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Cap.t Ayscough. From an Original Sketch by Dance, in the Collection of Sir William Musgrave Bar.t.
S. Haring sculp.
Pub.d Dec.r 1 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple. 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½") very large margins.
A posthumously-published sketch portrait of George Edward Ayscough (d.1779), dramatist and guards officer, nephew of the first Lord Lyttelton. In 1776 he produced a version of Voltaire's ‘Semiramis' at Drury Lane, which his brother officers attended in great force, securing its success. However Isaac Reed's '' Biographia dramatica'' (1782) described Ayscough as ‘a fool of fashion' and ‘a parasite of Lord Lyttelton'; 'Seniranis' is condemned as contemptible. Ayscough also editored the ''Miscellaneous Works'' of Lord Lyttelton, published 1774.
[Ref: 48996] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
S. Haring sculp.
Pub.d Dec.r 1 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple. 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½") very large margins.
A posthumously-published sketch portrait of George Edward Ayscough (d.1779), dramatist and guards officer, nephew of the first Lord Lyttelton. In 1776 he produced a version of Voltaire's ‘Semiramis' at Drury Lane, which his brother officers attended in great force, securing its success. However Isaac Reed's '' Biographia dramatica'' (1782) described Ayscough as ‘a fool of fashion' and ‘a parasite of Lord Lyttelton'; 'Seniranis' is condemned as contemptible. Ayscough also editored the ''Miscellaneous Works'' of Lord Lyttelton, published 1774.
[Ref: 48996] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![Burbage [in pencil]. [Richard Burbage. The First Performer of King Richard III. From the Original Picture in Dulwich College…]](jpegs/12670.jpg)
Burbage [in pencil]. [Richard Burbage. The First Performer of King Richard III. From the Original Picture in Dulwich College…]
[S. Harding del et sculp.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple. Proof before letters. Image 157 x 126mm. Image stuck onto separate sheet.
Richard Burbage (1568-1619) was an actor and theatre owner. Burbage was a popular actor by his early 20s. His early acting career is poorly documented. It has been suggested that it included a stint in the Earl of Leicester's company, but there is no good evidence for this. He probably was acting with the Admiral's Men in 1590, with Lord Strange's Men in 1592, and with the Earl of Pembroke's Men in 1593; but most famously he was the star of William Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men which mutated into the King's Men on the ascension of James I in 1603. He played the title role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Othello, Richard III and King Lear. But he was in great demand and also appeared in the plays of many of the great contemporary writers, such as Ben Jonson (the title role in Volpone, and Subtle in The Alchemist), John Marston (The Malcontent), John Webster (The Duchess of Malfi) and Beaumont & Fletcher (The Maid's Tragedy).
Appears in NPG with title area.
[Ref: 12670] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[S. Harding del et sculp.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple. Proof before letters. Image 157 x 126mm. Image stuck onto separate sheet.
Richard Burbage (1568-1619) was an actor and theatre owner. Burbage was a popular actor by his early 20s. His early acting career is poorly documented. It has been suggested that it included a stint in the Earl of Leicester's company, but there is no good evidence for this. He probably was acting with the Admiral's Men in 1590, with Lord Strange's Men in 1592, and with the Earl of Pembroke's Men in 1593; but most famously he was the star of William Shakespeare's theatre company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men which mutated into the King's Men on the ascension of James I in 1603. He played the title role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Othello, Richard III and King Lear. But he was in great demand and also appeared in the plays of many of the great contemporary writers, such as Ben Jonson (the title role in Volpone, and Subtle in The Alchemist), John Marston (The Malcontent), John Webster (The Duchess of Malfi) and Beaumont & Fletcher (The Maid's Tragedy).
Appears in NPG with title area.
[Ref: 12670] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Commodore Griffith. From an Original Miniature in the Possession of Cap.t Walter Booth.
Harding sc.
Pub'd Aug. 1, 1800, by Edw. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Welsh naval officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, including the battles of St Lucia (1778), Grenada and Martinique (both 1779), killed in action at the later. His commander, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, noted 'The service cannot lose a better man or a better officer'.
[Ref: 60679] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Harding sc.
Pub'd Aug. 1, 1800, by Edw. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Welsh naval officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, including the battles of St Lucia (1778), Grenada and Martinique (both 1779), killed in action at the later. His commander, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, noted 'The service cannot lose a better man or a better officer'.
[Ref: 60679] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
James Jackson. 45 Years a Singer in Trin Coll Cambridge.
S Harding Del.t et Sculp.t
Published as the Act directs 6 Mar.h 1789 by E. Harding 132 Fleet Street London.
A fine and rare stipple and etching. 304 x 235mm. 12 x 9¼". Trimmed to plate with minor wrinkles in margins.
James Jackson (active mid 18th century), a singer at Trinity College Cambridge.
NPG: D16733.
[Ref: 21674] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
S Harding Del.t et Sculp.t
Published as the Act directs 6 Mar.h 1789 by E. Harding 132 Fleet Street London.
A fine and rare stipple and etching. 304 x 235mm. 12 x 9¼". Trimmed to plate with minor wrinkles in margins.
James Jackson (active mid 18th century), a singer at Trinity College Cambridge.
NPG: D16733.
[Ref: 21674] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Foster Powell. Was born at Horseforth, near Leeds in Yorkshire. 1734.
S. Harding fecit.
London Pub.d June 30. 1788. for the sole benefit of Foster Powell & Sold by Mr Marshall. St Clements Church Yard.
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 185mm (12¼ x 7¼"). Staining and foxing. Small margins.
Foster Powell (c.1734-1793), pedestrian whose great walks were undertaken for trifling wagers: in 1792 he walked again from Shoreditch to York Minster and back in 5 days 15¼ hours (135¼ hours), earning £10, said to be the largest fee he ever received. Powell died in poverty, having failed to benefit financially from his walks to the extent of the popular interest his athleticism aroused. Original etching by Silvester Harding (1745x51-1809), artist and publisher who mainly drew theatrical celebrities and copied earlier portraits
[Ref: 43624] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S. Harding fecit.
London Pub.d June 30. 1788. for the sole benefit of Foster Powell & Sold by Mr Marshall. St Clements Church Yard.
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 185mm (12¼ x 7¼"). Staining and foxing. Small margins.
Foster Powell (c.1734-1793), pedestrian whose great walks were undertaken for trifling wagers: in 1792 he walked again from Shoreditch to York Minster and back in 5 days 15¼ hours (135¼ hours), earning £10, said to be the largest fee he ever received. Powell died in poverty, having failed to benefit financially from his walks to the extent of the popular interest his athleticism aroused. Original etching by Silvester Harding (1745x51-1809), artist and publisher who mainly drew theatrical celebrities and copied earlier portraits
[Ref: 43624] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)