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Carisbrook-Castle, Isle of Wight.
J. Fry Del.t 1792.
Watercolour and ink. Sheet 248 x 355mm. 9½ x 14".
The gatehouse of the historic Carisbrook Castle; it was here where Charles I was imprisoned in the months prior to his trial.
[Ref: 20349] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Matthias Earbery. Quid Valeant Humeri Quid Ferre Recusent
J. Fry Pinx. J. Cole sculp.
[n.d., 1717.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 130 x 175mm (5¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate, some rubbing, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of nonjuring clergyman Mathias Earbery (1690-1740). It was the frontispiece to his ironically-named 'The History of the Clemency of our English Monarchs', a critique of the treatment of Jacobite rebel prisoners that was branded seditious libel, forcing him to go abroad. Sharp 395.
[Ref: 68969] £160.00
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Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight.
J. Fry del.t. 1790.
Ink and watercolour, 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9") within mss. border, total 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"). Laid on album paper.
The cliffs on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, with Shanklin Chine, a ravine cut through the soft rock by a stream. Fry appears to have been a local artist.
[Ref: 12101] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
View from the beach at Steep-Hill, Isle of Wight.
J. Fry del.t. 1793.
Ink and watercolour, 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9") within mss. border, total 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"), laid on album paper.
The cliffs on the south coast of the Isle of Wight at Steephillm near Ventnor. Fry appears to have been a local artist.
[Ref: 12102] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
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