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[The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons.Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.]
[T.S. Robins Del.t E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.]
[Published May 14.th 1852 by Messers. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.]
Coloured lithograph, proof before all letters. 425 x 573mm (16¾ x 22½").
A view of the steam yacht 'Alexandria', which was built for the Tsar of Russia in England. The boat steams through the water with a pair of small boats with fishermen using a net in the foreground. See Ref: 8913 for a lettered version.
[Ref: 31205] £650.00
Fores's Marine Sketches The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.
T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
Published May 14th. 1852 By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Coloured lithograph, image 310 x 450mm. 12¼ x 17¾". Some surface soiling; tear in lower inscription.
A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. 10in. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
[Ref: 8913] £680.00
Schools of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, Avenue Road, _ Regent's Park. H.E. Kendall, Jun.r Arch.t F.S.A. 33 Brunswick Square.
E.T. Dolby, lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1847.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 350 x 440mm (13¾ x 17¼"). Small tear in edge taped, slight soiling.
A view of the exterior of a purpose-built building, designed by Henry Edward Kendall (1776-1875), opened 1847. Avenue Road, between Swiss Cottage and Regent's Park, is now known as 'Billionaire's Row', with an average house price of £21 million.
[Ref: 67109] £380.00
[A Tug of War - Army v. Navy.] [&] [Wrestling.]
E. Buckman [etched in plate and signed in pencil.]
London, Published April 2 1886 by Arthur Lucas, 31 New Bond St. [&] London, Published June 30 1886 by Arthur Lucas, 31 New Bond St.
A pair of signed presentation proof etchings with large margins. Limited to 225. Printsellers assosiation blind stamps in lower left corners. Platemark: 210 x 720mm (8¼ x 28¼") each. Small repaired spot in left margin of 'A Tug of War'.
A tug of war between the navy and the army, which is represented by one of the Scottish regiments, with the team all wearing kilts. [&] Two gentlemen wrestling in a field, watched by numerous spectators, includin an elderly gentleman with his dog, to the left, and a group of figures under a tree to the right. This pair are from a series of 'British Sports and Games' by Edwin Buckman, with the other in the series titled 'Football' (Rugby). Each print is signed in pencil in the lower left corner, with a dedication reading, 'To W. H. May. Kindest Regards 1886'.
[Ref: 35661] £590.00
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Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bar.t.
Engraved by D.J. Pound, from a Photograph by Mayall.
[London Illustrated News, 1862.]
Stipple and engraving. Printed area 260 x 170mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel. He also contributioned to early photography, indroducing sensitized paper, ‘hypo' as a fixed agent, and coining the terms ‘photograph', 'negative', and ‘positive'. From a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), who is best known for his 1875 portrait of Karl Marx.
[Ref: 59700] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Kensington Park Villas.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 310mm (10¼ x 12'').
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50543] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Residences No.5. Swiss Villa. 3. Kensington Park Villas.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 415mm (11 x 16¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt.
A view of a chalet-style villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50544] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
3. Kensington Palace Gardens. Italian.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt, creasing.
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50545] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Manager and Sea Pilot. Dividers of the Kempton Park Great Champion Stakers, 1884. Value 1400. Manager is by Misterton, out of Devotion, the Property of Mr Miller. _ Sea Pilot is by Hadde, out of Sea Beauty, the Property of Mr T. Stone.
Painted & Engraved by Edwin Henry Hunt.
London, Published March 1884 by George Rees, 115 Strand.
Aquatint and etching, printed in colour and hand finished. 430 x 540mm (16¾ x 21¼), very large margins. In contemporary French frame. Paper lightly toned, single small wormhole on front dog's back. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a pair of greyhound coursing champions in a landscape. Not listed in Hickman.
[Ref: 44273] £320.00
The Iron Steam Yacht 'Peterhoff', 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140 Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.
T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
Published Novbr. 21st. 1850. By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Coloured lithograph, image 310 x 450mm. 12¼ x 17¾".
A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
[Ref: 8911] £1,250.00
Benjamin Rush M.D.
Painted by Sully. Engraved by Edwin.
Published by Joseph Delaplaine S.W.Corner of Chesnut & Seventh S.ts. Philad.a. 1813.
Stipple engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Benjamin Rush Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746 -1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of the American Revolution, saying: "He aimed right." He served as surgeon general of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin Rush was a leader of the American Enlightenment and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788. He was prominent in many reforms, especially in the areas of medicine and education. He opposed slavery, advocated free public schools, and sought improved, but patriarchal, education for women, and a more enlightened penal system. As a leading physician, Rush had a major impact on the emerging medical profession. W2565.
[Ref: 64112] £50.00
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[A Tug of War - Army v. Navy.]
E. Buckman [in plate] E. Buckman A.R.W.S. - inv et scul.t.
[London: Arthur Lucas, n.d., 1886.]
Proof etching, limited to 225 signed by the artist. 215 x 850mm, 8½ x 33½". Printsellers' blind stamp. Some foxing, wear to edges, cracks in lateral platemarks reinforced.
A tug of war between the navy and the army, which is represented by one of the Scottish regiments, with the team all wearing kilts. This was the first print in a series of British sports and games by Buckman, followed by Wrestling and Football (rugby).
[Ref: 22793] £360.00
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