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![[Samuel Barrington.]](jpegs/9325.jpg)
[Samuel Barrington.]
Benj.n Wilson Pinxit R. Earlom Sculp.
London, printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs, 20th Sept. 1779.
Mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Very fine.
Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN (1729 — 1800) British Admiral whose career spanned 50 years served in the Mediterranean against North African Corsairs, off the West African coast, off France and in the Channel. He accompanied Commordore Keppel to North America in 1755 and again served with Keppel in 1761 at Belle-Isle. He served as a Captain in the Channel for many years when in 1778 was advanced to Rear Admiral of the White and sent as Commander in Chief in the West Indies. Having been succesful in taking St. Lucia from the French he served in the West Indies for another couple of years after which in 1782 he returned to the Channel Fleet and served under Howe at the relief of Gibraltar.
CS 7. i. See Ref: 8465.
[Ref: 9325] £350.00
Benj.n Wilson Pinxit R. Earlom Sculp.
London, printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs, 20th Sept. 1779.
Mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Very fine.
Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN (1729 — 1800) British Admiral whose career spanned 50 years served in the Mediterranean against North African Corsairs, off the West African coast, off France and in the Channel. He accompanied Commordore Keppel to North America in 1755 and again served with Keppel in 1761 at Belle-Isle. He served as a Captain in the Channel for many years when in 1778 was advanced to Rear Admiral of the White and sent as Commander in Chief in the West Indies. Having been succesful in taking St. Lucia from the French he served in the West Indies for another couple of years after which in 1782 he returned to the Channel Fleet and served under Howe at the relief of Gibraltar.
CS 7. i. See Ref: 8465.
[Ref: 9325] £350.00
The Summit of Cader-Idris Mountain, in North Wales. Le Sommet de Cader-Idirs, Montagne dans la Principauté de Galles.
Rich.d Wilson pinx.t E. & M. Rooker Sculpser.t
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 405 x 550mm (16 x 21¾"). Printer's crease through publisher's inscription.
Cadair Idris mountain, in Snowdonia National Park, with a pool in a basin. One figure sketches while another uses a telescope. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''. His painting of this scene, now in the Tate, was possibly exhibited at the RA in 1774. This plate was first published without a publisher's inscription.
[Ref: 44525] £320.00
Rich.d Wilson pinx.t E. & M. Rooker Sculpser.t
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 405 x 550mm (16 x 21¾"). Printer's crease through publisher's inscription.
Cadair Idris mountain, in Snowdonia National Park, with a pool in a basin. One figure sketches while another uses a telescope. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''. His painting of this scene, now in the Tate, was possibly exhibited at the RA in 1774. This plate was first published without a publisher's inscription.
[Ref: 44525] £320.00
Carnarvon Castle, The Birth Place of Edward II in North Wales. ~ Le Chateau de Carnarvon, ou le Roy Edouard II etoit ne, dans la Principaute de Galles.
Rich.d Wilson Pinx.t. Will.m Byrne Sculpt.
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"). Small margins. Slight crease on left.
A view of Caernafon from across the Afon Seiont, cows in the foreground. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''.
[Ref: 44527] £360.00
Rich.d Wilson Pinx.t. Will.m Byrne Sculpt.
Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"). Small margins. Slight crease on left.
A view of Caernafon from across the Afon Seiont, cows in the foreground. Richard Wilson (1714-82), a founder member of the Royal Academy, was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the ''most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country''.
[Ref: 44527] £360.00
Celadon and Amelia. From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Wm. Lock Esqr [...]
R. Wilson pinxit Londini. Browne aqua forti fecit. Woollett sculpt.
Publish'd June 10th. 1766 as the Act directs, by W. Woollett in Long's Court, Leicester Fields, & Ryland & Bryer at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Engraving, sheet 440 x 550mm (17½ x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark; repaired tear at top. Foxed.
Celadon at the centre, looking to the heavens with his arms outstretched in disbelief and grief; Amelia lies dead at his feet. In the background a house with a shepherd driving his sheep up a hill, on which is a fortress. To right, a bay with stormy seas and a broken bridge. Verse from 'Summer' by James Thomson from his 'The Seasons' below. After an unlocated painting by Richard Wilson (1714 - 1782), the preeminent British landscape painter of the mid-18th century. Wilson's painting was exhibited in 1765 as 'A Summer Storm with the Story of the Two Lovers from Thompson (Celadon and Amelia), reinforcing the link with this popular literary source for 18th century artists. David Solkin has described this subject as a modern, Christian, English equivalent to the Ovidian death scene 'Destruction of the Children of Niobe' which Wilson also famously painted.
Fagan: 57, VI of VIII; for Wilson's 'Niobe' see ref 38488
[Ref: 38962] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Wilson pinxit Londini. Browne aqua forti fecit. Woollett sculpt.
Publish'd June 10th. 1766 as the Act directs, by W. Woollett in Long's Court, Leicester Fields, & Ryland & Bryer at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Engraving, sheet 440 x 550mm (17½ x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark; repaired tear at top. Foxed.
Celadon at the centre, looking to the heavens with his arms outstretched in disbelief and grief; Amelia lies dead at his feet. In the background a house with a shepherd driving his sheep up a hill, on which is a fortress. To right, a bay with stormy seas and a broken bridge. Verse from 'Summer' by James Thomson from his 'The Seasons' below. After an unlocated painting by Richard Wilson (1714 - 1782), the preeminent British landscape painter of the mid-18th century. Wilson's painting was exhibited in 1765 as 'A Summer Storm with the Story of the Two Lovers from Thompson (Celadon and Amelia), reinforcing the link with this popular literary source for 18th century artists. David Solkin has described this subject as a modern, Christian, English equivalent to the Ovidian death scene 'Destruction of the Children of Niobe' which Wilson also famously painted.
Fagan: 57, VI of VIII; for Wilson's 'Niobe' see ref 38488
[Ref: 38962] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[To his Grace the Duke of Northumberland... this historical record of Female heroism inspired by humanity as exemplified in the rescue on the 7th September, 1838 on the Fern Islands of the nine survivors of the wreck of the Forfarshire Steam packet, by Grace Darling and her father...]
[Engraved by David Lucas after Henry Perlee Parker & John Wilson Carmichael.]
[Published September 7th 1839.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before all letters. 520 x 715mm (20½ x 28"). Backing card with repairs, india paper slightly bubbling
The famous scene of William and Grace Darling rowing out to rescue the survivors of a shipwreck, an action that turned Grace into a national heroine. This print, published the year after the wreck, was dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, who had become Grace's patron. Grace died of consumption only three years later, aged only 26. The original painting, with seascape by John Wilson Carmichael and figures by Henry Perlee Parker, belongs to the RNLI Heritage Trust.]
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43489] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by David Lucas after Henry Perlee Parker & John Wilson Carmichael.]
[Published September 7th 1839.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before all letters. 520 x 715mm (20½ x 28"). Backing card with repairs, india paper slightly bubbling
The famous scene of William and Grace Darling rowing out to rescue the survivors of a shipwreck, an action that turned Grace into a national heroine. This print, published the year after the wreck, was dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, who had become Grace's patron. Grace died of consumption only three years later, aged only 26. The original painting, with seascape by John Wilson Carmichael and figures by Henry Perlee Parker, belongs to the RNLI Heritage Trust.]
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43489] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Emery, (Son of the Late Celebrated John Emery) as John Peerybingle in Cha.s Dickens' admired Drama of the Cricket on the Hearth.
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
B. Franklin of Philadelphia.
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricatis periculis clarus.
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
![[George III] His Royal Highness, Prince George,](jpegs/58682.jpg)
[George III] His Royal Highness, Prince George, eldest son of his most serene Highness Frederick Prince of Wales, born May 24th 1738.
Wilson pinx. Ravenet Sculp.
Printed for W.m Sandby at the Ship opposite St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet according to Act of Parliam.t 1749.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 110mm (8 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Half-length portrait of George III when about ten years of age, in an oval stone frame, on ledge.
[Ref: 58682] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Wilson pinx. Ravenet Sculp.
Printed for W.m Sandby at the Ship opposite St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet according to Act of Parliam.t 1749.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 110mm (8 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Half-length portrait of George III when about ten years of age, in an oval stone frame, on ledge.
[Ref: 58682] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Our Early Days. No.1. Now I'm Grandfather. [&] Now I'm Grandmother.](jpegs/16291.jpg)
Our Early Days. No.1. Now I'm Grandfather. [&] Now I'm Grandmother.
[After T.C. Wilson.] W.Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by O. Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. [&] Published by Plummer & Co. 457 Strand. [n.d. c.1840.]
A very fine pair of lithograph with hand-colour and added gum arabic. 354 x 260mm (4 x 10¼").
A little boy sitting back in an armchair reading the Evening Herald whilst smoking a pipe; his feet don't quite reach the footstool. On the table to the side is some sherry and jug omitting steam. [&] A little girl in an armchair by the fire. She appears to be knitting a hat, whilst a kitten plays with the ball of wool on the carpet.
[Ref: 16291] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[After T.C. Wilson.] W.Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Published by O. Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. [&] Published by Plummer & Co. 457 Strand. [n.d. c.1840.]
A very fine pair of lithograph with hand-colour and added gum arabic. 354 x 260mm (4 x 10¼").
A little boy sitting back in an armchair reading the Evening Herald whilst smoking a pipe; his feet don't quite reach the footstool. On the table to the side is some sherry and jug omitting steam. [&] A little girl in an armchair by the fire. She appears to be knitting a hat, whilst a kitten plays with the ball of wool on the carpet.
[Ref: 16291] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Jedburgh Abbey. This View is by Permission most humbly dedicated to J. Rutherford Esq.r of Egerston, by his obliged & obedient Servant, Will.m Wilson.
Drawn by W. Wilson. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
London Published as the Act directs, Jan. 1. 1813, by W. Wilson, 53, Paddington Street, Baker Street.
Coloured aquatint, printed in blue and brown and hand finished. Sheet 505 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1817'. Trimmed within plate, notches in edges.
A view of the abbey from the side of Jed Water at Abbey Bridge.
[Ref: 59360] £320.00
Drawn by W. Wilson. Engraved by F.C. Lewis.
London Published as the Act directs, Jan. 1. 1813, by W. Wilson, 53, Paddington Street, Baker Street.
Coloured aquatint, printed in blue and brown and hand finished. Sheet 505 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1817'. Trimmed within plate, notches in edges.
A view of the abbey from the side of Jed Water at Abbey Bridge.
[Ref: 59360] £320.00
The University of London constituting the most wonderful aggregation of institutions to be found anywhere in the World. To the Memory of the Founders and Benefactors of the noble Colleges and Schools of the University of London this plate is gratefully and respectfully dedicated.
Designed, Executed & Published by S. Gordon Wilson. Copyright and under the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.
[n.d., c.1923.]
Etching. Sheet 290 x 635mm (11½ x 25"). Repaired tear at top, some surface abrasions in margins.
22 vignette illustrations of the buildings and numerous crests of the University. Wilson published a book with a similar title in 1923.
[Ref: 50664] £320.00
Designed, Executed & Published by S. Gordon Wilson. Copyright and under the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.
[n.d., c.1923.]
Etching. Sheet 290 x 635mm (11½ x 25"). Repaired tear at top, some surface abrasions in margins.
22 vignette illustrations of the buildings and numerous crests of the University. Wilson published a book with a similar title in 1923.
[Ref: 50664] £320.00
Roger Long, D.D. F.R.S.
B. Wilson pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving. 171 x 107mm. 6¾ x 4¼".
Roger Long (1680-1770) was a Divine and astronomer. He was a versatile person, serving as an astronomer, country vicar and teacher. He was master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1734 to 1770, and was first Professor of Astronomy and Geometry from 1750. He arranged for a planetarium to be built in the grounds of Pembroke College. fter Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist.
W: 1811.
[Ref: 24606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving. 171 x 107mm. 6¾ x 4¼".
Roger Long (1680-1770) was a Divine and astronomer. He was a versatile person, serving as an astronomer, country vicar and teacher. He was master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1734 to 1770, and was first Professor of Astronomy and Geometry from 1750. He arranged for a planetarium to be built in the grounds of Pembroke College. fter Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist.
W: 1811.
[Ref: 24606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Rogerus Long S.T.P. Aulae Pemb. Cantab. Custos. Astronomiae et Geometriae Professor Lowndesianus. R.S.S. A.D. 1769. Aetat. 89.
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 350mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Divine and astronomer [1670 - 1780].
[Ref: 6652] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 350mm. Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Divine and astronomer [1670 - 1780].
[Ref: 6652] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Roger Long, D.D. F.R.S.
B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving, plate 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Good margins top and bottom. Small margins left and right. Foxing in margins and holes in right margin where previously bound.
Half length portrait of Roger Long, in an oval dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a powdered bobwig on his head. Roger Long (1680 –1770) was an English astronomer, and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1733 and 1770. A bit of a character he built a "water-work" in his garden and paddled round it on a water-cycle. He also constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people showing the movements of the planets and constellations, which remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
Wellcome: 1811.
[Ref: 57157] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving, plate 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Good margins top and bottom. Small margins left and right. Foxing in margins and holes in right margin where previously bound.
Half length portrait of Roger Long, in an oval dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a powdered bobwig on his head. Roger Long (1680 –1770) was an English astronomer, and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1733 and 1770. A bit of a character he built a "water-work" in his garden and paddled round it on a water-cycle. He also constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people showing the movements of the planets and constellations, which remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
Wellcome: 1811.
[Ref: 57157] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Macready. Royal Album No. 28.
Alf.d Carlile Lithog.r London. T.C. Wilson.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph, rare. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor who appeared at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and abroad. Here his roles, as seen in the ovals, have included Richard 3rd, Hamlet, Shylock and Coriolalus (Corio-Lanus).
[Ref: 21521] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Alf.d Carlile Lithog.r London. T.C. Wilson.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph, rare. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor who appeared at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and abroad. Here his roles, as seen in the ovals, have included Richard 3rd, Hamlet, Shylock and Coriolalus (Corio-Lanus).
[Ref: 21521] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Scene at Margate.
[Engraved by W. Clerk, after T. C. Wilson.]
[Published by F. Glover, Water Lane, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions.
A pretty girl walking along a low pier lifts her skirts to avoid the wash from the sea, exposing her legs. A plate from no.129 of 'The Fly'.
[Ref: 52065] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by W. Clerk, after T. C. Wilson.]
[Published by F. Glover, Water Lane, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions.
A pretty girl walking along a low pier lifts her skirts to avoid the wash from the sea, exposing her legs. A plate from no.129 of 'The Fly'.
[Ref: 52065] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Meleager and Atalanta]](jpegs/38607.jpg)
[Meleager and Atalanta] From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Sayer / See Ovids Metamor.s Book VIII Pa. 54
R. Wilson pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit / London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs Sep.r 20 1771
Mezzotint, 465 x 560mm (18¼ x 22"). Very large margins (tatty). Repaired tear at top.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting.
Wessely 80
[Ref: 38607] £330.00
R. Wilson pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit / London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs Sep.r 20 1771
Mezzotint, 465 x 560mm (18¼ x 22"). Very large margins (tatty). Repaired tear at top.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting.
Wessely 80
[Ref: 38607] £330.00
![[Meleager and Atalanta]](jpegs/38961.jpg)
[Meleager and Atalanta] Engraved from an Original Picture, Painted by R. Wilson and J. Mortimer.
Painted by R. Wilson. Engraved by W. Woollett & B. Pouncy
[London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. December, 1779]
Engraving, sheet 410 x 545mm (16 x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark, possibly losing text; 1st Published state.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting. The legend to the final state of this print attributes the painting to Wilson and another artist, John Hamilton Mortimer, although Mortimer's involvement is doubted by Spencer-Longhurst et al in their recent catalogue raisonné of Wilson's work.
Fagan 103 V of VIII (state unknown); for a mezzotint of the same painting see ref 38607.
[Ref: 38961] £320.00
Painted by R. Wilson. Engraved by W. Woollett & B. Pouncy
[London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. December, 1779]
Engraving, sheet 410 x 545mm (16 x 21½"). Trimmed inside platemark, possibly losing text; 1st Published state.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting. The legend to the final state of this print attributes the painting to Wilson and another artist, John Hamilton Mortimer, although Mortimer's involvement is doubted by Spencer-Longhurst et al in their recent catalogue raisonné of Wilson's work.
Fagan 103 V of VIII (state unknown); for a mezzotint of the same painting see ref 38607.
[Ref: 38961] £320.00
[Morning. From a picture in the possession of Frederick Perkins Esq. Gems of Art _ Plate 22]
[Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.]
[London. Published Dec 1. 1823: by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.]
Mezzotints on steel, printed on chine collé. 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾), with very large margins.
A Romanesque landscapes from 'Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries'.
Whitman 463.
[Ref: 56421] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.]
[London. Published Dec 1. 1823: by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.]
Mezzotints on steel, printed on chine collé. 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾), with very large margins.
A Romanesque landscapes from 'Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries'.
Whitman 463.
[Ref: 56421] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Morning. [&] Evening.](jpegs/46350.jpg)
Morning. [&] Evening. From a picture in the possession of Frederick Perkins Esq. Gems of Art _ Plate 22 [& 22]..
Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
[London. Published Dec 1. 1823: by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.]
Pair of mezzotints on steel. Each 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾), with very large margins. Some spotting.
A pair of Romanesque landscapes from 'Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries'.
Whitman 463 & 464, but this state, with different plate numbers and lacking the publication line, not listed.
[Ref: 46350] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
[London. Published Dec 1. 1823: by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.]
Pair of mezzotints on steel. Each 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾), with very large margins. Some spotting.
A pair of Romanesque landscapes from 'Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries'.
Whitman 463 & 464, but this state, with different plate numbers and lacking the publication line, not listed.
[Ref: 46350] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
My Heart's in the Highlands. Chasing the Wild deer & following the roe, My heart's in the highlands wherever I go. [Separate poem text:] Illustrated Song.-No.3. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Higlands a chasing the deer...I sigh fot the hour that shall me retrace The path of my childhood, my own native place. My heart's, &c.
T.C. Wilson. Alfred Carlile, Lithographer, London.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph and text. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
My Heart's in the Highlands, a song written by the acclaimed Robert Burns in 1789; accompanied by an illustration of Scotsman in full clan dress holdng a rifle, with a stag and deerhound jumping across a stream.
[Ref: 21527] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson. Alfred Carlile, Lithographer, London.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph and text. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
My Heart's in the Highlands, a song written by the acclaimed Robert Burns in 1789; accompanied by an illustration of Scotsman in full clan dress holdng a rifle, with a stag and deerhound jumping across a stream.
[Ref: 21527] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Ham. What looked he frowningly? / Hor. A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. Star No. 33.
T.C. Wilson. T.C. Wilson sc. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Tear taped.
The ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte admonishes Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 49495] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson. T.C. Wilson sc. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Tear taped.
The ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte admonishes Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 49495] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[Night.]](jpegs/37727.jpg)
[Night.]
[Engraved by Charles Spooner after Richard Wilson & Richard Houston.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
'Night' from a set of Times of Day. A young woman with a gauzy veil draped over her cap and falling down her left side, glancing sleepily through it at the viewer, her hands folded in her lap, books on the table beside her. A version of the mezzotint by Richard Houston after Richard Wilson, lacking the background detail.
See BM: 2010,7081.446 for the Houston version. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37727] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Charles Spooner after Richard Wilson & Richard Houston.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
'Night' from a set of Times of Day. A young woman with a gauzy veil draped over her cap and falling down her left side, glancing sleepily through it at the viewer, her hands folded in her lap, books on the table beside her. A version of the mezzotint by Richard Houston after Richard Wilson, lacking the background detail.
See BM: 2010,7081.446 for the Houston version. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37727] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nina.]](jpegs/23388.jpg)
[Nina.]
Sydney E. Wilson [signed in pencil lower right.] [after J.B. Greuze.]
Published 1909 by Vicars Brothers. 12, Old Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint, signed in pencil, rare, working proof. Printseller's Association Stamp. Plate 356 x 393mm. 14 x 15½".
A girl lying on a bed with her head on the pillow, left arm under her head and her right hand pushed into her hair; in an oval frame. Sydney E. Wilson (1869-1963) was a master of the English mezzotint revival style of the early 1900's. He was a contemporary of Samuel Arlent Edwards. He work was mostly published by the firm of Vicars Brothers of Bond Street, London.
PSA: Vol.I. 475 signed proofs.
[Ref: 23388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Sydney E. Wilson [signed in pencil lower right.] [after J.B. Greuze.]
Published 1909 by Vicars Brothers. 12, Old Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint, signed in pencil, rare, working proof. Printseller's Association Stamp. Plate 356 x 393mm. 14 x 15½".
A girl lying on a bed with her head on the pillow, left arm under her head and her right hand pushed into her hair; in an oval frame. Sydney E. Wilson (1869-1963) was a master of the English mezzotint revival style of the early 1900's. He was a contemporary of Samuel Arlent Edwards. He work was mostly published by the firm of Vicars Brothers of Bond Street, London.
PSA: Vol.I. 475 signed proofs.
[Ref: 23388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Cove and Tents of the English at Oroolong.
T. Malton, del. after a sketch on the spot by H. Wilson, Jun., T. Medland , sculpt.
Published by G. Nichol for Capt. Henry Wilfon as the Act directs, 1788.
Copper engraving 250 x 195mm 9¾ x 7¾inches. Cut to image.
Captain Henry Wilson and the crew of the British East India Company ship "Antelope" was wrecked in Palau in August 10, 1783. Wilson and the 50 English sailors remained in Palau until November 12 until they re-built the ship. Illustration for An account of the Pelew Islands by George Keate.
[Ref: 15708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T. Malton, del. after a sketch on the spot by H. Wilson, Jun., T. Medland , sculpt.
Published by G. Nichol for Capt. Henry Wilfon as the Act directs, 1788.
Copper engraving 250 x 195mm 9¾ x 7¾inches. Cut to image.
Captain Henry Wilson and the crew of the British East India Company ship "Antelope" was wrecked in Palau in August 10, 1783. Wilson and the 50 English sailors remained in Palau until November 12 until they re-built the ship. Illustration for An account of the Pelew Islands by George Keate.
[Ref: 15708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Sketch of Her Most Gracious Majesty and Prince Albert Attacked by the Villain Edward Oxford. Star. No 24.
T.C. Wilson del. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 200 x 255mm (8 x 10") Tear at top right.
Edward Oxford firing a pistol at Victoria and Albert in a phæton on Constitution Hill. Oxford (1822-1900) was the first of eight people who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria, on 10th June 1840 (although no bullets were found at the scene). Charged with treason, he was found 'not guilty by reason of insanity', much to Victoria's fury (she later tried to get the verdict 'guilty but insane' introduced), and was sent to Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'). A model prisoner and obviously highly intelligent, he was transferred to Broadmoor in 1864; three years later he was released on the proviso that he left the country, choosing Melbourne as his destination.
[Ref: 49425] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson del. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 200 x 255mm (8 x 10") Tear at top right.
Edward Oxford firing a pistol at Victoria and Albert in a phæton on Constitution Hill. Oxford (1822-1900) was the first of eight people who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria, on 10th June 1840 (although no bullets were found at the scene). Charged with treason, he was found 'not guilty by reason of insanity', much to Victoria's fury (she later tried to get the verdict 'guilty but insane' introduced), and was sent to Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'). A model prisoner and obviously highly intelligent, he was transferred to Broadmoor in 1864; three years later he was released on the proviso that he left the country, choosing Melbourne as his destination.
[Ref: 49425] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Edward Oxford. From a sketch taken at the Old Bailey on Monday, June 22nd 1840.
T.C. Wilson. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 225 x 230mm (8¾ x 9"). Trimmed close to image, creased, laid on album paper. Messy.
Edward Oxford (1822-1900), the first of eight people who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria, on 10th June 1840. Charged with treason, he was found 'not guilty by reason of insanity', much to Victoria's fury (she later tried to get the verdict 'guilty but insane' introduced), and was sent to Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'). A model prisoner and obviously highly intelligent, he was transferred to Broadmoor in 1864; three years later he was released on the proviso that he left the country, choosing Melbourne as his destination. Australian interest.
[Ref: 41302] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 225 x 230mm (8¾ x 9"). Trimmed close to image, creased, laid on album paper. Messy.
Edward Oxford (1822-1900), the first of eight people who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria, on 10th June 1840. Charged with treason, he was found 'not guilty by reason of insanity', much to Victoria's fury (she later tried to get the verdict 'guilty but insane' introduced), and was sent to Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam'). A model prisoner and obviously highly intelligent, he was transferred to Broadmoor in 1864; three years later he was released on the proviso that he left the country, choosing Melbourne as his destination. Australian interest.
[Ref: 41302] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pontypridd Old Bridge] [The Great Bridge of the Taaffe in South Wales.]](jpegs/56688.jpg)
[Pontypridd Old Bridge] [The Great Bridge of the Taaffe in South Wales.]
[Richard Wilson Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.t.]
[Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.]
Scarce engraving, proof before all letters. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"), with large margins. Uncut.
Pontypridd's 'Old Bridge', built 1756 by William Edwards, at the time the longest single-span bridge in Britain. Still in use as a footbridge, it is Grade I listed. This bridge was Edwards' fourth attempt: the first (1746) had three arches but was swept away by a flood after two years; the second (1748) collapsed during construction; the third fell after only six weeks. The expence of the successive rebuildings left Edwards out-of-pocket, and a subscription was raised to pay his debts. Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 - 15 May 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. The son of a clergyman, Wilson was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire. In 1729 he went to London where he began as a portrait painter. From 1750 to 1757 he was in Italy and adopted landscape on the advice of Francesco Zuccarelli. Painting in Italy and afterwards in England, he was the first major British painter to primarily concentrate on landscape. He composed well, but saw and rendered only the general effects of nature thereby creating a personal, ideal style influenced by Claude Lorrain and the Dutch landscape tradition. According to John Ruskin, he 'paints in a manly way,'. His landscapes were acknowledged as influential and many were engraved by the most accomplished artists and engravers. Wilson died in Colomendy, Denbighshire. This very fine proof engraving of Pontypridd Bridge is Wales was engraved by Canot. Canot, Peter Charles 1710-1777, engraver, was a native of France, who came to England in 1740, and remained here till he died. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766, and was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy in 1770, when that degree was first instituted. He exhibited at the Society of Artists, the Free Society, and the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 56688] £580.00
[Richard Wilson Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.t.]
[Published July 17th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.]
Scarce engraving, proof before all letters. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"), with large margins. Uncut.
Pontypridd's 'Old Bridge', built 1756 by William Edwards, at the time the longest single-span bridge in Britain. Still in use as a footbridge, it is Grade I listed. This bridge was Edwards' fourth attempt: the first (1746) had three arches but was swept away by a flood after two years; the second (1748) collapsed during construction; the third fell after only six weeks. The expence of the successive rebuildings left Edwards out-of-pocket, and a subscription was raised to pay his debts. Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 - 15 May 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. The son of a clergyman, Wilson was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire. In 1729 he went to London where he began as a portrait painter. From 1750 to 1757 he was in Italy and adopted landscape on the advice of Francesco Zuccarelli. Painting in Italy and afterwards in England, he was the first major British painter to primarily concentrate on landscape. He composed well, but saw and rendered only the general effects of nature thereby creating a personal, ideal style influenced by Claude Lorrain and the Dutch landscape tradition. According to John Ruskin, he 'paints in a manly way,'. His landscapes were acknowledged as influential and many were engraved by the most accomplished artists and engravers. Wilson died in Colomendy, Denbighshire. This very fine proof engraving of Pontypridd Bridge is Wales was engraved by Canot. Canot, Peter Charles 1710-1777, engraver, was a native of France, who came to England in 1740, and remained here till he died. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766, and was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy in 1770, when that degree was first instituted. He exhibited at the Society of Artists, the Free Society, and the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 56688] £580.00
Brothers Rainer and their Sister. Tyrolian Singers. Natives of Fügen, in the Liller Valley.
Drawn on Stone by E. Wilson. Vowles Litho.
Printed & Pub.d 1827, by Vowles, 12, May 1827, 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill.
Lithograph with added hand colour. 235 x 260mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed. Some cockling and surface dirt.
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
[Ref: 53606] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by E. Wilson. Vowles Litho.
Printed & Pub.d 1827, by Vowles, 12, May 1827, 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill.
Lithograph with added hand colour. 235 x 260mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed. Some cockling and surface dirt.
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
[Ref: 53606] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
The Tyrolese Family, Rainer, Songsters of Nature!! In their New Costume Presented to them by His Majesty George the Fourth. Before whom they had the honor to Perform and were Sanctioned by his most distinguised Mark of Appreciation.
Drawn on Stone by Wilson. Vowles Lithog.
Printed & Pubd. 1827, by S. Vowles, Lithographer. 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill. London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. 247 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Very slight central crease.
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
See Ref: 16288 for cut version.
[Ref: 31032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by Wilson. Vowles Lithog.
Printed & Pubd. 1827, by S. Vowles, Lithographer. 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill. London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. 247 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Very slight central crease.
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
See Ref: 16288 for cut version.
[Ref: 31032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Tyrolese Family, Rainer, Songsters of Nature!! In their New Costume Presented to them by His Majesty George the Fourth. Before whom they had the honor to Perform and were Sanctioned by his most distinguised Mark of Appreciation. 1827.
Drawn on Stone by Wilson. Vowles Lithog.
[Printed & Pubd. 1827, by S. Vowles, Lithographer. 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill. London.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 223 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½".
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
[Ref: 16288] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by Wilson. Vowles Lithog.
[Printed & Pubd. 1827, by S. Vowles, Lithographer. 3, St. Michaels Alley, Cornhill. London.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 223 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½".
The Rainer Family (Felix, Anton, Maria, Joseph & Franz) specialised in vocal harmonies, including yodelling. They are credited with the premier performance of 'Silent Night' in the Tyrol in 1819. Turning professional they toured extensively from 1824, visiting Britain in 1827 and performing for George the Fourth, who presented these costumes to them, before touring the United States in the 1830s. They disbanded in 1838.
[Ref: 16288] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene IV.
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir George Savile Bar.t
Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.
Etching and engraving. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight creasing in title area.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He entered the House of Commons for Yorkshire in 1759 and was a liberal. He backed moves to relieve the restriction on Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters. He also defended the action of the American colonists and a member of American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 in Philadelphia. He is listed on Wilberforce's list of Abolitionists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 53677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.
Etching and engraving. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight creasing in title area.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He entered the House of Commons for Yorkshire in 1759 and was a liberal. He backed moves to relieve the restriction on Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters. He also defended the action of the American colonists and a member of American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 in Philadelphia. He is listed on Wilberforce's list of Abolitionists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 53677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir George Savile Bar.t.]](jpegs/50433.jpg)
[Sir George Savile Bar.t.]
[Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He defended the actors of the American Colonists and a member of American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 in Philadelphia. He is listed on Wilberforce's list of Abolitionists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 50433] £380.00
[Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He defended the actors of the American Colonists and a member of American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 in Philadelphia. He is listed on Wilberforce's list of Abolitionists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 50433] £380.00
The Sleepy Eye that Spoke the Melting Soul.
[after Richard Wilson.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770].
Coloured mezzotint with small margins, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed close to platemark.
Young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of the images. Earlier prints name Richard Wilson (best known for his landscapes) as the artist from whose painting the image derives.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32372] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Richard Wilson.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770].
Coloured mezzotint with small margins, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed close to platemark.
Young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of the images. Earlier prints name Richard Wilson (best known for his landscapes) as the artist from whose painting the image derives.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32372] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleepy Eye that Spoke the Melting Soul.
[after Richard Wilson]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Crease lower right
Young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of the images. Earlier prints name Richard Wilson (best known for his landscapes) as the artist from whose painting the image derives.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32371] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[after Richard Wilson]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Crease lower right
Young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of the images. Earlier prints name Richard Wilson (best known for his landscapes) as the artist from whose painting the image derives.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32371] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleepy Eye that spoke the Melting Soul. Pope
Richard Wilson Pinx.t [...] J. Faber Fecit [c.1770]
Mezzotint, scarce, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears to lower edge faint; creases.
Young seductive lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of these images, some of which include it as one of a set of the four 'Times of Day'. A wall clock in background.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418
[Ref: 47652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Richard Wilson Pinx.t [...] J. Faber Fecit [c.1770]
Mezzotint, scarce, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears to lower edge faint; creases.
Young seductive lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of these images, some of which include it as one of a set of the four 'Times of Day'. A wall clock in background.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418
[Ref: 47652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Smith Esq. Vice Admiral of ye White Commander in Chief to his Majesty's Ships on the Coast of Scotland. Anno 1746.
R. Wilson pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Price 2.s Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, tipped on album paper at corners on left. Damaged in title.
Thomas Smith (1707-1762), commodore governor of Newfoundland 1741/3 and admiral credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships today.
CS: 333 i of v.
[Ref: 56431] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R. Wilson pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Price 2.s Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, tipped on album paper at corners on left. Damaged in title.
Thomas Smith (1707-1762), commodore governor of Newfoundland 1741/3 and admiral credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships today.
CS: 333 i of v.
[Ref: 56431] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Lady Stanhope [Lady Ann de Delaval Stanhope].](jpegs/53721.jpg)
Lady Stanhope [Lady Ann de Delaval Stanhope].
Painted by Benjamin Wilson. Engraved by James Basire, 1771.
Published According to Act of Parliament, May, yr.1st.1772.
Proof engraving. Plate 515 x 350mm (20¼ x 16"), with large margins. Creases and tears to margins. Small hole in the edge of the platemark on the left bottom. Title and publication line slightly faded. Slightly foxed.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope. Skull on table.
[Ref: 53721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Benjamin Wilson. Engraved by James Basire, 1771.
Published According to Act of Parliament, May, yr.1st.1772.
Proof engraving. Plate 515 x 350mm (20¼ x 16"), with large margins. Creases and tears to margins. Small hole in the edge of the platemark on the left bottom. Title and publication line slightly faded. Slightly foxed.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope. Skull on table.
[Ref: 53721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Swift. Cives aliquos virtutibus pares, & habemus & habebimus, gloria neminem. Plin. Epist..
B. Wilson Fecit 1751.
Etching, sheet 165 x 95mm (6½ x 3¾"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Chiefly remembered as author of 'Gulliver's Travels' (first published 1726 and now perhaps the most-read of all eighteenth-century literary works) and as a satirist has few rivals in the English language. Epigram from Pliny's 'Epistles' below. Original etching by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 42099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Fecit 1751.
Etching, sheet 165 x 95mm (6½ x 3¾"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Chiefly remembered as author of 'Gulliver's Travels' (first published 1726 and now perhaps the most-read of all eighteenth-century literary works) and as a satirist has few rivals in the English language. Epigram from Pliny's 'Epistles' below. Original etching by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 42099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
View of Sydney
Drawn from an Original Sketch by W.H. Wilson. Engraved by H. Bibby.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d., c.1860.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Bottom edge frayed.
A view from above the city.
[Ref: 44661] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from an Original Sketch by W.H. Wilson. Engraved by H. Bibby.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d., c.1860.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Bottom edge frayed.
A view from above the city.
[Ref: 44661] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
View of Sidney.
Drawn from an Original Sketch by W.H. Wilson. Engraved by H. Bibby.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 280mm. 7¼ x 11".
A view of Sydney Harbour with ships and sailing vessels around the docking yard. Chimneys with smoke billowing are seen to the right with houses to the left across the bay. Plate facing p.109 of Australia by R. Montgomery Martin.
In the National Library of Australia.
[Ref: 53533] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from an Original Sketch by W.H. Wilson. Engraved by H. Bibby.
The London Printing and Publishing Company. [n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 280mm. 7¼ x 11".
A view of Sydney Harbour with ships and sailing vessels around the docking yard. Chimneys with smoke billowing are seen to the right with houses to the left across the bay. Plate facing p.109 of Australia by R. Montgomery Martin.
In the National Library of Australia.
[Ref: 53533] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Charte der Insel Otaheite Nach der Messng des Capit. Cook im Jahre 1769 und dessen Späteen Astronomischen Beobachtungen entworfen von Cptn. Will. Wilson.
Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs.
Engraved map on india, rare. 285 x 380mm, 11¼ x 15". Ink library stamp (in Polish), unidentified blind stamp.
Map of Tahiti, based on Cook's mapping of the island in 1769 and Captain Wilson c.1796. Cook made his first circumnavigation in order to view the transit of Venus across the sun in 1769 from Tahiti. While the astromoners were working Cook mapped the island to keep himself active. Captain Wilson was the commander of the 'Duff', the London Missionary Society's ship that took the first missionaries to Tahiti. This map was published in the German edition of the account of their work, 'Beschreibung einer englischen Missions-Reise nach dem sudlichen stillen Ocean in den Jahren 1796, 1797 und 1798 im Schiffe Duff'.
[Ref: 25757] £260.00
Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs.
Engraved map on india, rare. 285 x 380mm, 11¼ x 15". Ink library stamp (in Polish), unidentified blind stamp.
Map of Tahiti, based on Cook's mapping of the island in 1769 and Captain Wilson c.1796. Cook made his first circumnavigation in order to view the transit of Venus across the sun in 1769 from Tahiti. While the astromoners were working Cook mapped the island to keep himself active. Captain Wilson was the commander of the 'Duff', the London Missionary Society's ship that took the first missionaries to Tahiti. This map was published in the German edition of the account of their work, 'Beschreibung einer englischen Missions-Reise nach dem sudlichen stillen Ocean in den Jahren 1796, 1797 und 1798 im Schiffe Duff'.
[Ref: 25757] £260.00
![[White Sugar] What! d'ye think Lam going to drink that ere common brown Sugar? no! Then if you dont like it lump it.](jpegs/58415.jpg)
[White Sugar] What! d'ye think Lam going to drink that ere common brown Sugar? no! Then if you dont like it lump it.
J.E.Wilson.
Alvey, lith. London R.d [n.d. c.1845.]
Coloured lithograph. 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½").
A street-scene of a tea-stall. On the table stands a large urn with written on it "Royal Albert early Breakfast Saloon", surrounded by saucers and cups. A satire on the introduction of white sugar cubes, first patented in 1843.
[Ref: 58415] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.E.Wilson.
Alvey, lith. London R.d [n.d. c.1845.]
Coloured lithograph. 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½").
A street-scene of a tea-stall. On the table stands a large urn with written on it "Royal Albert early Breakfast Saloon", surrounded by saucers and cups. A satire on the introduction of white sugar cubes, first patented in 1843.
[Ref: 58415] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[White Sugar] What! d'ye think I am going to drink that ere common brown Sugar? no! Then if you dont like it lump it.](jpegs/17422.jpg)
[White Sugar] What! d'ye think I am going to drink that ere common brown Sugar? no! Then if you dont like it lump it. Comic Album No.4
J.E.Wilson.
Alvey, lith. London R.d [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. 272 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½").
A street-scene of a tea-stall. On the table stands a large urn with written on it "Royal Albert early Breakfast Saloon", surrounded by saucers and cups. A satire on the introduction of white sugar cubes, first patented in 1843.
[Ref: 17422] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J.E.Wilson.
Alvey, lith. London R.d [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. 272 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½").
A street-scene of a tea-stall. On the table stands a large urn with written on it "Royal Albert early Breakfast Saloon", surrounded by saucers and cups. A satire on the introduction of white sugar cubes, first patented in 1843.
[Ref: 17422] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
William Tempest. F.R.S. Aet. 70.
Painted & etched by B.Wilson.
[n.d. c.1752].
Etching. 190 x 100mm.
[1682 - 1761]. Very fine copy of the frontispiece to 'Chronology' 1752. Etched by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 6655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & etched by B.Wilson.
[n.d. c.1752].
Etching. 190 x 100mm.
[1682 - 1761]. Very fine copy of the frontispiece to 'Chronology' 1752. Etched by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 6655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Mother. Royal Album No. 26.
T.C. Wilson dell. Alf.d Carlile, Litho. London.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. 272 x 204mm. 10¾ x 8". Some toning around the edges.
Queen Victoria with her first three children: the Princess Victoria, the Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII, and the Princess Alice; a lady-in-waiting stands behind in the doorway.
[Ref: 21523] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
T.C. Wilson dell. Alf.d Carlile, Litho. London.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. 272 x 204mm. 10¾ x 8". Some toning around the edges.
Queen Victoria with her first three children: the Princess Victoria, the Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII, and the Princess Alice; a lady-in-waiting stands behind in the doorway.
[Ref: 21523] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Revd: Mr: William Whiston Born 9 Decemr. 1667. Died Augt. 22d. 1752.
B. Wilson Fecit 1753.
Etching, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Occasional spotting; a fine impression with full margins.
William Whiston (1667 - 1752), mathematician and divine. By Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, also etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt. He was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Not in BM. NPG: D8302. From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9638] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Fecit 1753.
Etching, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Occasional spotting; a fine impression with full margins.
William Whiston (1667 - 1752), mathematician and divine. By Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, also etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt. He was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Not in BM. NPG: D8302. From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9638] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)