Lot Essay
The Piccadilly print-shop established by William Fores was amongst the most fashionable in George IV's reign, and had considerable success with the cartoons by artists such as Henry Heath (fl. 1824-1850).
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Falstaff and his Ragged Crew; Buy a Broom; A new Italian Farce called the Green Bag; The Royal Green Bag; A Scene from Don Giovanni; The Triumph of Innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression; non mi Recordo the Captain on the Gang; Ecce Signum; The Green Bag, its contents and all its appendages; The Pageantry put off; Which is the Dirtiest so foul the stains will be Indelible; A Private Address; The Bill Thrown Out; and Opening the Green Bag
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S.W. FORES PUBLISHER, CIRCA 1820
Falstaff and his Ragged Crew; Buy a Broom; A new Italian Farce called the Green Bag; The Royal Green Bag; A Scene from Don Giovanni; The Triumph of Innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression; non mi Recordo the Captain on the Gang; Ecce Signum; The Green Bag, its contents and all its appendages; The Pageantry put off; Which is the Dirtiest so foul the stains will be Indelible; A Private Address; The Bill Thrown Out; and Opening the Green Bag
handcoloured etchings, published London, 1820
unframed
11 x 17 in. (28 x 43 cm.) (14)
Falstaff and his Ragged Crew; Buy a Broom; A new Italian Farce called the Green Bag; The Royal Green Bag; A Scene from Don Giovanni; The Triumph of Innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression; non mi Recordo the Captain on the Gang; Ecce Signum; The Green Bag, its contents and all its appendages; The Pageantry put off; Which is the Dirtiest so foul the stains will be Indelible; A Private Address; The Bill Thrown Out; and Opening the Green Bag
handcoloured etchings, published London, 1820
unframed
11 x 17 in. (28 x 43 cm.) (14)
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