Old Satirical Print of An Aggressive Landlady, 1827

Antique print titled 'Run Neighbours Run - St Al_ns is Quadrilling It'. In this print, the Duchess of St Albans dances a quadrille (a dance performed by four couples) with an unidentified naval officer, whose dancing steps resemble those of the hornpipe, a dance popular among sailors. The other three couples of the quadrille stand around them, looking on. All of the figures are fashionably dressed, with the Duchess' clothing being particularly extravagant. Harriot Mellon, Duchess of St Albans, was a former actress who married the elderly banker Thomas Coutts in 1815. After Coutts' death, she remarried to the Duke of St Albans in 1827, causing a scandal due to his being 23 years younger than she. Mellon, the richest woman in Britain after her husband's death, was a philathropist and patron of the arts, but was a controversial figure in fashionable society due to her humble origins. Satirical prints...

Mrs Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit – Kyd Character Print after Dickens, ca. 1889 Description: This original chromolithograph portrays the unforgettable character of Mrs Sarah Gamp from...

Antique 1828 Satirical Print When First I Saw Thee Graceful Move Hand-Colored This engaging and humorous hand-colored etching is titled 'When First I Saw Thee Graceful Move' and was...

Mrs Bardell from Pickwick Papers – Kyd’s Comic Character Print after Dickens Description: This original late 19th-century chromolithograph depicts the forlorn Mrs Bardell, one of th...

French Engraving Hand Colored Galerie des Modes Costumes Francais, 1779. Rare antique French fashion print hand colored published first ...

18th century framed fashion engraving of a woman dressed for entertaining or to be entertained, with a plume feather hat, a fancy bustle with gree...

Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe. Very good condition. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...

Amusing original colored lithograph with pouchoir details, representing a father talking to his daughter. Satiric illustration by the French draftsman Frédéric Bouchot (1798- 1865). Plate 12, from the series, Soins Tyranniques, Aubert and C.ie, Paris. Signed on plate, on lower-left margin. With the printed capture on lower margin: "Chère enfant, tu es en âge de te marier, l'agitation de ton ésprit, tes émotions inquiètes et vagues; tout m'annonce que ton coeur s'épanouit..... J'ai fait pour toi...