5266 - 5589     FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY

Page 4 of 17 Results 61 - 80 of 324
77 5326 Caricature  Darly Mary act 1756 1776 and Darly M  ±1721 1780 77 5326 Caricature Darly Mary act 1756 1776 and Darly M ±1721 1780
77 5326 Caricature  Darly Mary act 1756 1776 and Darly M  ±1721 1780 77 5326 Caricature Darly Mary act 1756 1776 and Darly M ±1721 1780
77/5326 [Caricature]. Darly, Mary (act. 1756-1776) and Darly, M. (±1721-1780). (Caricatures, Macaronies, & Characters). Lot of 28 etchings, various sizes, 17,2x12,2 to 17x24,5 cm., publ. by M. Darly, London, 1772-1777.

= Conceived as a series of satyrical prints on the fashionable people in the United Kingdom, called macaronies. The Darly's were the most prolific publisher's of these kind of caricatures.

€ (200-300)
77 5327 Caricature  Daumier H  1808 1879 77 5327 Caricature Daumier H 1808 1879
77/5327 [Caricature]. Daumier, H. (1808-1879). Lot of ±35 lithographs, ±1870, from various publications.

= I.a. from Charivari, Les Comédies de société, Robert Macaire and La Caricature.

AND 13 similar lithographs by R. GAVARNI.

€ (150-250) 170
77 5328 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5328 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5328 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5328 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77/5328 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "Charon's Boat - or - the Ghost's of all the Talents taking their last voyage." Contemp. handcol. etching, w. engr. caption below, 23x33 cm., n.pl., n.d. (London, after 1810).

- Tipped onto mount; three closed (neat) tears (reaching into image).

= A later impression without place and publisher. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.

Monogrammist "H.H.R." (act. 1830-1832). "The Bourbons Fall or Priestcraft and Despotism rewarded". Lithograph monogrammed in lower left corner "H.H.R.", 37x21,5 cm., London, S.W. Fores, 1830.

- Trimmed to the borders; sl. darkened in corners.

AND a mediocre copy of "The Holy Alliance Unmasked" (handcol. etching, ±1825. Laid down on mount; trimmed to within the borders; upper right corners cut off; sl. dam. in lower corners).

€ (100-150) 130
77 5329 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5329 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5329 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5329 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77/5329 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "The End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation." Contemp. handcol. etching, w. engr. caption below, 24,7x30,2 cm., n.pl., n.d. (London, ±1805).

- Tipped onto mount. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.

Rowlandson, Th. (Chelsea parade, or, A croaking member surveying the inside, outside and backside of Mrs. Clarkes premises). Contemp. handcol. etching, 22x32,3 cm., London, Th. Tegg, 1809.

- Trimmed to the border line, with loss of caption below; sl. soiled; remains of former backing on verso.

€ (100-150) 325
77 5330 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5330 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77/5330 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "He steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight." Contemp. handcol. etching w. etched captions in French and English below image, 34x23,3 cm., London, H. Bachelor, 1810.

- A few closed tears in margins into image; several stains in blank margins, occas. touching the image.

= "A fantastic scene in Oxford representing Grenville's installation as Chancellor, which took place at Commemoration, 3 July 1810. Grenville rises in a balloon above a vast applauding crowd; his inflated and spherical posterior fits into the shallow bowl which forms the car (...)." (quote from the entry for this print in the British Museum). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.

€ (100-150) 275
77 5331 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5331 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5331 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5331 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5331 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5331 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77/5331 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "Posting in Ireland. "Forward immediately your Honour: But Sure I a'nt waiting for the Girl with the Poker just to give this Mare a burn your Honour". "'t is just to make her start your Honour." Contemp. handcol. etching after C.L. SMITH, etched caption below, 23,4x34,1 cm., n.pl., n.d. (±1805).

- Discoloured/ soiled; mounted on brown paper; tear in upper right corner.

= Mocking the primitive means of travelling in Ireland.

AND an anonymous similar print: "Paddy whack's first ride in a Sedan" (19x23,2 cm., London, 1800. Browned; doubled). - ADDED 1 other: A. MARTINET, "Marche de Carnaval" (handcol. etching, Paris, Martinet, ±1805. Tipped onto mount; sl. yellowed).

€ (60-80) 60
77 5332 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5332 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5332 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5332 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77 5332 Caricature  Gillray J  1756 1815 77 5332 Caricature Gillray J 1756 1815
77/5332 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "A keen-sighted Politican finding out the British Conquests". Contemp. handcol. etching, 31x21,5 cm., publ. by H. Humphrey, London, 1795.

- Trimmed a few mm. outside the border line.

= Caricature of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville as Foreign Secretary focussing on the little British conquests in the West-Indies and ignoring the French conquests in Europe. B.M. Sat. 8656.

Roberts, P. (act. ±1785-1824). "The Peace Soup Shop". Handcol. etching after G.M. WOODWARD, 26,2x35 cm. (platemark), publ. by P. Roberts, London, n.d. (±1802).

- Brown stains in upper part.

= Caricature commenting on the Treaty of Amiens with the French in 1802. On the left the prime minister Addington. On the right William Windham, warning John Bull against this treaty.

AND 1 other caricature print by JOHN DOYLE: "The Mysterious Visit" (handcol lithogr.).

€ (100-150) 100
77 5333 Caricature  Heath W  1795 1840 77 5333 Caricature Heath W 1795 1840
77/5333 [Caricature]. Heath, W. (1795-1840). "The man wot guards the Hopposition." Contemp. handcol. etching, w. etched caption below, 31,2x23 cm., London, J. Field, n.d. (±1830?).

- Tipped onto mount; a few faint waterstains in lower half. Otherwise fine.

= "The Duke of Cumberland, dressed as a guard with broad-brimmed hat, gold-laced great-coat, pouch or satchel, with breeches and top-boots, holds a cocked blunderbuss by the barrel in his right hand, a coach-horn in his left. (...)" (quote from the Brit. Museum on this print). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.

€ (80-100)
77 5334 Caricature  Hogarth W  1697 1764 77 5334 Caricature Hogarth W 1697 1764
77 5334 Caricature  Hogarth W  1697 1764 77 5334 Caricature Hogarth W 1697 1764
77/5334 [Caricature]. Hogarth, W. (1697-1764). Southwark Fair (or The Humours of a Fair). Etching, 36x46 cm. (plate mark), "Invented Painted & Engravd by Wm Hogarth 1733" below the image.

- Margins cut/ torn close to the platemark; two sm. tears in margin.

= Paulson 131, only state, on 19th century thick woven paper.

AND 7 others by the same, all on thick woven paper, all with various defects.

€ (70-90) 160
77 5335 Caricature  Jones Th  act 1823 1848 77 5335 Caricature Jones Th act 1823 1848
77 5335 Caricature  Jones Th  act 1823 1848 77 5335 Caricature Jones Th act 1823 1848
77/5335 [Caricature]. Jones, Th. (act. 1823-1848). "A Windsor Pair [changed into: "Pear"], full ripe". Etching, w. etched caption below, 22,5x31,2 cm., London, S.W. Fores, 1828.

= "George IV and Miss Chester sit on a rustic garden seat under the branch of a tree, from which a giant pear hangs over their heads, exactly between them. (...)." Miss Eliza Chester was "a beautiful actress, (...) "who solaced George IV's last years at the Cottage, being appointed Reader to the King at a salary of £600." (source: British Museum and M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954).

Idem. ""Porro unum est necessarium." "His Ambition will lead him to attempt that one thing." -Vide Napoleon Bonaparte's prophecy." Etching w. etched caption below by T. JONES after W. HEATH, 22,9x32 cm., n.pl., Paul Pry, n.d. (1829).

= The print is a satire on Wellington's pressure on the King over Catholic Emancipation.

Heath, W. (1794-1840). "All the World's Stage, And one man in his time plays many parts &c &c." Etching w. etched caption, 23,5x34 cm., (London), S.W. Fores, 1824.

- Torn in two pieces (reattached w. tape).

€ (100-150)
noimage
77/5336 [Caricature]. "Law, als een tweede Don-Quichot, op Sanches Grauwtje zit ten spot." Engraving, 16,8x27,1 cm., engr. captions above and below image, from Het Groote tafereel der Dwaasheid, 1720, framed. - AND 2 others from the same work, both framed: "Bombario, o dood! Te schendig in de nood" and "De ridder van het gilde kalf (...)" (both sl. browned).
€ (50-70)
77 5337 Caricature  Profile of Napoléon Bonaparte 77 5337 Caricature Profile of Napoléon Bonaparte
77/5337 [Caricature]. (Profile of Napoléon Bonaparte). Handcol. engr. caricature after J.M. VOLTZ, 11,5x8 cm., 1814. - PRINTED ON: "Memoires of Buonaparte, His Imperial Family, Great Officers of State, and Great Military Officers". Letterpress broadside, London, G. Smeeton, ±1814.

- Folded twice, the vertical fold affecting the profile of Napoleon.

= Napoleon I. im Spiegel der Karikatur 340; Broadley II, p.242-246: "... Voltz's "corpse-head", the most widely known of all the caricatures directed against Napoleon" (p.243). We see Napoleon with a face composed of bodies in agony, wearing a blood-red collar, a coat with a map showing the places of his lost battles, and a hat in the shape of the Prussian eagle that has finally defeated him. Originally it was published as a New Year's wish to the Germans, bearing the title "True Picture of the Conqueror. Triumph of the Year 1813. To the Germans for the New Year." Cf. Grand-Carteret, Napoléon en Images, p.45.

€ (70-90) 120
77 5338 Caricature  Rowlandson T  1756 1827 77 5338 Caricature Rowlandson T 1756 1827
77 5338 Caricature  Rowlandson T  1756 1827 77 5338 Caricature Rowlandson T 1756 1827
77/5338 [Caricature]. Rowlandson, T. (1756-1827). "Dotage". "Leap year". Two circular handcol. etchings w. aquatint, both Ø 20 cm., engr. captions below, w. the address of T. Smith, London, 1770, unif. framed.

- Both partly yellowed; vague stains in blank corners.

€ (100-150) 100
noimage
77/5339 [Caricature]. Rowlandson, T. (1756-1827) (after). "Christie's Auction Room". Handcol. etching and aquatint by J. BLUCK, 19,7x26 cm., engr. captions, London, R. Ackermann, framed (sl. dustsoiled/ foxed). - AND 2 others: "C'est bien entendu, Messieurs? à huit mille francs l'Esquisse!" (handcol. lithograph by VILLAIN) and an 18th cent. view of a public auction, both unif. framed w. the above.
€ (100-150) 100
77 5340 Caricature  Stryd tuszen de Smullende Bubbel Heeren en de aanstaande armoede 77 5340 Caricature Stryd tuszen de Smullende Bubbel Heeren en de aanstaande armoede
77/5340 [Caricature]. "Stryd tuszen de Smullende Bubbel Heeren, en de aanstaande armoede". Engraving, 27,6x40,3 cm., w. engr. title and 80-line poem below, from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, 1720. - AND 2 others from the same work.
€ (50-70) 60
77 5341 Caricature  Williams Ch  act 1795 1825 77 5341 Caricature Williams Ch act 1795 1825
77 5341 Caricature  Williams Ch  act 1795 1825 77 5341 Caricature Williams Ch act 1795 1825
77/5341 [Caricature]. Williams, Ch. (act. 1795-1825). "Genial Rays, or John Bull enjoying the sunshine (...)". Contemp. handcol. etching w. etched caption by CH. WILLIAMS after G.M. WOODWARD, 23,1x32,8 cm., London, Th. Tegg, 1810.

- Trimmed to/ within the plate mark; sm. stain in caption.

= This cartoon was inspired by recent events in the House of Commons surrounding the agitation for reforms, instigated partly by the popular and controversial member of Parliament Sir Francis Burdett, who is portrayed in the centre of the "Genial Sun" surrounded by rays in which various of the causes that had his sympathy are listed (i.a. Freedom of the Press, Free Representation and Good of the People).

AND a caricature by I.R. CRUIKSHANK: "A steward at sea in a vain tempest! or, Gaining the point of matrimony in spite of squalls!" (contemp. handcol. etching, London, Sidebotham, 1819. Chipped in upper left corner and in lower blank margin; margins trimmed).

€ (80-100)
77 5342 Caricature  Williams Ch  act 1795 1825 77 5342 Caricature Williams Ch act 1795 1825
77/5342 [Caricature]. Williams, Ch. (act. 1795-1825). "Leap Year, or John Bulls Peace Establishment - 'When two ride upon a Horse, one must ride behind.'" Contemp. handcol. etching w. etched caption below, 23x34 cm., London, S.W. Fores, 1816.

- Folded along the plate mark, w. neat (closed) tear in left vertical fold; (closed) tear in right blank margin; brown stain in lower right blank corner.

= A print commenting on the financial problems of Britain (John Bull), showing Princess Charlotte and her future husband riding on John Bull's back, while Princess Charlotte's father, the Prince Regent, later George IV, comes limping behind.

AND 1 other: J. GILLRAY, "Le diable-boiteux - or - the Devil upon two sticks conveying John Bull to the land of promise" (handcol. etching, etched caption below, 19,3x13,7 cm, 1806. Browned; formerly laid down and sl. creased).

€ (80-100)
77/5343 Caricature  Lot of 13 miscellaneous handcol  etchings 77/5343 Caricature Lot of 13 miscellaneous handcol etchings
77/5343 Caricature  Lot of 13 miscellaneous handcol  etchings 77/5343 Caricature Lot of 13 miscellaneous handcol etchings
77/5343 [Caricature]. Lot of 13 miscellaneous (handcol.) etchings, all mediocre/ poor condition, all by early 19th cent. British caricaturists, i.a. J. LEWIS MARKS, "Blucher greeted by His numerous Friends in the Park" (chipped/ sl. frayed); TH. ROWLANDSON, "A delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper" (handcol. etching after "J.N." (prob. J. NIXON), 1814. Trimmed to the borders; browned from glue on verso; closed tear); ANONYMOUS, "Islands Wholesale and Retail" (handcol. etching, 1802. Laid down and browned/ stained; sm. chip in lower margin); J. GILLRAY, "Cockney & his Wife going to Wycombe" (handcol. etching, London, 1805. Laid down, browned/ discoloured and sl. waterstained; vertical fold in right margin) and I. CRUIKSHANK, "Effects of the Dog Tax" (handcol. etching, ±1796. Browned; creased and scratched; doubled; trimmed (with loss of the publ. address and part of caption above).

- The lot sold w.a.f.

€ (70-90)
noimage
77/5344 [Caricature]. Lot of ±60 prints, all French bookillustrations, 19th cent., various techniques and sizes.

- A= I.a. by T.A. STEINLEN, GAVARNI, E.J. PIGAL and J.J. GRANDVILLE (w. defects).

€ (80-100) 80
77 5345 Carracci A  1557 1602 and Carracci L  1555 1619  after 77 5345 Carracci A 1557 1602 and Carracci L 1555 1619 after
77 5345 Carracci A  1557 1602 and Carracci L  1555 1619  after 77 5345 Carracci A 1557 1602 and Carracci L 1555 1619 after
77/5345 Carracci, A. (1557-1602) and Carracci, L. (1555-1619) (after). (Gods and goddesses). Series of 4 (of ?) engravings, each 20,8x24,5 cm., numb. "1" to "4" in lower right corner.

- All w. old middle-fold and strengthened w. parts op paper in the middle; vaguely waterst.

= Possibly after S.M. SANDRART.

€ (70-90) 140