laughing Stock No. 7. I say Tomkins which Eye do you shut when you shoots? _ O for a common shot I [don't care?] which I shuts but when I shoots flying I shuts em both of course.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 160 x 240mm (6¼ x 9½). Punchline weakly inked, laid on album paper. Trimmed.
Two city types out shooting discuss their techniques, the skyline of London behind.
[Ref: 61328] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 160 x 240mm (6¼ x 9½). Punchline weakly inked, laid on album paper. Trimmed.
Two city types out shooting discuss their techniques, the skyline of London behind.
[Ref: 61328] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Dignifyd Clerical Macaroni.
Pubd. accorg. to Act Octr. 6, 1772 by M.Darly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
A portly cleric out shooting is encouraged by his footman to 'Run, my Lord, run' after a scampering partridge disturbed from its ground cover. The parson appears unwilling, or perhaps unable, to chase the bird. Numbered '19' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
[Ref: 14088] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. accorg. to Act Octr. 6, 1772 by M.Darly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
A portly cleric out shooting is encouraged by his footman to 'Run, my Lord, run' after a scampering partridge disturbed from its ground cover. The parson appears unwilling, or perhaps unable, to chase the bird. Numbered '19' upper right. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
[Ref: 14088] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cockney Sports No 2. Where can I get a Pull at something old fellow there's devilish few Birds on this Road? Why Zur I dun know, but if you like to take a Pull at theis ere Pig, you be Welcome, vor I be plaguy tired of un.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). A few stains.
A cockney in conversation with a yokel.
[Ref: 58286] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). A few stains.
A cockney in conversation with a yokel.
[Ref: 58286] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Cockney-Sportsmen marking Game. Pl.1.
[After James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 330mm (9 x 13''), on Whatman paper. Trimmed, some damage in top right corner.
A hunting scene showing two London 'cits' out shooting, the figure at the front holds his gun facing backwards and it has gone off causing his companion to fall backwards over a fence. The sign between them points toward Hornsey Wood and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the background. From a series of shooting scenes showing the cockney sportsmen.
BM Satire 9596.
[Ref: 50780] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 330mm (9 x 13''), on Whatman paper. Trimmed, some damage in top right corner.
A hunting scene showing two London 'cits' out shooting, the figure at the front holds his gun facing backwards and it has gone off causing his companion to fall backwards over a fence. The sign between them points toward Hornsey Wood and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the background. From a series of shooting scenes showing the cockney sportsmen.
BM Satire 9596.
[Ref: 50780] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Plate 1st. Cockney-Sportsmen marking Game. [&] Plate 2.d. Cockney-Sportsmen Shooting Flying. [&] Plate 3.d. Cockney-Sportsmen Re-Charging. [&] Plate 4.th. Cockney-Sportsmen finding a Hare.
I.C. [Issac Cruikshank?] Esq.r del.t. J.s. G.y fec.t. [Etched by Gillray].
London Publish'd November 12th. 1800. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Set of four etchings with very fine hand colour. Sheets: 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Trimmed to printed borders.
Four hunting scenes showing two London 'cits' out shooting near Hornsey, showing their incompetence. A fashionably dress young man is accompanied by a poodle; the older and fatter John Bull-type has a bulldog.
BM Satire 9596-9599.
[Ref: 61805] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
I.C. [Issac Cruikshank?] Esq.r del.t. J.s. G.y fec.t. [Etched by Gillray].
London Publish'd November 12th. 1800. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Set of four etchings with very fine hand colour. Sheets: 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Trimmed to printed borders.
Four hunting scenes showing two London 'cits' out shooting near Hornsey, showing their incompetence. A fashionably dress young man is accompanied by a poodle; the older and fatter John Bull-type has a bulldog.
BM Satire 9596-9599.
[Ref: 61805] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
Cockney Sportsmen Finding, Pl 1. Morning.
[Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd Decr 8th 1800 by S W Fores Piccadilly, Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching with grey wash border, 253 x 355mm. Repaired tears into image, two from above and two from below.
Plate 1 of a set of four by the same artist, imitations of a set by James Gillray (see 7773), but with the addition of a third man, who wears fashionable London dress, and has a blunderbuss and a small mongrel. The fat city sportsman has a bulldog with a spiked collar. They find a hare, crouching by a tree. Lettered below image with speech of characters; fat man says 'you may as well let me try', the next man raises his blunderbuss to smite, saying, 'No No I'm sure I can knock him down with the butt end'. The third man (to right) says to the dogs: 'hey at him there.' By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830). He was a prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and their identification needs much more work: many of the attributions to him by Dorothy George need to be revisited. 'S.W.F[ores]' blindstamp lower right corner of plate.
See BM Satires: 9596 - 99.
[Ref: 7772] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Charles Williams.]
Pubd Decr 8th 1800 by S W Fores Piccadilly, Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening
Coloured etching with grey wash border, 253 x 355mm. Repaired tears into image, two from above and two from below.
Plate 1 of a set of four by the same artist, imitations of a set by James Gillray (see 7773), but with the addition of a third man, who wears fashionable London dress, and has a blunderbuss and a small mongrel. The fat city sportsman has a bulldog with a spiked collar. They find a hare, crouching by a tree. Lettered below image with speech of characters; fat man says 'you may as well let me try', the next man raises his blunderbuss to smite, saying, 'No No I'm sure I can knock him down with the butt end'. The third man (to right) says to the dogs: 'hey at him there.' By Charles Williams (1797 - 1830). He was a prolific etcher of satires of his own or others' designs (especially Woodward). Almost all his plates are anonymous and their identification needs much more work: many of the attributions to him by Dorothy George need to be revisited. 'S.W.F[ores]' blindstamp lower right corner of plate.
See BM Satires: 9596 - 99.
[Ref: 7772] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
The Coursing Macaroni. V.5. 12.
Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 19. 1772, by MDarly 39, Strand.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
A man holding a gun on the move in the countryside.
BM Satires: 4663.
[Ref: 38218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 19. 1772, by MDarly 39, Strand.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
A man holding a gun on the move in the countryside.
BM Satires: 4663.
[Ref: 38218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
July - Brighter Cricket.
Clarke.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Watercolour & Ink drawing. Image 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). On board. Taped into mount.
A scene depicting three boys playing cricket, one swings the bat as the ball flies towards him, while the others brace themselves. A child in a long trench coat and hat, with a dog by his side, watches them.
[Ref: 67290] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Clarke.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Watercolour & Ink drawing. Image 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). On board. Taped into mount.
A scene depicting three boys playing cricket, one swings the bat as the ball flies towards him, while the others brace themselves. A child in a long trench coat and hat, with a dog by his side, watches them.
[Ref: 67290] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Pre-Historic Cricket. (Permian Epoch.)
Entered at Stationers Hall by Misch & Stock. Designed in England. Printed in Prussia.
Copyrighted to the Act of Congress, in the year 1903, by Misch & Stock, in the Office of the Librarian, Washington.
Offset scarce litho printed in colour. Image 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Sheet 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 11¾").
A satirical scene from the series "Pre-Historic Pastimes", depicting cavemen playing a game of cricket.
[Ref: 67286] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Entered at Stationers Hall by Misch & Stock. Designed in England. Printed in Prussia.
Copyrighted to the Act of Congress, in the year 1903, by Misch & Stock, in the Office of the Librarian, Washington.
Offset scarce litho printed in colour. Image 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Sheet 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 11¾").
A satirical scene from the series "Pre-Historic Pastimes", depicting cavemen playing a game of cricket.
[Ref: 67286] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Herbert Mascall Curteis, Esq.r. Master of the East Sussex Fox Hounds.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Charles Mottram.
London, Published April 1st 1866 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Very rare coloured mixed-method engraving; 580 x 730mm (23 x 28½"). Right top corner margin missing. Nicks to edges. Bit time-stained.
Herbert Mascall Curteis (1823-95) was born in Florence and died in Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham (probably the castellated house in the background). He is shown here on horseback, with three foxhounds in attendence. He was also a cricketer, playing for Oxford University (1841-2), Sussex (1846-1860), Marylebone Cricket Club (1855 and England (1850).
[Ref: 60425] £450.00
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Charles Mottram.
London, Published April 1st 1866 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Very rare coloured mixed-method engraving; 580 x 730mm (23 x 28½"). Right top corner margin missing. Nicks to edges. Bit time-stained.
Herbert Mascall Curteis (1823-95) was born in Florence and died in Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham (probably the castellated house in the background). He is shown here on horseback, with three foxhounds in attendence. He was also a cricketer, playing for Oxford University (1841-2), Sussex (1846-1860), Marylebone Cricket Club (1855 and England (1850).
[Ref: 60425] £450.00
Cotton Decks of Stanfield in Suffolk Aged 75. A Noted Breaker of Pointers, has attended New Market meetings these 30 Years past is Qualified to Hawk, Hunt &c. by the Hon.ble Cha.s Bertley.
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
Published by Rob.t Sayer & Co. Fleet Street London. [n.d., c.1772]
Mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). First published by Robert Sayer alone in 1772, this is a later state, with the printing plate trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242.
[Ref: 54674] £320.00
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
Published by Rob.t Sayer & Co. Fleet Street London. [n.d., c.1772]
Mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). First published by Robert Sayer alone in 1772, this is a later state, with the printing plate trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242.
[Ref: 54674] £320.00
![[Cricket] Setting Dogs to Fight.](jpegs/66673.jpg)
[Cricket] Setting Dogs to Fight. There Master George I thought you wou'd get it.
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London Published by Tho.s M.cLean Repoitory of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823.
Coloured soft ground etching. 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Tears taped, one entering incription area.
Two schoolboys bicker in a stable yard, with a man holding a horse's reins and two dogs snarling at each other. Leaning against the wall is a cricket bat, an archery target, bow and arrows. One plate of 12 from 'Scenes in the Life of Master George', which depict the boy indulging in animal blood sports, including bull, badger and bear baiting, cock fighting and fishing.
[Ref: 66673] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London Published by Tho.s M.cLean Repoitory of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823.
Coloured soft ground etching. 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Tears taped, one entering incription area.
Two schoolboys bicker in a stable yard, with a man holding a horse's reins and two dogs snarling at each other. Leaning against the wall is a cricket bat, an archery target, bow and arrows. One plate of 12 from 'Scenes in the Life of Master George', which depict the boy indulging in animal blood sports, including bull, badger and bear baiting, cock fighting and fishing.
[Ref: 66673] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Donkey Race.
[London, J. Brooker?, n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, very rare. Sheet 250 x 435mm, 9¾ x 17". Trimmed.
A five-donkey race: the leader appears to be ridden by a bare-footed chimney sweep.
[Ref: 24683] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London, J. Brooker?, n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, very rare. Sheet 250 x 435mm, 9¾ x 17". Trimmed.
A five-donkey race: the leader appears to be ridden by a bare-footed chimney sweep.
[Ref: 24683] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Duellists. "What dangers do the man environ, "Who's doomed to meddle with cold iron." - Butler.
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 335 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tears. Light creasing.
A man challenges another to a duel of pistols handing the other a gun he says, "I Think this spot will do for our purpose, You have injured my honour by Hunting after my game and I demand satisfaction. shall I take the ground by paces or by yards? I have brought my measure with me for the purpose." The other man says "What is there in it? take care it don't go off." A wagon in the background has 'London & Stamford,' written on it. The text below the image, a comic poem or song, identifies the men as '---Billy B-----ks,' and 'William H----t.'
[Ref: 62036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 335 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tears. Light creasing.
A man challenges another to a duel of pistols handing the other a gun he says, "I Think this spot will do for our purpose, You have injured my honour by Hunting after my game and I demand satisfaction. shall I take the ground by paces or by yards? I have brought my measure with me for the purpose." The other man says "What is there in it? take care it don't go off." A wagon in the background has 'London & Stamford,' written on it. The text below the image, a comic poem or song, identifies the men as '---Billy B-----ks,' and 'William H----t.'
[Ref: 62036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![The First of September. [Title in old ink mss.]](jpegs/33869.jpg)
The First of September. [Title in old ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint with etching. Image 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, title on separate sheet.
A hunter with a gun, ridiculed as a city amateur by sitting him on a chimney pot surrounded by pigeons. In the background a sweep pops out of a chimney, brush in hand.
[Ref: 33869] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint with etching. Image 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, title on separate sheet.
A hunter with a gun, ridiculed as a city amateur by sitting him on a chimney pot surrounded by pigeons. In the background a sweep pops out of a chimney, brush in hand.
[Ref: 33869] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hounds Finding.
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on Turkey Mill paper. Trimmed to plate.
A rider has been flung over his horse's head and lies on his face screaming. The horse falls into a deep ditch edged by a fence. From one pocket spouts the contents of a bottle of wine, from the other two hounds are tugging a chicken. One of a set of four hunting scenes with punning titles.
BM Satires 9590.
[Ref: 61784] £360.00
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on Turkey Mill paper. Trimmed to plate.
A rider has been flung over his horse's head and lies on his face screaming. The horse falls into a deep ditch edged by a fence. From one pocket spouts the contents of a bottle of wine, from the other two hounds are tugging a chicken. One of a set of four hunting scenes with punning titles.
BM Satires 9590.
[Ref: 61784] £360.00
Hounds Throwing Off.
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on Turkey Mill paper. Trimmed to plate.
Three riders are being violently thrown off their horses, caused by the pack of hounds below. One of a set of four hunting scenes with punning titles.
BM Satires 9589.
[Ref: 61785] £360.00
B. [compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del.t. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on Turkey Mill paper. Trimmed to plate.
Three riders are being violently thrown off their horses, caused by the pack of hounds below. One of a set of four hunting scenes with punning titles.
BM Satires 9589.
[Ref: 61785] £360.00
![Hounds Finding. [&] Hounds Throwing Off. [&] Hounds In Full-Cry. [&] Coming In At The Death.](jpegs/50334.jpg)
Hounds Finding. [&] Hounds Throwing Off. [&] Hounds In Full-Cry. [&] Coming In At The Death.
B. [North] Esqr del. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Set of four hand coloured etchings. Fine colour. Sheet size: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½") each. Trimmed inside plates.
A complete set of four hunting scenes with punning titles, with the same signatures and imprint on each. 'Hounds Finding'; A rider has been flung over his horse's head and lies on his face screaming. The horse falls into a deep ditch edged by a fence. From one pocket spouts the contents of a bottle of wine, from the other two hounds are tugging a chicken. 'Hounds Throwing-Off'; Three riders are being violently thrown off their horses, caused by the pack of hounds below. 'Hounds in Full-Cry'; A rider leans back in the saddle tugging at his rein. He is riding over the hounds which are yelping and squealing. Behind, an enormous splash. A horse immediately behind him rears. In the background to the right, a huntsman stands holding out a fox by the tail to the hounds. Published by Hannah Humphrey (1745 - 1818), publisher of expensive satirical prints, especially by Gillray who worked for her exclusively from 1791, and who lived in her house for the last twenty years of his life.
[Ref: 50334] £1,450.00 view all images for this item
B. [North] Esqr del. J.s G.y fec.t.
Publish'd April 8th 1800, by H.h Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London.
Set of four hand coloured etchings. Fine colour. Sheet size: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½") each. Trimmed inside plates.
A complete set of four hunting scenes with punning titles, with the same signatures and imprint on each. 'Hounds Finding'; A rider has been flung over his horse's head and lies on his face screaming. The horse falls into a deep ditch edged by a fence. From one pocket spouts the contents of a bottle of wine, from the other two hounds are tugging a chicken. 'Hounds Throwing-Off'; Three riders are being violently thrown off their horses, caused by the pack of hounds below. 'Hounds in Full-Cry'; A rider leans back in the saddle tugging at his rein. He is riding over the hounds which are yelping and squealing. Behind, an enormous splash. A horse immediately behind him rears. In the background to the right, a huntsman stands holding out a fox by the tail to the hounds. Published by Hannah Humphrey (1745 - 1818), publisher of expensive satirical prints, especially by Gillray who worked for her exclusively from 1791, and who lived in her house for the last twenty years of his life.
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Mr. John Harrison of Childs-hill, Hampstead. To the Friends & acquaintance of Mr. John Harrison this plate is with pleasure inscribed by Their most ob.t H.ble Serv.t J. Hassell.
Painted by Forster. Engrav'd by J. Hassell.
London Publish'd Jany. 1st 1799 by J. Hassell No. 23 Clarges Street Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint. 385 x 555mm. Laid on card. Slightly trimmed, plate mark still visible.
A hunter with a musket, a dead bird at his feet and his dogs.
[Ref: 2550] £420.00
Painted by Forster. Engrav'd by J. Hassell.
London Publish'd Jany. 1st 1799 by J. Hassell No. 23 Clarges Street Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint. 385 x 555mm. Laid on card. Slightly trimmed, plate mark still visible.
A hunter with a musket, a dead bird at his feet and his dogs.
[Ref: 2550] £420.00
Tregears Rum Jokes No23. The Celebrated Old Horse Blister Rode by Patch Doing a Match Against Time.
Printed by Lefrevre & Kohler 53 Newman St.
Published by G. Tregear 128 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Slighty messy.
A comic print showing a man with an eye patch galloping on a horse.
[Ref: 51022] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by Lefrevre & Kohler 53 Newman St.
Published by G. Tregear 128 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Slighty messy.
A comic print showing a man with an eye patch galloping on a horse.
[Ref: 51022] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Hunt over a Bottle. or the Cork Screw Chace.
G.T. Invt.
Pub accorg. to Act May 19th. 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 180 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
A portly huntsman on an ungainly horse pursues a corkscrew with a fox's brush tail with a pack of hounds, the dogs squeezed into wine glasses. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '12' upper right.
[Ref: 14126] £360.00
G.T. Invt.
Pub accorg. to Act May 19th. 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 180 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
A portly huntsman on an ungainly horse pursues a corkscrew with a fox's brush tail with a pack of hounds, the dogs squeezed into wine glasses. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '12' upper right.
[Ref: 14126] £360.00
The Hunting Macaroni.
Publish'd according to Act Decr. 17 1772 by MDarly, 39, Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man wears a laced coat and waistcoat, a frilled cravat and shirt, and riding-boots, also a sword. His hair is in an enormous twisted and looped club, and he carries a riding-whip under his right arm. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.5' upper left and '18' upper right.
BM Satires: 5050.
[Ref: 14301] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act Decr. 17 1772 by MDarly, 39, Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A man wears a laced coat and waistcoat, a frilled cravat and shirt, and riding-boots, also a sword. His hair is in an enormous twisted and looped club, and he carries a riding-whip under his right arm. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.5' upper left and '18' upper right.
BM Satires: 5050.
[Ref: 14301] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
!!How to clear a Gate!! No. 46.
[H. Heath?] Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52, Newman Stt.
Published by I.B Brooke, 9, New Bond St.t Sole Publisher of Mr. Henry Heath's Sketches. [London, n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured lithograph on blue-tinted paper, sheet 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Margins trimmed; fine early colour.
Social satire: a huntsman with a red coat, possibly a novice from the city, is sent flying head-first over a gate by his grey horse's sudden halt. I.(or J.)B. Brookes (1830 - 1837; fl.) published his own lithographic satires. His monogram appears similar to ‘HB' (John Doyle), perhaps deliberately.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27935] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[H. Heath?] Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52, Newman Stt.
Published by I.B Brooke, 9, New Bond St.t Sole Publisher of Mr. Henry Heath's Sketches. [London, n.d., c.1830.]
Hand coloured lithograph on blue-tinted paper, sheet 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Margins trimmed; fine early colour.
Social satire: a huntsman with a red coat, possibly a novice from the city, is sent flying head-first over a gate by his grey horse's sudden halt. I.(or J.)B. Brookes (1830 - 1837; fl.) published his own lithographic satires. His monogram appears similar to ‘HB' (John Doyle), perhaps deliberately.
BM Satires undescribed.
[Ref: 27935] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The keenest Sportsman in Broomswell Camp, 1803. Dedicated to Mrs T-d-r-, of Tenby, without permission, by her h.ble Ser.t J. C. White.
J. C. White del. [etched by James Gillray].
[1803.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, into image at top, slight creasing.
On a moor, a soldier holds a greyhound on a leash, watching a yokel helping him find hares. George writes that this print is warning to Mrs Tuder that her husband is carrying on a flirtation while in camp; 'the subject is identified as William, eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth Camilla Tuder who died at Tenby aged 80 in 1840'.
BM Satire 10167.
[Ref: 51726] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. C. White del. [etched by James Gillray].
[1803.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, into image at top, slight creasing.
On a moor, a soldier holds a greyhound on a leash, watching a yokel helping him find hares. George writes that this print is warning to Mrs Tuder that her husband is carrying on a flirtation while in camp; 'the subject is identified as William, eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth Camilla Tuder who died at Tenby aged 80 in 1840'.
BM Satire 10167.
[Ref: 51726] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ralph John Lambton Esq.r His Horse Undertaker, & Hounds. (Calling Hounds out of Cover.)
Painted by James Ward Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Sept.r 1821, by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with etching. 560 x 780mm (22 x 30¾"). Tears taped, some creasing.
A rare large image showing Ralph John Lambton (c.1767-1844), MP for Durham City, on horseback in a landscape, a pack of hounds around him. A preparatory pencil sketch by Ward of Lambton and Undertaker, dated 1802, is held by the Yale Centre for British Art. The BM has a key plate with the names of the dogs.
Whitman 299, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 47939] £360.00
Painted by James Ward Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Sept.r 1821, by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with etching. 560 x 780mm (22 x 30¾"). Tears taped, some creasing.
A rare large image showing Ralph John Lambton (c.1767-1844), MP for Durham City, on horseback in a landscape, a pack of hounds around him. A preparatory pencil sketch by Ward of Lambton and Undertaker, dated 1802, is held by the Yale Centre for British Art. The BM has a key plate with the names of the dogs.
Whitman 299, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 47939] £360.00
The Timorous Sporting Macaroni.
Pubd. accorg to Act Jany 16. 1773, by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A sportsman aims his musket. He wears a large looped-up club, low hat, a coat with facings, half-boots and striped stockings. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V 5' upper left and '22' upper right.
BM Satires: 5054.
[Ref: 14284] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Pubd. accorg to Act Jany 16. 1773, by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
A sportsman aims his musket. He wears a large looped-up club, low hat, a coat with facings, half-boots and striped stockings. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V 5' upper left and '22' upper right.
BM Satires: 5054.
[Ref: 14284] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Members' Plate. Sir Maurice: ''I say old fellow, I shall have to make the running this time! If you hand't been in the Coalition Handicap, you would'nt have had all that weight to carry!!''.
[W. Henley, 1. Southgate Street, Gloucester, c.1860.]
Scarce wood engraving. Sheet 115 x 205mm (4½ x 8"), on Whatman laid paper. Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
One jockey addresses another, who has a Chinese man riding pillion.
[Ref: 61044] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[W. Henley, 1. Southgate Street, Gloucester, c.1860.]
Scarce wood engraving. Sheet 115 x 205mm (4½ x 8"), on Whatman laid paper. Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
One jockey addresses another, who has a Chinese man riding pillion.
[Ref: 61044] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Newmarket:: A Shot at a Pigeon.
Mr.Bunbury f. J.Bretherton.
Publish'd 1st March, 1777.
Etching. 250 x 270mm ( 9½ x 10½"). Trimmed plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A group of locals point at an open-mouthed young gentleman holding a riding whip, who they see as a gullible gambler. He is accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a mongrel drags its bottom along the ground in front of him. 'Mambrino' is written on the wall. One of a pair with 'Newmarket: A Shot at a Hawk' (BM Satire 4717).
BM Satire 4719a.
[Ref: 59221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr.Bunbury f. J.Bretherton.
Publish'd 1st March, 1777.
Etching. 250 x 270mm ( 9½ x 10½"). Trimmed plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A group of locals point at an open-mouthed young gentleman holding a riding whip, who they see as a gullible gambler. He is accompanied by an Italian greyhound; a mongrel drags its bottom along the ground in front of him. 'Mambrino' is written on the wall. One of a pair with 'Newmarket: A Shot at a Hawk' (BM Satire 4717).
BM Satire 4719a.
[Ref: 59221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Poachers tossing for the odd Bird. Dang it Lad thee's won it.]](jpegs/56536.jpg)
[Poachers tossing for the odd Bird. Dang it Lad thee's won it.]
H. Bewrthoud Del.t.
London, Published by Edward McLean at the Sporting Gallery 14 St Martin's C.t, Leicester Square [n.d., c.1825].
Rare aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 245 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two poachers toss a coin to decide who should get the extra pheasant.
[Ref: 56536] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bewrthoud Del.t.
London, Published by Edward McLean at the Sporting Gallery 14 St Martin's C.t, Leicester Square [n.d., c.1825].
Rare aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 245 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two poachers toss a coin to decide who should get the extra pheasant.
[Ref: 56536] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Riding-House.
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Published by J.s Bretherton, 15 Feb.y 1780.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 410 x 550mm (16¼ x 21¾"), on laid paper watermarked with 'J Whatman' and 'G.R.'. Trimmed within plate, central fold, small repaired tears.
The interior of a riding-school, with caricatured riding master and pupils.
BM Satires 5802.
[Ref: 59593] £420.00
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Published by J.s Bretherton, 15 Feb.y 1780.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 410 x 550mm (16¼ x 21¾"), on laid paper watermarked with 'J Whatman' and 'G.R.'. Trimmed within plate, central fold, small repaired tears.
The interior of a riding-school, with caricatured riding master and pupils.
BM Satires 5802.
[Ref: 59593] £420.00
![[Shooting] Now Jack, hit him hard. but mind me!](jpegs/57794.jpg)
[Shooting] Now Jack, hit him hard. but mind me!
Madeley lith. 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A man cowering behind a tree shouts instructions to a man aiming a blunderbuss at a cockeral on a fence.
[Ref: 57794] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley lith. 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed, corners snipped, laid on album paper.
A man cowering behind a tree shouts instructions to a man aiming a blunderbuss at a cockeral on a fence.
[Ref: 57794] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A Bird in Hand, is worth Two in a Bush;;; Tregear's Flights of Humour No.29.
Published Michalmas[sic] 1833 by G. Tregear 123 Cheapside.
Hand coloured lithograph, rare; sheet 255 x 190mm. 10 x 7½". Printed surface scuffed lower left. Fine colour.
An illustrated pun; a shooter proudly displaying the white goose he has just shot with the gun under his left arm. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 27928] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Published Michalmas[sic] 1833 by G. Tregear 123 Cheapside.
Hand coloured lithograph, rare; sheet 255 x 190mm. 10 x 7½". Printed surface scuffed lower left. Fine colour.
An illustrated pun; a shooter proudly displaying the white goose he has just shot with the gun under his left arm. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 27928] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[A Soft Tumble after a Hard Ride. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.]
[London: Carington Bowles, c.1780.]
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Proofs of drolls, small or large, are very rare.
Three hunters, a man and two women, attempt to jump a gate. Two fall, the man landing on top of one of the women. A smaller-format version of a plate published by Carington Bowles in 1780 (BM satires 5816). The BM's example of this smaller version (2010,7081.2106) is a later state, published by Bowles & Carver with added engraving, with the pamphlet in the man's pocket titled 'The Joys of th[e] Cha[se]'.
[Ref: 60799] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Carington Bowles, c.1780.]
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Proofs of drolls, small or large, are very rare.
Three hunters, a man and two women, attempt to jump a gate. Two fall, the man landing on top of one of the women. A smaller-format version of a plate published by Carington Bowles in 1780 (BM satires 5816). The BM's example of this smaller version (2010,7081.2106) is a later state, published by Bowles & Carver with added engraving, with the pamphlet in the man's pocket titled 'The Joys of th[e] Cha[se]'.
[Ref: 60799] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Sportsmen Resting.] [&] [The Sportsmen's Departure]](jpegs/65166.jpg)
[The Sportsmen Resting.] [&] [The Sportsmen's Departure]
I.Cruikshanks del et sculp.
[Publish'd Mar. 30. 1801, by, S. W. Fores, N°.50, Piccadilly.]
Pair of stipples, sheets 360 x 265mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed around circular border.
Two hunting scenes in oval compositions. Two gentlemen, returning from a hunting trip, sit in a well-furnished room surrounded by game and guns. One of them playfully lifts a woman's chin with his hand. A huntsman waves farewell with his dogs by his side, while a second man kisses his wife goodbye.
[Ref: 65166] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
I.Cruikshanks del et sculp.
[Publish'd Mar. 30. 1801, by, S. W. Fores, N°.50, Piccadilly.]
Pair of stipples, sheets 360 x 265mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed around circular border.
Two hunting scenes in oval compositions. Two gentlemen, returning from a hunting trip, sit in a well-furnished room surrounded by game and guns. One of them playfully lifts a woman's chin with his hand. A huntsman waves farewell with his dogs by his side, while a second man kisses his wife goodbye.
[Ref: 65166] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Touch of the Yawns. Here's a precious day for Hunting!!
Etched by H. Cook Jnr.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image and around title, laid on album paper.
A man wearing a dressing gown over his riding dress stretches and yawns. Heavy rain can be seen through the window.
[Ref: 61014] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by H. Cook Jnr.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image and around title, laid on album paper.
A man wearing a dressing gown over his riding dress stretches and yawns. Heavy rain can be seen through the window.
[Ref: 61014] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Wentworth of Bulmer, near Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Aged 75. Earth Stopper to Charles late Earl of Carlisle; to Hen. Brewster Darley Esq.r & now to W.m Tuffnell Joliffe & Mann Horsfield Esq.rs.
N. Drake Pinx.t. Val. Green sculp.t.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament 1st August 1767.
Fine Mezzotint. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"). Laid on card. Small margins.
A blocker of fox holes, astride a black pony, carrying lantern and tools, accompanied by two terriers. A fox watches him from a hillock.
CS 137. Whitman 1 only state.
[Ref: 60443] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
N. Drake Pinx.t. Val. Green sculp.t.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament 1st August 1767.
Fine Mezzotint. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"). Laid on card. Small margins.
A blocker of fox holes, astride a black pony, carrying lantern and tools, accompanied by two terriers. A fox watches him from a hillock.
CS 137. Whitman 1 only state.
[Ref: 60443] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)