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700. The Resurection of Christ. [&] Sealing the Sepulchre. From an Original Picture in the Alterpiece of St. Mary Redcliff in the City of Bristol. To His Grace the Duke of Portland High Steward of Bristol, This Plate is (with Permission) Most Humbly Dedicated by His Graces most Devoted & Obliged Humble Servant Isaac Jenner. W. Hogarth pinxt. I. Jenner del. et fecit. Pair of mezzotints printed in colours, each 570 x 505mm, 22½ x 20" Three small tears extending slightly into image in Resurection. £1250 A fine colour-printed impression of this extremely rare private plate. They are on wove paper, Resurection watermarked FELLOWS 1820. Ref: 8620 701. [An Emblematical Print of Culloden.] The Sacred Lion conquers every Foe/ ... Victorious, gay, triumphing Unicorn [fifteen lines of verse in central cartouche, speech captions in upper image]. [n.d., c.1746.] Etching and engraving, sheet 380 x 255mm. 15 x 10". Flattened creases/tears where previously folded. Trimmed to plate. £120 A quirky satirical broadside celebrating the Hanoverian victory over Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, at the battle of Culloden on 16th April 1746. The poem praises George II. Figures represented include Pope Benedict XI, King George II, Louis XV, King of France, and Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Also Satan. By an anonymous engraver. BM Satires: 2789. Ref: 8603 702. Principal Characters in the New Piece entitled The Man wot Drives the Sovereign. J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials [n.d., 1829]. Woodcut political broadside glued to scrap sheet at corners, sheet 370 x 330mm. 14 ½ x 13". Letterpress text detached and glued to verso (110 x 330mm, 4¼ x 13"). Some creasing as often. £260 Twelve woodcut figures, prominent politicians of the day, each set into a decorative border, with a humerous caption beneath. Among the statesmen lampooned are the Duke of Wellington and Robert Peel. As a very cheap (when published) print on poor quality paper, this is a rare survivor. James Catnach (1792 - 1841), popular print publisher, specialised in broadsides and ballads. BM Satires: 15782. Ref: 9116 703. The Ministers. The Words By John Luffman.__Tune, Ally Croker. Engrav'd & Publishd Feby 14. 1800. by J. Luffman Inner Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange. Price Six Pence Plain, One Shilling Colour'd. Entd. at Stationers Hall. Song in six engraved verses with hand coloured etched vignette above, 170 x 115mm. 6¾ x 4½". Slightly soiled and stained. Marginal tear upper right. £130 A song in praise of the ministry of 'chief of all', William Pitt the Younger (1759 – 1806), who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 and left office in 1801. Windham, Spencer, Dundas, and Grenville, as well as 'Johnny Bull' (the British people) are each given a verse of praise also. Above the song is a 'Corona triumphalis' enclosed in an inscribed Garter. Across it is a scroll: 'Liberty and Loyalty' surmounted by a torn bonnet-rouge inscribed 'Defloccatus'. Published by John Luffman (1766 - 1820; fl.). BM Satires: 9518. Ref: 9304 704. The Chair. 'Gentlemen___This is the very happiest moment of my life."`` [&] The Vice. "Gentlemen___Feeling as I do on the present occasion." Painted by Alfred Crowquill. Engraved by W.H. Simmons. London Published By S. Knights, Change Alley, 25, March, 1841. Pair of mezzotints, sheets each c.355 x 260mm. 14 x 10¼". Trimmed to plate at top and sides. Some light spotting. £250 Gentle satire on two after-dinner speakers, the 'Vice' (Chairman) being drunk. By Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the
Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,’ where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News’ as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity. Ref: 8608 705. The Mistletoe.---A Christmas Tale. by Laura Maria. A Farmer's Wife, both young and gay, And fresh as op'ning morn of May! Had taken to herself a Spouse, And taken many solemn vows, That she, a faithful mate would prove, In meekness, duty, and in love; That she, despifing joy and wealth, Would be, in sickness and in health, His only comfort, and his friend__But mark the sequel, and attend. ...... 'Tis thus, to check a Rival's sway, That women oft themselves betray! While, vanity alone pursuing, They rashly prove their own undoing! Laura Maria [Cruikshank.] Published 12th Sepr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle. 53, Fleet Street, London. Line engraving. 426 x 254mm. 16¾" x 10". £120 A satirical songsheet. BM Satires: 9661. Ref: 8653 706. The Duumvirate. [n.d., August 1766.] Engraving. Sheet 190 x 115mm. Trimmed and laid on album sheet. £75 Portraits of William Pitt the elder (Earl of Chatham) and the Earl of Bute. When Pitt was raised to the peerage it was believed he had done a deal with Bute to share power. Underneath is a scene of execution on Tower Hill. Published as the frontispiece to the 'Political Register'. BM 4155. Ref: 8325 707. East India Reformers or New Ways & Means. Pub.d as the act directs Dec.br 81 1783. by T. Wiggins No. 9 Founders Court Lothbury. Etching. 250 x 350mm. Trimmed to plate, tear in title area. £140 A satire on the take-over of the East India Company by the government of North, Fox, and Burke. Edmund Burke kicks the directors out of the Committee Room, while Fox excretes on the Company's charter. The boxes of dollars and bags of rupees and 'lacks' (lakhs) suggest the reason behind the coup. BM: 6279. Ref: 8334 708. The Night Mare or Hag Ridd.n Minister. I.B. [monogram of James Boyne] London Publishd as the Act Directs March 4 1783 by R.Rusted No 3 Bridge St.t Ludgate Hill. Etching. 215 x 275mm. Trimmed to plate, some staining, tear at edge. £220 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, asleep on rows of sharp pinnacles, representing the articles of the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War. Charles James Fox, supposedly a supporter, urinates in his face, saying "If he opens his mouth I will be down his Throat". Neither Lord Ashburton nor Lord North are as loyal as they pretend. Soon after Fox left the party and Shelburne had to resign. BM: 6184. Ref: 8338 709. [Frontispiece to Hints to J.Nollekens, Esq. R.A. on his modelling a bust of Lord G******le...] J.S. f. Published by R.Spencer. 19th July 1808. Etching. Sheet 260 x 180mm, unfolded. Trimmed within plate and laid on album sheet. £95 The sculptor Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823), a founder member of the Royal Academy, placing a bust of Lord Greville between busts of Pitt and Fox, who look on in disgust. The other busts are either suprised or amused. BM 11002, "Prints (not folded) were issued separately". Ref: 8326 710. The Political Rat Catcher. [Oxford Magazine, 1773.] Engraving. Sheet 190 x 110mm. Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper. £70 Caricature of Lord North as a rat-catcher, standing astride texts including ""Description of what quantities of Powder will Catch Ratts of different Species". On top of his staff is a fleur-de-lys symbolising North's
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