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The Billet Doux, [The Love Letter]
Engraved by F.C. Lewis from a picture by G.S. Newton in the possession of Watson Taylor Esqr.
London, Published by Mr. F.C. Lewis, 12, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, 1827.
Stipple with etching and some aquatint, india paper; 285 x 205mm. 11¼ x 8". A fine impression; trace of crease through lower right corner.
A young woman contemplating the contents of the valentine she holds in her left hand; balustrade behind and a ship at sea in the background. Four lines of verse below title. After Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794 - 1835).
From the Encombe Collection, Lord Eldon.
[Ref: 21652] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by F.C. Lewis from a picture by G.S. Newton in the possession of Watson Taylor Esqr.
London, Published by Mr. F.C. Lewis, 12, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, 1827.
Stipple with etching and some aquatint, india paper; 285 x 205mm. 11¼ x 8". A fine impression; trace of crease through lower right corner.
A young woman contemplating the contents of the valentine she holds in her left hand; balustrade behind and a ship at sea in the background. Four lines of verse below title. After Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794 - 1835).
From the Encombe Collection, Lord Eldon.
[Ref: 21652] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
To the Right Honourable The Earl of Sandwich, This View of Huntingdon...
Geo. Tytler, pinxt. F.C. Lewis sculpt.
Huntingdon, Published Octr. 1817, by G. Wooll & Messrs. Cribb & Sons, 288, Holborn, London.
Scarce hand-coloured aquatint with etching, plate reworked. Image 325 x 470m, 12¾ x 18". Trimmed to plate; several filled worm holes. Damaged.
A fine prospect of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; in the foreground figures walking along a path through a field containing sheep, and some agricultural workers with scythes resting. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire (formerly a separate county), and is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.
[Ref: 56182] £380.00
Geo. Tytler, pinxt. F.C. Lewis sculpt.
Huntingdon, Published Octr. 1817, by G. Wooll & Messrs. Cribb & Sons, 288, Holborn, London.
Scarce hand-coloured aquatint with etching, plate reworked. Image 325 x 470m, 12¾ x 18". Trimmed to plate; several filled worm holes. Damaged.
A fine prospect of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; in the foreground figures walking along a path through a field containing sheep, and some agricultural workers with scythes resting. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire (formerly a separate county), and is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.
[Ref: 56182] £380.00
Daniel Wakefield Esq.r of Lincolns Inn, Barrister at Law.
Engraved by F.C. Lewis from a Drawing by A. Wivell.
London, October 1st 1824 Published by Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage.
Stipple on india with small margins, platemark 230 x 180mm (9 x 7").
Daniel Wakefield (1776-1846), barrister and writer on political economy. Wakefield's early career was undistinguished; as David J. Moss (DNB) writes: 'Various distractions, riotous living, and, according to his mother, unsuitable company prevented much headway. An ill-advised marriage on 3 June 1805 to Isabella Mackie, an adventuress and swindler, followed. It dragged him into a morass of debt and fraud that almost ended in bankruptcy and emigration. Remarkably, his legal career was not destroyed and he was called to the bar on 2 May 1807. A sullied reputation and an inadequate knowledge of the law, however, meant that clients were not plentiful and his financial dependence upon his parents and brother continued. Attempts to annul the marriage failed; then, in August 1813, Isabella committed suicide by taking poison.' Thereafter, however, Wakefield remarried, and his practice flourished. He was elected bencher of Lincolns Inn in 1835 and became known for his philanthropy in aiding clients in distress. After his death in 1846 he was buried in Lincoln's Inn chapel.
[Ref: 35837] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by F.C. Lewis from a Drawing by A. Wivell.
London, October 1st 1824 Published by Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage.
Stipple on india with small margins, platemark 230 x 180mm (9 x 7").
Daniel Wakefield (1776-1846), barrister and writer on political economy. Wakefield's early career was undistinguished; as David J. Moss (DNB) writes: 'Various distractions, riotous living, and, according to his mother, unsuitable company prevented much headway. An ill-advised marriage on 3 June 1805 to Isabella Mackie, an adventuress and swindler, followed. It dragged him into a morass of debt and fraud that almost ended in bankruptcy and emigration. Remarkably, his legal career was not destroyed and he was called to the bar on 2 May 1807. A sullied reputation and an inadequate knowledge of the law, however, meant that clients were not plentiful and his financial dependence upon his parents and brother continued. Attempts to annul the marriage failed; then, in August 1813, Isabella committed suicide by taking poison.' Thereafter, however, Wakefield remarried, and his practice flourished. He was elected bencher of Lincolns Inn in 1835 and became known for his philanthropy in aiding clients in distress. After his death in 1846 he was buried in Lincoln's Inn chapel.
[Ref: 35837] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)