Isaac and Ede
Caricatures & Satire
 
Elwes Cribb

William Elwes.

Crib uncorking Blackstrap.

A hand coloured etching by William Elwes, published in London by Thomas Tegg in 1811.

£450

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Madame Romain

Thomas Rowlandson

Madame Romain.
La Belle Liminaudiere au Caffee de Mille Collone, Palais Royale Paris.
Madame Very Restaurateur, Palais Royal Paris.

A pair of hand coloured etchings by Thomas Rowlandson, published in London in 1814.

£450
Pair
Unframed
 
Rowlandson Medical Dispatch

Thomas Rowlandson

Medical Dispatch or Doctor Doubledose Killing Two Birds with One Stone

An etching in full original hand colour, engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and published by Thomas Tegg in London in 1810.

£750

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Worms

Thomas Rowlandson.

Muck Worms. [&] Glow Worms.

A whimsical pair of hand coloured etchings by Thomas Rowlandson, published in London in 1812.

£450
Pair
Unframed
 
Cruikshank Eastindiaman

George Cruikshank

An Interesting Scene on board an East-Indiaman, showing the effects of a Heavy Lurch, after dinner.

A hand coloured etching by George Cruikshank, published in London in 1818.

£650

Framed
 
McLean Caricatures

Thomas McLean

Living Made Easy
1. Charity Tubes to convey the smell from the Tables of the Rich …
2. Glass Covers for Noisy Children
3. Prescriptions for Scolding Wives
4. Body Fanner, Nut Cracker and Wine Helper for the Heats of Summer
5. Easy Way of getting through the Dreariest Day of December
6. Apparatus for Timid Horsemen

A very funny set of six hand coloured etchings by Thomas McLean published in London in 1830.

£2400
Set of 6
Framed
 
Cruikshank Caricature

Isaac Cruikshank.

The last Grand Ministerial Expedition on the St. Piccadilly.

A hand-coloured etching by Isaac Cruikshank, published in London by S. W. Fores in 1810.

£350

Unframed
 
Cruikshank Royal Mail

Robert Cruikshank.

The Royal Mail without Opposition.

A hand-coloured etching by Robert Cruikshank, published by Thomas McLean in London in 1827.

£425

Unframed
 
Cruikshank Woodward Doctors

Isaac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward.

A Consultation of Doctors on the case of Sir Toby Bumper.

An etching in vibrant original colour, etched by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward's drawing and published in London in 1807.

£650

Framed
 
Rowlandson Backgammon

Thomas Rowlandson for Tegg's Caricatures

A Hitt at Backgammon

A grotesque caricature (in exceptionally vibrant, original colour) etched by Thomas Rowlandson and published as part of Tegg's collection of Caricatures in London circa 1810.

£750

Framed
 
Rowlandson Caricature Hypochondriac

Thomas Rowlandson after James Dunthorne.

The Hypochondriac .
The Mind distemper'd, say what potent charm,
Can Fancy's spectre, brooding rage disarm?
Physics prescriptive, art assails in vain,
The dreadful phantom floating cross the brain.

A rare and large-scale aquatint etched on copper by Thomas Rowlandson after the drawing by James Dunthorne and published in London in 1788.

£1450

Framed
 
Bowles Droll September

Carington Bowles.

September.

A mezzotint droll in original hand colour, published by Carington Bowles in London circa 1780.

£675

Framed
 
Cruikshank Caricature Monstrosities

George Cruikshank.

Monstrosities of 1822.

A hand-coloured etching by George Cruikshank, published in London in 1822.

£425

Unframed
 
Heath Caricature Military

William Heath.

Military Dandies or Heroes of 1819.

An etching in vibrant original hand colour, engraved by William Heath and published by Le Petit in Dublin in 1819.

£465

Unframed
 
Knight Boyne Readings

Charles Knight after R. Boyne.

Comic Readings.
Tragic Readings.

A pair of colour printed stipple plate engravings by Charles Knight after the paintings by R. Boyne, published in London in 1791.

£3500
Pair
Unframed
 
Laurie Mattocks

Robert Laurie after William Dighton.

Mrs. Mattocks.

A charming little mezzotint by Robert Laurie after William Dighton, published in London in 1780.

£85

Unframed
 
Watson Bunbury Billiards

Thomas Watson [&] William Dickinson after Henry Bunbury.

Billiards.

A stipple plate engraving printed in sepia ink, engraved by Watson and Dickinson after the drawing by Henry Bunbury and published in London in 1780.

£565

Unframed
 
Fores Caricature Cheltenham

Fores [William Heath]

Effects of the Cheltenham Waters or tis necessary to quicken your motions.. .after the second glass, get home as fast as you can.

This amusing etching with original hand colour is unattributed but thought to be the work of William Heath. It was published in London by Fores in 1823.

£650

Framed
 
Dighton Oxford

Robert Dighton.

[Lord George Grenville] A Noble Student of Oxford.

An etching in original hand colour, drawn and engraved by Robert Dighton and published in London in 1808.

£95

Unframed
 
Heath Caricatures

William Heath for Thomas McLean

Modern Peeping Toms who deserve to be sent to Coventry.
An Election Ball

A pair of etchings in original hand colour; engraved by William Heath (using the monogram of Paul Pry) and published in London circa 1829.

£650
pair
Unframed
 
Hunt Thaw

George Hunt after Theodore Lane

A Thaw

Etching and aquatint in original hand colour; engraved by George Hunt after Theodore Lane and published in London in 1827.

£425

Framed
 
Tegg Friendly Thumps

Thomas Tegg

Friendly Thumps or a Recipe for Terminating Family Quarrels

An etching in original hand colour; published in London by Thomas Tegg circa 1820.

£425

Framed
 
Woodward Caricature Life

George Woodward

Setting out in Life

A charming etching by Woodward published in London by S. W. Fores in 1796.

£225

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Doctor Syntax and Bookseller

Thomas Rowlandson

Doctor Syntax and Bookseller

Aquatint engraving with original hand colour; drawn and etched by Rowlandson and published in London in 1812.

£75

Unframed
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Rowlandson Doctor Syntax Returned from his Tour

Thomas Rowlandson

Doctor Syntax Returned from his Tour

Aquatint engraving with original hand colour; drawn and etched by Rowlandson and published in London in 1812.

£75

Unframed
 
Bateman Multi Tennis

H. M. Bateman

MULTI TENNIS
For introducing more individuality and the team spirit into the old game

Lithograph after Henry Mayo Bateman; published in his collected work, "Brought Forward" in London, 1931.

£95

Framed
 
Rowlandson Doctor Gallipot

Thomas Rowlandson

Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress thro' Physic to the Dogs

Etching and aquatint on copperplate; drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and published in London in 1808.

£385

Unframed
 
Bunbury Horse

William Dickinson after Henry Bunbury

How to make the least of a Horse

A stipple plate engraving finished with original hand colour; engraved by William Dickinson after the drawings of Henry Bunbury and published in London 1791.

£150
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Unframed
 
Faber Houston Droll Butter Churning

John Bowles

Rural Life [The Butter Churner]

A charming, small scale mezzotint, engraved by Faber after Houston and published in London for John Bowles circa 1760.

£85

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Dr. Syntax

Thomas Rowlandson

Dr. Syntax Robb'd of his Property

Hand coloured etching with additional aquatinting, published in London 1821.

£95

Unframed
 
Marks Very Ill

J. L . Marks

Very Ill

Etching in original hand colour; published by J. L. Marks in London circa 1870.

£45

Unframed
 
Marks Very Wet

J. L . Marks

Very Wet

Etching in original hand colour; published by J. L. Marks in London circa 1870.

£45

Unframed
 
Vanity Fair Automobile

Vanity Fair.

Automobile (The Comte de Dion)
12th October 1899.

Chromolithograph, published 1899.

£125

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Smuggling

H. Schutz after Thomas Rowlandson

Smuggling In or a College Trick [&] Smuggling Out or Starting for Gretna Green

A pair of hand coloured aquatint and line engravings; published in London by Ackermann in 1810.

£1400
Pair
Framed
 
Droll Chink

Richard Houston

HA! HA! HAH!____I've got the last Chink

A mezzotint droll with faint hand colour, printed for Carington Bowles in London circa 1780.

£120

Unframed
 
Droll Last Drop

Robert Sayer

The Last Drop

A mezzotint droll published by Robert Sayer in London in 1787.

£120

Unframed
 
Fairburn Courtship

H. C. Minories after John Fairburn

Courtship

A charming lithograph with original hand colour. Lithographed by Minories after Fairburn and published in London circa 1840.

£125

Framed
 
Fairburn Marriage

H. C. Minories after John Fairburn

Matrimony

A charming albeit portentous scene with original hand colour; lithographed by Minories after Fairburn and published in London in 1838.

£165

Framed
 
Rowlandson Portugal

Thomas Rowlandson

Pastime in Portugal or a Visit to the Nunnerys

An etching in original hand colour by Thomas Rowlandson; published in London by Tegg in 1811.

£350

Unframed
 
Sayer Bennett Drolls

R. Sayer and J. Bennett

A pair of mezzotint drolls
1. The Elopement, or a Tripp to Scotland
2. The Return from Scotland, or Three Weeks after Marriage

An amusing pair of mezzotint Drolls published by Sayer and Bennett in London in 1777.

£650
Pair
Framed
 
Dawe Old Gripus

Philip Dawe

The Scramble or Old Gripus plunder'd by his Young Wife

A scarce mezzotint caricature, or droll, published in London in 1773

£525

Framed
 
Gillray Bank

James Gillray

A corner near the Bank - or - An example for Fathers

An etching with modern hand colour published in the Bohn edition of Gillray's Complete Works; London 1849

£325

Framed
 
Gillray Tales

James Gillray

Tales of Wonder!

An etching with modern hand colour published in the Bohn edition of Gillray's Complete Works; London 1849

£350

Framed
 
Hogarth Scholars

William Hogarth

Scholars at a Lecture

Etching on copper, published in London by Robert Sayer in 1768

£475

Framed
 
Bateman Mother Father

H. M. Bateman

"Mother ventures an opinion" [&] "Father puts his foot down"

A pair of caricatures issued in "Brought Forward", a collection of Bateman's work; published in London in 1931

£250
Pair
Framed
 
Bellew Shop Assistant

P. Bellew

"Well, Madam, if I were a man, I'd have that one"

Lithograph published in New York in 1930

£125

Framed
 
Currier Ives Betting

Currier and Ives (Thomas Worth)

A pair of humorous betting caricatures

1. The "Crowd" that Scooped the Pool
2. The "Sports" who lost their Tin

A pair of hand coloured lithographs by Thomas Worth; published by Currier and Ives at 115, Nassau Street, New York in 1878.

£850
Pair
Framed
 
Pollard Politics

Robert POLLARD

Politics

A scarce aquatint and line engraving drawn and engraved by Robert Pollard after Katherine Maria Fanshaw, with aquatinting by J. Wells. Published in London by M. Ryland in 1791.

£2500

Framed
 
Fores Pall Mall

S.W. Fores.

A cool pipe in Pall Mall! Symptoms of equality.

Etching with original colour, published by S.W. Fores April 1st, 1800.

£450

Framed
 
Gillray Two-penny whist

after James Gillray.

Two-Penny Whist.

Etching with original hand colour, after the original published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796.

£195

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Bull and Mouth

Thomas Rowlandson after George Moutard Woodward.

The Bull and Mouth.

Etching with original hand colour, published in London by Thomas Tegg, December 24th 1808.

£560

Framed
 
Rowlandson Crimping a Quaker

Thomas Rowlandson.

Crimping a Quaker.

Etching with original hand colour, published by Thomas Tegg, 1814.

£375

Framed
 
Rowlandson Hiring a servant

Thomas Rowlandson.

Hiring a servant.

Etching with original hand colour, published by Thomas Tegg, c1811.

£475

Unframed
 
Rowlandson Spit Fires

Thomas Rowlandson.

Spit Fires. Tegg's Caricatures No 44.

Etching with original hand colour, published by Thomas Tegg, c.1810.

£465

Unframed
 
Woodward All Fours

Thomas Rowlandson after George Moutard Woodward.

All Fours.

Etching with original hand colour, published by William Holland, London, 1805.

£350

Framed
 
Woodward: Long Headed Minuet

Isaac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward.

The Long Headed Minuet.

Etching with original hand colour, published by Thomas Tegg, c.1807.

£650

Framed
 
Woodward: Reasonable Charges

Isaac Cruikshank? after George Moutard Woodward.

Reasonable Charges or Ducks metamorphosed!

Etching with original hand colour, published by Thomas Tegg, c.1805.

£450

Framed
 
Carington Bowles Beauty

Carington Bowles

THE STUDIOUS BEAUTY

A charming hand coloured mezzotint engraving published by Carington Bowles in London in 1778.

£825

Framed
 
Rowlandson Music

Thomas ROWLANDSON

The Garden Trio

One from a larger series of hand coloured etchings with additional aquatinting, published as part of Thomas Rowlandson's charming and humorous work, The Tour of Dr. Syntax, London 1820.

£175

Framed
 
Victorian Valentines

Anon

A pair of humorous Victorian Valentines

An amusing pair of colour printed lithographs published in London circa 1880.

£850
Pair
Framed
 
Cruikshank Dr Flannel

Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward

A Hint to the Ladies or a Visit from Dr. FLANNEL

An etching by Isaac Cruikshank after George Woodward in full original hand colour and published by Thomas Tegg in London in 1807.

£450

Unframed
 
Hunt Amorous Clamorous

George Hunt after Theodore Lane

Amorous, Clamorous, Uproarious & Glorious: All coming from a Public Dinner

A hand coloured aquatint by George Hunt after the drawing of Theodore Lane, published in London in 1825.

£475

Unframed
 
Rowlandson John Bull at the Opera

Thomas Rowlandson

John Bull at the Italian Opera

An etching by Thomas Rowlandson in full original hand colour, published in London 1811.

£600

Unframed
 
Bunbury Country Club

William Dickinson after Henry Bunbury

The Country Club

A humorous stipple plate engraving printed in sepia ink with additional hand colour. Drawn by Henry Bunbury, engraved by William Dickinson and published in London in 1788.

£750

Framed
 
Scholtz Drinkers

Joseph SCHOLZ

Drinkers

A lithograph in vibrant, original hand colour published by Joseph Scholz in France and Holland between 1850 and 1860.

£350

Framed
 
Cruikshank Caricatures

Isaac Robert CRUIKSHANK

Caricatures
1. Honour and Magnanimity
2. The Pleasures of Angling

Two from a larger series (more available) of hand coloured etchings by Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856); published by Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill, London, in 1819.

£65
Individually priced
Unframed
 
Dighton Impures

Robert DIGHTON

Two Impures of the Ton driving to the Gigg Shop, Hammersmith

An etching in original hand colour, engraved by Robert Dighton and published by Sayer and Bennett in Cheapside, London in 1781.

£250

Framed
 
Sayer Bennett Drolls

Robert SAYER and John BENNETT

The Love Letter [&] The Contemplative Charmer

A delightful pair of Georgian drolls depicting society beauties swooning for their lovers' embrace. These prints are executed in mezzotint and heavily coloured with watercolour and gouache as was typical of this form of engraving. They were published by Sayer and Bennett in Fleet Street, London in 1784 and 1780 respectively.

£1500
Pair
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Bowles: Sailor's Pleasure.

Carington Bowles

The Sailor's Pleasure.
When Storms and Tempests all are o'er,
And Jack receives his Cash on shore,
Then for his Doxies all he'll send,
What's dearly earn'd he'll freely spend.

A charming mezzotint droll published in London by Carrington Bowles circa 1790.

£450

Framed
 
Knight: Dancing Bear

Charles Knight after Henry Bunbury

A Dancing Bear

A stipple plate engraving printed in sepia ink, engraved by Charles Knight after the drawing by Henry William Bunbury, published in London by W. Dickinson 1785.


£365

Unframed
 
Spy: Gladstone

Spy

Young Hopeful [Herbert John Gladstone MP]

One from a large series of chromolithographed plates published in issues of Vanity Fair during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This plate was published in 1882

£95

Unframed

 
Spy: Rothschild

Ape for Vanity Fair

Baron Lionel [Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild]

One from a large series of chromolithographed plates published in issues of Vanity Fair during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This plate was issued in 1877.

£95

Unframed

 
Knight Comic Readings
Knight Tragic Readings

Charles KNIGHT after R. Boyne

Tragic Readings
&
Comic Readings


A pair of colour printed stipple plate engravings by Charles Knight after the paintings by R. Boyne, published in London in 1791.
Each 22 x 18". Framed.

£3,500

 
Rowlandson: Auction

Thomas ROWLANDSON

THE TOUR of Dr. SYNTAX
Doctor Syntax at an Auction

One of a series of hand coloured etchings with aquatint, published in The Tour of Dr. Syntax, London 1820.

£165
 
Rowlandson: Bull and Mouth

Thomas ROWLANDSON after WOODWARD.

The Bull and Mouth.

Copperplate etching with original hand colour by Rowlandson after Woodward.
Plate size 13 x 9 inches.

£580

 
Gillray: Fighting for the Dunghill

James GILLRAY

Various caricatures

Copper plate engravings with later hand colour published in Bohn’s Complete Works of James Gillray in London in 1849.


£195 to £375 Framed
 
Ackermann's Microcosm of London

Rudolph ACKERMANN

Exhibition of Water Coloured Drawings, Old Bond Street.

An aquatint in fine original colour, etched by Stadler after Thomas Rowlandson & Charles Augustus Pugin, published by Ackermann, London 1808. One of the series "Ackermann's Microcosrm of London", many others available.

 

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Landseer Law Dogs

Thomas Landseer after Sir Edwin Landseer

To the Right Honourable John Singleton Copley, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor of England, this engraving of Laying Down the Law, is by special desire dedicated to His Lordship by his obedient humble servant Thomas McLean.

Large-scale etching by Thomas Landseer after the painting by his elder brother, Sir Edwin Landseer; published in London in 1843.

SOLD

 

Currier Gold Prospector

N. CURRIER.

The Independent Gold Hunter on his Way to California. I Neither Borrow or Lend.

A charming lithograph in original hand colour by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) published in New York between 1849 and 1852.

SOLD
Framed
 
Bateman The Office

H. M. Bateman

The Office gets word that the Boss missed the Boat back from America

Lithograph after Henry Mayo Bateman; published in his collected work, "Brought Forward" in London, 1931.

SOLD

Framed
 
Cross Readings

Anonymous.

Cross Readings Near Charing Cross. No 2.
To be read downwards.

Wood engraving with fine hand colour, published c.1855.

SOLD

 
Cruikshank Brooks's

George Cruikshank.

Behold at Brook's step-nay! I'll be bound to say, A figure such as this you'll see there every day-.

Etching with original hand-colour, 'Drawn by an Amateur' and etched by George Cruikshank, published by Hannah Humphrey, in London June 15th 1815.

SOLD
 
Carington Bowles Angler

Carington Bowles

THE ANGELIC ANGLER
To be decoy'd is Men and Fishes Fate – With Cupid's Line when Beauty is the Bait

A charming hand coloured mezzotint engraving published by Carington Bowles in London in 1780.

SOLD
 
Bowles Maccaroni Hairdressing

Carington BOWLES

The Lilly-White Macaroni.

A charming mezzotint droll published in London circa 1772.

SOLD
 
Humphrey Midshipmen

George HUMPHREY

The Interior of a Midshipman's Birth

A hand coloured aquatint drawn by an anonymous naval officer and published by Humphrey at his famous print-publishing business on St. James's Street in 1821.

SOLD
 
McLean Transport

Thomas McLEAN

New Principles, or the March of Invention

A hand coloured etching published by Thomas McLean in London in 1830.

SOLD

 

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