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[Mrs Chelsum] Inscribed to the best of Parents by her affectionate Son, J.C.D.D. AEt: 87 A.o 1789. Me, let the tender office long engage...
S. Elmer pinxit. W.m Pether sculpsit.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Mrs Chelsum with six lines of verse from Pope underneath the dedication line. She wears gloves, a dark shawl, dark sash around her waist and dark bonnet tied under her chin with a frilled white cap underneath. Mary Chelsum (née Ward, born 1702), boarding-house keeper and mother of James Chelsum (c. 1740-1801), clergyman and author. CS4 II of II.
[Ref: 61574] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Black Game.
Painted by Elmere. Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
Published Oct.r 16th, 1807 by W.D.Jones, High Street, Oxford.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 430mm.
A cock and hen, after a painting by Stephen Elmer (c.1714-1796), a painter of hunting subjects who exhibited at the Royal Academy. Engraved by Charles Turner (1773-1857). Whitman: 726, state ii of ii. See 16023 for 'Red Game'
[Ref: 16024] £520.00
Red Game.
Painted by Elmere. Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
Published Oct.r 16th, 1807 by W.D.Jones, High Street, Oxford.
Mezzotint, 380 x 430mm. Crease.
A brace of red grouse, after a painting by Stephen Elmer (c.1714-1796), a painter of hunting subjects who exhibited at the Royal Academy. Engraved by Charles Turner (1773-1857). Whitman 727, state ii of ii. See 16024 for 'Black Game'.
[Ref: 16023] £520.00
The Hawk.
S. Elmer pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp [reworking a plate by Robert Laurie].
London. Published July 1. 1824 by Z.[Swe]et. 38, Chancery Lane.
Scarce mezzotint. 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"), with large margins Some restoration, laid on archival paper.
A hawk standing over its prey in a woodland clearing, its right foot on the smaller bird's chest, its wings outspread. The plate was originally engraved by Robert Laurie and published by B.B. Evens in 1803 as a pair to 'Trout'. For this reissue the plate was cut down, with some re-engraving. Not in Siltzer. See BM 1868,0808.2642. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64483] £360.00
The Hawk.
S. Elmer pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp [reworking a plate by Robert Laurie].
London. Published July 1. 1824 by Z. Sweet. 38, Chancery Lane.
Scarce mezzotint. 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"). Slight mount burn. Small margins.
A hawk standing over its prey in a woodland clearing, its right foot on the smaller bird's chest, its wings outspread. The plate was originally engraved by Robert Laurie and published by B.B. Evens in 1803 as a pair to 'Trout'. For this reissue the plate was cut down, with some re-engraving.
[Ref: 65702] £420.00
The Hawk.
S. Elmer pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp [reworking a plate by Robert Laurie].
London. Published July 1. 1824 by Z. Sweet. 38, Chancery Lane.
Scarce mezzotint. 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"). Repaired tears, creasing. Small margins.
A hawk standing over its prey in a woodland clearing, its right foot on the smaller bird's chest, its wings outspread. The plate was originally engraved by Robert Laurie and published by B.B. Evens in 1803 as a pair to 'Trout'. For this reissue the plate was cut down, with some re-engraving. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65703] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
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