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Sr. Richard Blackmore Kt.
I.Closterman pinx. R.Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Very scarce and fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins, some foxing and creasing. Damage to upper right corner.
Portrait of Sir Richard Blackmore (1654 - 1729), English poet and physician, who is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian.
CS: 8. W318. Not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65442] £320.00
I.Closterman pinx. R.Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Very scarce and fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins, some foxing and creasing. Damage to upper right corner.
Portrait of Sir Richard Blackmore (1654 - 1729), English poet and physician, who is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian.
CS: 8. W318. Not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65442] £320.00
The Hon:ble S.r John Blencowe Knight, One of the Justices of hur Maj.ties Court of Comon Pleas. Anno Dom: 1711.
Cloysterman pinxit. W. Sherwin sculpsit.
Iohn King excudit. [n.d. c.1715.]
Copper engraving. 393 x 280mm. 15½ x 11". Cut.
Sir John Blencowe (1642-1726) was a judge and politician. He served as Baron of Exchequer, Judge of the Old Bailey and Member of Parliament for Brackley. He was one of the Justices of Law in the Court of Common Pleas during the reign of Queen Anne. After John Closterman (1660-1711).
[Ref: 24805] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cloysterman pinxit. W. Sherwin sculpsit.
Iohn King excudit. [n.d. c.1715.]
Copper engraving. 393 x 280mm. 15½ x 11". Cut.
Sir John Blencowe (1642-1726) was a judge and politician. He served as Baron of Exchequer, Judge of the Old Bailey and Member of Parliament for Brackley. He was one of the Justices of Law in the Court of Common Pleas during the reign of Queen Anne. After John Closterman (1660-1711).
[Ref: 24805] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Duke of Argyll.
I.Closterman Pinx. R.Williams Fec.
Anno Domini 1704.
Rare mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear upper left.
Portrait of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (1680 - 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Siege of Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession.
CS: 3: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65431] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
I.Closterman Pinx. R.Williams Fec.
Anno Domini 1704.
Rare mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear upper left.
Portrait of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (1680 - 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Siege of Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession.
CS: 3: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65431] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Gulielmus Cowper Chyrurgus.
I. Closterman pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
A portrait of English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666 - 1709) , half-length in an oval. This portrait was prefixed to Cowper's 'Anatomy of Humane Bodies' (Oxford, 1698).
Chaloner Smith. 64. Wellcome: 701
[Ref: 39383] £380.00
I. Closterman pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
A portrait of English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666 - 1709) , half-length in an oval. This portrait was prefixed to Cowper's 'Anatomy of Humane Bodies' (Oxford, 1698).
Chaloner Smith. 64. Wellcome: 701
[Ref: 39383] £380.00
![[Francis Le Piper.]](jpegs/45990.jpg)
[Francis Le Piper.] Monsieur L' Piper.
Closterman pinx Luttrell sc.
Beckett excud [c.1690].
Mezzotint, scarce; sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). False margins added on album page.
Francis Le Piper (d.1695), artist whose only surviving works are a series of iillustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras' (divided between Tate and Rye Art Gallery) and a group of drawings in the British Museum. According to Buckeridge (whose memoir is the source of all biographical information about the artist), Le Piper's travels took him as far as Egypt. This portrait, published by Isaac Beckett (for whom Le Piper worked at one point), is the only known likeness of Le Piper.
No in CS; but Russell (13a)
[Ref: 45990] £360.00
Closterman pinx Luttrell sc.
Beckett excud [c.1690].
Mezzotint, scarce; sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). False margins added on album page.
Francis Le Piper (d.1695), artist whose only surviving works are a series of iillustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras' (divided between Tate and Rye Art Gallery) and a group of drawings in the British Museum. According to Buckeridge (whose memoir is the source of all biographical information about the artist), Le Piper's travels took him as far as Egypt. This portrait, published by Isaac Beckett (for whom Le Piper worked at one point), is the only known likeness of Le Piper.
No in CS; but Russell (13a)
[Ref: 45990] £360.00
Thomas Maxwell Esq.r Major General of the Army, and Commander of the Dragoons in Ireland. &c.
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on Whatman paper watermarked 1801.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Glued to 19th century album page, with some creasing and scratching to left edge of image.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
Chaloner Smith: 180, ii of ii. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 8929] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on Whatman paper watermarked 1801.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Glued to 19th century album page, with some creasing and scratching to left edge of image.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
Chaloner Smith: 180, ii of ii. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 8929] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Maxwell Esq.r Major General of the Army, and Commander of the Dragoons in Ireland. &c.
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on laid paper, c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, slight foxing.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
CS180, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 68647] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on laid paper, c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, slight foxing.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
CS180, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 68647] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Maxwell Esq.r Major General of the Army, and Commander of the Dragoons in Ireland. &c.
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[n.d., 1692.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Thread margins, slight foxing.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
CS 180, ii of ii, published state with title. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 68646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[n.d., 1692.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Thread margins, slight foxing.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
CS 180, ii of ii, published state with title. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 68646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Ralph Duke of Montagu [ms]](jpegs/27239.jpg)
Ralph Duke of Montagu [ms]
[anonymous engraver after John Closterman, c.1705-9]
Mezzotint with very large margins; platemark approx 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Holes on right from earlier binding; very scarce.
Portrait of Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638-1709), courtier and diplomat. He welcomed the arrival of William of Orange, who created Montagu Viscount Monthemer and Earl of Montagu in 1689. In 1705 he was created Duke of Montagu and Marquess of Montherner. His Bloomsbury residence, Montagu House, was purchased to house the collection of the British Museum, which purpose it served until it was demolished in the 1840s to make room for larger premises.
CS: engraver not ascertained, class II, 70. ForMontagu House see ref. 8769
[Ref: 27239] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[anonymous engraver after John Closterman, c.1705-9]
Mezzotint with very large margins; platemark approx 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Holes on right from earlier binding; very scarce.
Portrait of Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638-1709), courtier and diplomat. He welcomed the arrival of William of Orange, who created Montagu Viscount Monthemer and Earl of Montagu in 1689. In 1705 he was created Duke of Montagu and Marquess of Montherner. His Bloomsbury residence, Montagu House, was purchased to house the collection of the British Museum, which purpose it served until it was demolished in the 1840s to make room for larger premises.
CS: engraver not ascertained, class II, 70. ForMontagu House see ref. 8769
[Ref: 27239] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.r William Petty Kn.t Fellow of the Royall Society. Obit 16. Dec.r 1687. Anno Aetat: 63.
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, fine impression, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Thread margins. Trimmed to plate on left in areas. Very slight creasing.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68838] £490.00
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, fine impression, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Thread margins. Trimmed to plate on left in areas. Very slight creasing.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68838] £490.00
S.r William Petty Kn.t Fellow of the Royall Society. Obit 16. Dec.r 1687. Anno Aetat: 63.
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, fine impression; 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Thread margins.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68843] £490.00
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, fine impression; 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Thread margins.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68843] £490.00
S.r William Petty Kn.t Fellow of the Royall Society. Obit 16. Dec.r 1687. Anno Aetat: 63.
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Small margins. Left margin slightly damaged. Creasing. Repaired tear top left. Light foxing. Thread margins.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68844] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Small margins. Left margin slightly damaged. Creasing. Repaired tear top left. Light foxing. Thread margins.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a famous political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society and mapmaker. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68844] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
S.r William Petty Kn.t Fellow of the Royall Society. Obit 16. Dec.r 1687. Anno Aetat: 63.
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Trimmed to plate and laid on 18th century album sheet.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collections of Lady Lucas of Credwell & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68848] £320.00
I Closterman pinx.
I. Smith fec: et ex: [n.d. c.1696]
Mezzotint, 345 x 255mm (13¼ x 10). Trimmed to plate and laid on 18th century album sheet.
Half length portrait of Sir William Petty (1623-1687), wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown and set within an oval. Petty was a political economist & philosopher, a founding member of the Royal Society. He also studied medicine at Oxford University and by 1651 he had become an anatomy instructor at Brasenose College. In 1652 he went to Ireland with Cromwell's army, where he made a fortune surveying the land to be confiscated and distributed amongst the victors. This work became known as the 'Down Survey', which he published in 1685 as 'Hiberniae Delineatio.'
CS 201 II of II. Welcome 2292. Ex: collections of Lady Lucas of Credwell & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68848] £320.00
![[Henry Purcell.]](jpegs/16964.jpg)
[Henry Purcell.]
Anon., c.1820s.
Stipple, proof before letters, very scarce, sheet 195 x 155mm. 7¾ x 6". Trimmed within plate; creasing.
Bust portrait of Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695), composer, based on the painting by John Closterman (1660 - 1711). Purcell is said to have written his first composition at the age of eleven in honour of Charles II's birthday. He became organist of Westminster Abbey in 1679, and of the Chapel Royal in 1682. He composed religious anthems, secular songs, instrumental pieces, odes, music for plays and 'semi-operas', and the famous Dido and Aeneas, one of the first English operas, and the Fairy Queen. According to John Evelyn he was 'esteemed to be the best composer of any Englishman hitherto'.
[Ref: 16964] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Anon., c.1820s.
Stipple, proof before letters, very scarce, sheet 195 x 155mm. 7¾ x 6". Trimmed within plate; creasing.
Bust portrait of Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695), composer, based on the painting by John Closterman (1660 - 1711). Purcell is said to have written his first composition at the age of eleven in honour of Charles II's birthday. He became organist of Westminster Abbey in 1679, and of the Chapel Royal in 1682. He composed religious anthems, secular songs, instrumental pieces, odes, music for plays and 'semi-operas', and the famous Dido and Aeneas, one of the first English operas, and the Fairy Queen. According to John Evelyn he was 'esteemed to be the best composer of any Englishman hitherto'.
[Ref: 16964] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Sansom. Died the 20th April 1705.
J. Closterman pinx. J. Smith fec.
[n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of a man in a long dark wig and lace cravat. His precise identity was not known to Chaloner Smith or the British Museum. However there is a floor slab in St Olave's Church in the City of London for ''John Sansom of the Custom House, died 20 April 1705'', suggesting this is the John Sansom the Elder who was Secretary to the Commissioners of the Customs.
CS 225, i of ii.
[Ref: 68663] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Closterman pinx. J. Smith fec.
[n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of a man in a long dark wig and lace cravat. His precise identity was not known to Chaloner Smith or the British Museum. However there is a floor slab in St Olave's Church in the City of London for ''John Sansom of the Custom House, died 20 April 1705'', suggesting this is the John Sansom the Elder who was Secretary to the Commissioners of the Customs.
CS 225, i of ii.
[Ref: 68663] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Eleazar Wigan Writing Mr. At the Hand and Pen on Great Tower Hill London, MDCLXXXXV. Penna Vetat Mori.
I. Closterman Pinxit. I. Sturt Sculpsit. 96.
[1696.]
Fine engraving. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of writing master Eleazar Wigan, used as the frontispiece of his 1696 "Practical arithmetick an introduction to ye whole art wherein the most necessary rules are fairly describ'd in the usuall hands adorn'd with great variety of flourishes perform'd by command of hand design'd to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for merchandise or trade".
BM: 1881,0611.333.
[Ref: 55206] £380.00
I. Closterman Pinxit. I. Sturt Sculpsit. 96.
[1696.]
Fine engraving. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of writing master Eleazar Wigan, used as the frontispiece of his 1696 "Practical arithmetick an introduction to ye whole art wherein the most necessary rules are fairly describ'd in the usuall hands adorn'd with great variety of flourishes perform'd by command of hand design'd to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for merchandise or trade".
BM: 1881,0611.333.
[Ref: 55206] £380.00
Eleazer Wigan Writing Mr. At the Hand and Pen on Great Tower Hill / London MDCLXXXXV
[John Sturt after John Closterman]
Rare engraving, on verso in ink 7:6; sheet 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed
Eleazer Wigan, writing master. Frontispiece to his 'Practical Arithmetick: An introduction to ye whole art wherein the most necessary rules are fairly describ'd in the usuall hands adorn'd with great variety of flourishes perform'd by command of hand design'd to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for merchandize or trade' (1695).
O'D 1 (only likeness). Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 38869] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[John Sturt after John Closterman]
Rare engraving, on verso in ink 7:6; sheet 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed
Eleazer Wigan, writing master. Frontispiece to his 'Practical Arithmetick: An introduction to ye whole art wherein the most necessary rules are fairly describ'd in the usuall hands adorn'd with great variety of flourishes perform'd by command of hand design'd to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for merchandize or trade' (1695).
O'D 1 (only likeness). Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 38869] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Chr. Wren [facsimile signature].](jpegs/59414.jpg)
Chr. Wren [facsimile signature]. Proof.
Engraved by Edw.d Scriven, Historical Engraver to His Majesty [after John Closterman). Printed by McQueen & Co.
London; Published by Priestley & Weale, High Street, Bloomsbury, 1823.
Proof stipple and engraving. Sheet 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723), his St Paul's Cathedral behind, after the oil by Closterman now in the Royal Society. The frontispiece to James Elmes's ''Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren''.
[Ref: 59414] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Edw.d Scriven, Historical Engraver to His Majesty [after John Closterman). Printed by McQueen & Co.
London; Published by Priestley & Weale, High Street, Bloomsbury, 1823.
Proof stipple and engraving. Sheet 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723), his St Paul's Cathedral behind, after the oil by Closterman now in the Royal Society. The frontispiece to James Elmes's ''Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren''.
[Ref: 59414] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)