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Lot 327
327. Edward Williams Clay th e dO w N fa l l O f MO t h e r
Ba N k, caricature supporting President Jackson’s
decision to remove federal deposits from the Bank of
the United States, lithograph, 1833, New York, by the
artist, 240 x 340mm. (9 ½ x 13 ³∕₈ in); with another
caricature on the same subject, The Kitchen Cabinet, or
Political Money Changers Removing the Deposits, by
C.H. Evans, both unframed (2) £200 - £300
*** A reverse copy of The Downfall of Mother Bank,
issued by H.R. Robinson, is also known.
Lot 328
328. George Edwards & Matthias Darly th e au c t i O N,
‘tis aP P l i c at i O N M a k e s t h e ass, engraving, 1756, at the
Acorn in the Strand, 250 x 300mm. (9 7⁄₈ x 11 ¾ in);
with 2 caricatures of auctioneers by Robert Dighton,
The Specious Orator, depicting James Christie, and
A View near Hyde Park Corner, depicting Edmund
Tattersall; and another; the first item, only, unframed (4)
£150 - £200
Lot 329
329. John Harris hO r s e de a l i N g NO. 1 a N d NO. 2, a
comic pair, after R. Scanlan, illustrating the disreputable
sides of buying and selling by Messrs Screwdriver
& Reardone, in their dealings with Mr Green, handcoloured
aquatints, each c.350 x 460mm (13 ¾ x 18 in)
(2). £200 - £300
Lot 330
330. Charles Hunt a g r O u P O f c a r i c at u r e s f O r le w i s’s
Bl a c k JO k e s, a N d life iN Ph i l a d e l P h i a, including Grand
Celebration ob de Bobalition ob African Slabery, Miss
White’s birth-day Party, Blackberrying, and others, 8
original hand-coloured aquatints, 4 from each series,
including 2 duplicates, c.1830, all by T.C. Lewis & Co.,
v.s., 225 x 180mm. to 230 x 280mm. (8 7⁄₈ x 7 in to 9 x
11 in), all unframed £300 - £400
*** Based on the American black social caricatures of
E.W. Clay, in turn inspired by caricatures of London
life he had seen on a visit to England in the 1820s.