The Man Wot Drives The Opposition.
A Sharpshooter, fec.
Pub. April 1829, by S.Gans, 15, Southampton S.t Strand.
Rare etching with fine hand colour, sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkish Mill 1827.' Trimmed within plate to coloured border.
A caricature of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) dressed as coachman. His right hand holds a way-bill headed 'Windsor', his left a whip, its butt resting on the ground. A. Sharpshooter was the pseudonym of John Philips (fl. 1825-31) a satirical printmaker, who worked for many publishers from 1825 who mostly pirated William Heath.
[Ref: 61465] £260.00
Pub. April 1829, by S.Gans, 15, Southampton S.t Strand.
Rare etching with fine hand colour, sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkish Mill 1827.' Trimmed within plate to coloured border.
A caricature of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) dressed as coachman. His right hand holds a way-bill headed 'Windsor', his left a whip, its butt resting on the ground. A. Sharpshooter was the pseudonym of John Philips (fl. 1825-31) a satirical printmaker, who worked for many publishers from 1825 who mostly pirated William Heath.
[Ref: 61465] £260.00