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The Prevailing Candidate, or the Election carried by Bribery and the Devil. Here's a Minion sent down to a Corporate Town ...
[n.d. c.1722] [But later]
Scarce engraving, 165 x 180mm (6½ x 7"), with large margins. Worm holes. Surface dirt.
Satire on the 1722 general election. A grand room with two long windows and a pier glass in the middle; a screen with seven folds is located to the left of this. Three men are visible on the right, one of whom is holding an office staff. They are reflected in the glass behind the screen. A candidate for office approaches a voter from the left side of the screen, taking him by the right hand while placing a purse in the man's pocket with his left. The voter, whose leg is chained, is described in the verses as a corporation member in a borough where only members of that kind could cast ballots. A clergyman standing in a doorway assures his wife that "bribery no sin." The voter is touched on the shoulder by the devil, who is hovering over the candidate and carrying a blank scroll. One of the two boys in the front, who is holding a wooden shoe—a representation of the repressive French regime—points to the transaction. The screen itself has small stars all over it. At the top are the names of several acts that the previous government passed, along with the years 1715–1722, written on seven folds: "Quarantine Act.../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act."
BM Satires 1717.
[Ref: 67306] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1722] [But later]
Scarce engraving, 165 x 180mm (6½ x 7"), with large margins. Worm holes. Surface dirt.
Satire on the 1722 general election. A grand room with two long windows and a pier glass in the middle; a screen with seven folds is located to the left of this. Three men are visible on the right, one of whom is holding an office staff. They are reflected in the glass behind the screen. A candidate for office approaches a voter from the left side of the screen, taking him by the right hand while placing a purse in the man's pocket with his left. The voter, whose leg is chained, is described in the verses as a corporation member in a borough where only members of that kind could cast ballots. A clergyman standing in a doorway assures his wife that "bribery no sin." The voter is touched on the shoulder by the devil, who is hovering over the candidate and carrying a blank scroll. One of the two boys in the front, who is holding a wooden shoe—a representation of the repressive French regime—points to the transaction. The screen itself has small stars all over it. At the top are the names of several acts that the previous government passed, along with the years 1715–1722, written on seven folds: "Quarantine Act.../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act."
BM Satires 1717.
[Ref: 67306] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wants a Situation. A Respectable Middle Aged Man wants a Place in some Law Office the Exchequer would be Prefer'd_ He can speak French & has no objection to make himself generally Useful...
H.B.
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed to printed border.
Henry Brougham (1778-1868), stands outside a Registry Office looking at a notice board of menial jobs. In the background a streetseller holds a placard, 'Hall of Information, Strand.' In November 1834 Brougham enraged the King by taking the Great Seal across the Scottish border and indulged in uncharacteristic extravagances. Dismissed and desperate to return to power, he offered to become a judge without any pay beyond his ex-Lord Chancellor's pension.
See also [Ref: 50467]
[Ref: 67296] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H.B.
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed to printed border.
Henry Brougham (1778-1868), stands outside a Registry Office looking at a notice board of menial jobs. In the background a streetseller holds a placard, 'Hall of Information, Strand.' In November 1834 Brougham enraged the King by taking the Great Seal across the Scottish border and indulged in uncharacteristic extravagances. Dismissed and desperate to return to power, he offered to become a judge without any pay beyond his ex-Lord Chancellor's pension.
See also [Ref: 50467]
[Ref: 67296] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst] L-d Am-t on duty](jpegs/67301.jpg)
[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst] L-d Am-t on duty If I had Power, I’d kill 20 in an Hour.
Pub accg to act June 12. 1780 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Finely hand-coloured rare etching, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), with large margins. Few small brown stains.
Satire on the Gordon Riots in 1780. Lord Amherst (1717-97) in profile on horseback, wearing a general’s uniform and brandishing a bloodied sword with two geese as his victims, one lying dead, the other wounded. Behind him, red-coated soldiers on horseback emerge through smoke, while to the left a large house blazes with flames pouring from its windows.
BM Satires 5682.
[Ref: 67301] £360.00
Pub accg to act June 12. 1780 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Finely hand-coloured rare etching, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), with large margins. Few small brown stains.
Satire on the Gordon Riots in 1780. Lord Amherst (1717-97) in profile on horseback, wearing a general’s uniform and brandishing a bloodied sword with two geese as his victims, one lying dead, the other wounded. Behind him, red-coated soldiers on horseback emerge through smoke, while to the left a large house blazes with flames pouring from its windows.
BM Satires 5682.
[Ref: 67301] £360.00
A charm for a democracy, reviewed, analysed & destroyed Jany 1st 1799 to the confusion of its affiliated friends.
[After Thomas Rowlandson]
Publish'd February 1st 1799 by [Wright's name erased] for the Anti Jacobin Review. by J Whittle Peterborough Court Fleet Street.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 460mm (12¼ x 18"). Trimmed within plate. Vertical crease as normal in centre where previously folded.
Satirical illustration from the ‘Anti-Jacobin Review’ (vol. ii, frontispiece) depicts a chaotic, hellish scene titled the Cave of Despair, where radical political figures are shown as demonic conspirators. A divine light from above drives away evil, symbolizing divine intervention against revolution and sedition. Three robed figures (wizards) prepare a grotesque potion in a cauldron inscribed with names and symbols of rebellion, such as Kosciuszko’s blade (1746-1817) and Fox’s (1749-1806) fur, while the Devil and a monster watch approvingly. Pamphlets promoting radical ideas like atheism, sedition, and insurrection fuel the flames beneath the cauldron, added by figures like Horne Tooke (1736-1812). A grim procession of opposition politicians, including Fox, Erskine (1750-1823), Tierney (1761-1830), and Thelwall (1764-1834), file into the cave, each uttering phrases of regret or defiance. Above them, the King (1738-1820) and ministers like Pitt (1759-1806) and Grenville (1759-1834) appear in divine light, symbolizing order and justice. Meanwhile, defeated demons including Robespierre (1758-94) and Voltaire (1694-1778) flee, and an ape dressed as a newsboy (symbolizing the radical press) sounds his horn, spreading seditious ideas. The scene is a visual condemnation of revolutionary ideology, radical journalism, and political opposition, portraying them as part of a satanic conspiracy against Britain.
BM Satires 9345.
[Ref: 67299] £320.00
[After Thomas Rowlandson]
Publish'd February 1st 1799 by [Wright's name erased] for the Anti Jacobin Review. by J Whittle Peterborough Court Fleet Street.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 305 x 460mm (12¼ x 18"). Trimmed within plate. Vertical crease as normal in centre where previously folded.
Satirical illustration from the ‘Anti-Jacobin Review’ (vol. ii, frontispiece) depicts a chaotic, hellish scene titled the Cave of Despair, where radical political figures are shown as demonic conspirators. A divine light from above drives away evil, symbolizing divine intervention against revolution and sedition. Three robed figures (wizards) prepare a grotesque potion in a cauldron inscribed with names and symbols of rebellion, such as Kosciuszko’s blade (1746-1817) and Fox’s (1749-1806) fur, while the Devil and a monster watch approvingly. Pamphlets promoting radical ideas like atheism, sedition, and insurrection fuel the flames beneath the cauldron, added by figures like Horne Tooke (1736-1812). A grim procession of opposition politicians, including Fox, Erskine (1750-1823), Tierney (1761-1830), and Thelwall (1764-1834), file into the cave, each uttering phrases of regret or defiance. Above them, the King (1738-1820) and ministers like Pitt (1759-1806) and Grenville (1759-1834) appear in divine light, symbolizing order and justice. Meanwhile, defeated demons including Robespierre (1758-94) and Voltaire (1694-1778) flee, and an ape dressed as a newsboy (symbolizing the radical press) sounds his horn, spreading seditious ideas. The scene is a visual condemnation of revolutionary ideology, radical journalism, and political opposition, portraying them as part of a satanic conspiracy against Britain.
BM Satires 9345.
[Ref: 67299] £320.00
Arts & Sciences. Plate III.
[Robert Seymour]
London. Published by Thomas M.cLean. 26. Haymarket. July 1.st 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A series of comic scenes shows Pickle’s brief and disastrous experiments with various fashionable pursuits. First, he becomes an antiquary, seated in a mock-Gothic room cluttered with worthless trinkets. Wearing a dressing gown, he admires a broken medallion portrait offered by a slick salesman who insists he’s giving Pickle a bargain for ''one little dirty pound.'' Next, Pickle takes up music. Relaxing by the fire in his dressing gown, he enthusiastically blows a French horn, unaware of the furious neighbour in a nightshirt standing at the door. The man complains that his entire household has been kept awake for hours by the dreadful noise. Trying something new, Pickle experiments with ballooning, only to fall from the sky into the Thames. A boatman catches hold of the rope dangling from the balloon, while a rustic on the riverbank waits with a pitchfork to assist the unlucky aeronaut. He then turns to painting, depicting a woman who soon recognizes herself in an unflattering caricature. Enraged, she overturns his easel, scatters his paints, and jabs her umbrella into the portrait, shouting that she’ll teach him not to make a joke of her. Next, Pickle tries his hand at poetry. In nightcap and dressing gown, he sits at his desk muttering helplessly over a rhyme for ''azure,'' finally giving up in exasperation. Finally, his attempt at chemistry ends in chaos. An experiment bursts into flames, setting the room and the cat’s tail on fire. As smoke and sparks fill the air, Pickle runs about shouting for help.
Bm Satires 15988.
[Ref: 67477] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Seymour]
London. Published by Thomas M.cLean. 26. Haymarket. July 1.st 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A series of comic scenes shows Pickle’s brief and disastrous experiments with various fashionable pursuits. First, he becomes an antiquary, seated in a mock-Gothic room cluttered with worthless trinkets. Wearing a dressing gown, he admires a broken medallion portrait offered by a slick salesman who insists he’s giving Pickle a bargain for ''one little dirty pound.'' Next, Pickle takes up music. Relaxing by the fire in his dressing gown, he enthusiastically blows a French horn, unaware of the furious neighbour in a nightshirt standing at the door. The man complains that his entire household has been kept awake for hours by the dreadful noise. Trying something new, Pickle experiments with ballooning, only to fall from the sky into the Thames. A boatman catches hold of the rope dangling from the balloon, while a rustic on the riverbank waits with a pitchfork to assist the unlucky aeronaut. He then turns to painting, depicting a woman who soon recognizes herself in an unflattering caricature. Enraged, she overturns his easel, scatters his paints, and jabs her umbrella into the portrait, shouting that she’ll teach him not to make a joke of her. Next, Pickle tries his hand at poetry. In nightcap and dressing gown, he sits at his desk muttering helplessly over a rhyme for ''azure,'' finally giving up in exasperation. Finally, his attempt at chemistry ends in chaos. An experiment bursts into flames, setting the room and the cat’s tail on fire. As smoke and sparks fill the air, Pickle runs about shouting for help.
Bm Satires 15988.
[Ref: 67477] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Air-um Scare-um Travelling.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾").
A satirical scene depicting balloon travel. Balloons and their passengers fill the sky, a tower on the right advertises excursions to Paris, Mont Blanc, Pekin & Canton.
[Ref: 67100] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾").
A satirical scene depicting balloon travel. Balloons and their passengers fill the sky, a tower on the right advertises excursions to Paris, Mont Blanc, Pekin & Canton.
[Ref: 67100] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Mask. Pl. 3
[Louis-Léopold Boilly]
Drawn on Stone & Published by D. Alexander. 10. Belgrade Place East ane Walworth Road Oct.r 1824.
Very finely hand coloured lithograph, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾").
Two boys tease a carnival reveller wearing a grotesque mask, while a third boy blows a horn.
[Ref: 67480] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Louis-Léopold Boilly]
Drawn on Stone & Published by D. Alexander. 10. Belgrade Place East ane Walworth Road Oct.r 1824.
Very finely hand coloured lithograph, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾").
Two boys tease a carnival reveller wearing a grotesque mask, while a third boy blows a horn.
[Ref: 67480] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Carlo Khan dethron'd or Billy's triumph.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 24.th 1784 by S. Fores. N. 3 Piccadilly
Etching, sheet 235 x 275mm (9 x 11). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Light staining.
A parody and continuation of Sayers’s, ‘Carlo Khan’s Triumphal Entry into Leadenhall Street’, this print shows Fox (1749-1806), in oriental dress, fallen to the ground after being thrown from an elephant ridden triumphantly by Pitt (1759-1806). The elephant, with North’s (1732-92) bewildered face, stands before the East India House. Calm and composed, Pitt holds his ‘New India Bill’ in one hand, the ‘Stamp Ac’t in the other, with ‘Supplies’ under his arm and the ‘Mutiny Act’ in his pocket. Fox curses him, exclaiming, ''Perdition take thee for the chance is thine!'' This is the second state of the print, with the "elephant" head shown in profile, the building on the left reduced and the word "Dethron'd" corrected in the title.
BM Satires 6462
[Ref: 67470] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd as the Act directs March 24.th 1784 by S. Fores. N. 3 Piccadilly
Etching, sheet 235 x 275mm (9 x 11). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Light staining.
A parody and continuation of Sayers’s, ‘Carlo Khan’s Triumphal Entry into Leadenhall Street’, this print shows Fox (1749-1806), in oriental dress, fallen to the ground after being thrown from an elephant ridden triumphantly by Pitt (1759-1806). The elephant, with North’s (1732-92) bewildered face, stands before the East India House. Calm and composed, Pitt holds his ‘New India Bill’ in one hand, the ‘Stamp Ac’t in the other, with ‘Supplies’ under his arm and the ‘Mutiny Act’ in his pocket. Fox curses him, exclaiming, ''Perdition take thee for the chance is thine!'' This is the second state of the print, with the "elephant" head shown in profile, the building on the left reduced and the word "Dethron'd" corrected in the title.
BM Satires 6462
[Ref: 67470] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Femme coiffée d’une grecque se promenant en compagnie d’un homme s’appuyant sur une canne.]](jpegs/67390.jpg)
[Femme coiffée d’une grecque se promenant en compagnie d’un homme s’appuyant sur une canne.]
j.A. Chevalier. inv. sculp. 1770.
Rare etching, 75 x 90mm (3 x 3¾), with very large margins.
Woman wearing a Greek hairstyle walking with a man leaning on a cane, she carries one dog whilst another pees on her dress. Various traders in the background.
[Ref: 67390] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
j.A. Chevalier. inv. sculp. 1770.
Rare etching, 75 x 90mm (3 x 3¾), with very large margins.
Woman wearing a Greek hairstyle walking with a man leaning on a cane, she carries one dog whilst another pees on her dress. Various traders in the background.
[Ref: 67390] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Now that I have illustrated my three pints, I shall proceed to draw some More ale!!
J. W.H. fecit.
Pub May 12 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 135 x 170mm (5¼ x 6¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1825.'
A fat bottle-nosed parson preaches from the upper story of a three-decker pulpit. Below him a lean curate sleeps, spectacles on forehead. A lank-haired rubicund clerk listens alertly. At the base of the design are the heads of a congregation, asleep, except for a flirting couple.
BM Satires 14574.
[Ref: 67431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. W.H. fecit.
Pub May 12 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 135 x 170mm (5¼ x 6¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1825.'
A fat bottle-nosed parson preaches from the upper story of a three-decker pulpit. Below him a lean curate sleeps, spectacles on forehead. A lank-haired rubicund clerk listens alertly. At the base of the design are the heads of a congregation, asleep, except for a flirting couple.
BM Satires 14574.
[Ref: 67431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
In Council. O-these are the Ears of an Ass not a Fox.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed.
A satirical scene depicting to devilish figures sat playing cards and gambling. Stood in the centre, on one leg, is a man with an animals head, he is holding his ears and exclaims 'O-these are th Ears of an Ass not a Fox.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 67483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed.
A satirical scene depicting to devilish figures sat playing cards and gambling. Stood in the centre, on one leg, is a man with an animals head, he is holding his ears and exclaims 'O-these are th Ears of an Ass not a Fox.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 67483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Courtship. Plate VI.
[Robert Seymour]
London. Published by Thomas M.cLean. 26. Haymarket. July 1.st 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A series of scenes depicts Pickle’s romantic misadventures. He first encounters a fashionable woman when he sees her lying in shallow water after her horse has bolted, leaving an empty gig behind, love at first sight. Later, he dreams of her while sleeping with a copy of Ovid’s Art of Love on his pillow; above his head, dreamlike images of the lady, a galloping horse, and his own face appear among clouds. The next morning, he visits the lady and is welcomed flirtatiously into her neat parlour. Their courtship continues in a picturesque tea garden, where she coyly accepts his declaration of love beneath the trees as a waiter serves tea and a smiling sun looks down. Soon after, Pickle visits her again in her well-appointed room. As they sit together on the sofa, the portrait of her late husband glares down. She remarks that she despises greed, while Pickle replies that only the wealthy can afford to think little of money. Their courtship culminates in marriage, symbolized by a clergyman-like Cupid holding a wedding ring beneath a setting ''honeymoon.'' The dream collapses the next day, when Pickle discovers his new wife is not a wealthy widow but a former milliner with five plain children from her first marriage. She cheerfully explains that, lacking fortune but blessed with family, she thought it best to marry again. Two smaller accompanying scenes show Pickle gallantly helping the lady into a Thames boat and later assisting her from a gig, moments from the courtship that led to his ill-fated union.
Bm Satires 15988.
[Ref: 67476] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Seymour]
London. Published by Thomas M.cLean. 26. Haymarket. July 1.st 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Holes in left margin where previously bound.
A series of scenes depicts Pickle’s romantic misadventures. He first encounters a fashionable woman when he sees her lying in shallow water after her horse has bolted, leaving an empty gig behind, love at first sight. Later, he dreams of her while sleeping with a copy of Ovid’s Art of Love on his pillow; above his head, dreamlike images of the lady, a galloping horse, and his own face appear among clouds. The next morning, he visits the lady and is welcomed flirtatiously into her neat parlour. Their courtship continues in a picturesque tea garden, where she coyly accepts his declaration of love beneath the trees as a waiter serves tea and a smiling sun looks down. Soon after, Pickle visits her again in her well-appointed room. As they sit together on the sofa, the portrait of her late husband glares down. She remarks that she despises greed, while Pickle replies that only the wealthy can afford to think little of money. Their courtship culminates in marriage, symbolized by a clergyman-like Cupid holding a wedding ring beneath a setting ''honeymoon.'' The dream collapses the next day, when Pickle discovers his new wife is not a wealthy widow but a former milliner with five plain children from her first marriage. She cheerfully explains that, lacking fortune but blessed with family, she thought it best to marry again. Two smaller accompanying scenes show Pickle gallantly helping the lady into a Thames boat and later assisting her from a gig, moments from the courtship that led to his ill-fated union.
Bm Satires 15988.
[Ref: 67476] £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)
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)
![[Elderly Woman.]](jpegs/67387.jpg)
[Elderly Woman.] When did ever morning break, and find a beaming eye awake, like that which sparkles here!
[Cruikshank?]
[n.d., c.1828.]
Etching, 150 x 125mm (6 x 5"). On paper watermaked 'J. Whatman 1828.'
Satirical print depicting an old woman, squinting due to having just woken up. She peers through curtains and gives a cat a fright.
[Ref: 67387] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Cruikshank?]
[n.d., c.1828.]
Etching, 150 x 125mm (6 x 5"). On paper watermaked 'J. Whatman 1828.'
Satirical print depicting an old woman, squinting due to having just woken up. She peers through curtains and gives a cat a fright.
[Ref: 67387] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of four.] [Four Prints of an Election or The Humours of an Election.]](jpegs/67148.jpg)
[Set of four.] [Four Prints of an Election or The Humours of an Election.]
Painted and Engraved by Wm. Hogarth.
[Published as the Act directs 1755-8.]
Set of 4 engravings. Each 555 x 435mm (21¾ x 17"), with large margins.
Set of four engravings of an election, which illustrate the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The set consists of An Election Entertainment Plate I, Canvassing for Votes Plate II, The Polling Plate III, and Charing the Members Plate 4. In Plate I, the scene is set in the private room of an inn, showing Whig election candidates gathering the support of town grandees and citizens. Plate II, depicts a scene outside of the tavern, where the Whig and Tory candidates are both trying to bribe the Innkeeper for his vote. Plate III, shows voters, declaring their support for either side whilst the Whig and Tories use questionable tactics to secure votes. Plate IIII, depicts a chaotic scene in which a victorious Tory candidate being carried through the street on a chair, whilst crowds are seen fighting and a family of pigs run in fear.
Paulson 198-20 viii of viii.
[Ref: 67148] £580.00 view all images for this item
Painted and Engraved by Wm. Hogarth.
[Published as the Act directs 1755-8.]
Set of 4 engravings. Each 555 x 435mm (21¾ x 17"), with large margins.
Set of four engravings of an election, which illustrate the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The set consists of An Election Entertainment Plate I, Canvassing for Votes Plate II, The Polling Plate III, and Charing the Members Plate 4. In Plate I, the scene is set in the private room of an inn, showing Whig election candidates gathering the support of town grandees and citizens. Plate II, depicts a scene outside of the tavern, where the Whig and Tory candidates are both trying to bribe the Innkeeper for his vote. Plate III, shows voters, declaring their support for either side whilst the Whig and Tories use questionable tactics to secure votes. Plate IIII, depicts a chaotic scene in which a victorious Tory candidate being carried through the street on a chair, whilst crowds are seen fighting and a family of pigs run in fear.
Paulson 198-20 viii of viii.
[Ref: 67148] £580.00 view all images for this item
![[Pair.] L'Arrivée. [&] Le Départ.](jpegs/67189.jpg)
[Pair.] L'Arrivée. [&] Le Départ. Museé Grotesque N°5. [&] Museé Grotesque N°6.
[Godisart de Cari.] Chez Martinet. G.de Ca...
[n.d., c.1815 by Aaron Martinet.]
Fine hand coloured etchings. 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
Two satirical scenes. In 'L'Arrivée', A thin Englishman walks onto the dock from a hidden gangway connected to a crowded boat below. Passengers on the boat look up eagerly. On the far right are sails and rigging, with a dove holding an olive branch sitting on a beam. A friendly French cook leads the Englishman by the wrist and points to a doorway under a sign that says "Au Bien Venu". The Englishman holds the cook’s white nightcap. In Le Départ, an overweight Englishman walks out of the inn, using a wheelbarrow to support his large belly. A tired cook helps pull it, wiping sweat from his face with his cap. A wooden plank connects the dock to a nearby packet boat, seen below, with only one sailor on board and another ready to help from the plank. The inn's sign is not shown, and its window flap hangs down. Another cook stands in the courtyard, offering food to a stuffed cat sitting on the roof
[Ref: 67189] £550.00 view all images for this item
[Godisart de Cari.] Chez Martinet. G.de Ca...
[n.d., c.1815 by Aaron Martinet.]
Fine hand coloured etchings. 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
Two satirical scenes. In 'L'Arrivée', A thin Englishman walks onto the dock from a hidden gangway connected to a crowded boat below. Passengers on the boat look up eagerly. On the far right are sails and rigging, with a dove holding an olive branch sitting on a beam. A friendly French cook leads the Englishman by the wrist and points to a doorway under a sign that says "Au Bien Venu". The Englishman holds the cook’s white nightcap. In Le Départ, an overweight Englishman walks out of the inn, using a wheelbarrow to support his large belly. A tired cook helps pull it, wiping sweat from his face with his cap. A wooden plank connects the dock to a nearby packet boat, seen below, with only one sailor on board and another ready to help from the plank. The inn's sign is not shown, and its window flap hangs down. Another cook stands in the courtyard, offering food to a stuffed cat sitting on the roof
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The Word Eater, Advertisement Extraordinary. This is to inform the Public that this extraordinary Phenomenon is just arrived from the Continent & exhibits every day during the Sittings of the House of Commons before...
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub.d Dec 30.th 1788, by S. Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Creasing and tears to edges of paper.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749–1806) inconsistency. Fox stands in the House of Commons delivering a speech, holding a paper titled ''Speech on the Rights of the P------" in his right hand and an Explanation of that Speech in his left. Facing a table stacked with heavy volumes—Statutes at Large, Magna Charta, Principles of the Constitution, and Rights of the People—he declares, "All these I'll devour next." Behind him lie two discarded books, Jus Divinum of Kings and Principles of Toryism &c. The benches are crowded with attentive listeners, their expressions ranging from alarm to admiration. To the far right sits North, blindfolded, with Burke beside him. At the far end of the gallery, spectators lean over to catch a glimpse of Fox.
BM Satires 7391.
[Ref: 67452] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub.d Dec 30.th 1788, by S. Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Creasing and tears to edges of paper.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749–1806) inconsistency. Fox stands in the House of Commons delivering a speech, holding a paper titled ''Speech on the Rights of the P------" in his right hand and an Explanation of that Speech in his left. Facing a table stacked with heavy volumes—Statutes at Large, Magna Charta, Principles of the Constitution, and Rights of the People—he declares, "All these I'll devour next." Behind him lie two discarded books, Jus Divinum of Kings and Principles of Toryism &c. The benches are crowded with attentive listeners, their expressions ranging from alarm to admiration. To the far right sits North, blindfolded, with Burke beside him. At the far end of the gallery, spectators lean over to catch a glimpse of Fox.
BM Satires 7391.
[Ref: 67452] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Fox And The Bust.
[Attributed to George Townley Stubbs]
Pub.d Aug.t 2 1786 by W, S, Fores at the Caricature Ware-house N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Rare hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), depicted as a fox, sculpts a bust of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830), remarking "What a goodly figure this makes! What a pity that it should want brains. Æsop’s Fable." His mallet and chisels lie on the ground. Nearby are a kneeling female figure, resembling Mrs. Fitzherbert, and a laurel-crowned head statue, possibly Hanger or Æsop.
BM Satires 6971. Lennox-Boyd 1989 p.374.
[Ref: 67368] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Attributed to George Townley Stubbs]
Pub.d Aug.t 2 1786 by W, S, Fores at the Caricature Ware-house N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Rare hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, sheet 200 x 240mm (8 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), depicted as a fox, sculpts a bust of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830), remarking "What a goodly figure this makes! What a pity that it should want brains. Æsop’s Fable." His mallet and chisels lie on the ground. Nearby are a kneeling female figure, resembling Mrs. Fitzherbert, and a laurel-crowned head statue, possibly Hanger or Æsop.
BM Satires 6971. Lennox-Boyd 1989 p.374.
[Ref: 67368] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Departure.
Etch'd by T Rowlandson.
Published by W. Humphrey. [n.d c.1784]
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, Collector's Mark verso; 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), large margins on 3 sides. Small top margin. Foxing.
Satire on Charles James Fox (1749-1806) retiring 'to Coventry' on account of the threatened scrutiny. Fox, seated on a donkey with his India Bill beneath the saddle, bids farewell to the Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) and Lady Duncannon (1761-1821), clasping a hand of each. The Duchess offers him a fox’s brush, saying, ''Farewell my Charley—let no fears assail, For sure no Fox had e’er so fine a tail.'' Fox replies, ''If that a scrutiny at last takes place, I can’t tell how ’twill be, & please your grace, But ladies, for your friendship & good will, My bushy tail is at your service still.'' Lady Duncannon laments, ''Ah! Sister, sister, must he then depart, To lose poor Reynard almost breaks my heart.'' Nearby, Burke (1729-97) appears as a post-boy with his ‘Plan of Economy,’ while the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) watches from Carlton House. A signpost points ‘To Coventry.’
BM Satires 6563.
[Ref: 67370] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Etch'd by T Rowlandson.
Published by W. Humphrey. [n.d c.1784]
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark, Collector's Mark verso; 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), large margins on 3 sides. Small top margin. Foxing.
Satire on Charles James Fox (1749-1806) retiring 'to Coventry' on account of the threatened scrutiny. Fox, seated on a donkey with his India Bill beneath the saddle, bids farewell to the Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) and Lady Duncannon (1761-1821), clasping a hand of each. The Duchess offers him a fox’s brush, saying, ''Farewell my Charley—let no fears assail, For sure no Fox had e’er so fine a tail.'' Fox replies, ''If that a scrutiny at last takes place, I can’t tell how ’twill be, & please your grace, But ladies, for your friendship & good will, My bushy tail is at your service still.'' Lady Duncannon laments, ''Ah! Sister, sister, must he then depart, To lose poor Reynard almost breaks my heart.'' Nearby, Burke (1729-97) appears as a post-boy with his ‘Plan of Economy,’ while the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) watches from Carlton House. A signpost points ‘To Coventry.’
BM Satires 6563.
[Ref: 67370] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
England Invaded. Or Frenchmen Naturalized.
Rowlandson Delint and Sculpt.
[London Pub. March 16 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery No 101 Strand.]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 305 x 390mm (12¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line.
French soldiers, newly landed, are cut down by English troops and villagers with pitchforks, fleeing in panic as others lie dead or dying beside a drum in the foreground. On the shore, troop rafts founder and tiny figures escape into the sea, while ships engage in the distance. Published in March 1798, this satirical print reflects contemporary British anxieties over a possible French invasion in support of Irish rebels, anticipating the later French landings during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and celebrating the imagined defeat of the invaders.
BM Satires 9187.
[Ref: 67377] £650.00
Rowlandson Delint and Sculpt.
[London Pub. March 16 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery No 101 Strand.]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 305 x 390mm (12¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line.
French soldiers, newly landed, are cut down by English troops and villagers with pitchforks, fleeing in panic as others lie dead or dying beside a drum in the foreground. On the shore, troop rafts founder and tiny figures escape into the sea, while ships engage in the distance. Published in March 1798, this satirical print reflects contemporary British anxieties over a possible French invasion in support of Irish rebels, anticipating the later French landings during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and celebrating the imagined defeat of the invaders.
BM Satires 9187.
[Ref: 67377] £650.00
Reflection. To be, or not to be??
[Robert Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub.d Feb.y 11 1820 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly London.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
Satire on the separation of George IV (1762-1830) and Queen Caroline (1768-1821). George IV, admiring himself in a mirror, recoils as the crowned figure of his stout wife appears over his reflection’s shoulder, gazing down with a contemptuous smile. The crown he is trying on rests on his head, while his discarded coronet and feathers lie at his feet. A sword hangs at his side, a sceptre juts from his pocket, and the room, rich with royal emblems, features a table set with a decanter of Noyau. The scene satirizes the King’s vanity and his uneasy conscience over Queen Caroline’s looming presence.
BM Satires 13661.
[Ref: 67466] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Isaac Cruikshank]
Pub.d Feb.y 11 1820 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly London.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
Satire on the separation of George IV (1762-1830) and Queen Caroline (1768-1821). George IV, admiring himself in a mirror, recoils as the crowned figure of his stout wife appears over his reflection’s shoulder, gazing down with a contemptuous smile. The crown he is trying on rests on his head, while his discarded coronet and feathers lie at his feet. A sword hangs at his side, a sceptre juts from his pocket, and the room, rich with royal emblems, features a table set with a decanter of Noyau. The scene satirizes the King’s vanity and his uneasy conscience over Queen Caroline’s looming presence.
BM Satires 13661.
[Ref: 67466] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Hammersmith Ghost.
[Henry Heath?]
Published Jan.y 8. 1825. by S.W. Fores. Piccadily.
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 345mm mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
A moonlit night scene shows men and women fleeing in terror from a ghostly figure on stilts, draped in a sheet with glaring eyes, a long beard, and clawed hands. Among the terrified crowd are a horseman and a watchman carrying a lantern and rattle. In 1803 the 'Hammersmith Ghost', apparently the spirit of a man who had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, was terrorising the area and one of his victims, a woman taking a shortcut through a graveyard, died of shock. In the ensuing furore a dust-covered bricklayer was shot dead by a customs officer (who was sentenced to death but was reprieved), before the real 'ghost' was captured. It was a man trying to frighten people in retaliation for someone having scared his children by telling them ghost stories.
BM Satires 14889.
[Ref: 67307] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Henry Heath?]
Published Jan.y 8. 1825. by S.W. Fores. Piccadily.
Fine hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 345mm mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
A moonlit night scene shows men and women fleeing in terror from a ghostly figure on stilts, draped in a sheet with glaring eyes, a long beard, and clawed hands. Among the terrified crowd are a horseman and a watchman carrying a lantern and rattle. In 1803 the 'Hammersmith Ghost', apparently the spirit of a man who had committed suicide by cutting his own throat, was terrorising the area and one of his victims, a woman taking a shortcut through a graveyard, died of shock. In the ensuing furore a dust-covered bricklayer was shot dead by a customs officer (who was sentenced to death but was reprieved), before the real 'ghost' was captured. It was a man trying to frighten people in retaliation for someone having scared his children by telling them ghost stories.
BM Satires 14889.
[Ref: 67307] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
HB Jun.r Sketches. N.o 6 Domestic Felicity. A Scene Near Windsor..
HB Juni.
London Pub.d J.L. Marks, Long Lane Smithfield. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Small tear in bottom margin.
An unimpressed Prince Albert pulls Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal in a buggy. Queen Victoria walks arm in arm with a man, presumably William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, with whom she had a close relationship with. Presumably HB Junior refers to one of John Doyle's (1797–1868) sons, James William Edmund (1822–92), Henry Edward (1827–92), Charles Altamont Doyle (1832–93), however most likely Richard (1824–83).
[Ref: 67338] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
HB Juni.
London Pub.d J.L. Marks, Long Lane Smithfield. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Small tear in bottom margin.
An unimpressed Prince Albert pulls Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal in a buggy. Queen Victoria walks arm in arm with a man, presumably William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, with whom she had a close relationship with. Presumably HB Junior refers to one of John Doyle's (1797–1868) sons, James William Edmund (1822–92), Henry Edward (1827–92), Charles Altamont Doyle (1832–93), however most likely Richard (1824–83).
[Ref: 67338] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Horne Tooke] The Apostate Parson.](jpegs/67297.jpg)
[John Horne Tooke] The Apostate Parson. It is true I have Suffer'd the infectious hand of a Bishop to be wav'd over me, whose Imposition like the Sop given to Judas is only a Signal for the Devil to enter. & [c].
[Publish'd as the Act directs April 14th 1772, by W. Darling, Engraver, Great Newport Street.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½") Trimmed, losing publication line.
A bishop, standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. One demon kneels on the ground beside the latter, while another has crept under his cassock. Behind is a trunk, with a list of expensive clothes. A satire on the ordination of John Horne Tooke, quoting a letter of his to Wilkes in 1766. The trunk of clothes is one Tooke sent to Wilkes in Paris: after they quarrelled Tooke accused Wilkes of pawning them.
BM Satires 4948. See also [Ref: 61149]
[Ref: 67297] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Publish'd as the Act directs April 14th 1772, by W. Darling, Engraver, Great Newport Street.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 245mm (8 x 9½") Trimmed, losing publication line.
A bishop, standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. One demon kneels on the ground beside the latter, while another has crept under his cassock. Behind is a trunk, with a list of expensive clothes. A satire on the ordination of John Horne Tooke, quoting a letter of his to Wilkes in 1766. The trunk of clothes is one Tooke sent to Wilkes in Paris: after they quarrelled Tooke accused Wilkes of pawning them.
BM Satires 4948. See also [Ref: 61149]
[Ref: 67297] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Hustings in Covent Garden, _ Vide. The Westminnster Election, Novr. 1806. [Publish'd for the History of the Westminster & Middlesex Elections, Novr. 1806.]
Js. Gillray dest, & fect.
Publish'd Decr. 15th 1806 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, J. Budd, Pall-Mall, & R. Bagshaw. Brydges Street.
Hand-coloured etching, 275 x 340mm (10¾ x 13½"). Damaged. Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet
Published more than a month after the election, this print was issued as a supplement to Gillray's earlier series on the Westminster election of 1806 produced during the actual campaign. The three main contenders for seats in Parliament for the borough of Westminster appear under the hustings: Sir Samuel Hood chuckling to himself at the left, red-faced and angry Sheridan near the center, and the Radical James Paull with his arm outstretched at the right. The real contest for the two Westminster seats was between Paull and Sheridan since Hood, a respected war hero and the incumbent, had nothing to fear in his expectation of being re-elected. Paull's Radical supporters Cobbett, Burdett and Bosville stand beside him and a dog whose collar reads Peter Moore barks at Paull from the left. Moore was one of Sheridan's prime supporters and had nominated him. Whitbread (of the brewery fame) another of Sheridan's supporters, rests his hand on Sheridan's shoulder and offers him a foaming glass of beer. Hood won the Westminster election of 1806 decisively with 5,478 votes. Sheridan won the second seat with 4,757 votes and Paull lost with 4,481 votes. Good early colour.
BM: 10619.
[Ref: 67309] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Js. Gillray dest, & fect.
Publish'd Decr. 15th 1806 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, J. Budd, Pall-Mall, & R. Bagshaw. Brydges Street.
Hand-coloured etching, 275 x 340mm (10¾ x 13½"). Damaged. Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet
Published more than a month after the election, this print was issued as a supplement to Gillray's earlier series on the Westminster election of 1806 produced during the actual campaign. The three main contenders for seats in Parliament for the borough of Westminster appear under the hustings: Sir Samuel Hood chuckling to himself at the left, red-faced and angry Sheridan near the center, and the Radical James Paull with his arm outstretched at the right. The real contest for the two Westminster seats was between Paull and Sheridan since Hood, a respected war hero and the incumbent, had nothing to fear in his expectation of being re-elected. Paull's Radical supporters Cobbett, Burdett and Bosville stand beside him and a dog whose collar reads Peter Moore barks at Paull from the left. Moore was one of Sheridan's prime supporters and had nominated him. Whitbread (of the brewery fame) another of Sheridan's supporters, rests his hand on Sheridan's shoulder and offers him a foaming glass of beer. Hood won the Westminster election of 1806 decisively with 5,478 votes. Sheridan won the second seat with 4,757 votes and Paull lost with 4,481 votes. Good early colour.
BM: 10619.
[Ref: 67309] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The power of beauty:-St Cecilia charming the brute;-or-the seduction of the Welch-ambassador. 390.
[After James Gillray]
[Originally Pubd Feby th 1792 by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street.] [Henry G Bohn n.d. c.1850]
Finely hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Small margins. Left corner margin missing. Slight staining on right.
Lady Cecilia Johnston (1727-1817), shown three-quarter length and seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat, which rests a hoof upon her chest. The goat was identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn (1775-1850) however this seems improbable as he was only nineteen, having succeeded his father in 1789. This plate is most likely from, 'The Works of James Gillray from the Original Plates with the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected,' published by Henry G. Bohn as there are two plates on the reverse, 'S.t Cecilia,' & 'A Spencer & a Threadpaper.'
BM Satires 8158.
[Ref: 67303] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[After James Gillray]
[Originally Pubd Feby th 1792 by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street.] [Henry G Bohn n.d. c.1850]
Finely hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Small margins. Left corner margin missing. Slight staining on right.
Lady Cecilia Johnston (1727-1817), shown three-quarter length and seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat, which rests a hoof upon her chest. The goat was identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn (1775-1850) however this seems improbable as he was only nineteen, having succeeded his father in 1789. This plate is most likely from, 'The Works of James Gillray from the Original Plates with the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected,' published by Henry G. Bohn as there are two plates on the reverse, 'S.t Cecilia,' & 'A Spencer & a Threadpaper.'
BM Satires 8158.
[Ref: 67303] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Strolrs Prosspte plate 3 Black Jack commenced Stroller, and not being able to pay his rent in Staffordshire annoyed his dying Land.d in such a Cruel manner with a Large Top which he borrowed that the people were glad to get rid of him without Payment. AB it was about this time his washerwoman refused to give him his shirt till he had settled the immense sum of 15 Pence!!!
Cruikshank scp.
Pub.d by T Tegg 111 Cheapside Nov.r 1809.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 240 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
From a series of six plates on the life of J. P. Kemble (‘Black Jack’). Kemble (1757-1823), in ragged shirt-sleeves, angrily whips a large top across the floor of a shabby attic. A thin old woman recoils in horror at the doorway. Around the room are signs of poverty: a rough fireplace with a flat-iron heating, laundry hanging to dry, a stool with soap-suds, heaps of coal with bellows, and a shelf with a few books, a cup, and a candle stuck in a bottle beside a bill for lodgings. A playbill for 'Beaux Stratagem' and 'The Cheats of Scapin' hangs on the wall, while an open book, 'We Fly by Night', lies on the floor.
BM Satires 11427.
[Ref: 67362] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Cruikshank scp.
Pub.d by T Tegg 111 Cheapside Nov.r 1809.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 240 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
From a series of six plates on the life of J. P. Kemble (‘Black Jack’). Kemble (1757-1823), in ragged shirt-sleeves, angrily whips a large top across the floor of a shabby attic. A thin old woman recoils in horror at the doorway. Around the room are signs of poverty: a rough fireplace with a flat-iron heating, laundry hanging to dry, a stool with soap-suds, heaps of coal with bellows, and a shelf with a few books, a cup, and a candle stuck in a bottle beside a bill for lodgings. A playbill for 'Beaux Stratagem' and 'The Cheats of Scapin' hangs on the wall, while an open book, 'We Fly by Night', lies on the floor.
BM Satires 11427.
[Ref: 67362] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
a Kick at the Broad-Bottoms! _ i.e. _ Emancipation of "All the Talents". Vide. the Fate of ye Catholic Bill.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Pub.d March 23d 1807. by H. Humphrey St James's Street. [n.d. c.1825]
Finely hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 320mm (9 x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
A copy of Gillray's satire, most likely made by John Philips (fl. 1825-1831). George III (face hidden by a pillar) has leapt from his throne, has Prime Minister Grenville by the hair and is about to smite him with his sceptre and kick him in the bottom. In disarray are the rest of the cabinet, including Petty, Grey, Addington, Sheridan and Erskine, falling over themselves to escape the king's wrath. George shouts '- what! - what! - bring in the Papists! - O you cunning Jesuits, you!'. A satire on the fall of the ministry of William Grenville, which was known as the 'Ministry of All the Talents' (February 1806 - March 1807). The fall was the result of George III's reluctance to approve the Catholic Emancipation measures that Grenville was trying to introduce.
BM Satires: 10709 (D?)
[Ref: 67302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Pub.d March 23d 1807. by H. Humphrey St James's Street. [n.d. c.1825]
Finely hand-coloured etching, sheet 230 x 320mm (9 x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
A copy of Gillray's satire, most likely made by John Philips (fl. 1825-1831). George III (face hidden by a pillar) has leapt from his throne, has Prime Minister Grenville by the hair and is about to smite him with his sceptre and kick him in the bottom. In disarray are the rest of the cabinet, including Petty, Grey, Addington, Sheridan and Erskine, falling over themselves to escape the king's wrath. George shouts '- what! - what! - bring in the Papists! - O you cunning Jesuits, you!'. A satire on the fall of the ministry of William Grenville, which was known as the 'Ministry of All the Talents' (February 1806 - March 1807). The fall was the result of George III's reluctance to approve the Catholic Emancipation measures that Grenville was trying to introduce.
BM Satires: 10709 (D?)
[Ref: 67302] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
L'Impayable Rentier de l'Etat, Que ne suis-je Camus.
B. inv G.D. Pinx.
[n.d. c.1790]
Engraving, 250 x 180mm (10 x 7"), with very large margins. Slightly creased
Full length portrait of a figure, civil servant or office holder under the Ancien Régime, whose income (the annuity) was perceived as unsustainable or excessive in relation to his work. His cry of "Why am I not Camus...?" part of the title is a reference to the condition of a character named Camus (perhaps, Armand-Gaston Camus (1740–1804)), who is associated with idleness or privilege, perhaps in contrast to the workload or reality of the civil servant depicted in the engraving.
[Ref: 67407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
B. inv G.D. Pinx.
[n.d. c.1790]
Engraving, 250 x 180mm (10 x 7"), with very large margins. Slightly creased
Full length portrait of a figure, civil servant or office holder under the Ancien Régime, whose income (the annuity) was perceived as unsustainable or excessive in relation to his work. His cry of "Why am I not Camus...?" part of the title is a reference to the condition of a character named Camus (perhaps, Armand-Gaston Camus (1740–1804)), who is associated with idleness or privilege, perhaps in contrast to the workload or reality of the civil servant depicted in the engraving.
[Ref: 67407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Boat to Margate] I say, Jones my Dear, we are going along very rapid, the Captain says 12 Knots, /](jpegs/67162.jpg)
[Boat to Margate] I say, Jones my Dear, we are going along very rapid, the Captain says 12 Knots, / Lor Bless yer Ve are going fifty, dont you hear that Veel hit em as comes up to em.
London, Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 195mm (8½ x 7¾"). Slight creasing.
A family on a boat trip to Margate being buffeted by the wind. A windmill sits on the horizon.
[Ref: 67162] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 195mm (8½ x 7¾"). Slight creasing.
A family on a boat trip to Margate being buffeted by the wind. A windmill sits on the horizon.
[Ref: 67162] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satire of the Medico-Botanical Society] Lines Addressed to the Medico-Botanico-Bombastico Society.](jpegs/67066.jpg)
[Satire of the Medico-Botanical Society] Lines Addressed to the Medico-Botanico-Bombastico Society.
London, Dec. 10, 1829.
1pp. letterpress, 245 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Creasing, small area of loss of text, laid on album paper.
A satirical verse about the Medico-Botanical Society, a society founded in 1821 to research the medicinal properties of plants. It attacks the founder and director, Dr John Frost, as a charletan, and describes one of the main patrons Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl, as a dupe. In 1830 Stanhope, who was serving as president of the society, finally had enough of Frost's arrogance and expelled him from his own society.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 67066] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Dec. 10, 1829.
1pp. letterpress, 245 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Creasing, small area of loss of text, laid on album paper.
A satirical verse about the Medico-Botanical Society, a society founded in 1821 to research the medicinal properties of plants. It attacks the founder and director, Dr John Frost, as a charletan, and describes one of the main patrons Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl, as a dupe. In 1830 Stanhope, who was serving as president of the society, finally had enough of Frost's arrogance and expelled him from his own society.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 67066] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The incurable]](jpegs/67389.jpg)
[The incurable] Dazzled with hope He could not see the Cheat Of aiming with impatience to be great - With wild Ambition in his heart we find Farewell content and quiet of his mind For Glittering Clouds he left the solid Shore And wonted happiness returns no more.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub.d April 4.th 1784 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand. [but later copy c.1828]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"), with large margins. On paper watermarked, '1828., very large margins. Repaired tears to edges of paper.
Satire on the fall of the Coalition. Dr. John Monro (1715-91), physician at Bedlam, examines Fox (1749-1806) through an eyeglass. Fox, disheveled, distraught, and restrained in a straitjacket, sings of his misery and loss of position, "My Lodging is on the Cold ground and very hard is my Case But that which grieves me most is the Loosing of my Place." Monro dismisses any chance of recovery, ordering Fox to be sent among the incurables, "I have not the least hope of his Recovery Let him be remov'd among the Incurables - M------o."
BM Satires 6495.
[Ref: 67389] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Pub.d April 4.th 1784 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand. [but later copy c.1828]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"), with large margins. On paper watermarked, '1828., very large margins. Repaired tears to edges of paper.
Satire on the fall of the Coalition. Dr. John Monro (1715-91), physician at Bedlam, examines Fox (1749-1806) through an eyeglass. Fox, disheveled, distraught, and restrained in a straitjacket, sings of his misery and loss of position, "My Lodging is on the Cold ground and very hard is my Case But that which grieves me most is the Loosing of my Place." Monro dismisses any chance of recovery, ordering Fox to be sent among the incurables, "I have not the least hope of his Recovery Let him be remov'd among the Incurables - M------o."
BM Satires 6495.
[Ref: 67389] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Napoleon Bonaparte.] [Gentlemen, with what razor do you shave me? Sir, English razor.]](jpegs/67219.jpg)
[Napoleon Bonaparte.] [Gentlemen, with what razor do you shave me? Sir, English razor.] Messieurs avec quel Rasoir me faites-vous la barbe} Sire, Rasoir anglais.
[Pierre Lacroix.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce hand-coloured etching. 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Some time-staining.
A scatirical scene depicting Napoleon, seated on a stool in profile to the left, is shaved by Blücher (left) and Wellington, in profile to the left. The latter shaves the bald head, while Blücher, almost full-face, shaves the left cheek. Napoleon has a towel tied round his neck, and places his hands below it to hold up the barber's bowl.
[Ref: 67219] £380.00
[Pierre Lacroix.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce hand-coloured etching. 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Some time-staining.
A scatirical scene depicting Napoleon, seated on a stool in profile to the left, is shaved by Blücher (left) and Wellington, in profile to the left. The latter shaves the bald head, while Blücher, almost full-face, shaves the left cheek. Napoleon has a towel tied round his neck, and places his hands below it to hold up the barber's bowl.
[Ref: 67219] £380.00
The Night Mayor_or Magistratical Vigilance.
Pub.d Nov.r 9.th 1816 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins on 3 sides. On paper watermarked '1817.' Small top margin.
A satirical scene set in a cellar, the Mayor, Sir Matthew Wood (1768-1843), followed by two constables descend the stairs to the alarm of many of the occupants of the room. A watchman, who hasn't noticed the constables lifts his glass of gin in a toast.
BM Satire 12816.
[Ref: 67313] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Nov.r 9.th 1816 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins on 3 sides. On paper watermarked '1817.' Small top margin.
A satirical scene set in a cellar, the Mayor, Sir Matthew Wood (1768-1843), followed by two constables descend the stairs to the alarm of many of the occupants of the room. A watchman, who hasn't noticed the constables lifts his glass of gin in a toast.
BM Satire 12816.
[Ref: 67313] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Signor Paganini.
[attributed to John Kendrick]
[n.d. c.1831]
Very fine & rare proof etching, 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with large margins.
Gentle caricature full length portrait of Niccolo Paganini (1784 - 1840), playing his violin.
[Ref: 67451] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[attributed to John Kendrick]
[n.d. c.1831]
Very fine & rare proof etching, 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with large margins.
Gentle caricature full length portrait of Niccolo Paganini (1784 - 1840), playing his violin.
[Ref: 67451] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Union; or the Pay-Master-s. Our great Mans Pride sure cannot very big be. To ride behind so great a ***** as R-
Pub: Ledger, July 2, 1768. [Oxford Magazine]
Etching, 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Small margins. Paper toned.
Illustration to the Oxford Magazine. Satirical print of Thomas Harley, MP and Lord Mayor of London, shown riding pillion behind Richard Rigby, Paymaster General, on a single galloping horse headed for a toll-gate. The keeper offers a ticket reading, ''And these two are one – Pay Master.'' Harley, in his mayoral robes and oversized boots, exclaims: ''If we ride so fast, Mr. R——y, I shall lose my SEAT!'' Rigby, brandishing a whip and wearing equally large boots, replies: ''Stick close to me, my Lord M——r, and I’ll ensure you for seven years.'' Behind them stands Private MacLaughlin, the soldier accused of shooting William Allen during the St. George’s Fields riots, holding his musket reversed and saying, ''I was naked, and he clothed me,'' pointing toward Rigby. A bystander notes the filth of the road, another the filth of the riders, while a Scotsman quips: ''By my sol, but they are well BUTE’D.'' Harley was appointed a Privy Councillor and granted a profitable army supply contract as a reward for backing the Government during the unrest that followed the Middlesex elections of 1768.
BM Satires 4210.
[Ref: 67409] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub: Ledger, July 2, 1768. [Oxford Magazine]
Etching, 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Small margins. Paper toned.
Illustration to the Oxford Magazine. Satirical print of Thomas Harley, MP and Lord Mayor of London, shown riding pillion behind Richard Rigby, Paymaster General, on a single galloping horse headed for a toll-gate. The keeper offers a ticket reading, ''And these two are one – Pay Master.'' Harley, in his mayoral robes and oversized boots, exclaims: ''If we ride so fast, Mr. R——y, I shall lose my SEAT!'' Rigby, brandishing a whip and wearing equally large boots, replies: ''Stick close to me, my Lord M——r, and I’ll ensure you for seven years.'' Behind them stands Private MacLaughlin, the soldier accused of shooting William Allen during the St. George’s Fields riots, holding his musket reversed and saying, ''I was naked, and he clothed me,'' pointing toward Rigby. A bystander notes the filth of the road, another the filth of the riders, while a Scotsman quips: ''By my sol, but they are well BUTE’D.'' Harley was appointed a Privy Councillor and granted a profitable army supply contract as a reward for backing the Government during the unrest that followed the Middlesex elections of 1768.
BM Satires 4210.
[Ref: 67409] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Petition Mongers in full cry to St Stephens!! Beware of Wolves in Sheeps Cloath[ing.]](jpegs/67304.jpg)
Petition Mongers in full cry to St Stephens!! Beware of Wolves in Sheeps Cloath[ing.]
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
[London Published Nov.r 26 1795 by SW Fores No.50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate losing some text and glued to backing sheet.
A satire on the petitions against the Treason and Sedition Bills, and on the attempts of the Opposition to delay their passing in order to give time for meetings of protest. There were actually ninety-four petitions, with a total of 131,284 signatures. Sheridan and Fox walk (left to right) one behind the other, bending under the weight of huge bundles of petitions which they carry on their heads. Both wear bonnets-rouges; Fox is dressed in a tattered shirt and breeches. Smaller petitions project from their pockets.
BM Satires 8697.
[Ref: 67304] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
[London Published Nov.r 26 1795 by SW Fores No.50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate losing some text and glued to backing sheet.
A satire on the petitions against the Treason and Sedition Bills, and on the attempts of the Opposition to delay their passing in order to give time for meetings of protest. There were actually ninety-four petitions, with a total of 131,284 signatures. Sheridan and Fox walk (left to right) one behind the other, bending under the weight of huge bundles of petitions which they carry on their heads. Both wear bonnets-rouges; Fox is dressed in a tattered shirt and breeches. Smaller petitions project from their pockets.
BM Satires 8697.
[Ref: 67304] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ecclesiastical scrutiny- or the Durham inquest on duty.
[Pub].d March 19th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 270 x 445mm (10¾ x 17½"). Trimmed within plate on left and right. Staining. Repaired tears. Central crease where previously folded. Made up bottom left corner.
Bishop Barrington of Durham (1734-1826) and two other bishops oversee the ''reform'' of women’s clothing. Barrington, seated and peering through a glass, inspects a dancer wearing stiff stays and mismatched shoes, one elegant, one clumsy. She protests, ''I really now think it a shame to disguise such a leg as this why my fortune will be ruin’d,'' while Barrington replies, ''Aye the upper part will do very well, many a husband will bless me for introducing these Stays.'' He holds a paper titled ''Petticoat Reform to be observed by all good…'' and a biblical-style decree about removing women’s ''ornaments'' hangs from his chair. Behind him, another bishop (possibly Manners-Sutton of Norwich (1755-1828)) adjusts a young girl’s bodice to cover her chest as she objects, ''Pa Pa dont tell me these things must not be shewn but to private parties.'' Nearby, Bishop Porteus of London (1731–1809) measures a woman’s petticoat, leering as she insists, ''come come thats long enough for an under one I'm sure.'' He retorts, ''What! I suppose you'd like to have nothing but a fig leaf on.'' At the far right, a dancer examines her reflection with disgust, dressed in the new ''modest'' fashion, bulky bodice, long sleeves, full skirts, and awkward shoes, exclaiming, ''Oh Vat fright! I vonder vat figure dey vill make of Bacchus, dis is vat dey Call a Divine dress, eh?'' 'Bacchus and Ariadne' was a new ballet, composed by the Ballet Master Gallet, with which the season 1797-8.
BM Satires 9299.
[Ref: 67463] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Pub].d March 19th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 270 x 445mm (10¾ x 17½"). Trimmed within plate on left and right. Staining. Repaired tears. Central crease where previously folded. Made up bottom left corner.
Bishop Barrington of Durham (1734-1826) and two other bishops oversee the ''reform'' of women’s clothing. Barrington, seated and peering through a glass, inspects a dancer wearing stiff stays and mismatched shoes, one elegant, one clumsy. She protests, ''I really now think it a shame to disguise such a leg as this why my fortune will be ruin’d,'' while Barrington replies, ''Aye the upper part will do very well, many a husband will bless me for introducing these Stays.'' He holds a paper titled ''Petticoat Reform to be observed by all good…'' and a biblical-style decree about removing women’s ''ornaments'' hangs from his chair. Behind him, another bishop (possibly Manners-Sutton of Norwich (1755-1828)) adjusts a young girl’s bodice to cover her chest as she objects, ''Pa Pa dont tell me these things must not be shewn but to private parties.'' Nearby, Bishop Porteus of London (1731–1809) measures a woman’s petticoat, leering as she insists, ''come come thats long enough for an under one I'm sure.'' He retorts, ''What! I suppose you'd like to have nothing but a fig leaf on.'' At the far right, a dancer examines her reflection with disgust, dressed in the new ''modest'' fashion, bulky bodice, long sleeves, full skirts, and awkward shoes, exclaiming, ''Oh Vat fright! I vonder vat figure dey vill make of Bacchus, dis is vat dey Call a Divine dress, eh?'' 'Bacchus and Ariadne' was a new ballet, composed by the Ballet Master Gallet, with which the season 1797-8.
BM Satires 9299.
[Ref: 67463] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Medallion. Behold his Bust, who saved our State ...
[William Hoare] [Francis Hayman]
London printed & Sold by R. Withy at the Dunciad in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1762]
Engraving, sheet 350 x 230mm (13¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing.
A satire on Pitt’s (1708-78) resignation and the peace talks with France: Britannia weeps over Pitt’s portrait, her weapons discarded. To the left, a Frenchman hands £10,000 to two Spaniards; to the right, officials watch as chests marked for the French ambassador Bussy (1699-1780) are filled with money. A letter to the Duke of Bedford (1710-71) lies nearby, while idle warships sit in harbour despite a fair wind, symbolizing Britain’s abandoned strength. The design for this print is attributed to Hayman (c. 1708-76) on stylistic grounds although it is not included in Allen's catalogue. The portrait of Pitt is after William Hoare of Bath (1707-92).
BM Satires 3816. Allen 1987 undescribed.
[Ref: 67471] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[William Hoare] [Francis Hayman]
London printed & Sold by R. Withy at the Dunciad in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1762]
Engraving, sheet 350 x 230mm (13¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing.
A satire on Pitt’s (1708-78) resignation and the peace talks with France: Britannia weeps over Pitt’s portrait, her weapons discarded. To the left, a Frenchman hands £10,000 to two Spaniards; to the right, officials watch as chests marked for the French ambassador Bussy (1699-1780) are filled with money. A letter to the Duke of Bedford (1710-71) lies nearby, while idle warships sit in harbour despite a fair wind, symbolizing Britain’s abandoned strength. The design for this print is attributed to Hayman (c. 1708-76) on stylistic grounds although it is not included in Allen's catalogue. The portrait of Pitt is after William Hoare of Bath (1707-92).
BM Satires 3816. Allen 1987 undescribed.
[Ref: 67471] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Political Hits N.o 22. Illustratative Explanation of The Sliding Scale. For the Information Of The Public At Large. "Here we go up, up, up. & there they go down down downy.- Old Song.
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Politicians sit on a see-saw with one end being pushed up by Queen Victoria, hosted by Prince Albert.
[Ref: 67317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Politicians sit on a see-saw with one end being pushed up by Queen Victoria, hosted by Prince Albert.
[Ref: 67317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Hits N.o 26. Peel's Bullion Office. Established In 1842 For A Sovereign Remedy For National Distress.
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Satire on the economic situation in the UK in 1842. Criticism of the Corn Laws, and 'Landed Interest'. In 1842, half farthings were declared legal tender in the United Kingdom.
[Ref: 67325] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H. B. Printed by W. Kohler, Denmark S.t.
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. [n.d. c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 295 x 435mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Satire on the economic situation in the UK in 1842. Criticism of the Corn Laws, and 'Landed Interest'. In 1842, half farthings were declared legal tender in the United Kingdom.
[Ref: 67325] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Sketches by HH_ (New Series)_ N.o 1_ Royal Trip to Scotland. A Scotch Polka On Board The Royal Yacht!
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼"). Chip in left edge of paper.
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal dance aboard the Royal Yacht on one of their many trips to Scotland.
[Ref: 67332] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼"). Chip in left edge of paper.
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal dance aboard the Royal Yacht on one of their many trips to Scotland.
[Ref: 67332] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Sketches by HH_ (New Series)_ N.o 2_ Royal Trip to Scotland. Trout Fishing on Loch Laggan_ Royalty In Danger!
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼"), large margins.
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal fish on a lake. A strong pull on Queen Victoria's Rod causes her to poke a man in the eye with the end of it and another to fall overboard, flashing his buttocks in his kilt.
[Ref: 67334] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼"), large margins.
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal fish on a lake. A strong pull on Queen Victoria's Rod causes her to poke a man in the eye with the end of it and another to fall overboard, flashing his buttocks in his kilt.
[Ref: 67334] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Sketches by HH_ (New Series)_ N.o 4_ Royal Trip to Scotland. Royalty Going To The Moors!
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal ride horses in the moors. Accompanied by a troop of Scotsmen.
[Ref: 67335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
HH. L'Enfant Lith. 12 Rathbon Place.
London: W. Soffe 78, S.t Martins Lane. [n.d c.1850]
Rare lithograph, sheet 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼").
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal ride horses in the moors. Accompanied by a troop of Scotsmen.
[Ref: 67335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Political Squibs, N.o 1. The Quack Doctor Superseding The Faculty.
Printed at the General Lith.c Estab.t 70, S.t Martins L.e. [n.d. c.1840]
Rare lithograph, sheet 305 x 440mm (12 x 17¼"). Repaired tears to edges of paper.
John Bull, depicted as an invalid, is offered the remedy of ‘Expediency’ by a politician (most likey Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)), while four others, in indignation, depart to the right presenting their own alternative cures.
[Ref: 67360] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed at the General Lith.c Estab.t 70, S.t Martins L.e. [n.d. c.1840]
Rare lithograph, sheet 305 x 440mm (12 x 17¼"). Repaired tears to edges of paper.
John Bull, depicted as an invalid, is offered the remedy of ‘Expediency’ by a politician (most likey Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)), while four others, in indignation, depart to the right presenting their own alternative cures.
[Ref: 67360] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Property Tax _ Civic Champions _ or the Darling in Danger. _ ''Make not a City feast of it, to let the meat cool, ere we can agree upon the first cut.'' Timon.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Rivals, or A Military Position. There the Maiden sat and her beside / That rival soldier with a soldiers pride / With self approval in his manly face / He seem'd the leading spirit of the place.
Painted by W.m Watts. Engraved by W.m Barnard.
London, Published Jan.y 14.th 1826, by W.m Barnard, No. 53, Pall Mall.
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 305mm (16 x 12"), large margins.
A country boy walks into a cottage to find a soldier courting a girl.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67131] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W.m Watts. Engraved by W.m Barnard.
London, Published Jan.y 14.th 1826, by W.m Barnard, No. 53, Pall Mall.
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 305mm (16 x 12"), large margins.
A country boy walks into a cottage to find a soldier courting a girl.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67131] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[An obese man courts a squat woman.]](jpegs/67170.jpg)
[An obese man courts a squat woman.]
[n.d., c.1812.]
Fine & rare coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on laid paper watermarked 'Allee 1812'. Trimmed within plate.
An untitled satire of a fat man in clerical dress kneeling before an unattractive woman with a feathered headdress and a fan, watched by a parrot and a man behind a screen. William Allee operated from Hurstbourne Priors Mill in Hampshire between 1800 and 1816. The Tate has several sketches by J.M.W. Turner on Allee paper.
Not traced in BM Satire.
[Ref: 67170] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1812.]
Fine & rare coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), on laid paper watermarked 'Allee 1812'. Trimmed within plate.
An untitled satire of a fat man in clerical dress kneeling before an unattractive woman with a feathered headdress and a fan, watched by a parrot and a man behind a screen. William Allee operated from Hurstbourne Priors Mill in Hampshire between 1800 and 1816. The Tate has several sketches by J.M.W. Turner on Allee paper.
Not traced in BM Satire.
[Ref: 67170] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Sad Story. By Angels caught, all-hallow'd as they flow, Are tears we shed for sorrows not our own; And bosoms heaving for anothers woe, Waft their own incense to the heavenly throne. EW.
Design'd by H. W. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Pub.d July 29. 1782 by J. R. Smith N.o 83 Oxford Street.
Stipple printed in sanguine, sheet 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate. Foxed.
Second state before publication line altered. A woman reads from a book to three children and a dog; the children, two standing and one seated, listen with sullen expressions.
Frankau 303.
[Ref: 67374] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd by H. W. Bunbury Esq.r.
London Pub.d July 29. 1782 by J. R. Smith N.o 83 Oxford Street.
Stipple printed in sanguine, sheet 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Trimmed within plate. Foxed.
Second state before publication line altered. A woman reads from a book to three children and a dog; the children, two standing and one seated, listen with sullen expressions.
Frankau 303.
[Ref: 67374] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)