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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
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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)