A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Bechuana Belle.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribes woman standing bare-breasted with a small child strapped to her back peering up over her shoulder. Tribesmen are seen in the background standing around a wagon. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30174] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribes woman standing bare-breasted with a small child strapped to her back peering up over her shoulder. Tribesmen are seen in the background standing around a wagon. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30174] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bechuana of Distinction.
W.C. Harris del.t
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribesman with a loin of meat hanging off of his spear and holding a feather parasol. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris del.t
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribesman with a loin of meat hanging off of his spear and holding a feather parasol. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
XXII. Elephas Africanus. - The African Elephant.
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a African Elephant in its natural habitat, with a herd of elephants in the background, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 58821] £520.00
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a African Elephant in its natural habitat, with a herd of elephants in the background, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 58821] £520.00
Bechuana hunting the Lion.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana, seen hunting a lion. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30166] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana, seen hunting a lion. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30166] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Hunting at Meritsane.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Hunters chasing animals at Meritsane, an area which is now Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape of Africa. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30170] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Hunters chasing animals at Meritsane, an area which is now Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape of Africa. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30170] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hunting the Blesbok
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
A hunter on horse back with his rifle chases after a fleeing herd of blesbuck. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30172] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
A hunter on horse back with his rifle chases after a fleeing herd of blesbuck. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30172] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hunting the Giraffe.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Two Indian army officers on horseback, one in the background with his rifle pointed directly at a giraffe standing still, and a second chasing after an escaping herd. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30167] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Two Indian army officers on horseback, one in the background with his rifle pointed directly at a giraffe standing still, and a second chasing after an escaping herd. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30167] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hunting the Ostrich.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
An ostrich in the foreground running as a hunter stands behind by his horse with rifle pointing ready to shoot; in the background a procession of cattle and wagons. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30171] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
An ostrich in the foreground running as a hunter stands behind by his horse with rifle pointing ready to shoot; in the background a procession of cattle and wagons. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30171] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hunting the Wild Buffalo.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Tear into image along lower edge.
Wild buffalo flee, one injuring itself to left, as Indian hunters arrive on horseback with their rifles ready to shoot. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30169] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½"). Tear into image along lower edge.
Wild buffalo flee, one injuring itself to left, as Indian hunters arrive on horseback with their rifles ready to shoot. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30169] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Shooting the Hippopotamus.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Three hippos seen in the water, a fourth seen walking on the shoreline; an Indian hunter hidden behind a tree ready to shoot. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
Three hippos seen in the water, a fourth seen walking on the shoreline; an Indian hunter hidden behind a tree ready to shoot. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
XII. Hippopotamus Amphibius. - The Hippopotamus.
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a Hippopotamus in its natural habitat, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 30011] £480.00
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a Hippopotamus in its natural habitat, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843.
Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 30011] £480.00
King Sahlela Selassie.
On Stone by W. L. Walton, from a Portrait by Major Harris. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Published by Longman & Co. 1844.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, rare. Sheet: 140 x 220mm (4½ x 8½"). Creasing.
A portrait of Ethiopian Negus (monarch) Shale Selassie (1795-1847). An illustration from William Cornwallis Harris's 'The Highlands of Aethipia' published in three volumes in 1844.
[Ref: 47239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by W. L. Walton, from a Portrait by Major Harris. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Published by Longman & Co. 1844.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, rare. Sheet: 140 x 220mm (4½ x 8½"). Creasing.
A portrait of Ethiopian Negus (monarch) Shale Selassie (1795-1847). An illustration from William Cornwallis Harris's 'The Highlands of Aethipia' published in three volumes in 1844.
[Ref: 47239] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)