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ANON, sometime attributed both to HOGARTH & VANDERBANK
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[Berenstadt, Cuzzoni & Senesino, possibly in Handel’s Flavio]
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[c.1723]

Etching & engraving (182) x (260) mm
bm 1768
Paulson 1965 edition 266 iii/iii
Possibly Farinelli, rather than Senesino, in Ptolomeo
Fair 18th impression, after the central plate damage
Cut just on/outside border line, stain

SOLD

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​ANON (probably by L.MAYER)

A representation of the present state of France
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L.Mayer, 13 August 1804

​Woodcut & letterpress, approx. 230 x 375 mm
BM 10267 (an uncoloured example)
with publisher’s watercolour
Separately sold sheet, otherwise used as a folding plate in the Prophetic Mirror
Anticipates Napoleon’s coronation
Coll.: Count von Starhemberg, E stamp (for Eferding) & pencil cataloguing notes verso
Fine, almost full sheet, tiny hole from paper flaw

SOLD

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ANON

The SLOUGH of DESPOND
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[NP, 1809]
Etching 350 x 251 mm
BM 11280
in sepia, with publisher’s watercolour
Mary Anne Clarke & the Duke of York
Fine uncut sheet
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SOLD






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ROBERT DIGHTON II (1786-1865)

[Lord Petersham, rear view]
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Dighton Jnr [c.1801-5]
Etching 251 x 202 mm
Not in BM
in black on wove paper, with watercolour
early ink inscription bottom corner 1810, almost certainly earlier
(Dighton was in the Army by 1808)
Rare, never reprinted
Thread margins, very faint crumpling
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SOLD

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)

GENERAL ELIOTT
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Js.H.sculpt.
R.Wilkinson, 1 November 1782
etching & engraving, partly stippled (145) x (102) mm
BM 1870,0514.1848 impression in black on a full sheet, as 'monogramist J.H.'
Cut within the plate-mark, sheet slightly dusty
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SOLD

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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The Zenith of French Glory; - The Pinnacle of Liberty
Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlighten’d Minds, farewell !
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​H.Humphrey, 12 February 1793
etching & engraving 350 x 250 mm
BM 8300
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher's watercolour
Slightly faded, verso discoloured, cut on plate-mark & edge defects

SOLD

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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The Blood of the Murdered crying for Vengeance

H.Humphrey, 16 February 1793
etching & engraving 353 x 248 mm
BM 8304
Printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
thread margins

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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LIGHT expelling DARKNESS, - Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations, - or – The Sun of the CONSTITUTION, rising superior to the Clouds of OPPOSITION

H.Humphrey, 30 April 1795
etching, textured soft ground & engraving 350 x 451 mm
BM 8644
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
small margins, cut on/just outside plate-mark at bottom, tiny nick bottom edge
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£6,000

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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The DEATH of the Great WOLF
To Benjn. West Esqr. President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to Emulate the Beauties of his unequal’d Picture … is most respectfully submitted by the Author

H.Humphrey, 17 December 1795
etching & engraving 340 x 445 mm
BM 8704
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
faint of vertical fold mark, fine

£8,500

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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RETRIBUTION; - Tarring & Feathering; - or – The Patriots Revenge

H.Humphrey, 26 November 1795
etching & engraving 352 x 246 mm
BM 8698
Printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
Thread margins, colour very slightly blotchy (?sizing, similar to both BM examples)

£2,800


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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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Supplementary-Militia, turning-out for Twenty Days Amusement …

H.Humphrey, 25 November 1796
etching & engraving 251 x 355 mm
BM 8840
printed in sepia on wove paper, watermark: 1794/J WHATMAN
Large margins, brilliant colour

£2,400

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)

SANDWICH-CARROTS! – dainty SANDWICH-CARROTS
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H.Humphrey, 3 December 1796
etching & engraving 354 x 252 mm
BM 8886
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
Inscribed in lower margin 2-6- (imperfectly erased) & Earl of Sandwich in ink in either Gillray’s
or Hannah Humphrey’s hand, originally from a “shop album”
John Montagu, 5th Earl (1744-1814) ‘Jemmy Twitcher’, outside the bookshop of
Robert Faulder (1747-1815), bookseller & binder, at 42 New Bond Street
small/very small margins, laid at edges onto a plain album sheet, the green on the earl’s coat slightly smudged

£3,800

JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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Le Baiser a la Wirtembourg

H.Humphrey, 15 April 1797
etching & engraving 361 x 261 mm
BM 9006
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
a repaired marginal tear

£1,800



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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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La Promenade en Famille. – a Sketch from Life

H.Humphrey, 23 April 1797
etching & engraving 253 x 364 mm
BM 9009
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
first state before the Duke’s eye narrowed and his mouth enlarged & closed (both examples in bm are in the later state)
trace of centre fold, repaired tear in title area & a made up blank corner
despite the above, a good looking example in fine bright colour

£3,200

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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Hero’s recruiting at Kelsey’s; - or – Guard-Day at St.James’s

H.Humphrey, 9 June 1797
etching & engraving 361 x 258 mm
BM 9068
printed in sepia on wove paper, watermark: RUSE & TURNERS/1806
with publisher’s watercolour
Contemporary ink inscription at extreme top edge of sheet Captain Birch of the Guards (the central figure)
Fine, large margins, brilliant colour

£4,800

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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[Prince of Wales from behind]

H.Humphrey, 10 March 1802
Etching & engraving, partly stippled 257 x 207 mm
BM 9846, second state with newly fashionable pointed shoes
in sepia on wove paper, with publisher's watercolour
Cut just showing plate-mark, fine bright colour

£875


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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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​The COW-POCK – or – the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation !
Vide. – the Publications of the Anti-Vaccine Society
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H.Humphrey, 12 June 1802
etching, soft ground etching & engraving 250 x 349 mm
BM 9924
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
small margins, very slightly faded, some discolouration

SOLD

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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The first Kiss this Ten Years ! – or – the meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois

H.Humphrey, 1 January 1803
etching, aquatint, roulette & engraving (353) x 252 mm
BM 9960
printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
thread margins/cut on the plate-mark at bottom, minor defects, back discoloured, fine earliest colour

£6,000

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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815)
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The Death of ADMIRAL-LORD-NELSON, in the moment of Victory

H.Humphrey, 23 December 1805
etching, aquatint & engraving 385 x 278 mm
BM 10442
printed in sepia on wove, watermark: E & P/1801, with publisher's watercolour
old glue & some thins on back

£2,400



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WILLIAM HEATH (1794-1840)
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THE NORFOLK method of improving the Breed
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S.W.Fores, 26 March 1826
Etching (240) x (344) mm
BM 14422 (an uncoloured impression)
in black ink on laid paper, watermark: A STACE/1801
Coll.: Minto-Wilson, his stamp in red verso
cut just within the plate-mark & wash border
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SOLD

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CHARLES HOWARD HODGES (1764-1837) after  JOHN RISING (1753-1817)
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William Wilberforce Esqr. MP for the County of York
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Engraved from a Picture painted by J:Rising for the Right Honbe.Lord Muncaster, is with all Respect dedicated to the Chairman and Committee of London; and to all the Societies for the abolition of the Slave Trade throughout Great Britain …
London: J.Rising & T.Harmar, 1 February 1792
Mezzotint 507 x 352 mm
On Auvergne laid paper
Second issue, the scratch letter impression in BM is dated 1 October 1791
Good impression, some faint rubs on paper inclusions. A rust inclusion visible on the back & tiny white printing flaw on the table cloth

£3,000​

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JOHN JACOBI (JOHANN JACOBE 1733-1797) after REYNOLDS

OMAI, A Native of the Island of Utietea
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John Boydell, 1 September 1780
Mezzotint 634 x 383 mm
Second published state (first published by Jacobe at Mrs Sledge’s 1777)
in black ink on laid paper
Collection: the late Raymond Leppard
Thread margins, tiny rubs in title area

£6,000



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JAMES MCARDELL (1729-65) after ALAN RAMSAY (1713-84)

[Lady Mary Campbell holding a theorbo]
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c.1762
Mezzotint 505 x 355 mm
C.S.42 i/ii before all lettering, lower area still partly uncleared & before re-work
Lady Mary, youngest daughter of the Duke of Argyll, had a disastrous marriage to Viscount Coke of Holkam. She was the dedicatee of Walpole’s Castle of Otranto, later fell out with him.
Collection: Jeremy Maas
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£2,400


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WILLIAM PETHER (1731-1821)

The Three Smiths; Brothers, and Painters, Natives of Chichester
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Published by Pether, 1 July 1765
sold at Mr.Pether’s Harpsicord Maker
mezzotint 514 x 403 mm
George, William & John Smith of Chichester
fair impression
Collection: Frederic R.Halsey, L.1308 on verso
slight defects

SOLD


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JOHN PHILLIPS (fl.1825-31)  ‘Sharpshooter’

ANTICIPATION – Bringing them to the Scratch,-Hercules in the Church;
or, The Church [scored through] Tithes [above] in Danger
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S.W.Fores, May 1829
Etching 244 x 367 mm
BM 1571
in black, with publisher’s watercolour
Coll.: Louis-Philippe, Duke d’Orleans, later King of the French
Slight off sett
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£240

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PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809)
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The BUTIFYER. A Touch upon The Times Plate I
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[Sandby] September 1762
etching & engraving 246 x 200 mm
BM 3971  Gunn 175
Very good impression in black on laid paper
cut irregularly on the plate-mark/thread margins, some thins
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£675



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PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809)

The Fair Stationer in Hyde Park 1780
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P.Sandby [1781]
Outline etching 235 x (299) mm, and grey wash
Gunn 358  part of a series of views of military encampments during the Gordon riots
BM 1904,0819.733, from the Sandby family, has almost identical grey wash plus
blue wash in the sky
It includes his self-portrait, standing sketching with his dog.
Cut just within plate-mark at right, else thread margins, some defects & faint mount burn
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SOLD

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GEORGE SCHARF (1788-1860) after HENRY THOMAS DE LA BECHE (1796-1866)

Duria Antiquior
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C.Hullmandel [c.1830]
Lithograph 240 x 320 mm, sheet 297 x 392 mm
state before the added numbers and key
printed in black on wove paper without watermark
The first pictorial representation of pre-historic life based on the fossil record.
It is an animated recreation of life based on the fossils found by Mary Anning and others on the Jurassic coast. The print was sold for £2.10s, and William Buckland send 100 copies to Anning for her to sell in her shop.
Quoting from Sotheby’s recent catalogue entry: ‘An ongoing census by Tom Sharpe has identified just 24 copies … the vast majority in institutional collections. Most surviving copies are in its later state.’
Vertical fold mark & associated slight discolouration & thin

SOLD

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ROBERT SEYMOUR (1798-1836)
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LIVING MADE EASY
EASY WAY OF GETTING THROUGH THE DREARIEST DAY OF DECEMBER
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T.McLean, 1 January 1830, printed by J.Netherclift
Pen lithograph 157 x 261 mm
in black on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
From the set of twelve Living made easy
A comfortable ?Cit settles down to spend the day eating and looking at caricatures, but first sends his liveried footman out to ‘bring all the new Caricatures’ from the Haymarket (McLean’s)
Rather faded and slightly discoloured
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JOHN SMITH (1652-1743)  after  J.SOMMER (fl. Late 17th cent)
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Charles Napier Esqr.
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[Smith, c.1700]
Mezzotint 344 x 250 mm
Napier, 2nd Bart. Died 1743.
A bizarre contrast between the effete soldier and his
page, a very young black boy wearing a metal slave collar
Thread margins, backed with tissue, tiny loss at lower plate edge

£420

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GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
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LABOURERS
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Geo. Stubbs, 1 January 1789
Etching, stipple, roulette & rocker-work 522 x 695 mm
in black ink on wove paper
L-B 86 i/ii  FIRST STATE, WITH OPEN TITLE LETTERS
Provenance: UK private collection
thread margins, tiny losses at extreme right edge

P.O.R

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GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
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REAPERS
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Geo. Stubbs, 1 January 1791
Stipple & roulette work 482 x 683 mm
in black ink on laid paper
L-B 90 i/iii  FIRST STATE, WITH OPEN TITLE LETTERS
Provenance: UK private collection
Thread margins, an invisibly repaired tear

SOLD
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GEORGE TOWNLY STUBBS ( 1748-1815) after  GEORGE STUBBS
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JOSIAH WEDGWOOD Esqr.
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Done from an original Picture Painted in Enamel as large as Life
G.T.Stubbs, 10 February 1795
Etching & engraving, largely stipple 227 x 172 mm
finished lettered state, printed in black
cut on the plate-mark

£400




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CHARLES TURNER (1774-1857) after HUET VILLIERS (1772-1813)
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VENUS
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R.Ackermann, 2 January 1809
Mezzotint (285) x (212) mm
Partly printed in colours
Cut irregularly shaving the border line, a repaired tear

£400





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CHARLES TURNER (1774-1857) after HUET VILLIERS (1772-1813)
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LUNA
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R.Ackermann, 2 January 1809
Mezzotint 295 x 235 mm
Partly printed in colours
Slight rubs, short repaired tear

£400


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CHARLES WILLIAMS (fl.1796-1830)

ALL for LOVE, or the modern David and Goliah[sic]
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S.W.Fores, December 1806
Etching 248 x 348 mm
BM 10625
In sepia, with publisher’s watercolour
Thread margins, minor blemishes
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SOLD

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CHARLES WILLIAMS (fl.1796-1830)
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THE TUNNEL !!! or another BUBBLE BURST !
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​S.Knights, May 1827
Etching 253 x 376 mm
printed in black on wove paper, with publisher’s watercolour
Not in BM
The tunnel flooded on 18 May 1827 and Brunel narrowly escaped with his life
some stains on back
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£1,800

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CHARLES WILLIAMS (fl.1796-1830)
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VIEW OF WIRTEMBURG from GREENWICH
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[NP, probably 1827]
Etching 246 x 348 mm
Not in BM
In black, with publisher’s watercolour
Charlotte Augusta (1766-1828), probably on her return to England as Dowager
Queen of Wirtemberg
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£400

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UNIDENTIFIED
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PUTTING HIS FOOT IN IT
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Thos.McLean, 1826
Etching & engraving 250 x 332 mm
BM 15149
in black, with publisher’s watercolour
original 2/- price in ink in margin
Marquis de Moustier & a British soldier drag Ferdinand VII across the
border into Portugal
marginal tear
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SOLD