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Yours very truly, Samuel Gurney April 30. 1859. [facsimile signature]
Yours very truly, Samuel Gurney April 30. 1859. [facsimile signature]
Sydney Hodges 1859.
Hullmandel & Walton, Lithog.s
Tinted lithograph. Rare. Printed area 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Some surface soiling.
Samuel Gurney (1816-82), a member of the Quaker Gurney family, whose Norwich-based bank, Gurney's, merged with Barclay's in 1896. Samuel served as Member of Parliament for Penryn & Falmouth 1857-65. He was also the first Chairman of the London and Provincial District Telegraph Co. Ltd. in 1859 (originally the London District Telegraph Co. Ltd.).
[Ref: 32718]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hope G.C.B.
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hope G.C.B.
Painted by Sydney Hodges. Engraved by W.T. Davey.
London, Published July 2nd. 1883, by Thomas McLean, 7, Haymarket.
Mezzotint. 495 x 370mm, 19½ x 14½". Proof before letters. Fine.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Hope, GCB (1808-1881) was a Royal Navy officer and Admiral of the Fleet. He entered the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth in 1820. Promoted to Vice Admiral in 1864, Admiral in 1870 and finally to Admiral of the Fleet on June 15, 1879, he was also appointed GCB in 1865. He was Commander-in-Chief in the East Indian and China seas from 1859 to 1862, in the West Indies and North America in 1864, and at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1872. James Hope helped the Japanese repell the intrusion of a Russian fleet at Tsushima Island in 1861 in the Tsushima Incident. He was similarly involved in the Second Opium War (1856-1860) and the Battle of Shanghai (1861).
In the NMM. P.S.A. 25 in this state.
[Ref: 12617]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hope G.C.B.]
[Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hope G.C.B.]
[Painted by Sydney Hodges. Engraved by W.T. Davey.]
[London, Published July 2nd. 1883, by Thomas McLean, 7, Haymarket.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 495 x 370mm, 19½ x 14½".
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Hope, GCB (1808-1881) was a Royal Navy officer and Admiral of the Fleet. He entered the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth in 1820. Promoted to Vice Admiral in 1864, Admiral in 1870 and finally to Admiral of the Fleet on June 15, 1879, he was also appointed GCB in 1865. He was Commander-in-Chief in the East Indian and China seas from 1859 to 1862, in the West Indies and North America in 1864, and at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1872. James Hope helped the Japanese repell the intrusion of a Russian fleet at Tsushima Island in 1861 in the Tsushima Incident. He was similarly involved in the Second Opium War (1856-1860) and the Battle of Shanghai (1861).
In the NMM.
[Ref: 12938]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[George Percy, 5th Duke.] His Grace, The Duke of Northumberland.
[George Percy, 5th Duke.] His Grace, The Duke of Northumberland.
[Engraved by Samuel Bellin, after J. Sydney Willis Hodges.]
London, Published June 14th 1867, by Thomas McLean, 7 Haymarket, S.W.
Mezzotint on chine collé, Printsellers' blindstamp. 520 x 415mm (20½ x 16¼") with very large margins. Some foxing.
George Percy (1778-1867) became 5th Duke of Northumberland aged 86, dying 2½ years later, two months after this portrait was published.
[Ref: 51414]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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