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Thomas Ashton [facsimile signature.]
Thomas Ashton [facsimile signature.]
Painted by W. Bradley. Engraved by J. Thomson.
Published by Thomas Agnew, Printseller to the Queen, Repository of Arts Manchester, March 17, 1847.
A very rare mezzotint. Plate 457 x 355mm. 18 x 14". Fine.
Thomas Ashton (1775-1845) was the owner of a large textile company in the north of England.
[Ref: 17138]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr James Asperne, late sole Proprietor of the European Magazine.
Mr James Asperne, late sole Proprietor of the European Magazine.
Engraved by J. Thompson from an original Painting by S. Drummond Esq.r A.R.A.
London, Published (for the Proprietors of the European Magazine) by the Executors of the late Ja.s Asperne, No 32 Cornhill, 1st Feb.y 1821.
Stipple. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), very large margins.. Spotting.
A half-length portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803.
[Ref: 55729]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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College John of St. Peter's Westminster.
College John of St. Peter's Westminster.
From a painting by J. Hayes in the possesion of A.R. Sutherland M.D.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Stipple and etching with very large margins. Platemark: 305 x 250mm (12 x 9¾").
A half length portrait of John Bavin, more commonly known as 'College John', standing directed slightly to the left, facing the viewer. A figure in academic dress can be seen on the steps of the collge entrance in the background to the left. Bavin was a porter at St Peter's, Westminster whose responsibilities would have varied from controlling entrance to the college, to maintenance and repairs. The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, better known as Westminster School, is one of the original nine British public schools (the so-called 'Clarendon Schools') as defined by the Public Schools Act of 1868. After British portrait-painter John Hayes (1786 - 1866)
[Ref: 34501]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Hebe.
Hebe.
Drawn by T. Harper. Engraved by I. Thomson.
London: Published by W. Hayward, January 1.st 1842.
Stipple. 325 x 240mm. 12¾ x 9½". Some soiling.
Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, holding a drinking vessel, as a representation of the cup-bearer Jove, and feeding the immortal Eagle.
[Ref: 23379]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Mozart.
Mozart. From a Print engraved by C. Kohl, 1793. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Engraved by J. Thomson.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street [n.d., c.1835].
Steel engraving on chine collé. 295 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"), with wide margins.
Portrait in profile of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), the Austrian composer. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52688]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Lady Trevelyan.
Lady Trevelyan.
Hoppner, pinxt. / J. Thomson, sculpt.
Published in the Court Magazine No. 38, for August 1835, by Edward Churton, 26 Holles St. Cavendish Square. Proof Impressions on India Paper, Price 4/6 may be had of the Publisher.
Stipple, proof on india paper, very large margins, platemark 10 x 7½"). Rare.
Maria Trevelyan (née Wilson) daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson of Charlton, and wife of Sir John Trevelyan, M.P. Died 1852.
O'D 1 (only engraved likeness listed)
[Ref: 32562]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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This Portrait of The Rev.d Joseph White D.D. Prebend of Gloucester, And Bishop Laud's Professor of Arabic;
This Portrait of The Rev.d Joseph White D.D. Prebend of Gloucester, And Bishop Laud's Professor of Arabic; Painted & Presented by the Rev.d W.m Peters R.A. as a mark of his respect to the University, and of the singular regard he has for so great & able an Advocate for Christianity, 1785.
Jos. Thomson Sculp.
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill 1.Oct.r 1796.
Engraving. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed.
Joseph White (1745-1814), the English orientalist and theologian, Laudian Professor of Arabic, and then Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford. Published in the 'European Magazine'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
NPG D10740; Lady Victoria Manners' 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65.
[Ref: 28628]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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