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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Boy turn thy Laughter into Floods of Tears And Tune thy Instrument to mournful airs… E' Collectione Nath. Oldham Armig.
Fran. Hals pinx. G.White fecit 1732.
Sold by T. Jeffreys in the Strand and W.Herbert on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint, 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins and laid on blue album paper.
A fine impression of this magnificent composition of a laughing boy playing the fiddle framed by an ivy-covered window.
CS: 59. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69207] £480.00
Fran. Hals pinx. G.White fecit 1732.
Sold by T. Jeffreys in the Strand and W.Herbert on London Bridge.
Rare mezzotint, 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins and laid on blue album paper.
A fine impression of this magnificent composition of a laughing boy playing the fiddle framed by an ivy-covered window.
CS: 59. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69207] £480.00
The Dancing Lesson _ P:t 2.
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The second of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl lifts the hem of her dress as a boy, hat in hand, takes a step.
Not in BM Satires (the only one in the series not listed, but plates 3 & 4 only 1835 reissues). See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The second of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl lifts the hem of her dress as a boy, hat in hand, takes a step.
Not in BM Satires (the only one in the series not listed, but plates 3 & 4 only 1835 reissues). See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Dancing Lesson _ P:t 1.
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The first of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl stands still as he begins to play, with a boy bowing as he enters the room.
BM Satires 14436. See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Etch.d by G Cruik_k.
Pub. July 8.th 1822 [but c.1825] by G. Humphrey, St. James's Street.
Etching with hand-colouring. 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"), large margins, on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824'.
The first of four etchings by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), published 1822-5, showing a dancing master instructing children while accompanying them on the violin. Here a girl stands still as he begins to play, with a boy bowing as he enters the room.
BM Satires 14436. See [Ref: 60675] for full series.
[Ref: 69120] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The lute players]](jpegs/69196.jpg)
[The lute players]
[Engraved by Bernard Schreuder after Karel van Mander.]
[London: Christian Josi, 1821.]
Crayon manner. Sheet 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border, as issued, mounted on album paper.
After Karel van Mander (1548-1606). From Christian Josi's ''Collection d'imitations de dessins'', a continuation of Ploos van Amstel's 'Ectypa' On the reverse is the coat of arms of Ploos van Amstel, Josi II Stamp.
Abbey 211.
[Ref: 69196] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Bernard Schreuder after Karel van Mander.]
[London: Christian Josi, 1821.]
Crayon manner. Sheet 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border, as issued, mounted on album paper.
After Karel van Mander (1548-1606). From Christian Josi's ''Collection d'imitations de dessins'', a continuation of Ploos van Amstel's 'Ectypa' On the reverse is the coat of arms of Ploos van Amstel, Josi II Stamp.
Abbey 211.
[Ref: 69196] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Musical Illustrations; N.º 1. Penseroso. [&] No 2. Allegro.](jpegs/69108.jpg)
Musical Illustrations; N.º 1. Penseroso. [&] No 2. Allegro.
Designed & Etched by Theodore Lane.
Published by C.S. Arnold, 21. Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1828.
Extremely fine & scarce pair of coloured etchings. Each 295 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824.' Uncut. Very slight cockling to the paper. Few very small patches of staining.
A pair of plates giving satirical meanings to musical terms. Plate 1 is set in Fleet Debtors' Prison, with a 33-point key, including Pomposo, Hornpipe, Falsetto & Lamentations; Plate 2 is in Vauxhall Gardens, with the bandstand, a 34-point key listing 'Fingering the Notes' for a pickpocket.
Not in BM
[Ref: 69108] £850.00 view all images for this item
Designed & Etched by Theodore Lane.
Published by C.S. Arnold, 21. Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1828.
Extremely fine & scarce pair of coloured etchings. Each 295 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1824.' Uncut. Very slight cockling to the paper. Few very small patches of staining.
A pair of plates giving satirical meanings to musical terms. Plate 1 is set in Fleet Debtors' Prison, with a 33-point key, including Pomposo, Hornpipe, Falsetto & Lamentations; Plate 2 is in Vauxhall Gardens, with the bandstand, a 34-point key listing 'Fingering the Notes' for a pickpocket.
Not in BM
[Ref: 69108] £850.00 view all images for this item
![Marie Taglioni [facsimile signature] [The Younger]](jpegs/69152.jpg)
Marie Taglioni [facsimile signature] [The Younger]
J Kniehuber 853.
Gedh. H. Heifferstein & Rosch Wien [n.d., c.1845].
Scarce coloured lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Sheet 410 x 295mm (16 x 11¾"). Chine collé lose, several holes, trimmed on three sides, backing sheet spotted. Small wormholes.
A three-quarter portrait in oval of the German ballet dancer Marie Taglioni the Younger (1833-91), wearing an off-the-shoulder gown, one hand raised to her chin. A niece of the more famous ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804–1884).
[Ref: 69152] £380.00
J Kniehuber 853.
Gedh. H. Heifferstein & Rosch Wien [n.d., c.1845].
Scarce coloured lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Sheet 410 x 295mm (16 x 11¾"). Chine collé lose, several holes, trimmed on three sides, backing sheet spotted. Small wormholes.
A three-quarter portrait in oval of the German ballet dancer Marie Taglioni the Younger (1833-91), wearing an off-the-shoulder gown, one hand raised to her chin. A niece of the more famous ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804–1884).
[Ref: 69152] £380.00