POLITICAL CARICATURES – An album of hand-coloured plates. London: Humphrey, Fores, Holland, and others, 1790s-1830s. 2° (574 x 450mm). 54 engraved plates, one of these double-page, by James Gillray (1756-1815) and others, and four unrelated pen-and-ink drawings, various sizes (c.220-530 x 190-360mm), mounted in an album, some two to a leaf. (Occasional light wear and light soiling, some mounts detached, tears in some mounts.) Early 19th-century green half-morocco (worn, spine lacking, board detached, corners rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899).
POLITICAL CARICATURES – An album of hand-coloured plates. London: Humphrey, Fores, Holland, and others, 1790s-1830s. 2° (574 x 450mm). 54 engraved plates, one of these double-page, by James Gillray (1756-1815) and others, and four unrelated pen-and-ink drawings, various sizes (c.220-530 x 190-360mm), mounted in an album, some two to a leaf. (Occasional light wear and light soiling, some mounts detached, tears in some mounts.) Early 19th-century green half-morocco (worn, spine lacking, board detached, corners rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899). An attractive album of large, hand-coloured political caricatures.
POLITICAL CARICATURES – An album of hand-coloured plates. London: Humphrey, Fores, Holland, and others, 1790s-1830s. 2° (574 x 450mm). 54 engraved plates, one of these double-page, by James Gillray (1756-1815) and others, and four unrelated pen-and-ink drawings, various sizes (c.220-530 x 190-360mm), mounted in an album, some two to a leaf. (Occasional light wear and light soiling, some mounts detached, tears in some mounts.) Early 19th-century green half-morocco (worn, spine lacking, board detached, corners rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899).
POLITICAL CARICATURES – An album of hand-coloured plates. London: Humphrey, Fores, Holland, and others, 1790s-1830s. 2° (574 x 450mm). 54 engraved plates, one of these double-page, by James Gillray (1756-1815) and others, and four unrelated pen-and-ink drawings, various sizes (c.220-530 x 190-360mm), mounted in an album, some two to a leaf. (Occasional light wear and light soiling, some mounts detached, tears in some mounts.) Early 19th-century green half-morocco (worn, spine lacking, board detached, corners rubbed). Provenance : Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899). An attractive album of large, hand-coloured political caricatures.
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