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[Coldbath Fields Prison.] The House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields.
[Coldbath Fields Prison.] The House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields. The View taken near Grays Inn Road.
J.King del. J.Mills sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed.
A view of Coldbath Fields Prison formerly known as the Middlesex House of Correction and Clerkenwell Gaol. a prison in the Mount Pleasant area of Clerkenwell, London. Founded in the reign of James I (1603 - 1625) it was completely rebuilt in 1794 and extended in 1850. It housed prisoners on short sentences of up to two years. Blocks emerged to segregate felons, misdemeanants and vagrants. The prison closed in 1885.
[Ref: 68764]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Mrs. Forty,
Mrs. Forty, 30 years Pumper at Chelt.m Spa, Dedicated to its Visitors, by Their most Respectfull Humbl Servent J Spornberg and Published by him as the act Directs June 1st 1803.
Stipple, platemark 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼").
Unusual locally-published print of the well-known Cheltenham personality Hannah Forty (1744-1816), who pumped water for the visitors to the spa from 1772 until the first day of 1816. A monument to her exists in Cheltenham Minster St. Mary's. When George III visited Cheltenham he quipped to her: 'Mrs Forty, you and your husband together make eighty'. This bon mot is often quoted to prove the king had a sence of humour, just not a very good one.
[Ref: 38889]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Surrey County Goal, in Horse Monger Lane.
The Surrey County Goal, in Horse Monger Lane. Near Stones end Southwark and the new manner of Executing Criminals thereon.
J.King del. J.Mills sculp.
[n.d, c.1800.]
Engraving. 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Damaged, right centre border.
A view of Horsemonger Lane Gaol, a prison close to present-day Newington Causeway in Southwark, south London. Built at the end of the 18th century, it was in use until 1878.
[Ref: 68766]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Putney School.
Putney School.
Drawn & Engraved by J.W. Harding 1808.
Aquatint. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Framed. Stains, some ink mss. showing through from reverse.
A view of Putney School, a school and hospital for incurables, with residents playing cricket in the grounds. As Putney House, it had been the country house of the Duke of Hamilton.
[Ref: 67049]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Putney School.
Putney School.
Drawn & Engraved by J.W. Harding 1808.
Aquatint. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Framed. Some toning of paper.
A view of Putney School, a school and hospital for incurables, with residents playing cricket in the grounds. As Putney House, it had been the country house of the Duke of Hamilton.
[Ref: 67050]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Portrait of  H M late Ship Sylph off the Gull Light House, Connecticut, N America.
Portrait of H M late Ship Sylph off the Gull Light House, Connecticut, N America.
J.G. delt Baily sc.
Published 30 April 1818 by J. Gold, 103 Shoe Lane London
Aquatint, 145 x 230mm. 9 x 5¾". Laid on separate sheet of paper.
HM Sylph passing a lighthouse in Connecticut, USA.
[Ref: 8789]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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'W' Hyde Park MDCCCXLIII. W. Anniversary of Salamanca.
'W' Hyde Park MDCCCXLIII. W. Anniversary of Salamanca.
Sketched and litho: by J.G.
Published by J.Izzard, 46, Upper Brook Str.t.
Lithograph. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
The Duke of Wellington on horseback from behind, in uniform.
[Ref: 3407]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. James Weston.
Mr. James Weston.
J.Dowling pinx. J.Cole sculp.
[n.d., c.1743.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of the stenographer James Weston, the frontispiece for 'Stenography' (1743).
[Ref: 65995]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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