Lot 230
Gillray (James) The Pigs possessed;-or- The Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition [and] "More pigs than teats", -or- the new litter of hungry grunters, sucking John-Bulls-old-sow to death, two works, etchings, 1806-1807 (2)
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Gillray (James) The Pigs possessed;-or- The Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition [and] "More pigs than teats", -or- the new litter of hungry grunters, sucking John-Bulls-old-sow to death, two works, etchings with original hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 410 x 302 mm (16 1/4 x 12 in) and 300 x 485 mm (11 3/4 x 19 in), the first mentioned trimmed with thread margins or just into the platemark, the latter with wide margins, both with minor surface dirt and browning, light handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 10719; 10540], Hannah Humphrey, 1806-1807 (2)
Description
Gillray (James) The Pigs possessed;-or- The Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition [and] "More pigs than teats", -or- the new litter of hungry grunters, sucking John-Bulls-old-sow to death, two works, etchings with original hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 410 x 302 mm (16 1/4 x 12 in) and 300 x 485 mm (11 3/4 x 19 in), the first mentioned trimmed with thread margins or just into the platemark, the latter with wide margins, both with minor surface dirt and browning, light handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 10719; 10540], Hannah Humphrey, 1806-1807 (2)