15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 11
 

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Onwhyn, Thomas Glass of Grog. Read & Co., 1853. 12mo, 10-leaves, concertina-folded between...

Onwhyn, Thomas
Glass of Grog. Read & Co., 1853. 12mo, 10-leaves, concertina-folded between boards, upper board with paper label duplicating first leaf; ilus. by Onwhyn.
'Containing 50 excuses for the GLASS, and only one objection against it." A satirical piece of ephemera in support of drinking spirits with a humorous nod to balance in the one objection offered as from a 'distinguished member of the Tem. Soc.' - 'Taking a glass too much'.
Onwhyn was well-known illustrator and cartoonist, especially known for his pirated edition of The Pickwick Papers (Dickens referred to 'the singular Vileness of the Illustrations'). He produced a number of cheap satirical pamphlets for less prestigious publishers like Rock Bros and Payne, satirising contemporary mores and cant. For all their disposable nature, they are not without sly political sensibility and a keen eye - like his comparison of poor and rich in Pictures of London. He experimented with comic strips in A Railway Adventure that Mr Larkin Encountered with the Lady of Captn. Coleraine, illustrated comedy books like Mr Perry Winks Submarine Adventures, and satirised the growing commercial control of Harrogate's famous water.
Despite his prolific output he was overshadowed by more famous contemporaries and his ephemeral works remain scarce today. Worldcat only lists one copy of this panorama at the V & A.

Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

. Staining to upper label matched internally with variable staining to the right hand side of the folds, however a tight, generally clean copy of scarce satire.

 


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