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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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Fra. Douce, M.D. Aetat 75.
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
A very rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Some creasing and scratching. Trimmed.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain, it sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. W: 843-2
[Ref: 20127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
A very rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Some creasing and scratching. Trimmed.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain, it sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. W: 843-2
[Ref: 20127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fra. Douce, M.D. Aetat 75.
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Damage to margins repaired.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain. It sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. Wellcome: 843-2. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68316] £480.00
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Damage to margins repaired.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain. It sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. Wellcome: 843-2. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68316] £480.00
S.r Crisp Gascoyne K.t. Lord Mayor of the City of London 1753.
William Keable [Keeble] pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Rare mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, nicks in edges, creasing.
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands wearing an emboidered robe, his left hand on his hip and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales.
CS 81, ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68452] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
William Keable [Keeble] pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Rare mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, nicks in edges, creasing.
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands wearing an emboidered robe, his left hand on his hip and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales.
CS 81, ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68452] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)