Lot 237 , James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)
James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) ‘’Matins at D-wn-ng College Cambridge’’, dated 1810, 341 x 244mm. BM Satires 11591;
‘’a Petty-Professor of Modern-History, brought to Light’’, dated 1810, the image within an oval border, 350 x 260mm. BM Satires 11590;
‘’Progress of the Toilet’’ - ‘’The Stays’’, ‘’The Wig’’ [and] ‘’Dress Completed’’, a set of three, [The trio satirizing the fashions of the period, which dictated how the shapes of women should be accentuated to imitate artistic depictions of femininity], dated 1810, each approximately 275 x 215mm. BM Satires 11608 11609 11610; and
‘’Grace, Fashion, and Manners. From the Life’’, dated [c.1810], published by George Humphrey, 260 x 200mm. BM 1851.0901.1271,
hand-coloured etched caricatures, published by Hannah Humphrey (6)
£300-400
Condition:
The caricatures tipped-in, two to one side, four to the other, of an early 19th century blue paper folio album leaf
Sold for £900