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Mr. Edw.d Bright late of Malden in Essex. Who died November 10, 1750. Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & ½ (14tt toye Stone) which is 609 pounds.
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[n.d. c. 1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Staining below image. Small margins.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. Mezzotint published by the Haid family of Nuremberg, Germany, copied from a mezzotint by James McArdell, the well-known Irish engraver. McArdell's print was itself based on a portrait by David Ogborne (d.1800/1801), a painter based in Chelmsford, Essex who gained a certain reputation by painting local provincial monsters such as a calf with six legs and a winged fish.
See ref: 47335
[Ref: 41178] £380.00
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[n.d. c. 1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Staining below image. Small margins.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. Mezzotint published by the Haid family of Nuremberg, Germany, copied from a mezzotint by James McArdell, the well-known Irish engraver. McArdell's print was itself based on a portrait by David Ogborne (d.1800/1801), a painter based in Chelmsford, Essex who gained a certain reputation by painting local provincial monsters such as a calf with six legs and a winged fish.
See ref: 47335
[Ref: 41178] £380.00
The Father of the Turf, Tregonwell Frampton Esq.re of Moreton, in Dorsetshire, _Keeper of the Running Horses at Newmarket, to their Majesties William the Third, Queen Anne, George the First, & George the Second; Died 12th of March 1727_Aged 86 Years.
Engraved (from an Original Painting by Mr. Wootton) by John Jones Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, & Principal Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
Publish'd as the Act directs 7 June 1791, & sold by the Proprietor J. Bodger, Land Surveyor, Stilton, Hunts & at 53 High Holborn. Mr. Weatherby, Racing Calendar Office No.7 Oxendon Street Haymarket & at. Mess.rs Tattersalls, London. at the Coffee Room, Newmarket: Also at all the Principal Towns in England.___ See the Seven Companion Prints in Racing Calendar Book 1791, last Page...
Coloured mezzotint, 560 x 385mm (22 x 15¼"). Trimmed inside platemark at bottom; collector's stamp bottom right.
Portrait of Tregonwell Frampton (1641-1727), 'a commoner who thought nothing of losing 1,000 guineas on a race, who managed the royal stable though five reigns, from Charles II's to the first year of George II's, and became the arbiter in any enquiries, fouls, and disputes at the finishing line'. The text below includes an anecdote about Frampton and his horse, Dragon, 'supposed to be spoken by the Horse in the Elysium of Beasts and Birds'.
CS: 30; see Donald W. Nichol, 'Lost Trousers' in TLS, July 26 2013; for uncoloured impression see ref. 23419
[Ref: 8627] £750.00
Engraved (from an Original Painting by Mr. Wootton) by John Jones Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, & Principal Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
Publish'd as the Act directs 7 June 1791, & sold by the Proprietor J. Bodger, Land Surveyor, Stilton, Hunts & at 53 High Holborn. Mr. Weatherby, Racing Calendar Office No.7 Oxendon Street Haymarket & at. Mess.rs Tattersalls, London. at the Coffee Room, Newmarket: Also at all the Principal Towns in England.___ See the Seven Companion Prints in Racing Calendar Book 1791, last Page...
Coloured mezzotint, 560 x 385mm (22 x 15¼"). Trimmed inside platemark at bottom; collector's stamp bottom right.
Portrait of Tregonwell Frampton (1641-1727), 'a commoner who thought nothing of losing 1,000 guineas on a race, who managed the royal stable though five reigns, from Charles II's to the first year of George II's, and became the arbiter in any enquiries, fouls, and disputes at the finishing line'. The text below includes an anecdote about Frampton and his horse, Dragon, 'supposed to be spoken by the Horse in the Elysium of Beasts and Birds'.
CS: 30; see Donald W. Nichol, 'Lost Trousers' in TLS, July 26 2013; for uncoloured impression see ref. 23419
[Ref: 8627] £750.00
Matthew Hopkins the famous Witch-Finder of Maningtree in Essex, who in only one year, during the reign of James I, hanged 60 reputed Witches & was himself at last executed for a Wizard.
Published by Alex.r Hogg [c.1793].
Engraving with letterpress sheet, each 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Cut to platemark
Matthew Hopkins (d.1647), witch-finder and the most notorious individual in English witchcraft history. Resident in Manningtree by the winter of 1644-5, Hopkins was troubled, by his own account, by the activities of supposed witches in the town. From the handful of initial arrests (with Hopkins giving evidence against several), the witchcraft allegations spread to neighbouring towns and counties, with at least a hundred executed during the 'Hopkins witch panic' of 1645-7. The pleasing claim on the print that Hopkins was himself 'executed for a Wizard' is incorrect- he died of tuberculosis. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39632] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Published by Alex.r Hogg [c.1793].
Engraving with letterpress sheet, each 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Cut to platemark
Matthew Hopkins (d.1647), witch-finder and the most notorious individual in English witchcraft history. Resident in Manningtree by the winter of 1644-5, Hopkins was troubled, by his own account, by the activities of supposed witches in the town. From the handful of initial arrests (with Hopkins giving evidence against several), the witchcraft allegations spread to neighbouring towns and counties, with at least a hundred executed during the 'Hopkins witch panic' of 1645-7. The pleasing claim on the print that Hopkins was himself 'executed for a Wizard' is incorrect- he died of tuberculosis. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39632] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
William Howitt, Celebrated as 'Jackson, the American Deer, ' Height, 5 Feet, 3 Inches. Born at Norwich, February 15th, 1821.
London: Published Feb. 25th, 1862, by George Newbold, 303, & 304, Strand, - W.C.
Very scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 410 x 310mm. Some marks around edges.
A long distance runner who attempted to run 10 miles in under an hour. Although he was timed at just under 61 minutes the judges awarded him the prize as he had been obstructed.
[Ref: 8400] £950.00
London: Published Feb. 25th, 1862, by George Newbold, 303, & 304, Strand, - W.C.
Very scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 410 x 310mm. Some marks around edges.
A long distance runner who attempted to run 10 miles in under an hour. Although he was timed at just under 61 minutes the judges awarded him the prize as he had been obstructed.
[Ref: 8400] £950.00
The Effigie of Will.m Smith Philomath. Observe the Man of Astrologic Skill who by his art turns Fortune at his will ye tender fair, who would know fates decree, Inspect the Print, you'l know as well as he.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 275 x 195mm.
A fortune-teller based in Coventry who lost his dog and, by offering a reward, made himself a laughing stock.
CS: Unascribed II 96. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 369] £350.00
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 275 x 195mm.
A fortune-teller based in Coventry who lost his dog and, by offering a reward, made himself a laughing stock.
CS: Unascribed II 96. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 369] £350.00
[Thomas Wood, of Bellericay Mills in Essex. Who in 1764 was very Corpulent & unhealthy, but by an abstemious diet has recovered his health & reduced himself to a moderate size; he eats no kind of flesh, butter or cheese...]
[Ogborne Pinx.t 1773.]
[Publish'd March the 1st 1774. by John Thane Printseller and Medallist in Gerrard Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 360 x 250mm. Mounted on album paper.
A portrait of one of England's first dieters and vegetarians, Thomas Miller (1719-83), known as the 'Abstemious Miller' or the 'Ghastly Miller'. As a young man he was fond of fatty meat, milk and cheese, causing his weight to reach dangerous levels. By the age of 44 he was suffering from gout, heartburn, constipation and diarrhoea, a constant thirst and epilepsy. In 1764 a friend recommended a Venetian book, 'Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life' by Luigi Cornaro; Miller started to follow the book's advice, reducing his comsumption of ale and meat, replacing them with meals of sea-biscuit mixed with skimmed milk. A paper describing the improvement in his health was published in the 'Medical Transactions' (Vol. 2 p. 259) by Sir George Baker of the Royal College of Physicians.
CS ENA III 166, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4469] £460.00
[Ogborne Pinx.t 1773.]
[Publish'd March the 1st 1774. by John Thane Printseller and Medallist in Gerrard Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 360 x 250mm. Mounted on album paper.
A portrait of one of England's first dieters and vegetarians, Thomas Miller (1719-83), known as the 'Abstemious Miller' or the 'Ghastly Miller'. As a young man he was fond of fatty meat, milk and cheese, causing his weight to reach dangerous levels. By the age of 44 he was suffering from gout, heartburn, constipation and diarrhoea, a constant thirst and epilepsy. In 1764 a friend recommended a Venetian book, 'Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life' by Luigi Cornaro; Miller started to follow the book's advice, reducing his comsumption of ale and meat, replacing them with meals of sea-biscuit mixed with skimmed milk. A paper describing the improvement in his health was published in the 'Medical Transactions' (Vol. 2 p. 259) by Sir George Baker of the Royal College of Physicians.
CS ENA III 166, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4469] £460.00