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[Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r.
[Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.]
[Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before letters. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear entering image taped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 65632] for lettered version.
[Ref: 64346]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r.
Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.
Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 285mm (14¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, top left corner chipped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 64346] for proof impression.
[Ref: 65632]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mungo Park.]
[Mungo Park.]
[Drawn & Engraved by H. Dawe.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions.
A fanciful scene of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) lying barefoot, under an awning, being tended by a native woman, during his expedition in search of the source of the Niger in 1795-7. Georgian Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, composed a song around this act of charity, for which this is an illustration.
[Ref: 66678]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Phillips as Claudia. In Rienzi. Claud. Me thought a bridal should be merrier: not merrier but happier. Act IV. Scene 4.
Miss Phillips as Claudia. In Rienzi. Claud. Me thought a bridal should be merrier: not merrier but happier. Act IV. Scene 4.
Painted from the Life and Drawn on Stone by H. Dawe. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by Mr. Dawe, 6, Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town & C. Bird, 4C, Wigmore St. Cavendish Sqre.
Lithograph on india. Sheet 495 x 343mm. 19½ x 13½".
Possibly Eliza Phillips; famous for her Wagnerian roles.
[Ref: 15717]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Vicissitudes of An Indiaman.
Vicissitudes of An Indiaman.
Painted by J.F. Ellis. Engraved by H. Dawe.
[R. Ackermann. c.1835.]
Very scarce, 33 plates (?of more), including 2 duplicates, inside a green leather and card volume, 4to. Colour-printed mezzotints c.135 x 180mm, 5¼ x 7"., trimmed within the platemark but outside image and title, most with loss of caption above, mounted on card, within buckram folder, hinges split. Broken covers.
Plates depicting the launch in India, faring under various climatic and other conditions, to being broken up on the Thames. An East Indiaman, which was a ship operating under charter or license to any of the any of the East India Companies, and usually ran between England, the Cape of Good Hope and India, with main ports in Bombay, Madras an Calcutta.
Ex the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 23953]   £1,200.00   view all images for this item
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Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. This Print representing Her Majesty in the Royal Closet, St George's Chapel, Windsor. Is by Especial Permission Dedicated to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent by H.R.H. Most Obedient and very devoted Servant. H.E. Dawe. Proof.
Painted by H.E. Dawe. Engraved by J. Posselwhite.
Printed by G. Dawe 9. Southampton Pl. Euston Sq.re Presented by Smith, Rogerson & Co. with the Liverpool Mercury. In Honor of Her Majesty's Royal Consort Prince Albert, laying the Foundation Stone of the Sailors Home: Liverpool, July21, 1846.
Stipple. Plate 481 x 330mm. 19 x 13". Trimmed.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) spent much of her time at Windsor, particularly in the years following Albert's death.
[Ref: 20669]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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