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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Baron Bergami.
Engraved by T. Illman from an original Drawing.
London, Pub.Nov.r 6. 1820 by T. Illman, 127 Oxford Street.
Stipple and etching. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card.
Medallion half-length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), in uniform, surrounded by trophies. Pergami headed the household of Caroline, wife of the Prince Regent, during her exile from England, and was widely believed to be Queen Caroline's lover.
[Ref: 61540] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by T. Illman from an original Drawing.
London, Pub.Nov.r 6. 1820 by T. Illman, 127 Oxford Street.
Stipple and etching. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card.
Medallion half-length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), in uniform, surrounded by trophies. Pergami headed the household of Caroline, wife of the Prince Regent, during her exile from England, and was widely believed to be Queen Caroline's lover.
[Ref: 61540] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII. from an Original Paintng in the Music School Oxford. by J.W. Childe.
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
M. Wood Esq.r M.P. Diogenes his lantern needs no more, / An honest man is found, his search is o'er.
London Engraved & Pub.d Oct.r 4th 1820 by T. Illman, 427 Oxford St.
Etching on card. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Some surface dirt.
A promotional portrait of Sir Matthew Wood (1768-1843), MP for the City of London, in an oval supported by Diogenes, with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background. The claim to be an honest man is open to question: in 1839 he lost a court case over an inheritance he had acquired by 'conspiracy and fraud', although this was overturned on appeal.
[Ref: 44101] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London Engraved & Pub.d Oct.r 4th 1820 by T. Illman, 427 Oxford St.
Etching on card. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Some surface dirt.
A promotional portrait of Sir Matthew Wood (1768-1843), MP for the City of London, in an oval supported by Diogenes, with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background. The claim to be an honest man is open to question: in 1839 he lost a court case over an inheritance he had acquired by 'conspiracy and fraud', although this was overturned on appeal.
[Ref: 44101] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)