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[John Graham of Claverhouse] Viscount Dundee.
[John Graham of Claverhouse] Viscount Dundee.
R. Smith sculp.
[London: Edward Midwinter, 1730.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 120 x 70mm (4¾ x 2¾"). Trimmed, losing pagination at top, edged with album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of John Graham (1648-89), 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, in wig and armour. He led the 1689 Jacobite rebellion but was killed at the Battle of Killiecrankie, a Jacobite victory. The portrait was published to illustrate 'An Elegy in Memory of the Gallant Visc. Dundee, who was kill'd by a random Shot, after he had won the Battel of Gilliecrankey. Writ by Mr. Brown, at the Request of Dr. Griffith and Mr Burges', in 'The Fourth and Last Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown'.
Sharp 394.
[Ref: 69017]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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The Needles, Isle of Wight.
The Needles, Isle of Wight.
R. Herdman-Smith. [Pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1910].
Aquatint. Platemark: 275 x 230mm. (10¾ x 9"). Glued into original mount at top two corners.
A fine aquatint engraving of various sailing boats, passing by The Needles, a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the Isle of Wight, close to Alum Bay. Edition strictly limited to 150 signed artist proofs only (no other state). Robert Herdman-Smith (1879-1945) was born in Liverpool and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. He taught at the Wellington Technical School, New Zealand, from 1902, later returning to England.
[Ref: 28435]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Old Curiosity Shop London [pencil].
The Old Curiosity Shop London [pencil]. ''London'' (The Old Curiosity Shop). Original Etching Printed in Colours by the Artist R. Herdman-Smith, A.R.W.A. Edition Strictly Limited to 75 Signed Artist's Proofs.
R. Herdman-Smith. A.R.W.A. [signed in pencil.]
Etching, printed in colour. 150 x 215mm (6 x 8½") very large margins. In original mount with publisher's printed title label. Mint.
The sixteenth century building at 13–14 Portsmouth Street, Westminster, by the London School of Economics, supposedly the inspiration for Charles Dickens' novel. Robert Herdman-Smith (1879-1945) was born in Liverpool and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. He taught at the Wellington Technical School, New Zealand, from 1902, later returning to England.
[Ref: 49244]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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A Gateway, Tangier. [In pencil below image.]
A Gateway, Tangier. [In pencil below image.]
R. Herdman-Smith. [signed in pencil.]
Etching with hand colour. Limited edition 57/75; original Publishers' label attached. Plate: 215 x 150mm (8½ x 6").
A view of Tangier in Morocco, in which a figure with a lamp approaches through a large gate. Robert Herdman-Smith (1879-1945) was born in Liverpool and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. He taught at the Wellington Technical School, New Zealand, from 1902, later returning to England.
[Ref: 42522]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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