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Interior of the House of the Cachef at Aboubakir.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Rare aquatint. 171 x 248mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Creasing.
Inside the house of the District Administrator in Egypt; two British men seated with two Egyptians drinking tea. Frome "History of the Arabs Modern Part of An Universal History, from the Earliest to the Present Time".
[Ref: 23233] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Rare aquatint. 171 x 248mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Creasing.
Inside the house of the District Administrator in Egypt; two British men seated with two Egyptians drinking tea. Frome "History of the Arabs Modern Part of An Universal History, from the Earliest to the Present Time".
[Ref: 23233] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Interior of the House of the Cachef at Aboubakir.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Aquatint, 1811 watermark. Sheet: 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11''). Folds as normal
Inside the house of the District Administrator in Egypt; two British men seated with two Egyptians drinking tea. From "History of the Arabs - Modern Part of An Universal History, from the Earliest to the Present Time".
Abbey: Not in.
[Ref: 49289] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Aquatint, 1811 watermark. Sheet: 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11''). Folds as normal
Inside the house of the District Administrator in Egypt; two British men seated with two Egyptians drinking tea. From "History of the Arabs - Modern Part of An Universal History, from the Earliest to the Present Time".
Abbey: Not in.
[Ref: 49289] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Venus.
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.o Jan.y 1821.
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60559] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.o Jan.y 1821.
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60559] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.t Nebulous spot in Orion. The constellation Orion.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at top and bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60577] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at top and bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60577] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Telescopic apperance of the Pleiades.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Seasons. Revolutions of the Earth Producing the Seasons.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
[Ref: 60575] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
[Ref: 60575] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Saturn.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60574] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60574] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sun.
I. Blunt. Jun.r Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
[Ref: 60573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Blunt. Jun.r Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
[Ref: 60573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Full Moon & Earth's Shadow. Phases of the Moon. Earth. & Tides.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60571] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60571] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Kepler & Aristarchus at y.e opposition. at y.e quadratures.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulae.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulae. Treple Star in Monoceros.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60568] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60568] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Moon during the great Solar Eclipse Sep.t 7 1820.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60563] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60563] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Jupiter.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60560] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60560] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Swan. The Harp.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. No plate mark left and right.
Two constellations. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60553] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. No plate mark left and right.
Two constellations. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60553] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Kepler & Aristarchus at y.e opposition. at y.e quadratures.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margins. Holes where previously bound. No plate mark left and right.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margins. Holes where previously bound. No plate mark left and right.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (17671840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Trial of Queen Caroline.
W. Read del. & sc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Vertical folds.
A scene showing the trial of Caroline of Brunswick, wife of George IV, for adultery in 1820.
[Ref: 41568] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read del. & sc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Vertical folds.
A scene showing the trial of Caroline of Brunswick, wife of George IV, for adultery in 1820.
[Ref: 41568] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
March in the Desert.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1818.]
Rare aquatint with a pinkish wash. Sheet 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½"), watermarked 1818. Binding folds as normal.
A caravan of camels, including a suckling calf, with a man in European dress holding a pen and with an artist's folio under his arm.
[Ref: 50001] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1818.]
Rare aquatint with a pinkish wash. Sheet 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½"), watermarked 1818. Binding folds as normal.
A caravan of camels, including a suckling calf, with a man in European dress holding a pen and with an artist's folio under his arm.
[Ref: 50001] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Prosody Correcting his Proof in a Printing Office.
Drawn & Eng.d by W. Read.
Published June 1, 1821 by M. Iley, 1 Somerset St, Portman S[qu.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 175mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The inside of a printing office, press to the left, drying sheets flying about. A Rowlandson-style caricature from William Combe's ''The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque Through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles''.
Abbey Life 277.
[Ref: 44755] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by W. Read.
Published June 1, 1821 by M. Iley, 1 Somerset St, Portman S[qu.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 175mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The inside of a printing office, press to the left, drying sheets flying about. A Rowlandson-style caricature from William Combe's ''The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque Through Scotland, The Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Isles''.
Abbey Life 277.
[Ref: 44755] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Street Scene in Lisbon. [&] Straw Boat Unloading, Black Women Emptying Their Pots.](jpegs/20404.jpg)
Street Scene in Lisbon. [&] Straw Boat Unloading, Black Women Emptying Their Pots.
W. Read, sc.
[London, 1826.]
Two hand coloured aquatints with etching, scarce, image 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7") [&] 95 x 150mm (3¾ x 6"). Trimmed within plates; hole to first image upper right.
Costume, character and commerce potrayed in semi-caricature fashion in these genre scenes in Portugal; from 'Sketches of Portuguese life, manners, costume and character. By A. P. D. G' (20 plates).
Abbey Travel 141, 1 & 3. BL 001345171.
[Ref: 20404] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
W. Read, sc.
[London, 1826.]
Two hand coloured aquatints with etching, scarce, image 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7") [&] 95 x 150mm (3¾ x 6"). Trimmed within plates; hole to first image upper right.
Costume, character and commerce potrayed in semi-caricature fashion in these genre scenes in Portugal; from 'Sketches of Portuguese life, manners, costume and character. By A. P. D. G' (20 plates).
Abbey Travel 141, 1 & 3. BL 001345171.
[Ref: 20404] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Mast=headed.
Rowlandson, Del.t W. Read, Sculp.t
Published by W. Simpkin, & R. Marshall, Stationers Court, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1818.]
Coloured aquatint, watermarked. 210 x 133mm. Small tear in the publication area.
From "The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy" by John Mitford (1782-1831) was a British naval officer, poet and journalist. Johnny Newcome (a generic term for new recruits) is a clergymans son who is forced to leave school and join the navy when his clergyman father loses all his money in a banking crash. He embarks on HMS Capricorn at Sheerness and, under the good captain Dale his career prospers, but in Jamaica yellow fever strikes the ship, Captain Dale dies and is replaced by the bullying Captain Teak, and Johnny regretfully leaves the navy.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18749] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson, Del.t W. Read, Sculp.t
Published by W. Simpkin, & R. Marshall, Stationers Court, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1818.]
Coloured aquatint, watermarked. 210 x 133mm. Small tear in the publication area.
From "The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy" by John Mitford (1782-1831) was a British naval officer, poet and journalist. Johnny Newcome (a generic term for new recruits) is a clergymans son who is forced to leave school and join the navy when his clergyman father loses all his money in a banking crash. He embarks on HMS Capricorn at Sheerness and, under the good captain Dale his career prospers, but in Jamaica yellow fever strikes the ship, Captain Dale dies and is replaced by the bullying Captain Teak, and Johnny regretfully leaves the navy.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18749] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gioachino Rossini] Signor Joachim Rossini.](jpegs/62251.jpg)
[Gioachino Rossini] Signor Joachim Rossini.
Engraved by W. Read, from an original Drawing expressly for La Belle Assemblée.
[Published Jan.y 1.st 1823 for La Belle Assemblée. N.º 183.]
Stipple. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼") Trimmed, losing publication line.
Half-length portrait of Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer of operas, as a young man.
[Ref: 62251] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W. Read, from an original Drawing expressly for La Belle Assemblée.
[Published Jan.y 1.st 1823 for La Belle Assemblée. N.º 183.]
Stipple. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼") Trimmed, losing publication line.
Half-length portrait of Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer of operas, as a young man.
[Ref: 62251] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![Joseph Rayner Stephens [facsimile signature].](jpegs/51622.jpg)
Joseph Rayner Stephens [facsimile signature].
Painted by Garside. Engraved by W. Reed.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Stipple. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6") large margins.
Joseph Rayner Stephens (18051879), Scottish Methodist minister, campaigner for factory reform and the anti-Poor Law movement. He supported the separating of the Church of England and the State.
[Ref: 51622] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Garside. Engraved by W. Reed.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Stipple. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6") large margins.
Joseph Rayner Stephens (18051879), Scottish Methodist minister, campaigner for factory reform and the anti-Poor Law movement. He supported the separating of the Church of England and the State.
[Ref: 51622] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Going to Church, a Sketch Illustrative of Mr Newman's Tithe Leasing Act.
J.W. Wright. W. Read.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. 195 x 290mm (7¾ x 11½"), very large margins. Paper lightly age-toned.
A country family cordially greet the vicar and his wife as they walk out of a village and up a hill to the church. A satire on the Tithe Leasing Bill, introduced to Parliament by Robert Newman, MP for Bletchingley. It was an attempt to reform the tithe, a 10% (tithe being a tenth) income tax that Church tenants had to pay, which Newman claimed counter-productive in agricultural communities. His bill, suggesting it should be replaced by fixed rent, passed the commons, with the support of MPs including Henry Brougham, but was stuck down in the Lords. The system gradually ended between the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 and the Finance Act of 1977.
[Ref: 51749] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J.W. Wright. W. Read.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Coloured etching. 195 x 290mm (7¾ x 11½"), very large margins. Paper lightly age-toned.
A country family cordially greet the vicar and his wife as they walk out of a village and up a hill to the church. A satire on the Tithe Leasing Bill, introduced to Parliament by Robert Newman, MP for Bletchingley. It was an attempt to reform the tithe, a 10% (tithe being a tenth) income tax that Church tenants had to pay, which Newman claimed counter-productive in agricultural communities. His bill, suggesting it should be replaced by fixed rent, passed the commons, with the support of MPs including Henry Brougham, but was stuck down in the Lords. The system gradually ended between the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 and the Finance Act of 1977.
[Ref: 51749] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)