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Bothal Castle. English Border. Proof.
Drawn & Engraved by TM Richardson Jun.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint, 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"), with large margins.
A view of Bothal Castle behind thatched cottages, with a woman walking towards it.
[Ref: 66138] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Broadstairs.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Aug.t 1, 1823.
Aquatint with original hand colour, sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Thread margin at top. Trimmed to plate left and right. Paper slightly faded. Some foxing.
From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
[Ref: 66853] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The North View of S.t Michaels Church Coventry.
Mary Rann Del.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink with grey and blue washes. Sheet 810 x 640mm (31¾ x 25¼"), on J. Whatman watermarked paper. Folds, small tear in edges.
A large and well-executed copy of the etching of the original St Michael's Cathedral, by John Roe after Piaza (c.1780, BM 1981,U.2573), without the staffage.
[Ref: 66816] £650.00
Procession of Lady Godiva, at Coventry Fair.
D. Jee.
Published by David Lewin, Coventry [n.d., c.1840].
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 410mm (6 x 16"). Trimmed, original folds.
A locally published view of the annual Coventry Great Fair, with a local beauty recreating Lady Godiva's famous ride, but not quite naked. The Godiva Procession was first recorded in 1678. It has survived several attempts to suppress it.
[Ref: 66862] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Coventry Show Fair, Grand Procession.
[n.d., c.1840].
Wood engraving. Sheet 130 x 390 (5 x 15¼"), with title excised and appended. Trimmed as scrap.
A view of the annual Coventry Great Fair, with a local beauty recreating Lady Godiva's famous ride. It was probably the illustration to a broadsheet guide to the procession. The Godiva Procession was first recorded in 1678. It has survived several attempts to suppress it.
[Ref: 66863] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Court Yard of the Castle. Durham _ 1838.
Drawn & Lith.ed by J. Deason. Day & Hague Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1838.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Printed area 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"), with large margins.
A view across the courtyard of Durham Castle, with three figures in academic dress. The keep is still in a ruined state prior to its rebuilding as university accommodation.
[Ref: 66681] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Hadleigh Castle near the Nore.]
[Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.]
[n.d. c1829.]
Fine & rare cut mezzotint proof on india. Plate: 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾"). Laid on card.
A view of Hadleigh Castle in Essex after John Constable's 1814 oil painting. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. They worked very closely together with Constable often hand touching up the prints himself, this is a larger version and not from this series. Shirley: 11.
[Ref: 66966] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pains Hill.
W. Thewes, 64. Basinghall St London.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 355mm (8¾ x 14"). Trimmed close to printed border.
The west-facing main entrance of Painshill House, designed by Richard Jupp, with a portico with four Corinthian columns.
[Ref: 66861] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Park Place] 34. Vuë d'Optique Nouvelle, Representant le Parc du Chaleau de Milord Haimillon, traversé par la Thamise aux environs de Londres.
a Paris chez Huquier fils [n.d., c.1760].
Rare coloured engraving., 18th century watermark; 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16"), with large margins on 3 sides. Tears in subtitle taped.
Sir Alexander Hamilton's garden at Park Place, with high topiary and a bridge from which a man fishes. In the title two 't's have not been crossed.
[Ref: 66689] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Randall's Park, Leatherhead] S.E. View of the Mansion.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed, old ink mss.
A view of a house in Leatherhead, once the seat of Nathaniel Bland, and said to be the inspiration for 'Randalls' in Jane Austen's 'Emma'.
[Ref: 66886] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Shipping and Ocean Scenery, as seen through the large Ivy Arch, at the extreme End of the Verandah, at Knowle Cottage Sidmouth; The Marine Villa Ornée of Tho.s K. Fish Esq.r.
C.F. Williams del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published and Sold by J. Harvey, Fore Street Sidmouth [n.d., c.1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Slight spotting.
A view looking through an ivy-covered arch out to sea, with a fish bowl, birdcage and classical bust. Thomas Leversidge Fish bought Knowle in 1821, spending a fortune furnishing the house and grounds with an extraordinary collection of objets d'art, exotic trees and plants, birds and animals including kangaroos, gazelles, alpacas, buffalos, parakeets, peacocks and pelicans. Fish allowed tours of the house every Monday until a theft made him close it to the public. This plate was published in the 'Guide to Illustrations and View of Knowle Cottage, Sidmouth': as Abbey describes it as 'folding' it is likely to have also been issued separately, as this example has no fold. Abbey Scenery 312.
[Ref: 66606] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
View of Part of the South Front of Knowle Cottage Sidmouth, The Marine Villa Ornée of Tho.s K. Fish Esq.r.
C.F. Williams del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published and Sold by J. Harvey, Fore Street Sidmouth [n.d., c.1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14").
A view of the garden and the exterior of The Knowle, covered with ivy. Thomas Leversidge Fish bought Knowle in 1821, spending a fortune furnishing the house and grounds with an extraordinary collection of objets d'art, exotic trees and plants, birds and animals including kangaroos, gazelles, alpacas, buffalos, parakeets, peacocks and pelicans. Fish allowed tours of the house every Monday until a theft made him close it to the public. This plate was published in the 'Guide to Illustrations and View of Knowle Cottage, Sidmouth': as Abbey describes it as 'folding' it is likely to have also been issued separately, as this example has no fold. Abbey Scenery 312.
[Ref: 66605] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Wallis's Library Shed, and Room for Morning Recreation.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 90 x 155mm (3½ x 6").
The exterior of 'The Shed', Sidmouth's first lending library, on the Esplanade, overlooking the sea. Also known as Wallis's Royal Marine Library, it closed in 1830. John Wallis was also a publisher of prints.
[Ref: 66604] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
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