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![[Francis Burdett] French Habits No. 12. Messager d'Etat.](jpegs/64705.jpg)
[Francis Burdett] French Habits No. 12. Messager d'Etat.
[Drawn and etched by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Ruse 1802', very large margins.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, in the dress of the French Republican state messenger, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). He was a supporter of the Radicals and opponent of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9213.
[Ref: 64705] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by James Gillray.]
Pub.d May 21st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Ruse 1802', very large margins.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, in the dress of the French Republican state messenger, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). He was a supporter of the Radicals and opponent of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9213.
[Ref: 64705] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The New Christmas Pantomime. HB. Sketches N.º 846.
HB [John Doyle]. printed at 70. St Martins Lane.
Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Small repaired tear top left margin.
Pantomime, with the words "Free trade" written on the back of the stage. A man dressed as a woman, in the role of Columbine (William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)) a Harlequin (Sir Robert Peel), in front of a piece of paper on the floor marked "Sliding scale," while an elderly man, in the role of Pantaloon (Duke of Wellington), stands at left watching on. A clown stands at the right with his hands in his trousers pockets (Sir James Graham) while a man is seen leaving in the background on the left (Lord Russell).
[Ref: 64677] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle]. printed at 70. St Martins Lane.
Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket.
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Small repaired tear top left margin.
Pantomime, with the words "Free trade" written on the back of the stage. A man dressed as a woman, in the role of Columbine (William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98)) a Harlequin (Sir Robert Peel), in front of a piece of paper on the floor marked "Sliding scale," while an elderly man, in the role of Pantaloon (Duke of Wellington), stands at left watching on. A clown stands at the right with his hands in his trousers pockets (Sir James Graham) while a man is seen leaving in the background on the left (Lord Russell).
[Ref: 64677] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Citizen Retired, or Business at an End till Monday.
[Engraved by John Raphael Smith.]
[n.d., c.1780.] Publish'd as the Act directs. Printed for Carrington Bowles, Map & Printseller, Nº69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some foxing and pin hole near centre in the gentlemen's waistcoat. Date erased from print on lower right.
A gentleman sitting, wearing a coat, breeches and top boots, with his fashionable mistress sat upon his knee.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4519. D'Oench 24.
[Ref: 64498] £360.00
[Engraved by John Raphael Smith.]
[n.d., c.1780.] Publish'd as the Act directs. Printed for Carrington Bowles, Map & Printseller, Nº69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some foxing and pin hole near centre in the gentlemen's waistcoat. Date erased from print on lower right.
A gentleman sitting, wearing a coat, breeches and top boots, with his fashionable mistress sat upon his knee.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4519. D'Oench 24.
[Ref: 64498] £360.00
The Wife at Confession to the Husband in Disguise. The Husband like a Priest in dress, Hears his fair kneeling Wife confess; And gets her in that Garb to tell, That she has Hornify'd him well._
[Engraved by John Raphael Smith.]
[n.d., c.1780.] Published as the Act directs. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Date erased from print on lower right. Mount stain.
A fashionably dressed wife kneels next to her husband, her hands clasped. Her husband, dressed in disguise as a Priest, listens to her confession behind a screen.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 3778.
[Ref: 64497] £420.00
[Engraved by John Raphael Smith.]
[n.d., c.1780.] Published as the Act directs. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Date erased from print on lower right. Mount stain.
A fashionably dressed wife kneels next to her husband, her hands clasped. Her husband, dressed in disguise as a Priest, listens to her confession behind a screen.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 3778.
[Ref: 64497] £420.00
His Grace the Duke of Queensbury, Sitting in his balcony in Piccadilly.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image.
A gently caricatured portrait of William Douglas (1725-1810), 4th Duke of Queensbury, sitting under an umbrella.
[Ref: 64455] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image.
A gently caricatured portrait of William Douglas (1725-1810), 4th Duke of Queensbury, sitting under an umbrella.
[Ref: 64455] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Irish Hospitality. Sung with geat Applause by Mr. Incledon, in his New Entertainment, called ''The Minstrel'.'
I. R. Cruikshank. G. C.k sculp.
Published, the 20th October, 1815, by J. Whittle and R.H. Laurie, No. Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9½").
A song sheet with a scene in a dining room in which four large men sit drinking wine. In profile to left is the publisher James Whittle.
BM Satire 12699.
[Ref: 64183] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
I. R. Cruikshank. G. C.k sculp.
Published, the 20th October, 1815, by J. Whittle and R.H. Laurie, No. Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9½").
A song sheet with a scene in a dining room in which four large men sit drinking wine. In profile to left is the publisher James Whittle.
BM Satire 12699.
[Ref: 64183] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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
The Manchester Hero, or Arts yield to Arms. From the Original Picture by John Collett, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins. In mount measuring 595 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Mint.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4556.
[Ref: 64507] £360.00
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins. In mount measuring 595 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Mint.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4556.
[Ref: 64507] £360.00
The Midnight Magistrate. The Candle shines out when bright Phoebus is gone [...] Is Dispatch'd with a Charge to Decoy in somemore.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint with etching, printed in green ink. 395 x 440mm (15½ x 17¼"), with large margins. Thread margins, margins replaced, creased.
A satirical scene of the interior of a watchhouse, with monkey watchmen bringing two cats they have arrested before a constable behaving like a magistrate, watched by an owl on the door. A satire on "hireling constables", hired replacements for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64480] £480.00
[n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint with etching, printed in green ink. 395 x 440mm (15½ x 17¼"), with large margins. Thread margins, margins replaced, creased.
A satirical scene of the interior of a watchhouse, with monkey watchmen bringing two cats they have arrested before a constable behaving like a magistrate, watched by an owl on the door. A satire on "hireling constables", hired replacements for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64480] £480.00
Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages. Written by Major Downs; and sung, with unbounded Applause, by Mr Johnstone, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
[Isaac] Cruikshank del.
Publish'd Apr. 6. 1807. by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¼").
A song sheet with a scene of of a jovial young Billy M'Shane, tramping with a bundle on his shillelagh, pointing to his grandfather, an old man in the last stage of decrepitude, who he is about to succede. The verses are a travesty of Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage
BM Satire 10944.
[Ref: 64184] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac] Cruikshank del.
Publish'd Apr. 6. 1807. by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¼").
A song sheet with a scene of of a jovial young Billy M'Shane, tramping with a bundle on his shillelagh, pointing to his grandfather, an old man in the last stage of decrepitude, who he is about to succede. The verses are a travesty of Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage
BM Satire 10944.
[Ref: 64184] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Penn] Pen-etration.](jpegs/64707.jpg)
[John Penn] Pen-etration. NB: This Title has no affinity to Pen, as connected with the Goose-Quill; _ nor has it any allusion to Penguin, a stupid creature between a Fish & a Fowl; _ the word is simply derived from Pen, as the Instrument used to express the deep researches of the mind; _ see the St James's Street chit-chat _ respecting a Keen Pen; _ a Witty Pen; _ & a Pen, often Cut, but never mended.
J.s Gillray des. & f.t.
Pubd Aug.t 6th 1799 by H. Humphrey N 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Penn (1760-1834), with a gaping, fish-like mouth and receding chin, standing with feet splayed, a vacant expression on his face. The grandson of William Penn, he inherited 75% of the proprietorship of the province of Pennsylvania in 1775, aged fifteen, only to be dispossessed the same year by the Revolution. The new United States Government give him £130,000 compensation for his family's 26 million acres in Pennsylvania.
BM Satires 9441.
[Ref: 64707] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.s Gillray des. & f.t.
Pubd Aug.t 6th 1799 by H. Humphrey N 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Penn (1760-1834), with a gaping, fish-like mouth and receding chin, standing with feet splayed, a vacant expression on his face. The grandson of William Penn, he inherited 75% of the proprietorship of the province of Pennsylvania in 1775, aged fifteen, only to be dispossessed the same year by the Revolution. The new United States Government give him £130,000 compensation for his family's 26 million acres in Pennsylvania.
BM Satires 9441.
[Ref: 64707] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Student of the Stable. u
Painted by B.Vandergucht. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London Published June 4th 1783 by J.R.Smith Nº83 Oxford Street.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Small margins. Faint crease upper right.
A man in a stable, wearing a tattered coat and spotted kneckerchief, holding a tankard of beer in his right hand, and holding his broad-bimmed hat up against his ear in the other.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS196. D'Oench 220. Frankau 338.
[Ref: 64499] £380.00
Painted by B.Vandergucht. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London Published June 4th 1783 by J.R.Smith Nº83 Oxford Street.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Small margins. Faint crease upper right.
A man in a stable, wearing a tattered coat and spotted kneckerchief, holding a tankard of beer in his right hand, and holding his broad-bimmed hat up against his ear in the other.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS196. D'Oench 220. Frankau 338.
[Ref: 64499] £380.00
The Story Tellers. From the Original Picture Painted by Hernskirk, Jun.r, In the Collection of Mr. Marissall.
Hemskirk Jun.r., pinx.t. R.Earlom fecit.
Published Oct.r. 25th, 1768 by J.Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Very rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 300mm (14 x 11¾"). Creasing, tear on left side. Damaged upper and lower right corners.
Four peasants smoking long pipes in a tavern, three seated around a table, the fourth standing. The man at right tapping out his ash into a bowl on the table; a fifth man seen from behind in the doorway at left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 129.
[Ref: 64511] £360.00
Hemskirk Jun.r., pinx.t. R.Earlom fecit.
Published Oct.r. 25th, 1768 by J.Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Very rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 300mm (14 x 11¾"). Creasing, tear on left side. Damaged upper and lower right corners.
Four peasants smoking long pipes in a tavern, three seated around a table, the fourth standing. The man at right tapping out his ash into a bowl on the table; a fifth man seen from behind in the doorway at left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wessely 129.
[Ref: 64511] £360.00
![[Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones] Independence.](jpegs/64708.jpg)
[Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones] Independence.
J.s Gillray ad vavam fec.t.
Pub.d June 9.th 1799. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, two tears taped. Made up top right corner.
A full-length portrait of Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones (1765-1811), M.P. for Denbigh (1796-1802), caricatured as a John Bull stereotype, making a speech to empty benches in the House of Commons, a long, blustering speech above his head.
BM Satires 9401.
[Ref: 64708] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.s Gillray ad vavam fec.t.
Pub.d June 9.th 1799. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, two tears taped. Made up top right corner.
A full-length portrait of Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones (1765-1811), M.P. for Denbigh (1796-1802), caricatured as a John Bull stereotype, making a speech to empty benches in the House of Commons, a long, blustering speech above his head.
BM Satires 9401.
[Ref: 64708] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Boy playing a violin.]](jpegs/64486.jpg)
[Boy playing a violin.] [Boy turn thy Laughter into Floods of Tears, And tune thy Instrumentto Mournful Airs; Play to the Numbers of my broken Verse, Whilest I the Loss of Friend and Art rehearse! A Friend! whom None in Friendship could surpass' An Artist, worth all Monumnets of Brass!...]
Frans Hals pinx. G.White facit 1732.
E' Collectione Nath: Oldham Armig. Sold by Sam.l. Sympson at his Print Shop in y. Strand near Catherine Street.
Rare mezzotint. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼). Small margins. Tiny mark top right corner of image. Platemark along left and upper of image.
Portrait of a laughing boy playing the violin in a stone window, surrounded by ivy. Testimonial to George White the mezzotinter.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 59.
[Ref: 64486] £480.00
Frans Hals pinx. G.White facit 1732.
E' Collectione Nath: Oldham Armig. Sold by Sam.l. Sympson at his Print Shop in y. Strand near Catherine Street.
Rare mezzotint. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼). Small margins. Tiny mark top right corner of image. Platemark along left and upper of image.
Portrait of a laughing boy playing the violin in a stone window, surrounded by ivy. Testimonial to George White the mezzotinter.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 59.
[Ref: 64486] £480.00