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Oberon and Titania. [&] Oberon & Puck.
Oberon and Titania. [&] Oberon & Puck. Vide Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Pair of coloured stipples. Each sheet c.135 x 175mm (5¼ x 7"). Mounted on the same album sheet.
A pair of oval stipples, with the figures looking like children playing the roles.
[Ref: 40753]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs. Caroline Acton.
Mrs. Caroline Acton.
A.M. Kersey.
[c.1830.]
Very rare lithograph on india, india dimensions 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"). Slight printer's crease in title.
Unusual portrait of a woman holding spectacles in her left hand, while in her right holding a book open to show a portrait of a young woman. The sitter is probably the daughter of the successful Suffolk landowner Nathaniel Lee Acton (1725-95), who, along with other members of his family, was painted by Gainsborough. The artist A.M. Kersey has not been identified.
Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in O'D.
[Ref: 40639]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Admonition and Gratitude.
Admonition and Gratitude.
Woodward del.t _ W_S Sculp.t [Charles Williams].
London Pub.d Decm.r 1st 1807 by Tho.s. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 345mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed just within plate. Very slight damage in centre.
A man in ragged clothes stands before a justice, who points at the book in his hand: 'Yes, Yes, you have brought yourself into a pretty scrape - here it is - Burns Justice page 22 - if you are not hang’d for this, I’ll be hang’d for you!!'. The ragged man replies 'Sir you are very good and speak like a Gentleman -I humbly thank you - and hope when the day comes you will not be out of the way!'.
[Ref: 40502]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Frontispiece to 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' by John Aikin]
[Frontispiece to 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' by John Aikin]
Stothard delt Grignion sculpt
Publish'd June 4 1795 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Allegory with six female figures sitting in a ring, one holding a cornucopia, another a sickle, another the wand of Aesclepius. Putti overhead, ship in background. Frontispiece to John Aikin's 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' (1795). Aikin (1747-1822) was a physician and writer, who practiced medicine until a stroke ended his medical career in 1796. It was during his spare time while working as a doctor that he produced many of the works for which he is best known, including the 'Description', a valuable account of the Manchester area at a time of rapid industrialization.
[Ref: 40847]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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General Amherst.
General Amherst.
Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
For J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Newgate Street. [n.d. c.1820].
Engraving with small margins. Platemark: 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Paper tone.
A bust portrait of Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst (1717-97), 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal KB, dressed in naval attire. Within an oval on a plinth. Amherst was the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War.
Parker p59.
[Ref: 39991]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Amusing the old ones Wife.
Amusing the old ones Wife.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 230 x 320mm (9 x 12½"), large margins. Creasing in margins.
A corpulent man sits before a fire, smoking a pipe. Behind a much younger man feeds cherries to the old man's wife.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 40604]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lancelot Andrewes.]
[Lancelot Andrewes.] Vera Effigies Reverendi in Christo Patris Dni: Lanceloti Andrewes Episcopi Wintoniensis.
W. Hollar fecit 1643.
Etching, platemark 125 x 70mm (5 x 2¾"). Unidentified collector's stamp verso.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Under King James I he served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the Authorised Version of the Bible. This appears to be the 'very deceptive copy' mentioned by Pennington, which closely copies Wenceslaus Hollar's etching but with noticeable differences to the sitter's face and the writing of Hollar's name. Hollar's print was itself based on that by John Payne prefixed to Andrewes' 'XCVI Sermons' of 1632.
Pennington 1340 (copy); L.4329.
[Ref: 40479]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Group of Angels in Glory]
[A Group of Angels in Glory]
[After Luca Cambiaso, c.1610]
Etching, sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark, glued to backing sheet.
Anonymous seventeenth century etching, probably copied from an etching by Guido Reni (reversing and simplifying the upper part of the composition). Reni's etching was itself based upon a design by Luca Cambiaso (1527-85), the leading artist in Genoa in the 16th century and founder of the Genoese school.
[Ref: 40789]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Ankerwyke Priory and Yew Tree
Ankerwyke Priory and Yew Tree
Drawn & Lithograph'd by George Delamotte
[c.1820]
Lithograph, printed area 160 x 320mm (6¼ x 12½"). Rare.
The famous Ankerwycke yew, which stands beside the ruins of St Mary's Priory on the banks of the river Thames, near Wraysbury in Berkshire. Now 2,500 years old, the events associated with the tree include the sealing of the Magna Carta (the meadows of Runnymede are on the other side of the Thames) and King Henry VIII's courting of Anne Boleyn. St Mary's priory was built during the reign of Henry II, before passing into private lands following the dissolution of the monasteries. The site is now property of the National Trust. By George Orleans Delamotte ( 1809 - 1821; fl.), artist and teacher, son of a French refugee. His brother was William Alfred Delamotte (1775-1863), drawing-master at the Sandhurst Military Academy, whose son Philip was a photography pioneer known for his series on the disassembly of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park and its reconstruction in Sydenham.
Ex: Collection Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40645]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Her Highness the Lady Ann.
Her Highness the Lady Ann.
P. Lely pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1680.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Tear in right margin.
Portrait of the future Queen Anne, three-quarter length, sitting, hair in curls, low dress with short sleeves, holding flowers.
CS: 1.
[Ref: 40631]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Anna D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Regina.
Anna D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Regina.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques. Aur. pinx. Petrus a Gunst sculps et excudit tot Amsterdam, op de binnen Amstel, op de hoek van de Kyfen graft [c.1700]
Rare engraving, sheet 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms. Her support of the union contributed significantly to its acceptance by both kingdoms, while her staunch support of the duke of Marlborough in the face of opposition made it possible for him to use his skills to re-establish the balance of power in Europe. Engraved and published after Kneller's portrait, by the Amsterdam-based printmaker Pieter van Gunst.
Not in O'D.
[Ref: 39750]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Queen Anne]
[Queen Anne] Anna de Zeitregirent Königin in Engeland, Schottland, Franckreich und Irrand.
J.L. Höning scul. et excudit Norimb.
[c.1705]
Rare engraving, platemark 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. Crease through centre not visible from front.
Anne, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1665-1714). Anne's twelve year reign proved a watershed between the violence of the seventeenth century and the stability and prosperity of the eighteenth century, which owed much to her personally. In 1707 she signed the Act of Union, uniting England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain; Anne's fervent support for the Union contributed significantly to its acceptance by both kingdoms. Meanwhile, her staunch support of the duke of Marlborough in the face of opposition made it possible for him to use his skills to re-establish the balance of power in Europe. During Anne's reign neither political party triumphed; the final victory of the whigs came only after her death, with the reign of George I (whose Hanoverian succession Anne supported). Rare engraving by the Nuremburg printmaker and publisher Johann Lorenz Höning (1700-170, fl.).
[Ref: 40568]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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[Anne of Cleves]
[Anne of Cleves] Anna Clivensis Henrici VIII Regis Angliae Uxor IIII
HHolbein pinxit Wenceslaus Hollar fecit Aqua forti, ex Collectionae Arundeliana, Ao 1648
Etching, sheet 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet with decorative border. Fine impression.
Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marriage was never consummated, and she was not crowned queen consort. When her health began to fail, Anne was allowed by Mary I to live at Chelsea Old Manor, and later died on 16 July 1557 (making her the last of Henry VIII's wives to die). Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77) after the portrait by Holbein, now in the Louvre but at the time (1648) in the collection of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, who Hollar had known since 1636. In 1644 Hollar had moved to Antwerp due to the political climate in England. Lord Arundel was also in Antwerp at this time with much of his collection, and during his eight year stay in the city Hollar made numerous prints from works in the Arundel collection such as this.
Pennington 1343; O'D 1
[Ref: 40151]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Anna, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.]
[Anna, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.] Anna, Kroonprincesse van Grootbrittanje, Gemalinne van Willem de IV Prins van Oranje enz enz enz.
H. Pothoven delin J. Houbraken sculps 1750.
J.bs Haffman en P. Meyer Excud.
Very fine engraving, platemark 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Small margins.
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Hanover (1709-1759), was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. From a series of twenty-one engravings by Jacob Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé of Dutch stadholders and their families, each in a decorative oval placed on a pedestal, designed by Hendrik van Pothoven.
[Ref: 40862]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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William Baker Esq.r M.P.
William Baker Esq.r M.P.
Painted by Dance. Engraved by M. Bovi.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare stipple. 330 x 245mm (13 x 9¾"). Cut to platemark.
Sir William Baker (1705-1770), shown with one hand resting on a volume of Milton. As well as being an MP he was the 11th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1760-70.
[Ref: 40520]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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The Right Honorable Isaac Barre.
The Right Honorable Isaac Barre.
Painted by C.G. Stuart, 1785. John Hall sculp.t Engraver to his Majesty.
Published April 5th 1787, as the Act directs, by J. Hall No. 83 Berwick Street, London.
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½"). Trimmed just within plate.
A portrait of Irish soldier and politician Isaac Barré (1726 - 1802). Barré earned distinction serving with the British army during the Seven Years' War, and later became a prominent Member of Parliament where he became a vocal supporter of William Pitt. He is known for coining the term 'Sons of Liberty' in reference to American Whigs opposed to the British government's policies.
[Ref: 40526]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Bastwick.]
[John Bastwick.] Dr Bastwick for writing a Booke against Popish Bishops was first fined 1000 and Committed Closs-prisoner in the Gatehouse [...]
W. Hollar fecit [1640s].
Etching, laid on album sheet; sheet 130 x 75mm (5 x 3"). Loss top right.
John Bastwick (1595?-1654), Puritan religious controversialist and pamphleteer. One of five bust portraits etched by Wenceslaus Hollar of writers punished for their opinions on the High Church policy of Laud. As recounted in the text here, in 1637 they were fined impossibly large sums, lost their ears, and sentenced to life imprisonment (although Bastwick, after a spell in Star Castle in the Isles of Scilly, was released in 1644). It was etched on the same plate as two of the other portraits; the copperplate, now cut, is in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Hollar (1607-77) was a Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England, from a Protestant background (although he later converted to Catholicism). Hollar's technical skill has ensured that his prints have always been keenly collected, and comprehensive collections of his work are institutions in London, Berlin and Prague.
Pennington 1327; Wellcome: 195-3.
[Ref: 40480]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Charlotte Sophia, Duchess of Beaufort,
Charlotte Sophia, Duchess of Beaufort, Wife of Henry Charles, Sixth Duke of Beaufort _ And Daughter of Granville first Marquis of Stafford...
Painted by Anne Mee. Engraved by A. Cardon.
Pubd. Feby. 1, 1812 by Anne Mee, 66, Upper Berkley Street.
Stipple on india paper, signed in ink lower right by the artist. Plate: 440 x 340mm. 17¼ x 13½", large margins.
Portrait of Charlotte Sophia (Leveson-Gower), Duchess of Beaufort (1771-1854); three-quarter length, draped in ermine cloak and seated in large ornate chair. After miniature painter Anne Mee (née Foldsone) (c. 1770-1851).
NPG D31583.
[Ref: 39935]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Het Rabot, Ghent.]
[Het Rabot, Ghent.]
Frank Brangwyn [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1910.]
Etching. Plate: 125 x 100mm, (5 x 4") with very large margins. Creasing in right margin.
'Het Rabot', a two-towered fortified gateway built in 1491 to block a weak spot in the city's defences. Within the fort is a sluice controlling the water of the River Lieve, which could be used to flood the area around the city when needed for defence. Sir Frank William Brangwyn (1867-1956).
[Ref: 40531]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Belzoni.
Belzoni.
A Lithographic sketch by Angelico Clarke.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). A few fly spots.
An extremely rare amateur lithographic portrait of Giovanni Batista Belzoni (1778-1823), an Italian explorer and archaeologist of Egyptian artefacts who ingeniously managed the excavation of the colossal bust of Rameses II which is now housed in the British Museum.
[Ref: 40714]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Children Delighted with the Bird Organ.
Children Delighted with the Bird Organ.
Publish'd June 12th 1792 by Robert Sayer & Co Fleet Street, London
Stipple, platemark 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼"). Thread margins.
Two children watch a man operating a bird organ or 'orgue de Barberie', a small mechanical organ operated by turning a handle. They were a common sight on English streets in Georgian England.
[Ref: 40672]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Basso Relievo
Basso Relievo Basso-relievo round a Capital in the Cathedral of Carrara; Basso-relievo of Zethus Antiope & Amphion; Altars
Blake sc.
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, Novemr. 11th 1818]
Stipple and line engraving, sheet 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
Plate from Abraham Rees' 'The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature', engraved by the visionary artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827) to illustrate a text by sculptor John Flaxman. After a period of coolness, Blake and Flaxman were on good terms again at this time, and the sculptor intervened to secure Blake several engraving commissions (including this one) in the 1810s. Without these commissions, Blake might well have fallen into dire poverty at this time.
Russell 105.ii
[Ref: 40867]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Basso Relievo
Basso Relievo Basso-relievo round a Capital in the Cathedral of Carrara; Basso-relievo of Zethus Antiope & Amphion; Altars
G.M.
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, Novemr. 11th 1818]
Stipple and line engraving, sheet 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed.
Plate from Abraham Rees' 'The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature', copied from the engraving by the visionary artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827) to illustrate a text by sculptor John Flaxman.
Russell 105.ii (copy)
[Ref: 40868]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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William Blake.
William Blake.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti V.A.
London Pub.d March 1.1813, by R. Ackerman, 101 Strand.
Etching on india. Plate: 260 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"); very large margins. Foxing, india slightly lifting at bottom right.
A half-length portrait of poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). Forgotten almost immediately after his death it wasn't until the late nineteenth century that he was rediscoverd and is now considered one of the seminal figures in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic movement.
[Ref: 40787]   £420.00  
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The Glory of old England. The following Character of her late Majesty Queen Anne
The Glory of old England. The following Character of her late Majesty Queen Anne was Written by her Grace Sarah Dutchess of Marlborough & is cut Round this Pedestal Erected at Blenheim. / Queen Anne was very Graceful & Majestic in her Person... all this I know to be true Sarah Marlborough 1738.
Printed & Published according to Act of Parliament.
Engraving. 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear, backed with paper.
An illustration of the marble statue of Queen Anne by John Michael Rysbrack, shown with a backdrop of the exterior of Blenheim Palace. Commissioned by Sarah Churchill, it was installed in the bow window of the gallery (now the Library) in 1738.
[Ref: 39943]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Francis de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguieres]
[Francis de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguieres] Franciscus de Lesdiguieres Comes Stabuli [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Foxed.
Francis de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguieres (1543-1626), one of the greatest generals of his age. A protestant who came of age during the French Wars of Religion, Lesdiguieres distinguished himself both in France and in the ongoing wars in Italy. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39898]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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What a bore.
What a bore.
London Pubd by A. Sharpe [c.1820's]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, printed area 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
A woman, holding a tiny dog, annoyed at the slower pace of her companion, who uses a walking stick. Lithograph by Edmé Jean Pigal (1798-1872), French caricaturist who studied under Baron Gros, and published by A. Sharpe, who favoured gentle observational humour such as that found in Pigal's work.
[Ref: 40583]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Bowles.
Miss Bowles.
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London Published by P. & D., Colnaghi & C.o. 14. Pall Mall East _ T. M.c.Lean, 7, Haymarket and Grundy & Smith Exchange Street, Manchester 18.th. March 1875.
Mezzotint, on india, Printsellers' Association blind stamp Plate: 395 x 520mm (15½ x 20½"). Light foxing. Thread margins.
Jane Palmer (1772 - 1812) as a young girl, sitting whole-length on the ground, with both arms around the neck of a spaniel. Daughter of Oldfield Bowles of Oxfordshire, she married Richard Palmer in 1791. The original painting, in the Wallace Collection, has also engraved by William Ward as 'Juvenile Amusement'.
Whitman: 23, II of II.
[Ref: 39936]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Reverend Robert Bragge P.D.
The Reverend Robert Bragge P.D.
Robert Bragge Pinx.t. J. Faber fe. 1738.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins, left edge with a small repair.
Rev Robert Bragge (1665-1738), an Independent minister in London, known as 'eternal Bragge' of Lime Street. A moderate Calvinist, he was a popular preacher at Salters' Hall, where he once preached for four months on Joseph's coat. Among his written works are 'A Brief Essay Concerning the Soul of Man' and 'Church Discipline according to its Ancient Standard, as it was Practis'd in Primitive Times'.
[Ref: 40509]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Britannia instructing Asia, Africa, Europe and America in the Science of Geography.
Britannia instructing Asia, Africa, Europe and America in the Science of Geography.
Stothard del Heath sculp
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co March 1784
Engraving, platmark 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate on left, with slight creasing.
Frontispiece with Britannia sat by a celestial globe and emblematic figures of the continents in attendance. After Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator who in addition to having a high reputation amongst his contemporaries (Turner likened him to Giotto), was a prolific designer, as here, of book illustrations on British historial themes.
[Ref: 40844]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Filippo di Ser Brunellesco Lapi Nobile Fiorentino Insigne Architetto.
Filippo di Ser Brunellesco Lapi Nobile Fiorentino Insigne Architetto. nato nel MCCCLXXVII morto il di 15/ Ap~le MCDXLVI. Dedicato al merito sign.re dell Ill:mo e Rev:mo Sig:re Marchese Gabbriello Riccardi Patrizio, e Suddecano Fiorentino. Presso da un Quadro in Tavola dell'Imperial Galleria di Firenze.
Franc.o Sacconi del: F: Allegrini inci: 1765.
Engraving. 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 7¾"), with very large margins. Old ink numeral in margin.
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), Florentine designer and architect of the Renaissance, recognised as the first modern engineer, planner and sole construction supervisor. His dome for Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence's cathedral, is the largest brick dome in the world.
[Ref: 40513]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Bubblers Mirrour: or Englands Folly.
The Bubblers Mirrour: or Englands Folly.
Printed for Bowles & Carver 69, St. Pauls Church Yd. London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Engraved broadside with central mezzotint and etched vignettes. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"); large margins. Some repaired tears in margins.
A weeping man holds up an empty money bag. A satire on financial bubbles, primarily the South Sea Bubble (the text under the portrait describes the man as a South Sea investor), but also listing other schemes and giving some of the inflated prices they reached from the subscription price. For example: stockings, rising to £30 from £2 10s; 'Manuring of Land' ('They'll never make corn cheap, or horse dung dear') ; 'Bleaching of Hair'; Royal Assurance & London Assurance; 'Insurances against ye Venereal Desease'; and the Pennsylvania Company, rising from £5 5s to £40! This plate was first issued by Thomas Bowles in 1720; this impression from a re-worked and re-issued state - on wove not laid paper - by his successor Henry Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793) and Samuel Carver, with whom Bowles traded between 1793 and 1832.
BM Satires: 1621. State iii of iii.
[Ref: 40699]   £420.00  
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A Buck and a Doe
A Buck and a Doe
[Paul Pry monogram] Esq Del
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 265 x 375mm (10½ x 14¾"), with very large margins. Trimmed inside platemark; unidentified collector's stamp verso.
Two contrasting men, exemplifying different fashions and physiognomies. The printmaker William Heath (1794-1840) used the pseudonym Paul Pry (taken from the name of a character in John Poole's 1825 comedy, and used to describe a very inquisitive person) between 1827-9, and rather than signing his name he used the 'Paul Pry' monogram seen here, a small man holding a walking stick. However this figure began to be copied by other caricaturists (including Sharpshooter ) and so Heath reverted to his own name.
[Ref: 40370]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Burning of Nottingham Castle.]
[Burning of Nottingham Castle.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Circular watercolour, coloured on both sides as a transparency. Image 150mm diameter (6").
A fire at night, the flames reflected in a river.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40433]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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George Byng Esq.r.
George Byng Esq.r.
Downman pinx.t. Engrav'd by J. Grozer.
W. Austin excudit. Publish'd as the Act directs March 31st. 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master Engraver & Print Merchant No. 195 Piccadilly near St. James's Church.
Mezzotint. 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, just inside plate at bottom.
George Byng (1735-89), MP for Wigan, and later Middlesex.
CS: 3, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 40527]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caernarvon Castle by moonlight.]
[Caernarvon Castle by moonlight.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink & watercolour, coloured on both sides as a transparency. Sheet 160 x 230mm (6¼ x 9").
Caernarvon Castle from the sea. The moon has been excised.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40418]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1955. The Upper Pool of London.
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1955. The Upper Pool of London.
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath.
A view of the wharfs on the Thames, looking up towards Tower Bridge. An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40452]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1957. St Martin's in the Fields...
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1957. St Martin's in the Fields...
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath. Slight staining at top.
A view of the east side of Trafalgar Square, showing two fountains. An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40451]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1958. The Law Courts in the Strand...
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1958. The Law Courts in the Strand...
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath. Slight damage in sky.
An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40450]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1959. The Royal Exchange
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1959. The Royal Exchange
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath.
The portico of the Royal Exchange, as built by Sir William Tite in 1844. An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40449]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1960. St. Paul's from Fleet Street.
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1960. St. Paul's from Fleet Street.
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath.
An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40448]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1961. Piccadilly Circus.
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1961. Piccadilly Circus.
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath.
Piccadilly Circus, looking past the 'Angel of Christian Charity', erroneously known as Eros. An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40447]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1962. The Clock Tower Westminster.
Calendarium Londinense or the London Almanack for the Year 1962. The Clock Tower Westminster.
Drawn and etched by Leonard Squirrel, R.W.S., R.E.
London. Published by Walker's Galleries, Ltd., 118 New Bond Street, W.1. The London Calendar. Originated by W. Monk, 1903.
Etching. Image 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with letterpress calendar underneath.
The Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament, the home of 'Big Ben'. An issue of 'Monk's Calendar', a publication for print collectors founded in 1902 by William Monk (1863-1937) and published yearly until the year 2004.
[Ref: 40446]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Johannes Calvinus.
Johannes Calvinus. Natus X Jul: Ao 1509. Denatus XXVII May Ao 1564.
Printed for H. Parker & E. Bakewell in Cornhill London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½") very large margins.
Jean (John) Calvin (1509 - 1564), theologian of the French reformation, in an oval frame, with full beard and wearing cap and fur-lined coat. Calvin was a tireless polemic and apologetic writer who generated much controversy. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition to the Institutes, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, as well as theological treatises and confessional documents. He regularly preached sermons throughout the week in Geneva. Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition, which led him to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvin's writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. The Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as a chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. By John Faber the Elder (c.1660 - 1721), for a set of 21 plates of Protestant reformers.
[Ref: 39802]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mary Carew.]
[Mary Carew.]
Thomas Hudson Pinx: Jacobus Lovelace Sculp. An. 1744.
Etching. Sheet 370 x 300mm (14½ x 12"). Trimmed within plate, tears affacting engraver's details, paper toned.
Miss Mary Carew (circa 1722-74) dressed as a shepherdess, touching her straw hat with her left hand, her crook in her right.
[Ref: 40314]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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S. Catharina Senensis.
S. Catharina Senensis.
A. Costa Sc. F. Vanni Pi: [c.1700]
Engraving, watermark L.L.; platemark 205 x 150mm (8 x 6") large margins. Later printing on 19th century paper.
Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-80) meditating on a skull, with other objects including a carving of Christ on the cross. After Francesco Vanni (1563-1610), Sienese artist who was the leading figure in the city's artistic life from the 1590s onwards, and who received several commissions for the city's churches.
[Ref: 40558]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Scene from 'le jardinier et son seigneur']
[Scene from 'le jardinier et son seigneur'] He pourquoi donc faire ce Fauteil. Dedié à Monsieur De Laferté Intendant des Menus plaisirs du Roy. Par son serviteur Martinet.
[c.1770]
Scarce engraving, platemark 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"); very large margins.
Scene from 'le jardinier et son seigner', a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719-97), the most important and influential librettist of opéra comique in the late 18th century. Originally put to music by Philibert, in the 19th century Delibes produced a new opera from Sedaine's text. Dedicated to Denis Pierre Jean Papillon de la Ferté (1727-94), connoisseur and administrator of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, the organization in the French royal household responsible for designing and presenting weddings, ceremonies, fêtes and funerals.
[Ref: 40654]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Charles Prince of Wales
Charles Prince of Wales Second Son of James 1st. Afterwards King.
Engraved by Charles Turner from a unique print by Delaram.
London:Published by S.Woodburn, 112 St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 260 x 380mm (10 x 15").
A mounted portrait of Charles (1600- 1649), then Prince of Wales later Charles I. A copy of the engraving by Francis Delaram (1615 - 1624; active), by Charles Turner (1773 - 1857). Inscribed 'Proof' lower right. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings'' by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 470 I of III.
[Ref: 40767]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Carolus D. G. Magnæ Britt: Fra: et Hiber: Rex Fidei Defensor.
Carolus D. G. Magnæ Britt: Fra: et Hiber: Rex Fidei Defensor. Returne in Peace Great Charles, redress our woes: Forsake at length thyne, and the Kingdomes Foes, Thy Gratious Presence will more comfort bring. Then Phoebus Splendor to a backward Spring.
[Engraved c.1646 but printed later.]
Engraving. Sheet: 160 x 150mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
A mounted portrait of Charles I (1600-1649), the city of London can been seen in the distance behind him. The verse suggests the print was published while Charles was on the run after the defeat at Naseby in 1645.
[Ref: 40772]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Charles II. King of England.
Charles II. King of England. Natus 1630. Obit 1685.
Engraved by Charles Turner.
[London: Pub.d 1814, by S. Woodburn, 112, S.t Martin's Lane.]
Mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Some foxing.
A portrait of King Charles II seated on a throne, Windsor Castle is depicted
Whitman: 473 Pre I
[Ref: 40766]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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