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Historical Illustrations of the Chateau d'Eu from its foundation to the present day; with full and authentic details of the recent visit of Her Majesty the Queen of England, and her royal consort, to His Majesty the king of the French, and his August family.
By Joseph Skelton, F.S.A. author and engraver of the architectural antiquities of Oxfordshire, etc. The text by M.J. Vatout, Counsellor of State and first librarian to the King. The English department by the Rev. C.J. Furlong, A.M.
London, F.G. Moon, publisher to Her Majesty, Threadneedle-Street. 1844. Printed by A. and H. Firmin Didot, rue Jacob, 56.
Large folio, fine contemporary calf binding with gilt border and crest, decorative spine in compartments. Gilt page edges. 21 plates as called for. Front cover detached, edges rubbed. Staining to back cover
Includes list of subscribers and text describing the plates. The crest on the front is that of Percy, Duke of Northumberland. The Dukedom was created on 22 October 1766. The book therefore possibly comes from the library at Alnwick or Syon.
With thanks to Thomas Woodcock, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, for identifying the crest of Percy, Duke of Northumberland.
[Ref: 12518] £550.00 view all images for this item
By Joseph Skelton, F.S.A. author and engraver of the architectural antiquities of Oxfordshire, etc. The text by M.J. Vatout, Counsellor of State and first librarian to the King. The English department by the Rev. C.J. Furlong, A.M.
London, F.G. Moon, publisher to Her Majesty, Threadneedle-Street. 1844. Printed by A. and H. Firmin Didot, rue Jacob, 56.
Large folio, fine contemporary calf binding with gilt border and crest, decorative spine in compartments. Gilt page edges. 21 plates as called for. Front cover detached, edges rubbed. Staining to back cover
Includes list of subscribers and text describing the plates. The crest on the front is that of Percy, Duke of Northumberland. The Dukedom was created on 22 October 1766. The book therefore possibly comes from the library at Alnwick or Syon.
With thanks to Thomas Woodcock, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, for identifying the crest of Percy, Duke of Northumberland.
[Ref: 12518] £550.00 view all images for this item
Aminto releasing Sylvia. Vide Tasso's Aminto, Act III, Scene 1.
C. R. Ryley pinxit W. Skelton sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 24.th 1788, by W. Skelton, Engraver, No. 23, Hay Market.
Etching with engraving. 340 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼"), very large margins. A little spotting, mainly in margins.
Aminta unties the nymph Silvia from a tree. The satyr who had attempted to rape her flees in the background. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60344] £320.00
C. R. Ryley pinxit W. Skelton sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 24.th 1788, by W. Skelton, Engraver, No. 23, Hay Market.
Etching with engraving. 340 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼"), very large margins. A little spotting, mainly in margins.
Aminta unties the nymph Silvia from a tree. The satyr who had attempted to rape her flees in the background. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60344] £320.00
Thomas Astle Esq.r F.R.S. &c.
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
James Benwell Aged 82. of the Physic Gardens, Oxford.
A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
[Ref: 51314] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
[Ref: 51314] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Denman, M.D.
Abbot Pinxit. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 370 x 300mm (14½ x 11¾''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Dr Thomas Denman, an obstetrician from Aberdeen (1733-1815) after Lemuel Francis Abbott.
Wellcome: 790-1
[Ref: 48254] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Abbot Pinxit. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 370 x 300mm (14½ x 11¾''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Dr Thomas Denman, an obstetrician from Aberdeen (1733-1815) after Lemuel Francis Abbott.
Wellcome: 790-1
[Ref: 48254] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait of George III. & the Princes of the Royal Blood.
[Engraved by William Skelton after Thomas Phillips and others]
[Published by William Skelton and others, 1810-1837].
Eight engraved portraits, bound with gilt label and interleaved with dustsheets, rare complete. Soft original binding bit distressed. Some foxing to edges.
Portraits of George III and the seven of his sons who survived to adulthood: George IV; Prince Frederick, duke of York and Albany; William IV; Prince Edward, duke of Kent and Strathearn; Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover; Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex; and Prince Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge.
[Ref: 44084] £980.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved by William Skelton after Thomas Phillips and others]
[Published by William Skelton and others, 1810-1837].
Eight engraved portraits, bound with gilt label and interleaved with dustsheets, rare complete. Soft original binding bit distressed. Some foxing to edges.
Portraits of George III and the seven of his sons who survived to adulthood: George IV; Prince Frederick, duke of York and Albany; William IV; Prince Edward, duke of Kent and Strathearn; Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover; Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex; and Prince Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge.
[Ref: 44084] £980.00 view all images for this item
John Harvey Esq.r Chairman of the Merchants & Manufacturers of the City of Norwich, Lieut.t Colonel Commandant of the Third or East Norfolk Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, &c. &c.
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease on left; good impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42103] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease on left; good impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42103] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
John Harvey Esq.r Chairman of the Merchants & Manufacturers of the City of Norwich, Lieut.t Colonel Commandant of the Third or East Norfolk Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, &c. &c.
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving on india, platemark 505 x 390mm (19¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed close to platemark. Proof impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving on india, platemark 505 x 390mm (19¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed close to platemark. Proof impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Charles James. With conscience for thee-can reflection fear, [/] The villain whisper or the coxcombs sneer? [/] Secure within, it reeks not how without; [/] The bad mau censure, and the good my doubt: [/] Nor doubt, nor censure can a crime impart. [/] If virtue shield thee what is envy's dart? Vide Year. 1800.
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Fire-Backed Pheasant of Java.
S. Edwards del. W. Skelton, sculp.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving, title in open letters. 355 x 300mm, 14 x 11¾". Waterstain to lower margin; a fine impression on a full sheet.
This appears to be the Crested Fireback, Lophura ignita, a forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 18734] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S. Edwards del. W. Skelton, sculp.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving, title in open letters. 355 x 300mm, 14 x 11¾". Waterstain to lower margin; a fine impression on a full sheet.
This appears to be the Crested Fireback, Lophura ignita, a forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 18734] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Lieut.t King.
J. Wright del. W. Skelton sculp.
Publ.d May 1. 1789, by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet size: 230 x 135mm (9 x 5¼"). Cut to plate on left.
A bust portrait of Captain Philip Gidley King (1758 - 1808) within an oval. King was the third Governor of New South Wales, Australia where he helped develop livestock farming, whaling and mining, built many schools and launched the colony's first newspaper. From Phillip's 'Voyage to Botany Bay', 1789.
Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Kivell & Spence. P.164.
[Ref: 35646] £360.00
J. Wright del. W. Skelton sculp.
Publ.d May 1. 1789, by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet size: 230 x 135mm (9 x 5¼"). Cut to plate on left.
A bust portrait of Captain Philip Gidley King (1758 - 1808) within an oval. King was the third Governor of New South Wales, Australia where he helped develop livestock farming, whaling and mining, built many schools and launched the colony's first newspaper. From Phillip's 'Voyage to Botany Bay', 1789.
Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Kivell & Spence. P.164.
[Ref: 35646] £360.00
View of High Street, Oxford, taken about 1765.
Engraved by J. Skelton _ Drawn by J. Donowell.
Published as the Act directs, Sept.r 1 1821 by J. Skelton, Magdalen Bridge, Oxford.
Engraving. 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"), with large margins.
A view of the High Street, from Joseph Skelton's 'Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata', published in parts 1818-20 and complete in 1823.
[Ref: 50006] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by J. Skelton _ Drawn by J. Donowell.
Published as the Act directs, Sept.r 1 1821 by J. Skelton, Magdalen Bridge, Oxford.
Engraving. 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"), with large margins.
A view of the High Street, from Joseph Skelton's 'Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata', published in parts 1818-20 and complete in 1823.
[Ref: 50006] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
St Frideswide's Shrine, in Christ-Church Cathedral. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXV [1815].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Five Shillings.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of Christ Church Cathedral, with the shrine of Saint Frithuswith, (c.650-725), an abbess who is now the patron saint of Oxford University. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51429] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Five Shillings.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of Christ Church Cathedral, with the shrine of Saint Frithuswith, (c.650-725), an abbess who is now the patron saint of Oxford University. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51429] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Divinity School.
Drawn by John Buckler. 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
[Oxford Almanack, c.1804.]
Engraving. 370 x 480mm (14½ x 19"), with Almanack ink stamp in top margin. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Large margins on 3 sides.
The interior of Oxford University's Divinity School, depicting the elaborate vaulting with bosses designed by William Orchard in the 1480s and the door to the Sheldonian Theatre added by Sir Christopher Wren in 1699. The original drawing is in the Ashmolean.
BM 1859,1008.307, dated 1816.
[Ref: 40608] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by John Buckler. 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
[Oxford Almanack, c.1804.]
Engraving. 370 x 480mm (14½ x 19"), with Almanack ink stamp in top margin. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Large margins on 3 sides.
The interior of Oxford University's Divinity School, depicting the elaborate vaulting with bosses designed by William Orchard in the 1480s and the door to the Sheldonian Theatre added by Sir Christopher Wren in 1699. The original drawing is in the Ashmolean.
BM 1859,1008.307, dated 1816.
[Ref: 40608] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Divinity School. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXVI [1816].
Drawn by John Buckler 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by John Buckler 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Theatre.
Drawn by J. Buckler, 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
[n.d., c.1820].
Engraving, fine impression. Laid on India paper. Plate: 490 x 390mm (19 x 15"). Trimmed on lower margin. Tears in lower edge. Creases in top right hand corner.
Interior view of the Sheldonion Theatre in Oxford. Constructed between 1664 and 1669 it was the first major design of Sir Christopher Wren. The building was funded by Gilbert Sheldon who was later to become the Archbishop of Canterbury.
From the Encombe Estate, Earl of Eldon.
[Ref: 32651] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Buckler, 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
[n.d., c.1820].
Engraving, fine impression. Laid on India paper. Plate: 490 x 390mm (19 x 15"). Trimmed on lower margin. Tears in lower edge. Creases in top right hand corner.
Interior view of the Sheldonion Theatre in Oxford. Constructed between 1664 and 1669 it was the first major design of Sir Christopher Wren. The building was funded by Gilbert Sheldon who was later to become the Archbishop of Canterbury.
From the Encombe Estate, Earl of Eldon.
[Ref: 32651] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Theatre. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXX [1820].
Drawn by J. Bucker 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, creasing in almanack, damp stains in margins.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51436] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Bucker 1815. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, creasing in almanack, damp stains in margins.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51436] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wadham College from the Garden. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXIX [1819].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by J. Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51425] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by J. Skelton.
Published by J. Parker, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51425] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, First Commisioner of his Majesty's Treasury, Chancelor of the Exchequer, &c.&c.&c.
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved Will.m Skelton.
Published March 1.st 1813 by W. Skelton, Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving. Proof impression. Sheet size: 365 x 560mm (14¼ x 22"). Trimmed to platemark left & right.
A portrait of Spencer Perceval, (1762 -1812) the British prime minister who was assassinated on 11th May 1812, by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons. He is also the only solicitor general or attorney general to have been prime minister
[Ref: 39388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved Will.m Skelton.
Published March 1.st 1813 by W. Skelton, Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving. Proof impression. Sheet size: 365 x 560mm (14¼ x 22"). Trimmed to platemark left & right.
A portrait of Spencer Perceval, (1762 -1812) the British prime minister who was assassinated on 11th May 1812, by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons. He is also the only solicitor general or attorney general to have been prime minister
[Ref: 39388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Reverend John Prince.]
[Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.]
[Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.]
Engraving, proof before letters with very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾"). Some spotting.
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33120] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.]
[Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.]
Engraving, proof before letters with very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾"). Some spotting.
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33120] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Reverend John Prince. Subs.r Proof.
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, subscriber's proof on india, very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾").
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33121] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, subscriber's proof on india, very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾").
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33121] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Prise de Rio - Janeiro. 22 Sept. 1711.
Peint par Gudin. Grave par Skelton.
[French, c.1870.]
Steel engraving, image 155 x 250mm. 6 x 9¾". Chipped lower left.
French ships entering the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Battle of Rio de Janeiro was a raid in September 1711 on the port during the War of Spanish Succession by a French squadron under buccaneer René Duguay-Trouin. The Portuguese defenders, including the city's governor and an admiral of the fleet anchored there, were unable to put up effective resistance in spite of numerical advantages. Four Portuguese ships of the line were lost, and the city had to pay a ransom to avoid the destruction of its defences. For the 'Galerie historique de Versailles', numbered '346' above image.
[Ref: 15871] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Gudin. Grave par Skelton.
[French, c.1870.]
Steel engraving, image 155 x 250mm. 6 x 9¾". Chipped lower left.
French ships entering the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Battle of Rio de Janeiro was a raid in September 1711 on the port during the War of Spanish Succession by a French squadron under buccaneer René Duguay-Trouin. The Portuguese defenders, including the city's governor and an admiral of the fleet anchored there, were unable to put up effective resistance in spite of numerical advantages. Four Portuguese ships of the line were lost, and the city had to pay a ransom to avoid the destruction of its defences. For the 'Galerie historique de Versailles', numbered '346' above image.
[Ref: 15871] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
William Salte Esqe.
Painted by Sir Willm. Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Willm. Skelton.
Published Octr. 1st. 1813, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
A rare engraving. 515 x 393mm (20¼ x 15½"), with wide margins.
William Salte (1746-1817) of Tottenham, a linen draper. This engraving shows him holding a paper, on which the words "Asylum to meet H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge April 9 1812" are legible.
[Ref: 12735] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Willm. Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Willm. Skelton.
Published Octr. 1st. 1813, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
A rare engraving. 515 x 393mm (20¼ x 15½"), with wide margins.
William Salte (1746-1817) of Tottenham, a linen draper. This engraving shows him holding a paper, on which the words "Asylum to meet H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge April 9 1812" are legible.
[Ref: 12735] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sculpture head.]
H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Saint James' Church. Shirley. (near Southampton) Erected Anno Domini 1836. Wm. Hinves. - Architect. [Below on separate sheet]: In a Parish on the Coast, where the Inhabitants are too numerous for accomodation in their own Church....the Clerygyman alluded to seeks the aid of friends who may be disposed to promote such an undertaking. [Key with marks to "Clergyman", "Parish" and "Bishop"]: "The Revd. Wm Orger," "Shirley near Southampton," and "Bishop of Winchester."
Sketched on Stone by W. Browgh. Printed by T.H. Skelton.
[n.d. c.1836.]
A very rare lithograph and letterpress. Two separate sheets: image and text, stuck on one sheet. Large sheet 388 x 358mm. 15¼ x 14". Cut and laid.
Prior to St James' there was a small parish church at Millbrook, but a population surge in 1836 called for the construction of St. James' Church.
[Ref: 15615] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sketched on Stone by W. Browgh. Printed by T.H. Skelton.
[n.d. c.1836.]
A very rare lithograph and letterpress. Two separate sheets: image and text, stuck on one sheet. Large sheet 388 x 358mm. 15¼ x 14". Cut and laid.
Prior to St James' there was a small parish church at Millbrook, but a population surge in 1836 called for the construction of St. James' Church.
[Ref: 15615] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir John Sinclair.
T. Lawrence del.t. W. Skelton sculp.t.
[Pub. as the Act directs April 16 1790 by T. Cadell, Strand.]
Etching with large margins. Plate 253 x 178mm (10 x 7").
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt (1754-1835), agriculturalist, his right arm resting on a volume inscribed 'Hist. of the Revenue' (referring to his 'History of the public revenue of the British Empire'). Sinclair was the first President of the Board of Agriculture in 1793; he initiated sheep-shearings, introduced improved methods of tillage and established new breeds of livestock in Scotland. His Statistical Account of Scotland, drawing on returns from every parish minister in Scotland, was published in 1799. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
NPG: D5992.
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T. Lawrence del.t. W. Skelton sculp.t.
[Pub. as the Act directs April 16 1790 by T. Cadell, Strand.]
Etching with large margins. Plate 253 x 178mm (10 x 7").
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt (1754-1835), agriculturalist, his right arm resting on a volume inscribed 'Hist. of the Revenue' (referring to his 'History of the public revenue of the British Empire'). Sinclair was the first President of the Board of Agriculture in 1793; he initiated sheep-shearings, introduced improved methods of tillage and established new breeds of livestock in Scotland. His Statistical Account of Scotland, drawing on returns from every parish minister in Scotland, was published in 1799. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
NPG: D5992.
[Ref: 28381] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
St. John the Evangelist, Westminster.
Drawn by J. Coney. Etched by J. Skelton, for the Ecclesiastical Architecture of London.
London, Published by J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, Jan.y 1, 1814.
Engraving. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼").
St John's, Smith Square, a baroque church built by Thomas Archer (1668-1743) completed 1728. It became known as 'Queen Anne's Footstool'. Archer was consulting the ailing Queen Anne (not noted for her interest in architecture), asking how the new church should look: the Queen petulantly kicked over her footstool, pointed at its legs in the air and snapped 'Like that!, resulting in the church's four corner towers. Gutted by a German incendiary bomb in 1941 it remained a ruin for over twenty years, before being rebuilt and becoming one of London's major concert halls, with fine acoustics.
[Ref: 28605] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Coney. Etched by J. Skelton, for the Ecclesiastical Architecture of London.
London, Published by J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, Jan.y 1, 1814.
Engraving. 270 x 340mm (10½ x 13¼").
St John's, Smith Square, a baroque church built by Thomas Archer (1668-1743) completed 1728. It became known as 'Queen Anne's Footstool'. Archer was consulting the ailing Queen Anne (not noted for her interest in architecture), asking how the new church should look: the Queen petulantly kicked over her footstool, pointed at its legs in the air and snapped 'Like that!, resulting in the church's four corner towers. Gutted by a German incendiary bomb in 1941 it remained a ruin for over twenty years, before being rebuilt and becoming one of London's major concert halls, with fine acoustics.
[Ref: 28605] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Thomas Smith, Late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum, Author of Nollekens and his Times, Antient Topography, &c.&c.
Engraved by W. Skelton, from an Original Drawing by J. Jackson, Esqr. R.A.
Published as the Act directs, Decr.1883. by Molteno & Graves, 20, Pall Mall, and by M. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street.
Engraving on india laid paper, india 225 x 150mm. 9 x 6". Trimmed to india, small crease lower left-hand corner.
Bust portrait of John Thomas Smith (1766 - 1833), draughtsman and antiquary. His published work focuses almost entirely on London and its environs, and he was unusual for his time in that he recorded all strata of society. A pupil of Joseph Nollekens and the mezzotint engraver John Keyse Sherwin, Smith began his career as engraver and topographical draughtsman. His first publication, Antiquities of London and its Environs (1800), was followed by his major work Antiquities of Westminster (1807). In 1816, Smith became the keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, a position he held for the rest of his life. After John Jackson (1778 - 1831).
[Ref: 19041] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W. Skelton, from an Original Drawing by J. Jackson, Esqr. R.A.
Published as the Act directs, Decr.1883. by Molteno & Graves, 20, Pall Mall, and by M. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street.
Engraving on india laid paper, india 225 x 150mm. 9 x 6". Trimmed to india, small crease lower left-hand corner.
Bust portrait of John Thomas Smith (1766 - 1833), draughtsman and antiquary. His published work focuses almost entirely on London and its environs, and he was unusual for his time in that he recorded all strata of society. A pupil of Joseph Nollekens and the mezzotint engraver John Keyse Sherwin, Smith began his career as engraver and topographical draughtsman. His first publication, Antiquities of London and its Environs (1800), was followed by his major work Antiquities of Westminster (1807). In 1816, Smith became the keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, a position he held for the rest of his life. After John Jackson (1778 - 1831).
[Ref: 19041] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches of the Island of Santo Paulo, commonly called Amsterdam, in the Indian Ocean...
J. Barrow del. W. Skelton sculp.
London Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Trimmed. Staining.
A map and view of Île St Paul in the southern Indian Ocean, with a detail of Crater Bay, recorded by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. However 'Amsterdam' is another island, named by Anthony van Diemen after his ship 'Nieuw Amsterdam' when he visited the island in 1633, 50 miles to the north. The maps was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38156] £230.00
J. Barrow del. W. Skelton sculp.
London Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Trimmed. Staining.
A map and view of Île St Paul in the southern Indian Ocean, with a detail of Crater Bay, recorded by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. However 'Amsterdam' is another island, named by Anthony van Diemen after his ship 'Nieuw Amsterdam' when he visited the island in 1633, 50 miles to the north. The maps was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38156] £230.00
Campos Ubi Troia Fuit.
Skelton sculp.
[London: Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond-Street. W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row. 1824.]
Engraving on india. Plate 252 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Fold, as issued.
'Et Campos ubi Troia fuit' literally translates as 'the fields when one can find Troy'. A depiction of Troy, Turkey. Probably engraved by William Skelton (1763-1848); there is reference of him in India, Asia c.1793 as a young man and then a decade later in Bosphorus c.1809. From "Museum Worsleyanum; or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems' with Views of Places in the Levant. Taken on the Spot in the Years MDCCLXXXXV. VI. and VII." This from Volume II.
[Ref: 23613] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Skelton sculp.
[London: Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond-Street. W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row. 1824.]
Engraving on india. Plate 252 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Fold, as issued.
'Et Campos ubi Troia fuit' literally translates as 'the fields when one can find Troy'. A depiction of Troy, Turkey. Probably engraved by William Skelton (1763-1848); there is reference of him in India, Asia c.1793 as a young man and then a decade later in Bosphorus c.1809. From "Museum Worsleyanum; or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems' with Views of Places in the Levant. Taken on the Spot in the Years MDCCLXXXXV. VI. and VII." This from Volume II.
[Ref: 23613] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Sigean Promontory with Part of the Plan of Troy taken from the Tomb of Ajax on the Rhetean Promontory.
Skelton sculp.
[London: Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond-Street. W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row. 1824.]
Engraving on india. Plate 252 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Fold, as issued
A view of Sigeion and Rhoiteion in the northern Troad region of Anatolia. The latter is known for the Tomb of Ajax, the Greek hero who had died during the Trojan wars. Probably engraved by William Skelton (1763-1848); there is reference of him in India, Asia c.1793 as a young man and then a decade later in Bosphorus c.1809. From "Museum Worsleyanum; or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems' with Views of Places in the Levant. Taken on the Spot in the Years MDCCLXXXXV. VI. and VII." This from Volume II.
[Ref: 23614] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Skelton sculp.
[London: Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond-Street. W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row. 1824.]
Engraving on india. Plate 252 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Fold, as issued
A view of Sigeion and Rhoiteion in the northern Troad region of Anatolia. The latter is known for the Tomb of Ajax, the Greek hero who had died during the Trojan wars. Probably engraved by William Skelton (1763-1848); there is reference of him in India, Asia c.1793 as a young man and then a decade later in Bosphorus c.1809. From "Museum Worsleyanum; or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems' with Views of Places in the Levant. Taken on the Spot in the Years MDCCLXXXXV. VI. and VII." This from Volume II.
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To His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, K.G. & T.G.C.H. &c. &c. &c. &c. This Portrait of the late William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. is with H.R.H.'s most gracious permission most respectfully inscribed By His Royal Highness's most dutiful & obedient Servant Will.m Skelton.
Painted by John Jackson, R.A. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Nov.r 18.th 1830 by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, rare, on chine collé. Plate: 355 x 275mm (14 x 11''), with very large margins. Foxing on margins.
A seated portrait of English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) who discovered palladium and rhodium.
[Ref: 48255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by John Jackson, R.A. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Nov.r 18.th 1830 by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, rare, on chine collé. Plate: 355 x 275mm (14 x 11''), with very large margins. Foxing on margins.
A seated portrait of English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) who discovered palladium and rhodium.
[Ref: 48255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)