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[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Titania. Puck. What Hempen Home-Spuns Have We Swaggering Here... From the original picture in the possession of William Chamberlayne Esq.r to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by His most obliged & obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thomson R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published March 21, 1814 by T. MacDonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 620 x 415mm. Framed. Trimmed within platemark at bottom.
A scene from 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', with Titania asleep, watched by Puck. In the background is Bottom with an ass's head. Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7112] £520.00
Helena and Hermia. From A Midsummer Night's Dream. Premium Plate to Subscribers to "The Art Journal'', 1899.
EJP 1899. Painted by Sir Edward John Poynter, P.R.A. Etched by W. Heydemann.
Copyright 1898. Published by H. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching. 450 x 510mm (17¾ x 20"), with large margins. Foxing.
The two female romantic leads from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', seated together discussing an embroidery. This etching is taken from the first of two versions in oil by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919); the second, dated 1901, is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
[Ref: 52195] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Helena and Hermia. From A Midsummer Night's Dream.]
EJP 1899. Edward John Poynter. W. Heydemann [pencil signatures.]
Copyright 1898. Published by H. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching on vellum, artist's proof before title. 450 x 510mm (17¾ x 20"), with large margins. Mint.
The two female romantic leads from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', seated together discussing an embroidery. This etching is taken from the first of two versions in oil by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919); the second, dated 1901, is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
[Ref: 52194] £490.00
Mr Henderson in the Character of Macbeth.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 1st. 1787, by J. Jones, Engraver No. 75, Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint, 455 x 540mm. Trimmed to platemark lower left.
Portrait of John Henderson (1747 - 1785) as Macbeth, looking over his left shoulder at the Three Witches. A procession passes across the landscape in the distance. Chaloner Smith: 37, II.
[Ref: 8339] £420.00
Sancta Maria Magdalena.
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1755.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Nicks to margins. Creasing and abrasions.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix. CS 210.
[Ref: 70080] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Knight a famous Singer & Favourite of King Charles the 2d. L'Collectione J. Ellys. Price 2 Shill.
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1749.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Nicks to bottom margin. Light staining.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix. CS 210 i of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70079] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Macbeth.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. S.W. Reynolds Sculpt.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Mixed media, 230 x 260mm. 9 x 10¼".
William Shakespeare's Macbeth, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions. By his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree. Behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far right, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards. For Samuel William Reynold's (1774 - 1835) 'Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds'. Whitman: Appendix, pg. 149, 56.
[Ref: 9567] £140.00
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Pollock's Characters & Scenes in the Silver Palace or The Golden Poppy.
London. Published by B. Pollock, 73, Hoxton Street [n.d., c..1880].
Six coloured etchings. Each 170 x 210 (6¾ x 8¼"). Laid on card.
A set of six numbered plates of characters in 'The Silver Palace or The Golden Poppy' an act spectacle originally described as a 'masque or water pageant' with water nymphs etc. First published c.1834; Pollock took over the business of his father-in-law John Redington in 1876. See V&A E.2449-1924.
[Ref: 70245] £320.00
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Sprite. N.º 38.
London Published by J. Redington, 73, Hoxton Street, Formerly called 208 Hoxton Old Town. [n.d., c.1849.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7").
A fantastical character with pointed ears. John Redington published toy theatres; this seems to be a figure to be cut out and mounted on board for use with the theatre.
[Ref: 70244] £70.00
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