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![[An Angler.]](jpegs/57988.jpg)
[An Angler.]
Alex. H. Kirk.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾") very large margins
An angler holding rod and catch bag, with mountainous scenery behind. Alexander Horace Kirk (1871-1950) was an RA Schools student 1893-96. During WWI he commanded motor launches, receiving the Legion of Honour (Chevalier) and Croix de Guerre. The National Portrait Gallery hold his portrait of explorer Sir John Kirk, a companion to Livingston on his Second Zambezi Expedition (NPG 1936); the National Army Museum holds his portrait of watercolour portrait of Subadar Ayodhya Pathan Bahadur, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny and the last survivor of the Powder Bag Party, Kashmir Gate, Delhi 1857.
[Ref: 57988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Alex. H. Kirk.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾") very large margins
An angler holding rod and catch bag, with mountainous scenery behind. Alexander Horace Kirk (1871-1950) was an RA Schools student 1893-96. During WWI he commanded motor launches, receiving the Legion of Honour (Chevalier) and Croix de Guerre. The National Portrait Gallery hold his portrait of explorer Sir John Kirk, a companion to Livingston on his Second Zambezi Expedition (NPG 1936); the National Army Museum holds his portrait of watercolour portrait of Subadar Ayodhya Pathan Bahadur, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny and the last survivor of the Powder Bag Party, Kashmir Gate, Delhi 1857.
[Ref: 57988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Genius & Science presenting their Annual Offering to the Shrine of Apollo.
S. Wale delin. Adam Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 200 x 115mm (8 x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate on right.
Allegorical figures of Genius & Science present a volume 'Imperial Magazine' to the statue of Apollo, suggesting this was a frontispiece to that publication.
[Ref: 57944] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
S. Wale delin. Adam Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 200 x 115mm (8 x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate on right.
Allegorical figures of Genius & Science present a volume 'Imperial Magazine' to the statue of Apollo, suggesting this was a frontispiece to that publication.
[Ref: 57944] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Astronomy.]](jpegs/56780.jpg)
[Astronomy.]
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1792 by C. Suisan & Sold by J.F. Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with large margins
A child holding a telescope, looking up at a beam of light.
De Vesme: 574, state iii of iv.
[Ref: 56780] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1792 by C. Suisan & Sold by J.F. Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with large margins
A child holding a telescope, looking up at a beam of light.
De Vesme: 574, state iii of iv.
[Ref: 56780] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![Schnee-Lauven, oder Schnee-Bruche [...] Autre Espece de Lauven, dite Lauven de Terre,](jpegs/57530.jpg)
Schnee-Lauven, oder Schnee-Bruche [...] Autre Espece de Lauven, dite Lauven de Terre, où les Neiges se glissent avec gran bruit dans les Vallèes, emportant et ruinant toute ce qu'elles recontrent. [&] Lauven, c.a.d. Glissage et Chüte des Neiges, qui tombent en frieuse quantité et presque per pendiculairement des roides Montagnes.
Duerringer pinxit. D. Herrliberger ex Zurich Cum Priv.
[Zürich: Ziegler 1754.]
Engraving. 295 x 155mm (11½ x 6").
Two scenes of an avalanche, in which a giant avalanche filled with chalets, trees and mountain goats, crashes onto a village. Plates 41 & 42 of 'Topographie der Eidgenossenschaft'.
[Ref: 57530] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Duerringer pinxit. D. Herrliberger ex Zurich Cum Priv.
[Zürich: Ziegler 1754.]
Engraving. 295 x 155mm (11½ x 6").
Two scenes of an avalanche, in which a giant avalanche filled with chalets, trees and mountain goats, crashes onto a village. Plates 41 & 42 of 'Topographie der Eidgenossenschaft'.
[Ref: 57530] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Francis Bacon.]](jpegs/57840.jpg)
[Francis Bacon.]
H. Scott Bridgwater [pencil signature].
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Scott Bridgwater [pencil signature].
Published 1926 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A full length portrait of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor to James I but convicted of corruption. According to the letterpress this mezzotint is 'From a painting by an unknown artist in the National Portrait Gallery' (NPG 1288, 'oil on canvas, after 1731, based on a work of circa 1618... a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes').
[Ref: 57840] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Archibald Bower Esq.r.
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), with large margins, ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection lower right.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 58003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), with large margins, ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection lower right.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 58003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Bunyan.]](jpegs/57861.jpg)
[John Bunyan.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 255mm (11½ x 10"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John Bunyan (1628-88), preacher and religious writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress, after Thomas Sadler. Dated 1684, it is the earliest dated portrait of Bunyan, is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 1311.
[Ref: 57861] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 255mm (11½ x 10"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John Bunyan (1628-88), preacher and religious writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress, after Thomas Sadler. Dated 1684, it is the earliest dated portrait of Bunyan, is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 1311.
[Ref: 57861] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Burglars.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed into remarques top and bottom, repaired tears in title, paper cracks in edges.
A scene at dawn: two burglars disturb a man in a bed decorated with a coronet, who shoots one of them with a pistol.
[Ref: 57836] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed into remarques top and bottom, repaired tears in title, paper cracks in edges.
A scene at dawn: two burglars disturb a man in a bed decorated with a coronet, who shoots one of them with a pistol.
[Ref: 57836] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
René Caillié.
On Stone by C. Hamburger. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, New Burkington Street [n.d., c.1830].
Rare lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Some spotting.
Auguste René Caillié (1799-1838), a French explorer who was the first European to return alive from Timbuktu, claiming a 10,000 franc prize offered by the Société de Géographie. The partnership of Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley lasted only three years, 1829-32.
[Ref: 57958] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by C. Hamburger. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, New Burkington Street [n.d., c.1830].
Rare lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Some spotting.
Auguste René Caillié (1799-1838), a French explorer who was the first European to return alive from Timbuktu, claiming a 10,000 franc prize offered by the Société de Géographie. The partnership of Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley lasted only three years, 1829-32.
[Ref: 57958] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Gate of Honour, Caius College, Cambridge.]](jpegs/57995.jpg)
[The Gate of Honour, Caius College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with large margins.
The Gate of Honour, only used to allow the graduating students of Caius College to pass to receive their degrees at the Senate House. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57995] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with large margins.
The Gate of Honour, only used to allow the graduating students of Caius College to pass to receive their degrees at the Senate House. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57995] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge.]](jpegs/57992.jpg)
[Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 8¾"), with wide margins. Slight mount burn.
The Great Court of Trinity College Cambridge, with the magnificent gateway and fountain. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 8¾"), with wide margins. Slight mount burn.
The Great Court of Trinity College Cambridge, with the magnificent gateway and fountain. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Destructive Cannon. Refus'd by Foreigners. Foreigners think this too Dangerous.
[n.d., 1756.]
Etching. 195 x 100mm (7¾ x 4"). Printer's crease.
Three sections each showing a cannon made from a crouching figure and a scroll, with wheels made of gold coins . The first is 'Liberty' supporting 'Ways and Means' firing at a map of the British Isles; the second 'Property' and 'Money Bill'; and the last a 'Heterodox' clergyman and the 'Marriage Bill'. A copy of BM 3490, issued in 'England's Rememberancer'.
BM Satires 3491.
[Ref: 57909] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1756.]
Etching. 195 x 100mm (7¾ x 4"). Printer's crease.
Three sections each showing a cannon made from a crouching figure and a scroll, with wheels made of gold coins . The first is 'Liberty' supporting 'Ways and Means' firing at a map of the British Isles; the second 'Property' and 'Money Bill'; and the last a 'Heterodox' clergyman and the 'Marriage Bill'. A copy of BM 3490, issued in 'England's Rememberancer'.
BM Satires 3491.
[Ref: 57909] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
S.te Cecile chantant les Loüages de Dieu. Gravéé f'apres le tableau de Dominicain qui est dans le cabinet du Roy Il a 5. pieds de haute et 3. pieds 6 puches de large.
Steph. Picart Romanus sculp.
[n.d., engraved c.1660, printed c.1800.]
Very fine engraving. 435 x 290mm (17 x 11½"), with large, uncut margins with blind stamp of "Chalcographie du Louvre".
Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians and of Church music, playing the cello; a putto holds up a book of sheet music to right. It is said that the Christian saint and virgin martyr sang to God as she was dying. Engraved by Étienne Picart after the painting by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641, known as Domenichino) in the Louvre.
[Ref: 57871] £360.00
Steph. Picart Romanus sculp.
[n.d., engraved c.1660, printed c.1800.]
Very fine engraving. 435 x 290mm (17 x 11½"), with large, uncut margins with blind stamp of "Chalcographie du Louvre".
Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians and of Church music, playing the cello; a putto holds up a book of sheet music to right. It is said that the Christian saint and virgin martyr sang to God as she was dying. Engraved by Étienne Picart after the painting by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641, known as Domenichino) in the Louvre.
[Ref: 57871] £360.00
Madame Celeste as Miami, in Buckstones Celebrated Drama of the ''Green Bushes''.
J.W. Childe del. W.F. Starling sc.
Published April 12 1845 by C. Moon, 12 Regent S.t.
Soft ground etching with hand colour, printed on chine collé. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Wear to backing card.
Céline Céleste-Elliott (c,1815-1882), stage name Madame Céleste, a French dancer and actress in her favorite role of Miami, the half-Native American, half-French heroine of The Green Bushes (1845) by John Baldwin Buckstone.
[Ref: 58006] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.W. Childe del. W.F. Starling sc.
Published April 12 1845 by C. Moon, 12 Regent S.t.
Soft ground etching with hand colour, printed on chine collé. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Wear to backing card.
Céline Céleste-Elliott (c,1815-1882), stage name Madame Céleste, a French dancer and actress in her favorite role of Miami, the half-Native American, half-French heroine of The Green Bushes (1845) by John Baldwin Buckstone.
[Ref: 58006] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Premiere Veue de Charenton. Dedié à Mr Portail Peintre du Roy, et Garde des Plans et Tableaux de sa Majesté Par son très humble et très obeissant Serviteur J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy.
F. Boucher pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
AParis chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur de Cabinet du Roy rue de la Harpe 1747.
Etching with engraving. 320 x 385mm (12½ x 15¼"). Worm trail just entering plate at top.
A view of the water mill 'Quiquengrogne' in Charenton, at the junction of the Seine and Marne rivers outside Paris. The original, painted 1739, is in a private collection; the painting of the 'Seconde vue' engraved by Le Bas after Boucher is in 'The Toledo Museum of Art'.
[Ref: 57923] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
F. Boucher pinx. J. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
AParis chez J. Ph. Le Bas Graveur de Cabinet du Roy rue de la Harpe 1747.
Etching with engraving. 320 x 385mm (12½ x 15¼"). Worm trail just entering plate at top.
A view of the water mill 'Quiquengrogne' in Charenton, at the junction of the Seine and Marne rivers outside Paris. The original, painted 1739, is in a private collection; the painting of the 'Seconde vue' engraved by Le Bas after Boucher is in 'The Toledo Museum of Art'.
[Ref: 57923] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chess] The Approaching Check Mate. Retaliation.](jpegs/57984.jpg)
[Chess] The Approaching Check Mate. Retaliation. From the Original Pictures in the possession of Edward Burgess Esq.r to whom this Print is dedicated by His Obed.t H.ble Serv.t H. Meyer.
Painted by A.E. chalon, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury.
London, Published for the Proprietor, April 12th 1819: by H. Meyer, 2, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury.
Scarce stipple on chine collé. 265 x 530mm (10½ x 20¾"). Folded at centre, some surface soiling.
A pair of chess scenes, unusually printed side-by-side, featuring a couple in Van Dyck dress. On the left the woman smiles as the cavalier ponders his next move, with another man watching, amused. On the right the cavalier avoids defeat by leaning across the table to kiss the giggling woman, knocking the pieces flying, much to the other man's disgust.
[Ref: 57984] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A.E. chalon, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury.
London, Published for the Proprietor, April 12th 1819: by H. Meyer, 2, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury.
Scarce stipple on chine collé. 265 x 530mm (10½ x 20¾"). Folded at centre, some surface soiling.
A pair of chess scenes, unusually printed side-by-side, featuring a couple in Van Dyck dress. On the left the woman smiles as the cavalier ponders his next move, with another man watching, amused. On the right the cavalier avoids defeat by leaning across the table to kiss the giggling woman, knocking the pieces flying, much to the other man's disgust.
[Ref: 57984] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Jesus Christ dormant entre les bras de la Vierge, vulgaireement apellé, le Silence du Carrache. Gravû d'apres le tableau d'Annibal Carrache, qui est de cette mesme grandeur, dans le Cabinet du Roy.
Annibal Carracci pinxit. Steph. Picart Rom.us sculps. 1681.
Engraving. 425 x 480mm (16¾ x 19"). Tears in inscription area taped, creasing. Time staining in margins.
Christ sleeps in the arms of the Virgin Mary, who raises her finger to her lips to prevent the young St John waking the baby. This gesture has given the picture the nickname of 'The Silence'. In 1671 the painting copied by Etienne Picart was acquired for Louis XIV as the work of Annibale Carracci. Now in the Louvre (Louvre Inv.195), it has been reattributed to Domenichino, c.1605, as a contemporary copy of Carracci's original, once in the Farnese Collection but bought by George III in 1766 and now in the Royal Collection Trust.
[Ref: 57932] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Annibal Carracci pinxit. Steph. Picart Rom.us sculps. 1681.
Engraving. 425 x 480mm (16¾ x 19"). Tears in inscription area taped, creasing. Time staining in margins.
Christ sleeps in the arms of the Virgin Mary, who raises her finger to her lips to prevent the young St John waking the baby. This gesture has given the picture the nickname of 'The Silence'. In 1671 the painting copied by Etienne Picart was acquired for Louis XIV as the work of Annibale Carracci. Now in the Louvre (Louvre Inv.195), it has been reattributed to Domenichino, c.1605, as a contemporary copy of Carracci's original, once in the Farnese Collection but bought by George III in 1766 and now in the Royal Collection Trust.
[Ref: 57932] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ecce Homo.
[Engraved by Jean Baptiste Poilly?]
A Paris, chex Jean, rue St Jean de Beauvais, No 10 [n.d., c.1800].
Engraving. 430 x 350mm (17 x 13¾"), with large margins. Surface soiling, tear in edge of right margin.
A scene in oval of Christ carrying the cross, wearing the crown of thorns, with Mary Magdalene helping him bear the weight of the cross. A pencil note suggests Poilly as the engraver.
[Ref: 57862] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Jean Baptiste Poilly?]
A Paris, chex Jean, rue St Jean de Beauvais, No 10 [n.d., c.1800].
Engraving. 430 x 350mm (17 x 13¾"), with large margins. Surface soiling, tear in edge of right margin.
A scene in oval of Christ carrying the cross, wearing the crown of thorns, with Mary Magdalene helping him bear the weight of the cross. A pencil note suggests Poilly as the engraver.
[Ref: 57862] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Clifden Spring and Woods, near Maidenhead.
Drawn by W.m Havell. Engraved by R.t Havell.
London, Published August 1, 1818 by Thomas McLean.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, visible area 395 x 510mm (15½ x 20"). Small stain in sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Cliveden Spring as it emerges from the chalk cliffs and pours into the Thames, before the building of the famous Spring Cottage. From 'A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames', first published by Robert Havell in 1812.
Abbey: Scenery of Great Britain 433, first issue mentioned but not described.
[Ref: 57898] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W.m Havell. Engraved by R.t Havell.
London, Published August 1, 1818 by Thomas McLean.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, visible area 395 x 510mm (15½ x 20"). Small stain in sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Cliveden Spring as it emerges from the chalk cliffs and pours into the Thames, before the building of the famous Spring Cottage. From 'A Series of Picturesque Views of the River Thames', first published by Robert Havell in 1812.
Abbey: Scenery of Great Britain 433, first issue mentioned but not described.
[Ref: 57898] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Corroboree
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal 'corroboree', a dance ceremony, around a camp fire, with warriors with shields and spears, and women and a man beating sticks. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57920] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal 'corroboree', a dance ceremony, around a camp fire, with warriors with shields and spears, and women and a man beating sticks. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57920] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Repas de Campagne. Prandium Agreste. Gravé d'aprés le Tableau original peint par Watteau haut de 2 pieds sur 1 pied 6 pouces de large.
A. Watteau pinxit. Deplace sculp.
a Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau, graveur du Roy ruë St Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or Avec privilege du Roy [nd., c.1730].
Etching with some engraving. 455 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with large margins. Uncut. Some time staining. A little chipping to edges.
A family have a meal outside a thatched cottage.
[Ref: 57866] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Watteau pinxit. Deplace sculp.
a Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau, graveur du Roy ruë St Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or Avec privilege du Roy [nd., c.1730].
Etching with some engraving. 455 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with large margins. Uncut. Some time staining. A little chipping to edges.
A family have a meal outside a thatched cottage.
[Ref: 57866] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Gouter Champêtre.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½. Trimmed within plate, close to title at bottom.
Two well-dressed couples share a meal on a rowing boat decorated with a bower of branches. Behind is another boat with three musicians.
[Ref: 57817] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½. Trimmed within plate, close to title at bottom.
Two well-dressed couples share a meal on a rowing boat decorated with a bower of branches. Behind is another boat with three musicians.
[Ref: 57817] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
David chantant les loüanges de Dieu. Gravé sur le tableau du Dominiquain, qui est au cabinet du Roy, de 7 pieds 5 poulces de haute et de 5 pieds 3 poulces de large.
Ægid. Rousselet sculp. [after Domenichino.]
[Engraved c.1670, printed c.1800's]
Fine etching and engraving. 450 x 320mm (17¾ x 12½"), with large margins. Blind stamp of the 'Chalcographie du Louvre' over title. Uncut.
King David playing the harp and singing to God. The copper plate is in the Louvre.
[Ref: 57881] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ægid. Rousselet sculp. [after Domenichino.]
[Engraved c.1670, printed c.1800's]
Fine etching and engraving. 450 x 320mm (17¾ x 12½"), with large margins. Blind stamp of the 'Chalcographie du Louvre' over title. Uncut.
King David playing the harp and singing to God. The copper plate is in the Louvre.
[Ref: 57881] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Diana Deceived by Venus. In the Collection of his Majesty.
Swanevelt, Pinxit. John Browne, Sculpsit.
Publish'd, May 2. 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
Engraving, open letter proof. Sheet 480 x 610mm (18¾ x 24"). Trimmed to plate.
Venus, having disguised Adonis with wings to resemble Cupid, asks Diana to chose between the two. A mythological scene after a painting by Herman van Swanevelt, probably purchased by George III, now at Hampton Court.
Christopher White, 'The Dutch Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen'.
[Ref: 58009] £260.00
Swanevelt, Pinxit. John Browne, Sculpsit.
Publish'd, May 2. 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
Engraving, open letter proof. Sheet 480 x 610mm (18¾ x 24"). Trimmed to plate.
Venus, having disguised Adonis with wings to resemble Cupid, asks Diana to chose between the two. A mythological scene after a painting by Herman van Swanevelt, probably purchased by George III, now at Hampton Court.
Christopher White, 'The Dutch Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen'.
[Ref: 58009] £260.00
![[Evils of drink]](jpegs/57946.jpg)
[Evils of drink]
A. Brouwer pinxit. J. Gronsvelt fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.] But later.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 57946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. Brouwer pinxit. J. Gronsvelt fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.] But later.
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 57946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord Ellenborough in India] Alarming Situation! In India. From an Old Tame Elephant Running Wild!!!](jpegs/57999.jpg)
[Lord Ellenborough in India] Alarming Situation! In India. From an Old Tame Elephant Running Wild!!! HB Sketches No 760.
HB [monogram of John Doyle]. Printed at 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Feb.y 1843.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with 'HB Subscriber's Copy' blind stamp lower left. Some foxing.
Edward Law (1790-1871), Lord Ellenborough, as an out-of-control elephant with mahout Wellington reassuring Robert Peel and Lord Stanley in a howdah, and Lord Auckland carried in his trunk. Ellenborough was appointed Governor General of India in 1842 (replacing Aukland), with instructions from the British government to restore peace. However India was immediately plunged into war, firstly in Afghanistan, then Sind and Gwalior. Ellenborough was recalled serving only half of the usual 5-year term.
BM 1868,0808.12091.
[Ref: 57999] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
HB [monogram of John Doyle]. Printed at 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Feb.y 1843.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with 'HB Subscriber's Copy' blind stamp lower left. Some foxing.
Edward Law (1790-1871), Lord Ellenborough, as an out-of-control elephant with mahout Wellington reassuring Robert Peel and Lord Stanley in a howdah, and Lord Auckland carried in his trunk. Ellenborough was appointed Governor General of India in 1842 (replacing Aukland), with instructions from the British government to restore peace. However India was immediately plunged into war, firstly in Afghanistan, then Sind and Gwalior. Ellenborough was recalled serving only half of the usual 5-year term.
BM 1868,0808.12091.
[Ref: 57999] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Emu Sneaking.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Entretien de Voyage.
Berghem delineavit. J. Aliamet sculp.
à Paris chés Aliamet ruë des Mathurins la 4.e Porte Cochere à gauche en entran par le ruë de la Harpe.
Very fine etching, 18th century watermark; 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"), with large margins. Worm trail and stitch holes in top margin. Uncut.
A walking man and a woman riding a donkey halt at the brow of a hill and look across a valley, their dog, sheep and cow at their sides.
[Ref: 57884] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Berghem delineavit. J. Aliamet sculp.
à Paris chés Aliamet ruë des Mathurins la 4.e Porte Cochere à gauche en entran par le ruë de la Harpe.
Very fine etching, 18th century watermark; 280 x 335mm (11 x 13¼"), with large margins. Worm trail and stitch holes in top margin. Uncut.
A walking man and a woman riding a donkey halt at the brow of a hill and look across a valley, their dog, sheep and cow at their sides.
[Ref: 57884] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fanny.
Ranson Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A spaniel bitch and her litter.
Davison Archive.
[Ref: 57996] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ranson Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A spaniel bitch and her litter.
Davison Archive.
[Ref: 57996] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Don Sancho de Faro e Sousa] Sancio de Faro.](jpegs/57899.jpg)
[Don Sancho de Faro e Sousa] Sancio de Faro. Vimieriensi Comiti IIII.
M. Shee delin.t. T. Cheesman sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce stipple. Sheet 475 x 280mm (18¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing.
Sancho de Faro e Sousa (1735-90), 4th Count of Vimieiro.
[Ref: 57899] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M. Shee delin.t. T. Cheesman sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce stipple. Sheet 475 x 280mm (18¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing.
Sancho de Faro e Sousa (1735-90), 4th Count of Vimieiro.
[Ref: 57899] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Walter Farquhar Bar.t.]](jpegs/57928.jpg)
[Sir Walter Farquhar Bar.t.]
[Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.]
[Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15").
Seated portrait of Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819), physician to the Prince of Wales and Pitt the Younger After Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).
Baker: 42, I. Wellcome: 952-1. See Ref: 13261 for lettered impression.
[Ref: 57928] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by H. Raeburn. Engraved by Will.m Sharp.]
[Publish'd & Sold by W.m Sharp, No.8 Charles Street, near the Middlesex Hospital, & A. Skelton, Printseller, Haymarket, London Dec.r 4th 1797.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15").
Seated portrait of Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819), physician to the Prince of Wales and Pitt the Younger After Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).
Baker: 42, I. Wellcome: 952-1. See Ref: 13261 for lettered impression.
[Ref: 57928] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vue De Flandres. Grave d'après le Tableau Original de Teniers, de même grandeur Tiré du Cabinet du Chevalier de la Roque. 20,
D. Teniers pinx. Le Bas Sculp.
a Paris chez Le Bas Graveur du Roy au bas de la ruë de la Harpe vis a vis la rue Percee chez un Fayancier. 1740.
Etching. 310 x 395mm (12¼ x 15½"), with large margins. Uncut. Small wormhole on printed border at top, stitch holes in top margin.
A landscape with a Flanders village, four figures and a dog in the foreground. From the series 'Vue de Flandres' engraved by by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) after David Teniers the Younger (1610-90).
[Ref: 57922] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
D. Teniers pinx. Le Bas Sculp.
a Paris chez Le Bas Graveur du Roy au bas de la ruë de la Harpe vis a vis la rue Percee chez un Fayancier. 1740.
Etching. 310 x 395mm (12¼ x 15½"), with large margins. Uncut. Small wormhole on printed border at top, stitch holes in top margin.
A landscape with a Flanders village, four figures and a dog in the foreground. From the series 'Vue de Flandres' engraved by by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) after David Teniers the Younger (1610-90).
[Ref: 57922] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
![[George III and Queen Charlotte] G.III C. A King Revered A Queen Beloved](jpegs/57904.jpg)
[George III and Queen Charlotte] G.III C. A King Revered A Queen Beloved This Medallion, commorative of their Majesties Presence at St Paul's Cathedral, on St George's Day 1789, attended by the Houses of Parliament and the Corporation of London, where they joined in giving solumn national Thanks, for the Sovereign's late happy Recovery: is humbly Dedicated to all loyal Britons.
London, Designed & Publish'd by Amelia Campbell Apr.l 23: 1789.
Scarce stipple and etching. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4").
Medallion portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1789 George was in the grip of acute mania, causing the House of Commons to pass the Regency Bill. Before the bill passed through the Lords, the king returned to sanity.
[Ref: 57904] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
London, Designed & Publish'd by Amelia Campbell Apr.l 23: 1789.
Scarce stipple and etching. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4").
Medallion portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1789 George was in the grip of acute mania, causing the House of Commons to pass the Regency Bill. Before the bill passed through the Lords, the king returned to sanity.
[Ref: 57904] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.]](jpegs/57849.jpg)
[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.]
H. Goffey [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright & novelist, shown aged 79. The original oil, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828, is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections (WAF 1048).
[Ref: 57849] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
H. Goffey [pencil signature].
Published 1925 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright & novelist, shown aged 79. The original oil, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1828, is in the Bavarian State Painting Collections (WAF 1048).
[Ref: 57849] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Thomas Gresham.
J. Chapman sculp.t.
London, Published as the Act directs, Oct.r 25: 1806 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple, printed in colours. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins, watermarked 1804.
Sir Thomas Gresham (1519 -79), financier to monarchs Edward VI, Mary I & Elizabeth I, and founder of the Royal Exchange.
[Ref: 57959] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.t.
London, Published as the Act directs, Oct.r 25: 1806 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple, printed in colours. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins, watermarked 1804.
Sir Thomas Gresham (1519 -79), financier to monarchs Edward VI, Mary I & Elizabeth I, and founder of the Royal Exchange.
[Ref: 57959] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Griffith] M.rs E. Griffith.](jpegs/57886.jpg)
[Elizabeth Griffith] M.rs E. Griffith.
[n.d., 1801.]
Engraving with etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate.
A bust length portrait in oval of Elizabeth Griffith (c1720-1793), Welsh author and playwright, wearing a plain dress with a shawl around her head fastened with a small jewel. Under the portrait are representations of her literary works, including 'The History of Lady Barton' (1771) and 'The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated' (1775). Probably a frontispiece to one of her publications.
[Ref: 57886] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1801.]
Engraving with etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate.
A bust length portrait in oval of Elizabeth Griffith (c1720-1793), Welsh author and playwright, wearing a plain dress with a shawl around her head fastened with a small jewel. Under the portrait are representations of her literary works, including 'The History of Lady Barton' (1771) and 'The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated' (1775). Probably a frontispiece to one of her publications.
[Ref: 57886] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Guardian Angel.
R. Cosway R.A. del. J. Ogborne sculp.
Pub Jan.y 1.st 1794 by J Ogborne No. 58 Great Portland St.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
An angel kneeling, cradling a sleeping baby in his arms.
Daniell: 180.
[Ref: 57983] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Cosway R.A. del. J. Ogborne sculp.
Pub Jan.y 1.st 1794 by J Ogborne No. 58 Great Portland St.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
An angel kneeling, cradling a sleeping baby in his arms.
Daniell: 180.
[Ref: 57983] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Panorama von Hamburg aufgenommen aus der obersten Etage der Elb=Wasserkunst beim Jonashafen in St. Pauli.
n.d. Natur gez. u. lith v. Wilhekm. Heuer. Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg.
Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg [n.d., c.1860].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 525 x 700mm (20¾ x 27½"). Faint mount burn around image.
A large prospect of Hamburg, with the harbour on the right, filled with ships.
[Ref: 57964] £390.00
n.d. Natur gez. u. lith v. Wilhekm. Heuer. Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg.
Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg [n.d., c.1860].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 525 x 700mm (20¾ x 27½"). Faint mount burn around image.
A large prospect of Hamburg, with the harbour on the right, filled with ships.
[Ref: 57964] £390.00
An oblique View of the East front of Hampton Court, with part of the Garden.
Highmore delin. J.Tinney sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [n..d., c.1760).
Very fine engraving. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"), with large margins.
A view looking down the East Front of Hampton Court, designed by Christopher Wren. Among the figures are a boy with a dancing dog and a gardener with a watering can.
[Ref: 57962] £420.00
Highmore delin. J.Tinney sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [n..d., c.1760).
Very fine engraving. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"), with large margins.
A view looking down the East Front of Hampton Court, designed by Christopher Wren. Among the figures are a boy with a dancing dog and a gardener with a watering can.
[Ref: 57962] £420.00
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert John Harvey K.T.S. and F.A.S.
Painted by T. Stewardson Esq:r Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by C. Knight 1821 Aet: 77.
Stipple engraving. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with large margins. A little creasing on left and wear at edges.
Sir Robert John Harvey (1785-1860), shown wearing the Portuguese medals given to him when he was British liaison officer to the Portuguese army during the Peninsular War. They are the 'Peninsular War Campaign Cross' (6 campaigns), the insignia of a 'Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword', the rare 'Commander’s Medal of the Peninsular War' (10 campaigns) and the Army Gold Medal (Orthez). After the capture of Badajoz in 1812 Harvey was made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese Army, but a year later he received the same rank in the British army on the recommendation of Wellington, after the Battle of Vitoria. In 1817 he was knighted and 1831 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final rank was Major-General. After the army he followed his father as partner in the Norwich bank of Harvey and Hudson, later the Crown Bank.
[Ref: 57942] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by T. Stewardson Esq:r Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by C. Knight 1821 Aet: 77.
Stipple engraving. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with large margins. A little creasing on left and wear at edges.
Sir Robert John Harvey (1785-1860), shown wearing the Portuguese medals given to him when he was British liaison officer to the Portuguese army during the Peninsular War. They are the 'Peninsular War Campaign Cross' (6 campaigns), the insignia of a 'Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword', the rare 'Commander’s Medal of the Peninsular War' (10 campaigns) and the Army Gold Medal (Orthez). After the capture of Badajoz in 1812 Harvey was made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese Army, but a year later he received the same rank in the British army on the recommendation of Wellington, after the Battle of Vitoria. In 1817 he was knighted and 1831 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final rank was Major-General. After the army he followed his father as partner in the Norwich bank of Harvey and Hudson, later the Crown Bank.
[Ref: 57942] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Opera Over! or ''The Last Man''. Sans Coach _ Sans Cloak _ Sans Every thing!! Dish me! if I sha'nt be in a nice mess before I get to Joy's!!
J.V.S. Esq. Inv.t.
Pub. June, 1827, by T. Gillard, 40 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A dandy steps gingerly from under the portico of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, to the street, where water from a spout crashes onto his top-hat. A link boy stands as if asleep under the next arch.
''The Last Man'' refers to Mary Shelley's novel, one of the first dystopian works, in which plague leaves the protagonist as the only human alive.
BM Satires 15490.
[Ref: 57812] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
J.V.S. Esq. Inv.t.
Pub. June, 1827, by T. Gillard, 40 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A dandy steps gingerly from under the portico of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, to the street, where water from a spout crashes onto his top-hat. A link boy stands as if asleep under the next arch.
''The Last Man'' refers to Mary Shelley's novel, one of the first dystopian works, in which plague leaves the protagonist as the only human alive.
BM Satires 15490.
[Ref: 57812] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Falstaff. [DO]L ... I love thee better than I love e'er a Scurvey young boy of them all / 2d part [Henry IV Act 2.]
J.no Flaxman Delin. W.m Flaxman Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to roundel border, losing beginning and end of title.
A scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV part II': with Doll Tearsheet, a prostitute, leaning on Falstaff's shoulder and reaching up to his beard, watched by two boys.
[Ref: 57974] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.no Flaxman Delin. W.m Flaxman Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to roundel border, losing beginning and end of title.
A scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV part II': with Doll Tearsheet, a prostitute, leaning on Falstaff's shoulder and reaching up to his beard, watched by two boys.
[Ref: 57974] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Herschel.]](jpegs/57843.jpg)
[William Herschel.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Head and shoulders portrait of William Herschel who, as an amateur astronomer, found Uranus in 1781, the first planet to be discovered in modern times. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year. The original oil by Lemuel Francis Abbott (c.1760-1802) is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 98).
Wellcome: 1379 - not in.
[Ref: 57843] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gerard Hoet] G Hoet.](jpegs/57816.jpg)
[Gerard Hoet] G Hoet.
[Engraved by Aert Schouman after Gerard Hoet.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders self portrait of Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. This appears to be printed from a cut-down plate that originally showed the artist half-length, holding a quill, a palette hanging on the wall behind (edge visible here). The Rijksmuseum has both versions.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-17.300 & RP-P-1888-A-13936.
[Ref: 57816] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Aert Schouman after Gerard Hoet.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders self portrait of Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. This appears to be printed from a cut-down plate that originally showed the artist half-length, holding a quill, a palette hanging on the wall behind (edge visible here). The Rijksmuseum has both versions.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-17.300 & RP-P-1888-A-13936.
[Ref: 57816] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Porte De Voskressenskie. (de la Resurrection.)
Dessine et lith.e par Cadolle. Lith de Thierry freres.
[Pub'ie par Victor Morlat, Editeur Commissionnaire d' Estampes, 2, rue de Louvois, a Paris. London publsihed by M.c Lean, 26 Hay Market.][n.d. c.1830's]
Very rare colour lithograph on chine collé, sheet 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾") large margins. Some abrasions outside the image.
A view of Resurrection (Iberian) Gate and the adjoining Moscow City Hall to the east and the State Historical Museum to the west. The gate connects the north-western end of Red Square with Manege Square and gives its name to nearby Voskresenskaya Square (Resurrection Square). After Auguste-Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Cadolle (1782-1849). From 'Vues de Moscou, dessinées d'après nature et lithographiées par A.Cadolle.'
[Ref: 57936] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine et lith.e par Cadolle. Lith de Thierry freres.
[Pub'ie par Victor Morlat, Editeur Commissionnaire d' Estampes, 2, rue de Louvois, a Paris. London publsihed by M.c Lean, 26 Hay Market.][n.d. c.1830's]
Very rare colour lithograph on chine collé, sheet 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾") large margins. Some abrasions outside the image.
A view of Resurrection (Iberian) Gate and the adjoining Moscow City Hall to the east and the State Historical Museum to the west. The gate connects the north-western end of Red Square with Manege Square and gives its name to nearby Voskresenskaya Square (Resurrection Square). After Auguste-Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Cadolle (1782-1849). From 'Vues de Moscou, dessinées d'après nature et lithographiées par A.Cadolle.'
[Ref: 57936] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Infancy. To the Right Honorable The Countess of Cholmondeley, This Place is with Permission Dedicated by her Ladyship's Ob.t Humble Serv.t John Scott,
Painted by Alfred Chalon, A. R. A. Engraved by John Scott.
London; Published Aug.t 7, 1814, by John Scott, Rosomans Street, Spa Fields.
Scarce etching with engraving. 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed to plate, slight soiling.
An infant wearing a bonnet, dress slipped to the waist, with dog and Chinese porcelain vase.
[Ref: 57990] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Alfred Chalon, A. R. A. Engraved by John Scott.
London; Published Aug.t 7, 1814, by John Scott, Rosomans Street, Spa Fields.
Scarce etching with engraving. 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed to plate, slight soiling.
An infant wearing a bonnet, dress slipped to the waist, with dog and Chinese porcelain vase.
[Ref: 57990] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
An Elevated View of the New Docks & Warehouses now constructing on the Isle of Dogs near Limehouse for the Reception of Shipping in the West India Trade.
Drawn and Engraved by W.m Daniell, & Published by him, at No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Oct.r 15, 1802.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 480 x 800mm (19 x 31½"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration in sky, toning in edges.
A wonderful bird's-eye view, looking across West India Docks towards London. William Daniell RA (1769-1837) was one of the few artists of the period who was as skilled as an aquatinter as he was a painter.
[Ref: 57967] £1,250.00
Drawn and Engraved by W.m Daniell, & Published by him, at No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Oct.r 15, 1802.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 480 x 800mm (19 x 31½"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration in sky, toning in edges.
A wonderful bird's-eye view, looking across West India Docks towards London. William Daniell RA (1769-1837) was one of the few artists of the period who was as skilled as an aquatinter as he was a painter.
[Ref: 57967] £1,250.00
![[John Jebb] Hinc Virtutem Verumque Laborem! J. Jebb, M.D. F.R.S.](jpegs/56785.jpg)
[John Jebb] Hinc Virtutem Verumque Laborem! J. Jebb, M.D. F.R.S. Th'unconquerable Mind and Freedom's holy Flame!
Engraved by C. Knight.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Rare stipple. 175 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate on left. Small margins.
Oval portrait of John Jebb (1736-86), medical doctor and religious and political reformer.
W: 1523-1. NPG: D10782.
[Ref: 56785] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by C. Knight.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Rare stipple. 175 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate on left. Small margins.
Oval portrait of John Jebb (1736-86), medical doctor and religious and political reformer.
W: 1523-1. NPG: D10782.
[Ref: 56785] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
St Jean Baptiste dans le Desert. Dédié a son Excellence Monseigneur Le Comte de Fuentés; Ministre Plenipotentiaire de sa Majesté Catholique auprès de sa Majesté très Chrétienne. d'Après le Tableau Original du Guide, du Cabinet de M.r L'Abbé Reynoird. Par son très Humble et très Obeissant Serviteur Molés.
Se Vend à Paris chez Lacombe Libraire rue Christine. C.L.R. [c. 1800's]
Etching with engraving. 565 x 380mm (22¼ x 15"), with large margins. Some spotting and creasing in margins. Uncut.
St John the Baptist in the wilderness, seated with lamb and cross, pointing upwards. Engraved by Pedro Pascual Moles after Guido Reni.
[Ref: 57877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Se Vend à Paris chez Lacombe Libraire rue Christine. C.L.R. [c. 1800's]
Etching with engraving. 565 x 380mm (22¼ x 15"), with large margins. Some spotting and creasing in margins. Uncut.
St John the Baptist in the wilderness, seated with lamb and cross, pointing upwards. Engraved by Pedro Pascual Moles after Guido Reni.
[Ref: 57877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Johnson.]](jpegs/57841.jpg)
[Samuel Johnson.]
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 28, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A copy of the famous half length portrait of writer Samuel Johnson (1709-84), painted by Sir Joshua Reybolds c.1772.
[Ref: 57841] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Will. Henderson [pencil signature].
Published 1923 by The Museum Galleries, 28, Museum Street, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A copy of the famous half length portrait of writer Samuel Johnson (1709-84), painted by Sir Joshua Reybolds c.1772.
[Ref: 57841] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)