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![[Elizabeth Hastings, countess of Huntingdon]](jpegs/40808.jpg)
[Elizabeth Hastings, countess of Huntingdon] Vera Effigies Dominae Elizabetha Nuper Comtissae Huntingdon
Published Jan.y 1802 by Wm Richardson York House, No 31 Strand
Engraving, platemark 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"); very large margins. Slight foxing.
Elizabeth Hastings, countess of Huntingdon (bap.1587-d.1633), noblewoman. A significant patroness, the writers to whom she was connected, and in whose works she features, include Spenser, Milton, Donne, John Fletcher, John Marston, and, potentially, Shakespeare. Following her death she was buried at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.
O'D 3
[Ref: 40808] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Published Jan.y 1802 by Wm Richardson York House, No 31 Strand
Engraving, platemark 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"); very large margins. Slight foxing.
Elizabeth Hastings, countess of Huntingdon (bap.1587-d.1633), noblewoman. A significant patroness, the writers to whom she was connected, and in whose works she features, include Spenser, Milton, Donne, John Fletcher, John Marston, and, potentially, Shakespeare. Following her death she was buried at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.
O'D 3
[Ref: 40808] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Irving as Hamlet. [In pencil:] Richard Northcott from Henry Irving: with every good wish.
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 621 x 438mm. 24½ x 17¼". Laid on card.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 22933] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 621 x 438mm. 24½ x 17¼". Laid on card.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 22933] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Irving as Hamlet.
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 610 x 445mm. 24 x 17½". Messy at top. Repaired tear at bottom.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 20244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 610 x 445mm. 24 x 17½". Messy at top. Repaired tear at bottom.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 20244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Queen Katherine's Dream. Vide Shakespear's Henry 8th. No. 1 of the British Poets.]
Fuseli pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. & Engraver to his Majesty Sculp.t.
[London, Publish'd April 4th. 1788 by Thos. Macklin, No,, 39 Fleet Street.]
Stipple & etching. Sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing title and publication line. Small nicks outside image.
A scene showing Catherine of Aragon dreaming of her crown shortly before her death. From Macklin's series of 'British Poets'.
De Vesme 1427.
[Ref: 58607] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Fuseli pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. & Engraver to his Majesty Sculp.t.
[London, Publish'd April 4th. 1788 by Thos. Macklin, No,, 39 Fleet Street.]
Stipple & etching. Sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing title and publication line. Small nicks outside image.
A scene showing Catherine of Aragon dreaming of her crown shortly before her death. From Macklin's series of 'British Poets'.
De Vesme 1427.
[Ref: 58607] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Fanny Kemble. as Juliet. No 31.
Pub. by M. & M. Skelt, Swan S.t Minories London. [n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Paper toned. 2 very small pin prick holes
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden in 1829. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
[Ref: 51274] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. by M. & M. Skelt, Swan S.t Minories London. [n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Paper toned. 2 very small pin prick holes
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden in 1829. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
[Ref: 51274] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Fanny Kemble. in the Character of Juliet.
London, Published Nov.r 2nd 1829 by T McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph on india, india dimensions 285 x 185mm (11¼ x 7¼"). Very large margins.
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden, as Juliet. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
Harvard 69
[Ref: 37956] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published Nov.r 2nd 1829 by T McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph on india, india dimensions 285 x 185mm (11¼ x 7¼"). Very large margins.
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden, as Juliet. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
Harvard 69
[Ref: 37956] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
King Lear. Act 3. Sc. 6.
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 260 x 180mm, 10¼ x 7".
Lear, wandering on the heath after the storm, encounters Edgar in the guise of Tom o' Bedlam. From Sir Thomas Hanmer's Shakespeare, a deluxe six-volume edition with fine bindings and nearly 40 original illustrations by Francis Hayman. engraved by Hubert Gravelot. This was the first complete edition to be published outside London. A second edition appeared in 1770.
[Ref: 17560] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 260 x 180mm, 10¼ x 7".
Lear, wandering on the heath after the storm, encounters Edgar in the guise of Tom o' Bedlam. From Sir Thomas Hanmer's Shakespeare, a deluxe six-volume edition with fine bindings and nearly 40 original illustrations by Francis Hayman. engraved by Hubert Gravelot. This was the first complete edition to be published outside London. A second edition appeared in 1770.
[Ref: 17560] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
King Lear.
Engrav'd by Wm. Sharp, from a Picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds.
Publish'd May 1.st 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving and etching. Plate 222 x 184mm (8¾ x 7¼").
King Lear, looking up, with windswept hair and a full beard; clouds behind.
Hamilton: p.151.
[Ref: 20922] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Wm. Sharp, from a Picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds.
Publish'd May 1.st 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving and etching. Plate 222 x 184mm (8¾ x 7¼").
King Lear, looking up, with windswept hair and a full beard; clouds behind.
Hamilton: p.151.
[Ref: 20922] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Lear & Cordelia. Cor. We're not the first, / Who with best meaning have incurr'd the worts: / For thee, oppressed King, I am cast down, / Myself could else out frown false fortune's frowns.
Stothard del.t. Delatree sculp.t.
London Pub.d Sep.r 10, 1784, by Tho.s Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 375 x 320mm (14¾ x 12½") very large margins. Laid on card.
King Lear and his daughter in chains. Edmund directs his band of soldiers to escort them to their deaths.
[Ref: 48123] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Stothard del.t. Delatree sculp.t.
London Pub.d Sep.r 10, 1784, by Tho.s Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 375 x 320mm (14¾ x 12½") very large margins. Laid on card.
King Lear and his daughter in chains. Edmund directs his band of soldiers to escort them to their deaths.
[Ref: 48123] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[King Lear] Cordelia.](jpegs/60308.jpg)
[King Lear] Cordelia. You never erring Gods / Fight on his side, and thunder on his Foes [...] Vide Shakespeares KIng Lear.
Angelica Kauffman pinxi.t. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Pub. Sep.r 7, 1784 by Ja.s Birchall N473 Strand & G. Durand N.o 8 Catherine Street.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½"), with large margins
Cordelia kneels in a landscape, arms outstretched to beseech the heavens. From Shakespeare's 'King lear'.
De Vesme 1859. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60308] £450.00
Angelica Kauffman pinxi.t. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Pub. Sep.r 7, 1784 by Ja.s Birchall N473 Strand & G. Durand N.o 8 Catherine Street.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½"), with large margins
Cordelia kneels in a landscape, arms outstretched to beseech the heavens. From Shakespeare's 'King lear'.
De Vesme 1859. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60308] £450.00
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Lavinia.
Painted & Engraved by J. Dean.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1791 by J. Dean Bentinck Street Soho.
Fine & rare stipple, 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼") with large margins. Stained and slightly scuffed.
Portrait of a country girl holding a bundle of hay and a pitcher. Possibly a representation of Lavinia from Roman Mythology, however could also be Lavinia from Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus'.
[Ref: 60338] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & Engraved by J. Dean.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1791 by J. Dean Bentinck Street Soho.
Fine & rare stipple, 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼") with large margins. Stained and slightly scuffed.
Portrait of a country girl holding a bundle of hay and a pitcher. Possibly a representation of Lavinia from Roman Mythology, however could also be Lavinia from Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus'.
[Ref: 60338] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Poetry.
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image.
Elegently-dressed people relax in a pleasure garden with classical ruins and a monument to William Shakespeare. One man is writing in a notebook. One plate of seven depicting the 'Seven Liberal Arts'.
[Ref: 60415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image.
Elegently-dressed people relax in a pleasure garden with classical ruins and a monument to William Shakespeare. One man is writing in a notebook. One plate of seven depicting the 'Seven Liberal Arts'.
[Ref: 60415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Macbeth] The Banquet.](jpegs/53327.jpg)
[Macbeth] The Banquet. _ Prithee, see there. Behold! look! loe! How say you! Shakespeare's Macbeth Act III Scene 3.d.
S. Harding delin.t. J. Baldrey Fecit.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 10th 1786, by W. Dickinson, Bond Street.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 385 x 330mm (15¼ x 13") with margins. Title bit messy on right.
As Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost sitting in his chair he starts to rave and is retrained by his wife.
[Ref: 53327] £320.00
S. Harding delin.t. J. Baldrey Fecit.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 10th 1786, by W. Dickinson, Bond Street.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 385 x 330mm (15¼ x 13") with margins. Title bit messy on right.
As Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost sitting in his chair he starts to rave and is retrained by his wife.
[Ref: 53327] £320.00
Macbeth. I've done the deed.- did I not hear a noise? [/] Macbeth, Act II. Scene 2.
H. Singleton del. C. Taylor direxit et sculpsit.
Stipple with very large margins. 140mm x 180mm (5½" x 7"). Small tear in upper margin.
Depiction of events in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' Act II. Scene 2. in which Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland. Macbeth is depicted leaving the bedroom of Duncan holding a dagger, Duncan can be seen lying dead in his bed. From a series of Shakespeare illustrations.
[Ref: 31930] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Singleton del. C. Taylor direxit et sculpsit.
Stipple with very large margins. 140mm x 180mm (5½" x 7"). Small tear in upper margin.
Depiction of events in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' Act II. Scene 2. in which Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland. Macbeth is depicted leaving the bedroom of Duncan holding a dagger, Duncan can be seen lying dead in his bed. From a series of Shakespeare illustrations.
[Ref: 31930] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Singing Witches. Macbeth. Act 4. Sc. 1. Jane Shirreff Priscilla Horton Harriett D. Taylor [facsimile signatures in plate.]
J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Decr. 1, 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 255 x 305mm. Foxing and age-toning, mostly outside india.
Three popular actresses of the day as the famous witches from Macbeth.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7871] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Decr. 1, 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 255 x 305mm. Foxing and age-toning, mostly outside india.
Three popular actresses of the day as the famous witches from Macbeth.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7871] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Macbeth.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. S.W. Reynolds Sculpt.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Mixed media, 230 x 260mm. 9 x 10¼".
William Shakespeare's Macbeth, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions. By his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree. Behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far right, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards. For Samuel William Reynold's (1774 - 1835) 'Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds'.
Whitman: Appendix, pg. 149, 56.
[Ref: 9567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. S.W. Reynolds Sculpt.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Mixed media, 230 x 260mm. 9 x 10¼".
William Shakespeare's Macbeth, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions. By his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree. Behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far right, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards. For Samuel William Reynold's (1774 - 1835) 'Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds'.
Whitman: Appendix, pg. 149, 56.
[Ref: 9567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Macbeth. One! Two! Why, then tis time to do it-.[/] Macbeth. Act V. Scene 3.
H. Singleton del. W. Nutter Sculp.t.
C. Taylor excud.
Stipple with very large margins. 190mm x 140mm (7½" x 5½"). Small tear in lower margin.
Depiction of Act V. Scene 3 of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' in which Lady Macbeth, driven mad by her involvement in the murder of Duncan, King of Scotland, sleepwalks and sleeptalks whilst watched by two female servants from the bedroom door. From a series of Shakespeare illustrations.
[Ref: 31928] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Singleton del. W. Nutter Sculp.t.
C. Taylor excud.
Stipple with very large margins. 190mm x 140mm (7½" x 5½"). Small tear in lower margin.
Depiction of Act V. Scene 3 of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' in which Lady Macbeth, driven mad by her involvement in the murder of Duncan, King of Scotland, sleepwalks and sleeptalks whilst watched by two female servants from the bedroom door. From a series of Shakespeare illustrations.
[Ref: 31928] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Macbeth. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
Stipple and etching. Plate 228 x 253mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed inside left platemark.
Macbeth in the foreground to left, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions; by his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree, behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards.
Whitman: p.149 (Appendix): 56*. For a later state see ref. 9567.
[Ref: 21501] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
Stipple and etching. Plate 228 x 253mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed inside left platemark.
Macbeth in the foreground to left, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions; by his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree, behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards.
Whitman: p.149 (Appendix): 56*. For a later state see ref. 9567.
[Ref: 21501] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Macbeth. From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Will,m Lock Esq.r.
Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.
Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Etching. Sheet 455 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Trimmed to plate top and left, narrow margins elsewhere, some surface scuffing to edges.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind. The second published state, with a new address of Charlotte Street.
Fagan 74.
[Ref: 54251] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.
Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Etching. Sheet 455 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Trimmed to plate top and left, narrow margins elsewhere, some surface scuffing to edges.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind. The second published state, with a new address of Charlotte Street.
Fagan 74.
[Ref: 54251] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Macbeth. Act 4.th Scene 1.st.
Painted by J. H. Nixon. Engraved by G. H. Phillips.
Published by John Kendrick, 54 Leicester Sq.e February 1st, 1831.
Mezzotint with small margins. Proof impression. Platemark: 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Sheet slightly toned.
A representation of a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth, depicting a rocky landscape, with a group of witches encircling a fire. They deliver the prophecy that Banquo will be father to a line of kings. A vision can be seen in the background in the sky. The figure of Macbeth is facing them on a rock at the right.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35778] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. H. Nixon. Engraved by G. H. Phillips.
Published by John Kendrick, 54 Leicester Sq.e February 1st, 1831.
Mezzotint with small margins. Proof impression. Platemark: 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Sheet slightly toned.
A representation of a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth, depicting a rocky landscape, with a group of witches encircling a fire. They deliver the prophecy that Banquo will be father to a line of kings. A vision can be seen in the background in the sky. The figure of Macbeth is facing them on a rock at the right.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35778] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Macbeth] [The Weird Sisters, played by] G.J. Bennett. Drinkwater Meadows. W.H. Payne. [facsimile signatures]](jpegs/53700.jpg)
[Macbeth] [The Weird Sisters, played by] G.J. Bennett. Drinkwater Meadows. W.H. Payne. [facsimile signatures] [''A Drum! A Drum! Macbeth doth come!'']
[Drawn by Richard James Lane.] [J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.]
London, Published Dec.r 1, 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing printer and publisher's inscription (plate not signed by the artist), laid on album paper.
The three witches from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', played by George John Bennett (1800-79), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-78), all well-known actors.
[Ref: 53700] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Richard James Lane.] [J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.]
London, Published Dec.r 1, 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing printer and publisher's inscription (plate not signed by the artist), laid on album paper.
The three witches from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', played by George John Bennett (1800-79), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-78), all well-known actors.
[Ref: 53700] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Macbeth.]](jpegs/55160.jpg)
[Macbeth.] [From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Will,m Lock Esq.r.]
[Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.]
[Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, in Green Street, Leicester Fields, London]
Etching. Proof before letters. Plate 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), with margins. Repaired tears and some creasing.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind.
Fagan 74. See Ref: 54251 for lettered impression
[Ref: 55160] £380.00
[Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.]
[Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, in Green Street, Leicester Fields, London]
Etching. Proof before letters. Plate 335 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), with margins. Repaired tears and some creasing.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind.
Fagan 74. See Ref: 54251 for lettered impression
[Ref: 55160] £380.00
"A drum! a drum!_Macbeth doth come!" Macbeth Act I. Sc. I. [Facsimile signatures:] G.J. Bennett. Drinkwater Meadows. W.H. Payne.
J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 1. 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india, with large margins. Sheet 255 x 354mm (10 x 14"). Soiling and repaired tears to margins.
George John Bennett (1800-1879), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-1878) as the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
[Ref: 28978] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 1. 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india, with large margins. Sheet 255 x 354mm (10 x 14"). Soiling and repaired tears to margins.
George John Bennett (1800-1879), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-1878) as the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
[Ref: 28978] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Macready. Royal Album No. 28.
Alf.d Carlile Lithog.r London. T.C. Wilson.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph, rare. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor who appeared at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and abroad. Here his roles, as seen in the ovals, have included Richard 3rd, Hamlet, Shylock and Coriolalus (Corio-Lanus).
[Ref: 21521] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Alf.d Carlile Lithog.r London. T.C. Wilson.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph, rare. 268 x 209mm. 10½ x 8¼". Some toning around the edges.
William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor who appeared at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and abroad. Here his roles, as seen in the ovals, have included Richard 3rd, Hamlet, Shylock and Coriolalus (Corio-Lanus).
[Ref: 21521] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Macready, In the Character of King Henry 4th. "Then get thee gone, and dig my grave thyself." Shakespeare's King Henry IV. Part IId.
Drawn on Stone by Richard Lane from a Picture by John Jackson R.A.
London Pubd. by R. Ackermann. Strand May, 1824. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. Image 263 x 213mm. 10½ x 8¼".
William Charles Macready (1793-1873), actor and theatre manager. He made his first appearance in Birmingham as Romeo in 1810 and acted with his father's company in the provinces. He first appeared at Covent Garden in 1816, becoming undisputed head of the theatre after his Richard III in 1819, until his retirement in 1851: a great Shakespearean and romantic actor.
[Ref: 12961] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by Richard Lane from a Picture by John Jackson R.A.
London Pubd. by R. Ackermann. Strand May, 1824. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. Image 263 x 213mm. 10½ x 8¼".
William Charles Macready (1793-1873), actor and theatre manager. He made his first appearance in Birmingham as Romeo in 1810 and acted with his father's company in the provinces. He first appeared at Covent Garden in 1816, becoming undisputed head of the theatre after his Richard III in 1819, until his retirement in 1851: a great Shakespearean and romantic actor.
[Ref: 12961] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act V. Scene V.
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Miranda.
Engraved by Caroline Watson, (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14th, 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple, 315 x 260mm. 12½ x 10¼". Uncut sheet.
Detail from a scene from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (act I, scene II) also engraved by Caroline Watson and later published by Boydell. The painting, after Robert Edge Pine (1733 - 1788), was exhibited with six other subjects from Shakespeare at the Great Room in Spring-Gardens on the 22nd April 1782. The accompanying catalogue includes proposals for a series of engravings after the paintings.
Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13695] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson, (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14th, 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple, 315 x 260mm. 12½ x 10¼". Uncut sheet.
Detail from a scene from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (act I, scene II) also engraved by Caroline Watson and later published by Boydell. The painting, after Robert Edge Pine (1733 - 1788), was exhibited with six other subjects from Shakespeare at the Great Room in Spring-Gardens on the 22nd April 1782. The accompanying catalogue includes proposals for a series of engravings after the paintings.
Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13695] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Newsmongers.]](jpegs/10565.jpg)
[The Newsmongers.]
J Donaldson delint. J Finlayson fect.
Publish'd May 1st. 1769.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Very scarce and fine.
Two smiths and a tailor gossiping, one leaning on his hammer, open-mouthed, the second pausing hammer in hand, agog to hear the news the tailor has rushed in to tell them. All three figures are caricatured. Illustrates Act 4 Scene 2 of The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. After John Donaldson (1737 - 1801), a good impression with margins.
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10565] £750.00
J Donaldson delint. J Finlayson fect.
Publish'd May 1st. 1769.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Very scarce and fine.
Two smiths and a tailor gossiping, one leaning on his hammer, open-mouthed, the second pausing hammer in hand, agog to hear the news the tailor has rushed in to tell them. All three figures are caricatured. Illustrates Act 4 Scene 2 of The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. After John Donaldson (1737 - 1801), a good impression with margins.
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10565] £750.00
Ophelia. There's Fennel for you and Colombines. / There's Rue for you, and some for me. Hamlet Act IV, Scene 7.
[Drawn & etched by John Hamilton Mortimer.]
Publshed May 20th, 1775 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand. [Watermarked 1821.]
Etching. 400 x 325mm (15¾ x 12¾"), with wide margins.
The tragic Ophelia's last appearance in the play, prior to her drowning. From the first set of "Six Characters from Shakespeare", here as re-issued by Thomas Palser after Mortimer's death.
[Ref: 15869] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & etched by John Hamilton Mortimer.]
Publshed May 20th, 1775 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand. [Watermarked 1821.]
Etching. 400 x 325mm (15¾ x 12¾"), with wide margins.
The tragic Ophelia's last appearance in the play, prior to her drowning. From the first set of "Six Characters from Shakespeare", here as re-issued by Thomas Palser after Mortimer's death.
[Ref: 15869] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ophelia. There's rue for you, and here's some for me
James Nixon pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[London, Publish'd April 8th 1784 by W. Dickinson]
Stipple printed in red, sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line;
The tragic Ophelia's last appearance in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' before her death from drowning. Stipple engraving after the miniature painter James Nixon (bap.1741-1812). This may be engraved from Nixon's miniature of Mary Bowles (née Elton) as Ophelia, in the collection of the Elton family seat, Clevedon Court, Somerset. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver who migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. This state is not listed in the catalogue.
Calabi & de Vesme 1860 iv/iv
[Ref: 43141] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
James Nixon pinx.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[London, Publish'd April 8th 1784 by W. Dickinson]
Stipple printed in red, sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line;
The tragic Ophelia's last appearance in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' before her death from drowning. Stipple engraving after the miniature painter James Nixon (bap.1741-1812). This may be engraved from Nixon's miniature of Mary Bowles (née Elton) as Ophelia, in the collection of the Elton family seat, Clevedon Court, Somerset. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver who migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. This state is not listed in the catalogue.
Calabi & de Vesme 1860 iv/iv
[Ref: 43141] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Othello.]](jpegs/14271.jpg)
[Othello.]
A. Deveria invt. et delt. Imp. Lith. de H. Gaugain.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with etching. 208 x 191mm. 8¼ x 7½". Cut.
A representation of 'The Talisman' by Walter Scott. (Often retitled in France Histoires des Temps des croisades).
[Ref: 14271] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A. Deveria invt. et delt. Imp. Lith. de H. Gaugain.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with etching. 208 x 191mm. 8¼ x 7½". Cut.
A representation of 'The Talisman' by Walter Scott. (Often retitled in France Histoires des Temps des croisades).
[Ref: 14271] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Othello relating the history of his Life to Brabantio and Desdemonda, These things to hear Which ever as she could with haste dispatch. Would Desdemona seriously incline: She'd come again, and with a greedy ear But still the house affairs would her thence: Devour up my discourse. Shakespeare Othello. Act I. Scene 3. From a Picture in the Collection of John Marshall Esq.r.
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. Printed by J. Lahee.
London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.
Mezzotint, very fine with full margins, plate 442 x 512mm. 17¼ x 20".
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. Printed by J. Lahee.
London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.
Mezzotint, very fine with full margins, plate 442 x 512mm. 17¼ x 20".
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Shakspeare. Othello Act V. Scene II.
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine impression, open letter proof, without quote from play. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Repairs to margins and edge of plate. Slight repair in between feet.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59333 for Proof before Letters.
[Ref: 59332] £320.00
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine impression, open letter proof, without quote from play. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Repairs to margins and edge of plate. Slight repair in between feet.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59333 for Proof before Letters.
[Ref: 59332] £320.00
![[Othello relating the history of his Life to Desdemona...]](jpegs/44200.jpg)
[Othello relating the history of his Life to Desdemona...] Othello racontant l'histoire de sa vie à Desdemona [...]
Peint par Fradelle. Gravé par Jazet.
A Paris, chez Jazet, Rue de Lanery, No. 7, et chez Aumont, Rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10 [c.1826]
Mezzotint, platemark 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Small margins.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Othello', in which the eponymous character tells his beloved Desdemona and her father Brabantio of his travels and life being a soldier; Venetian landscape behind. French mezzotint after a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865) now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Another mezzotint of the painting was made by English engraver William Say.
For Say's engraving of the painting see refs. 14768 and 41324.
[Ref: 44200] £360.00
Peint par Fradelle. Gravé par Jazet.
A Paris, chez Jazet, Rue de Lanery, No. 7, et chez Aumont, Rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10 [c.1826]
Mezzotint, platemark 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Small margins.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Othello', in which the eponymous character tells his beloved Desdemona and her father Brabantio of his travels and life being a soldier; Venetian landscape behind. French mezzotint after a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865) now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Another mezzotint of the painting was made by English engraver William Say.
For Say's engraving of the painting see refs. 14768 and 41324.
[Ref: 44200] £360.00
[Othello relating the history of his Life to Brabantio and Desdemonda, These things to hear Which ever as she could with haste dispatch. Would Desdemona seriously incline: She'd come again, and with a greedy ear But still the house affairs would her thence: Devour up my discourse. Shakespeare Othello. Act I. Scene 3. From a Picture in the Collection of John Marshall Esq.r.]
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. [Printed by J. Lahee.]
[London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, backed on linen.
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. Indian cityscape in background. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[Ref: 41324] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. [Printed by J. Lahee.]
[London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, backed on linen.
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. Indian cityscape in background. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[Ref: 41324] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Shakspeare. Othello. Act V. Scene II.]](jpegs/59333.jpg)
[Shakspeare. Othello. Act V. Scene II.]
[Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.]
[Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.]
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59332 for Open lettered impression.
[Ref: 59333] £450.00
[Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.]
[Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.]
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59332 for Open lettered impression.
[Ref: 59333] £450.00
![[Shakspeare. Othello Act II. Scene I. A Platform. _ Desdemona, Othello, Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, &c.]](jpegs/59336.jpg)
[Shakspeare. Othello Act II. Scene I. A Platform. _ Desdemona, Othello, Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, &c.]
[Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Tho.s Ryder.
Pub.d Sept.r 1799, by J.&J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears, some creasing.
Desdemona meets Othello on his return from sea, with Emilia curtseying and Iago glowering from one side.
[Ref: 59336] £450.00
[Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Tho.s Ryder.
Pub.d Sept.r 1799, by J.&J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears, some creasing.
Desdemona meets Othello on his return from sea, with Emilia curtseying and Iago glowering from one side.
[Ref: 59336] £450.00
Shakspeare. Othello Act V. Scene II.
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, open letter proof, without lines of verse. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with very large margins. Damp stains in margin edge on right.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious, and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 54001] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, open letter proof, without lines of verse. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with very large margins. Damp stains in margin edge on right.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious, and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 54001] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of Perdita in the Comedy of the Winters Tale. Perdita, dans la Comédie intitulée, The Winters Tale.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark.
The character of 'Perdita' in full costume, wearing an elaborately decorated large floral dress. She holds a tall staff wrapped in flowers in her left hand, and gestures outwardly with her right. Plate 239 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark.
The character of 'Perdita' in full costume, wearing an elaborately decorated large floral dress. She holds a tall staff wrapped in flowers in her left hand, and gestures outwardly with her right. Plate 239 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Puck.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover.
A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shakespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'.
[Ref: 57783] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover.
A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shakespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'.
[Ref: 57783] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III.d Act 5, Scene 3.
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Play-house Habit of King Richard the 3.d. Habit de Theatre du Roi Richard III.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Very slight staining bottom left.
William Shakespeare's Richard III, in full costume, directed to the left, with his right hand on his hip, holding up a scroll with his left hand. Plate 223 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Very slight staining bottom left.
William Shakespeare's Richard III, in full costume, directed to the left, with his right hand on his hip, holding up a scroll with his left hand. Plate 223 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III. Scene a Tent - ''Give me another ass, bind up my wounds! "Have mercy, there I say, you'll break my bones.'' Duncombe's, Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.9.
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.](jpegs/57888.jpg)
[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Romeo and Juliet. O Speak Again, bright Angel. [&] Othello. Kill me to-morrow, let me live to-night.
[by William Heath.]
[London pub.d by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly Sept. 1827.]
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼") & 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title.
A anthropomorphic satires: a monkey playing Romeo serenading another as Juliet on the balcony; and a scene from Othello, with a dog Moor smothering a cat Desdemona.
[Ref: 41800] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[by William Heath.]
[London pub.d by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly Sept. 1827.]
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼") & 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title.
A anthropomorphic satires: a monkey playing Romeo serenading another as Juliet on the balcony; and a scene from Othello, with a dog Moor smothering a cat Desdemona.
[Ref: 41800] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene IV.
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rosalind. vide Shakespears play of As you like it.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engrav'd by Bartolozzi.
Lon. Pub'd Feb.y 10 1792 by J. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry St.
Stipple, platemark 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed inside platemark left and right.
Rosalind, from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', after a painting by Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807), Swiss-born Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. She attracted international patronage and was much admired by fellow artists. Kauffman's funeral in Rome was arranged by Antonio Canova and attended by representatives from both the Roman and foreign academies, carrying along in triumph of two of Kauffman's own works in obvious emulation of Raphael's funeral. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. This state is not listed in the catalogue.
Calabi & de Vesme 1857 (this later state not listed)
[Ref: 43140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engrav'd by Bartolozzi.
Lon. Pub'd Feb.y 10 1792 by J. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry St.
Stipple, platemark 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed inside platemark left and right.
Rosalind, from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', after a painting by Angelica Kauffman, RA (1741 - 1807), Swiss-born Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. She attracted international patronage and was much admired by fellow artists. Kauffman's funeral in Rome was arranged by Antonio Canova and attended by representatives from both the Roman and foreign academies, carrying along in triumph of two of Kauffman's own works in obvious emulation of Raphael's funeral. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. This state is not listed in the catalogue.
Calabi & de Vesme 1857 (this later state not listed)
[Ref: 43140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Théâtre Italien. Mr Rossi dans Othello. Rôle d'Othello.
[by Antonin Marie Chatinière?]
[Paris c.1875?]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 315 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Edges toned.
Ernesto Rossi (1827-1896), an Italian actor who specialised in Shakespearean roles and performed throughout Europe. The example held by the Yale Center for British Art has the attribution to Chatinière (1828-c.1900), written in pencil on the reverse.
Yale: B1976.1.216.
[Ref: 38827] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[by Antonin Marie Chatinière?]
[Paris c.1875?]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 315 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Edges toned.
Ernesto Rossi (1827-1896), an Italian actor who specialised in Shakespearean roles and performed throughout Europe. The example held by the Yale Center for British Art has the attribution to Chatinière (1828-c.1900), written in pencil on the reverse.
Yale: B1976.1.216.
[Ref: 38827] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Illustrations of W. Shakespear. Merry Wives of Windsor. Twelfth Night. Midsummer Night's Dream. Measure for Measure.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Four lithographs from the same series, with fine hand colour, trimmed as scraps, mounted on album paper with titles. Sheet 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with aquatint of Highland regiment piper on reverse.
[Ref: 57891] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Four lithographs from the same series, with fine hand colour, trimmed as scraps, mounted on album paper with titles. Sheet 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with aquatint of Highland regiment piper on reverse.
[Ref: 57891] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[The illustrations from Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Works of Shakespear'.]](jpegs/57459.jpg)
[The illustrations from Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Works of Shakespear'.]
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Original wrappers; 39 engraved plates, in ink on frontis "Thos. Norris"; c.250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Binding strained, some plates with small tears in margins, damp staining and age-toning.
The complete set of 36 scenes engraved by Hubert Gravelot after Francis Hayman. The other three plates are a portrait of Shakespeare after Houbraken, his memorial in Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon and Scheemakers' 18th-century monument in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The Oxford University Press published a deluxe six-volume illustrated edition of Shakespeare, the first complete edition to be published outside London. The fine bindings and the quality of the illustrations made the edition very popular; however Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746, a Speaker of the House of Commons) had edited the text (not present here) with his own conjectures, without indictating what he had changed. 'William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion' (1997) describes the edition as ''one of the worst in the eighteenth century''.
[Ref: 57459] £850.00 view all images for this item
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Original wrappers; 39 engraved plates, in ink on frontis "Thos. Norris"; c.250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Binding strained, some plates with small tears in margins, damp staining and age-toning.
The complete set of 36 scenes engraved by Hubert Gravelot after Francis Hayman. The other three plates are a portrait of Shakespeare after Houbraken, his memorial in Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon and Scheemakers' 18th-century monument in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The Oxford University Press published a deluxe six-volume illustrated edition of Shakespeare, the first complete edition to be published outside London. The fine bindings and the quality of the illustrations made the edition very popular; however Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746, a Speaker of the House of Commons) had edited the text (not present here) with his own conjectures, without indictating what he had changed. 'William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion' (1997) describes the edition as ''one of the worst in the eighteenth century''.
[Ref: 57459] £850.00 view all images for this item