Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

65 The History Sale 108 A COLLECTION OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY POLITICAL CARACATURES, all with bright old hand colour, comprising: 1. “ ATurning General and three and twenty Bottle holders all in a Row ”, published by McCleary, Nassau St, 220 x 330mm 2. “ The New Hocus Pocus or Excellent escape ”, published by McCleary, Nassau St, 220 x 330mm 3. “ ATheological Antidote firing off the Lees of Opposition ”, published by McCleary, Nassau St, 270 x 390mm 4. “ TheWonder or the Parson rejecting theTenth ”, published by McCleary, Nassau St, 220 x 380mm (5) “ My Girl - My Boy ”, published by J.Wiseheart, 6 Suffolk Street, Dublin, 220 x 280mm € 300 - 500 109 THE FORTUNATE FARRIER A black and white engraving, no publisher, c.1790, a flunkey presenting a prize of £500 to a blacksmiths family, in the background the building of the State Lottery Of- fice with the signage‘ Tickets and Shares Insured to return undrawn ’, No. 79 Dame Street, 230 x 280mm (not recorded in ABL ‘The Prints of Dublin’ (2005); together withThe Convent Garden Morning Frolick, printed and sold byW. Jones , No. 18 Green Street, Dublin, 260 x 330mm € 100 - 200 110 S.M. (DELIN) The Hibernian Sisters, black and white mezzotint, 355 x 250mm Sold by J. Okey under St Dunstans Church, Fleet Street, with engraved lines,‘ Hi- bernia long with spleen beheld/Her favourite tastes by ours excelled/Resolv’d t’outrie Britan- nias Fair/By her own Beauties,Sent a pair,Duchess of Hamilton/ Countess of Coventry; together with after, F. Cotes, Duchess of Hamilton, black and white engraving, 170 x 140mm (2) The Gunning sisters Elizabeth (1734 - 1790) and Maria (1733 - 1760) daughters of John Gunning of Castlecoote Co. Roscommon, took England by storm, such were their striking features and personalities.They married into the top rank of aristocracy, Elizabeth marrying two Dukes. In the present mezzotint she is still designated‘Hamilton’ which dates it prior to the Dukes death in 1758. Her sons became the 7th and 8th Dukes of Hamilton. She married the 5th Duke of Argyll in 1759 and was created a peeress in her right. Her son became the 6th Duke of Argyll. Maria married the 7th Earl of Coventry of Croome Court. Her son became the 8th Earl of Coventry. € 300 - 500