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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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A Butterfly of the Summer Season 1829. at Home. In Flight. Crysalis.
W. Sharp del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London, Pub.d by J. Dickinson, 114. New Bond Street.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 10"). Marking and stains.
Three portraits of a woman, the woman on the left is shown as she would dress at home, the middle is dressed for going out while the third is dressed for bed.
[Ref: 43795] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
W. Sharp del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London, Pub.d by J. Dickinson, 114. New Bond Street.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 10"). Marking and stains.
Three portraits of a woman, the woman on the left is shown as she would dress at home, the middle is dressed for going out while the third is dressed for bed.
[Ref: 43795] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
''Buzz''. To the President and Members of the Beef Steak Club, this print is most respectfully Dedicated.
M.W.Sharp. Pinx.t. W.m Sharp Sculp.t.
London, Published July 4th. 1834 by Tho.s Mclean, 26 Haymarket.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Scratches in top left corner. trimmed to platemark.
A comic portrait of a middle aged man shaking the last drop out of a decanter. The Beefsteak Club or the Sublime Society was a dining club which, in 1834, met at the Bedford Coffee House, where members would dine on steak and potatoes and drank port. Members were required to wear a uniform of a blue coat with a buff waistcoat with brass buttons. The member depicted also wears a gridiron medal, the gridiron being the symbol of the club. An empty bottle and a corkscrew are on the table.
[Ref: 42046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M.W.Sharp. Pinx.t. W.m Sharp Sculp.t.
London, Published July 4th. 1834 by Tho.s Mclean, 26 Haymarket.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Scratches in top left corner. trimmed to platemark.
A comic portrait of a middle aged man shaking the last drop out of a decanter. The Beefsteak Club or the Sublime Society was a dining club which, in 1834, met at the Bedford Coffee House, where members would dine on steak and potatoes and drank port. Members were required to wear a uniform of a blue coat with a buff waistcoat with brass buttons. The member depicted also wears a gridiron medal, the gridiron being the symbol of the club. An empty bottle and a corkscrew are on the table.
[Ref: 42046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Female Politician.
M.W. Sharp Pinx.t. W. Ward Jun.r Sc.t. Eng.r to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence.
London, Published May 1. 1826 by W.J. Wright, 14 Brownlow Street, Holborn.
Mezzotint with very large margins.. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Some spotting
An elderly lady with glasses, reading the 'John Bull' newspaper of December 1825, throwing her hand up in horror. A tea pot and cup sit with a book on the table to her left. 'John Bull' was a London Sunday newspaper established by Theodore Hook in 1820 with the help of Sir Walter Scott. He edited the paper, which was patriotic and anti-Whig, for 21 years, during which time it was described as 'scurrilous, scandalous, but irresistibly facetious'.
Ex collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36582] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
M.W. Sharp Pinx.t. W. Ward Jun.r Sc.t. Eng.r to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence.
London, Published May 1. 1826 by W.J. Wright, 14 Brownlow Street, Holborn.
Mezzotint with very large margins.. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Some spotting
An elderly lady with glasses, reading the 'John Bull' newspaper of December 1825, throwing her hand up in horror. A tea pot and cup sit with a book on the table to her left. 'John Bull' was a London Sunday newspaper established by Theodore Hook in 1820 with the help of Sir Walter Scott. He edited the paper, which was patriotic and anti-Whig, for 21 years, during which time it was described as 'scurrilous, scandalous, but irresistibly facetious'.
Ex collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36582] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![The Frosty Morning. [&] At Fault. [&] Love at First Sight. [&] The Glow-Worm.](jpegs/50335.jpg)
The Frosty Morning. [&] At Fault. [&] Love at First Sight. [&] The Glow-Worm.
Painted by W.Sharp. [also M.W.Sharpe pinx.t.] Engraved by C.Turner [also H.Dawe & A.Huffman.]
London: Published Aug.t 1825 [Nov. 1st & Nov 25th, 1825, and Aug.st 1826], by W.J. White, 14, Brownlow Street, Holborn.
Set of four mezzotints. Each 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10").
Men shaving, eating, smoking and nursing a hangover. After Michael William Sharp.
[Ref: 50335] £650.00 view all images for this item
Painted by W.Sharp. [also M.W.Sharpe pinx.t.] Engraved by C.Turner [also H.Dawe & A.Huffman.]
London: Published Aug.t 1825 [Nov. 1st & Nov 25th, 1825, and Aug.st 1826], by W.J. White, 14, Brownlow Street, Holborn.
Set of four mezzotints. Each 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10").
Men shaving, eating, smoking and nursing a hangover. After Michael William Sharp.
[Ref: 50335] £650.00 view all images for this item
The Oblique Arch in the viaduct on the London & Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts. Dedicated by permision to G W Buck, Esq.r Engineer.
Drawn & Lithographed by W.m Sharp, Sen.r
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare & fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Slight mount burn.
The Bushy Arches, Watford, on the London to Birmingham Railway soon after the opening in 1838.
[Ref: 53000] £450.00
Drawn & Lithographed by W.m Sharp, Sen.r
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare & fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Slight mount burn.
The Bushy Arches, Watford, on the London to Birmingham Railway soon after the opening in 1838.
[Ref: 53000] £450.00
Married To Morrow!!! NonSuited.
M.W. Sharp, Pinx.t. W. Ward, Jun.r Sc.t Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence.
London, Published Nov.r 1, 1825, by W. J. White, 14, Brownlow Street, Holborn. A Paris, chez Chaillon Potrelle Editeur, M.d Estampes, Rue St. Honoré, No. 140.
Mezzotint with large margins, very rare. Platemark: 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Light rubbing to surface. Light creases at top left margins.
An interior scene depicting a young curate sitting at table, with the remnants of a meal in front of him, clutching at his hair in horror as he reads a letter, held out in right hand, on which is written, 'Dear Harry Can you believe it Eliza - your constant Eliza is to be married to morrow!! Yours truly MW Sharp'.
Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36555] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
M.W. Sharp, Pinx.t. W. Ward, Jun.r Sc.t Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence.
London, Published Nov.r 1, 1825, by W. J. White, 14, Brownlow Street, Holborn. A Paris, chez Chaillon Potrelle Editeur, M.d Estampes, Rue St. Honoré, No. 140.
Mezzotint with large margins, very rare. Platemark: 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Light rubbing to surface. Light creases at top left margins.
An interior scene depicting a young curate sitting at table, with the remnants of a meal in front of him, clutching at his hair in horror as he reads a letter, held out in right hand, on which is written, 'Dear Harry Can you believe it Eliza - your constant Eliza is to be married to morrow!! Yours truly MW Sharp'.
Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36555] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d Sydney Smith.
Drawn on Stone by W. Sharp from the original Drawing by John Hayter [c.1830]
Lithograph on india, sheet 495 x 310mm (19½ x 12¼") Trimmed;
Sydney Smith (1771-1845), author and wit, an important contributor to the growth of libertarian thought in England, and (as G.K. Chesterton pointed out) the inventor of nonsense.
O'D 2
[Ref: 46509] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by W. Sharp from the original Drawing by John Hayter [c.1830]
Lithograph on india, sheet 495 x 310mm (19½ x 12¼") Trimmed;
Sydney Smith (1771-1845), author and wit, an important contributor to the growth of libertarian thought in England, and (as G.K. Chesterton pointed out) the inventor of nonsense.
O'D 2
[Ref: 46509] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)