12 Satire.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

690. Tailor- The Sleeves Curiously Cut -
Petruchio. Ay Theres The Villainy. vide
shakspeare.
[Monogram of William Heath lower left - 'Paul Pry', a
man holding a walking stick.] Pub June 30 1829 by T.
Mc Lean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of P-Prys
Caricatures None Are Original Without This
Publication.
Hand-coloured etching, 260 x 360mm. 10¼ x 14¼".
Tear just into centre of publication line. £160
A satirical look a female fashion, with a reference to
Petruchio (also spelled Petruccio), the male romantic
lead in the comedy The Taming of the Shrew by
William Shakespeare. In Act 4 Scene 3 he talks to the
Tailor about a doll he has contructed of his wife
Katherina.
By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of
Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific
caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul
Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825
by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very
inqusitive person) with the emblem of a small man
holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates.
This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg
Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign
his plates with his full name. He published regularly
with Thomas McLean.
Not in BM.
Ref: 9269
691. The Three Roads to John Bull's
Farm.
[n.d., November 1762.]
Etching. 175 x 280mm. Some spotting. £180
A satire on the attempts to improve the roads between
England and Scotland, which included the building of
the Union Bridge over the Tweed in 1763. This is
compared to the two 'roads' of the Jacobite Rebellions
of 1715 & 1745, which ended at Culloden, on the
gibbet and heads on Temple Bar. Featured in the satire
are George III, his mother Augusta and Lord Bute. Of
interest is the use of the playing card, the Nine of
Diamonds, known as the 'Curse of Scotland'.
BM: 3926.
Ref: 8320
692. Revue Comique. 47 [in top righthand
corner of plate] Oh le vieux grigou
de propriétaire! le voila que fait l'oeil à sa
domestique! quelle noirceur! si sa femme
l'empoigne, elle n'est pas blanche!
Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16, Imp. a Aubert & Co.
[n.d. c.1870] Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse
Lithograph. Sheet 337 x 267mm. 13¼" x 10½". Some
spotting and staining. £75
Slavery Item. The master falls for his servant - but alas
she is not white!
Ref: 8446
693. Vive le roi! - Vive l'Empereur. Vive le
Diable.
[By Thomas Rowlandson.] [Published by Ackermann,
1815.]
Coloured etching, proof before publication line. 300 x
220mm, 11¾ x 8¾". Whatman Watermark 1814. Stain
on left edge, small marginal tear. £280
A tall French soldier stands mouth open as if shouting.
In his large cocked hat are three large favours,
inscribed 'Vive Le Roi', 'Vive Le Empereur' and 'Vive
Le Diable. He holds his musket by the barrel, the butt
resting on the ground, in his left hand he holds out a
snuff-box. His uniform is neat, but his feet are bare,
except for remnants of leather across the instep. By his
head in large letters: 'French Constancy' and 'French
Integrity'. Behind and on a smaller scale are emblems
of fickleness: a windmill (left) represents 'French
Stability'; an ape and cat embracing, both on their hindlegs,
represents: 'French Union between the National
Guard and Troops of the Line'. A satire on the swift
change of alliegence from the restored Bourbon king
backs to Napoleon in 1815.
Ref: 9082
694. A. Wicked Subject. Oh! Just take the
top off. I say Welling**n this has been
burning a long time shall I snuff it short or
snuff it out.
Political Scraps No.1. Pubd. Novr. 10th 1813 by WH
Mason 81, Kings Road Brighton, & Ackermann & Co.
Strand, Bogue Fleet Street London.
Mezzotint and engraving. 205 x 274mm. 8" x 10¾".
£120
Political Irish Satire of the early 1800s.
Ref: 8424