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A Barbers-Shop in Assize Time. _ from a Picture painted by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r.
The Last Work of the Late James Gillray _ 582
Now first Published May 15th 1818 By G. Humphrey nephew and successor ro the late M.rs Humphrey _ 27 S.t James's Street [but H.G. Bohn, 1852].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 425 x 585mm (16¾ x 23¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene of the interior of a country barber's shop, with men being shaved and wigs on stands. Gillray seems to have worked on this plate during lucid moments in his madness, but it might have been completed by Cruikshank.
BM Satires 11779.
[Ref: 68221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Last Work of the Late James Gillray _ 582
Now first Published May 15th 1818 By G. Humphrey nephew and successor ro the late M.rs Humphrey _ 27 S.t James's Street [but H.G. Bohn, 1852].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 425 x 585mm (16¾ x 23¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene of the interior of a country barber's shop, with men being shaved and wigs on stands. Gillray seems to have worked on this plate during lucid moments in his madness, but it might have been completed by Cruikshank.
BM Satires 11779.
[Ref: 68221] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Beauty and Beast.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t.
London, Publish'd June 1st 1790 by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Fine & scarce stipple, printed in brown, 360 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Platemark cracked at bottom, restored
An obese monk smiles at an unimpressed young girl with a basket over her shoulder.
[Ref: 67950] £380.00
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t.
London, Publish'd June 1st 1790 by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Fine & scarce stipple, printed in brown, 360 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Platemark cracked at bottom, restored
An obese monk smiles at an unimpressed young girl with a basket over her shoulder.
[Ref: 67950] £380.00
![[William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck & Elizabeth Billington] The Bulstrode Siren.](jpegs/68224.jpg)
[William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck & Elizabeth Billington] The Bulstrode Siren. "Blest as th'immortal Gods is he The youth who fondly sists by thee, And sees and hears thee all the while Softly Sing and sweetly smile.
J. Gillray inv. & f.t.
Pub.d April 14.th 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27 St.James's Street.~
Fine coloured engraving. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
Caricature of the Duke of Portland and Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818), a famed opera singer who appeared at Covent Garden & Drury Lane Theatre, as well as Naples, Florence, Milan & Venice. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), after whom the Portland Vase was named, paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode.
BM Satires 10168.
[Ref: 68224] £490.00
J. Gillray inv. & f.t.
Pub.d April 14.th 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27 St.James's Street.~
Fine coloured engraving. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
Caricature of the Duke of Portland and Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818), a famed opera singer who appeared at Covent Garden & Drury Lane Theatre, as well as Naples, Florence, Milan & Venice. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), after whom the Portland Vase was named, paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode.
BM Satires 10168.
[Ref: 68224] £490.00
Boney at Brussells.
I Cks.
Pub.d by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly London Augt 14 1803.
Coloured etching, 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Faded.
Belgian dignitaries make obeissance to Napoleon Bonaparte, with plates of offerings of words on their heads. He sits on a throne, using large forks to spear their offerings and bring them to his mouth. On each side stands a Mameluke with crossed arms holding cocked pistol and drawn sabre. A satire on the bombastic addresses given to Napoleon during his tour of the Channel ports in June 1803.
BM Satires 10066.
[Ref: 68510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I Cks.
Pub.d by S W Fores N° 50 Piccadilly London Augt 14 1803.
Coloured etching, 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). On paper watermarked 'J Ruse 1802'. Faded.
Belgian dignitaries make obeissance to Napoleon Bonaparte, with plates of offerings of words on their heads. He sits on a throne, using large forks to spear their offerings and bring them to his mouth. On each side stands a Mameluke with crossed arms holding cocked pistol and drawn sabre. A satire on the bombastic addresses given to Napoleon during his tour of the Channel ports in June 1803.
BM Satires 10066.
[Ref: 68510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cabinet In's and Out's. N.º 4. Tears of Repentance.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d May 2.d 1827, by J.Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut top left taped.
A satire of the Tories who refused to serve in the cabinet under new Prime Minister George Canning, shown crying into a bucket marked 'Tory Lachrymatory, including Wellington (on a seat 'Army'), Dundas ('Law'), Peel ('Home'), Bathhurst (Colonies') and Melville (Admiralty). John Bull threatens to thrash them.
Not in BM Satires, but see BM 1985,0119.400.
[Ref: 68512] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d May 2.d 1827, by J.Fairburn, Broadway Ludgate Hill.
Coloured etching. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut top left taped.
A satire of the Tories who refused to serve in the cabinet under new Prime Minister George Canning, shown crying into a bucket marked 'Tory Lachrymatory, including Wellington (on a seat 'Army'), Dundas ('Law'), Peel ('Home'), Bathhurst (Colonies') and Melville (Admiralty). John Bull threatens to thrash them.
Not in BM Satires, but see BM 1985,0119.400.
[Ref: 68512] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
O' The Roast Beef of Old England &c. 'Twas at the gate of Calais, Hogarth tells, / Where sad despair and famine always dwells; / A meager Frenchman, Madam Grandsire's cook, / As home he steer'd his carcase that way took [...]
Painted by W. Hogarth
[Published by Robert Sayer, c.1750]
Scarce engraving with letterpress, sheet 490 x 310mm (19¼ x 12¼"). Fold through centre; old repaired tears.
Engraving of William Hogarth's 1748 painting 'O the Roast Beef of Old England' (London, Tate Britain), which Hogarth had himself published as a print. This copy, published by Robert Sayer, has the text of Theodosius Forrest's cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed beneath the famous image. Forrest, like his father Ebeneezer, was a friend of the artist, and the Hogarth scholar Ronald Paulson regards his text as a 'commentary with some authority' on Hogarth's anti-French satire.
BM Satires 3053; Paulson 180 (copy).
[Ref: 68306] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Painted by W. Hogarth
[Published by Robert Sayer, c.1750]
Scarce engraving with letterpress, sheet 490 x 310mm (19¼ x 12¼"). Fold through centre; old repaired tears.
Engraving of William Hogarth's 1748 painting 'O the Roast Beef of Old England' (London, Tate Britain), which Hogarth had himself published as a print. This copy, published by Robert Sayer, has the text of Theodosius Forrest's cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed beneath the famous image. Forrest, like his father Ebeneezer, was a friend of the artist, and the Hogarth scholar Ronald Paulson regards his text as a 'commentary with some authority' on Hogarth's anti-French satire.
BM Satires 3053; Paulson 180 (copy).
[Ref: 68306] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Capt.n Conquest and his Baggage Waggon.
S. H. Grimm del.t. J. Goldar sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith N.o 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs 15 June 1772.
Engraving. 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Uncut.
In this satire on fashion and unequal marriage, a squat, elaborately dressed woman stands with a tall man dressed in military fashion. The title of the print suggests the man has successfully pursued this marriage for the sake of the woman's wealth.
[Ref: 68280] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
S. H. Grimm del.t. J. Goldar sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith N.o 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs 15 June 1772.
Engraving. 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Uncut.
In this satire on fashion and unequal marriage, a squat, elaborately dressed woman stands with a tall man dressed in military fashion. The title of the print suggests the man has successfully pursued this marriage for the sake of the woman's wealth.
[Ref: 68280] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The City Junto or the Min_st_l Aldermen of Gotham in Consultation.
[Oxford Magazine, 1772.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper
Six caricatured men in furred aldermen's gowns sit around a punch-bowl, one holding a paper inscribed ''A Treatise on good Eating and drinking''. According to the BM 'The presiding alderman appears to be [Thomas] Harley'.
BM Satires 4966.
[Ref: 67942] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1772.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper
Six caricatured men in furred aldermen's gowns sit around a punch-bowl, one holding a paper inscribed ''A Treatise on good Eating and drinking''. According to the BM 'The presiding alderman appears to be [Thomas] Harley'.
BM Satires 4966.
[Ref: 67942] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A certain famous Old Fornicating Foreign M-n-t-r, redeeming his Servant who was stop'd by a Pawn Broker in offering a Silver Virgin Mary to Pawn by his Order, to Purchace Diamond Buckles for his Dulcinea.
[n.d. c.1770]
Engraving, 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. 3 wormholes in right of image.
Satirical scene depicting Count Haslang inside a pawnbroker’s shop: a statue of the Virgin Mary lies pawned on the counter at his order, so that his servant might buy diamond buckles for Haslang’s mistress, who stands behind him to the left. On the right, the servant is seized by two constables on suspicion of theft. Count Joseph Franz Xaver Graf von Haslang (fl.1773) was an envoy from Bavaria to England and often a subject of ridicule for his amours and impecuniousness.
BM Satires 4834.
[Ref: 68397] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1770]
Engraving, 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. 3 wormholes in right of image.
Satirical scene depicting Count Haslang inside a pawnbroker’s shop: a statue of the Virgin Mary lies pawned on the counter at his order, so that his servant might buy diamond buckles for Haslang’s mistress, who stands behind him to the left. On the right, the servant is seized by two constables on suspicion of theft. Count Joseph Franz Xaver Graf von Haslang (fl.1773) was an envoy from Bavaria to England and often a subject of ridicule for his amours and impecuniousness.
BM Satires 4834.
[Ref: 68397] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Dull Husband.
Rowlandson 1789.
Etching. Sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to printed border.
An interior scene in which an attractive, well-dressed woman plays the harp, an open music book and a lute lie on the floor and her husband sits, asleep in the chair next to her.
BM Satires 9677.
[Ref: 67915] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson 1789.
Etching. Sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to printed border.
An interior scene in which an attractive, well-dressed woman plays the harp, an open music book and a lute lie on the floor and her husband sits, asleep in the chair next to her.
BM Satires 9677.
[Ref: 67915] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rev. Henry Etough.]](jpegs/68260.jpg)
[Rev. Henry Etough.] Such Tophet was-so grind the bawling Fiend...
[Michael Tyson.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Rev. Henry Etough (1688 - 1757), Rector of Therfield from 1734 until his death in 1757, and he was interred there. He was awarded the degree of Master of Arts by mandamus in 1717 at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Following the death of Robert Watkins, Etough was appointed Rector of Colmworth in 1736.
[Ref: 68260] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Michael Tyson.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Rev. Henry Etough (1688 - 1757), Rector of Therfield from 1734 until his death in 1757, and he was interred there. He was awarded the degree of Master of Arts by mandamus in 1717 at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Following the death of Robert Watkins, Etough was appointed Rector of Colmworth in 1736.
[Ref: 68260] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Frosty Morning.
Imp. Lith de F Noel.
Published by Giraldon-Bouvinet, Passage Vivienne No.26. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½") Repaired tear and slight crease. Some scuffing to the image.
A man sitting at a dressing table applying shaving foam, wearing a fur-lined gown and nightcap.
[Ref: 68393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Imp. Lith de F Noel.
Published by Giraldon-Bouvinet, Passage Vivienne No.26. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½") Repaired tear and slight crease. Some scuffing to the image.
A man sitting at a dressing table applying shaving foam, wearing a fur-lined gown and nightcap.
[Ref: 68393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hat-Boxes. Opera Reminiscences. to be continued. Pl 2.
William Heath.
Pub July 14 1829 by T. McLean Haymarket Sole Publisher of Mr Heaths sketches.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14¼"). Tear taped at top near "Opera", trimmed to plate.
Two opera boxes are filled by single women with enormous hats with ostrich feathers.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68225] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
William Heath.
Pub July 14 1829 by T. McLean Haymarket Sole Publisher of Mr Heaths sketches.
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 365mm (10 x 14¼"). Tear taped at top near "Opera", trimmed to plate.
Two opera boxes are filled by single women with enormous hats with ostrich feathers.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 68225] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
A Lilliputian Auction.
Woodward del. Cruikshank st.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London [c.1804].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 25 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on ignorant collectors. In an auction, two pictures are on display, a landscape ('Lot 32 a Beutifull Claude in the highest preservation') and a portrait, which the auctioneer is opening the bidding for ('Lot 20- Cleopatra an undoubted Corregio'). A prospective buyer examines the latter through a looking glass while his advisor assures him of its authenticity ('I saw it myself in Egypt'). On the far left a man pays a deposit for the chinese figure he holds under his arm, while a bespactacled man in the centre reads a sales catalogue offering a piece of Noah's Ark, Alexander the Great's knee buckle, and Julius Caesar's wig.
Not in BM Satires, but BM 1990,1109.28.
[Ref: 68223] £360.00
Woodward del. Cruikshank st.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London [c.1804].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 25 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on ignorant collectors. In an auction, two pictures are on display, a landscape ('Lot 32 a Beutifull Claude in the highest preservation') and a portrait, which the auctioneer is opening the bidding for ('Lot 20- Cleopatra an undoubted Corregio'). A prospective buyer examines the latter through a looking glass while his advisor assures him of its authenticity ('I saw it myself in Egypt'). On the far left a man pays a deposit for the chinese figure he holds under his arm, while a bespactacled man in the centre reads a sales catalogue offering a piece of Noah's Ark, Alexander the Great's knee buckle, and Julius Caesar's wig.
Not in BM Satires, but BM 1990,1109.28.
[Ref: 68223] £360.00
No Rest in the Grave: _ Or the Second Appearance of Miss Bailey's Ghost. Being a True & Tragical Parody, on the favorite Song called ''Nobody coming to marry me.'' Sung with unbounded applause by M.r R. Jones, at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. _ Written by Mr Kertland.
Publish'd June 16, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle. 53. Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 245mm (8¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman sits on a grave in a country churchyard, wearing a shroud, with a pair of breeches and a one pound note. She describes how her 'deluder' had given her a pound note to pay for the funeral and his breeches to wear in her coffin. However the pound is a forgery and she is turned out of her grave, but at least she still has the breeches to wear.
BM Satires 10677.
[Ref: 68509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd June 16, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle. 53. Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 245mm (8¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman sits on a grave in a country churchyard, wearing a shroud, with a pair of breeches and a one pound note. She describes how her 'deluder' had given her a pound note to pay for the funeral and his breeches to wear in her coffin. However the pound is a forgery and she is turned out of her grave, but at least she still has the breeches to wear.
BM Satires 10677.
[Ref: 68509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A prostitute in a pleasure garden.]](jpegs/67943.jpg)
[A prostitute in a pleasure garden.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce stipple. Oval sheet, 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A young prostitute seated on a rock, in a garden with a lamp on the wall behind. She gazes towards the viewer, arms folded, one breast exposed, wearing a plumed hat and shawl over dress. We have been unable to trace an example of this state with inscriptions, but in 1787 Robert Sayer published 'Frail Kitty', updated with the woman with a more modern hairstyle and a wider brimmed hat with ostrich feathers (BM 1905,0513.1).
[Ref: 67943] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce stipple. Oval sheet, 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border.
A young prostitute seated on a rock, in a garden with a lamp on the wall behind. She gazes towards the viewer, arms folded, one breast exposed, wearing a plumed hat and shawl over dress. We have been unable to trace an example of this state with inscriptions, but in 1787 Robert Sayer published 'Frail Kitty', updated with the woman with a more modern hairstyle and a wider brimmed hat with ostrich feathers (BM 1905,0513.1).
[Ref: 67943] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Ross] Landing the Treasures, or Results of the Polar Expedition!!!](jpegs/68507.jpg)
[John Ross] Landing the Treasures, or Results of the Polar Expedition!!!
G. Cruikshank fec.t [after Frederick Marryat].
Pub.d Jan.y 18 1819 by G Humphrey 27 St James's Street London.
Etching. Sheet 125 x 460mm (5 x 18"). Trimmed c. 10mm into image on left and c.50mm on right, split to fold taped, holes in corners of folds.
A satire on the return of Sir John Ross's expedition in search of North-West Passage, arriving at Whitehall Stairs in November 1818. Ross, wearing uniform and a large false nose, goose-steps at the head of a line of sailors who have all lost noses to frostbite. They carry artifacts from the expedition: a polar bear skin, a barrel of 'Red Snow', a bird on the end of a bayonet ('Larus Sabini', a newly discovered species), and other specimens 'for the British Museum'. Behind is the Greenlandic Inuit intrerpreter and artist Hans Zakæus, with spiky hair and a fur band around his waist. Among the onlookers are Joseph Banks (on a wall in the distance) and Billy Waters, the famous one-legged black busker.
BM Satires 13194, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68507] £690.00
G. Cruikshank fec.t [after Frederick Marryat].
Pub.d Jan.y 18 1819 by G Humphrey 27 St James's Street London.
Etching. Sheet 125 x 460mm (5 x 18"). Trimmed c. 10mm into image on left and c.50mm on right, split to fold taped, holes in corners of folds.
A satire on the return of Sir John Ross's expedition in search of North-West Passage, arriving at Whitehall Stairs in November 1818. Ross, wearing uniform and a large false nose, goose-steps at the head of a line of sailors who have all lost noses to frostbite. They carry artifacts from the expedition: a polar bear skin, a barrel of 'Red Snow', a bird on the end of a bayonet ('Larus Sabini', a newly discovered species), and other specimens 'for the British Museum'. Behind is the Greenlandic Inuit intrerpreter and artist Hans Zakæus, with spiky hair and a fur band around his waist. Among the onlookers are Joseph Banks (on a wall in the distance) and Billy Waters, the famous one-legged black busker.
BM Satires 13194, with extensive description.
[Ref: 68507] £690.00
Royal Amusement or Nature will Prevail.!! 130.
Woodward del. IC.k [Isaac Cruikshank] sc.p.
London Published 1. [blank] by Tho.S Tegg Cheapside Price one Shilling [n.d., 1807].
Coloured etching. 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½'').
A couple sit by a table in a kitchen remarking on a newspaper, dicussing what the countryman would do if he were king.
BM Satires 10903.
[Ref: 68515] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. IC.k [Isaac Cruikshank] sc.p.
London Published 1. [blank] by Tho.S Tegg Cheapside Price one Shilling [n.d., 1807].
Coloured etching. 245 x 340mm (9¾ x 13½'').
A couple sit by a table in a kitchen remarking on a newspaper, dicussing what the countryman would do if he were king.
BM Satires 10903.
[Ref: 68515] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Sailor sitting for his Miniature.
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn. Pub Jan.y xxxx T Tegg 111 Cheapside. [engraved c.1807 but later]
Coloured etching. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'. Coloured faded, time-staining, small top margin.
The artist (a self-portrait of Woodward, wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 61900] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward delin. Etch'd by Roberts.
London Pub.d by P. Roberts 28 Middle Row, Holborn. Pub Jan.y xxxx T Tegg 111 Cheapside. [engraved c.1807 but later]
Coloured etching. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'. Coloured faded, time-staining, small top margin.
The artist (a self-portrait of Woodward, wearing a floral dressing gown/artists smock, sits at a writing desk painting a miniature of the sailor that sits on a stool opposite arms akimbo. He says: "Come my Hearty - mind what you are at - make good use of your Eyes - you know the terms on which I set sail - ten golden quids if you come to Anchor in ten minutes - but a minute beyond time, and you have but five you know, so heave a head do you hear - and lay in plenty of the true-blue about the jacket, - and Harkee Young-one - don't forget the beauty spot on the lar-board side of my Cheek - Poll calls it her hearts delight, - well this same painting is a fine knack to be sure - but I am rather puzzled about one thing - If you can get my hulk, head, and stern into that there little bit of ivory - d------n me, but I think you would be able to tow a seventy-four through one of the cock boat Arches of London Bridge."
BM Satires 10894. See [Ref: 61900] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Union Club Masquerade.
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June 7.th 1802 by SWFores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, small tears taped.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens, centred on the Prince of Wales dress as Henry VIII, Mrs Fitzherbert as Anne Boleyn and William Pitt the younger as 'Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satire 9871, with extensive description. See [Ref: 54438] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68514] £320.00
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd June 7.th 1802 by SWFores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Fine coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom, small tears taped.
A burlesque of the magnificent masquerade given by the Union Club in honour of the Peace of Amiens, centred on the Prince of Wales dress as Henry VIII, Mrs Fitzherbert as Anne Boleyn and William Pitt the younger as 'Fame, with two trumpets. On the left is the Duke of Norfolk, believed to be a crypto-Catholic who had conformed in order to sit in Parliament, as a fat monk with rosary and scourge hanging from his girdle.
BM Satire 9871, with extensive description. See [Ref: 54438] for one with different colouring.
[Ref: 68514] £320.00
![[Voltaire.] Le Heros de Ferney au theatre de Chatelaine.](jpegs/68253.jpg)
[Voltaire.] Le Heros de Ferney au theatre de Chatelaine. Ne pretens pas à trop, tu ne scaurais qu'ecrire. Tes Vers forcent mes pleurs, mais tes gestes me font rire.
[Thomas Orde fecit.] O. ft 1772.
Pub. by W.Richardson 31 York House Strand 1797.
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"). On paper watermarked 1797. Trimmed and creased.
Caricature of, French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778). In profile to the left, striding with much vigour and with theatrical gestures, right arm bent, fingers touching his waistcoat, left arm thrown out; he wears a plumed helmet, and a sword, and is lean and wrinkled.
BM 51701.
[Ref: 68253] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Orde fecit.] O. ft 1772.
Pub. by W.Richardson 31 York House Strand 1797.
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"). On paper watermarked 1797. Trimmed and creased.
Caricature of, French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778). In profile to the left, striding with much vigour and with theatrical gestures, right arm bent, fingers touching his waistcoat, left arm thrown out; he wears a plumed helmet, and a sword, and is lean and wrinkled.
BM 51701.
[Ref: 68253] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Wealth and Respectability.
Ambery del.t. Vain Right Sculp.
Pub.d March 12th 1805 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"), on watermarked Whatman paper.
A ragged old peasant woman collecting firewood is confronted by a devil serving as a gamekeeper. She begs in vain to be allowed to take the wood to her daughter's poor children. The artist and engraver's names are probably pseudonyms.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 68506] £590.00
Ambery del.t. Vain Right Sculp.
Pub.d March 12th 1805 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"), on watermarked Whatman paper.
A ragged old peasant woman collecting firewood is confronted by a devil serving as a gamekeeper. She begs in vain to be allowed to take the wood to her daughter's poor children. The artist and engraver's names are probably pseudonyms.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 68506] £590.00