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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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Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship. Columbiad.
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Camp Meeting of the Methodists in N. America.
[J. Milbert Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.]
[Pub. as the Act Directs March 1. 1819. Sold by R. Martin, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"). Trimmed around image, title stuck to mount. Cut.
A contemporary eye-witness view of the 'Second Great Awakening', the Protestant religious revival movement of the early 19th century, showing a 'camp meeting' probably in Virginia, centre of Methodism in the United States. At these camps people would come from the surrounding regions to camp on the grounds of a church for several days at a time. Jacques Gérard Milbert (1766-1840) drew a set of four views of these religious meetings.
The Library of Congress has three of the four views, (95504527, 95504484 & 98508274.
[Ref: 66472] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Milbert Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.]
[Pub. as the Act Directs March 1. 1819. Sold by R. Martin, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"). Trimmed around image, title stuck to mount. Cut.
A contemporary eye-witness view of the 'Second Great Awakening', the Protestant religious revival movement of the early 19th century, showing a 'camp meeting' probably in Virginia, centre of Methodism in the United States. At these camps people would come from the surrounding regions to camp on the grounds of a church for several days at a time. Jacques Gérard Milbert (1766-1840) drew a set of four views of these religious meetings.
The Library of Congress has three of the four views, (95504527, 95504484 & 98508274.
[Ref: 66472] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Costumes Mexicains. Négre d'Alvarado étendu dans son Hamac, faisant travailler sa femme.]
[Linati f.]
[Brussels: Lithographie Royale de Jobard, 1828.]
Fine colour lithograph, trimmed as scrap, losing all inscriptions. Sheet 180 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Laid on album paper.
A black man lying in a hammock uses a whip to make his wife work. From Claudo Linati's 'Costumes et Moeurs de Mexique'.
[Ref: 66302] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Linati f.]
[Brussels: Lithographie Royale de Jobard, 1828.]
Fine colour lithograph, trimmed as scrap, losing all inscriptions. Sheet 180 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Laid on album paper.
A black man lying in a hammock uses a whip to make his wife work. From Claudo Linati's 'Costumes et Moeurs de Mexique'.
[Ref: 66302] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681. To the Proprietaries of the Province of Pensylvania, &c. &c. This Print, Engraved from the Original Painting belonging to the late Thomas Penn Esquire, Is respectfully Inscribed by Their obedient humble Servant John Boydell.
Benj: West pinxit. John Hall sculpsit.
Published, June 12th. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 485 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"). Repairs to edges. Watermark in lower left of publication line.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' was reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This highly detailed depiction of the event, shows Penn in the centre left, with his arms open, his entourage beside him, two of his men kneeling, offering gifts to the Indians who are assembled at the right. Buildings in construction can be seen behind at the left, with boats on the sea at right. The painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820), who was born in Pennsylvania, is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West was the first American-born artist to receive international recognition and remains one of the most important eighteenth-century painters of historical scenes. He enjoyed a career that endured more than half a century that included serving as president of the Royal Academy. William Penn, quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, was the first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, Penn established an American sanctuary which protected freedom of conscience. Almost everywhere else, colonists stole land from the Indians, but Penn travelled unarmed among the Indians and negotiated peaceful purchases. He insisted that women deserved equal rights with men. He gave Pennsylvania a written constitution which limited the power of government, provided a humane penal code, and guaranteed many fundamental liberties. For the first time in modern history, a large society offered equal rights to people of different races and religions. Penn's dramatic example caused quite a stir in Europe. The French philosopher Voltaire, a champion of religious toleration, offered lavish praise. 'William Penn might, with reason, boast of having brought down upon earth the Golden Age, which in all probability, never had any real existence but in his dominions'.
[Ref: 54272] £690.00
Benj: West pinxit. John Hall sculpsit.
Published, June 12th. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 485 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"). Repairs to edges. Watermark in lower left of publication line.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' was reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This highly detailed depiction of the event, shows Penn in the centre left, with his arms open, his entourage beside him, two of his men kneeling, offering gifts to the Indians who are assembled at the right. Buildings in construction can be seen behind at the left, with boats on the sea at right. The painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820), who was born in Pennsylvania, is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West was the first American-born artist to receive international recognition and remains one of the most important eighteenth-century painters of historical scenes. He enjoyed a career that endured more than half a century that included serving as president of the Royal Academy. William Penn, quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, was the first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, Penn established an American sanctuary which protected freedom of conscience. Almost everywhere else, colonists stole land from the Indians, but Penn travelled unarmed among the Indians and negotiated peaceful purchases. He insisted that women deserved equal rights with men. He gave Pennsylvania a written constitution which limited the power of government, provided a humane penal code, and guaranteed many fundamental liberties. For the first time in modern history, a large society offered equal rights to people of different races and religions. Penn's dramatic example caused quite a stir in Europe. The French philosopher Voltaire, a champion of religious toleration, offered lavish praise. 'William Penn might, with reason, boast of having brought down upon earth the Golden Age, which in all probability, never had any real existence but in his dominions'.
[Ref: 54272] £690.00
Sir Walter Raleigh ordering the Standard of Queen Elizabeth to be erected on the Coast of Virginia. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
Taylor delin. et sculpt.
[London, 1777-78.]
Engraving. 290 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾").
A fanciful view of Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), claiming Virginia for Britain. Although Raleigh was in charge of the colonisation attempts at Roanoke, he never visited North America himself
[Ref: 66433] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Taylor delin. et sculpt.
[London, 1777-78.]
Engraving. 290 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾").
A fanciful view of Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), claiming Virginia for Britain. Although Raleigh was in charge of the colonisation attempts at Roanoke, he never visited North America himself
[Ref: 66433] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army. Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms, in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Foxed.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of George Washington (1732-99), Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783.
[Ref: 66429] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms, in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 180 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Foxed.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of George Washington (1732-99), Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783.
[Ref: 66429] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)