12 Satire.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

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