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Thomas Attwood, Founder of Political Unions. Proof.
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
Published in London, July 10, 1832, by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, M.r Cribb, King Street, Covent Garden, M.r Moon, City, M.r Drake, Birmingham, & all other Printsellers.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, faint mount burn, laid on card.
Half-length seated portrait of political reformer Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), arms folded. He founded the Birmingham Political Union in 1830, campaigning for cities and large towns to be directly represented in Parliament. The portrait was published a month after the Reform Act of 1832 received Royal Assent. Attwood was elected to Parliament in December that year.
Whitman 21, ii of ii.
[Ref: 65214] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
Published in London, July 10, 1832, by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, M.r Cribb, King Street, Covent Garden, M.r Moon, City, M.r Drake, Birmingham, & all other Printsellers.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, faint mount burn, laid on card.
Half-length seated portrait of political reformer Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), arms folded. He founded the Birmingham Political Union in 1830, campaigning for cities and large towns to be directly represented in Parliament. The portrait was published a month after the Reform Act of 1832 received Royal Assent. Attwood was elected to Parliament in December that year.
Whitman 21, ii of ii.
[Ref: 65214] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Belcher. Fought 12 Prize Battles in England & One in Ireland. Proof.
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Dec.r 24. 1814, by T. Belcher, N.º 25 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, repaired damage in inscription area on right.
A self-published half-length portrait of boxer Thomas Belcher (1783-1854), arms crossed; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over a light waistcoat with high collar, neckerchief tied in a bow and frill. The younger brother of Jem Belcher (1781-1811, Champion of All England 1800-5), Thomas was an accomplished boxer and sparrer at the Tennis Court during Tom Cribb's proprietorship: he bested Shaw the lifeguardsman, John Gully and the African-American Tom Molineaux.
Whitman 34.
[Ref: 65606] £650.00
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Dec.r 24. 1814, by T. Belcher, N.º 25 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, repaired damage in inscription area on right.
A self-published half-length portrait of boxer Thomas Belcher (1783-1854), arms crossed; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over a light waistcoat with high collar, neckerchief tied in a bow and frill. The younger brother of Jem Belcher (1781-1811, Champion of All England 1800-5), Thomas was an accomplished boxer and sparrer at the Tennis Court during Tom Cribb's proprietorship: he bested Shaw the lifeguardsman, John Gully and the African-American Tom Molineaux.
Whitman 34.
[Ref: 65606] £650.00
Tho.s Cribb.
Eng.d by Percy Roberts from a painting by Sharples.
Published by Sherwood, Jones & Co, May 1. 1824.
Stipple. Sheet size: 205 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A bust portrait of English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century Tom Cribb (1781 - 1848), directed to the left, facing the front, with his left fist raised in front of him. On 10th December 1810, Cribb fought an American, former slave Tom Molineaux, at Shenington Hollow in Oxfordshire. Cribb beat Molineaux in 35 rounds and became World champion.
[Ref: 50252] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Percy Roberts from a painting by Sharples.
Published by Sherwood, Jones & Co, May 1. 1824.
Stipple. Sheet size: 205 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A bust portrait of English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century Tom Cribb (1781 - 1848), directed to the left, facing the front, with his left fist raised in front of him. On 10th December 1810, Cribb fought an American, former slave Tom Molineaux, at Shenington Hollow in Oxfordshire. Cribb beat Molineaux in 35 rounds and became World champion.
[Ref: 50252] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pierce Egan. Author of the Original Works Of Life In London, Tom & Jerry, Life of an Actor, Trip to Ascot Races, Boxiana, Show Folks, Walks through Bath. Book Of Sports, &c.&c. and Life In Dublin, produced at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin, on Tuesday, Feby. 18, 1834, with the most decided success.
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. Sheet 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"), large margins. with Egan's ink mss presentation label. Trimmed within plate, surface crack through image, mounted in album paper,
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). The presentation label, addressed to the Birmingham Theatre and dated August 9th 1838, consists of seven hand-written lines. This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66473] £480.00
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. Sheet 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"), large margins. with Egan's ink mss presentation label. Trimmed within plate, surface crack through image, mounted in album paper,
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). The presentation label, addressed to the Birmingham Theatre and dated August 9th 1838, consists of seven hand-written lines. This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66473] £480.00
Pierce Egan. Author of the Original Works Of Life In London, Tom & Jerry, Life of an Actor, Trip to Ascot Races, Boxiana, Show Folks, Walks through Bath. Book Of Sports, &c.&c. and Life In Dublin, produced at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin, on Tuesday, Feby. 18, 1834, with the most decided success.
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with large margins. Splits in lower plate mark taped, rubbed.
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66459] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with large margins. Splits in lower plate mark taped, rubbed.
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66459] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Edw.d Garner Esq.r. Commander of his Majesty's Sloop Fly.
Sharples Pinxit. A. Albanesi Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 1, 1780, by John Harris, No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple. 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½").
Parker p17.
[Ref: 5494] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Sharples Pinxit. A. Albanesi Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 1, 1780, by John Harris, No.3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple. 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½").
Parker p17.
[Ref: 5494] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Hickman.
Drawn by G. Sharples. Eng.d by Percy Roberts.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Stipple and etching with large margins. Plate 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½").
Tom Hickman (1785-1822), boxer. In 1821 he was said to have engaged in a fight with Bill Neate. Hickman was a controversial fighter, dubbed 'the gas-light man', because he had been to London to construct the boilers and restorts of the new gas light factories. Plate to Pierce Egan's 'Boxiana'.
For Egan's 'Boxiana' see ref. 23818.
[Ref: 29568] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G. Sharples. Eng.d by Percy Roberts.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Stipple and etching with large margins. Plate 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½").
Tom Hickman (1785-1822), boxer. In 1821 he was said to have engaged in a fight with Bill Neate. Hickman was a controversial fighter, dubbed 'the gas-light man', because he had been to London to construct the boilers and restorts of the new gas light factories. Plate to Pierce Egan's 'Boxiana'.
For Egan's 'Boxiana' see ref. 23818.
[Ref: 29568] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)