12 Satire.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

672. A Merry Christmas Day, in the
Watch House, for Milling the Charles. No
Bail come yet, Sir,_you must be locked up
till morning_now Sir,_walk in.
Designed & Engraved by Theodore Lane. [n.d. c.1820]
London, Pubd. by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.
Coloured etching. 349 x 254mm. 13¾" x 10". £260
Theodore Lane (1800-1828), was apprenticed to the
miniature painter John Barrow, with whom he studied
watercolour portraits and miniatures, exhibiting at the
Royal Academy from 1819. His real talent, however,
lay in his depiction of humorous subjects; a series of
thirty-six subjects designed and etched by him, entitled
The Life of an Actor, was published in 1825. Lane also
etched a number of sets of satirical and comic prints of
sporting and social life, and he became well-known for
his caricatures of George IV and Queen Caroline. He
turned to oil painting in 1825, and within two years
was exhibiting work at the Royal Academy. Lane died
at the young age of twenty-eight when he fell through a
skylight.
Ref: 8519
673. Fashionable Frailty. Or John preferd
to his Master, a Specimen of the Vitiated
taste in High Life.
Pub Jan 9 1812 by S W Fores 50 Picadilly.
Hand coloured etching, image 220 x 330mm. 8¾ x 13".
Lower left corner re-attached. £120
A young man in shirt and night-cap gets out of a bed in
which is a pretty young woman, and is thrashed by
three men-servants who are directed by their master.
She says: "Pray have mercy on my poor John, my poor
dear bed Fellow—" Her husband says: "You Filthy
Hussey your sex protects you from the same
punishment, but if your sence of shame for the sake of
your numerous family does not sufficiently affect you,
I hope the Public excreation [sic] will follow you for
Ever." One of the servants is black. Another servant
says: "after Sweet meat comes Sour Sauce" A
footman's cocked hat and livery coat are by the bed,
which has a tent-like canopy. At the head of the bed is
a small clock, and above it the (black) impress of a
hand. By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840).
On laid paper watermarked 1803.
BM Satires: 11948.
Ref: 8590
674. Flying Breakfast, or the Contents of
a Night Coach.
GLS P.J.N. [Publication line largely erased, S.W.
Fores 1792.]
Etching, 330 x 345mm. 9 x 13½". £130
A coachman stands with hat and whip beside a table,
around which is gathered a disparate group. A longcase
clock in the background points to 5am. The artist,
inscribed as 'GLS', is in fact, Thomas Rowlandson.
An early 19th century impression on wove paper
watermarked 'John Hall'.
BM Satires: undescribed. For the attribution to
Rowlandson from the initials "G. L. S.", see BM 8150.
Ref: 8585
675. A Merry Christmas & A Happy New
Year in London. [&] The Same to
you_Sir,_ & Many of E'm._
M.E. Esqr. del. G.Hunt, sc. London, Pub.d by Pyall &
Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. [n.d.
c.1820.]
Pair of hand-coloured aquatint and etching. 337 x
240mm. 13¼" x 9½". [&] 327 x 228mm. 12¾" x 9".
£1150
A pair of English satirical prints. A man and women,
both carrying umbrellas, fighting their way through a
blizzard on the streets of London.
Ref: 8663
676. The Morning Visit DEAN. My Lord
I hope your goodness will excuse
This early Visit, since my only views
Are center'd in the glory of your House,
And now have brought a trifle --- for your
Spouse
Of which I beg her kind acceptance-------
then
Rank me my Lord, amongst the happiest
men.
LORD. My rev'rend Dean, I'm glad to see
you now,
Early or late; or any time, I vow:
What news abroad, my rev'rend Dean,
what news?
Somethings behind - have you no trifling
views
In which my Int'rest can the least avail-----
--?
DEAN. Indeed, my Lord, there is a flying
tale
That my good Lord of B------h [Bath]
declines so fast
With Age, and Gout, this fit will be his last.
LORD. I know he 's old and cannot long be
here:
But, revd Dean, you know -- what 'tis a
Year:
'Twill gain me Friends-----------
DEAN.-------My Lord I know that's true,
And all the Int'rest in my pow'rs your due