Gorringe's Autumn Fine Sale 3rd October 2023

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Lot 248
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’Mary of
Buttermere, Sketch’d from Life, July, 1800’’, dated
1802, 320 x 240mm. hand-coloured etching,
published by Hannah Humphrey and
An untitled etching of a Mounted Officer, undated,
but possibly 1799, 204 x 224mm. See BM
1851.0901.1139.,(2)
Lot 249
£300 - 500
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’The Graces
in a high wind, - a Scene taken from Nature, in
Kensington Gardens’’, dated 1810, 255 x 354mm,
[A satire on Regency style costumes made of fine
muslim, which, in a strong breeze hugged the
outline of the body, leaving little to imagination]. BM
Satires 11593;
‘’Venus a la Coquille; or, the Swan-sea Venus’’,
dated 1809, 262 x 368mm. BM Satires 11405
and four (of five) caricatures based on sketches
by Gillray’s friend and amateur caricaturist, the
Reverend John Sneyd, - ‘’Taking Physick’’, dated
1800, 261 x 195. BM Satires 9584, ‘’Gentle Emetic’’;
‘’Breaking a vein’’ and ‘’Charming-well again’’, all
dated 1804, each approx. 260 x 198mm. BM Satires
10304, 10306, 10307,
hand-coloured etched caricatures, published by
Hannah Humphrey (6)
£700 - 1,000
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Lot 250
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’Germans
Eating Sour-Krout’’, dated 1803, 263 x 365. BM
Satires 10170;
‘’German Luxury, or, Repos a l’ Allemande’’, dated
1800, 238 x 315mm. BM Satires 9510;
‘’A Little Music, or, the Delights of Harmony’’, dated
1810, 265 x 365mm. BM Satires 9932,
hand-coloured etched caricatures, published by
Hannah Humphrey (4)
Lot 251
£800 - 1,200
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’A Bravura Air
Mandane’’, dated 1801, 360 x 257mm. BM Satires
9765, and
‘’Mother-Goose, of Oxford’’, dated 1807, 330 x
247mm, BM 10788,
two unframed hand-coloured etched caricatures,
published by Hannah Humphrey
£150 - 200
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