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First Chin'as Sons, with early art elate, [/] Form'd the gay Teapot, and the pictured plate...
First Chin'as Sons, with early art elate, [/] Form'd the gay Teapot, and the pictured plate...
[n.d., c.1880.]
Embossed card with mss mss ink text and watercolour. Card: 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Foxing.
An embossed card with decorated letterpress, the poem discusses Chinese porcelain and its decoration. Above the text are four vignettes showing Chinese men at their craft.
[Ref: 46147]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Magic No. 5. The Doctor Puzzled.
Magic No. 5. The Doctor Puzzled. When the picture is held to the fire, the patient will put out his tongue and puzzle the doctor.
London, Published by Orlando Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. Of whom may be had Winter & Domestic Amusements, containing the above & several hundred other curious & entertaining experiments. [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce & rare hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 285 x 190mm (11 x 7½").
An optical print which, when held in front of light, shows the patient's tongue (the source of the doctor's puzzlement).
[Ref: 45874]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Magic No. 6.
Magic No. 6. Bless me! there's plenty of Hair but I forgot to ask the colour. / This picture must be warmed by the fire to produce the effect.
London, Published by Orlando Hodgson, 111 Fleet Street. Of whom may be had Winter & Domestic Amusements, containing the above & several hundred other curious & entertaining experiments. [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce & rare hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
An optical print showing a man who has applied 'Hodgsons Celestial Dew' without considering an important factor. The colour of the print should transform when held in front of light.
[Ref: 45873]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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