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Catalogue: Portraits
![[A young lady]](jpegs/14323.jpg)
[A young lady]
Painted by C.F. de Breda. R.A. of Stockholm & Painter to the King of Sweden. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Published March 1st.1796 by S.W. Reynolds No.6 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
A fine mezzotint. Proof before letters. Plate 357 x 253mm. 14 x 10".
A young lady with trees and setting sunlight in distance. Mary Daughter of Benny Langton [written in pencil outside the platemark].
Whitman: 316.
[Ref: 14323] £260.00
Painted by C.F. de Breda. R.A. of Stockholm & Painter to the King of Sweden. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Published March 1st.1796 by S.W. Reynolds No.6 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
A fine mezzotint. Proof before letters. Plate 357 x 253mm. 14 x 10".
A young lady with trees and setting sunlight in distance. Mary Daughter of Benny Langton [written in pencil outside the platemark].
Whitman: 316.
[Ref: 14323] £260.00
Abdoul Hamet. Grand Sultan.
P.trus Duflos ju.r aqua forti.
A Paris chez Duflos le jeune. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 274 x 163mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 1920] £60.00 (£70.50 incl.VAT)
P.trus Duflos ju.r aqua forti.
A Paris chez Duflos le jeune. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 274 x 163mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 1920] £60.00 (£70.50 incl.VAT)
John Abernethy, Lecturer on Surgery at St. Bartholomews Hospital, &c.&c.&c.
Painted by Mr. C.W. Pegler. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
[London: C. Turner, 1828.]
Mezzotint, image 360 x 280mm. 14¼ x 11". Trimmed within plate. Chipped extremities, with closed tears, one into plate lower right.
John Abernethy (1764 - 1831), surgeon and teacher. In the late 1780s he began to lecture on anatomy at his house in Bartholomew Close, and speedily attracted a large class, the numbers of which were swollen when Dr. Marshall, the most popular anatomical teacher in the city, ceased to lecture. Abernethy's success was one of the causes which induced the governors of St. Bartholomew's to build a lecture theatre, where in 1791 he began to lecture on anatomy, physiology, and surgery, and thus became the founder of the medical school attached to that ancient hospital. About this time he was himself a diligent attendant at the lectures of John Hunter, with whom he had also private conferences on scientific matters, and whose influence greatly determined the bent of his mind.
In 1796 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1814 he was appointed to lecture on anatomy and physiology at the College of Surgeons (there was no regular professorship), and held the office till 1817. His lectures were mainly devoted to explaining the Hunterian museum, then lodged in the college, and to expounding the views of John Hunter, of whose theory of life Abernethy constituted himself an ardent champion.
After Charles William Pegler (1803 - 1832).
Whitman: 2, II. NPG: D7147.
[Ref: 12787] £140.00 (£164.50 incl.VAT)
Painted by Mr. C.W. Pegler. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
[London: C. Turner, 1828.]
Mezzotint, image 360 x 280mm. 14¼ x 11". Trimmed within plate. Chipped extremities, with closed tears, one into plate lower right.
John Abernethy (1764 - 1831), surgeon and teacher. In the late 1780s he began to lecture on anatomy at his house in Bartholomew Close, and speedily attracted a large class, the numbers of which were swollen when Dr. Marshall, the most popular anatomical teacher in the city, ceased to lecture. Abernethy's success was one of the causes which induced the governors of St. Bartholomew's to build a lecture theatre, where in 1791 he began to lecture on anatomy, physiology, and surgery, and thus became the founder of the medical school attached to that ancient hospital. About this time he was himself a diligent attendant at the lectures of John Hunter, with whom he had also private conferences on scientific matters, and whose influence greatly determined the bent of his mind.
In 1796 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1814 he was appointed to lecture on anatomy and physiology at the College of Surgeons (there was no regular professorship), and held the office till 1817. His lectures were mainly devoted to explaining the Hunterian museum, then lodged in the college, and to expounding the views of John Hunter, of whose theory of life Abernethy constituted himself an ardent champion.
After Charles William Pegler (1803 - 1832).
Whitman: 2, II. NPG: D7147.
[Ref: 12787] £140.00 (£164.50 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs Abington.]](jpegs/7834.jpg)
[Mrs Abington.]
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching, sheet 182 x 135mm. Trimmed inside plate.
A rare and charming portrait of Frances Abington (1737 - 1815), famous comic actress. Etched by James Bretherton (1750 - 1799; fl.), dealer and publisher in London. Brother of Charles Bretherton, he is particularly associated with Henry William Bunbury, many of whose works he engraved and published. His stock of plates was auctioned in 1799.
From the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7834] £220.00
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching, sheet 182 x 135mm. Trimmed inside plate.
A rare and charming portrait of Frances Abington (1737 - 1815), famous comic actress. Etched by James Bretherton (1750 - 1799; fl.), dealer and publisher in London. Brother of Charles Bretherton, he is particularly associated with Henry William Bunbury, many of whose works he engraved and published. His stock of plates was auctioned in 1799.
From the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7834] £220.00
Roxalana. Mrs. Abbington in that Character, in the Sultan. [Quotation from the play below.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Faint spotting.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, III.
[Ref: 10597] £160.00 (£188.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Faint spotting.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, III.
[Ref: 10597] £160.00 (£188.00 incl.VAT)
![[Roxalana.]](jpegs/10601.jpg)
[Roxalana.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin.]
[London: J. Thane, 1791.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters, sheet 270 x 220mm. 10½ x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, I of III.
[Ref: 10601] £220.00 (£258.50 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin.]
[London: J. Thane, 1791.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters, sheet 270 x 220mm. 10½ x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, I of III.
[Ref: 10601] £220.00 (£258.50 incl.VAT)
Roxalana. Mrs. Abbington in that Character, in the Sultan.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Some mount burn. Unexamined out of frame.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character as Roxalana, an English slave in Isaac Bickstaffe's play 'The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio' She is, as a contemporary newspaper reported, 'in the act of drawing the Curtain when she surprises the sultan in his retirement'.
Mrs Abington was rumoured to have spent her teenage years working as a prostitute.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, iii of iii. See 10597 & 10601.
[Ref: 13807] £260.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Some mount burn. Unexamined out of frame.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character as Roxalana, an English slave in Isaac Bickstaffe's play 'The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio' She is, as a contemporary newspaper reported, 'in the act of drawing the Curtain when she surprises the sultan in his retirement'.
Mrs Abington was rumoured to have spent her teenage years working as a prostitute.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, iii of iii. See 10597 & 10601.
[Ref: 13807] £260.00
Joseph Acerbi.
Painted by P.Violet. Engraved by P.W.Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
London, Published as the Act Directs Jan.y 1802 by Mawman, Bookseller, No 22 Poultry.
Stipple. 28 x 225mm, 11 x 9". Very fine with Collector's Mark I.F.P.
Italian traveller, author of 'Travels through Sweden, Finland and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 & 1799', to which this is the frontispiece.
[Ref: 10977] £160.00
Painted by P.Violet. Engraved by P.W.Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
London, Published as the Act Directs Jan.y 1802 by Mawman, Bookseller, No 22 Poultry.
Stipple. 28 x 225mm, 11 x 9". Very fine with Collector's Mark I.F.P.
Italian traveller, author of 'Travels through Sweden, Finland and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 & 1799', to which this is the frontispiece.
[Ref: 10977] £160.00
Franz Karl Achard. Director der physikalischen Klasse bey der K. Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. geb: zu Berlin 1753 den 28 ten Apr:
Bollinger Sc. 1800.
Stipple. 145 x 89mm. 5¾ x 3½".
Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) was a German chemist, physicist and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. He was favoured by King Frederck II of Prussia, and thus had to report twice a week on his research and any new developments. It was in 1776 that he was ecelted to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
[Ref: 16199] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
Bollinger Sc. 1800.
Stipple. 145 x 89mm. 5¾ x 3½".
Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) was a German chemist, physicist and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. He was favoured by King Frederck II of Prussia, and thus had to report twice a week on his research and any new developments. It was in 1776 that he was ecelted to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
[Ref: 16199] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
Achille Du Harlay. Premier President au Parlement de Paris. Tire en partie de la galerie des grands Hommes de l'Hotel du Pr. Pdt.
Touze d. Femme duflos S.
A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 276 x 163mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 2041] £50.00 (£58.75 incl.VAT)
Touze d. Femme duflos S.
A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 276 x 163mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 2041] £50.00 (£58.75 incl.VAT)