Lot 252 , James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)

James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’Metallic-Tractors’’, dated 1801, 250 x 345mm. BM Satires 9761 [Dr. Elisha Perkins (1741-1799), was an American quack doctor and the inventor of a pair of electrified metallic tractors said to cure diseases. His son, Benjamin, advertised the ‘’cure’’ in various periodicals between 1798 and 1802. The cartoon depicts Dr. Perkins applying his invention to the boils on the nose of a citizen, possibly intended to represent John Bull. The lean detached physician is contrasted with the stout and highly distressed patient undergoing ‘’therapy’’]
‘’Anacreontick’s in full song’’, dated 1801, 250 x 322mm. BM Satires 9764
‘’Contemplations upon a Coronet’’, dated 1797, 365 x 255. BM Satires 9074 and
‘’The Marraige of Cupid & Psyhe’’, dated 1797, oval, 260 max x 310mm max. BM Satires 9076,
hand-coloured etched caricatures, published by Hannah Humphrey (4)
£500-800

Condition:
The caricatures tipped-in, two each side, of an early 19th century blue paper folio album leaf.

Sold for £1,100