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[John Buddle, Esq.r.]
[John Buddle, Esq.r.]
Painted by Tho.s Carrick. Engraved by Edw.d MacInnes.
Published Aug.t 20. 1836, by Hodgson & Graves, London; Currie & Bowman, Newcastle.
Mezzotint, proof before title, printed on chine collé. 365 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Buddle's name in old ink mss (signature?), a little wear.
Half-length portrait of John Buddle (1773-1843), sitting at a table with a cog mechanism on it, holding a Davy lamp. As manager of the Wallsend colliery helped introduce Humphrey Davy's safety lamp. He also helped design the pioneering locomotive 'Steam Elephant' for Wallsend Colliery.
[Ref: 57096]   £450.00  
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To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S.
To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S. in the lumber room of his Mother's house, Colston's Parade,_the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, which contains the celebrated Monument Room, being seen through the window, Is respectfully dedicated, by his obliged Servant The Publisher.
R. Jeffreys Lewis. E. Mc.Innes.
Bristol: Published 1st. Sept.r 1846, by C. Mitchell, 37, College Street.
Mezzotint. 444 x 503mm (17½ x 19¾"). Trimmed with some tears, particular tear into left-hand side of image. Repaired title area with text scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Chatterton was born in Bristol on the 20th November 1752.
[Ref: 19469]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].
W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].
Painted by Miss Margaret Gillies. Engraved by Edward M.c Innes.
London Published Aug.t 6 1841 by F.G. Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint on india, private plate. 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"); very large margins.
A seated portrait of William Wordsworth born 7 April 1770 (1770-1850), before an arched window. The painter, Margaret Gillies (1803-87), a Scottish painter known for her portraits of Wordsworth & Charles Dickens. For many years she lived with Thomas Southwood Smith, the physician who dissected Jeremy Bentham in 1832: Bentham's 'auto-con' (the box holding his preserved body) lived with them until 1850 when it was acquired by University College London.
[Ref: 39303]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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