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Alexander Cruden, M. A.
Drawn from the Life by T Fry. Engravd by T Trotter.
Published as the Act directs for C. Dilly; and the rest of the Proprietors in London, May 5th 1785.
Etching, published state, frontispiece to Cruden's 'A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures...' 240 x 185mm, 9½ x 7¼". A fine impression.
Bust portrait in oval frame of Alexander Cruden (1701 - 1770), 'a pious Scot of enormous industry and pendantry' (Martin Gayford, 'Constable in Love'). Cruen was author of the 'Biblical Concordances' (J. Buckland, 1785); coat-of-arms below. After Thomas Frye (c.1710 - 1762). See BL 467.d.9.
[Ref: 22386] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander Cruden, M. A.
Drawn from the Life by T Fry. Engravd by T Trotter.
[London: C. Dilly; 1785.]
Etching, scratched-letter state, frontispiece to Cruden's 'A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures...' 240 x 185mm, 9½ x 7¼". A fine impression.
Bust portrait in oval frame of Alexander Cruden (1701 - 1770), 'a pious Scot of enormous industry and pendantry' (Martin Gayford, 'Constable in Love'). Cruden was author of the 'Biblical Concordances' (J. Buckland, 1785); coat-of-arms below. After Thomas Frye (c.1710 - 1762). See BL 467.d.9.
[Ref: 22387] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
His most Sacred Majesty George the III King of Great Britain, & c. & c. Attended by Emblematical figures representing Justice, Power, &c. &c. Quo nihil majus meliusve terris Fata donavere, bonique Divi, Nec dabunt, quamvis redeant in aurum, Tempora priscum.
Walker & Frye Delin. Charles Spooner Fecit.
[n.d. 1760.]
Mezzotint 352 x 250mm. Very fine and most unusual mezzotint.
Separate plate head for a broadside: 'His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday Eighteenth Day of November, 1760.' CS: 16 ii of iv.
[Ref: 2590] £580.00
[Clement Lempriere] C. Lempriere. In Reg: Exerc. Centur. Et in Re Torment Delin. Primar. 1745.
T. Frye Pinxit 1735. I. Faber Fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 330mm, with large margins Crease top right corner. Cockling in corners where previously glued to backing sheet.
A half-length portrait in oval of Clement Lempriere (1683–1746) who, having mapped the routes of the Highlands of Scotland in 1725, was made Draughtsman to the Office of Ordnance in 1727, with an office in the Tower of London. His publications included views of his home island of Jersey, Scotland, Portugal, Bermuda and the Balearics, as well as a maps of Jersey and Bermuda. Map interest. CS: 219, only state. Russell 219, ii.
[Ref: 67261] £340.00
[Clement Lempriere] C. Lempriere. In Reg: Exerc. Centur. Et in Re Torment Delin. Primar. 1745.
T. Frye Pinxit 1735. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Clement Lempriere (1683-1746) who, having mapped the routes of the Highlands of Scotland in 1725, was made Draughtsman to the Office of Ordnance in 1727, with an office in the Tower of London. His publications included views of his home island of Jersey, Scotland, Portugal, Bermuda and the Balearics, as well as a maps of Jersey and Bermuda. Map interest. CS: 219, only state. Russell 219, ii.
[Ref: 68806] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Leveridge.
T. Frye pinxit. W.m Pether fecit.
Sold by W.m Pether, in Great Newport Street, Leicester Fields. Pr. 2s. [n.d. c.1758.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"), with large margins. Surface scuffs at top corners.
Half-length portrait of singer and composer Richard Leveridge (1670 - 1758), holding sheet music and with right hand held up to mark the time. An associate of Henry Purcell, he composed over 150 songs, the best known being the patriotic ballad 'The Roast Beef of Old England'. CD 23, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 64890] £360.00
(£432.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Leveridge.
T. Frye pinxit. W.m Pether fecit.
Sold by W.m Pether, in Great Newport Street, Leicester Fields. Pr. 2s. [n.d. c.1758.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"). Creasing in top corners, small tear entering inscription area taped. Small margins.
Half-length portrait of singer and composer Richard Leveridge (1670 - 1758), holding sheet music and with right hand held up to mark the time. An associate of Henry Purcell, he composed over 150 songs, the best known being the patriotic ballad 'The Roast Beef of Old England'. CD 23, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64889] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
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