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British Sailors Boarding a Man of War.
British Sailors Boarding a Man of War.
J. A. Atkinson Del. Fry & Sutherland Sculp.t.
Published & Sold June 4.th. 1815, by EDW.D. ORME, Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Watermarked paper 'J.Whatman 1811'. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Crease across bottom left-hand corner.
Battle scene depicting British sailors, some brandishing swords, some with rifles, boarding a Man of War from a boat, a British naval officer falls from the boat into the waves. A marine action.
[Ref: 33600]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Jack and his Doxey.
Jack and his Doxey. 1.a Sailor_Shiver my Timbers Jack, what not gone a Board yet_2.nd Sailor_No Damme Messmate_'han't spent all my Money yet_I can't get through it no way, yet I goes on Merrily, keeps a nice Girl and a Fidler d'ye See_1.st Sailor, again_Splice my Old Wig Jack, that won't do_Keep two Girls and two Fidlers as I do_that's your Sort my Boy. 247.
Published 20.th Oct.r 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etching with large margins. Plate 199 x 246mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Paper toning, crease.
A sailor in a shore town greets a fellow sailor in front of a tavern and converse about the pleasures of shore leaves. A smiling young woman dances with her hands on her hips as a man plays a fiddle. Another woman sits close to another man a table outside in front of the tavern window. From the Laurie & Whittle series of social satires.
[Ref: 28862]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Launch of a 74.
Launch of a 74.
[Anon, c.1810.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, very rare; sheet 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Title pasted separately to bottom of image; trimmed to image.
The launch of a 74 gun ship, with large crowds watching. Illustration from a scrapbook.
[Ref: 32468]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile. [&] French Line of Battle References... Bay of Aboukir [battle plan layout.]
Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile. [&] French Line of Battle References... Bay of Aboukir [battle plan layout.]
N. Pocock del. R. Pollard Sculp.t
Publish'd by Bunney & Co. [n.d. c.1800.] [Plan:] Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1. June, 1799.
Aquatint with explanatory and map of the battle plan layout. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9". Plan: 330 x 350mm. 13 x 13¾". Plan folded, as normal.
Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile, fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1-3 August 1798. The large French convoy from Toulon and led by General Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the British forces led by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. This engraving was published in the 'Naval Chronicle'. Gold was the founder and publisher.
See NMM: PAD4019. Parker 134: u.
[Ref: 23318]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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[The Death of Nelson.]
[The Death of Nelson.]
John Cother Webb [after J.M.W. Turner.].
[Published by the Museum Galleries n.d., c.1925.]
Mezzotint on india, printed in colours and signed by the artist. 405 x 525mm (16 x 20¾"). With publisher's label with typed details. With collector's blind stamp in lower margin.
View of HMS Victory, with Nelson slumped on the deck, having been shot by a marksman on the mizzen fighting top of the French ship Redoutable.
[Ref: 28604]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sailors on shore.] From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H.Bunbury Esq.r.
[Sailors on shore.] From a sketch taken at Portsmouth by W.H.Bunbury Esq.r.
London, Published March 20, 1802 by John Harris No 3. Sweetings Alley Cornhill & 8. Old Broad Street.
Stipple. 430 x 375mm. Trimmed to plate on three sides, split in platemark at top.
Sailors enjoying shore leave. Published five days after the signing of the Treaty of Amiens, a brief respite in the wars with France.
[Ref: 8300]   £320.00  
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[Battle of Scheveningen, 1653]
[Battle of Scheveningen, 1653] Abbildung des Bludigen See Treffens Zwischen den Hollandern und Engellandern, so drey tage gewehret Geschehen im Augusto, Anno 1653.
[Anon., c.1655]
Engraving, scarce; 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾"). 18th century impression; creases; laid on backing sheet.
German print showing the Battle of Scheveningen in 1653, the final battle of the first Anglo-Dutch war. The British had blockaded the Dutch coast and the battle was the result of Dutch attempts to lift the blockade. Both sides claimed victory- the English because of their greater losses to Dutch, and the Dutch because the blockade was lifted. Detailed key identifying ships and key personnel, including the ship of the Dutch commander Maarten Tromp (killed in battle) right foreground, and those carrying the English admirals George Monck and William Penn.
[Ref: 33751]   £360.00  
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Speedy Sloop of War attacked by Spanish Gun-Boats.
Speedy Sloop of War attacked by Spanish Gun-Boats.
Wells sc.
Publish'd July 1, 1801 by Bunney & Gold.
Aquatint offset. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
Lord Cochrane, commander of HMS Speedy (1782) fighting against gunboats off Gibraltar. Cochrane's career inspired events in both 'Master and Commander' and Hornblower.
Parker: 156.
[Ref: 25154]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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