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Robert Blake. General and Admiral of the Forces of England &c. Denatus 17. Aug. 1657 Ætat. 59. Was heard in the thunder through th'affrighted shores [/] Of pale Iberia, of submissive Gaul, [/] And Tagus trembling to his utmost source, [/] O ever faithful, vigilant, and brave [/] Thou bold asserter of Britannia's Fame, [/] Unconquerable Blake! Mr. Glover's London. p. 21.
Done from a painting in the possession of M.r. J. Ames. By Tho: Preston and Dedicated to ye citizens of London.
Sold by M.r. King in the Poultry, and the Print Sellers of London and Westminster, and Published according to Act of Parliament Jan.r. 24 1740.
Mezzotint with some etching decoration, very rare. Plate: 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½").
Half-portrait in a roundel of Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) whose actions in battle served as the foundations of England's naval supremacy. Blake commanded and fought in the English Civil War, the first Anglo-Dutch War, against the Bey of Tunis and in the Anglo-Spanish War.
BM. 1849,0721.2228.
[Ref: 35049] £320.00
Done from a painting in the possession of M.r. J. Ames. By Tho: Preston and Dedicated to ye citizens of London.
Sold by M.r. King in the Poultry, and the Print Sellers of London and Westminster, and Published according to Act of Parliament Jan.r. 24 1740.
Mezzotint with some etching decoration, very rare. Plate: 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½").
Half-portrait in a roundel of Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) whose actions in battle served as the foundations of England's naval supremacy. Blake commanded and fought in the English Civil War, the first Anglo-Dutch War, against the Bey of Tunis and in the Anglo-Spanish War.
BM. 1849,0721.2228.
[Ref: 35049] £320.00
![James Naylor [Nayler].](jpegs/42123.jpg)
James Naylor [Nayler]. Born at Adresloe near Wakefeild in Yorkshire, Was an Independent & Served Quarter Master in ye Parliament Army about ye Year 1641, Turn'd Quaker in 1651, Published as a Blasphemer 1656, Author of many Books & Dyed at Holm in Huntingtonshire 1660, Aged 44.
T. Preston Fecit [after Francis Place].
[n.d., c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint. 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼"). Thread margins.
Having been a quarter-master in the Parliamentarian army, Nayler became a Quaker in 1651, joining the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Nayler [1618-60] was one of the more radical members, and in 1656 he and his friends staged a demonstration entering Bristol on a donkey, re-enacting Christ's entering Jerusalem. Nayler was arrested and convicted of blasphemy; branded on the forehead with the letter B and his tongue bored through, he went to prison for two years. On his release he repented of his actions, but continued his Quaker life until he died a day after being mugged. Despite the blasphemy he remained an influential figure to the Quaker movement.
CS 3 only state.
[Ref: 42123] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T. Preston Fecit [after Francis Place].
[n.d., c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint. 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼"). Thread margins.
Having been a quarter-master in the Parliamentarian army, Nayler became a Quaker in 1651, joining the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Nayler [1618-60] was one of the more radical members, and in 1656 he and his friends staged a demonstration entering Bristol on a donkey, re-enacting Christ's entering Jerusalem. Nayler was arrested and convicted of blasphemy; branded on the forehead with the letter B and his tongue bored through, he went to prison for two years. On his release he repented of his actions, but continued his Quaker life until he died a day after being mugged. Despite the blasphemy he remained an influential figure to the Quaker movement.
CS 3 only state.
[Ref: 42123] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![James Naylor [Nayler].](jpegs/61578.jpg)
James Naylor [Nayler]. Born at Adresloe near Wakefeild in Yorkshire, Was an Independent & Served Quarter Master in ye Parliament Army about ye Year 1641, Turn'd Quaker in 1651, Published as a Blasphemer 1656, Author of many Books & Dyed at Holm in Huntingtonshire 1660, Aged 44.
T. Preston Fecit [after Francis Place].
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, pt 18th century watermark, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet at sides. Damaged on left.
Having been a quarter-master in the Parliamentarian army, Nayler became a Quaker in 1651, joining the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Nayler [1618-60] was one of the more radical members, and in 1656 he and his friends staged a demonstration entering Bristol on a donkey, re-enacting Christ's entering Jerusalem. Nayler was arrested and convicted of blasphemy; branded on the forehead with the letter B and his tongue bored through, he went to prison for two years. On his release he repented of his actions, but continued his Quaker life until he died a day after being mugged. Despite the blasphemy he remained an influential figure to the Quaker movement.
CS 3 only state.
[Ref: 61578] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T. Preston Fecit [after Francis Place].
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, pt 18th century watermark, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet at sides. Damaged on left.
Having been a quarter-master in the Parliamentarian army, Nayler became a Quaker in 1651, joining the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries. Nayler [1618-60] was one of the more radical members, and in 1656 he and his friends staged a demonstration entering Bristol on a donkey, re-enacting Christ's entering Jerusalem. Nayler was arrested and convicted of blasphemy; branded on the forehead with the letter B and his tongue bored through, he went to prison for two years. On his release he repented of his actions, but continued his Quaker life until he died a day after being mugged. Despite the blasphemy he remained an influential figure to the Quaker movement.
CS 3 only state.
[Ref: 61578] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alexander Pope] [&] M.r Pope.](jpegs/65303.jpg)
[Alexander Pope] [&] M.r Pope.
T. Preston Fecit. [after Sir Godfrey Kneller] [&] [after Jonathan Richardson Senior.]
[n.d. c.1770]
Very scarce double portrait on one sheet, mezzotint and etching 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A double portrait of the poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the left mezzotint after is Kneller's (1646-1723) oil painting 'Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy.' Bust-length, in left profile, enclosed in an oval frame, adorned with a wreath and chaplet. The right is after Jonathan Richardson Senior's (1667-1745) portrait of Pope head in profile, wearing fur collar. Thomas Preston (fl. 1740-85) engraver. David Alexander states there is no evidence to link him to Captain Thomas Preston who surveyed a 'Chart of ... Scotland' 1744
CS 2. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Kneller's painting is in the Yale Center for British Art. David Alexander, 'A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers', New Hav
[Ref: 65303] £680.00
T. Preston Fecit. [after Sir Godfrey Kneller] [&] [after Jonathan Richardson Senior.]
[n.d. c.1770]
Very scarce double portrait on one sheet, mezzotint and etching 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A double portrait of the poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the left mezzotint after is Kneller's (1646-1723) oil painting 'Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy.' Bust-length, in left profile, enclosed in an oval frame, adorned with a wreath and chaplet. The right is after Jonathan Richardson Senior's (1667-1745) portrait of Pope head in profile, wearing fur collar. Thomas Preston (fl. 1740-85) engraver. David Alexander states there is no evidence to link him to Captain Thomas Preston who surveyed a 'Chart of ... Scotland' 1744
CS 2. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Kneller's painting is in the Yale Center for British Art. David Alexander, 'A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers', New Hav
[Ref: 65303] £680.00