WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

23 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 19th Century 42 1815 Battle of Waterloo prints after Denis Dighton (1792-1827) and another. (4) Waterloo scenes - French Cavalry Charge and Defence of Hugoumont - signed ‘Wellington’ by Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and British Cavalry Charge signed ‘Anglesey’ signed by Charles Alexander Vaughan Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey, and descendant of Henry William Paget who was commander of the cavalry under Wellington at Waterloo. The three are from limited editions of 850, two of them numbered 264/850. A smaller print of the Storming of Badajoz, 1812, 9 by 14 inches, is included. All are framed. The Waterloo sizes are 14 by 20in. (35.6 by 50.8cm) Condition: Some foxing, mainly on the margins. Estimate €80-€120 (approx £70-£100) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 42 43 1815 Crimpimg in Carlow. Statement by Thomas Maher, “Sergeant of his Majesty”. (5) 1815 Crimpimg in Carlow. Statement sworn before Edward Eustace by Thomas Maher, Sergeant of his Majesty’s 101st Regiment of Foot. Maher was on recruiting service in Tullow when he was approached outside the door of Michael Hyland by John McCann in a violent manner who in a loud voice called Maher ‘”a Crimp Sergeant” and warned the people not to enlist with him“as they would be sent off and never heard more about”. Maher claims that the conduct of McCann was “to injurie the recruiting service”and that he had “not been able to get one recruit in said town, many who seemed disposed to enlist having declined”. Signed by Edward Eustace and the mark of Thomas Maher. With Juror return stating McCann is “a man of disloyal and seditious principles contemptously, maliciously and seditiously by disaffected and seditious speeches did obstruct and hinder intending to prevail the loyal subjects of our lord the King from their duty and allegiance”. With recognisances signed by James Doherty, Henry McAnnaly, Joe Hopkins, andWilliam Hoar. (5 manuscript documents) Condition: A few edge tears, creases and folds, slight soiling on one page, mainly very good. “Shanghaiing” or “crimping” is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as “crimps.”The related term“press gang” refers specifically to impressment practices in the Royal Navy. The verb “shanghai” joined the lexicon with “crimping” and “sailor thieves” in the 1850s, possibly because Shanghai was a common destination of the ships with abducted crews. The term has since expanded to mean “kidnapped” or “induced to do something by means of fraud”. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 43