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One Day from the Diary of a Stag, January 29, 1846, Dedicated by Permission to the Countess of Stradbroke, by Mrs. David Hanbury.
With Illustrations by Edward Robert Smyth.
London: Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand; Dobbs & Co, 134 Fleet Street; and F.Pawsey, Ipswich. [n.d., c.1846.]
Oblong 4to, maroon morocco gilt, marbled endpapers; etched title, half title, pp. 7, etched frontis. & five plates. Plates all backed with linen.
An account of a stag hunt, including a run through Ipswich.
[Ref: 2945] £420.00 view all images for this item
With Illustrations by Edward Robert Smyth.
London: Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand; Dobbs & Co, 134 Fleet Street; and F.Pawsey, Ipswich. [n.d., c.1846.]
Oblong 4to, maroon morocco gilt, marbled endpapers; etched title, half title, pp. 7, etched frontis. & five plates. Plates all backed with linen.
An account of a stag hunt, including a run through Ipswich.
[Ref: 2945] £420.00 view all images for this item
View of Old Aberdeen, including Kings College and the Cathedral. Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. To His Grace Alexander Duke of Gordon, Chancellor, the Rt: Hon:ble Sylvester Lord Glenbervie, Rector Roderick Macleod, D.D. Principal, and the Professors of the University and Kings College of Aberdeen. This View of the Seat of that Ancient Seminary, in respectfully Inscribed by their most obedient humble Servant. John Ewen.
Painted by A. Nasmyth from a drawing by R. Seaton. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
Pub.d by J. Ewen, Aberdeen 1. March. 1808.
Coloured aquatint. 476 x 621mm. 18¾ x 24½". Laid. Trimmed to the plate along left and lower edge. Repairs.
View of Aberdeen, Kings College and the Cathedral.
[Ref: 19657] £420.00
Painted by A. Nasmyth from a drawing by R. Seaton. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
Pub.d by J. Ewen, Aberdeen 1. March. 1808.
Coloured aquatint. 476 x 621mm. 18¾ x 24½". Laid. Trimmed to the plate along left and lower edge. Repairs.
View of Aberdeen, Kings College and the Cathedral.
[Ref: 19657] £420.00
Beachy Head (1) From this part of the Gun Gardens the late lamented Rev. Henry James, Vicar of Willingdon, Sussex, accidentally fell and lost his life on the 22nd of May, 1850. / (2) Here, on the 10th of March, 1850, at 6 o'clock in the evening, Mr. S.R. Smyth (a stranger then to the Coast), overtaken by the tide and surprised by a very dense fog, endeavoured to ascend the Cliff [...]
Drawn & Litho.d by S.R. Smyth / 1852
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 170 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Scarce.
Very unusual view of the chalk headland of Beachy Head in East Sussex, drawing attention to two accidents which occurred on the cliff within a short space of time. The second befell the printmaker himself who was fortunately saved and perhaps made this print in part to highlight the risks (a key identifies the exact places where the accidents took place).
[Ref: 37373] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Litho.d by S.R. Smyth / 1852
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 170 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Scarce.
Very unusual view of the chalk headland of Beachy Head in East Sussex, drawing attention to two accidents which occurred on the cliff within a short space of time. The second befell the printmaker himself who was fortunately saved and perhaps made this print in part to highlight the risks (a key identifies the exact places where the accidents took place).
[Ref: 37373] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
''Robert Burns'' Original Drypoint by R.G. Matthews (Limited Edition).
[London: Alfred Bell & Co., n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the etcher. 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½") very large margins. In original mount with printed gallery label with artist's name and a publisher's logo of a black bell with ABC in white. Mint.
A reversed copy of Alexander Nasmyth's famous portrait. Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, was a Scottish poet and lyricist born in January 1759.
[Ref: 49163] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Alfred Bell & Co., n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the etcher. 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½") very large margins. In original mount with printed gallery label with artist's name and a publisher's logo of a black bell with ABC in white. Mint.
A reversed copy of Alexander Nasmyth's famous portrait. Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, was a Scottish poet and lyricist born in January 1759.
[Ref: 49163] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Union Canal] No 2. View in Callendar Park, Situate in the County of Sterling, the Seat of William Forbes, Esq.r.](jpegs/56692.jpg)
[The Union Canal] No 2. View in Callendar Park, Situate in the County of Sterling, the Seat of William Forbes, Esq.r. Taken from the same point as No. 1 shewing part of the Track of the injurious deviation from the Parliamentary Line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, as proposed by the Canal Company.
Drawn by Alex.r Nasmyth. Engraved by F.C. Lewis, Engraver to H.R.H. the late Princess Charlotte & H.S.H. the Prince Leopold.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare coloured aquatint. 350 x 730mm (13¾ x 28¾") very large margins. Laid on board.
A view of Callendar House in Falkirk, with an artist's impression of how the Union Canal was going to affect the aesthetics of the estate. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was a contour canal (running at the same level, with viaducts to cross valleys, so avoiding the use of locks), and the original plan had it running around a hill overlooking the house. The owner, William Forbes, a merchant who specialised in Royal Navy contracts, made an objection, forcing the company to built a 696-yard tunnel through Prospect Hill to the west.
[Ref: 56692] £320.00
Drawn by Alex.r Nasmyth. Engraved by F.C. Lewis, Engraver to H.R.H. the late Princess Charlotte & H.S.H. the Prince Leopold.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare coloured aquatint. 350 x 730mm (13¾ x 28¾") very large margins. Laid on board.
A view of Callendar House in Falkirk, with an artist's impression of how the Union Canal was going to affect the aesthetics of the estate. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was a contour canal (running at the same level, with viaducts to cross valleys, so avoiding the use of locks), and the original plan had it running around a hill overlooking the house. The owner, William Forbes, a merchant who specialised in Royal Navy contracts, made an objection, forcing the company to built a 696-yard tunnel through Prospect Hill to the west.
[Ref: 56692] £320.00
Mosque of Suleymania.
[Lithographed by J.F. Lewis after J.R. Coke Smyth.]
[Published by Thomas McLean, Colnagi & Lewis, 1838.]
Lithograph with later colour and large margins. Printed area 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Slight soiling in margins.
The Süleymaniye Mosque, built 1550-8, the largest in Istanbul, from 'Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople made during a Residence in that City &c in the Years 1835-6. Arranged and Drawn on Stone from the original Sketches of Coke Smyth'. John Richard Coke Smyth (1808-82).
Abbey Travel 394.
[Ref: 35148] £360.00
[Lithographed by J.F. Lewis after J.R. Coke Smyth.]
[Published by Thomas McLean, Colnagi & Lewis, 1838.]
Lithograph with later colour and large margins. Printed area 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Slight soiling in margins.
The Süleymaniye Mosque, built 1550-8, the largest in Istanbul, from 'Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople made during a Residence in that City &c in the Years 1835-6. Arranged and Drawn on Stone from the original Sketches of Coke Smyth'. John Richard Coke Smyth (1808-82).
Abbey Travel 394.
[Ref: 35148] £360.00
![[Heath Old Hall] Heath Hall [titled in ink].](jpegs/58779.jpg)
[Heath Old Hall] Heath Hall [titled in ink].
d.n and etch'd by G.A. Smyth [ink].
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce etching. 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾") very large margins.
An amateur etching of Heath Old Hall, near Halifax, Yorkshire, an Elizabethan house with crennelations and a large archway underneath, built by George Ramsden in 1595. It was demolished in 1961 because of subsidence caused by mining.
[Ref: 58779] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
d.n and etch'd by G.A. Smyth [ink].
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce etching. 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾") very large margins.
An amateur etching of Heath Old Hall, near Halifax, Yorkshire, an Elizabethan house with crennelations and a large archway underneath, built by George Ramsden in 1595. It was demolished in 1961 because of subsidence caused by mining.
[Ref: 58779] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Panorama of the River Thames in 1845. Given With The Illustrated London News.
[by Frederick James Smyth.]
[London: William Little, 1845.]
Wood engraving on two sheets conjoined, total 380 x 2460mm (15 x 97"), with wood-engraved title page & keyplate & 8pp letterpress description illustrated with small wood engravings. Mint.
A large and impressive prospect of London, extending from Lambeth Bridge in the west to Greenwich, with Woolwich in the distance. Superbly-detailed, the separate key lists 237 points of interest, including Brunel's newly-opened Hungerford Suspension Bridge and Nelson's Column, erected only three years before, although without Landseer's lions. This prospect was first published as a supplement to the Illustrated London News, as a gift to subscribers. It was normally presented in two halves, printed one above the other: this example has been joined to show the entire length in one piece.
[Ref: 62061] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
[by Frederick James Smyth.]
[London: William Little, 1845.]
Wood engraving on two sheets conjoined, total 380 x 2460mm (15 x 97"), with wood-engraved title page & keyplate & 8pp letterpress description illustrated with small wood engravings. Mint.
A large and impressive prospect of London, extending from Lambeth Bridge in the west to Greenwich, with Woolwich in the distance. Superbly-detailed, the separate key lists 237 points of interest, including Brunel's newly-opened Hungerford Suspension Bridge and Nelson's Column, erected only three years before, although without Landseer's lions. This prospect was first published as a supplement to the Illustrated London News, as a gift to subscribers. It was normally presented in two halves, printed one above the other: this example has been joined to show the entire length in one piece.
[Ref: 62061] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
Moos Hunter.
[after John Richard Coke Smyth]
[London: Thomas McLean, n.d., 1839.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet (almost) 280 x 400mm (11 x 15¾"). Trimmed within image top right, repaired tears, corners cracked with loss. Vry damaged.
A Native American hunter, with a dead moose, from 'Sketches in the Canadas'.
[Ref: 60920] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Richard Coke Smyth]
[London: Thomas McLean, n.d., 1839.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet (almost) 280 x 400mm (11 x 15¾"). Trimmed within image top right, repaired tears, corners cracked with loss. Vry damaged.
A Native American hunter, with a dead moose, from 'Sketches in the Canadas'.
[Ref: 60920] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Foot-ball Match].](jpegs/31811.jpg)
[A Foot-ball Match].
W. H. Overend.
[n.d., c.1910].
Photographic print, very scarce. Size: 240 x 400mm. (9½ x 15¾"). Glued to sheet.
A photographic print of the late Victorian monochrome photogravure by Goupil & Co entitled 'A Football Match, Association Game', after the original painting by W. H.Overend and L .P. Smythe. This print shows the action from the 1890 F.A. Cup final between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday. Blackburn Rovers defeated Sheffield Wednesday 6-1, the second widest winning margin in Cup final history.
[Ref: 31811] £850.00
W. H. Overend.
[n.d., c.1910].
Photographic print, very scarce. Size: 240 x 400mm. (9½ x 15¾"). Glued to sheet.
A photographic print of the late Victorian monochrome photogravure by Goupil & Co entitled 'A Football Match, Association Game', after the original painting by W. H.Overend and L .P. Smythe. This print shows the action from the 1890 F.A. Cup final between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday. Blackburn Rovers defeated Sheffield Wednesday 6-1, the second widest winning margin in Cup final history.
[Ref: 31811] £850.00