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Astronomers.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching. Sheet 50 x 70mm (2 x 2¾"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Two men use a telescope to examine a star. Probably one panel of an alphabet of sciences.
[Ref: 66682] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
[William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.]
[after John Lucas.]
[n.d., c.1873.]
Mezzotint. proof before letters, signed by the siter; 510 x 405mm (20 x 16"). Trimmed within plate.
A nearly-full length seated portrait of William Willoughby Cole (1807-86), Anglo-Irish Conservative MP and peer. A keen amateur palaeontologist, his collection of fossil fish was acquired by the British Museum, now transferred to the Natural History Museum. The original oil still resides at Florence Court, his estate at Enniskillen, now a National Trust property. See NT Accession 631040 for the oil.
[Ref: 66984] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
A New Electrical Machine for the Table.
[Benjamin Martin?]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 185 x 105mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A man demonstrates a table-top electrical machine, probably a generator of static electricity, to a young woman.
[Ref: 66697] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Surgical Tools.] Heelkundige Werktuigen. Chururgische Instrumente. A Instrumens de Chirurgie.
Arthus-Betrand editeur. Imp. de Lemercier Bernard et Ce.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A diagram depicting various surgical tools. Wellcome 493629i.
[Ref: 66715] £180.00
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