Dec 09, 2021 - Sale 2591

Sale 2591 - Lot 412

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(SATIRE.) James Gillray, and others. Group of 5 mostly hand-colored printed social and political satires. London, vd

Additional Details

- James Gillray. The Cabinetical-Balance. Etching on "J Ruse/1803" watermarked wove paper. 18 1/4x11 1/2 inches sheet size, wide margins; fine original hand-color; minor toning and short edge tears to the margins. London: H. Humphrey, 1806. BM Satires 10530.

- Charles Williams. The Last Stage of Cruelty, or, a Mercifull Example of Quaerism. Hand-colored etching on watermarked laid paper. 13 3/4x9 1/2 inches sheet size, trimmed to the plate; generally fine. London: S.W. Fores, 1806. BM Satires 10637.

- Samuel de Wilde. [Frontispiece to The Satirist, Vol. I.] Hand-colored etching on wove paper. 6 3/4x13 1/2 inches sheet size, trimmed to the plate; original folds, offset of the title-page at upper right. London: Tipper, 1807. BM Satires 10764.

- "William Tell." More Power to Paddy__or John Bull Bothered. Plate 9 from the series Hints & Hits. Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper. 8 3/4x11 inches sheet size, wide margins; minor wear. London: James McCormick, 1844.

- [Unidentified etching of British sailors drinking in a tavern.] Heavy laid paper, 9 1/2x13 1/2 inches sheet size, trimmed to the plate. Mid-to-late 18th century.