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The Right Hon.ble Will.m Beckford Esq.r Lord Mayor, and Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of this Mayoralty, and the third Time of his Representing that City in Parliament.
J. Dixon del.t et fecit.
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Dixon del.t et fecit.
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ireland] The Right Rever.d, & Hon.ble William Carmichaell L.L.D Lord Bishop of Meath, and One of his Majesties most Hon.ble Privy Council. Concecrated A.D. MDCCLIII.](jpegs/37694.jpg)
[Ireland] The Right Rever.d, & Hon.ble William Carmichaell L.L.D Lord Bishop of Meath, and One of his Majesties most Hon.ble Privy Council. Concecrated A.D. MDCCLIII.
J. Ennis Pinx.t. J. Dixon fecit.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
A portrait of William Carmichael (1702 - 1765), the son of the second Earl of Hyndford. Carmichael was Archbishop of Dublin for a brief period in 1765 and had previously been Archdeacon of Buckingham (1742 - 1753), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753 - 1758), Ferns and Leighlin (1758) and Meath (1758 - 1765).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 10.
[Ref: 37694] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ennis Pinx.t. J. Dixon fecit.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
A portrait of William Carmichael (1702 - 1765), the son of the second Earl of Hyndford. Carmichael was Archbishop of Dublin for a brief period in 1765 and had previously been Archdeacon of Buckingham (1742 - 1753), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753 - 1758), Ferns and Leighlin (1758) and Meath (1758 - 1765).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 10.
[Ref: 37694] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
![[Untitled landscape]](jpegs/69476.jpg)
[Untitled landscape]
Engraved by John Dixon, & partly designed by him after a Drawing in Black Lead.
[n.d, c.1790.]
Scarce etching with engraving. 225 x 290mm (8¾ x 11½"), on laid paper. Laid on archival paper, lettering indistinct.
A landscape with a river flowing through rocks beside a cliff, with two travellers on a road at the right.
See BM 1875,0710.14 for an example with Robert Wilkinson's address.
[Ref: 69476] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by John Dixon, & partly designed by him after a Drawing in Black Lead.
[n.d, c.1790.]
Scarce etching with engraving. 225 x 290mm (8¾ x 11½"), on laid paper. Laid on archival paper, lettering indistinct.
A landscape with a river flowing through rocks beside a cliff, with two travellers on a road at the right.
See BM 1875,0710.14 for an example with Robert Wilkinson's address.
[Ref: 69476] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Oxford Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, MDCCXCIV. A South View of the Observatory.
J. Dixon delin. W. Lowry sculp.
[n.d., 1794].
Engraving, sheet 380 x 475mm (15 x 18¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford, which was finished in that same year and which is now part of Green College. The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press since 1674. John Dixon (c. 1740 - 1811) mezzotint engraver who had trained as a painter in Dublin then moved to London in 1765 where he married a rich widow in 1775, and henceforth only engraved for amusement.
[Ref: 56973] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Dixon delin. W. Lowry sculp.
[n.d., 1794].
Engraving, sheet 380 x 475mm (15 x 18¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford, which was finished in that same year and which is now part of Green College. The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press since 1674. John Dixon (c. 1740 - 1811) mezzotint engraver who had trained as a painter in Dublin then moved to London in 1765 where he married a rich widow in 1775, and henceforth only engraved for amusement.
[Ref: 56973] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
An Inside View of the Pantheon exhibiting their Majesties Box &c. as fitted up under the direction of Mr James Wyatt, for the Commemoration of Handel. European Magazine.
J. Dixon del.t. Angus sculp.
Published as the Act directs by J. Sewell May 25, 1784.
Etching with engraving. 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, original binding folds.
The Pantheon, a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, was designed by James Wyatt and opened in 1772. It was named after the temple in Rome because of its rotunda, over one of the largest rooms in England, as shown here.
[Ref: 58667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Dixon del.t. Angus sculp.
Published as the Act directs by J. Sewell May 25, 1784.
Etching with engraving. 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, original binding folds.
The Pantheon, a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, was designed by James Wyatt and opened in 1772. It was named after the temple in Rome because of its rotunda, over one of the largest rooms in England, as shown here.
[Ref: 58667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of the magnificent Box erected for their Majesties, in Westminster Abbey, under the Direction of M.r James Wyatt, at the Commemoration of Handel.
J. Dixon del. W. & J. Walker sculp.t.
[Publish'd by J.Sewell 30 June, 1784]
Rare engraving, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Foxing on album sheet.
From a series illustrating Handel's memorial in 1784. View of the nave of Westminster abbey with huge crowds of spectators, dominated by the box at the end, with tiered seating and window behind.
[Ref: 61645] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Dixon del. W. & J. Walker sculp.t.
[Publish'd by J.Sewell 30 June, 1784]
Rare engraving, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Foxing on album sheet.
From a series illustrating Handel's memorial in 1784. View of the nave of Westminster abbey with huge crowds of spectators, dominated by the box at the end, with tiered seating and window behind.
[Ref: 61645] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esq.r Lord Mayor of the City of London. And Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex in the year 1775.
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.
Mezzotint with hand-colour, 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Foxed. Light creasing, bit tatty.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.
Mezzotint with hand-colour, 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Foxed. Light creasing, bit tatty.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esq.r Lord Mayor of the City of London. And Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex in the year 1775.
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), with large margins on three sides. On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at the bottom losing the publication line.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68791] £320.00
[after John Dixon?] Carrington Bowles excudit
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls ChurchYard, London. Published as the Act directs Nov.r 9.th 1774.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), with large margins on three sides. On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at the bottom losing the publication line.
Whole length seated portrait of John Wilkes (1727-97), wearing fur lined robes and chains of office, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. Wilkes was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.
CS undescribed. Russell 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68791] £320.00