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Portrait of a Heifer.
Portrait of a Heifer. Bred by Bell Loyd Esq.r and fed by Mr Charlton of Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex.
G.H. Laporte Pinx.t.
Printed by Redman. Published by G.H. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgeware Rd. [c.1830's]
Rare coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15").
Cattle portrait by George Henry Laporte (1802-73), animal and military painter. That this is an early work is indicated by the address, that of Laporte's father (also a prominent artist), which Laporte used until 1827.
[Ref: 40247]   £790.00  
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[Carnations.] No 23. [etched in reverse.]
[Carnations.] No 23. [etched in reverse.]
[Drawn and etched by John Edwards.]
[Published 1783-1801.]
Etching with fine original hand colour. Printed area 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on laid paper watermarked 'J. Whatman' very large margins, mint.
A plate from John Edwards' extremely rare work 'A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature and disposed in an ornamental and picturesque manner', published complete in 1801, but the laid paper suggests this was printed much earlier.
Dunthorne, 105: "A superb and extremely rare work by a great artist...''. Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 40214]   £420.00  
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Olyfant.
Olyfant. Pag.176.
J. Wandelaar del.
[1727.]
Engraving, platemark 297 x 172mm (11¾ x 6¾"). 'Essen Institute 1848' blindstamp top right. Small margins.
An elephant, from Peter Kolbe's "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research.
[Ref: 40098]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Flora's Dictionary [Frontispiece]
Flora's Dictionary [Frontispiece] Presented to Miss Mary A. Eaton by her Friend G.W.H.
Fielding Lucas Jr. Baltimore
Lithograph with hand-colouring and ms, sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Rare.
Frontispiece to 'Flora's Dictionary' by Elizabeth Gamble Wirt (1784-1857), first published anonymously in 1829, a dictionary of flowers
[Ref: 40087]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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