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Conference of Capt.n Sir Ja.s Brisbane with the Dey of Algiers, August 30th 1816.
Drawn by G.F.L. [George Francis Lyon.]
[London: James Jenkins, c.1816.]
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed into aquatint border.
A group of naval and military officers in audience with the Dey of Algiers, Omar Agha. Two days after the Anglo-Dutch bombardment of Algiers in retaliation for the Dey's violation of a previous anti-slavery treaty, Sir James Brisbane, Admiral Lord Exmouth's Flag Captain, led a delegation to Omar Agha, achieving the release of 3,000 Christian slaves. Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 56655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G.F.L. [George Francis Lyon.]
[London: James Jenkins, c.1816.]
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed into aquatint border.
A group of naval and military officers in audience with the Dey of Algiers, Omar Agha. Two days after the Anglo-Dutch bombardment of Algiers in retaliation for the Dey's violation of a previous anti-slavery treaty, Sir James Brisbane, Admiral Lord Exmouth's Flag Captain, led a delegation to Omar Agha, achieving the release of 3,000 Christian slaves. Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 56655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Indian Village of Colotlan.
Drawn from Nature by Capt.n Lyon. on stone by J.D. Harding. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[London: J. Dickinson, 1827.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 160 x 170mm (6¼ x 6¾"). Glue stains in edge.
Colotlán, in Jalisco, Mexico. A plate from 'The Sketch Book of Capt.n G.F. Lyon R.N.' Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 52324] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from Nature by Capt.n Lyon. on stone by J.D. Harding. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[London: J. Dickinson, 1827.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 160 x 170mm (6¼ x 6¾"). Glue stains in edge.
Colotlán, in Jalisco, Mexico. A plate from 'The Sketch Book of Capt.n G.F. Lyon R.N.' Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) went to sea at the age of thirteen and wrote and illustrated books on his travels, which included crossing the Sahara, serving under Parry as commander of the 'Hecla' and following Frankin into Hudson's Bay. He went to Mexico in 1826 as commissioner of the Real del Monte and Bolaños Mining Companies, dying on a voyage from Buenos Aires to London.
[Ref: 52324] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)