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![[Schooner Yacht America off Dunnose Isle of Wight.]](jpegs/44722.jpg)
[Schooner Yacht America off Dunnose Isle of Wight.]
[Joseph Miles Gilbert. G. E. Hicks.]
[Rowney & Co.][n.d., c.1851.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 345 x 305mm (13½ x 12"). Pin holes, damage and surface dirt.
A marine scene showing the Schooner Yacht 'America' sailing off the coast of the Isle of Wight in 1851. 'America', built by a syndicate of members of the New York Sailing Club, won the Royal Yacht Squadron's race around the Isle of Wight, and was awared the '£100 Cup'. Now known as 'The America's Cup', it is the oldest international sporting trophy.
[Ref: 44722] £450.00
[Joseph Miles Gilbert. G. E. Hicks.]
[Rowney & Co.][n.d., c.1851.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 345 x 305mm (13½ x 12"). Pin holes, damage and surface dirt.
A marine scene showing the Schooner Yacht 'America' sailing off the coast of the Isle of Wight in 1851. 'America', built by a syndicate of members of the New York Sailing Club, won the Royal Yacht Squadron's race around the Isle of Wight, and was awared the '£100 Cup'. Now known as 'The America's Cup', it is the oldest international sporting trophy.
[Ref: 44722] £450.00
Capture of the Argus, Aug.t. 14.th. 1813.
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Publish'd Feb.y. 1. 1817 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkin's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint. With letterpress. Plate: 300 x 220, (12 x 8¾"). Very large margins.
A naval battle scene showing the capture of the American brig Argus under the command of Lieutenant W. H. Allen by the British brig Pelican under the command of Commander J. F. Maples off St. David's lighthouse. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 232.
[Ref: 39372] £360.00
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Publish'd Feb.y. 1. 1817 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkin's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint. With letterpress. Plate: 300 x 220, (12 x 8¾"). Very large margins.
A naval battle scene showing the capture of the American brig Argus under the command of Lieutenant W. H. Allen by the British brig Pelican under the command of Commander J. F. Maples off St. David's lighthouse. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 232.
[Ref: 39372] £360.00
To His Excellency George M. Dallas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, this Print of the Vessels engaged in laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, is respectfully dedicated by his most obedient Servant, [...]
Josiah Taylor Del. Vincent Brooks Lith.
London: Published August 4th 1857, by W. Foster, 114, Fenchurch Street.
A large and fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 530 x 880mm (20¾ x 34½"). Trimmed into inscription area, losing dedicatee, a few repaired tears.
The first attempt to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable, beaten when the cable kept breaking. The British ships are named as 'Agamemnon' & 'Leopard', the American 'Niagara' & 'Susquehanna'.
[Ref: 45849] £1,800.00
Josiah Taylor Del. Vincent Brooks Lith.
London: Published August 4th 1857, by W. Foster, 114, Fenchurch Street.
A large and fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 530 x 880mm (20¾ x 34½"). Trimmed into inscription area, losing dedicatee, a few repaired tears.
The first attempt to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable, beaten when the cable kept breaking. The British ships are named as 'Agamemnon' & 'Leopard', the American 'Niagara' & 'Susquehanna'.
[Ref: 45849] £1,800.00
The Brave Capt.n Tyrrell, in the Buckingham of 66 guns, 472 Men, Defeating the Florisant, 74 Gun, 700 Men, Aigrette, 38 Guns, 350 Men, Atalante, 28 Guns, 350 Men, three French Ships of War, on the 3 of Nov.r 1758, that were Convoying Dutch Ships with Provisions to Martininico. London, Engrav'd for Harrison's edition of Rapin.
Swain Pinx.t [but Richard Paton]. Goldar Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs, July 28 1786.
Engraving. 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Trimmed intto plate at top, repaired tear through title at top.
A sea battle in the West Indies, fought during the Seven Years' War (1756-63), with a single British ship taking on and defeating three French vessels. Richard Tyrell (1716?-1766, later Rear-Admiral) spent most of his naval career in the West Indies. Resigning his commission in 1766 he died of fever on his return to England and was buried at sea. A memorial was erected in Westminster Abbey. Although the painter is named as Swaine, it is in fact Richard Paton. This is a smaller version of the engraving by Canot published in 1750
[Ref: 45636] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Swain Pinx.t [but Richard Paton]. Goldar Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs, July 28 1786.
Engraving. 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Trimmed intto plate at top, repaired tear through title at top.
A sea battle in the West Indies, fought during the Seven Years' War (1756-63), with a single British ship taking on and defeating three French vessels. Richard Tyrell (1716?-1766, later Rear-Admiral) spent most of his naval career in the West Indies. Resigning his commission in 1766 he died of fever on his return to England and was buried at sea. A memorial was erected in Westminster Abbey. Although the painter is named as Swaine, it is in fact Richard Paton. This is a smaller version of the engraving by Canot published in 1750
[Ref: 45636] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H.M.S. Iron Duke.
[after William Frederick Mitchell.]
Published Sept.r 1 1872, by Griffin & Co, Portsmouth.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾"), with a text sheet.
HMS Iron Duke, served in the China Sea, the last of four Audacious-class central battery ironclads, built for the Royal Navy in the Pembroke Dockyard, completed in 1871. She was the first ironclad to use the Suez Canal, en route to the Far East that year, although most of her coal had to be unloaded to reduce her draught. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1900. From W.F. Mitchell's 'Royal Navy in a Series of Illustrations...'
[Ref: 45652] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after William Frederick Mitchell.]
Published Sept.r 1 1872, by Griffin & Co, Portsmouth.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾"), with a text sheet.
HMS Iron Duke, served in the China Sea, the last of four Audacious-class central battery ironclads, built for the Royal Navy in the Pembroke Dockyard, completed in 1871. She was the first ironclad to use the Suez Canal, en route to the Far East that year, although most of her coal had to be unloaded to reduce her draught. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1900. From W.F. Mitchell's 'Royal Navy in a Series of Illustrations...'
[Ref: 45652] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Etat malheureux de Quebeck et de la Surveillante Vaiseau de Guerre Francois.
Rich.d Paton Pinx.t, Gravé par Balth. Fredric Leizelt.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 385mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed into surtitle and publication inscription, laid on album paper.
The October 6, 1779 engagement between HMS Quebec and the French frigate Surveillante off Ushant (Ouessant) in France, during the American Revolutionary War. Both ships were heavily damaged, and the battle concluded when the Quebec exploded. 'The Quebec frigate, Captain George Farmer, in company with the Rambler cutter, while cruising off Brest fell in with the Surveillante, and after a determined action caught fire and blew up. Captain Farmer and about one hundred men perished.'
[Ref: 45838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Paton Pinx.t, Gravé par Balth. Fredric Leizelt.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 385mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed into surtitle and publication inscription, laid on album paper.
The October 6, 1779 engagement between HMS Quebec and the French frigate Surveillante off Ushant (Ouessant) in France, during the American Revolutionary War. Both ships were heavily damaged, and the battle concluded when the Quebec exploded. 'The Quebec frigate, Captain George Farmer, in company with the Rambler cutter, while cruising off Brest fell in with the Surveillante, and after a determined action caught fire and blew up. Captain Farmer and about one hundred men perished.'
[Ref: 45838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)