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Print of the Month
April 2021
The Hearty Good Fellow,
Here is a Droll showing an enormously stout man, sitting outside a house
with a brimming jug in one hand, a pipe in the other, tobacco paper and glass beside
him, smiling broadly, a boy on the left, coming out of a house carrying pipes.
Although not names as such he is a ‘John Bull’ idealised figure, representative of
a patriot enjoying life. The print is based on a painting by Francis Hayman.
Ceramic Toby Jugs were made from mid eighteenth century, this is a print
representation of the same idea.
It is a Mezzotint with some etching Printed for R Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street As the Act
Directs September 1st 1786, size 25.5 x 37 cm, sold in a period frame.
Stock No SAP0968 Price £950
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‘Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Francais'
This year marked the 200th anniversary of the death in
exile on St Helena of the French Emperor Napoleon. Here
is a rare print to be seen in the UK. It comes from from
France 1802. The source of the image of Napoleon From a
painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761 - 1845) and
engraved by Levachez. It shows Napoleon Bonaparte as
First Consul of France and the review of the troops on
August 17th 1802 at the Tuilleries Palace below. This was
issued to mark Napoloen’s assumption of power after he
declared himself 1st Consul for Life in August 1802. The
prints of Napoleon most usually seen in the UK are
satirical and anti French, a selection of these are available
on our site.
Stock No SAP0797 Price £750
Print of the Month
April 2021
