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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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Lieutenant General Sir Neil Douglas, Knight Commander of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath & of the Guelph, & Knight of the Imperial & Military Orders of Maria Theresa, & of S,,t Vladimir, COlonel of the 72,,nd Regiment of Highlanders.
Painted by Sir John Watson Gordon, P.R.S.A., A.F.A. Engraved by Edward Burton, 1851.
Alex.r Hill, Publisher to the Queen, 67, Princes Street, Edin.r 1st September, 1851.
Mezzotint. 695 x 420mm (27¼ x 16½"), with large margins. Spotting, tears in margins.
A full-length portrait of Sir Neil Douglas (1779-1853) who fought in the Peninsula War and at Waterloo, serving as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland (1842-7).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66105] £360.00
Painted by Sir John Watson Gordon, P.R.S.A., A.F.A. Engraved by Edward Burton, 1851.
Alex.r Hill, Publisher to the Queen, 67, Princes Street, Edin.r 1st September, 1851.
Mezzotint. 695 x 420mm (27¼ x 16½"), with large margins. Spotting, tears in margins.
A full-length portrait of Sir Neil Douglas (1779-1853) who fought in the Peninsula War and at Waterloo, serving as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland (1842-7).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66105] £360.00
![John B. Gough [facsimile signature].](jpegs/67837.jpg)
John B. Gough [facsimile signature].
Painted by Daniel Macnee, S.R.A. Engraved by Edward Burton 1855. Edinburgh. Printed by Macglashon & Wilding.
Published by the Scottish Temperance League, 108 Hope Street, Glasgow.
Scarce mezzotint, 555 x 375mm (21¾ x 14¾"). Narrow margins.
A full length portrait of American Temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough (1817-86), pointing at a water glass on a table, arm theatrically thrown across his chest. Gough was born in Kent but was sent to America aged twelve. He became a drunk but managed to redeem himself. Of a theatrical bent, he began earning money from entertaining audiences with stories of his experiences of the evils of drink, becoming popular. The portrait was painted during Gough's first return to England (1853-5), invited by the London Temperance League, during which time he associated with the artist and abstainer George Cruikshank and addressed the Oxford Union.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Daniel Macnee, S.R.A. Engraved by Edward Burton 1855. Edinburgh. Printed by Macglashon & Wilding.
Published by the Scottish Temperance League, 108 Hope Street, Glasgow.
Scarce mezzotint, 555 x 375mm (21¾ x 14¾"). Narrow margins.
A full length portrait of American Temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough (1817-86), pointing at a water glass on a table, arm theatrically thrown across his chest. Gough was born in Kent but was sent to America aged twelve. He became a drunk but managed to redeem himself. Of a theatrical bent, he began earning money from entertaining audiences with stories of his experiences of the evils of drink, becoming popular. The portrait was painted during Gough's first return to England (1853-5), invited by the London Temperance League, during which time he associated with the artist and abstainer George Cruikshank and addressed the Oxford Union.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Alx.r Nasmyth. 1818 [fascimile signature].](jpegs/61641.jpg)
Alx.r Nasmyth. 1818 [fascimile signature].
Will.m Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Edward Burton, Sculpt.
[c.1818.]
Mezzotint, laid on album paper at edges. Sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Scottish painter Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), most famous for the portrait of Robert Burns (a close friend) in the Scottish National Gallery. He set up a drawing school, with pupils including both David Wilkie and David Roberts.
[Ref: 61641] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Will.m Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Edward Burton, Sculpt.
[c.1818.]
Mezzotint, laid on album paper at edges. Sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Scottish painter Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), most famous for the portrait of Robert Burns (a close friend) in the Scottish National Gallery. He set up a drawing school, with pupils including both David Wilkie and David Roberts.
[Ref: 61641] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)