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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Thomas Astle Esq.r F.R.S. &c.
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Hark! "And sits with lively wonder on the shore, To hear, within her shell the ocean's roar." From the Original Picture in the Collection of F. Freeling Esq.r to whom this Print is respectfully Dedicated by his Oblig'd & Obed.t Serv.t Rob.t Cribb.
Painted by H. Howard Esq.r R.A. Engraved by I.C. Easling.
Published Feb.y 2. 1812, by Rob.t Cribb & Son, 288 High Holborn.
Mezzotint, very rare. 433 x 292mm. 17 x 11½". Trimmed under platemark.
A little girl with short hair kneeling on the sea-shore, directed to right, holding up her apron full of shells with her left hand, holding a shell to her left ear with the other and looking towards the viewer.
[Ref: 28161] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H. Howard Esq.r R.A. Engraved by I.C. Easling.
Published Feb.y 2. 1812, by Rob.t Cribb & Son, 288 High Holborn.
Mezzotint, very rare. 433 x 292mm. 17 x 11½". Trimmed under platemark.
A little girl with short hair kneeling on the sea-shore, directed to right, holding up her apron full of shells with her left hand, holding a shell to her left ear with the other and looking towards the viewer.
[Ref: 28161] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Rev.d W. Kirby, M.A: F.R.S: L.S: &c. &c. Author of the Introduction to Entomology and Monographia Apum Angliæ. This Print is respectfully Dedicated to the Members of the Linnean Society by their obedient Servant, James Bulcock. Proof.
Painted by Henry Howard, Esq. R.A. Engraved by Thomas Lupton.
Published Aug. 1. 1828, by J. Bulcock, 163, Strand.
Fine proof mezzotint. 340 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"), with large margins. Small scuff in inscription area, marks in margins.
A half-length porrait of William Kirby (1759-1850), entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, famed for his 'Introduction to Entomology', co-written with William Spence.
O'D 24 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1597-2.
[Ref: 64759] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Howard, Esq. R.A. Engraved by Thomas Lupton.
Published Aug. 1. 1828, by J. Bulcock, 163, Strand.
Fine proof mezzotint. 340 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"), with large margins. Small scuff in inscription area, marks in margins.
A half-length porrait of William Kirby (1759-1850), entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, famed for his 'Introduction to Entomology', co-written with William Spence.
O'D 24 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1597-2.
[Ref: 64759] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[W.m Kirby].
T. H. Maguire. 1850. [etched in plate]
M & N Hanhart. Imp.t.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet: 615 x 445mm (24¼ x 17½"). Large margins. Foxing
A seated half length portrait of reverend William Kirby (1759-1850) after the oil painting by Henry Howard. Kirby was an esteemed entomologist and county rector in Suffolk. After campaigning for the founding of such an institution since 1791 Kirby was the first president of the Ipswich Museum, serving 1847-50.
Wellcome: 1597-4
[Ref: 57855] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire. 1850. [etched in plate]
M & N Hanhart. Imp.t.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet: 615 x 445mm (24¼ x 17½"). Large margins. Foxing
A seated half length portrait of reverend William Kirby (1759-1850) after the oil painting by Henry Howard. Kirby was an esteemed entomologist and county rector in Suffolk. After campaigning for the founding of such an institution since 1791 Kirby was the first president of the Ipswich Museum, serving 1847-50.
Wellcome: 1597-4
[Ref: 57855] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Sarah Trimmer. From an original Picture by H. Howard, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Joshua Kirby Trimmer, Esq.
Drawn by J. Jackson, Engraved by E. Scriven.
Published Dec. 26, 1812 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple, platemark 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½"), with very large margins.
Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), author and educationist. The only child of artist Joshua Kirby and his wife Sarah Bull, Trimmer was raised in London where her father's acquaintances included Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds. Initially concerned with the education of her own children, Trimmer went on to establish a Sunday School in Old Brentford where she lived, and a weekday school of industry for girls. She published widely, including children's books and volumes on educational methods, many of which continued to be reprinted after her death as she exerted a strong influence in the early nineteenth century. Engraving after the portrait by Henry Howard now in the National Portrait Gallery. Trimmer, a devout evangelical Anglican, rests her left arm on the Bible.
[Ref: 44144] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Jackson, Engraved by E. Scriven.
Published Dec. 26, 1812 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple, platemark 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½"), with very large margins.
Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), author and educationist. The only child of artist Joshua Kirby and his wife Sarah Bull, Trimmer was raised in London where her father's acquaintances included Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds. Initially concerned with the education of her own children, Trimmer went on to establish a Sunday School in Old Brentford where she lived, and a weekday school of industry for girls. She published widely, including children's books and volumes on educational methods, many of which continued to be reprinted after her death as she exerted a strong influence in the early nineteenth century. Engraving after the portrait by Henry Howard now in the National Portrait Gallery. Trimmer, a devout evangelical Anglican, rests her left arm on the Bible.
[Ref: 44144] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)