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Aminto releasing Sylvia. Vide Tasso's Aminto, Act III, Scene 1.
C. R. Ryley pinxit W. Skelton sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 24.th 1788, by W. Skelton, Engraver, No. 23, Hay Market.
Etching with engraving. 340 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼"), very large margins. A little spotting, mainly in margins.
Aminta unties the nymph Silvia from a tree. The satyr who had attempted to rape her flees in the background. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60344] £320.00
C. R. Ryley pinxit W. Skelton sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 24.th 1788, by W. Skelton, Engraver, No. 23, Hay Market.
Etching with engraving. 340 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼"), very large margins. A little spotting, mainly in margins.
Aminta unties the nymph Silvia from a tree. The satyr who had attempted to rape her flees in the background. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60344] £320.00
Thomas Astle Esq.r F.R.S. &c.
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard A. Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1803, by J. White Fleet Street.
Engraving, image 165 x 125mm. 6½ x 5".
Portrait of Thomas Astle (1735-1803), antiquary and palaeographer; seated in a chair, holding a scroll. He indexed the catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts, published in 1759. His main work was 'The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts, and charters, ancient and modern', 1784.
[Ref: 27564] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Denman, M.D.
Abbot Pinxit. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 370 x 300mm (14½ x 11¾''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Dr Thomas Denman, an obstetrician from Aberdeen (1733-1815) after Lemuel Francis Abbott.
Wellcome: 790-1
[Ref: 48254] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Abbot Pinxit. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 370 x 300mm (14½ x 11¾''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Dr Thomas Denman, an obstetrician from Aberdeen (1733-1815) after Lemuel Francis Abbott.
Wellcome: 790-1
[Ref: 48254] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait of George III. & the Princes of the Royal Blood.
[Engraved by William Skelton after Thomas Phillips and others]
[Published by William Skelton and others, 1810-1837].
Eight engraved portraits, bound with gilt label and interleaved with dustsheets, rare complete. Soft original binding bit distressed. Some foxing to edges.
Portraits of George III and the seven of his sons who survived to adulthood: George IV; Prince Frederick, duke of York and Albany; William IV; Prince Edward, duke of Kent and Strathearn; Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover; Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex; and Prince Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge.
[Ref: 44084] £980.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved by William Skelton after Thomas Phillips and others]
[Published by William Skelton and others, 1810-1837].
Eight engraved portraits, bound with gilt label and interleaved with dustsheets, rare complete. Soft original binding bit distressed. Some foxing to edges.
Portraits of George III and the seven of his sons who survived to adulthood: George IV; Prince Frederick, duke of York and Albany; William IV; Prince Edward, duke of Kent and Strathearn; Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover; Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex; and Prince Adolphus Frederick, first duke of Cambridge.
[Ref: 44084] £980.00 view all images for this item
John Harvey Esq.r Chairman of the Merchants & Manufacturers of the City of Norwich, Lieut.t Colonel Commandant of the Third or East Norfolk Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, &c. &c.
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease on left; good impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42103] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; crease on left; good impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42103] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
John Harvey Esq.r Chairman of the Merchants & Manufacturers of the City of Norwich, Lieut.t Colonel Commandant of the Third or East Norfolk Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, &c. &c.
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving on india, platemark 505 x 390mm (19¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed close to platemark. Proof impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Stewardson Engraved by Will.m Skelton
Published by William Freeman Printseller No2 London Lane Norwich.
Engraving on india, platemark 505 x 390mm (19¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed close to platemark. Proof impression.
John Harvey of Norwich (1755-1842), Mayor of Norwich who introduced shawl weaving to Norwich. Engraving after the portrait by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859), portrait painter who studied with George Romney and whose sitters also included George Canning and the historian George Grote.
[Ref: 42102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Charles James. With conscience for thee-can reflection fear, [/] The villain whisper or the coxcombs sneer? [/] Secure within, it reeks not how without; [/] The bad mau censure, and the good my doubt: [/] Nor doubt, nor censure can a crime impart. [/] If virtue shield thee what is envy's dart? Vide Year. 1800.
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Lieut.t King.
J. Wright del. W. Skelton sculp.
Publ.d May 1. 1789, by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet size: 230 x 135mm (9 x 5¼"). Cut to plate on left.
A bust portrait of Captain Philip Gidley King (1758 - 1808) within an oval. King was the third Governor of New South Wales, Australia where he helped develop livestock farming, whaling and mining, built many schools and launched the colony's first newspaper. From Phillip's 'Voyage to Botany Bay', 1789.
Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Kivell & Spence. P.164.
[Ref: 35646] £360.00
J. Wright del. W. Skelton sculp.
Publ.d May 1. 1789, by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet size: 230 x 135mm (9 x 5¼"). Cut to plate on left.
A bust portrait of Captain Philip Gidley King (1758 - 1808) within an oval. King was the third Governor of New South Wales, Australia where he helped develop livestock farming, whaling and mining, built many schools and launched the colony's first newspaper. From Phillip's 'Voyage to Botany Bay', 1789.
Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Kivell & Spence. P.164.
[Ref: 35646] £360.00
![[Margaretta Elizabeth Perceval] The Right Hon.ble Margaretta, Elizabth, Baroness Arden.](jpegs/67851.jpg)
[Margaretta Elizabeth Perceval] The Right Hon.ble Margaretta, Elizabth, Baroness Arden.
G. F. Joseph Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. Sheet 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A head and shoulders portrait of Margaretta Elizabeth Perceval (1768-1851), wife of Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden, and a keen amateur artist.
[Ref: 67851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
G. F. Joseph Pinxit. W. Skelton Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. Sheet 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A head and shoulders portrait of Margaretta Elizabeth Perceval (1768-1851), wife of Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden, and a keen amateur artist.
[Ref: 67851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, First Commisioner of his Majesty's Treasury, Chancelor of the Exchequer, &c.&c.&c.
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved Will.m Skelton.
Published March 1.st 1813 by W. Skelton, Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving. Proof impression. Sheet size: 365 x 560mm (14¼ x 22"). Trimmed to platemark left & right.
A portrait of Spencer Perceval, (1762 -1812) the only British prime minister to have been assassinated. He is also the only solicitor general or attorney general to have been prime minister
[Ref: 39388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved Will.m Skelton.
Published March 1.st 1813 by W. Skelton, Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving. Proof impression. Sheet size: 365 x 560mm (14¼ x 22"). Trimmed to platemark left & right.
A portrait of Spencer Perceval, (1762 -1812) the only British prime minister to have been assassinated. He is also the only solicitor general or attorney general to have been prime minister
[Ref: 39388] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Reverend John Prince. Subs.r Proof.
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, subscriber's proof on india, very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾").
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33121] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, subscriber's proof on india, very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾").
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33121] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Reverend John Prince.]](jpegs/33120.jpg)
[The Reverend John Prince.]
[Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.]
[Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.]
Engraving, proof before letters with very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾"). Some spotting.
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33120] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.]
[Published Feb.y 1st 1817, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.]
Engraving, proof before letters with very large margins. 335 x 395mm (13¼ x 15¾"). Some spotting.
John Prince (1753-1833), chaplain of the Magdalen Hospital and vicar of Enford, Wiltshire. Established in 1758 in St George's Fields, Magdalen Hospital was a charity organization for the rehabilitation of 'fallen women', originally prostitutes but later expanded to include 'soiled' women. The institution spread world-wide, but the original altruism changed, becoming more punitive: by the 20th century Ireland's 'Magdalen Laundries' were renowned for the brutality of the regime.
[Ref: 33120] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
William Salte Esqe.
Painted by Sir Willm. Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Willm. Skelton.
Published Octr. 1st. 1813, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
A rare engraving. 515 x 393mm (20¼ x 15½"), with wide margins.
William Salte (1746-1817) of Tottenham, a linen draper. This engraving shows him holding a paper, on which the words "Asylum to meet H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge April 9 1812" are legible.
[Ref: 12735] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Willm. Beechey, R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by Willm. Skelton.
Published Octr. 1st. 1813, by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
A rare engraving. 515 x 393mm (20¼ x 15½"), with wide margins.
William Salte (1746-1817) of Tottenham, a linen draper. This engraving shows him holding a paper, on which the words "Asylum to meet H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge April 9 1812" are legible.
[Ref: 12735] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sculpture head.]](jpegs/62404.jpg)
[Sculpture head.]
H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H. Howard, A. delin. W. Skelton Sculpsit.
[n.d., 1809.]
Engraving with etching, printed in dark brown ink. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼"), with very large margins.
From 'Specimens of Antique Sculptures, Ægyptyan, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: selected from different collections in Great Britain'
[Ref: 62404] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sir John Sinclair.
T. Lawrence del.t. W. Skelton sculp.t.
[Pub. as the Act directs April 16 1790 by T. Cadell, Strand.]
Etching with large margins. Plate 253 x 178mm (10 x 7").
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt (1754-1835), agriculturalist, his right arm resting on a volume inscribed 'Hist. of the Revenue' (referring to his 'History of the public revenue of the British Empire'). Sinclair was the first President of the Board of Agriculture in 1793; he initiated sheep-shearings, introduced improved methods of tillage and established new breeds of livestock in Scotland. His Statistical Account of Scotland, drawing on returns from every parish minister in Scotland, was published in 1799. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
NPG: D5992.
[Ref: 28381] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T. Lawrence del.t. W. Skelton sculp.t.
[Pub. as the Act directs April 16 1790 by T. Cadell, Strand.]
Etching with large margins. Plate 253 x 178mm (10 x 7").
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt (1754-1835), agriculturalist, his right arm resting on a volume inscribed 'Hist. of the Revenue' (referring to his 'History of the public revenue of the British Empire'). Sinclair was the first President of the Board of Agriculture in 1793; he initiated sheep-shearings, introduced improved methods of tillage and established new breeds of livestock in Scotland. His Statistical Account of Scotland, drawing on returns from every parish minister in Scotland, was published in 1799. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
NPG: D5992.
[Ref: 28381] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches of the Island of Santo Paulo, commonly called Amsterdam, in the Indian Ocean...
J. Barrow del. W. Skelton sculp.
London Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Trimmed. Staining.
A map and view of Île St Paul in the southern Indian Ocean, with a detail of Crater Bay, recorded by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. However 'Amsterdam' is another island, named by Anthony van Diemen after his ship 'Nieuw Amsterdam' when he visited the island in 1633, 50 miles to the north. The maps was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38156] £230.00
J. Barrow del. W. Skelton sculp.
London Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Trimmed. Staining.
A map and view of Île St Paul in the southern Indian Ocean, with a detail of Crater Bay, recorded by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. However 'Amsterdam' is another island, named by Anthony van Diemen after his ship 'Nieuw Amsterdam' when he visited the island in 1633, 50 miles to the north. The maps was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38156] £230.00
To His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, K.G. & T.G.C.H. &c. &c. &c. &c. This Portrait of the late William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. is with H.R.H.'s most gracious permission most respectfully inscribed By His Royal Highness's most dutiful & obedient Servant Will.m Skelton.
Painted by John Jackson, R.A. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Nov.r 18.th 1830 by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, rare, on chine collé. Plate: 355 x 275mm (14 x 11''), with very large margins. Foxing on margins.
A seated portrait of English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) who discovered palladium and rhodium.
[Ref: 48255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by John Jackson, R.A. Engraved by Will.m Skelton.
Published Nov.r 18.th 1830 by W. Skelton, 1 Stafford Place, Pimlico.
Engraving, rare, on chine collé. Plate: 355 x 275mm (14 x 11''), with very large margins. Foxing on margins.
A seated portrait of English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) who discovered palladium and rhodium.
[Ref: 48255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)