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Antonius Sherleyns Anglus Eques Auratus. Magni Sophi Persarum Legatus inuicitissimo Caesari Ceterisque Principibus Christianis: huiusce Amicitie et Auctor et ductor Ex Ore, Ad Os.
S. Cae. M.tis Sculptor AEgidius Sadeler. D.D:
cum privil. S. Cae. M.tis. [n.d. c.1620.]
Engraving. Plate 196 x 132mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Trimmed.
Anthony Shirley (1565-1635) was an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I was an important event because it caused the British House of Commons to assert one of its privileges, freedom of its members from arrest, in a document known as 'The Form of Apology and Satisfaction'. Published in 1613 Travels in Persia.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D26058.
[Ref: 24083] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S. Cae. M.tis Sculptor AEgidius Sadeler. D.D:
cum privil. S. Cae. M.tis. [n.d. c.1620.]
Engraving. Plate 196 x 132mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Trimmed.
Anthony Shirley (1565-1635) was an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I was an important event because it caused the British House of Commons to assert one of its privileges, freedom of its members from arrest, in a document known as 'The Form of Apology and Satisfaction'. Published in 1613 Travels in Persia.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. NPG: D26058.
[Ref: 24083] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Anthony Shirley, Ambassador from the Schah of Persia. From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill Collection, now in the possession of William Blamire Esq.re.
G.P. Hardining F.S.A. del. Joseph Brown sculp.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple on steel. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), Trimmed to plate, surface crack in unprinted area.
A head and shoulders portrait of Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley, 1565-c.1636), an English adventurer and opportunist, in Persian dress. He had become the Shah Abbas the Great's representative in Europe in 1598, visiting Moscow, Prague and Rome in his behalf, but ran up huge debts and alienated his Persian associates. He abandoned the embassy and from 1601-4 he was living in Venice, working as a spy for Spain and Scotland, for which he was ejected from the city. Subsequently he entered the services of the Holy Roman Emperor then the king of Spain, but always offending his paymasters and running up debts. He died in obscurity c.1636.
[Ref: 60375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G.P. Hardining F.S.A. del. Joseph Brown sculp.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple on steel. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), Trimmed to plate, surface crack in unprinted area.
A head and shoulders portrait of Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley, 1565-c.1636), an English adventurer and opportunist, in Persian dress. He had become the Shah Abbas the Great's representative in Europe in 1598, visiting Moscow, Prague and Rome in his behalf, but ran up huge debts and alienated his Persian associates. He abandoned the embassy and from 1601-4 he was living in Venice, working as a spy for Spain and Scotland, for which he was ejected from the city. Subsequently he entered the services of the Holy Roman Emperor then the king of Spain, but always offending his paymasters and running up debts. He died in obscurity c.1636.
[Ref: 60375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Captain John Smith.
J.G. Kellogg sc.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving. 229 x 140mm. 9 x 5½".
Sir John Smith (c.1580-1631), the Admiral of New England, an English soldier, explorer and author. He was briefly governor of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. 19th century engraving derived from the early portrait by Simon de Passe.
[Ref: 27878] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J.G. Kellogg sc.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving. 229 x 140mm. 9 x 5½".
Sir John Smith (c.1580-1631), the Admiral of New England, an English soldier, explorer and author. He was briefly governor of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. 19th century engraving derived from the early portrait by Simon de Passe.
[Ref: 27878] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Stanley, F.R.G.S.
[n.d., c.1889.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
A portrait of Welsh/American explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), who grew up in Wales but emigrated to America in 1859, after his arrival he served in the American Civil War and US Navy and then became a journalist. It was his work as journalist which took him out to Africa in search of David Livingstone. He stayed in Africa for many years working in the Congo with the Belgians. He returned to the UK in the later 1880s and was knighted in 1899.
[Ref: 44883] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1889.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½").
A portrait of Welsh/American explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), who grew up in Wales but emigrated to America in 1859, after his arrival he served in the American Civil War and US Navy and then became a journalist. It was his work as journalist which took him out to Africa in search of David Livingstone. He stayed in Africa for many years working in the Congo with the Belgians. He returned to the UK in the later 1880s and was knighted in 1899.
[Ref: 44883] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart. LLD. FRS. Aet. 55.
Engleheart pinx.t 1792. Engraved by C. Picart.
Private Plate.
Rare stipple. Plate 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾"), with large margins. Some surface dirt and creases.
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) was an employee of the East India Company, diplomat, and a botanist. He accompanied George, Lord McCartney to Madras to negotiate peace with Tipu Sultan. In 1787 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1793 he was named Secretary to the British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court.
NPG: D11106.
[Ref: 55998] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Engleheart pinx.t 1792. Engraved by C. Picart.
Private Plate.
Rare stipple. Plate 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾"), with large margins. Some surface dirt and creases.
Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) was an employee of the East India Company, diplomat, and a botanist. He accompanied George, Lord McCartney to Madras to negotiate peace with Tipu Sultan. In 1787 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1793 he was named Secretary to the British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court.
NPG: D11106.
[Ref: 55998] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Rev.d C.F. Swartz.
Published by J. Mason, 14, City Road & 66, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple. 171 x 107mm (6¾ x 4¼").
Christian Frederick Swartz (1726-1798), the German Lutheran Protestant missionary to India. Swartz learned the Tamul language and he was sent to India in 1750. He presided over the missionary station in Trichinopoly and Tanjore. During 50 years in Christian service he preached the Gospel, established schools, and gave materially to help the poor.
[Ref: 28553] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Published by J. Mason, 14, City Road & 66, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple. 171 x 107mm (6¾ x 4¼").
Christian Frederick Swartz (1726-1798), the German Lutheran Protestant missionary to India. Swartz learned the Tamul language and he was sent to India in 1750. He presided over the missionary station in Trichinopoly and Tanjore. During 50 years in Christian service he preached the Gospel, established schools, and gave materially to help the poor.
[Ref: 28553] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Baptiste Tavernier Escuier Baron D'Aubonne, Age de LXXIV Ans, 1679. De Paris, a Delly, du Couchant a l'Auroure,/ De fameux Voiageur courit plus d'une fois [...]
Joan Hainzelman ad vivum del et sculp cum privil Regis 1679
A Paris chez ted. hain sur le petit pont à l'echarpe blanche.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) French adventurer and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'. Stated here as 'from the life' by the engraver Johann Hainzelman but elsewhere said to be after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière.
[Ref: 34238] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Joan Hainzelman ad vivum del et sculp cum privil Regis 1679
A Paris chez ted. hain sur le petit pont à l'echarpe blanche.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) French adventurer and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'. Stated here as 'from the life' by the engraver Johann Hainzelman but elsewhere said to be after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière.
[Ref: 34238] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Johann Baptista Tavernier Ritter und Freyherr von Aubonne Seines Alters LXXVII Jahr MDCLXXXI.
J.C. Böcklin August: Sculpsit Geneve 1681.
Engraving. Printed on 17th century watermarked paper with Collector's mark verso, area 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7"). Trimmed into image on left.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) a French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'.
[Ref: 29722] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.C. Böcklin August: Sculpsit Geneve 1681.
Engraving. Printed on 17th century watermarked paper with Collector's mark verso, area 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7"). Trimmed into image on left.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) a French traveller and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'.
[Ref: 29722] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Patriam Inquiro Nondum Attigi Peregrinus in Terra Cursum Prosequor. Aetat Suae 64 1655. In Europe, Africa, Asia have I gone.
[Robert Vaughan.]
[Printed in London for J. Wilkie, W. Cater, S. Hayes, and E. Easton in 1777.]
Engraving, rare. 133 x 82mm. 5¼ x 3¼". Cut and laid on sheet.
Portrait of Edward Terry, half length in an oval, wearing skull-cap, collar and gown, and holding a book; in lower left spandril, a ship; on shelf below, calipers and a globe. Frontispiece to his 'Voyage to East-India'. Edward Terry (1590-1660) was a writer of travels and in 1615-16 he went out to India as chaplain with a fleet sent by the London East India Company, sailing in the Charles with Benjamin Joseph, commander of the expedition. In his account of the voyage Terry describes a fight with a Portugese carrack, in which Joseph was killed on 6 August 1616.
NPG: D28830.
[Ref: 24705] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Vaughan.]
[Printed in London for J. Wilkie, W. Cater, S. Hayes, and E. Easton in 1777.]
Engraving, rare. 133 x 82mm. 5¼ x 3¼". Cut and laid on sheet.
Portrait of Edward Terry, half length in an oval, wearing skull-cap, collar and gown, and holding a book; in lower left spandril, a ship; on shelf below, calipers and a globe. Frontispiece to his 'Voyage to East-India'. Edward Terry (1590-1660) was a writer of travels and in 1615-16 he went out to India as chaplain with a fleet sent by the London East India Company, sailing in the Charles with Benjamin Joseph, commander of the expedition. In his account of the voyage Terry describes a fight with a Portugese carrack, in which Joseph was killed on 6 August 1616.
NPG: D28830.
[Ref: 24705] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Amy tu connoistras l'Autheur par ce portrait. Tu ne Sçaurois trouver Voyageur plus parfait.
[François Chauveau del.]
[Paris : Jolly, Thomas] [n.d. c.1664]
A very rare engraving. Sheet 207 x 134mm. 8¼" x 5¼". Cut.
From the title page to 'Relation D'Un Voyage fait au Levant' - The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. Jean de Thévenot (June 16, 1633 – November 28, 1667) was a French traveller in the East, who wrote extensively about his journeys. He was also a linguist, natural scientist and botanist. He was born in Paris and received his education in the Collège de Navarre.
[Ref: 8988] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[François Chauveau del.]
[Paris : Jolly, Thomas] [n.d. c.1664]
A very rare engraving. Sheet 207 x 134mm. 8¼" x 5¼". Cut.
From the title page to 'Relation D'Un Voyage fait au Levant' - The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. Jean de Thévenot (June 16, 1633 – November 28, 1667) was a French traveller in the East, who wrote extensively about his journeys. He was also a linguist, natural scientist and botanist. He was born in Paris and received his education in the Collège de Navarre.
[Ref: 8988] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Antonio van Diemen, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën.
M. Balen Delineavit ad effig. D. Jongman schulp.
[Dordrecht & Amsterdam, I. Van Braam & G.O. Linden, n.d., c.1726.]
Engraving. 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed around portrait, laid on album paper.
Portrait of Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1636-45, who commissioned the expedition of Abel Tasman in 1642-45, during which he charted the southern coast of Tasmania, which he named 'Van Diemen’s Land'.
[Ref: 58611] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
M. Balen Delineavit ad effig. D. Jongman schulp.
[Dordrecht & Amsterdam, I. Van Braam & G.O. Linden, n.d., c.1726.]
Engraving. 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed around portrait, laid on album paper.
Portrait of Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1636-45, who commissioned the expedition of Abel Tasman in 1642-45, during which he charted the southern coast of Tasmania, which he named 'Van Diemen’s Land'.
[Ref: 58611] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Americ Vespuce.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. 180 x 135mm.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed.
From the Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 400] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. 180 x 135mm.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed.
From the Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 400] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Americ, Vespuce.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 184 x 146mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) holding a scroll map open on his lap. He was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed.
[Ref: 24970] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 184 x 146mm. 7¼ x 5¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) holding a scroll map open on his lap. He was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed.
[Ref: 24970] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Americus Vesputius.
[Arnoldus Montanus.]
[Amsterdam, n.d. c.1671.]
Copper engraving with large margins. Plate 285 x 178mm. 11¼ z 7". Chip in paper lower left.
Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, for whom America is named. He is seen here holding a set of calipers, atlas and compass, with a globe before him. A celestial globe appears above and a ship, presumably from his epocryphal voyage, over his shoulder. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminised Latin version of his first name.
[Ref: 23984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Arnoldus Montanus.]
[Amsterdam, n.d. c.1671.]
Copper engraving with large margins. Plate 285 x 178mm. 11¼ z 7". Chip in paper lower left.
Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, for whom America is named. He is seen here holding a set of calipers, atlas and compass, with a globe before him. A celestial globe appears above and a ship, presumably from his epocryphal voyage, over his shoulder. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminised Latin version of his first name.
[Ref: 23984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Americo Vespucci. geb. im J. 1451 zu Florenz, gest. im J. 1514.
L. Hess sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) the Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminised Latin version of his first name. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29753] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
L. Hess sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) the Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502 led him to postulate that the Americas were a new landmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminised Latin version of his first name. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29753] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![Yours Truly F. Walpole [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/51186.jpg)
Yours Truly F. Walpole [facsimile signature.]
G.B. Black, 6 Reg.t St. W. London 1869.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 490 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"). A few small repaired tears.
The Hon. Frederick Walpole (1822-1876), naval commander, author and Conservative MP for Norfolk from 1868 until his death. His account of a voyage he made as a lieutenant, 'Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majesty's Ship Collingwood from 1844 to 1848', is regarded as an important first hand account of Hawaii. Another book, 'The Ansayrii, and the Assassins' (1851) described the Middle East. A younger son of the Earl of Orford, Frederick's son Robert became fifth Earl in 1894. The artist, George Bridges Black, died later in the year this portrait was completed.
[Ref: 51186] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Black, 6 Reg.t St. W. London 1869.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 490 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"). A few small repaired tears.
The Hon. Frederick Walpole (1822-1876), naval commander, author and Conservative MP for Norfolk from 1868 until his death. His account of a voyage he made as a lieutenant, 'Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majesty's Ship Collingwood from 1844 to 1848', is regarded as an important first hand account of Hawaii. Another book, 'The Ansayrii, and the Assassins' (1851) described the Middle East. A younger son of the Earl of Orford, Frederick's son Robert became fifth Earl in 1894. The artist, George Bridges Black, died later in the year this portrait was completed.
[Ref: 51186] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Wathen. Proof.
A.J. Oliver A.R.A. Pinx.t. T. Bragg Sculp.t.
Private Plate. [n.d., c.1810.]
Rare engraving, proof on chine collé. Sheet 265 x 200mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides.
James Wathen (c.1751-1828), traveller and artist. He went on walking excursions in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, contributing topographical descriptions & sketches to the ‘Gentleman's Magazine,’ under the sobriquet of 'Jemmy Sketch'. In 1811 he accompanied Captain James Prendergast in his ship the Hope on a voyage to India and China, in which he visited Madras, Penang, Canton, Macao, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. In 1814 he published an account of his travels, under the title ‘Journal of a Voyage to India and China’ (London, 1814, 2 vols. 4to), illustrated with twenty-four coloured prints from his own drawings. After Archer James Oliver ARA (1774-1842).
O'Donoghue: p.414.
[Ref: 56621] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A.J. Oliver A.R.A. Pinx.t. T. Bragg Sculp.t.
Private Plate. [n.d., c.1810.]
Rare engraving, proof on chine collé. Sheet 265 x 200mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides.
James Wathen (c.1751-1828), traveller and artist. He went on walking excursions in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, contributing topographical descriptions & sketches to the ‘Gentleman's Magazine,’ under the sobriquet of 'Jemmy Sketch'. In 1811 he accompanied Captain James Prendergast in his ship the Hope on a voyage to India and China, in which he visited Madras, Penang, Canton, Macao, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. In 1814 he published an account of his travels, under the title ‘Journal of a Voyage to India and China’ (London, 1814, 2 vols. 4to), illustrated with twenty-four coloured prints from his own drawings. After Archer James Oliver ARA (1774-1842).
O'Donoghue: p.414.
[Ref: 56621] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Lamented Missionary. The Rev.d John Williams, who was cruelly Massacred at Erromanga. Seated in his Study composing his celebrated Missionary Enterprises; which have been aptly designed as a Supplement to the Acts of Apostles. Designed and Printed in Oil Colours by Patentee George Baxter.
London. Published by G. Baxter, 3, Charter House Square, April 1st. 1843. & Sold by Mssrs. Hamilton & Co. Ward & Co. Whittaker & Co. & by the Country Agents.
Proof Baxter print. Bright and vivid oil colouring. 391 x 293mm.
John Williams [1796 – 1839], missionary active in the South Pacific until he was killed and eaten on Erromango in the Vanutu archipelago. George Baxter (1804 - 1867) is regarded as the 'Inventor' of colour printing. The Baxter process, which he patented in 1835, involved an initial metal keyplate and up to 20 wood or metal blocks to apply each individual colour. Baxter had published quite a few prints of Williams including his murder on the island of Erromanga a few days after landing.
[Ref: 559] £320.00
London. Published by G. Baxter, 3, Charter House Square, April 1st. 1843. & Sold by Mssrs. Hamilton & Co. Ward & Co. Whittaker & Co. & by the Country Agents.
Proof Baxter print. Bright and vivid oil colouring. 391 x 293mm.
John Williams [1796 – 1839], missionary active in the South Pacific until he was killed and eaten on Erromango in the Vanutu archipelago. George Baxter (1804 - 1867) is regarded as the 'Inventor' of colour printing. The Baxter process, which he patented in 1835, involved an initial metal keyplate and up to 20 wood or metal blocks to apply each individual colour. Baxter had published quite a few prints of Williams including his murder on the island of Erromanga a few days after landing.
[Ref: 559] £320.00
[The Lamented Missionary. The Rev.d John Williams, who was cruelly Massacred at Erromanga. Seated in his Study composing his celebrated Missionary Enterprises; which have been aptly designed as a Supplement to the Acts of Apostles. Designed and Printed in Oil Colours by Patentee George Baxter.]
[London. Published by G. Baxter, 3, Charter House Square, April 1st. 1843. & Sold by Mssrs. Hamilton & Co. Ward & Co. Whittaker & Co. & by the Country Agents.]
Proof. Vivid oil colouring, heightened with gum arabic. Sheet 270 x 225mm (10½ x 9"). Trimmed into image, losing all inscriptions.
John Williams [1796 – 1839], missionary active in the South Pacific until he was killed and eaten on Erromango in the Vanutu archipelago. George Baxter (1804 - 1867) is regarded as the 'Inventor' of colour printing. The Baxter process, which he patented in 1835, involved an initial metal keyplate and up to 20 wood or metal blocks to apply each individual colour. Baxter had published quite a few prints of Williams including his murder on the island of Erromanga a few days after landing.
For a proof example see Ref: 559.
[Ref: 38826] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[London. Published by G. Baxter, 3, Charter House Square, April 1st. 1843. & Sold by Mssrs. Hamilton & Co. Ward & Co. Whittaker & Co. & by the Country Agents.]
Proof. Vivid oil colouring, heightened with gum arabic. Sheet 270 x 225mm (10½ x 9"). Trimmed into image, losing all inscriptions.
John Williams [1796 – 1839], missionary active in the South Pacific until he was killed and eaten on Erromango in the Vanutu archipelago. George Baxter (1804 - 1867) is regarded as the 'Inventor' of colour printing. The Baxter process, which he patented in 1835, involved an initial metal keyplate and up to 20 wood or metal blocks to apply each individual colour. Baxter had published quite a few prints of Williams including his murder on the island of Erromanga a few days after landing.
For a proof example see Ref: 559.
[Ref: 38826] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Captain Wilson brought before the Sultan.
G. Canby Del et Sc
[n.d., c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Rare
Captain Wilson, in chains, brought before the sultan for his fate to be decided. Possibly an illustration to a travel journal or memoirs of the Voyage to China recorded by Alexander Dalrymple with his associate Captain Wilson.
[Ref: 23164] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
G. Canby Del et Sc
[n.d., c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Rare
Captain Wilson, in chains, brought before the sultan for his fate to be decided. Possibly an illustration to a travel journal or memoirs of the Voyage to China recorded by Alexander Dalrymple with his associate Captain Wilson.
[Ref: 23164] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Kapt.n Henry Wilson.
I. Russell pinxt. F. Sansom Sculp.t Rotterdam.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 18th century watermark. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a Dutch edition of that work.
[Ref: 51662] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
I. Russell pinxt. F. Sansom Sculp.t Rotterdam.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 18th century watermark. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a Dutch edition of that work.
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Capit.n Heinrich Wilson.
E. Henne sculps. [after John Russell.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a German edition of that work.
[Ref: 51663] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
E. Henne sculps. [after John Russell.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a German edition of that work.
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John Woolmore Esq.r F.R.S. Deputy Master of the Trinity House. From a Drawing by H. Edridge R.A. in the possession of C.H. Turner Esq.r
Private Place. Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding.
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d. c.1815.]
Lithograph on india, with large margins. 425 x 342mm. 16¾ x 13½".
Sir John Woolmore (1756-1838) was a captain with the East India Company and during his long career he sailed several East Indiamen to the Far East from London. He was also one of the leading figures behind the establishment of the East India Dock Company. He served as Deputy Master of the Trinity House from 1825 until 1834.
Ex. Collection James Watt Jnr,. See NPG: D8799.
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Private Place. Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding.
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d. c.1815.]
Lithograph on india, with large margins. 425 x 342mm. 16¾ x 13½".
Sir John Woolmore (1756-1838) was a captain with the East India Company and during his long career he sailed several East Indiamen to the Far East from London. He was also one of the leading figures behind the establishment of the East India Dock Company. He served as Deputy Master of the Trinity House from 1825 until 1834.
Ex. Collection James Watt Jnr,. See NPG: D8799.
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Edwd. Wortley Montagu Esq. in his Turkish Dress.
Romney pinxt. Conde sculpt.
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving, 145 x 100mm. 5¾ x 4". Large margins.
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.' For the 'European Magazine' periodical.
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Romney pinxt. Conde sculpt.
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving, 145 x 100mm. 5¾ x 4". Large margins.
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.' For the 'European Magazine' periodical.
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Edw.d Wortley Montagu Esq. in his Turkish Dress. European Magazine.
Romney pinx.t Conde Sculp.t
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving with large margins. Plate 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4".
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.'
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Romney pinx.t Conde Sculp.t
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving with large margins. Plate 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4".
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.'
[Ref: 26441] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Young, favori du Roi Tameameha, (Iles Sandwich.)
L. Lobin del. Lith. de Villain. d'apres le Croquis de J. Arago.
[Paris, c.1839.]
Lithograph, sheet 245 x 160mm. 9¾ x 6¼".
John Young, councellor to King Kamehameha of Hawaii. Young was born in Crosley, England, in 1744. He sailed in the winter of 1789-90 from New York to the Hawaiian Islands on the Eleanora, under Capt. Simon Metcalfe. When the Eleanora arrived at Hawaii, Young went ashore to explore the countryside, armed with a musket and a sword. There, he was taken captive by Kamehameha. He remained in Hawaii and became one of the king's most trusted advisors, living to the age of 91. His descendants all had the blood of chiefs flowing in their veins, for his wives were women of high rank. Plate to 'Souvenirs d'un aveugle (blind man)' by Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855). A French writer, artist and explorer, Arago joined Louis de Freycinet on his 1817 voyage around the world aboard the ship Uranie, which inspired his witty 'Voyage autour du monde'. Although he lost his sight in 1837, he went on travelling and writing for the theatre.
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L. Lobin del. Lith. de Villain. d'apres le Croquis de J. Arago.
[Paris, c.1839.]
Lithograph, sheet 245 x 160mm. 9¾ x 6¼".
John Young, councellor to King Kamehameha of Hawaii. Young was born in Crosley, England, in 1744. He sailed in the winter of 1789-90 from New York to the Hawaiian Islands on the Eleanora, under Capt. Simon Metcalfe. When the Eleanora arrived at Hawaii, Young went ashore to explore the countryside, armed with a musket and a sword. There, he was taken captive by Kamehameha. He remained in Hawaii and became one of the king's most trusted advisors, living to the age of 91. His descendants all had the blood of chiefs flowing in their veins, for his wives were women of high rank. Plate to 'Souvenirs d'un aveugle (blind man)' by Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855). A French writer, artist and explorer, Arago joined Louis de Freycinet on his 1817 voyage around the world aboard the ship Uranie, which inspired his witty 'Voyage autour du monde'. Although he lost his sight in 1837, he went on travelling and writing for the theatre.
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