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![[As You Like It] Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man.](jpegs/66698.jpg)
[As You Like It] Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man.
Published by J & J Smith King St.t [***] London [n.d., c.1840].
Wood engraving, printed in blue on porcelain card. Sheet 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Edges oxidised, with loss to publisher's inscription.
With a vignette scene illustrating each age.
[Ref: 66698] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Published by J & J Smith King St.t [***] London [n.d., c.1840].
Wood engraving, printed in blue on porcelain card. Sheet 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Edges oxidised, with loss to publisher's inscription.
With a vignette scene illustrating each age.
[Ref: 66698] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
M.r John Dryden. 26. Title Page.
P. Fourdrinier Scul.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"), with large margins. Trimmed into plate on left.
Half-length portrait in oval of poet John Dryden (1631-1700).
[Ref: 66763] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
P. Fourdrinier Scul.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"), with large margins. Trimmed into plate on left.
Half-length portrait in oval of poet John Dryden (1631-1700).
[Ref: 66763] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Holcroft.
J. Opie Pinx.t. [Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.]
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, April 1816.
Mezzotint. 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"), with large margins. Stains. Rubbed.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) dramatist, poet and political activist indicted for high treason in 1794. He helped Thomas Paine publish the first part of "The Rights of Man".
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66668] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Opie Pinx.t. [Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.]
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, April 1816.
Mezzotint. 305 x 225mm (12 x 9"), with large margins. Stains. Rubbed.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) dramatist, poet and political activist indicted for high treason in 1794. He helped Thomas Paine publish the first part of "The Rights of Man".
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66668] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Holcroft.]](jpegs/66669.jpg)
[Thomas Holcroft.]
[J. Opie Pinx.t.] [Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.]
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, April 1816.]
Mezzotint, proof better letters. Sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809), holding spectacles. A dramatist, poet and political activist, he was indicted for high treason in 1794. He helped Thomas Paine publish the first part of "The Rights of Man".
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66669] £360.00
[J. Opie Pinx.t.] [Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.]
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, April 1816.]
Mezzotint, proof better letters. Sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809), holding spectacles. A dramatist, poet and political activist, he was indicted for high treason in 1794. He helped Thomas Paine publish the first part of "The Rights of Man".
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66669] £360.00
![[Laura Honey] [The Sea Nymph.]](jpegs/66993.jpg)
[Laura Honey] [The Sea Nymph.]
[Painted by T. Harper. Eng.d by A.M. Huffman.]
[London, J. & F. Harwood] [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 270 x 205mm, (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A bathing beauty with a headdress of shells. We have seen another proof example with a pencil identification for Laura Honey (1816?-1843), described by DNB as 'a pleasing and graceful actress and a delightful ballad-singer'. Harper & Huffman worked together on Folker's 'Beauties of Brighton', with women in local settings.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by T. Harper. Eng.d by A.M. Huffman.]
[London, J. & F. Harwood] [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 270 x 205mm, (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A bathing beauty with a headdress of shells. We have seen another proof example with a pencil identification for Laura Honey (1816?-1843), described by DNB as 'a pleasing and graceful actress and a delightful ballad-singer'. Harper & Huffman worked together on Folker's 'Beauties of Brighton', with women in local settings.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jane Wallis] [The Water Cress Girl.]](jpegs/66235.jpg)
[Jane Wallis] [The Water Cress Girl.]
Painted by J. Zoffany R.A. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
[London Publish'd Sepr. 9th; 1780, by J.R. Smith No.10 Batemans Buildings Soho.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of a woman with a basket of watercress on her arm, mouth open as if speaking. She is identified as Jane Tryphosa Wallis (1774-1848), an actress who performed on stage at Covent Garden and Edinburgh, 1789 to 1814. She married James Elijah Campbell in 1797. Companion to 'Flower Girl'. The painting by Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733 - 1810) was exhibited at the RA in 1780.
Chaloner Smith: 200, unrecorded proof. Frankau: 369. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of vi..
[Ref: 66235] £460.00
Painted by J. Zoffany R.A. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
[London Publish'd Sepr. 9th; 1780, by J.R. Smith No.10 Batemans Buildings Soho.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of a woman with a basket of watercress on her arm, mouth open as if speaking. She is identified as Jane Tryphosa Wallis (1774-1848), an actress who performed on stage at Covent Garden and Edinburgh, 1789 to 1814. She married James Elijah Campbell in 1797. Companion to 'Flower Girl'. The painting by Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733 - 1810) was exhibited at the RA in 1780.
Chaloner Smith: 200, unrecorded proof. Frankau: 369. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of vi..
[Ref: 66235] £460.00
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