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Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
S. Harding delin. Delatre sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1787 by T. Macklin N.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate,
A scene from Allan Ramsay's poem: a tartan-clad boy draws straws to choose between two beautiful shepherdesses.
[Ref: 44107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
S. Harding delin. Delatre sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1787 by T. Macklin N.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple printed in sepia. Sheet 250 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate,
A scene from Allan Ramsay's poem: a tartan-clad boy draws straws to choose between two beautiful shepherdesses.
[Ref: 44107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton]](jpegs/42320.jpg)
[Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton]
Silvester Harding 1801
Watercolour and wash, sheet 180 x 160mm (7 x 6¼").
Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton (1601-43), army officer. A courtier loyal to the crown, Compton was appointed master of the robes to Prince Charles in 1622 and became a close friend of the future king. He raised troops for the bishops' wars of 1639 and 1640 and was quick to side with the king after the outbreak of civil war in 1642. During the Battle of Hopton Heath in Staffordshire the following year he was killed by a blow to the head from a halberd. Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
[Ref: 42320] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Silvester Harding 1801
Watercolour and wash, sheet 180 x 160mm (7 x 6¼").
Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton (1601-43), army officer. A courtier loyal to the crown, Compton was appointed master of the robes to Prince Charles in 1622 and became a close friend of the future king. He raised troops for the bishops' wars of 1639 and 1640 and was quick to side with the king after the outbreak of civil war in 1642. During the Battle of Hopton Heath in Staffordshire the following year he was killed by a blow to the head from a halberd. Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
[Ref: 42320] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Powell the Pedestrian / Proof [ms]](jpegs/34510.jpg)
Powell the Pedestrian / Proof [ms]
S. Harding fecit. [1788]
Etching, very scarce; proof before title; platemark 310 x 190mm (12¼ x 7½"). Fine impression. Very large margins.
Foster Powell (bap.1734-d.1793), pedestrian whose great walks were undertaken for trifling wagers: in 1792 he walked again from Shoreditch to York Minster and back in 5 days 15¼ hours (135¼ hours), earning £10, said to be the largest fee he ever received. Powell died in poverty, having failed to benefit financially from his walks to the extent of the popular interest his athleticism aroused. Original etching by Silvester Harding (1745x51-1809), artist and publisher who mainly drew theatrical celebrities and copied earlier portraits.
[Ref: 34510] £520.00
S. Harding fecit. [1788]
Etching, very scarce; proof before title; platemark 310 x 190mm (12¼ x 7½"). Fine impression. Very large margins.
Foster Powell (bap.1734-d.1793), pedestrian whose great walks were undertaken for trifling wagers: in 1792 he walked again from Shoreditch to York Minster and back in 5 days 15¼ hours (135¼ hours), earning £10, said to be the largest fee he ever received. Powell died in poverty, having failed to benefit financially from his walks to the extent of the popular interest his athleticism aroused. Original etching by Silvester Harding (1745x51-1809), artist and publisher who mainly drew theatrical celebrities and copied earlier portraits.
[Ref: 34510] £520.00
![[Richard Sterne, archbishop of York]](jpegs/42319.jpg)
[Richard Sterne, archbishop of York]
[Silvester Harding, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"). Glued to backing sheet with hand-drawn border.
Richard Sterne (1595/6-1683), archbishop of York. An active royalist, Sterne was arrested in 1642 and imprisoned in the Tower of London after being placed under house arrest and placed on a coal ship in the Thames (one MP allegedly argued for his transportation to Algiers or America as a slave). In 1645 he regained his liberty and kept a school in Stevenage for fitfteen years before he was singled out for preferment at the Restoration. He became archbishop of York in 1664. Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
For another watercolour of Sterne see ref. 14415.
[Ref: 42319] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Silvester Harding, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"). Glued to backing sheet with hand-drawn border.
Richard Sterne (1595/6-1683), archbishop of York. An active royalist, Sterne was arrested in 1642 and imprisoned in the Tower of London after being placed under house arrest and placed on a coal ship in the Thames (one MP allegedly argued for his transportation to Algiers or America as a slave). In 1645 he regained his liberty and kept a school in Stevenage for fitfteen years before he was singled out for preferment at the Restoration. He became archbishop of York in 1664. Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
For another watercolour of Sterne see ref. 14415.
[Ref: 42319] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)