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The Inside of a House, in Oonalashka.
J.Webber del. J.Hall & S.Middiman sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 415mm, 10¼ x x 16½". Large paper copy.
A scene on Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. The natives are the Unangan, called the Aleut by Russian fur traders. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 11024] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. J.Hall & S.Middiman sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 415mm, 10¼ x x 16½". Large paper copy.
A scene on Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. The natives are the Unangan, called the Aleut by Russian fur traders. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 11024] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alaska] The Inside of of a House, in Oonalashka.](jpegs/34333.jpg)
[Alaska] The Inside of of a House, in Oonalashka.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾").
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. An interior view depicting a room with an apex roof built of logs and covered with thick fronds, with open sections in the top. A man can be seen climbing a tree-trunk in which steps have been cut, through one of the openings and families gathered under the eaves on either side, with household objects including baskets and woven cloths. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾").
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. An interior view depicting a room with an apex roof built of logs and covered with thick fronds, with open sections in the top. A man can be seen climbing a tree-trunk in which steps have been cut, through one of the openings and families gathered under the eaves on either side, with household objects including baskets and woven cloths. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alaska] A Man of Oonalashka.](jpegs/51201.jpg)
[Alaska] A Man of Oonalashka.
J.Webber del. W.Sharp sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to the plate.
An Unangan man, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called his tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
[Ref: 51201] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. W.Sharp sc.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to the plate.
An Unangan man, a native of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. Russian fur traders called his tribe the Aleut. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. Most of the illustrations in the Official Account, 'A Voyage to the Pacific', were his.
[Ref: 51201] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Children in the Wood.
Drawn by J.H. Benwell. The Figures engraved by W.Sharp. The Landscape by W. Byrne & T. Medland.
Published as the Act directs, 20 May, 1786, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street, London.
Engraving. 275 x 305mm (10¾ x 12")
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, abandoned by the men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins.
[Ref: 623] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J.H. Benwell. The Figures engraved by W.Sharp. The Landscape by W. Byrne & T. Medland.
Published as the Act directs, 20 May, 1786, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street, London.
Engraving. 275 x 305mm (10¾ x 12")
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, abandoned by the men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins.
[Ref: 623] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Matthew Boulton, Esq. F.R.S. & F.S.A.
Sir William Beechey pinx.t. Will.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published May 1 1801 by W.m Sharp, London.
Engraving. 525 x 390mm (20¾ x 15½"). Tears entering plate repaired, creasing. Small margins.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur, who was called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood. He was the founder of the Soho Works in Birmingham in 1762, known for its high quality ornamental objects. In 1775 Boulton entered into partnership with the Scottish engineer James Watt who invented the steam engine; he supplied machinery for the new Mint on Tower Hill in 1805. Boulton also designed for the commercial art market, devising ormolu (gilt brass) mounts for the English potter Josiah Wedgwood's decorative wares. Both men belonged to the Lunar Society, a group of prominent Midlands men who developed ideas and techniques in science, manufacturing and transport.
W: 385.
[Ref: 59134] £380.00
Sir William Beechey pinx.t. Will.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published May 1 1801 by W.m Sharp, London.
Engraving. 525 x 390mm (20¾ x 15½"). Tears entering plate repaired, creasing. Small margins.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur, who was called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood. He was the founder of the Soho Works in Birmingham in 1762, known for its high quality ornamental objects. In 1775 Boulton entered into partnership with the Scottish engineer James Watt who invented the steam engine; he supplied machinery for the new Mint on Tower Hill in 1805. Boulton also designed for the commercial art market, devising ormolu (gilt brass) mounts for the English potter Josiah Wedgwood's decorative wares. Both men belonged to the Lunar Society, a group of prominent Midlands men who developed ideas and techniques in science, manufacturing and transport.
W: 385.
[Ref: 59134] £380.00
Matthew Boulton, Esq. F.R.S. & F.S.A.
Sir William Beechey pinx.t. Will.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published May 1 1801 by W.m Sharp, London.
Fine engraving. 525 x 390mm (20¾ x 15½") large margins. Backed with newspaper.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur, who was called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood. He was the founder of the Soho Works in Birmingham in 1762, known for its high quality ornamental objects. In 1775 Boulton entered into partnership with the Scottish engineer James Watt who invented the steam engine; he supplied machinery for the new Mint on Tower Hill in 1805. Boulton also designed for the commercial art market, devising ormolu (gilt brass) mounts for the English potter Josiah Wedgwood's decorative wares. Both men belonged to the Lunar Society, a group of prominent Midlands men who developed ideas and techniques in science, manufacturing and transport.
W: 385.
[Ref: 52083] £320.00
Sir William Beechey pinx.t. Will.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published May 1 1801 by W.m Sharp, London.
Fine engraving. 525 x 390mm (20¾ x 15½") large margins. Backed with newspaper.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur, who was called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood. He was the founder of the Soho Works in Birmingham in 1762, known for its high quality ornamental objects. In 1775 Boulton entered into partnership with the Scottish engineer James Watt who invented the steam engine; he supplied machinery for the new Mint on Tower Hill in 1805. Boulton also designed for the commercial art market, devising ormolu (gilt brass) mounts for the English potter Josiah Wedgwood's decorative wares. Both men belonged to the Lunar Society, a group of prominent Midlands men who developed ideas and techniques in science, manufacturing and transport.
W: 385.
[Ref: 52083] £320.00
One of the Poor employed to mend the High Ways. Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry Esqr.____Pl 10___
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry.]
Pub Jun 12 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole Publisher of P Pry Caricatures-none are original without his name.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. Plate 361 x 254mm (14¼ x 10"). Some toning.
Brougham, wearing a barrister's wig, labours without reward breaking stones (inscribed 'Reform'). Brougham lamented that his support of the Ministry over Emancipation brought no reward, and was anxious to gain the place of Master of the Rolls (as here he says 'getting very hungry could swallow a whole batch of Rolls'). One of, or similar to, a set of 'Parish Characters' with an imitation of William Heath's signature.
Similar to BM Satires 15790 but with different publication line.
[Ref: 30497] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Bull in Jeopardy; or, The Curs triumphant.
A Sharpshooter fec.
Pub. Oct. 19 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 362mm (9½ x 14¼") Cut. Remains of album sheet verso.
A large bull, with the head of John Bull, is held down with difficulty by Wellington, Peel, and O'Connell who strain at a thick rope inscribed 'Catholic Bill', which encircles the bull's horns and head and is drawn through a staple so that its head is almost on the ground. The furious animal tries to get at four dogs with human heads who menace a turkey with the turbaned head of the Sultan. The largest cur, with [N]'icolas' on its collar, savages the bird which is on its back. The others are 'Miguel'; a puny dog clipped in the French manner, evidently Charles X, and one in a cocked hat who is probably Francis I. All watch the bull apprehensively. Wellington and Peel, the latter in a battered top-hat, wear long gaiters and short jackets, O'Connell wears a barrister's wig and an apron over breeches; he grasps the end of the rope and looks over his shoulder at the bull with fierce satisfaction.
BM Satires 15888.
[Ref: 52314] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Sharpshooter fec.
Pub. Oct. 19 1829 by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street Strand.
Hand-coloured etching. 240 x 362mm (9½ x 14¼") Cut. Remains of album sheet verso.
A large bull, with the head of John Bull, is held down with difficulty by Wellington, Peel, and O'Connell who strain at a thick rope inscribed 'Catholic Bill', which encircles the bull's horns and head and is drawn through a staple so that its head is almost on the ground. The furious animal tries to get at four dogs with human heads who menace a turkey with the turbaned head of the Sultan. The largest cur, with [N]'icolas' on its collar, savages the bird which is on its back. The others are 'Miguel'; a puny dog clipped in the French manner, evidently Charles X, and one in a cocked hat who is probably Francis I. All watch the bull apprehensively. Wellington and Peel, the latter in a battered top-hat, wear long gaiters and short jackets, O'Connell wears a barrister's wig and an apron over breeches; he grasps the end of the rope and looks over his shoulder at the bull with fierce satisfaction.
BM Satires 15888.
[Ref: 52314] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait of John Bunyan Author of the Pilgrims Progress.
Engraved by W.m Sharp, from a Picture formerly in the possession of the late George Phillips Esqr.
London, Pub. Aug. 1819. by Hurst Robinson & Co./late Boydells/.90 Cheapside.
Etching. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7")
John Bunyan (1628 - 1688), preacher and writer of 'Pilgrim's Progress'.
[Ref: 7928] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W.m Sharp, from a Picture formerly in the possession of the late George Phillips Esqr.
London, Pub. Aug. 1819. by Hurst Robinson & Co./late Boydells/.90 Cheapside.
Etching. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7")
John Bunyan (1628 - 1688), preacher and writer of 'Pilgrim's Progress'.
[Ref: 7928] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
''Buzz''. To the President and Members of the Beef Steak Club, this print is most respectfully Dedicated.
M.W.Sharp. Pinx.t. W.m Sharp Sculp.t.
London, Published July 4th. 1834 by Tho.s Mclean, 26 Haymarket.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Scratches in top left corner. trimmed to platemark.
A comic portrait of a middle aged man shaking the last drop out of a decanter. The Beefsteak Club or the Sublime Society was a dining club which, in 1834, met at the Bedford Coffee House, where members would dine on steak and potatoes and drank port. Members were required to wear a uniform of a blue coat with a buff waistcoat with brass buttons. The member depicted also wears a gridiron medal, the gridiron being the symbol of the club. An empty bottle and a corkscrew are on the table.
[Ref: 42046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M.W.Sharp. Pinx.t. W.m Sharp Sculp.t.
London, Published July 4th. 1834 by Tho.s Mclean, 26 Haymarket.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Scratches in top left corner. trimmed to platemark.
A comic portrait of a middle aged man shaking the last drop out of a decanter. The Beefsteak Club or the Sublime Society was a dining club which, in 1834, met at the Bedford Coffee House, where members would dine on steak and potatoes and drank port. Members were required to wear a uniform of a blue coat with a buff waistcoat with brass buttons. The member depicted also wears a gridiron medal, the gridiron being the symbol of the club. An empty bottle and a corkscrew are on the table.
[Ref: 42046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Honble. Lt. Coll. Charles Cathcart.
Gulielmus Sharp Sculpsit Londini, Januarius 1. 1791. G. Romney Pinxt.
Line engraving. 275 x 217mm. 10¾" x 8½". Slight mark top left of the image.
Charles Allan Cathcart was born of 8th December 1759. He was the son of Lt. General Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and died aged 28 in 1788, without issue.
Horne 18.
[Ref: 8278] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Gulielmus Sharp Sculpsit Londini, Januarius 1. 1791. G. Romney Pinxt.
Line engraving. 275 x 217mm. 10¾" x 8½". Slight mark top left of the image.
Charles Allan Cathcart was born of 8th December 1759. He was the son of Lt. General Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and died aged 28 in 1788, without issue.
Horne 18.
[Ref: 8278] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Senor Juan de Vega. The Spanish Minstrel of 1828-9. A Character assumed by an English Gentleman, under which he travelled during ten months in Great Britain & Ireland.
J. Hayter delt. W. Sharp lithog.
Published, June, 1830, by J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Very rare lithograph, frontispiece?, on india paper, sheet 225 x 140mm. 9 x 5½". Small tear to lower right edge.
Charles Stuart Cochrane (1796 - 1840) in the costume of a Spanish musician, with cape and strumming a guitar. Cochrane spent his youth and early career in the Royal Navy. Between March 1823 and June 1824, he was in Gran Colombia during the final months of Simon Bolivar's struggle for independence from Spain, and wrote a book about his travels - Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia. Between August 1828 and June 1829, he disguised himself as a Spanish exile, and made a tour of Britain, which he recorded in detail in a two-volume 'Journal of a tour made by sen~or Juan de Vega ... through Great Britain and Ireland' (London, 1830). In 1830 he took out a patent in France on a machine for spinning Cashmere, a wool new to the western world. In Glasgow he built a mill for his machines to meet the demand in spun Tibetan goats beard.
See Bodleian Library 30.793.
[Ref: 26889] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Hayter delt. W. Sharp lithog.
Published, June, 1830, by J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Very rare lithograph, frontispiece?, on india paper, sheet 225 x 140mm. 9 x 5½". Small tear to lower right edge.
Charles Stuart Cochrane (1796 - 1840) in the costume of a Spanish musician, with cape and strumming a guitar. Cochrane spent his youth and early career in the Royal Navy. Between March 1823 and June 1824, he was in Gran Colombia during the final months of Simon Bolivar's struggle for independence from Spain, and wrote a book about his travels - Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia. Between August 1828 and June 1829, he disguised himself as a Spanish exile, and made a tour of Britain, which he recorded in detail in a two-volume 'Journal of a tour made by sen~or Juan de Vega ... through Great Britain and Ireland' (London, 1830). In 1830 he took out a patent in France on a machine for spinning Cashmere, a wool new to the western world. In Glasgow he built a mill for his machines to meet the demand in spun Tibetan goats beard.
See Bodleian Library 30.793.
[Ref: 26889] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cook Islands] A Man of Mangea.](jpegs/51200.jpg)
[Cook Islands] A Man of Mangea.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A man from Mangaia, Cook Islands, wearing a bone ornamental dagger through his ear and his hair tied up in a bun. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51200] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A man from Mangaia, Cook Islands, wearing a bone ornamental dagger through his ear and his hair tied up in a bun. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51200] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Sir William Curtis, Bar.t. Alderman & Representative of the City of London.
Thomas Lawrence Esq.r. R.A. pinx.t. Will.m Sharp, Member of the Imperial & Royal Academy of Vienna, sculp.t.
Publish'd by W.S. Blake, Change Alley, London, March 1, 1814.
Copper engraving, fine image. 620 x 385mm, 24½ x 15¼". Bottom margin cut close to plate.
Sir William Curtis (1752-1829), son of a Wapping sea biscuit manufacturer, became MP for the City of London in 1790, holding the seat for 28 years. He was also Lord Mayor of London 1795-6. He is credited with the first use of the 'three Rs' as 'reading, writing, and 'rithmetic', in a speech made at a Board of education dinner.
[Ref: 24515] £320.00
Thomas Lawrence Esq.r. R.A. pinx.t. Will.m Sharp, Member of the Imperial & Royal Academy of Vienna, sculp.t.
Publish'd by W.S. Blake, Change Alley, London, March 1, 1814.
Copper engraving, fine image. 620 x 385mm, 24½ x 15¼". Bottom margin cut close to plate.
Sir William Curtis (1752-1829), son of a Wapping sea biscuit manufacturer, became MP for the City of London in 1790, holding the seat for 28 years. He was also Lord Mayor of London 1795-6. He is credited with the first use of the 'three Rs' as 'reading, writing, and 'rithmetic', in a speech made at a Board of education dinner.
[Ref: 24515] £320.00
![[Sir Walter Farquhar Bar.t.]](jpegs/57928.jpg)
[Sir Walter Farquhar Bar.t.]
[Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.]
[Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15").
Seated portrait of Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819), physician to the Prince of Wales and Pitt the Younger After Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).
Baker: 42, I. Wellcome: 952-1. See Ref: 13261 for lettered impression.
[Ref: 57928] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.]
[Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15").
Seated portrait of Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819), physician to the Prince of Wales and Pitt the Younger After Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).
Baker: 42, I. Wellcome: 952-1. See Ref: 13261 for lettered impression.
[Ref: 57928] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Walter Farquhar Bar.t.
Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.
Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.
Engraving, open letter proof, 510 x 380mm. 20 x 15".
Sir Walter Farquhar, Bt (1738 - 1819), physician to the Prince of Wales. After Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).
Baker: 42, II. Wellcome: 952-1.
[Ref: 13261] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.
Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.
Engraving, open letter proof, 510 x 380mm. 20 x 15".
Sir Walter Farquhar, Bt (1738 - 1819), physician to the Prince of Wales. After Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).
Baker: 42, II. Wellcome: 952-1.
[Ref: 13261] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Margaret Finch Queen of the Norwood Gypsies, Died 1740, Aged 108 Years.
Jack Sharp sculp.t [after John Straeho].
[n.d., c.1742.]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, some damage & loss in edges, mounted on album paper.
The Norwood gypsies lived in the area now known as Gypsy Hill. So famous were they that a pantomime called 'The Norwood Gypsies' was staged in Covent Garden in 1777. The most famous of the gypsies was fortune-teller Margaret Finch (d.1740). A report published a few years after her death states that the 'oddness of her figure and ye fame of her fortune-telling drew a vast concourse of spectators from ye highest rank of quality, even to those of ye lower class of life'. She lived in a conical hut built of branches, at the base of an ancient tree, and it was there that great numbers of people visited her.
[Ref: 60891] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Jack Sharp sculp.t [after John Straeho].
[n.d., c.1742.]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, some damage & loss in edges, mounted on album paper.
The Norwood gypsies lived in the area now known as Gypsy Hill. So famous were they that a pantomime called 'The Norwood Gypsies' was staged in Covent Garden in 1777. The most famous of the gypsies was fortune-teller Margaret Finch (d.1740). A report published a few years after her death states that the 'oddness of her figure and ye fame of her fortune-telling drew a vast concourse of spectators from ye highest rank of quality, even to those of ye lower class of life'. She lived in a conical hut built of branches, at the base of an ancient tree, and it was there that great numbers of people visited her.
[Ref: 60891] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Captn. Thos. Forrest. Aetat 50, Midn. in the Navy in 1745.
JK Sherwin del. Sharp sculpt 1779.
Published by the Author as the Act directs, Jany. 30th, 1779.
Etching, sheet 260 x 195mm. 10¼ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate.
Thomas Forrest (1729? - 1802?), navigator. Frontispiece to his 'A voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas, from Balambangan: including an account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other islands; ... performed in the Tartar galley ... during the years 1774, 1775 and 1776.'
[Ref: 11376] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
JK Sherwin del. Sharp sculpt 1779.
Published by the Author as the Act directs, Jany. 30th, 1779.
Etching, sheet 260 x 195mm. 10¼ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate.
Thomas Forrest (1729? - 1802?), navigator. Frontispiece to his 'A voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas, from Balambangan: including an account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other islands; ... performed in the Tartar galley ... during the years 1774, 1775 and 1776.'
[Ref: 11376] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Ich Dien. George Prince of Wales.
Rdus Cosway Pictor Principis Pinxit. Gulielmus Sharp Sculpsit [ around frame].
Engraved & Publish'd by Wm. Sharp No.8, Charles Street Middlesex Hospital; & Sold by W. Skelton, Haymarket, Aug: 12.1790.
Engraving and etching. Plate 241 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate, crease at top right corner.
George IV (1762-1830) as Prince of Wales. At this time he was given no official duties by his father King George III. In a bid to gain power he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox, and when the King went temporarily insane in 1788, William Pitt proposed a restricted Regency to protect the King's interests. Pitt's Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness and George IV was sworn Regent in 1811 and crowned King in 1820.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. Daniell: 80.
[Ref: 25429] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Rdus Cosway Pictor Principis Pinxit. Gulielmus Sharp Sculpsit [ around frame].
Engraved & Publish'd by Wm. Sharp No.8, Charles Street Middlesex Hospital; & Sold by W. Skelton, Haymarket, Aug: 12.1790.
Engraving and etching. Plate 241 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate, crease at top right corner.
George IV (1762-1830) as Prince of Wales. At this time he was given no official duties by his father King George III. In a bid to gain power he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox, and when the King went temporarily insane in 1788, William Pitt proposed a restricted Regency to protect the King's interests. Pitt's Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness and George IV was sworn Regent in 1811 and crowned King in 1820.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. Daniell: 80.
[Ref: 25429] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
To his esteemed Friend Joseph Tarver, of Briddlesford in the Isle of Wight, Esq.re This Print of 'The Death of the Hare' is affectionately dedicated by Thomas Sharpe of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
Lithograph with large margins, very scarce; printed area 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Slight foxing.
Amateur lithograph. The British Museum cites information suggesting that the image derives from a picture by George Morland.
See BM 1907,0515.82. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35609] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Lithograph with large margins, very scarce; printed area 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Slight foxing.
Amateur lithograph. The British Museum cites information suggesting that the image derives from a picture by George Morland.
See BM 1907,0515.82. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35609] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Night Dance by Women, in Hapaee.
J. Webber del. W.m Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Uncut. Edge of top margins, stained. Very slight crease & small foxmark.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A night scene depicting Tongan women dancing in two rows, on both side of the image, wearing cloth skirts and flower headbands. Behind the women, are a group of men sitting on the ground in a circle, holding wooden musical instruments. An audience of men and women can be seen in the background. Four White officers are depicted in the foreground, watching the performance. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34303] £320.00
J. Webber del. W.m Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Uncut. Edge of top margins, stained. Very slight crease & small foxmark.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A night scene depicting Tongan women dancing in two rows, on both side of the image, wearing cloth skirts and flower headbands. Behind the women, are a group of men sitting on the ground in a circle, holding wooden musical instruments. An audience of men and women can be seen in the background. Four White officers are depicted in the foreground, watching the performance. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34303] £320.00
![[Filmer Honywood Esqr. M.P.]](jpegs/17635.jpg)
[Filmer Honywood Esqr. M.P.]
[Fine.]
[London, Engraved & Published by Willm. Sharp, April 1804.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters, with large margins. Plate 395 x 305mm. 15½ x 12". Crease lower right-corner.
Filmer Honywood (1744-1809) was a British politician and statesman, and MP for Kent. In his hands he holds a sheet with written on it "Kent Petition 1780".
Baker:50: ii.
[Ref: 17635] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Fine.]
[London, Engraved & Published by Willm. Sharp, April 1804.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters, with large margins. Plate 395 x 305mm. 15½ x 12". Crease lower right-corner.
Filmer Honywood (1744-1809) was a British politician and statesman, and MP for Kent. In his hands he holds a sheet with written on it "Kent Petition 1780".
Baker:50: ii.
[Ref: 17635] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of Kamtschatka.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Uncut. Edges of wide margins worn.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of a man from the Kamtschatka penninsula in the Russian Far East, facing right, wearing traditional clothing. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Uncut. Edges of wide margins worn.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of a man from the Kamtschatka penninsula in the Russian Far East, facing right, wearing traditional clothing. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34193] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Woman of Kamtschatka.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A portrait of a woman from the Kamtschatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, facing left, wearing traditional clothing and head scarf. A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51196] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A portrait of a woman from the Kamtschatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, facing left, wearing traditional clothing and head scarf. A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51196] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
King Lear.
Engrav'd by Wm. Sharp, from a Picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds.
Publish'd May 1.st 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving and etching. Plate 222 x 184mm (8¾ x 7¼").
King Lear, looking up, with windswept hair and a full beard; clouds behind.
Hamilton: p.151.
[Ref: 20922] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Wm. Sharp, from a Picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds.
Publish'd May 1.st 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving and etching. Plate 222 x 184mm (8¾ x 7¼").
King Lear, looking up, with windswept hair and a full beard; clouds behind.
Hamilton: p.151.
[Ref: 20922] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
George Kinloch Esq.r M.P. On the 22nd Dec.r 1819, Forced to flee his Country and proclaimed an Outlaw for having advocated the cause of People and the necessity of Reform. On the 22nd Dec.r 1832, Proclaimed the chosen Representative of the Town of Dundee in the Reformed House of Commons.
Drawn on Stone by W.Sharp from a Minature by Miss M Saunders.
[Printed by C. Hullmandel] [c. 1832]
Lithograph, sheet 7¾ x 5¼" (170 x 135mm).
Bust portrait of the Scottish politician and reformer George Kinloch (1775 –1833). His first involvement with politics was in 1814 and involved the extension of the harbour in Dundee, a project which earned him the gratitude of business interests in the city. His involvement with mass meetings in 1817 and 1819 agitating for Parliamentary reform attracted less favorable attention, and he was forced to flee to France and was declared an outlaw. In 1822 his daughter was presented to George IV in Edinburgh and interceded for him, and he was able to return. When Dundee was given representation in Parliament by the Reform Act 1832, Kinloch was elected MP. His 1831 speech to voters included his anti slavery views. He probably gained his anti slavery views when in 1795 Kinloch inherited a slave plantation "The Grange" in Jamaica from his uncle, which he sold in 1804. He died in London two months after the start of Parliament; his body was brought back to Scotland for burial at the Kinloch Chapel at Meigle.
[Ref: 54790] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by W.Sharp from a Minature by Miss M Saunders.
[Printed by C. Hullmandel] [c. 1832]
Lithograph, sheet 7¾ x 5¼" (170 x 135mm).
Bust portrait of the Scottish politician and reformer George Kinloch (1775 –1833). His first involvement with politics was in 1814 and involved the extension of the harbour in Dundee, a project which earned him the gratitude of business interests in the city. His involvement with mass meetings in 1817 and 1819 agitating for Parliamentary reform attracted less favorable attention, and he was forced to flee to France and was declared an outlaw. In 1822 his daughter was presented to George IV in Edinburgh and interceded for him, and he was able to return. When Dundee was given representation in Parliament by the Reform Act 1832, Kinloch was elected MP. His 1831 speech to voters included his anti slavery views. He probably gained his anti slavery views when in 1795 Kinloch inherited a slave plantation "The Grange" in Jamaica from his uncle, which he sold in 1804. He died in London two months after the start of Parliament; his body was brought back to Scotland for burial at the Kinloch Chapel at Meigle.
[Ref: 54790] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Oblique Arch in the viaduct on the London & Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts. Dedicated by permision to G W Buck, Esq.r Engineer.
Drawn & Lithographed by W.m Sharp, Sen.r
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare & fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Slight mount burn.
The Bushy Arches, Watford, on the London to Birmingham Railway soon after the opening in 1838.
[Ref: 53000] £450.00
Drawn & Lithographed by W.m Sharp, Sen.r
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare & fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Slight mount burn.
The Bushy Arches, Watford, on the London to Birmingham Railway soon after the opening in 1838.
[Ref: 53000] £450.00
![[Mary Magdalene.] Mary Hath Chosen that Good Part, Which Shall Not be Taken From Her. Luke 10. v. 43.](jpegs/57941.jpg)
[Mary Magdalene.] Mary Hath Chosen that Good Part, Which Shall Not be Taken From Her. Luke 10. v. 43. Now when Jesus was risen early, the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. That Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. From the original Picture in the Possession of Sir Simon H. Clarke Bar.t.
Guido Pinx.t. Sharpe Sculp.t.
London, Published by Will.m Sharp, 16 May, 1822.
Etching with engraving on chine collé. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins. Fold on left plate mark.
Mary Magdalene with a halo, looking up.
[Ref: 57941] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Guido Pinx.t. Sharpe Sculp.t.
London, Published by Will.m Sharp, 16 May, 1822.
Etching with engraving on chine collé. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins. Fold on left plate mark.
Mary Magdalene with a halo, looking up.
[Ref: 57941] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside of a House in Nootka Sound.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate at the bottom.
An interior scene depicting a group of men and women, drying fish, baskets and chests, within a traditional communal house, with carved ornaments in the background. Engraved by William Sharp after John Webber for 'A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean' (1784), the official account of Captain Cook's Third and final voyage.
[Ref: 51211] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate at the bottom.
An interior scene depicting a group of men and women, drying fish, baskets and chests, within a traditional communal house, with carved ornaments in the background. Engraved by William Sharp after John Webber for 'A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean' (1784), the official account of Captain Cook's Third and final voyage.
[Ref: 51211] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of Nootka Sound.
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A native of Nootka Sound, British Columbia. Directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, with tasselled threads in his hair. He has a nose ring and a grid pattern on his forehead. A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51197] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving, fine impression. 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Trimmed to the plate.
A native of Nootka Sound, British Columbia. Directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, with tasselled threads in his hair. He has a nose ring and a grid pattern on his forehead. A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51197] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Paine.
Romney pinx. Sharp sc.
Published & Sold by E. Truelove, 240, Strand, three doors from Temple Bar.
Engraving. Plate: 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9''). Trimmed within plate on lower edge. Messy in edges.
A portrait of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) who was an American political activist and Founding Father of the USA, at the start of the American Revolution he published two pamphlets which inspired the patriots to declare independence.
[Ref: 50031] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Romney pinx. Sharp sc.
Published & Sold by E. Truelove, 240, Strand, three doors from Temple Bar.
Engraving. Plate: 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9''). Trimmed within plate on lower edge. Messy in edges.
A portrait of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) who was an American political activist and Founding Father of the USA, at the start of the American Revolution he published two pamphlets which inspired the patriots to declare independence.
[Ref: 50031] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Ricardus Porson.
J. Hoppner R.A. pinx.t Will.m Sharp sculp
Published Nov.r 4 1810 by Will.m Sharp London
Engraving, fine, platemark 360 x 300mm (14 x 11¾") very large margins.
Richard Porson (1759-1808), classical scholar. Of all Porson's achievements, perhaps his most lasting legacy is his handwriting- Porson type, the most commonly printed font for classical Greek text in the English-speaking world, was copied directly from Porson's own manuscript. Engraving after the well-known portrait by John Hoppner, painted in 1796 and now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
[Ref: 47298] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Hoppner R.A. pinx.t Will.m Sharp sculp
Published Nov.r 4 1810 by Will.m Sharp London
Engraving, fine, platemark 360 x 300mm (14 x 11¾") very large margins.
Richard Porson (1759-1808), classical scholar. Of all Porson's achievements, perhaps his most lasting legacy is his handwriting- Porson type, the most commonly printed font for classical Greek text in the English-speaking world, was copied directly from Porson's own manuscript. Engraving after the well-known portrait by John Hoppner, painted in 1796 and now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
[Ref: 47298] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III.d Act 5, Scene 3.
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Inside of a Winter Habitation, in Kamtschatka.
J.Webber del. W.Sharp sculp.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 415mm, 10¼ x x 16½". Large paper copy.
A scene on Kamchatka Peninsula on the north Pacific coast of Asia. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 11018] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. W.Sharp sculp.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 415mm, 10¼ x x 16½". Large paper copy.
A scene on Kamchatka Peninsula on the north Pacific coast of Asia. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 11018] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Sharp.]](jpegs/45819.jpg)
[William Sharp.]
[Engraved by William Sharp after George Francis Joseph.]
[n.d., 1821.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 370 x 315mm (14½ x 12½"), very large margins. Faint mount burn around image.
William Sharp (1749 - 1824), engraver.
[Ref: 45819] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by William Sharp after George Francis Joseph.]
[n.d., 1821.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 370 x 315mm (14½ x 12½"), very large margins. Faint mount burn around image.
William Sharp (1749 - 1824), engraver.
[Ref: 45819] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Miss Curran Del.t. C.W. Sharpe Sculp.t.
Published March 1st 1860 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London.
Stipple and engraving on steel. 385 x 325mm (15¼ x 12¾"), with large margins.
A portrait of Shelley after the oil by Amelia Curran (d.1847), once in the possession of Mary Shelley and now in the National Portrait Gallery. It was painted in Rome in 1819 when Curran was an art student, three years before his death. His widow begged Curran for the portrait, one of the few done in his lifetime, although it was not much liked by his friends.
See NPG: 1234 for the oil.
[Ref: 59135] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Curran Del.t. C.W. Sharpe Sculp.t.
Published March 1st 1860 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London.
Stipple and engraving on steel. 385 x 325mm (15¼ x 12¾"), with large margins.
A portrait of Shelley after the oil by Amelia Curran (d.1847), once in the possession of Mary Shelley and now in the National Portrait Gallery. It was painted in Rome in 1819 when Curran was an art student, three years before his death. His widow begged Curran for the portrait, one of the few done in his lifetime, although it was not much liked by his friends.
See NPG: 1234 for the oil.
[Ref: 59135] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Joanna Southcott. Isaiah Ch. LXV & LXVI. Jan.y 1812.
Drawn and Engraved from life by W.m Sharp.
Published by Jane Townley London. Published according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 12.th 1812 by Jane Townley London.
Engraving, large paper. Plate 355 x 300mm. 14 x 11¾". Uncut.
Joanna Southcott [1750-1814] charismatic religious leader, produced sixty-five or more printed tracts (amounting to 4,500 pages) and many works in manuscript during the first thirteen years of the nineteenth century. These, she maintained, were dictated to her by the Spirit of God. Joanna Southcott was an 18th century English religious visionary. Born into a small Devonshire farming family she spent her earlier years in domestic service. Regarded by her family as being 'too religious' she joined the Methodist movement in Exeter in 1791 and in the following year of 1792 began to claim the gift of prophecy, taking up the practice of writing down her revelations and then sealing them for verification after the predicted event had happened. Her claims were not well received by her Methodist congregation and by the end of the year she had broken with them. For the next six years she sought attention from the Church authorities to verify her claims but to no real avail. However in 1801 she began publishing her claims with her first work being 'The Strange Effects of Faith' printed by T. Brice of Exeter, which invited "any twelve ministers" to "try" her claims. She began to attract followers, especially from former adherents of fellow visionary Richard Brothers, and in 1802 she settled in London. From London she began touring the country giving lectures and holding meetings of her faithful where sealed testaments of salvation were given out. She continued writing prophecies and her followers conducted public trials of them as well as continuing to publish them for a wider dissemination, all attracting the attention of the press. In her third 'Book of Wonders' (1813-1814) she announced that, aged 64, she was to become the mother of Shiloh, an obscure messianic figure mentioned in Genesis. However, although displaying some of the outward signs of pregnancy, she became increasingly ill, and died, probably of a brain disease, on the 29th of December, four days after she had predicted the birth that never came. According to her instructions her body was dissected four days after her death and no signs of pregnancy were found. Nonetheless many of her followers continued to study the 60 or more tracts and books of her writings and the sect only died out at the end of the 19th century. At its height her following was said to have numbered over 100,000 but a more realistic figure of 20,000 has been given by modern commentators. After her death she left a locked box with instructions that it should only be opened in the presence of 24 bishops and at a time of national crisis. Apart from the prophetic and messianic overtones her theological stance was Anglican orthodox and she was instrumental in the rapid decline of Richard Brothers' popularity, as she openly declared him a blasphemer and a heretic and in doing so split his own following.
See Ref: 13594 for proof before title. See Baker: 60; undescribed state ["William Sharp Engraver"].
[Ref: 21013] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and Engraved from life by W.m Sharp.
Published by Jane Townley London. Published according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 12.th 1812 by Jane Townley London.
Engraving, large paper. Plate 355 x 300mm. 14 x 11¾". Uncut.
Joanna Southcott [1750-1814] charismatic religious leader, produced sixty-five or more printed tracts (amounting to 4,500 pages) and many works in manuscript during the first thirteen years of the nineteenth century. These, she maintained, were dictated to her by the Spirit of God. Joanna Southcott was an 18th century English religious visionary. Born into a small Devonshire farming family she spent her earlier years in domestic service. Regarded by her family as being 'too religious' she joined the Methodist movement in Exeter in 1791 and in the following year of 1792 began to claim the gift of prophecy, taking up the practice of writing down her revelations and then sealing them for verification after the predicted event had happened. Her claims were not well received by her Methodist congregation and by the end of the year she had broken with them. For the next six years she sought attention from the Church authorities to verify her claims but to no real avail. However in 1801 she began publishing her claims with her first work being 'The Strange Effects of Faith' printed by T. Brice of Exeter, which invited "any twelve ministers" to "try" her claims. She began to attract followers, especially from former adherents of fellow visionary Richard Brothers, and in 1802 she settled in London. From London she began touring the country giving lectures and holding meetings of her faithful where sealed testaments of salvation were given out. She continued writing prophecies and her followers conducted public trials of them as well as continuing to publish them for a wider dissemination, all attracting the attention of the press. In her third 'Book of Wonders' (1813-1814) she announced that, aged 64, she was to become the mother of Shiloh, an obscure messianic figure mentioned in Genesis. However, although displaying some of the outward signs of pregnancy, she became increasingly ill, and died, probably of a brain disease, on the 29th of December, four days after she had predicted the birth that never came. According to her instructions her body was dissected four days after her death and no signs of pregnancy were found. Nonetheless many of her followers continued to study the 60 or more tracts and books of her writings and the sect only died out at the end of the 19th century. At its height her following was said to have numbered over 100,000 but a more realistic figure of 20,000 has been given by modern commentators. After her death she left a locked box with instructions that it should only be opened in the presence of 24 bishops and at a time of national crisis. Apart from the prophetic and messianic overtones her theological stance was Anglican orthodox and she was instrumental in the rapid decline of Richard Brothers' popularity, as she openly declared him a blasphemer and a heretic and in doing so split his own following.
See Ref: 13594 for proof before title. See Baker: 60; undescribed state ["William Sharp Engraver"].
[Ref: 21013] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Rock at St. Helena (The Last Sketch of Delaroche) From the Picture in the Royal Collection
P. Delaroche pinxt. C.W. Sharpe sculpt.
[1860]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso. Trimmed.
Engraving published in the 'Art Journal', 1860. Queen Victoria bought Delaroche's oil sketch of c.1855-6 (made in preparation for a large canvas never completed) at the sale of Delaroche's studio in Paris in 1857 before giving it to Prince Albert the following year. It remains in the Royal Collection, whose cataloguing for the oil sketch notes that Queen Victoria was 'in touch with the fashion in England and on the Continent during the middle years of the nineteenth century for collecting Napoleonica'.
Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41228] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P. Delaroche pinxt. C.W. Sharpe sculpt.
[1860]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso. Trimmed.
Engraving published in the 'Art Journal', 1860. Queen Victoria bought Delaroche's oil sketch of c.1855-6 (made in preparation for a large canvas never completed) at the sale of Delaroche's studio in Paris in 1857 before giving it to Prince Albert the following year. It remains in the Royal Collection, whose cataloguing for the oil sketch notes that Queen Victoria was 'in touch with the fashion in England and on the Continent during the middle years of the nineteenth century for collecting Napoleonica'.
Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41228] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Charlotte Stanley. a beautiful Gipsey.
Drawn on Stone by W. Sharp from a Miniature by George Hayter in the Possession of Nath.l Ogle Esq.r
Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond S.t May 1829.
Lithograph on india. India paper 185 x 155mm (7¼" x 6").
Portrait of Charlotte Stanley, wearing patterned shawl and cloak, looking to left with a finger of her right hand raised.
For an earlier print of the sitter, see ref. 18398.
[Ref: 56645] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by W. Sharp from a Miniature by George Hayter in the Possession of Nath.l Ogle Esq.r
Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond S.t May 1829.
Lithograph on india. India paper 185 x 155mm (7¼" x 6").
Portrait of Charlotte Stanley, wearing patterned shawl and cloak, looking to left with a finger of her right hand raised.
For an earlier print of the sitter, see ref. 18398.
[Ref: 56645] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
William Stephenson Esq.re F.S.A. Ob: May 1821. Ætat 72,
Drawn by H.B. Love after the original by W. Hilton Esq.re R.A. _ On Stone by W. Sharp. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 245 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of William Stevenson (1741-1821), publisher, author and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, holding a coin he has taken from a draw. The portrait was painted when he was 72.
[Ref: 60758] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by H.B. Love after the original by W. Hilton Esq.re R.A. _ On Stone by W. Sharp. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 245 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of William Stevenson (1741-1821), publisher, author and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, holding a coin he has taken from a draw. The portrait was painted when he was 72.
[Ref: 60758] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Sylph]](jpegs/40839.jpg)
[The Sylph]
Stothard del Sharp sculpt
Published January 1st 1788 by W. Lowndes
Engraving, platemark 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8"). Thread margins; slight foxing. Unfinished proof.
Illustration to the novel 'The Sylph' by the political hostess Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire (1757-8016). Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire, ensconced in the Devonshire House Circle, and drinking and gambling heavily, Georgiana published the book, a roman-à-clef about high society, anonymously. (It was an open secret that Georgiana was the author, although she was not publicly exposed). Like Sheridan's 'School for Scandal' (which emerged from the same milieu), it scandalized critics for its portrayal of the aristocracy as drunks, blackmailers, wife-beaters and adulterers. In this scene, the male figure, who while walking had noticed two beautiful women, pursued them but stumbled and fell as the earth gave way. They, believing him to be seriously injured, rushed to help him (the male being in no hurry to disabuse them of that notion). Engraving after the most prolific book illustrator of the late 18th century, Thomas Stothard, by engraver William Sharp (1749-1824). An important contributor to the revival of the classical style of engraving in England (in the lineage of Sir Robert Strange and William Woollett), some of Sharp's best-known works were after major pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. Sharp refused to join the Royal Academy on the inferior 'associate' basis which was the only way for specialist engravers to join at the time), Sharp's importance was nonetheless demonstrated by the honorary memberships bestowed on him by the Imperial Academy of Vienna and the Royal Academy of Munich.
[Ref: 40839] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Stothard del Sharp sculpt
Published January 1st 1788 by W. Lowndes
Engraving, platemark 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8"). Thread margins; slight foxing. Unfinished proof.
Illustration to the novel 'The Sylph' by the political hostess Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire (1757-8016). Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire, ensconced in the Devonshire House Circle, and drinking and gambling heavily, Georgiana published the book, a roman-à-clef about high society, anonymously. (It was an open secret that Georgiana was the author, although she was not publicly exposed). Like Sheridan's 'School for Scandal' (which emerged from the same milieu), it scandalized critics for its portrayal of the aristocracy as drunks, blackmailers, wife-beaters and adulterers. In this scene, the male figure, who while walking had noticed two beautiful women, pursued them but stumbled and fell as the earth gave way. They, believing him to be seriously injured, rushed to help him (the male being in no hurry to disabuse them of that notion). Engraving after the most prolific book illustrator of the late 18th century, Thomas Stothard, by engraver William Sharp (1749-1824). An important contributor to the revival of the classical style of engraving in England (in the lineage of Sir Robert Strange and William Woollett), some of Sharp's best-known works were after major pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. Sharp refused to join the Royal Academy on the inferior 'associate' basis which was the only way for specialist engravers to join at the time), Sharp's importance was nonetheless demonstrated by the honorary memberships bestowed on him by the Imperial Academy of Vienna and the Royal Academy of Munich.
[Ref: 40839] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Sylph They expressed great joy at hearing me speak / and most obligingly endeavoured to assist me in rising
Stothard del Sharp sculpt
Published January 1st 1788 by W. Lowndes
Engraving, platemark 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8"). Thread margins.
Illustration to the novel 'The Sylph' by the political hostess Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire (1757-8016). Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire, ensconced in the Devonshire House Circle, and drinking and gambling heavily, Georgiana published the book, a roman-à-clef about high society, anonymously. (It was an open secret that Georgiana was the author, although she was not publicly exposed). It scandalized critics for its portrayal of the aristocracy as drunks, blackmailers, wife-beaters and adulterers. In this scene, the male figure, who while walking had noticed two beautiful women, pursued them but stumbled and fell as the earth gave way. They, believing him to be seriously injured, rushed to help him (the male being in no hurry to disabuse them of that notion). Engraving after the most prolific book illustrator of the late 18th century, Thomas Stothard, by engraver William Sharp (1749-1824). An important contributor to the revival of the classical style of engraving in England (in the lineage of Sir Robert Strange and William Woollett), some of Sharp's best-known works were after major pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. Sharp refused to join the Royal Academy on the inferior 'associate' basis which was the only way for specialist engravers to join at the time), Sharp's importance was nonetheless demonstrated by the honorary memberships bestowed on him by the Imperial Academy of Vienna and the Royal Academy of Munich.
[Ref: 40840] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Stothard del Sharp sculpt
Published January 1st 1788 by W. Lowndes
Engraving, platemark 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8"). Thread margins.
Illustration to the novel 'The Sylph' by the political hostess Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire (1757-8016). Unhappily married to the duke of Devonshire, ensconced in the Devonshire House Circle, and drinking and gambling heavily, Georgiana published the book, a roman-à-clef about high society, anonymously. (It was an open secret that Georgiana was the author, although she was not publicly exposed). It scandalized critics for its portrayal of the aristocracy as drunks, blackmailers, wife-beaters and adulterers. In this scene, the male figure, who while walking had noticed two beautiful women, pursued them but stumbled and fell as the earth gave way. They, believing him to be seriously injured, rushed to help him (the male being in no hurry to disabuse them of that notion). Engraving after the most prolific book illustrator of the late 18th century, Thomas Stothard, by engraver William Sharp (1749-1824). An important contributor to the revival of the classical style of engraving in England (in the lineage of Sir Robert Strange and William Woollett), some of Sharp's best-known works were after major pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. Sharp refused to join the Royal Academy on the inferior 'associate' basis which was the only way for specialist engravers to join at the time), Sharp's importance was nonetheless demonstrated by the honorary memberships bestowed on him by the Imperial Academy of Vienna and the Royal Academy of Munich.
[Ref: 40840] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Tonga] Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava.](jpegs/26376.jpg)
[Tonga] Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava.
J.Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 410mm (10¼ x 16"), with large margins.
Poulaho, the king of Tonga, at a ceremony drinking Kava, which has a sedative and anesthetic effect. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 26376] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.Webber del. W. Sharp sculp.
[London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving. 260 x 410mm (10¼ x 16"), with large margins.
Poulaho, the king of Tonga, at a ceremony drinking Kava, which has a sedative and anesthetic effect. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 26376] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Night Dance by Men, in Hapaee.
J. Webber del. W.m Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Uncut. Bit dusty at top.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A night sccene depicting Tongan men dancing in two rows, on both sides of the image, wearing cloth wraps. In between the men, are a group of figures sitting on the ground in a circle, holding wooden musical instruments. An audience of men and women are in the background. Four White officers are depicted in the foreground, watching the performance. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34301] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. W.m Sharp sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Uncut. Bit dusty at top.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A night sccene depicting Tongan men dancing in two rows, on both sides of the image, wearing cloth wraps. In between the men, are a group of figures sitting on the ground in a circle, holding wooden musical instruments. An audience of men and women are in the background. Four White officers are depicted in the foreground, watching the performance. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34301] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Walker.
Romney Pinx.t. W.Sharp Sculp.
London published Nov.r 5th 1794, by Will.m Sharp, No. 8 Charles Street near Middlesex Hospital, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 310 x 230mm. (12¼ x 9"). Iron spot to right margin.
Portrait of Thomas Walker (1749 - 1817), cotton merchant, political reformer, and abolitionist. He was also a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded in 1781 to promote improvements in local health and sanitary issues. Walker helped found the Manchester Constitutional Society which advocated parliamentary reform and equality for dissenters. This was not seen favourably by the supporters of 'church and king' and he was accused of conspiring to overthrow the king, constitution and government. A trial was held at the Lancaster Assizes in June 1794 but Walker was acquitted because the key witness, Thomas Dunn, was shown to have lied under oath. After George Romney (Male; 1734 - 1802).
[Ref: 28489] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Romney Pinx.t. W.Sharp Sculp.
London published Nov.r 5th 1794, by Will.m Sharp, No. 8 Charles Street near Middlesex Hospital, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 310 x 230mm. (12¼ x 9"). Iron spot to right margin.
Portrait of Thomas Walker (1749 - 1817), cotton merchant, political reformer, and abolitionist. He was also a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded in 1781 to promote improvements in local health and sanitary issues. Walker helped found the Manchester Constitutional Society which advocated parliamentary reform and equality for dissenters. This was not seen favourably by the supporters of 'church and king' and he was accused of conspiring to overthrow the king, constitution and government. A trial was held at the Lancaster Assizes in June 1794 but Walker was acquitted because the key witness, Thomas Dunn, was shown to have lied under oath. After George Romney (Male; 1734 - 1802).
[Ref: 28489] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Walker].](jpegs/28486.jpg)
[Thomas Walker].
Romney Pinx.t. Sharp Sculp.
Published Nov.r 5th 1794 at No. 8 Charles Street near Middlesex Hospital, London.
Proof before title. Platemark: 310 x 230mm. (12¼ x 9"). Small tears along right and bottom edges.
Portrait of Thomas Walker (1749 - 1817), almost half-length directed to left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain coat buttoned up with a white waistcoat and cravat, with curly hair brushed forwards over the ear. Walker was a cotton merchant as well as a political reformer, and also a leader of an anti-slavery group. He was also a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded in 1781 to promote improvements in local health and sanitary issues. Walker helped found the Manchester Constitutional Society which advocated parliamentary reform and equality for dissenters. This was not seen favourably by the supporters of 'church and king' and he was accused of conspiring to overthrow the king, constitution and government. A trial was held at the Lancaster Assizes in June 1794 but Walker was acquitted because the key witness, Thomas Dunn, was shown to have lied under oath. After George Romney (Male; 1734 - 1802); scratched-letter state before title and border.
[Ref: 28486] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Romney Pinx.t. Sharp Sculp.
Published Nov.r 5th 1794 at No. 8 Charles Street near Middlesex Hospital, London.
Proof before title. Platemark: 310 x 230mm. (12¼ x 9"). Small tears along right and bottom edges.
Portrait of Thomas Walker (1749 - 1817), almost half-length directed to left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a plain coat buttoned up with a white waistcoat and cravat, with curly hair brushed forwards over the ear. Walker was a cotton merchant as well as a political reformer, and also a leader of an anti-slavery group. He was also a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded in 1781 to promote improvements in local health and sanitary issues. Walker helped found the Manchester Constitutional Society which advocated parliamentary reform and equality for dissenters. This was not seen favourably by the supporters of 'church and king' and he was accused of conspiring to overthrow the king, constitution and government. A trial was held at the Lancaster Assizes in June 1794 but Walker was acquitted because the key witness, Thomas Dunn, was shown to have lied under oath. After George Romney (Male; 1734 - 1802); scratched-letter state before title and border.
[Ref: 28486] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Robert Hopper Williamson Esq.r. Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham and Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne. This Print was engraved at the expence of the Gentlemen of the profession of the Law, in Newcastle, Northumberland & Durham; as a Testimony of his Talents as a Lawyer, & his independent Integrity as a Man.
James Londsale pinx.t. W.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published by William Sharp, London May 16th 1822.
Etching with engraving on chine collé. 385 x 315mm (15¼ x 12½"), with large margins. Edges soiled and creased.
Robert Hopper Williamson (1755-1835), chancellor of Durham from 1818 to 1835, founder member and first vice-president of 'The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne' (now known more often as the Lit & Phil) in 1793.
Davison Archive.
[Ref: 57930] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
James Londsale pinx.t. W.m Sharp sculp.t.
Published by William Sharp, London May 16th 1822.
Etching with engraving on chine collé. 385 x 315mm (15¼ x 12½"), with large margins. Edges soiled and creased.
Robert Hopper Williamson (1755-1835), chancellor of Durham from 1818 to 1835, founder member and first vice-president of 'The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne' (now known more often as the Lit & Phil) in 1793.
Davison Archive.
[Ref: 57930] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
'Zenobia'. Engraved from an original Picture in the possession of Sr, Josa. Reynolds.
Michelangelo Buonarota pinxt. Willm. Sharp Sculpt.
Publish'd May 1st. 1787, by W. Sharp, & Sold by B.B. Evans, Poultry, & W. Skelton, No. 23 Hay Market. London'.
Greek characters in scratched open letters. Engraving. 208 x 276mm.
After Michelangelo; head and shoulders of a woman in rich classical dress in profile to left, head turned slightly towards the viewer, her hair dressed with a comb and with a jewelled band across her forehead; published state with title in Greek characters, in open letters.
[Ref: 6858] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Michelangelo Buonarota pinxt. Willm. Sharp Sculpt.
Publish'd May 1st. 1787, by W. Sharp, & Sold by B.B. Evans, Poultry, & W. Skelton, No. 23 Hay Market. London'.
Greek characters in scratched open letters. Engraving. 208 x 276mm.
After Michelangelo; head and shoulders of a woman in rich classical dress in profile to left, head turned slightly towards the viewer, her hair dressed with a comb and with a jewelled band across her forehead; published state with title in Greek characters, in open letters.
[Ref: 6858] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Zenobia. Engraved from an original Picture in the possession of Sr, Josa. Reynolds.
Michelangelo Buonarota pinxt. Willm. Sharp Sculpt.
Published Jany. 1st. 1799, by William Sharp, London.
Engraving on india laid paper, 280 x 210mm. 11 x 8¼". Dent to lower platemark; a fine impression, with full margins.
Bust portrait in profile of a woman in rich classical dress, her hair dressed with a comb and with a jewelled band across her forehead; she is Zenobia (240 - after 274), a Syrian queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria, Palestine, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor. In 269, she conquered Egypt, expelling the Roman prefect, Tenagino Probus, whom she beheaded when he led an attempt to recapture the territory. She then proclaimed herself queen of Egypt. She ruled Egypt until 274, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Aurelian. Zenobia appeared in golden chains in Aurelian’s military triumph parade. Impressed by Zenobia, Aurelian freed her and granted her an elegant villa in Tibur (modern Tivoli, Italy). She became a prominent philosopher, socialite and Roman matron. After the drawing by Michelangelo (1475 - 1564).
See Ref: 6858 for 1787 publication.
[Ref: 16978] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Michelangelo Buonarota pinxt. Willm. Sharp Sculpt.
Published Jany. 1st. 1799, by William Sharp, London.
Engraving on india laid paper, 280 x 210mm. 11 x 8¼". Dent to lower platemark; a fine impression, with full margins.
Bust portrait in profile of a woman in rich classical dress, her hair dressed with a comb and with a jewelled band across her forehead; she is Zenobia (240 - after 274), a Syrian queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria, Palestine, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor. In 269, she conquered Egypt, expelling the Roman prefect, Tenagino Probus, whom she beheaded when he led an attempt to recapture the territory. She then proclaimed herself queen of Egypt. She ruled Egypt until 274, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Aurelian. Zenobia appeared in golden chains in Aurelian’s military triumph parade. Impressed by Zenobia, Aurelian freed her and granted her an elegant villa in Tibur (modern Tivoli, Italy). She became a prominent philosopher, socialite and Roman matron. After the drawing by Michelangelo (1475 - 1564).
See Ref: 6858 for 1787 publication.
[Ref: 16978] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)