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Lot 125
Anglo-American satire.- Seminole Indians in Florida.- Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878) American Justice!! or the ferocious yankee genl Jack's reward for butchering two british subjects!!!, etching with original hand-colouring on cream wove paper, platemark 255 x 355 mm. (10 x 14 in), sheet 295 x 480 mm. (11 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), marginal nicks and tears, some handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, published by J. Sidebotham, 1819Literature:BM Satires 13218⁂ Scarce satire with President Monroe presenting a document to General Jackson that reads 'The Government of the Floridas', with the President saying: "There's your Reward! Where e'er you catch the English String 'em up like Herrings!" In 1818 Jackson was sent to attack the Seminole Indians from Florida who were making trouble on the frontier, and in the process hanged two British subjects, Robert Christian Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot, who had been exercising hostile influence with the Indians.
Lot 127
Gillray (James, 1756-1815) A great Stream from a Petty-Fountain;-or-John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes:-cormorants fishing in the stream, satire on the budget, whose chief feature was an increased income-tax, with numerous political figures depicted with as birds with human heads, huge beaks, and pelican-like pouches, etching with original hand-colouring, a good impression, 260 x 355 mm. (10 1/4 x 14 in), sheet 275 x 380 mm. (10 3/4 x 15 in), rough edges with small nicks, some spotting and browning with faint exposure line from old mount, outside of image, unframed, [BM Satires 10564], Hannah Humphrey, 1806; together with an uncoloured slightly later impression of A Sale of English-Beauties, in the East-Indies, and a very good reverse copy of Gillray's Affability, etching and aquatints on wove paper, without watermarks, the first mentioned platemark 340 x 255 mm. (13 1/2 x 10 in), the latter sheet 380 x 530 mm. (15 x 20 7/8 in), the first mentioned trimmed to image with repaired tears, [cf. BM Satires 7014 and 8616], unframed, [circa 1795 and later] (3)
Lot 131
Macaroni fashion.- Darly (Matthew, c.1720-1780) The Extravaganza, or The Mountain Head Dress of 1776, etching with early hand-colouring in gouache, on laid paper with armorial watermark, sheet 340 x 235 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in), trimmed to borderline, some surface dirt and browning, unframed, [BM Satires 5371], 1776; together with Carrington Bowles's mezzotint Welladay! is this my son Tom! after Samuel Hieronymous Grimm showing a distressed father meet his son dressed as a macaroni with high wig, cane and sword [BM 4536], an uncoloured etching by Darly, Macaroni Courtship, or the two Insignificants, and another after Boilly, Grand Papa's Wig, various sizes, all unframed, 1772 and later (4)
Lot 133
Napoleonic satire.- Cruikshank (Isaac, 1764-1811) Harlequin's last skip, Napoleon, dressed as Harlequin, but with enormous cocked hat and Hessian boots, stands in terrified submission before a massive John Bull, etching with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark date of '180[?]2', sheet 242 x 350 mm. (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in), laid down at edges onto album leaf, handling creases, minor surface dirt, unframed [BM Satires 10270], 1804; together with John Bull out of all Patience and Peace or War ? or John Bull turned Shuttle-cock! both published by William Holland [BM undescribed], an uncoloured but later impression of James Gillray's Buonaparte, 48 Hours after Landing [BM 10041], probably published by Thomas McLean circa 1830, and a copy after Gillray's French invasion - or - Buonaparte landing in Great Britain [cf. BM 10008], published as Plate No. X.XI in London und Paris, etchings, all but one coloured, various sizes, all laid down onto album leaves at edges, unframed, 1803 and slightly later (5)
Lot 134
Napoleonic satire.- Ward (Harry, active 1805-1810) John Bull's explosive bum (bomb) or a ducking for the French fleet in Basque roads, John Bull holds up his coat-tails and directs a blast from his posterior at French ships below, etching with original hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark date of '1809', sheet 335 x 235 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in), trimmed within platemark to borderline, minor handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 11326], Walker, 1809; together with Thomas Rowlandson's The mothers hope after Woodward [BM 11137], an uncoloured impression of Knight's Bone and Flesh or John Bull in Moderate Condition [not in BM Satires], Isaac Cruikshank's The Empress's wish or Boney puzzled!! [Not in BM], and John Nixon's Madame Bonaparte's Intercession or Second Thoughts are Best!!! [Not in BM], etchings with hand-colouring, various sizes, unframed, [c. 1803-1810] (5).
Lot 135
Napoleonic satire.- Invasion satire.- Williams (Charles, d. 1838) The Coffin Expedition or Boney's Invincible Armada Half Seas Over, satire highlighting the impracticality of gunboats as invasion craft, depicted as sailing coffins, each mast topped with a skull in bonnet rouge, their crews dressed in funereal shrouds and bonnets rouges, etching with original hand-colouring on wove paper with partial watermark date of '1802', 250 x 350 mm. (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in), small margins, inset at edges onto album leaf, some handling creases and minor surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 10222], S.W. Fores, 1804; together with Coll Cinque Port drilling his recruits or forming a battalion [BM 10127], A Check to Corsican Assurance [BM 10440], Boney Bothered or an Unexpected Meeting [BM 10995], and The Dons Outwitted or John Bull in Time for Once [BM 10281], etchings, all but one with hand-colouring, various sizes, all trimmed to or just within the platemark, two inset at edges onto album leaves, one laid down on support, all unframed, circa 1804 [or slightly later] (5)
Lot 136
Napoleonic satire.- Roberts (Piercy, publisher) An English bull dog and a Corsican blood hound, early printing before Thomas Tegg scored through Roberts' inscription, etching with hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, sheet 270 x 370 mm. (10 5/8 x 14 1/2 in), upper and lower edges trimmed to or just within platemark, two printers' creases and split to upper centre, some surface dirt and damp-stains, unframed, [BM Satires 10080], [circa 1803 or slightly later]; together with Joshua Smith's Playing at Bubbles [BM 10022], Little !!ships!! or John Bull very Inquisitive [BM 9995], both published by Piercy, and with William Holland's John Bull Firing at Mark [Not in BM Satires], and Laurie & Whittle's Johnny Bull, on the look-out [BM 10098], etchings with hand-colouring, various sizes, all but one trimmed to or just within the platemarks, some surface dirt and minor browning, unframed, 1803 (5)
Lot 137
Newton (Richard, 1777-1798), attributed to. More Visitors to John Bull, or the Assess'd Taxes!!!; A Visitor to John Bull for the Year 1799, or, The Assess'd Taxes taking their leave!!, two satires on Pitt's attempts at raising domestic taxation, etching and aquatints with original hand-colouring, 275 x 320 mm. (10 3/4 x 12 1/2 in) and 270 x 370 mm. (10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in), respectively, the former with repair to vertical split running through image, top to bottom, otherwise minor handling creases, unframed, William Holland, 1797-1798; together with Union between England & Ireland, a copy (or more likely the original) in reverse of Rowlandson's satire of the same name, etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, 290 x 255 mm. (11 1/2 x 10 in), handling creases, unframed, William Holland, 1799 (3)Literature:BM Satires 9043; 9280; and 9462.A
Lot 147
Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Skylark, etching, a clean impression of the completed image with the plate number '17' below, on thick ivory wove paper with bevelled platemark, platemark 120 x 95 mm. (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in), sheet 210 x 170 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in), some minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1850 [but slightly later]; together with Christmas - folding the last sheep (from Samuel Palmer A Memoir), etching on wove paper, a later state with the engraved title and the words "from Bampfylde's Sonnet", platemark 125 x 105 mm. (4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in), sheet 355 x 255 mm. (14 x 10 in), unframed, 1850 [but later] (2).Literature:Lister 2; 4
Lot 148
Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) Christmas - folding the last sheep (from Samuel Palmer A Memoir), etching on japan, an excellent "proof" impression, probably the fourth state (of five) with the engraved title and the words "from Bampfylde's Sonnet", platemark 125 x 105 mm. (4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in), sheet 180 x 140 mm. (7 x 5 1/2 in), inscribed in pencil verso 'Proof on [?]Jap paper/ finished state', some spotting and light toning, some marginal cockling to sheet, unframed, 1850 [but circa 1882]Literature:Lister 4
Lot 355
Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) A collection of 19 early caricatures printed before 1802, including a slightly trimmed impression of Dighton's self-portrait holding a portfolio that reads "A Book of Heads", an early state of 'The Specious Orator' before additional letters, six caricatures with theatrical interest, one of Sarah Siddons, and other humorous caricatures of obese butchers and social satires, etchings, two duplicates, all but one with hand-colouring, on various papers, sheets approx. 205 x 155 mm. (8 x 6 in) to 340 x 290 mm. (13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in), occasional defects to sheets, some with light exposure lines and toning, all but 4 are unframed, circa 1794-1802; together with The Profane laying hands on the Over Righteous; a real Scene on Tower Hill, after Dighton, showing a Methodist preacher standing on a barrel with both arms out, his hat in one hand, one eye closed, while a press gang closes in on him, etching and engraving on laid paper without watermark, published by Robert Sayer, [circa 1784]; and two hand-coloured mezzotints after Dighton watercolour designs, including 'Poor Jack' [BM Satires 7817], and 'The Lamplighter' [BM Satires undescribed], both impressions with severe loss, browning and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1790-1791] (22)Provenance:Ex-collection of David Padbury
Lot 364
Dighton Junior (Robert, 1803-1805) Five caricatures, including a profile portrait of Sir Brook Watson (1735-1807) whose leg was taken off by a shark at Havanna aged 14 and later became a director at the Bank of England, three military caricatures, and a portrait of Mr Read, Brewer of Oxford, etchings with hand-colouring, on various wove papers, between approx. 290 x 170 mm. (11 1/2 x 6 3/4 in) and 350 x 245 mm. (13 3 /4 x 9 3/4 in), good margins, some toning and exposure lines, handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, 1803-1805; together with a hand-coloured etching by Dennis Dighton, 'John Bellingham, Taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th 1812', unframed, 1812 (6)Provenance:Ex-collection of David Padbury⁂ Scarce.
Lot 365
Gillray (James, 1756-1815) Mrs. Gibbs the Notorious Street Walker & Extorter, etching with original hand-colouring on laid paper without watermark, platemark 262 x 202 mm. (10 1/4 x 8 in), sheet 285 x 225 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in), minor surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, 1799Literature:BM Satires 9443⁂ Scarce portrait of Jane Gibbs, 'who was tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane'.
Lot 366
Legal satire.- Williams (Charles, d. 1838) Catalanian attack on a Chance-seller, Lord Eldon in his Chancellor's robes is stacked by a savage cat dressed to represent the opera singer Angelica Catalani, etching with original hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, sheet 253 x 340 mm. (10 x 13 3/8 in), trimmed to platemark, some handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 10919], published by Thomas Tegg, 1807; together with Counsellor Nodee, or, a brow-beater badger'd [BM 11980], Qualms of conscience - or - the lawyers exit; pro bono publico [BM 11149], and four others, including a court room scene after Woodward published by Allen & West in 1796, Richard Cooper's The Country Justice [BM 6878], and an early anonymous woodcut satire and poem about William Marriot, 'Marriot the Lawyer', circa 1652 but probably a 19th century impression [not in BM Satires], and French caricature La Consternation published by Martinet, all with hand-colouring, various sizes, all unframed, mainly early 19th century (7)
Lot 367
Cruikshank (George) The Hombourg Waltz, with Characteristic Sketches of Family Dancing! a ballroom scene satirising the marriages of the royal princes and princesses, centering on a very plump Princess Elizabeth dancing with the Prince of Hesse-Hombourg, etching with original hand-colouring, 250 x 355 mm. (9 3/4 x 14 in), under glass, minor browning and surface dirt, [BM Satires 12996], framed, George Humphrey, 1818; together with three others, including Charles William's 'A Dandy' [BM 13071], Thomas Howell Jones' 'King's Colledge to wit- a practical essay' [BM 15696] showing Wellington and Winchilsea duelling in Battersea, and the French caricature 'La Parisienne à Londres' from the series 'Caricatures &c; Le suprême bon ton' [BM 9957], etchings with hand-colouring, v.s., all under glass, 1818-1829 (4) .
Lot 369
Heath (Henry, fl. 1822-1842) Amorous Ladys, or tete-a-tete ex strachnary, satire on the relationship between Lady Strachan and Lady Warwick, with Lord Warwick walking in on the two ladies emabracing, etching with original hand-colouring, 230 x 320 mm. (9 x 12 1/2 in), under glass, some faint pencil annotations in lettered margin, framed, [BM Satires 14074], E. Brooks, 1820; together with three others, including Heath's 'Contriving a trip to Baring's straits, with a man of war convoy' [BM 14704], Piercy Roberts' 'A Lady's Agility' after Woodward [BM 10193], and Charles William's 'A sleeping partner. In a late York commission warehouse. Dreaming of mischief' [BM 11232], ], etchings with hand-colouring, v.s., all under glass, 1809-1824 (4)
Lot 371
Rowlandson (Thomas, 1756-1827) The Bishop and his Clarke, or a Peep into Paradise, satirising the scandal of Mary Ann Clark, the mistress of the Duke of York, himself titular Bishop of Osnabruck, selling commissions and bishopricks to persons she favoured, etching with original hand-colouring, 350 x 240 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), under glass, handling creases, slight surface dirt, framed, [BM Satires 11227], Thomas Tegg, 1809; together with four other caricatures by Rowlandson including 'Accomodation Ladder' [BM 11809] and 'The York March' [BM 11240], and two after Woodward 'Female Politicians' [BM 11465], and 'Military Orders' [BM not described], etchings with hand-colouring, v.s., all under glass, Thomas Tegg, 1807-1809 (5)
Lot 436
Scotland.- Clerk (John) A Series of Etchings Chiefly of Views in Scotland, engraved portrait, 57 etched and lithographed plates (comprising 55 numbered and 2 unnumbered), many with multiple images, some tinted, occasional foxing, mostly restricted to margins, bookplate of the Earl of Ancaster to pastedown, original cloth with paper label to upper cover, rebacked and recornered in modern red morocco, covers a little rubbed and marked, folio, Edinburgh, Lizars for the Bannatyne Club, 1855.⁂ Fine series of landscape etchings by one of Scotland's finest amateur artists - the significantly extended second edition. Clerk practised draughtmanship from an early age but was certainly encouraged to draw topographically by his friend Robert Adam, the eminent architect who became his brother-in-law. Through Adam he was introduced to Paul Sandby, the English painter and printmaker in the late 1740s, and the three men would often take drawing trips together around the region. Clerk began the practice of copper-plate etching around the 1770s and went on to produce over one hundred impressions by 1778.
Lot 433
A R "Estuary landscape with fishing barges in foreground" oil on canvas, unidentified signature AR in lower left, together with AFTER WILLIAM WALCOT "The Mersey" (Liverpool) black and white etching signed in pencil to margin and AFTER G CHAMBERS "The Port of Liverpool taken from Seacombe, Cheshire ..." hand coloured engraving by James Carter
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