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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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John Fothergill. M.D: F.R.S: S.A.~
Painted by G. Stuart Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 1st, 1781. by G. Stuart and V. Green No. 29_Newman Stret, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (15 x 9¾"), with large margins. Restoration in bottom right margin.
A half-length portrait of Quaker Dr John Fothergill FRS (1712-80), leafing through a botanical book. Fothergill was a physician, plant collector and philanthropist based in London. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library. Franklin said of him: 'I can hardly concieve that a better man ever existed'. After Gabriel Stuart.
Whitman 108 ii; CS 45 ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1016-1
[Ref: 65646] £390.00
Painted by G. Stuart Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 1st, 1781. by G. Stuart and V. Green No. 29_Newman Stret, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (15 x 9¾"), with large margins. Restoration in bottom right margin.
A half-length portrait of Quaker Dr John Fothergill FRS (1712-80), leafing through a botanical book. Fothergill was a physician, plant collector and philanthropist based in London. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library. Franklin said of him: 'I can hardly concieve that a better man ever existed'. After Gabriel Stuart.
Whitman 108 ii; CS 45 ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1016-1
[Ref: 65646] £390.00
M.r Thomas Malton. Author of the Picturesque Tour thro' London _ Views of Oxford, &c. &c.
Gab. Stuart pinx.t. W.m Barney sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1806, by John P. Thompson, Great Newport Street, Printseller to his Majesty, & the Duke & Duchess of York.
Mezzotint. 365 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Crease, repaired tears, slight surface wear. Bit messy.
A half-length portrait of artist Thomas Malton (1748-1804). Besides his painting and printmaking, he also taught, with pupils including Thomas Girtin and J.M.W. Turner.
CS 10. Russell 10, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66958] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Gab. Stuart pinx.t. W.m Barney sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1806, by John P. Thompson, Great Newport Street, Printseller to his Majesty, & the Duke & Duchess of York.
Mezzotint. 365 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Crease, repaired tears, slight surface wear. Bit messy.
A half-length portrait of artist Thomas Malton (1748-1804). Besides his painting and printmaking, he also taught, with pupils including Thomas Girtin and J.M.W. Turner.
CS 10. Russell 10, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66958] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)