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A Fairy Oak or the Power of Britain. From a Sketch taken near Windsor Castle. In this Print may be discovered correct likenesses of the following Eminent Persons. 1. Lord Morpeth. 2. Lord Melbourne. 3. Marquis of Normandy. 4. Duke of Wellington. 5. Lord John Russell. 6. Daniel O'Connell. 7. Prince Albert. 8. Lord Brougham. 9. Queen Victoria. 10. Sir Robert Peel. 11. The Speaker of the House of Commons. 12. Earl Fitzwilliam. 13. The Dowager Queen Adelaide.
London Published 1842 by T. Houlston 154 Strand and R.E. Sly 40 Upper Seymour Street, Euston Square.
Lithograph, puzzle print. 273 x 324mm. 10¾ x 12¾". Margins trimmed. Some rubbing to the text.
The branches of a gnarled old oak tree in the foreground conceal the outline bust profiles of statesmen and royals. The figures represented (listed below title) include Albert and Victoria, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Daniel O'Connell. An interesting and fun piece of popular printing.
From: Charborough House, residence to the Erle-Drax family.
[Ref: 19748] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Published 1842 by T. Houlston 154 Strand and R.E. Sly 40 Upper Seymour Street, Euston Square.
Lithograph, puzzle print. 273 x 324mm. 10¾ x 12¾". Margins trimmed. Some rubbing to the text.
The branches of a gnarled old oak tree in the foreground conceal the outline bust profiles of statesmen and royals. The figures represented (listed below title) include Albert and Victoria, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Daniel O'Connell. An interesting and fun piece of popular printing.
From: Charborough House, residence to the Erle-Drax family.
[Ref: 19748] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Battle of Moodkee & Death of General Sale. An Authentic Sketch by an Officer Representing the Gallant Sale being led off the Field of Battle Mortally Wounded [...]
Drawn on Stone by Richard Evan Sly. Printed by W.Kohler, 13 Rathbone Pl.
Published by Blackwood and Page at the Office, 154 Strand 18 March 1846.
Lithograph. Sheet 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Binding folds worn, as normal.
The Battle of Mudki, 18th December 1845, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab during the First Sikh War (1845-6). It was a costly battle for both sides: among the British dead was Major General Sir Robert Henry Sale, veteran of Seringapatam, the First Burmese War and the First Afghan War, in which he commanded the garrison of Jalalabad and rescued his wife from Afghan captivity.
[Ref: 32027] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by Richard Evan Sly. Printed by W.Kohler, 13 Rathbone Pl.
Published by Blackwood and Page at the Office, 154 Strand 18 March 1846.
Lithograph. Sheet 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Binding folds worn, as normal.
The Battle of Mudki, 18th December 1845, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab during the First Sikh War (1845-6). It was a costly battle for both sides: among the British dead was Major General Sir Robert Henry Sale, veteran of Seringapatam, the First Burmese War and the First Afghan War, in which he commanded the garrison of Jalalabad and rescued his wife from Afghan captivity.
[Ref: 32027] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Daniel O'Connell, also correct likenesses of the Duke of Wellington, the Rt. Hon. Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, Attorney-General for Ireland, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Mr Richard Wilson Greene, Solicitor-General for Ireland, Sir Robert Peel.
Drawn from Life & on Stone by R. Evan Sly, 40 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.
London published March 1844 by T. Houlston, 154 Strand, & R. Evan Sly, 40 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.
Lithograph, printed area 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9").
Very scarce Puzzle print. Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847), Irish nationalist leader known as 'The Liberator', or 'The Emancipator'. O'Connell campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain. In addition to his status as the quinessential Irish national champion, O'Connell was a key figure in the emergence of European democracy (he commanded great attention on the continent during his lifetime) and was an advocate for the socially disadvantaged, including Jews, black slaves and Australian Aborigines. During the repeal campaign O'Connell was arrested on a charge of conspiracy and this portrait was published during the period he spent in England between his trial and sentencing to a year's imprisonment).Puzzle print with profile portraits of various contemporary celebrities including Queen Victoria and the duke of Wellington concealed in the floral frame.
[Ref: 38948] £360.00
Drawn from Life & on Stone by R. Evan Sly, 40 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.
London published March 1844 by T. Houlston, 154 Strand, & R. Evan Sly, 40 Upper Seymour St. Euston Sq.
Lithograph, printed area 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9").
Very scarce Puzzle print. Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847), Irish nationalist leader known as 'The Liberator', or 'The Emancipator'. O'Connell campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain. In addition to his status as the quinessential Irish national champion, O'Connell was a key figure in the emergence of European democracy (he commanded great attention on the continent during his lifetime) and was an advocate for the socially disadvantaged, including Jews, black slaves and Australian Aborigines. During the repeal campaign O'Connell was arrested on a charge of conspiracy and this portrait was published during the period he spent in England between his trial and sentencing to a year's imprisonment).Puzzle print with profile portraits of various contemporary celebrities including Queen Victoria and the duke of Wellington concealed in the floral frame.
[Ref: 38948] £360.00
Battle of Sobraon. A Faithful Representation of the Storming of the Sikhs' Position at the Bridge of Boats at Sobraon by the British Army on the Sutlej, February 10th 1846.
[Lithographed by Richard Evan Sly?]
[Published by Blackwood & Page, n.d., c.1846.]
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Binding folds worn, as normal.
The Battle of Sobraon, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab during the First Sikh War (1845-6). The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War. This scene shows the Sikh retreat over the single pontoon bridge over the Sutlej River; when the bridge collapsed under the weight of the troops, those Sikhs trapped with the British refused to surrender and fought to the death.
[Ref: 32024] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Richard Evan Sly?]
[Published by Blackwood & Page, n.d., c.1846.]
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Binding folds worn, as normal.
The Battle of Sobraon, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab during the First Sikh War (1845-6). The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War. This scene shows the Sikh retreat over the single pontoon bridge over the Sutlej River; when the bridge collapsed under the weight of the troops, those Sikhs trapped with the British refused to surrender and fought to the death.
[Ref: 32024] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Providentia; Escape of John Wesley from Fire in 1708.
Engraved from an original drawing by R. Sly.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 155mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A five-year-old John Wesley (1703-91) escapes from a burning house by climbing through a window to be caught by a man standing on another man's shoulders.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67149] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved from an original drawing by R. Sly.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 155mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A five-year-old John Wesley (1703-91) escapes from a burning house by climbing through a window to be caught by a man standing on another man's shoulders.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67149] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)