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G. Cruikshank, The Blessings
of Paper Money or King a Bad Subject.
Published by Jones in the ‘Scourge’ on August 1st
1811.
15¼ x 7. Good original colour with the usual folds. Two
foxing type marks in the title.
This is a satire on the currency controversy. John Bull sits
and is attended by two doctors; Stanhope and Percival, ‘bank
paper’ is being rammed down John’s throat. Leeches
are attached to his chest, and underneath his seat Napoleon
is collecting guineas – presumably to show that the adverse
exchange and the lack of bullion are due to the demands of the
British army in Portugal. Britannia, on the right, stands besides
a pile of bank papers, and says, “Alas, poor Credit.”
On the left, the fire is being stoked with various bank bills.
B. M. 11732.
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G. Cruikshank. STALE MATE & CHECK
MATE.
Published by G. Humphrey ns7 St. James’s St, 1820.
6½ x 4½. (Both) In original colour and both trimmed
to the border.
B. M. 14307 and 14308.
£90 (the pair). |
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G.
Cruikshank. Game of Chess.
Published by G. Humphrey 27 St James’s St. June 2. 1820.
6½ x 4½. Original colour and trimmed to the border.
This is a smaller fairly similar design to the larger Cruikshank
image, which is usually seen in the McLean reprint of 1835 (Cruikshankiana).
This was originally engraved in 1814 (B. M. 12392). This small
image has slight variations, for instance one of the seated
players now has a gouty leg.
The B.M. reference for this small image is August 1st 1819,
though the image is the same
B. M. 13433.
£80. |
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G. Cruikshank. The Law’s
Delay.
Published Jan. 21st 1820 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James’s
St.
10 x 8. Original colour and trimmed to the border.
This relates to the Peterloo massacre. The title continues,
“Showing the Advantage & Comfort of waiting the
Specified time after Reading the Riot Act, to a Radical Mob
– or – a British Magistrate in the discharge of
his Duty, & the People of England in the Discharge of
theirs”.
B. M. 13505.
£145. |
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G.
Cruikshank. Monstrosities of 1822.
Published October 19th 1822 by G Humphrey 27 St. James’s
Street.
14¼ x 10. Original colour trimmed up to the border and
set into an album sheet. (In a similar way to the albums, that
McLean produced).
On of the many fashion satires that Cruikshank produced. This
scene is set in Hyde Park with the Achilles statue in the background,
as are the houses of Park Lane.
The two dandies who are even more burlesqued than in his previous
satires, and the two women are shown to have adopted a new walk
contrasting with the then fashionable stoop shown in earlier
prints.
B. M. 14438.
£200. |
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G. Cruikshank. To the Rt. Worshipful JOHN SNOAK Esq.
etc. etc. whose Wisdom & Prudence has so often saved the
City from Fire & destruction by his great sagacity in discovering
Plots.
This Print of Hunting a Mayor (Mare) is Humbly presented to
his L---d---p on his retiring from office
“Good riddance” etc. etc.
Published October 15th 1819, by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, and numbered
370.
An ass, with the terrified profile of John Atkins inset in its
head gallops away from Henry Hunt and a crowd of jeering and
delighted followers. This is an attack on Mayor Atkins as a
scaremonger. Measures were taken to control the crowd in the
Guildhall at the trial of Richard Carlile on 12th October, but
do not seem to have been excessive.
B.M. 13273.
£190. |
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G. Cruikshank. Mushroom Monstrosities.
Published by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James’s January 24th
1826.
6½ x 5¼. Good original colour, with very large
margins. This was also issued in 1835 with a changed date.
B. M. 15186.
£50. |
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G. Cruikshank. From the West Indies.
Published June 10th 1824 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James’s
St.
8¼ x 6. Original colour and trimmed to the border and
a crease in the top left corner.
B. M. 14718.
£60. |
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G. Cruikshank. Sketch for an Al – bum.
Published by Knight and Lacy Sweetings Alley, June 6th 1825.
8¼ x 6¼. Good original colour, trimmed to the
engraved boarder.
The B. M. suggests that this was published by Humphrey on September
12th 1826, so perhaps Humphrey purchased the plate. It was used
later in the Thos. McLean “Cruikshankiana” which
was first published in 1835.
B.M. 15176.
£80. |
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G. Cruikshank caricature. The Umbrella.
Published by G. Humphrey 27 St James’s St. March 27 1820.
8 x 10. Original colour and trimmed to the engraved border and
some surface marks. Underneath the title the words describe
the image. “They make these here things sadly too
small for good sized people! I’ll be hang’d if I
ar’nt as we as Muck!!”
Not in the B. M.
£90. |
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G. Cruikshank. LONGITUDE & LATITUDE OF St. PETERSBURGH.
Published May 18th 1813 by H. Humphrey St James’s Street.
14 x 10. Original colour; trimmed to the engraved border and
slight marks.
The Duke of Clarence is shown as a fat John Bull figure. His
partner is tall and thin, and could be Grand Duchess Anna who
was in London, it was reported that the Duke had designs upon
her.
B. M. 12047.
£145. |
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G. Cruikshank. Bearing & Forbearing.
Published May 1824 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James’s St.
15¾ x 9¾. Original colour with reasonable margins.
A tear lower right going into the engraved area but not reaching
the ladies dress.
Baring sits holding a box of jewels from which he has taken
a pair of gold antlers. On the right Baring is dismissing his
wife, who is carrying the box of jewels as she heads for the
coach, which has Captain Webster inside. Baring divorced his
wife and remarried in 1825.
B. M. 14705.
£95. |
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George Cruikshank. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream –
Published by W. N. Jones No 5 Newgate St July 1st 1815.
19¾ x 8. Original colour with the usual folds for an
item from the ‘Scourge’. Trimmed onto/within the
plate mark but well outside the image. Between the first and
second section the fold has split, and been repaired, but this
is clear of both the images.
In the first image the Regent in his bed gazes in terror at
a gigantic and confident figure of himself.
In the second image the Regent orders McMahon to drive away
his advisors.
In the third section the Regent recoils in horror from the sequel
to the dream, which shows the gigantic figure of himself, being
demolished by a huge rock, which bears the words “National
Debt”.
B. M. 12578.
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George Cruikshank. QUARTIERE CON MOBILE –or-
Hints on taking Lodgings.
Published by G. Humphrey 27 St. James’s St. June 30th
1821.
9 x 11½. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the
plate mark.
This social satire supports the dislike many people have of
living in flats.
Not in the B. M.
£140. |
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George Cruikshank. PRINCELY PIETY, OR THE WORSHIPPERS
AT WANSTEAD.
Published December 1st 1811 by M Jones 5 Newgate St.
15½ x 8. Original colour with the usual folds. As usual
trimmed within the plate mark and on the left fractionally inside
the image.
Miss Tylney Long, the very wealthy heiress is on the fantastic
throne. Suitors come before her including the Duke of Clarence,
who is having a chamber pot emptied over his head by Mrs Jordan
with whom he had lived for twenty years.
B. M. 11744.
£145. |
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George Cruikshank. THE BELLE-ALLIANCE or the Female
Reformers of Blackburn
Published by G. Humphrey 27 St James’s St August 12 1819.
14 x 10. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark.
The words after the title are quoted in the ‘Black
Dwarf’ of July 14th 1819 and come from an account
of the meeting in Blackburn, which took place on July 5th, and
when the Female Reformers presented a cap of Liberty, and strongly
worded reform resolutions were passed.
B. M. 13257.
£245. |
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George Cruikshank. The Return To Office.
Published July 1st. 1811 by M Jones. 5 Newgate Street.
16 x 8¼. Original colour. The usual folds as this is
an image from the ‘Scourge’
The Duke of York is mounted on General Dundas who is about to
enter the Horse Guards with a pompous Regent waving at him in.
It is noticeable that this is the first print in which the Prince
Regent is shown with the elderly, pear-shaped head with heavy
whiskers.
The Duke of York had been forced to resign over the Clark scandal
and one of the first executive acts of the Regent had been to
reinstate him as Commander in Chief on May 25th.
Note here the two M. P.’s who had originally voted against
the Duke are shown eager to kiss his backside.
B. M. 11728.
£190. |
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George Cruikshank. Nic Alias Nap’s march to
Elba or the Downfall of the Napoleon Dynasty.
Published May 1st 1814 by W. N. Jones No 5 Newgate Street.
16 x 8. Original colour and with the usual folds as this is
an image from the ‘Scourge’. The top left
corner has a stain.
Napoleon sits on a donkey with a noose around his neck and a
devil is adjusting the rope. Other members of his family are
shown, some angry, some disheartened.
In the front, a servant wheels a barrow full of plunder and
three Jews surround him demanding payment for goods provided
during Napoleon’s campaigns.
The temple on the left is on the island of Elba.
B. M. 12256.
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George Cruikshank. (Inconveniences of a Trip to
the Continent).
This is the complete set of eight. The title comes from Cohn.
Seven of these are in the B. M. collection and all are approximately
10½ x 8. All are trimmed to the outer border and are
in original colour. Some of the corners have slight stains
resulting from the glue on the reverse. McLean re-published
these in the mid 1830’s but these are all early issues
with the Humphrey publication line and all have the date of
June 30th 1821.
La Douane – The Searcher’s Office.
This shows the arrival in France and the first of the problems.
B. M. 14313.
Le Traiteur chex Very. Madame Very’s Coffee
House – Paris.
The famous Paris Coffee House with the attractive Madam Very
behind the counter.
B. M. 14314.
Le Diligence.
Set in Germany the English traveller points to the regulations
which say that no dogs are allowed inside and neither is smoking.
B. M. 14315.
Mer de Glace.
The Aiguilles peaks in the Mont Blanc range are in the background.
The translation of the words at the top are “Neither
your very great piety nor Apollo’s fillet protected
you when you fell.”
B. M. 14316.
Visit to Vesuvius.
Another of the ‘must visit’ places for tourists.
B. M. 14317.
Forum Boarium. Mr Bull in the Beast Market at Rome.
In the background are the three columns of the Temple of Castor.
In the foreground, the English tourist is in difficulties
with the beggars.
B. M. 14318.
Comparing Notes – or – Venus dei Medici
– amongst others - !!!
Set in the Uffizi the lady on the left thinks her ankles are
superior and the well built lady on the right says “No
comparison upwards”, while the fat parson looks through
his eye glass at the picture of Venus.
B. M. 14319.
Quartiere con Mobile – or – Hints on
taking Lodgings.
On the self evident need to check if there are noisy neighbours.
Not in the B.M.
The set of eight. £1,150. |
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George Cruikshank. Odds & Ends for February (sic)
1816.
Published February 1 1816 by M. Jones Newgate St
19½ x 8½. Good original colour as this is an image
from the ‘Scourge’ thus it has the usual
folds.
The central image is of Kean, and underneath is A Kean Manoeuvre
to Pay Old Debts – or – Drury is itself again. John
Bull holds a goblet, which is overflowing with guineas, and
many of the miniature figures below him are holding out bills
for payment.
On the left is William Curtis and on the right is Augustus Barry
and the sermon and the other allusions derive from him being
a rake in orders.
The small image upper left relates to the elopement of Braham
and Mrs Wright, and the one in the top right corner shown a
gouty Regent, who was at this time laid up with gout in Brighton,
thus the Chinoiserie. There is a very small repaired paper loss
in the upper section of this image.
B. M. 12714.
£245. |
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George Cruikshank. Royal Nuptials.
Published April 1st 1816 by J. Johnston Cheapside.
13½ x 10. Original colour, trimmed onto/within the plate
mark, with the usual folds as this is a satire from the ‘Scourge’.
A ragged Prince Leopold is being offered a pair of trousers
by John Bull while making it clear that "….we
could well have dispensed with your visit altogether…"
The Regent is on crutches because of his gouty leg and is also
making clear that money will not be given in a generous fashion;
while the Queen looks on approvingly from her balcony. Princess
Charlotte looks on approvingly.
Not in the B. M.
£150. |
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George Cruikshank. The Phoenix of Elba resuscitated
by Treason.
Published May 1st by W. N. Jones Newgate St.
14 x 9¾. Original colour, trimmed onto/within the plate
mark and with the usual folds as this is a satire from the ‘Scourge’.
An elaborate image combining the return of Napoleon with an
attack on Castlereagh for his supposed conduct at Vienna.
In the centre Napoleon emerges from the cauldron. A grotesque
and skinny hag, representing Fury says, "Rise Spirit
that can never rest…..French generals cheer and applaud".
Around this central image are smaller vignettes. On the upper
left, the Regent looks apprehensively at Castlereagh, to counter
this image, Wellington on the right, rides
furiously towards Napoleon. He is about to pass Louis XVIII,
who flees on a donkey.
In the top right the monarchs of Europe are squabbling over
a large ‘cake’.
B. M. 12537
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George Cruikshank. The Rehearsal Or The Baron And
The Elephant.
Published January 1st. 1812 by M. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
20¼ x 8. Original colour, trimmed almost to the image
at the sides and with the usual folds, as this is an image from
the ‘Scourge’.
This is a satire on the Covent Garden pantomime over the winter
of 1812-13, which was famous for the performance of an elephant.
Baron Geramb is held in the trunk whilst Kemble sits on the
back of the elephant, and had been criticised for ignoring the
work of the great dramatists in favour of the public’s
love of spectacle.
The management of Drury Lane is satirized in a group on the
left, and on the right, Mrs Siddons can be seen leaving clutching
large moneybags.
B. M. 11935.
£360. |
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George Cruikshank. BUY A BROOM? !!
Published May 13th 1825 by G Humphrey. 24 St. James’s
St.
8¾ x 11¾. Original colour with reasonable margins.
Brougham is shown in the dress of Dutch girls who sold brooms
on the London streets.
At this time Brougham was unpopular because of his support for
Emancipation, and his attacks on the Duke of York for his comments
on Emancipation.
B .M. 14769.
£85. |
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George Cruikshank. THE BLESSINGS OF PAPEER MONEY,
or KING A BAD SUBJECT.
Published August 1st 1811 by M. Jones 5 Newgate Street.
15½ x 7½. Original colour and with the usual folds
as this is an image from the ‘Scourge’. Plate mark
visible at the sides and trimmed within at the top and bottom,
but well outside the image. On the back of the paper are some
brown marks which are just coming through to the image, but
only on the flames on the left and merge with these.
This satire relates to the currency controversy and the parliamentary
debates and then the rejection of the resolutions put forward
by the Bullion Committee. As a result Stanhope introduced a
Bill, which, in effect, Bank notes became virtually though not
technically legal tender.
In the centre of the image John Bull is being attended by two
doctors, Lord Stanhope and Percival and they are using leeches
to drain his blood. Lord King stands behind and is threatening
Percival. Napoleon collects guineas beneath the chair, which
indicates that his war efforts are affecting the paper money/bullion
debate.
On the left, financial papers are heating a cauldron, which
is being stoked by two devils and Lord Ellenborough. On the
right a forlorn Britannia stands beside a large group of financial
papers and she is saying, “Alas Poor Credit”.
B. M. 11732.
£200. |
