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San Christovao.
San Christovao.
V. Adam del.t Dess d'ap nat. par Rugendas
Lith. de Engelmann, rue du F. Montmartre No.6 [1827-35]
Lithograph, printed area 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾").
The district of São Cristóvão in the north of Rio de Janeiro. Plate from 'Voyage pittoresque au Brésil' (1827-35), a volume of lithographs after drawings by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58). Rugendas, who came from a family including several notable artists, travelled to Brazil in 1821 as draughtsman with the Russian diplomat Baron de Langsdorff’s scientific expedition. However, Rugendas left the expedition, discovering Brazil for himself and returning to Europe in 1825 with the extraordinary collection of drawings which provided the material for 'Voyage pittoresque'. Encouraged by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Rugendas returned to Latin America in 1831, living until 1845 in Mexico and Chile with shorter stays in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and drawing and painting prolifically throughout this time. He returned to Bavaria, where nearly 3000 drawings and paintings were acquired by the local government, but he then went back to live in Brazil between 1845 and 1846.
[Ref: 45551]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Transport of a convoy of black slaves]
[Transport of a convoy of black slaves] Transport d'un convoi de nègres
Dess d'ap nat. par Rugendas Deroi del.
Lith. de Engelmann, rue du Faub Montmartre No.6 a Paris [1827-35]
Lithograph, printed area 195 x 270mm (7½ x 10¾").
Plate from 'Voyage pittoresque au Brésil' (1827-35), a volume of lithographs after drawings by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58). Rugendas, who came from a family including several notable artists, travelled to Brazil in 1821 as draughtsman with the Russian diplomat Baron de Langsdorff’s scientific expedition. However, Rugendas left the expedition, discovering Brazil for himself and returning to Europe in 1825 with the extraordinary collection of drawings which provided the material for 'Voyage pittoresque'. Encouraged by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Rugendas returned to Latin America in 1831, living until 1845 in Mexico and Chile with shorter stays in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and drawing and painting prolifically throughout this time. He returned to Bavaria, where nearly 3000 drawings and paintings were acquired by the local government, but he then went back to live in Brazil between 1845 and 1846.
[Ref: 45569]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Negro market]
[Negro market] Marché aux Nègres.
Dess d'ap nat. par Rugendas Deroi del.
Lith. de Engelmann, rue du Faub Montmartre No.6 a Paris [1827-35]
Lithograph, printed area 220 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
Plate from 'Voyage pittoresque au Brésil' (1827-35), a volume of lithographs after drawings by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58). Rugendas, who came from a family including several notable artists, travelled to Brazil in 1821 as draughtsman with the Russian diplomat Baron de Langsdorff’s scientific expedition. However, Rugendas left the expedition, discovering Brazil for himself and returning to Europe in 1825 with the extraordinary collection of drawings which provided the material for 'Voyage pittoresque'. Encouraged by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Rugendas returned to Latin America in 1831, living until 1845 in Mexico and Chile with shorter stays in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and drawing and painting prolifically throughout this time. He returned to Bavaria, where nearly 3000 drawings and paintings were acquired by the local government, but he then went back to live in Brazil between 1845 and 1846.
[Ref: 45567]   £360.00  
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A Sugar Mill.
A Sugar Mill.
[London: Longman, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1816.]
Aquatint. Sheet 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image and around title. Laid on card.
The mill wheel, worked by negro slaves. From Henry Koster's 'Travels in Brazil'.
[Ref: 45629]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sugar mill]
[Sugar mill] Moulin à sucre.
Dess d'ap nat. par Rugendas Arnout et Deroi del.
Lith. de Engelmann, rue du Faub Montmartre No.6 a Paris [1827-35]
Lithograph, printed area 225 x 280mm (8¾ x 11").
Slaves transport lengths of sugar cane to a mill. Plate from 'Voyage pittoresque au Brésil' (1827-35), a volume of lithographs after drawings by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58). Rugendas, who came from a family including several notable artists, travelled to Brazil in 1821 as draughtsman with the Russian diplomat Baron de Langsdorff’s scientific expedition. However, Rugendas left the expedition, discovering Brazil for himself and returning to Europe in 1825 with the extraordinary collection of drawings which provided the material for 'Voyage pittoresque'. Encouraged by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Rugendas returned to Latin America in 1831, living until 1845 in Mexico and Chile with shorter stays in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and drawing and painting prolifically throughout this time. He returned to Bavaria, where nearly 3000 drawings and paintings were acquired by the local government, but he then went back to live in Brazil between 1845 and 1846.
[Ref: 45576]   £360.00  
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The Brave Capt.n Tyrrell, in the Buckingham of 66 guns, 472 Men,
The Brave Capt.n Tyrrell, in the Buckingham of 66 guns, 472 Men, Defeating the Florisant, 74 Gun, 700 Men, Aigrette, 38 Guns, 350 Men, Atalante, 28 Guns, 350 Men, three French Ships of War, on the 3 of Nov.r 1758, that were Convoying Dutch Ships with Provisions to Martininico. London, Engrav'd for Harrison's edition of Rapin.
Swain Pinx.t [but Richard Paton]. Goldar Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs, July 28 1786.
Engraving. 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Trimmed intto plate at top, repaired tear through title at top.
A sea battle in the West Indies, fought during the Seven Years' War (1756-63), with a single British ship taking on and defeating three French vessels. Richard Tyrell (1716?-1766, later Rear-Admiral) spent most of his naval career in the West Indies. Resigning his commission in 1766 he died of fever on his return to England and was buried at sea. A memorial was erected in Westminster Abbey. Although the painter is named as Swaine, it is in fact Richard Paton. This is a smaller version of the engraving by Canot published in 1750
[Ref: 45636]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Hunting Buffaloes.]
[Hunting Buffaloes.]
[after Felix O.C. Darley.]
[n.d., c.1869.]
Steel engraving on india, proof before letters, rare; 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"). Soiled & foxed.
A buffalo hunt on the Western Plains, with a European rider shooting a buffalo with a pistol. Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-88), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow', as well as works by Dickens and James Fenimore Cooper.
[Ref: 45630]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Bunker's Hill.
Bunker's Hill.
[after John Trumbull.]
Wood engraving on shiny paper. Printed area 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
A later printing of a keyplate to John Trumbull's famous scene 'The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill'. Trumbull painted several versions, but made more money from the engraved versions, including an edition published in London by Poggi in 1798 and one he published himself in New York in 1808.
[Ref: 45678]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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San Francisco.
San Francisco. Strasse in St. Francisco mit einem Dampf-Omnibus. [on publisher's label.]
[title label on verso:] Ed Hildebrandt. Chromofacsimilirt von R. Steinbock nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung "die Reise um die Erde".
[title label on verso:] Verlag von R. Wagner, Berlin, Zimmerstr. 92/93. [n.d. c.1865.]
Chromolithograph. 455 x 560mm. 18 x 22", laid on card as issued. Board soiled.
A view up California Street, towards Nob Hill, one of the original 'Seven Hills' of the city. past Montgomery Street. On the right are the Parrott Building and St. Mary's, to the left Grace Church. In the foreground is a steam-powered trolley car, a decade before the introduction of the first cable system. Edward Hildebrandt (1818-1869) went on a world tour in the 1860s with stops that included the United States. A folio of his works from his round-the-world voyage were published as chromolithographs in 1864 in Berlin under the title 'Reise um die Erde' (Journey around the Earth). His original watercolours were exhibited in London in 1866 and Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin.
[Ref: 22311]   £380.00  
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Canada.
Canada. Anfang des Rideau Canals bei Bÿtown am Ottawa.
[Leipzig: A. Weger, c.1850.]
Steel engraving. 280 x 320mm (11 x 12½").
A central scene of the Rideau Canal, Ottawa, surrounded by ten sketched scenes of Canada. The canal was built between 1826-32 to connect Montreal with the St Lawrence in case war with the United States cut the city's communications off. 'Bytown', the original name for Ottawa, comes from John By, a Colonel in the British Royal Engineers who supervised the building of the Canal
[Ref: 45628]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Canadan Lynx.
The Canadan Lynx. Felis Canadensis.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
A Canada Lynx, a wild cat of Canada and the Rocky Mountains south to Colorado. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45774]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The Canary Islands.
The Canary Islands.
J. Kip fecit.
[London: Lintot and Osborn, 1746.]
Engraving. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼") large margins. Folded as issued, toning to edges.
Five coastal profiles, including Lazerote, Tenerife and Grand Canaria, illustrations from Jean Barbot's 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, vulgarly Angola...', as published in Volume V of 'Churchill's Voyages and Travels'. A French explorer, Barbot made two voyages to West Africa in 1678 and 1681 but, after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, he sought sanctuary in England from anti-protestant persecution.
[Ref: 45658]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Uspallata.
Uspallata.
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
[London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street] [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 120 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Proof before publication line added?
Uspallata, a village in Argentina on the route through the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago, Chile by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45592]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Vice Admiral The R.t Hon.ble Sir George Cockburn G.C.B.
Vice Admiral The R.t Hon.ble Sir George Cockburn G.C.B.
Painted by S.r Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Late Majesty. Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Published July 2, 1837 for the Proprietor by the Engraver, 9, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Street.
Mezzotint. 720 x 415mm (28¼ x 16¼"). Small margins.
Fine & rare full-length portrait of Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), Admiral and First Sea Lord. During the 'War of 1812' Cockburn was second in command to Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren. Cockburn cruised the American east coast and Chesapeake Bay, seizing American shipping, disrupting and raiding ports. His most significant action was the capture and burning of Washington on August 24, 1814. He later served as Commander-in-Chief on the North American station (1833-6). In this portrait Cockburn's hand is on a chart showing the Barrow Straits, Cockburn's Island, Melville's Peninsular etc.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
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[Little Tower - Yale.]
[Little Tower - Yale.]
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼").
Exterior view of Yale University.
[Ref: 45834]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Woolsey Hall, Yale.]
[Woolsey Hall, Yale.]
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8").
Exterior view of Yale University.
[Ref: 45835]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Yale II.]
[Yale II.]
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching. 175 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Old crayon in margins.
Exterior view of Yale University, with people in the foreground.
[Ref: 45837]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Yale - Harkness Dorm.]
[Yale - Harkness Dorm.]
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching. 245 x 190mm (9¾ x 7¾").
Exterior view of Yale University, with church in background.
[Ref: 45833]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Harkness Memorial Library. Yale.]
[Harkness Memorial Library. Yale.]
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching. 230 x 180mm (9" x 7"). Tear and crayon in wide margins.
Yale University.
[Ref: 45836]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Captain James Cook.
Captain James Cook.
Painted by N. Dance Esq. R.A. Engraved by W. Holl.
Fisher, Son & Co. London, & Paris 1837.
Engraving. Plate: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Small margins.
A portrait of explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779), the first European to visit Hawaii and who mapped the east coast of Australia and the complete outline of New Zealand for the first time. Portrait shows him looking at a chart of the Pacific.
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David Crockett's Fight for Bear-Meat.
David Crockett's Fight for Bear-Meat. Sporting Anecdotes. The Hardest Fend Off!! [...]
Drawn & Engraved by H. Alken.
Published March 1st 1839 by R. Ackermann at his Eclipse, Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent St.
Aquatint printed in colour with gum arabic, platemark 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1837. Crease through centre.
Davy Crockett (1786-1836), American frontiersman, soldier, and politician, encountering a bear. He approaches the bear, which has one of Crockett's dogs in its clutches. Already a media star in his lifetime, this print was published three years after he was killed at the Alamo. Print made by Henry Alken (1785-1851), painter and engraver who specialised in hunting, coaching, racing and animal subjects. His work was highly sought-after in sporting circles, particularly amongst the huntsmen who gathered at Melton Mowbray.
[Ref: 39541]   £450.00  
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North Side of Cuba from Havanna to Organos Mountains.
North Side of Cuba from Havanna to Organos Mountains.
W.S. Andrews, del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. [London, c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph on card, sheet 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½").
Four prospects of Cuba from the sea, showing Moro, Muriel and Pan de Cabanas, from 'Andrews's Illustrations of the West Indies'.
[Ref: 45851]   £320.00  
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A View of the Harbour & City of the Havana, taken from the Hill near the Road, Between La Regla & Guanavacoa.
A View of the Harbour & City of the Havana, taken from the Hill near the Road, Between La Regla & Guanavacoa. To the Right Honourable George Earl of Albemarle, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces on the late Expedition to Cuba; These Six Views of the City, Harbour, & Country of the Havana, are most humbly Inscribed, By his Lordship's most Obedient & Devoted Humble Serv.t Elias Durnford, Engineer.
W. Elliott sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Aug.t 1764 by T. Jefferys, Corner of St Martin's Lane.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 365 x 530mm (14½ x 20¾"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed to plate, small tear in right edge, tiny worm hole.
The title plate of a set of six views of Havana drawn by Elias Durnford (1739-94) when he participated in the capture of Havana during the Seven Year's War. During the occupation he was aide-de-camp to Lord Albermarle. It shows the British fleet at anchor, with a key to places and plants under the title. The title is repeated in French and Spanish. At the end of the war in 1763 Durnford was appointed chief engineer and surveyor general of the new British colony of West Florida where he laid out the city plan for Pensacola in 1764. In 1769 he became Lieutenant Governor, a post he held into the American Revolutionary Wars, when he was captured by an overwhelming Spanish force in 1780. In the French Revolutionary Wars he was Chief Royal Engineer of the West Indies, campaigning against the French in Martinique, Guadaloupe and St. Lucia until his death from yellow fever on Tobago in 1794.
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A View of the City of the Havana, taken from the Road near Colonel Howe's Battery.
A View of the City of the Havana, taken from the Road near Colonel Howe's Battery.
Drawn by Elias Durnford Engineer, Etch'd by Paul Sandby, & Engraved by Edw.d Rooker.
London, Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb.y 1765 by Tho.s Jefferys, the Corner of St Martin's Lane.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 365 x 530mm (14½ x 20¾"). Trimmed to plate, worm trail in foliage bottom left corner of image.
A view from a hill west of the Havana, looking down on the entrance to the harbour that was defended by the battery, named after William Howe (1729-1814). Howe played a major role in many of the successes of the Seven Years's War: he had led the ascent to the Plains of Abraham that led to the capture of Quebec in 1759; led a brigade during the Capture of Belle Île in 1761; and served as adjutant general of the Havana invasion force. However as Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence he was less successful, resigning in 1777. One of a set of six views of Havana drawn by Elias Durnford (1739-94) when he participated in the capture of Havana during the Seven Year's War. During the occupation he was aide-de-camp to Lord Albermarle. At the end of the war in 1763 Durnford was appointed chief engineer and surveyor general of the new British colony of West Florida where he laid out the city plan for Pensacola in 1764. In 1769 he became Lieutenant Governor, a post he held into the American Revolutionary Wars, when he was captured by an overwhelming Spanish force in 1780. In the French Revolutionary Wars he was Chief Royal Engineer of the West Indies, campaigning against the French in Martinique, Guadaloupe and St. Lucia until his death from yellow fever on Tobago in 1794. The title is repeated in French and Spanish.
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View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
Etching. 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Printed on coloured paper, cut to image with a conservation backing.
William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743-1830) was a Field-Marshal and M.P. for Oxford. He was a British commander during the American War of Independence, and aide-de-camp to Lord Albermarle in Havana in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. While in Havana he sketched this view of what is now the Almendares River, a 45 km river in the western part of Cuba. It was one of the first settlements in Cuba and source of Havana's water supply. Etched by George Simon, [Viscount Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt, [1736 - 1809] politician, statesman and gifted amateur.
BM: 1861,1012.2505.
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A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Etching printed on brown paper. 365 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, left corner repaired in margin.
Morro Castle Spanish: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, GCB [1743 - 1830] was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt. As a young man he took "an ensigncy" in the First Foot Guards Light Dragoons, in October 1759. The regiment had been raised at his father's expense and was known as Harcourt's Black. In 1760 Harcourt was sent to Mecklenburg-Strelitz to escort to England the consort-elect of George III and he was appointed to a post in the Royal Household. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762. Brother of George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt.
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A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town.
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town.
December 1762 by the Hon.ble Wm. Harcourt. Etchd 1764 by Nuneham.
A scarce etching. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Morro Castle Spanish: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, GCB [1743 - 1830] was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt. As a young man he took "an ensigncy" in the First Foot Guards Light Dragoons, in October 1759. The regiment had been raised at his father's expense and was known as Harcourt's Black. In 1760 Harcourt was sent to Mecklenburg-Strelitz to escort to England the consort-elect of George III and he was appointed to a post in the Royal Household. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762. Brother of George Simon, [Viscouint Nuneham] 2nd Earl Harcourt.
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A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon.ble W.m Harcourt.
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon.ble W.m Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
[Printed c.1818.]
Etching, with sepia wash. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼").
Morro Castle, guarding the entrance to Havana Bay, Cuba. It was drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
A View of the South Face of the Morro Castle taken from the Town. December 1762 by the Hon'ble Wm. Harcourt.
Etched 1764 by Nuneham.
Etching. Platemark: 245 x 365mm (9½ x 14¼"), very large margins. Uncut.
A view of Morro Castle, a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Cuba. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Cuba was under the control of Spain. The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762. Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743 - 1830) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
View of the Snuff Mills near the Havana on the River Chorara.
Drawn after nature by the Hon.ble William Harcourt. 1762. Etched by Newnham 1763.
[Watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1818'.]
Etching. 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
A rural view near Havana, Cuba, drawn by William Harcourt [1743-1830] while aide-de-camp to Lord Albemarle at Havana in 1762, during the Seven Years War, and etched by his older brother George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809), Viscount Nuneham. Both had been taught drawing by Paul Sandby. George went on to be MP for St Albans before taking the title 2nd Earl Harcourt; William stayed in the army, becoming a commander in the American War of Independence, succeeding his brother as 3rd Earl Harcourt.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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[Nine lithographs from the rare book 'Views in the Island of Dominica'.]
[Nine lithographs from the rare book 'Views in the Island of Dominica'.]
[Lieutenant Whitworth Porter and Mrs Anne Porter.]
[British, 1849.]
Group of nine (out of eleven) sepia tinted lithographs, trimmed within image and glued album sheets, captioned in ink below. Each c.150 x 225mm (6 x 9"), one double-page view 150 x 450mm (6 x 17¾"). Some scuffing and damage.
A charming series of views of the Caribbean island of Dominica, probably, according to Abbey, published for private circulation. The plates include large prospect of Roseau, Prince Rupert's Bay and Morne Daniole. In his dedication to Colonel MacDonald, the Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, the artist Porter shows the purpose of his sketches to be to convey the 'beauty and grandeur' of the island, and to select 'the most familiar' views, 'considered the most likely to be interesting to the inhabitants.'
Abbey Travel: 695. Not in BL.
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Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift. No.17.
Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift. No.17.
Catlin del._Mc.Gahey lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Lithograph with hand colour. 430 x 579mm (17 x 22¾").
Indians hunting bison in a bleak snowy landscape. "In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which the hunters of the northern prairies have to contend with in the depths of winter. An intensely cold day, and dry and sand-like snow three or four feet in depth, drifting before the wind, and a herd of buffaloes labouring to plough their way through it, whilst they are urged on by a party of Indians on snow-shoes, deeply clad in furs, and dealing death to them with their spears. The dying bull in the foreground of this picture, and that in the preceding plate, were carefully sketched by my own hand whilst the animals were thus struggling with death; and I therefore confidently offer them as faithful delineations of their forms and looks, as well as fit and impressive subjects for contemplation for those who may ever have the time, and feel disposed to sympathize with the cruel destruction and extinction of this useful and noble animal.” An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.17.
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Eagle beating Eleanor.
Eagle beating Eleanor. A Match for 200 Gs. run accross the Flat Newmarket - Oct.r Meeting 1804.
I. Whessell pinxt.
Published March 1, 1809 by Edward Orme, Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher Bond St.r, corner of Brook St. London.
Mezzotint with very fine colour. 387mm x 293mm (15¼ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate mark and mounted with false margins in keeping with contemporary practise
Eagle, sired by Volunteer, was described by the Sporting Magazine of 1806 as 'the finest Horse ever seen, and was superior in speed to Any horse in England of his time'. He was the first major stud export to America. This print was stored in a contemporary album, maintaining the quality of the colour.
Not found in Siltzer.
[Ref: 45847]   £1,950.00  
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The Importation of French Priests, or the Blessings of Liberty.
The Importation of French Priests, or the Blessings of Liberty. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, Nov.r 1. 1792.
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Some age toning.
Emaciated catholic priests arrive in England much to protestant England's disquiet.
[Ref: 45667]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Parisian Prison Breakers, or, the Blessings of Liberty.
The Parisian Prison Breakers, or, the Blessings of Liberty. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, Oct.r 1. 1792.
Engraving. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate at top.
The attack on the Bastille shown as a slaughter.
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The Republicans on a March.
The Republicans on a March.
[1st July 1794.]
Engraving. 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Foxing
A party of burlesqued French soldiers stand at attention with the Standard of Liberty. Published in the Carlton House Magazine, this is a reissue of a larger scene, reduced on the left side. Originally the troop were more obviously attacking the Bastille, with the main figure, performing a plié, firing a cannon.
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Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District.
Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District. By Capt.Clarence E. Dutton U.S.A.
Julius Bien & Co Lith. New York.
Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey. J.P. Powell Director. Washington 1882.
Portfolio, 540 x 430mm (21¼ x 17"), original half morocco gilt, five (of six) ties, marbled flaps; brown wrapper with printed title; title, List of Atlas Sheets, 21 (of 22) double-page tinted and chromo-lithographic maps and plates. (The title and List are counted as 'Sheet 1' in the index). A Presentation Copy: from the publisher to the Geological Society of Lyons. Portfolio worn; fold of wrapper broken, ink mss. presentation inscription front; small damp stain on the bottom of all plates.
The atlas volume to what Farquhar calls 'One of the greatest, if not the very greatest of all Grand Canyon books', a work considered the preeminent work on the Grand Canyon to date. Among the maps and plans are three plates that make a 270º view of the canyon by William H. Holmes, and a fourth plate, 'The Transept, Kaibab Division, Grand Cañon An Amphitheater of the Second Order', by Thomas Moran. The missing sheet is Sheet II, 'Sketch map... of the strata in the western part of the Southern Plateau Province'. Julius Bien, the publisher, had worked with the sons of John Audubon to produce a new chromolithographic edition of the 'Birds of America'. Begun 1858, only 150 plates were created before the Civil War ruined the enterprise.
Farquhar 73: 'The atlas... is a rich portfolio of art as well as a collection of maps and an exposition of geology'.
[Ref: 31906]   £2,600.00   view all images for this item
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The Careenage._ Grenada.
The Careenage._ Grenada.
W.S. Andrews del. T.G. Dutton lith.
Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., c.1859.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Framed. Printed area: 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"). Frame: 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"). Light foxing, unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Carenage in the harbour of St George's, capital of Grenada. Published in Andrew's 'Sailing Directions in the West Indies'.
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A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, when in Possession of his Majesty's Forces in 1759. No 3.
A North View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, when in Possession of his Majesty's Forces in 1759. No 3.
Drawn on the Spot by Lieu.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by Grignion.
London, Printed for John Bowles at No 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No 82 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Sheet 365 x 530mm (14½ x 20¾"). Trimmed to plate, printer's crease in sky.
A view of the British camp at Vieux-Fort, a union flag on the pole. In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, the British under Major-General Peregrine Hopson attacked and captured Guadeloupe. The island was returned to France after the war, while Britain kept Canada.
BM: 1872,1012.4774.
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Haleakala.
Haleakala.
R.Elwes del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton Lithog.
[London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street] [c.1854]
Lithograph printed in colour, printed area 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
Haleakala, or the East Maui Volcano, which dominates the Hawaiian island of Maui by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
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Lahaina.
Lahaina.
R.Elwes del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton Lithog.
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 130 x 180mm (5 x 7").
Lahaina, capital of Hawaii between 1820 and 1845, when Honolulu replaced it as capital by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45589]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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H.M.S. Iron Duke.
H.M.S. Iron Duke.
[after William Frederick Mitchell.]
Published Sept.r 1 1872, by Griffin & Co, Portsmouth.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾"), with a text sheet.
HMS Iron Duke, served in the China Sea, the last of four Audacious-class central battery ironclads, built for the Royal Navy in the Pembroke Dockyard, completed in 1871. She was the first ironclad to use the Suez Canal, en route to the Far East that year, although most of her coal had to be unloaded to reduce her draught. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1900. From W.F. Mitchell's 'Royal Navy in a Series of Illustrations...'
[Ref: 45652]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Der Herico.
Der Herico. Das merckwürdigste von der Nation und dem Lande
[Erfurt, published by J.M. Funck, 1723]
Very rare woodcut with letterpress, printed area 320 x 180mm (12½ x 7"). Time stained.
Image and letterpress on native American indians, from J.M. Funcks' 'Neu-eröffnetes Amphitheatrum' (1723), on the inhabitants of various parts of the world.
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''Sunnyside'' The Home of Washington Irving.
''Sunnyside'' The Home of Washington Irving.
Artotype, E. Bierstadt, New York.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Collotype with hand colour. Printed area 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Foxed borders. Dusty.
A view of Washington Irving's home in Tarrytown, New York, now a museum. From a photograph by Edward Bierstadt (1824-1906)
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[Jaguarundi] The Eyra.
[Jaguarundi] The Eyra. Felis Eyra.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
An illustration of a pair of Jaguarundi, an American wild cat with short legs, an elongated body, and a long tail. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
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A Chart of the Island of Jamaica, with its Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Soundings &c.
A Chart of the Island of Jamaica, with its Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Soundings &c.
Jn.o Lodge sculp.
London, Published as the Act directs, 31st August 1780, by J. Bew, Pater Noster Row.
Engraved map. Sheet 285 x 390mm (11¼ x 15½"), with 4pp. letterpress description of Jamaica. Trimmed close to neatline lower right for binding, folds.
A map of Jamaica published during the American War of Independence, which the French used as an excuse to attack British colonies in the West Indies. Although the text here relates to the economy of the island, a note states that the March issue of the 'Political Magazine' had a description of the defences.
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A Remarkable Animal found on one of the newly discover'd Islands by Mr. banks, &c. [&]
A Remarkable Animal found on one of the newly discover'd Islands by Mr. banks, &c. [&] The vari, or Maucauco, a native of Madagascar.
Engraved for Moore's Voyages & Travels.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Engraving. Plate: 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Crease in top right corner, tears in margins.
Two portraits of exotic animals from John Hamilton Moore's 'Voyages and Travels' published from 1778. The first image is a portrait of a kangaroo after George Stubbs' painting. The second is a Vari, a variety of lemur found on Madagascar.
Lennox-Boyd: 373 I of VI.
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[Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, Rio de Janeiro]
[Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, Rio de Janeiro] Lagoa das Tretas.
V. Adam del.t Dess d'ap nat. par Rugendas Lithog. par Maurin
Lith. de Engelmann, rue du Faub Montmartre No.6 a Paris [1827-35]
Lithograph, printed area 220 x 320mm (8¾ x 12½"). Crease.
The Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, in the Lagoa district of Rio de Janeiro. Plate from 'Voyage pittoresque au Brésil' (1827-35), a volume of lithographs after drawings by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58). Rugendas, who came from a family including several notable artists, travelled to Brazil in 1821 as draughtsman with the Russian diplomat Baron de Langsdorff’s scientific expedition. However, Rugendas left the expedition, discovering Brazil for himself and returning to Europe in 1825 with the extraordinary collection of drawings which provided the material for 'Voyage pittoresque'. Encouraged by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Rugendas returned to Latin America in 1831, living until 1845 in Mexico and Chile with shorter stays in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and drawing and painting prolifically throughout this time. He returned to Bavaria, where nearly 3000 drawings and paintings were acquired by the local government, but he then went back to live in Brazil between 1845 and 1846.
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[Laplanders?]
[Laplanders?]
Gallo Gallina inc.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"), publisher's blindstamp.
From Giulio Ferrario's 'Costumi antichi e Moderni'.
[Ref: 45641]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Mongol Race  _ Lapps and Esquimaux.
Mongol Race _ Lapps and Esquimaux.
Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin.
Chromolithograph. Printed area 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"), very large margins.
A costume plate, grouping Lapps and Eskimos as part of the Mongol race, published in 'The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World: Comprising an Extensive Series of Maps, a Description, Physical and Political, of all the Countries of the Earth; a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Geographical Names, and a Copious Index of Geographical Positions...'
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