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T. Rowlandson. ALL THE TALENTS.
Published April 18th 1807 by 11 Stockdale Pall Mall.
4¾ x 7¾. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark with
a small repaired tear one inch from the top left corner.
This was the frontispiece to a collection of satirical verses
of the same title, which was attacking the late Ministry.
B. M. 10720.
£50. |
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T.
Rowlandson. POLITICAL CHEMIST AND GERMAN RETORTS or dissolving
the Rhenish Confederacy.
Published December 14th 1813 by R Ackermann No. 101 Strand.
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with good margins and
some slight handling marks.
The ‘German Stove’ is being fired up by
John Bull and Dutchman. Napoleon is being dissolved in the glass
vessel. Behind John Bull are leaders of five countries encouraging
the attack on Napoleon.
One of the many prints on the consequences of the allied victories.
B. M. 12122.
£220. |
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T.
Rowlandson. WITCHES IN A HAY LOFT.
Published by T. Tegg. There is no publication line on the B.
M. example but they have a suggested date of 1813. Top right
there is a Tegg number of 226.
11¾ x 9½. With good original colour and small
margins. On water marked paper with a date of 1818.
A yokel puts his head through a trap door, he his holding a
lantern and pitchfork, he is gaping in horror at the sight before
him. Two witches sit over a fire with a burning bowl in front
of them. They gaze at the creatures they have conjured-up.
B. M. 12150.
£120. |
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Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of
London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally
published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in good original colour all
measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition
of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to
this as one of the great books of the period and complemented
Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus
Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details.
With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson.
In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series
finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural
drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s
finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
EXHIBITION ROOM, SOMERSET HOUSE.
£225. |
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T. Rowlandson. A MISTAKE
AT NEW MARKET. or Sport and Piety.
Published October 5 1807 by Thos. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
13½ x 9¾. Original colour on paper with a watermark
of 1805. Small margin at the top with good margins elsewhere.
A light brown line outside the image resulting from an old mount.
A pious woman carrying a book of ‘Wesley’s Hymns’
faces the jockey. Confusion results when she asks if there are,
“any Meetings in this Town“?
B. M. 10920.
£220. |
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T.
Rowlandson. A PARODY OF MILTON
Published by Tegg (1808). 14 x 10. Good original colour, reasonable
margins. Underneath the title is
"Oh she came -such as I saw her in my dream
Grace in all her steps - Heaven in her eye
In every gesture dignity and Love" - Milton.
B. M. 11142
£165. |
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T. Rowlandson. A ROUGH SKETCH OF THE TIMES AS DELENIATED
BY SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.
Published by Tegg, 1819. 13 ½ x 9 ½. Good original
colour with reasonable margins.
A young and handsome Burdett stands between ‘The Genius
of Honour and Integrity’ and ‘The Monster of Corruption’.
The latter carries a ‘bag of bribery’ and has ‘hands
of extortion’ etc.
B. M. 11553.
£175. |
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T. Rowlandson Weeping.
Published by R. Ackermann’s, 21st January 1800, at the
Repository of Arts 101 Strand London. Numbered 13 top right.
10¾ x 8¾. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark to
the right, plate mark visible on other three sides. Good original
colour.
The text below the image reads,
As laughter is often
excited by the most simple causes,
so frequently is Weeping, in this instance the hard & obdurate
features, that would be callous to real sufferings, melts at
the
fancied sorrows of a Village love Ballad.
Not in the B. M.
£80. |
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Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of
London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally
published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in good original colour all
measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition
of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to
this as one of the great books of the period and complemented
Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus
Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details.
With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson.
In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series
finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural
drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s
finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOURED DRAWINGS, OLD BOND STREET.
£200. |
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T. Rowlandson. Off She Goes.
Published December 24th (year obliterated), by Thos. Tegg No
II (sic) Cheapside.
8¾ x 12¾. Original colour, trimmed to the image
with the top left corner missing and crudely filled in and old
folds.
A fun Rowlandson image of an elopement.
B. M. 11974.
£50. |
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T. Rowlandson. The Norwich Bull Feast or Glory and
Gluttony.
Published November 22 1819 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
9¾.x 13¾. Original colour and small margins and
some surface marks.
The cheering crowds were celebrating the victory at Leipzig.
The effigy of Napoleon is prominent as the banner alongside
reads “Downfall of the Tyrant.”
B. M. 13487.
£170. |
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T. Rowlandson. HODGES EXPLANATION OF
A HUNDRED MAGISTRATES.
Published by Thos. Tegg March 1st 1815, No. 111 Cheapside, and
numbered 345 top right.
13¾ x 9½. Good original colour, trimmed onto/within
the plate mark.
A yokel in a long smock stands before three elderly J.P.s. One
of the justices sits on a chair with folded hands and a scowl
on his face. The other two stare angrily at the yokel as one
of them says, How dare you Fellow to say it is unfair to
bring you before one hundred Magistrates when you see there
are but three of us.
The yokel tugs at his hair and replies, Why please your
Worship you mun know – when I went to school they taught
I that a one and two O’s stood for a hundred – so
do you see your Worship be One and the other two be Cyphers!
B. M. 12643.
£165. |
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T. Rowlandson. THE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE.
Published March 11 1784 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand.
13 x 9. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark, with slight staining.
From the ‘History of the Westminster Election 1784’.
On laid paper with the usual two folds.
An armoured Fox stands with his sword of Justice raised
above his head, and his SHIELD of TRUTH on his left
arm. He is being attacked by a many-headed monster; a scaly
beast, with wings, talons and writhing serpentine heads. From
each of the serpent’s mouths issue the words, TYRANNY,
Assumed Prerogative, Despotism, Oppression, Secret
Influence, Scotch Politik, Duplicity and Corruption.
Behind Fox are his supporters; two are prostrate at his feet
and emaciated, they are inscribed Et. Indians. Behind
these two are serried ranks of armoured men, with a standard
of Britannia inscribed STANDARD OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY.
The men are saying, While he protects us we will support
him. Above them, they are labelled ENGISH. The
smaller body of men to the right are labelled the IRISH,
they are saying, He gave us a free Trade and all we asked
He shall have our firm support.
Behind the hydra four men holding hands caper around a flag
inscribed, STANDARD OF SEDITION. They probably represent
foreign countries rejoicing at the dissensions within England,
one appears to be dressed as a Frenchman another as a Dutchman.
This is one of the most extreme of Foxite prints; it is exceptional
in defending the India Bill.
B. M. 6444.
£80. |
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T. Rowlandson. HUMBUGGING or RAISING
THE DEVIL.
The publication line is missing on this print, but the B. M.
says Published by R. Ackerman No 101 Strand. March 23rd 1800.
12½ x 10¼. Aquatint, reasonably good colour, trimmed
to the image with only the title visible, this print is shown
in a mount.
A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure,
in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke, from a
rectangular aperture in the floor. The dupe, an ugly old man
watches in terror, whilst a young woman picks his pocket.
B. M. 9611.
£190. |
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T. Rowlandson. VOLUNTEER WIT OR NOT ENOUGH
FOR A PRIME.
The B. M. Copy has a publication line of May 21st 1808 by Thos
Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.
This copy has a Tegg number of 227 top right, (as does the B.
M. copy).
13¾ x 9¾. Good original colour with small margins.
Old fold mark to the left.
Thought to be a satire of the Lord Mayor (John Ainsley 1807-08).
Six elderly volunteers sit in their uniforms around a table.
The host says, “Come Gentlemen Volunteers to the right
and the left – Charge if you please to the King.
One of the volunteers stands raising his glass and says,
I should be happy to obey your Orders Colonel – but really
your glasses are so small that d—m me if theres enough
for a Prime!
B. M. 11136.
£150. |
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T. Rowlandson. NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE
THE FAIR.
Published by Tegg in 1813.
9 x 11¼. Original colour but trimmed inside the image
and around the title also the publication line has been trimmed
off. Faint old folds and a thinning of the paper at the top
right.
A Hussar and a buxom wench, typical of Rowlandson.
B. M. 12149.
£370. |
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T. Rowlandson. ODD FELLOWS FROM DOWNING
STREET COMPLAINING TO JOHN BULL.
(Published by T. Tegg June 1808 according to the B. M. example.
This example has no publication line and no evidence of a Tegg
line being removed).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with small margins and
slight marks.
John Bull as an obese ‘cit’. He says, “…I
am of the opinion if some more Odd fellows in Downing Street
were to quit their situations it would be very much to my advantage.”
A satire on the prevailing theme that there was little to choose
between the government and the opposition.
B. M. 10988.
£150. |
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T. Rowlandson. SIR CECILS BUDGET FOR
PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBT.
Published March 30th 1784 by M. Dacheray St. James’s.
13¾ X 9¾. Good Margins and on wove paper c.1820.
A Westminster election satire. Chelsea Hospital is in the background,
on the right; maidservants and a pensioner are attacking Wray.
His proposal to abolish the hospital and to tax maidservants
was very unpopular.
B. M. 6475.
£50. |
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T. Rowlandson. THE HUNTSMAN RISING THE
GAMESTER GOING TO BED.
Published July 31st 1811 by T. Rowlandson No. 1, James’s
Street Adelphi.
8½ x 6¼ (each image). Original colour. Two images
that would have originally probably have been one plate. These
are out of a scrap album and have been trimmed just inside the
image.
Two typical scenes by Rowlandson.
Not in the B. M. but in Grego.
£125. The
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T. Rowlandson. THE BULL AND MOUTH.
Published by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside. The B. M. copy has
a publication date of December 24th 1808.
8¾ x 12¾. Reasonable colour, trimmed to the image,
with some staining to the chair.
An ugly and obese ‘cit’ is seated yawning with his
eyes closed. His attractive wife holds up two fingers behind
his head, to signify cuckolds-horns. As she does this, she is
slipping a letter to a handsome office who, is lurking by a
half-open door. As he receives the letter, he touches his nose
with his finger.
B. M. 11145.
£120. |
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T. Rowlandson. The Incurables.
Published April 4th 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227. Strand.
12 x 10. Original colour, on wove c.1800/1810 paper. Trimmed
onto the plate mark at the top, with good margins to the other
three sides.
One of the satires on the fall of the Coalition. Here Fox is
in a strait jacket with Dr Monroe, the physician, at Bedlam.
Dr. Monroe is saying, “As I have not the least hope
of his Recovery. Let him be removed amongst the Incurables”.
Fox is saying, “My Lodging is on the Cold ground and
very hard is my Case. But that which grieves me most is the
Loosing of my Place”.
B. M. 6495.
£100. |
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T. Rowlandson. THE WESTMINSTER WATCHMAN.
No publication line. Grego suggests a date of April 12th 1784.
9¾ x 6¾. Uncoloured image on laid paper, with
small margins, a few small holes in the lower margin.
Fox stands in the centre of the picture, under storm clouds
with ‘Ministerial Thunderbolts’ coming
from the sky. He is wearing the hat of ‘Liberty’
and is holding the staff of ‘Uprightness’,
the dog of ‘Vigilance’, stands next to
the staff. On the ground beside him is the lamp of ‘Truth’.
Two watchmen in the background are walking away saying,
“For Greenwich Ho a”, and “For Chelsea
Ho a”. Beneath the print is, ‘To the Independent
Electors of Westminster. This Print of their Staunch Old Watchman
The Guardian of their Rights and Privileges is dedicated by
a gratefull Elector. NB. Beware of Counterfeits as The Greenwich
and Chelsea Watchmen are upon the look out!’
Not in the B. M. Grego 1 Page.126.
£70. |
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T. Rowlandson. MADAME VERY RESTAURATEUR.
PALAIS ROYAL PARIS.
On the image below, LA BELLE LIMINAUDIERE AU CAFFEE DE MILLE
COLLONE.
No publication line, but with a Tegg No of 236 to right. The
B. M. suggests a date of 1814.
9½ x 13½. Good original colour, with reasonable
margins. Some staining in the margins only.
Two smart women sit at a table, one is very large the other
very thin. On the table are delicacies to eat. The Madam Very
referred to in the title, headed the list of most renowned restaurateurs
in Paris. The image beneath shows a fashionably dressed woman
sitting at an ornate table in a café studying a menu.
Sometimes presented as two separate prints, which is why the
B. M. has two numbers.
B. M. 12409 & 12410.
£220. |
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T. Rowlandson. Anger.
Published by R Ackermanns, 21st January 1800, at the Repository
of the Arts, 101 Strand London.
Numbered 18 top right.
10½ x 8½. Good original colour, with a watermarked
date of 1799 on wove paper.
The text below the image reads,
This unruly Passion
shews itself in a forcible degree in a termagant
mistress, scolding her Maid servant.
Not in the B. M.
£85. |
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T. Rowlandson. A PORTRAIT.
Published January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey. No 27 St James’s
Street.
8½ x 10½. Original colour with reasonable margins.
A portrait of the fashionably dressed Lord Petersham.
B. M.11925.
£90. |
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T. Rowlandson. THE CORSICAN TOAD UNDER
THE HARROW.
Published November 27th 1813 by R. Ackermann N 101 Strand.
13½ x 9½. Original colour and trimmed onto/within
the plate mark with some slight marks.
Napoleon is trapped by the large Dutchman and representatives
of the allies tug at the ropes.
B. M. 12104.
£130. |
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T. Rowlandson. THOMAS SIMMONS.
Etched and Published by T. Rowlandson November 9. 1807 No 1
James St. Adelphi.
6¼ x 9¾. Original colour with good margins. Old
soft diagonal crease and slight staining on the left, which
is mainly outside the image.
This is a portrait of the murderer who killed two people in
Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.
Not in the B. M.
£60. |
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T. Rowlandson. NAP IN THE COUNTRY. NAP
IN THE TOWN.
Published by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place. Broad Street Soho.
9¾ x 13¾. Good margins and on wove paper c.1820.
Dated on the plate, ‘Rowlandson 1785’.
Two designs on the same plate.
B. M. 6868 and 6869.
£50. |
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Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of
London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally
published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in good original colour all
measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition
of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to
this as one of the great books of the period and complemented
Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus
Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details.
With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson.
In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series
finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural
drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s
finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL.
£180. |
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Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of
London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally
published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in good original colour all
measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition
of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to
this as one of the great books of the period and complemented
Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus
Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details.
With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson.
In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series
finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural
drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s
finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
COVENT GARDEN MARKET, WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
£175. |
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T. Rowlandson. A Bait for the Kiddies
on the North Road. Or that’s your sort of Prime Bang Up
To The Mark.
Published May 5th 1810 by Thos. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
9 x 12½. Original colour and trimmed to the engraved
area. Slight marks
The coachman – perhaps an amateur, is chatting up the
buxom landlady. The words on the swinging sign board read,
“Widow Casey at the Sign of the Cock and Bottle.”
Partridge says that ‘Prime Bang Up To The Mark’
is coaching slang for ‘first rate’.
B. M. 11619.
£160. |
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T. Rowlandson. Crimping a Quaker.
(Published March 1st 1814 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside).
8¼ x 12. Reasonable original colour, with some surface
marks and abrasions to the image. Trimmed onto/within the plate
mark and missing the publication line.
A handsome young woman standing in the doorway of a brothel
is grabbing at the collar of a man. Two prostitutes laughing
at him use their posteriors to push him towards the door.
B. M. 12404.
£70. |
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T. Rowlandson. A Peep Into The Retreat
At Tinnehinch.
Published May 1st. 1799 by T. Whittle Peterboro’ Court
Fleet Street for the Anti Jacobin Review.
11¼ x 9. Original colour on paper with a watermark of
1795 and small margins. There are no folds on this example showing
that it was sold as a separate print.
Grattan had been groundlessly accused by one of the government’s
informers that he was a sworn member of the ‘United
Irishmen’. This unfounded accusation resulted in
his removal from the Irish Privy Council.
Here he rises to welcome two young men who introduce themselves
as members of the ‘United Irishmen’ and
the books and pictures on the wall support the image of Grattan
as a supporter.
B. M. 9370.
£135. |
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T. Rowlandson. Peter Plumb’s Diary.
(Published May 20th 1810 by Tegg).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour on paper with a watermark
of 1818 with small margins. A line around the image resulting
from an old mount.
The fat ‘cit’ and his wife asleep in large
chairs in a comfortable and well equipped room. A young couple
cuddle by the piano.
A plum or plumb means a fortune of £100,000.
B. M. 11623.
£175. |
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T. Rowlandson. Joanna Southcott The Prophetess
Excommunicating The Bishops.
Published September 20th 1814 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
13 x 9½. Original colour and trimmed almost up to the
image. Creasing top right and a small closed tear.
Southcott and Tozer, (he opened a chapel for her followers in
Southwark and remained her preacher and a devoted supporter),
chase away a crowd of fat bishops, one of whom wears a papal
tiara. Demons and Serpents fly around the angry pair.
B. M. 12234.
£145. |
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T. Rowlandson. Miseries Of London, or
A Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman.
Published June 4th 1814. (No other publisher’s details
present).
9¾ x 13½. Original colour, (although faded), with
good margins. Slight damage to the left of the title, on a level
with the lower line of the title).
The coachman holds out his hand suggesting that the coin he
is holding is an inadequate tip.
Not in the B. M. Grego Vol. 2. pp.284. (But no publication details
given).
£120. |
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T. Rowlandson. Hatred or Jealousy.
Published 21st January 1800 at R. Ackerman’s Repository
of Arts 101. Strand.
8¼ x 10¾. Original colour with small margins.
This is one of a set of twenty prints entitled ‘Le
Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions. Design’d
by G. M. Woodward and Etch’t by T. Rowlandson'.
The B. M. has five from this series, but not this one.
B. M. See 9628 – 9632.
£130. |
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T. Rowlandson. The Bull And Mouth.
Published Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside. (1808).
9½ x 13¼. Original colour and trimmed onto the
plate mark.
Bright Tegg colour, probably printed and coloured around 1810.
The sleepy fat ‘cit’ with his young attractive
wife. She holds her fingers in the sign of a cuckold’s
horns while slipping a letter to the handsome young officer.
B. M. 11145.
£165. |
