💖 Catalogue 134: Love, Lust and Lechery! 💘

 

[The Progress of Seduction.]
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by A. Gabriel.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Set of 6 etchings, complete, stitched on left edge. Each plate 280 x 320mm (11 x 12½") Very large margins, uncut. Wear to edges.
"The Progress of Seduction" complete set of six scenes of the downfall and penitence of Lætitia, seduced by a faithless lover. These plates were engraved by Amedeo Gabrielli (1749 - 1817) after the stipples published by John Raphael Smith in 1789. See Ref: 36865 for complete set.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. D' Oench 300 copies; Frankau: 214-19
[Ref: 35800]   £980.00 

 

We are pleased to present our listing for the Valentine's period;
Catalogue 134: Love, Lust and Lechery!
It contains 100 items including:

Ephemera
Mezzotints
Satire
and Decorative Items.
 
View the whole catalogue here!
Happy browsing.
 
A few highlights:
 

Matrimonial Map.
A. Houghton.
[n.d. c.1830]
Pen and ink drawing, sheet 180 x 230mm (7¼ x 9"), including large margins. Some surface dirt in margins.
An allegorical map of Matrimony, with the Gulf of Matrimony, Petticoat Government and Land of Spinsters.
[Ref: 62271]   £180.00  

 

Love Feast.
Thaumaso Scrutiny Esq.e Fecit.
Published for the Satirist. Oct.r 1.st 1808, by S. Tipper 37 Leadenhall Street.
Etching with aquatint, plate 185 x 335mm (7¼ x 13½"), with margins. On paper watermarked '1807'. Folds as issued. Small tear in one of the folds just touchng the plate.
Pl. from the 'Satirist', iii. 225. A satire on the marriage of Calvinist preacher, William Huntington (1745-1813) on 15th August 1808, to the rich widow of Sir James Sanderson (1741–1798), so that gold replaces his former earnings as a coal-heaver. He had formerly (after seducing and deserting another young woman) had 'a connection' (i.e. married) Mary Short by whom he had thirteen children; she died from gin and chagrin at the intimacy from c. 1803 between Huntington and Lady Sanderson. A "love-feast" is underway in a sparsely furnished room, illuminated by a torch that the Devil is holding above Huntington's bride's head. Huntington is holding the hand of a small woman who is staring at a picture (or mirror) that a "fat mid-wife" has held out to her. The picture features little imps or ragamuffins. The Devil offers a miserable literary hack a pair of breeches, while his ragged shirt and coat hang over his nude legs. With great pleasure, the latter accepts the breeches; from his pocket projects a paper: 'Huntington rescued from the Attack of the Satirist'. Hideous men and women can be seen on the left; one man is shown pouring a bottle's contents into the mouth of a woman who appears to be debauched. A woman holding an ugly baby is given a "Warrant f Bastardy" by a man. Demons are seen in the background emptying one sack of coal and stuffing another full of gold. "Bank of Faith this Lucrative Concern to be Disposed of the Present Proprietor retiring from Trade" is written on a placard that is attached to the wall.
BM Satires 11083.
[Ref: 62310]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT) 
 
 

 Remember me. [&] The power of Love.
[n.d. c.1830]
Two letterpress' sheet 395 x 250mm (15½ x 9¾") Glued to album paper.
Two letterpress poems with flower designs framed around them.
[Ref: 62272]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)

 

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