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The Caricature Catalogue” produced by Harrison-Heitt Rare Books is as it suggests a catalogue of caricature books, prints and original works from the 1830's onwards.

John Doyle was born in Dublin in 1797 and used the initials HB to try to hide his identity. He was an Irish political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer. “The Winchelsea Hermit” (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; George William Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchelsea) by HB is available in this catalogue for the sum of £90. The lithograph image measures 28.5 x 39.5 cm. Issued as number 6 of "Political sketches" the work was originally Issued in five volumes. The description is: “The Earl of Winchelsea conceived so great a disgust with politics, on account of the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, that he announced it to be his intention of retiring altogether from the House of Lords. Moore, the lyrical poet, ever ready with his joke, took occasion, on the day after his Lordship's announcement of his resolution, to tell the story of a man in the gallery at Drury Lane, who, having paid his shilling to see George Barnwell, and not choosing to be disturbed from his tragedy-state of mind by the noise which an Easter Monday audience generally makes before the play begins, called out lustily for silence, and having, with much difficulty, obtained a hearing, very gravely acquainted the audience, that if they did not conduct themselves in a more orderly manner, he should be under the necessity of leaving the house. The public laughed with the poet and at the Earl, well knowing that such resolutions are the offspring of temporary emotions and are never kept."

A collection of 15 original French caricature sketches circa 1910 – inked vignettes show caricature sketches of  (1) Two elderly gentlemen conversing; (2) Two gentlemen in circa 1910 dress; (3) two sketches showing horse riders and a small Chinese caricature; (4) A collection of soldiers, a gentleman frog, and a frog talking to a duck; (5) An anthropomorphic bakery and knights entering a forest; 6) a sailor ?; (7) Three Beatrix Potter style rabbit sketches. All of the caricatures are on pages removed from a sketch book. They are a little dark and there is a little edgewear and nicking to the sheets. Sheet are various sizes, but mostly 200 by 120mm (7¾ by 4¾ inches). These are valued at £70.

A collection of eleven full-page lithographic illustrations depict the misery in Meidling and Floridsdorf (both suburbs of Vienna) after WW1 but before WW11. The introduction is written in Dutch by Edo Fimmen, the left-wing trade unionist. Albert Hahn Jr. was the socialist cartoonist and poster artist from the Netherlands. The work has evocative caricatures showing the suffering of industrial workers, particularly amongst the young. It is accompanied by a letter from one of the fifty sub-committees of the Comité voor Oostenrijksche Arbeiderskinderen in the Netherlands. The committee was created by the Social Democratic Workers Party (SDAP), and itarranged for thousands of malnourished children to travel to the Netherlands and stay with foster families for up to 12 weeks to regain their strength. These lithographs are priced at £60.

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