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Mrs. Abington.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine. T. Cook del et sculp.
Publish'd as ye. Act directs, April 1st. 1783, by S. A. Cumberlege Paternoster Row.
Engraving. Platemark: 165 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Large margins on 3 sides. Cut on left.
A head and shoulders portrait of the famous comic actress, Frances Abington (1737 - 1815), who was as famed as much for her sense of fashion as she was for her acting.
[Ref: 35647] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine. T. Cook del et sculp.
Publish'd as ye. Act directs, April 1st. 1783, by S. A. Cumberlege Paternoster Row.
Engraving. Platemark: 165 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Large margins on 3 sides. Cut on left.
A head and shoulders portrait of the famous comic actress, Frances Abington (1737 - 1815), who was as famed as much for her sense of fashion as she was for her acting.
[Ref: 35647] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
M. Bailly, Mayor of Paris 1789 and 1790.
Boizot, del. Cook, sculpt.
[n.d., c.1793].
Engraving, plate 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with margins. Small margin on left. Foxing, mainly in margins. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly bust in profile to the right, wearing a queue wig. Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736 -1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Wellcome: 148-1.
[Ref: 57161] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Boizot, del. Cook, sculpt.
[n.d., c.1793].
Engraving, plate 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with margins. Small margin on left. Foxing, mainly in margins. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly bust in profile to the right, wearing a queue wig. Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736 -1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
Wellcome: 148-1.
[Ref: 57161] £60.00 (£72.00 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)
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)
The Lord Mayor &c. taking Water on their return from Westminster Hall.
[Anon., London, n.d., c.1770s.]
Engraving, rare, sheet 110 x 130mm. 4¼ x 5". Vertical fold, as normal. Lacking margins.
The Lord Mayor of London embarking onto his barge, festooned with the arms of the City of London, beside the River Thames. From a contemporary magazine/periodical.
[Ref: 26819] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., London, n.d., c.1770s.]
Engraving, rare, sheet 110 x 130mm. 4¼ x 5". Vertical fold, as normal. Lacking margins.
The Lord Mayor of London embarking onto his barge, festooned with the arms of the City of London, beside the River Thames. From a contemporary magazine/periodical.
[Ref: 26819] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
View of Blackfriar's Bridge, with the Lord Mayor &c taking Water on the 9th of Nov.
Cook sculp.
[London, n.d., c.1770s.]
Engraving, rare, sheet 110 x 130mm. 4¼ x 5". Vertical fold, as normal. Lacking margins.
View of Blackfriars Bridge, with the Lord Mayor of London in his barge and other dignitaries afloat during the Lord Mayor's Procession on the River Thames. From a contemporary magazine/periodical.
Guildhall Library Record: 1236.
[Ref: 26818] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Cook sculp.
[London, n.d., c.1770s.]
Engraving, rare, sheet 110 x 130mm. 4¼ x 5". Vertical fold, as normal. Lacking margins.
View of Blackfriars Bridge, with the Lord Mayor of London in his barge and other dignitaries afloat during the Lord Mayor's Procession on the River Thames. From a contemporary magazine/periodical.
Guildhall Library Record: 1236.
[Ref: 26818] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)