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Apti Bassa Late governor of Buda who havnig defended the place to the last Extremity was killd upon ye Place
M. Vander Gucht. Scul. [c.1687].
Rare engraving, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins.
Abdi Pasha (1616-86), Albanian Abdurrahman who was the last Turkish Governor of Buda (now part of Budapest, Hungary). In 1684, during the Great Turkish War, an army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, took the city and Abdi Pasha died while heroically defending the city with a tiny army. A memorial to him at Buda Castle describes him as a 'noble enemy and a hero'. An illustration from 'The Turkish History from the Original of that Nation...' 1687 by Sir Paul Rycaut.
[Ref: 41462] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M. Vander Gucht. Scul. [c.1687].
Rare engraving, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins.
Abdi Pasha (1616-86), Albanian Abdurrahman who was the last Turkish Governor of Buda (now part of Budapest, Hungary). In 1684, during the Great Turkish War, an army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, took the city and Abdi Pasha died while heroically defending the city with a tiny army. A memorial to him at Buda Castle describes him as a 'noble enemy and a hero'. An illustration from 'The Turkish History from the Original of that Nation...' 1687 by Sir Paul Rycaut.
[Ref: 41462] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Bridle Gaoler of Ilchester. Removed by Hunt for miscondunt. [in manuscript.]
[George Cruikshank.]
[1821.]
Etching. Sheet: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾").
A full length portrait of William Bridle, gaoler of Ilchester Bastille, shown within the prison holding leg irons, manacles and a hangman's noose. Radical activist Henry Hunt was imprisioned for his role in a rally in Manchester which came to be known as the Peterloo Masscare, he served his term in Ilchester Prison and whilst there brought a case against the gaoler William Bridle for drunkeness, gambling, neglect of duty, licentiousness towards female prisoners and torture. Bridle was found guilty and removed. This portrait is the frontispeice to 'Investigation at Ilchester Gaol in the county of Somerset into the conduct of William Bridle the Gaoler, before the commissioner appointed by the crown' published in 1821.
[Ref: 41547] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[George Cruikshank.]
[1821.]
Etching. Sheet: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾").
A full length portrait of William Bridle, gaoler of Ilchester Bastille, shown within the prison holding leg irons, manacles and a hangman's noose. Radical activist Henry Hunt was imprisioned for his role in a rally in Manchester which came to be known as the Peterloo Masscare, he served his term in Ilchester Prison and whilst there brought a case against the gaoler William Bridle for drunkeness, gambling, neglect of duty, licentiousness towards female prisoners and torture. Bridle was found guilty and removed. This portrait is the frontispeice to 'Investigation at Ilchester Gaol in the county of Somerset into the conduct of William Bridle the Gaoler, before the commissioner appointed by the crown' published in 1821.
[Ref: 41547] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Louisa Caldron on the Torture, called Picketting, alias Picton-ing.
[n.d., c.1806.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 210 x 195mm (8¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed, some damage on left edge and a vertical fold.
A scene showing Luisa Calderón, a young mulatto woman, being tortured to force her confession for helping her lover with a burglary in 1801. The image was used to illustrate the torture used against Calderón in the 1806 trial of the British Governor of Trinidad, General Thomas Picton, who authorised the torture. Picketting, a form of military punishment, was the compelling of a suspended suspect to stand on the flat head of a peg for long periods of time. The trial caused much of a stir with the public, not least because Calderón was attractive and prints such as these showed what a young, attractive woman in state of undress, being tortured might look like captured the public's attention.
[Ref: 41578] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1806.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 210 x 195mm (8¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed, some damage on left edge and a vertical fold.
A scene showing Luisa Calderón, a young mulatto woman, being tortured to force her confession for helping her lover with a burglary in 1801. The image was used to illustrate the torture used against Calderón in the 1806 trial of the British Governor of Trinidad, General Thomas Picton, who authorised the torture. Picketting, a form of military punishment, was the compelling of a suspended suspect to stand on the flat head of a peg for long periods of time. The trial caused much of a stir with the public, not least because Calderón was attractive and prints such as these showed what a young, attractive woman in state of undress, being tortured might look like captured the public's attention.
[Ref: 41578] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Damien der Abscheulichste Mench auf Erden, als Mörder des Königs von Franckreich nach einen Original aus Paris. 1757.
[n.d., c.1757.]
Engraving. Sheet: 90 x 160mm (3½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
An exaggerated portrait of Robert-Francois Damiens (1715-1757) who was publicly drawn and quatered and then burnt at the stake for the attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757. Damiens attacked Louis XV at Versailles with a pen-knife, however, due to the short blade and the king's thick winter clothes, he only managed to wound the king rather than kill him.
[Ref: 41540] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1757.]
Engraving. Sheet: 90 x 160mm (3½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
An exaggerated portrait of Robert-Francois Damiens (1715-1757) who was publicly drawn and quatered and then burnt at the stake for the attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757. Damiens attacked Louis XV at Versailles with a pen-knife, however, due to the short blade and the king's thick winter clothes, he only managed to wound the king rather than kill him.
[Ref: 41540] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Elizabeth Fanning, Executed 26.th July 1815, on a charge of Poisoning the Family of Mr. Turner, taken from the Life in Newgate. Her Autograph Elizabeth Fanning.
I. R. Cruikshank fecit.
Publish'd August 1815, by W. Hone, 55 Fleet St.
Aquatint with some etching. Sheet: 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate on right and left edges.
A portrait of Elizabeth Fanning (1793-1815) who was executed for the poisoning of the family of Mr Olibar Turner with arsenic. Mrs Charlotte Turner, the wife of Olibar Turner's son described in her testimony how Fanning had poisoned them with yeast dumplings which had made the entire family violently ill.
[Ref: 41550] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I. R. Cruikshank fecit.
Publish'd August 1815, by W. Hone, 55 Fleet St.
Aquatint with some etching. Sheet: 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate on right and left edges.
A portrait of Elizabeth Fanning (1793-1815) who was executed for the poisoning of the family of Mr Olibar Turner with arsenic. Mrs Charlotte Turner, the wife of Olibar Turner's son described in her testimony how Fanning had poisoned them with yeast dumplings which had made the entire family violently ill.
[Ref: 41550] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Fox. Ministre d'Angleterre.
Dessiné par C.N. Cochin. Gravé par S.C. Miger.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 150 x 215mm, (6 x 8½") very large margins. Slight diagonal crease through bottom left corner of plate.
A portrait in an oval of British Whig politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806) a staunch opponent of George III but supporter of the American Patriots during the American Revolution and the French during the French Revolution.
[Ref: 41616] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par C.N. Cochin. Gravé par S.C. Miger.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 150 x 215mm, (6 x 8½") very large margins. Slight diagonal crease through bottom left corner of plate.
A portrait in an oval of British Whig politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806) a staunch opponent of George III but supporter of the American Patriots during the American Revolution and the French during the French Revolution.
[Ref: 41616] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Jane Gibbs, the most notorious pest of Society & Street Walker as she appeared at Bow Street on Tuesd.y Oct.r 8.th.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and into title.
A full-length portrait of Jane Gibbs, who achieved notoriety during two trials held in the autumn of 1799. Gibbs was a street walker who often used extortion to make her money, she would approach men and solicit her services or ask for money, if they did not oblige she would threaten to say that they had tried to rob her and this would usually loosen their purse strings. However, a man named Jeremiah Beck refused to go along with her scheme so she took him to court. Unfortunately for Gibbs, several passers by and a juror recognised her and the case was thrown out. Not long after Gibbs attempted the same robbery on another man but the watchman recognised her from print shop windows and arrested her; she was eventually sent to Bedlam.
[Ref: 41542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1799.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and into title.
A full-length portrait of Jane Gibbs, who achieved notoriety during two trials held in the autumn of 1799. Gibbs was a street walker who often used extortion to make her money, she would approach men and solicit her services or ask for money, if they did not oblige she would threaten to say that they had tried to rob her and this would usually loosen their purse strings. However, a man named Jeremiah Beck refused to go along with her scheme so she took him to court. Unfortunately for Gibbs, several passers by and a juror recognised her and the case was thrown out. Not long after Gibbs attempted the same robbery on another man but the watchman recognised her from print shop windows and arrested her; she was eventually sent to Bedlam.
[Ref: 41542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six Jacobite Portraits.]](jpegs/41613.jpg)
[Six Jacobite Portraits.]
6 scarce contemporary engravings, plus three later engravings, on five album sheets: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Each is trimmed and laid on an album sheet, some are paper toned & repaired damage.
A collection of nine portraits of Jacobite conspirators executed for their roles in the 1715 Jacobite rising. The six early portraits are: James, Earl of Derwentwater; William Lord Viscount Kenmure; Captain John Bruce; George Collingwood; William Paul; and Richard Gascoigne. The three later portraits are Philip Lockhart, John Hall and Co. Henry Oxburgh
Sharpe: 387, 590.
[Ref: 41613] £360.00 view all images for this item
6 scarce contemporary engravings, plus three later engravings, on five album sheets: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Each is trimmed and laid on an album sheet, some are paper toned & repaired damage.
A collection of nine portraits of Jacobite conspirators executed for their roles in the 1715 Jacobite rising. The six early portraits are: James, Earl of Derwentwater; William Lord Viscount Kenmure; Captain John Bruce; George Collingwood; William Paul; and Richard Gascoigne. The three later portraits are Philip Lockhart, John Hall and Co. Henry Oxburgh
Sharpe: 387, 590.
[Ref: 41613] £360.00 view all images for this item
Gerhard Merkator.
Bollinger sc.
Zwickau, bei Gebr. Schumann [c.1800]
Stipple engraving, platemark 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. His 1569 world map, 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. He was the first to use the word 'Atlas' for a collection of maps. Engraving, c.1800, of the image of Mercator common to several earlier printed likenesses of the cartographer.
[Ref: 41461] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Bollinger sc.
Zwickau, bei Gebr. Schumann [c.1800]
Stipple engraving, platemark 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. His 1569 world map, 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. He was the first to use the word 'Atlas' for a collection of maps. Engraving, c.1800, of the image of Mercator common to several earlier printed likenesses of the cartographer.
[Ref: 41461] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of Isaac Newton] A Description of England.](jpegs/41453.jpg)
[Portrait of Isaac Newton] A Description of England.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 260 x 150mm (10¼ x 6"). Tear in bottom margin.
An engraved text describing England, surmounted with a vignette with a medallion portrait of Newton.
[Ref: 41453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 260 x 150mm (10¼ x 6"). Tear in bottom margin.
An engraved text describing England, surmounted with a vignette with a medallion portrait of Newton.
[Ref: 41453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Lively Portraiture of Sir Thomas Overbury Ætatis suce 32.
for Ric: Baldwin.
Engraving. Pt 17th century watermark; Plate: 80 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Tears in margins and paper tone.
A portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613) who died in the Tower under suspicious circumstances. Following Overbury's death rumours of foul play started to circulate. As it had been James I who had imprisoned Overbury an inquiry and trial were called. Friend of Overbury and former favourite of the King, Robert Cecil and his wife, along with four accomplices were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death though Cecil and his wife were eventually pardoned.
[Ref: 41554] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
for Ric: Baldwin.
Engraving. Pt 17th century watermark; Plate: 80 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Tears in margins and paper tone.
A portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613) who died in the Tower under suspicious circumstances. Following Overbury's death rumours of foul play started to circulate. As it had been James I who had imprisoned Overbury an inquiry and trial were called. Friend of Overbury and former favourite of the King, Robert Cecil and his wife, along with four accomplices were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death though Cecil and his wife were eventually pardoned.
[Ref: 41554] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Patch shooting his Benefactor.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet: 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Vertical folds. Small margins.
A scene showing Richard Patch (1770-1805) shooting Isaac Blight over a disagreement about money. Patch was in the service of Blight and lodged with the family.
[Ref: 41585] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1805.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet: 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Vertical folds. Small margins.
A scene showing Richard Patch (1770-1805) shooting Isaac Blight over a disagreement about money. Patch was in the service of Blight and lodged with the family.
[Ref: 41585] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Will.m Pitt.
The original painted in crayons by S. De Kostar, and Exhibited at the London Tavern, August 14th 1799.
Publish'd August 23, 1799, by J. Brydon, No.7 Charing Cross.
Stipple. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24.
[Ref: 41449] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The original painted in crayons by S. De Kostar, and Exhibited at the London Tavern, August 14th 1799.
Publish'd August 23, 1799, by J. Brydon, No.7 Charing Cross.
Stipple. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24.
[Ref: 41449] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Aegidius Sadeler. Un de premiers engraveurs de toute le monde. il est ne en Anvers l'an 1570 [...]
Aegidius Sadeler pinxit. Pet. De Iode sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 165 x 115mm. Glued to backing sheet. Small margins.
Aegidius Sadeler II (?1570-1629), engraver, draughtsman and painter. Part of an important family of engravers, publishers and printsellers in Antwerp, Aegidius moved to Munich as a young man and also visited Rome. In around 1597 he arrived in Prague, working as an imperial engraver at the courts of Rudolf II, Matthias and Ferdinand II. Aegidius was admired for the psychological insight of his engravings, which earned him the sobriquet of the 'Phoenix of Engraving'. Engraving after a self-portrait, from the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 41463] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Aegidius Sadeler pinxit. Pet. De Iode sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 165 x 115mm. Glued to backing sheet. Small margins.
Aegidius Sadeler II (?1570-1629), engraver, draughtsman and painter. Part of an important family of engravers, publishers and printsellers in Antwerp, Aegidius moved to Munich as a young man and also visited Rome. In around 1597 he arrived in Prague, working as an imperial engraver at the courts of Rudolf II, Matthias and Ferdinand II. Aegidius was admired for the psychological insight of his engravings, which earned him the sobriquet of the 'Phoenix of Engraving'. Engraving after a self-portrait, from the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 41463] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Voltaire] Le Heros de Ferney au theatre de Chatelaine.](jpegs/41622.jpg)
[Voltaire] Le Heros de Ferney au theatre de Chatelaine. "Ne prend pas a trop, tu ne scaurais qu'ecrire. [/] "Tes Vers forcent mes pleurs, mais tes gestes me font rire." Anon.
T. O. ft. 1772.
Etching. Sheet: 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"), laid on 18th century album sheet. Trimmed within plate.
A rare image by Thomas Orde, Lord Bolton, showing a comic portrait of Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) dressed as a theatrical hero upon the stage. In 1759 Voltaire moved to Ferney where he delighted in the theatre de Chatelaine on the border between Ferney and Geneva, in which theatre was banned. He encouraged the theatre and they often performed his plays, drawing in huge crowds. In 1772 Voltaire had lots of success with his theatre and Henri-Louis Lekain, the leading actor of the Comedie Francaise, even travelled down from Paris to perform several times at the theatre.
BM Satire 5071.
[Ref: 41622] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T. O. ft. 1772.
Etching. Sheet: 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"), laid on 18th century album sheet. Trimmed within plate.
A rare image by Thomas Orde, Lord Bolton, showing a comic portrait of Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) dressed as a theatrical hero upon the stage. In 1759 Voltaire moved to Ferney where he delighted in the theatre de Chatelaine on the border between Ferney and Geneva, in which theatre was banned. He encouraged the theatre and they often performed his plays, drawing in huge crowds. In 1772 Voltaire had lots of success with his theatre and Henri-Louis Lekain, the leading actor of the Comedie Francaise, even travelled down from Paris to perform several times at the theatre.
BM Satire 5071.
[Ref: 41622] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[A collection of prints relating to the Trial of Governor Wall.]](jpegs/41609.jpg)
[A collection of prints relating to the Trial of Governor Wall.]
[n.d., c.1802.]
5 etchings on four album sheets. Sheets: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Laid on album sheets, trimmed, some paper tone.
A collection of five etchings showing various scenes from the life and trial of Joseph Wall (1727-1802), Lieutenant Governor of Gorée near Senegal who was tried and executed for the fatal flogging of one of his soldiers. The collection contains a prospect of Gorée, a portrait of Wall, a scene showing the fatal flogging, Wall in prison and his execution.
[Ref: 41609] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1802.]
5 etchings on four album sheets. Sheets: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Laid on album sheets, trimmed, some paper tone.
A collection of five etchings showing various scenes from the life and trial of Joseph Wall (1727-1802), Lieutenant Governor of Gorée near Senegal who was tried and executed for the fatal flogging of one of his soldiers. The collection contains a prospect of Gorée, a portrait of Wall, a scene showing the fatal flogging, Wall in prison and his execution.
[Ref: 41609] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of Kings Bench.
Gen.t Mag. May 1768.
Engraving. 18th century watermark; Plate: 195 x 150mm, (7¾ x 6"), with very large margins. Vertical folds as issued.
A scene showing the Court of the King's Bench during John Wilkes (1725-1797) trial for libel. Having been found guilty in absentia in January 1764 Wilkes had fled to France, however, forced by French creditors he returned to London in 1768, in a bid to change the government in the hopes of overturning his sentence he stood as a candidate for parliament for Middlesex. After losing the election he handed himself into the Court of the Kings Bench and was fine £1000 and sentenced to two years in prison. Following his imprisonment, Wilkes supporters gathered by the Court of Kings Bench and were fired upon by troops. Seven men were killed and fifteen injured in what became known as the St George's Field Massacre.
[Ref: 41515] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Gen.t Mag. May 1768.
Engraving. 18th century watermark; Plate: 195 x 150mm, (7¾ x 6"), with very large margins. Vertical folds as issued.
A scene showing the Court of the King's Bench during John Wilkes (1725-1797) trial for libel. Having been found guilty in absentia in January 1764 Wilkes had fled to France, however, forced by French creditors he returned to London in 1768, in a bid to change the government in the hopes of overturning his sentence he stood as a candidate for parliament for Middlesex. After losing the election he handed himself into the Court of the Kings Bench and was fine £1000 and sentenced to two years in prison. Following his imprisonment, Wilkes supporters gathered by the Court of Kings Bench and were fired upon by troops. Seven men were killed and fifteen injured in what became known as the St George's Field Massacre.
[Ref: 41515] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)