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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Every Sous Begad!
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 10th June 1774.
Etching. Sheet 250 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate.
Caricature of a man stood with his hands in his pockets and a whip under his arm. Etched after Henry Bunbury, whose admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4720; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 66070] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.
Publish'd 10th June 1774.
Etching. Sheet 250 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate.
Caricature of a man stood with his hands in his pockets and a whip under his arm. Etched after Henry Bunbury, whose admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4720; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 66070] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Fatal Curiosity. But now when urg'd by tender Woes / I speed to meet by Dear / This hiiden Trap my hopes oppose / And checks my fond Career.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Oct.r 1.st 1784, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man steps into a gin trap as he tries to approach a beautifully-dressed woman sitting on the bank of a river.
[Ref: 66089] £450.00
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Oct.r 1.st 1784, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man steps into a gin trap as he tries to approach a beautifully-dressed woman sitting on the bank of a river.
[Ref: 66089] £450.00
The Nutting Villager. 'If timely warn'd wou'd the dear charming Maid...
London, Published as the Act directs, June 10.th 1786, by R. Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A young girl wearing a hat and a gown which exposes a breast, pulling down a branch to pick nuts, collecting them in a basket.
[Ref: 66086] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published as the Act directs, June 10.th 1786, by R. Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A young girl wearing a hat and a gown which exposes a breast, pulling down a branch to pick nuts, collecting them in a basket.
[Ref: 66086] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Rural Retirement. Go search the haunts where health & joy...
London, Published April 25.th 1796, by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A couple on a garden bench, the man playing a flute, the woman holding a score labelled 'Duets'. She rests one hand on his knee.
[Ref: 66087] £420.00
London, Published April 25.th 1796, by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A couple on a garden bench, the man playing a flute, the woman holding a score labelled 'Duets'. She rests one hand on his knee.
[Ref: 66087] £420.00
Sweet Nan of Hampton Green.
Pub.d July 1 1802 by P. Concena, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A hunter with a musket approaches a pretty country girl, her sheep and an older woman waving a warning from a cottage behind. One of at least two mezzotint illustrations to this ballad published by Concena, a publisher of 104 Great Saffron Hill. The BM has only five examples of his prints, and not this one.
[Ref: 66085] £320.00
Pub.d July 1 1802 by P. Concena, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A hunter with a musket approaches a pretty country girl, her sheep and an older woman waving a warning from a cottage behind. One of at least two mezzotint illustrations to this ballad published by Concena, a publisher of 104 Great Saffron Hill. The BM has only five examples of his prints, and not this one.
[Ref: 66085] £320.00
The Swing. On two near Elms the slacken'd Cord I hung, ... 211.
London; Publish'd as the Act directs, 20.th July, 1786, by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Tear in sky with taped stains. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man swings a pretty shepherdess on a rope strung between two trees. He stares at her pettycoat and ankles. A rustic scene inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's iconic painting.
[Ref: 66088] £490.00
London; Publish'd as the Act directs, 20.th July, 1786, by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Tear in sky with taped stains. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man swings a pretty shepherdess on a rope strung between two trees. He stares at her pettycoat and ankles. A rustic scene inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's iconic painting.
[Ref: 66088] £490.00
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[Tailor] Snip Anglois.
J. Bretherton f. M.r Bunbury del.
Publish'd 20th Dec. 1773, New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Trimmed into plate.
A caricature of an English tailor, holding out a concertina of patterns for cloth from a case.
BM Satire 4748.
[Ref: 66069] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
J. Bretherton f. M.r Bunbury del.
Publish'd 20th Dec. 1773, New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Trimmed into plate.
A caricature of an English tailor, holding out a concertina of patterns for cloth from a case.
BM Satire 4748.
[Ref: 66069] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)