A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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Martin Folkes Esq.r F.R.S.
J. Vanderbank pinx.t 1736. J. Faber Fecit 1737.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), astronomer, leaning on a book, a bust of Isaac Newton behind. An antiquary and natural philosopher, he became a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-four. After Sir Isaac Newton's death, Folkes lost out to Hans Sloane in a fiercely contested battle for the presidency, subsequently becoming vice-president. He became president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750.
CS 133, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68582] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vanderbank pinx.t 1736. J. Faber Fecit 1737.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), astronomer, leaning on a book, a bust of Isaac Newton behind. An antiquary and natural philosopher, he became a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-four. After Sir Isaac Newton's death, Folkes lost out to Hans Sloane in a fiercely contested battle for the presidency, subsequently becoming vice-president. He became president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750.
CS 133, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68582] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Guy Patin.] M.e Guido Patin doctor medicus parisiensis medicus et professor Regius.
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul.
1670 a Paris rue St.Germain de L'auxerais, Proche L'espee de Bois.
Rare engraving. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Creasing in upper left corner of image. Small margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters.
[Ref: 68682] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul.
1670 a Paris rue St.Germain de L'auxerais, Proche L'espee de Bois.
Rare engraving. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Creasing in upper left corner of image. Small margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters.
[Ref: 68682] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Body of a Murderer exposed in the Theatre of the Surgeons Hall, Old Bailey.
Dodd delin. White sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), with large margins.
A scene depicting the Surgeons Hall, Old Bailey. The body lies in the centre of the theatre, onlookers and academics stand at the balcony and look down upon it.
[Ref: 68905] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. White sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), with large margins.
A scene depicting the Surgeons Hall, Old Bailey. The body lies in the centre of the theatre, onlookers and academics stand at the balcony and look down upon it.
[Ref: 68905] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)