Joseph Acerbi.
Painted by P. Violet. Engraved by P.W.Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
London, Published as the Act Directs Jan.y 1802 by Mawman, Bookseller, No 22 Poultry.
Stipple. 28 x 225mm, 11 x 9". Very fine with Collector's Mark I.F.P.
Italian traveller, author of 'Travels through Sweden, Finland and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 & 1799', to which this is the frontispiece.
[Ref: 10977] £160.00
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Affection and Innocence. From the Original Picture, in the Collection of George Keate, Esq.r.
F. Bartolozzi R.A. inv.r et del.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London, Published Feb.y 1st 1810, by Ant.y Molteno, Printseller to her R.H. the Dutchess of York, No. 29, Pall Mall. (Bit later)
Stipple, printed in colours. 310 x 370mm. 12¼ x 14½". Laid on album paper.
Two women and a young boy playing with a tethered bird. First published by James Birchall in 1785.
[Ref: 27903] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. As you like it. Act II. Scene VII. The Seven Ages. First Age. Jaq. At first the Infant Mewling & puking in the nurse's arms. [&] Second Age. Jaq. And then, the whining school-boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, Creeping like snail unwillingly to school. [&] Third Age. Jaq.___And then, the lover; Sighin like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eye-brow. [&] Fourth Age. Jaq.___Then a Soldier; Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel: Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannons mouth. [&] Fifth Age. Jaq.___And then, the justice In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances, And so he plays his part. [&] Sixth Age. Jaq.___The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloo; With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice Turning again toward childish treble, pipes and Whistles in his sound: [&] Seventh Age. Jaq.___Las scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history. Is second childishness, and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Painted by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins. Hist.l Engraver to Her Majesty. [&] by I. Ogborn. [&] by R. Thew, Hist.l Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. [&] by J. Ogborn. [&] by I.P. Simon. [&] by W. Leney. [&] by I.P. Simon.
Pubd. June 4, 1801, by J & J Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; &No. 90, Cheapside, London.
A set of seven stipples. Plate 457 x 541mm (18 x 21¼").
Seven plates illustrating the famous soliloquy by Jaques in Shakespeare's 'As You Like it', in which he described the Seven Ages of Man, from infancy to old age.
[Ref: 25290] £950.00
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Francis Bartolozzi Esq RA.
W.Artaud Pinx. Pastorini & P.W. Tomkins sculp.
London Published Feb 1st 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Engraving. 380 x 510mm (15 x 20")..
Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver, elected a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. The publisher, Hannah Macklin, was the widow of Thomas Macklin, continuing his business after his death in 1801.
[Ref: 454] £220.00
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Francis Bartolozzi Esq RA.
W.Artaud Pinx. Pastorini & P.W. Tomkins sculp.
London Published Feb 1st 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Engraving with small margins, 380 x 510mm. Slightly trimmed on left border.
Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver, elected a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768 (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. The publisher, Hannah Macklin, was the widow of Thomas Macklin, continuing his business after his death in 1801.
[Ref: 31871] £360.00
[Battersea.] [Set of three views.]
Engraved by C.Tomkins.
Published June 1st 1784 by H.W.Billington Nº438 Strand London.
Scarce set of engravings. Sheets 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate and edges backed onto album paper.
Set of three topographical oval views of Battersea and the Thames. A view from the bank overlooking the river, a man and woman in the left foreground and a sail boat in the right foreground. A view of the bank, in the foreground a man and dog watch two men carrying a boat, the river in the background. A view of the bank, in the foreground a man with a wheelbarrow and a man and woman fishing in the river, in the background sail boats drift along the river.
[Ref: 68433] £460.00
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Benevolus. His is the thought continual how to ease / The wayward fortunes of this fickle World / And in the wounds of suffering Innocence / The Balm of mental Comfort to instill.
P. Jean pinx.t. P.W. Tomkins sculpt. [1793]
Stipple printed in brown, with small margins; sheet 115 x 70mm (4½ x 2¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait, listed by O'Donoghue as 'Birch; banker, of Bond Street'. After Jersey-born miniaturist Philip Jean (1755-1802). O'D 1 (only likeness)
[Ref: 35835] £90.00
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First Consul Bonaparte. From an Original Drawing, taken at the Military Levee, in the Palace of the Tuilleries, Paris, Thursday Sept, 2. 1802. [A facsimile of Bonaparte's signature.]
By Edw.d. Dan.l. Clarke. Esq.r MA. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; and Engraved by P.W.Tomkins.
London: Published as the Act directs April: 1803, by P.W.Tomkins, 49 New Bond Street.
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 130 x 170mm (5 x 6¾").
Silhouette portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte as First Consul.
[Ref: 64274] £130.00
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View of Caversham, through the Gateway. Nº8.
Drawn & Engrav'd by C.Tomkins.
[n.d, c.1885.]
Coloured aquatint. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A view of Caversham, Reading. On the field, a game of cricket is being played.
[Ref: 67310] £180.00
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Chastity. Extinguishing the flame of Love.
Cut in Paper by the R.t Hon.ble Lady Templeton. Engrav'd by P.W. Tomkins late Pupil to F. Bartolozzi.
Publish'd July 5. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins No.49 New Bond Street.
Stipple. 187 x 200mm (7¼ x 8").
Diana, the emblem of Chastity, with her hunting hounds, spraying water over Temptation. By Elizabeth Upton, Lady Templetown (1747-1823), an artist who provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood.
[Ref: 14586] £160.00
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Children feeding Chickens.
Picture painted by J. Russel Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker Foccad. P. W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub. Ian 1. 1790 by I. Walker Nr. 7 Cornhill & N. 106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple. Plate: 345 x 360mm (13½ x 14''), with very large margins. Repaired hole in middle.
A scene showing two children feeding and playing with chickens.
[Ref: 48101] £230.00
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[Children at Play.]
W. Hamilton R.A. Del.t P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Jany. 1791 by S Vivaris & Son.
Stipple printed in brown ink, proof before title. Collector's stamp. Plate 220 x 246mm (8¾ x 9¾").
Ex: Adolphe Frederich, Duke of Cambridge (1744-1850), 7th son of George III.
[Ref: 28912] £280.00
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[Comus] The Enchanted Lady. Vide Milton's Comus.
S. Harding Inv.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp. Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London: Published June 8th 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, Fleet Street.
Stipple, open lettered title, printed in brown with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 275mm (10 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Comus, holding a necromancer's wand, urges 'The Lady', stuck in an enchanted chair, to drink from his magical cup (representing sexual pleasure and intemperance). See [Ref: 45215] for uncoloured version
[Ref: 67872] £260.00
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[Comus] The Enchanted Lady. Vide Milton's Comu[s]
S. Harding Inv.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp. Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London: Published June 8th 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 240 x 255mm (9½ x 10"). Trimmed to printed border.
Comus, holding a necromancer's wand, urges 'The Lady', stuck in an enchanted chair, to drink from his magical cup (representing sexual pleasure and intemperance). See [Ref: 67872] for version with colour.
[Ref: 45215] £140.00
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Mrs Elizabeth Cumberland. Wife of Richard Cumberland Esq. _ Died 14th Oct.r 1801. _ From a Sketch taken on the fourth day after her death by her Daughter the Right Hon.ble Lady Edward Bentinck.
Engraved by P W Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
Published as the Act directs for the Proprietors Jan.y 1802 by P W Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street.
Crayon-manner stipple, very rare. 280 x 290mm (11 x 11½"), with very large margins. Creases in margins, slight surface soiling.
A portrast of Elizabeth Cumberland, wife of dramatist Richard Cumberland, dead in bed, sheets pulled up to her chin, bedcap on, drawn by her daughter, Elizabeth (1760 - 1837), wife of Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck.
[Ref: 44354] £180.00
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Love supported by Hope. [&] Cupid going Post.
From a Paper cut by the R.t Hon. Lady Templeton. Engrav'd by P.W. Tompkins.
Publish'd as the Act directs May 10: 1791 by P.W. Tomkins No. 49 New Bond St., London.
Pair of stipple engravings with large margins. Each 100 x 80mm (4 x 3¼").
A pair of stipples after papercuts by Elizabeth Upton, Lady Templetown (1747-1823), an artist who provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood.
[Ref: 31776] £180.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 11. Weeps for the Loss of His Bow & Arrow.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins.
Having broken his bow, Cupid sits on a stool crying. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53419] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 12. His Arms Restored.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"). Printer's creases in margins top.
A pair of doves return Cupid's bow and arrow. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53420] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 17. Turns Away in Dispair.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"), with very wide margins.
Cupid turns away from his target on the Hill of Difficulty, a heart on a high rock. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53421] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 18. Meets with Hope.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins.
Cupid with an anchor. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53422] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 2. Going Alone.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾") with very wide margins. Tear in edge of large margins, some soiling.
A baby Cupid with budding wings, learning to walk. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53414] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 21. Going to the Temple of Venus.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"), with very wide margins.
Leaving his weapons on a pillar, Cupid walks towards the temple with a flag. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53425] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 24. Uniting the Hearts.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins. Sligth foxing.
On an altar next to two doves, the two hearts burn as Cupid and three other cherubs attend. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53427] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 5. Dreams there is a World.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins. Ink stain left image.
Cupid asleep, support by a cloud. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53416] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 8. Mistakes His Mark.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins.
Cupid practising his archery against a tree. His first arrow is embedded in the tree, snapped; his second misses. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53417] £75.00
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[Birth and Triumph of Cupid] 9. In Vexation Breaks his Bow.
P.W. Tomkins Engraver to her Majesty [after 'Lady Dashwood'].
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 17, 1795 by Tompkins 19 New Bond Street.
Stipple and line engraving. 135 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with very wide margins. Creased.
Practising his archery on a tree, Cupid breaks his bow having missed the target. The title page of this work reads: ''To the Queen, This Book Representing the Birth and Triumph of Cupid In Her Majesty's Collection, from Papers cut by Lady Dashwood, is with permission most humbly Dedicated by her Majesty's most devoted and very much obliged Servant P.W. Tomkins''. 'Lady Dashwood' was the pseudonym of Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. Her 'papercuts' were engraved by Peltro William Tomkins, the court engraver and former pupil of Bartolozzi, and were published at the King’s expense. See Complete Set Ref: 31775
[Ref: 53418] £50.00
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[William Barker Daniel.]
Painted by Geo. Englehart. Engraved by P. W. Tomkins Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
Publish'd Oct 10 1811 for the Proprietor, by P. W. Tomkins, 53 New Bond Street.
Stipple on india, proof before title and altered inscriptions. 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), with very large margins. Backing paper spotted. Uncut.
Rev. William Barker Daniel (1753-1833), author of 'Rural Sports'. The finished plate (with title, inscriptions moved with the alterations 'Published' and 'His' Majesty) was used as a frontispiece to his book. See BM 1850,1014.310 for the finished state.
[Ref: 44433] £95.00
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[Sr John Dick, Bart.]
[Drawn by P.Jean. Engraved by P.W.Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.]
Published as the Act Directs, or the Proprietor by P.W.Tomkins, Octr. 16, 1795. Early proof impression with scratched publication line one year earlier than normally found, no title or letters.
Stipple engraving. 401 x 256mm. Trimmed to plate.
English consul at Leghorn.
[Ref: 3437] £180.00
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The Finding the Doll.
Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty [after Elizabeth Upton].
London Pub. as the Act Directs, Jan 18. 1796 by Tomkins New Bond Street.
Stipple. 160 x 180mm (6¼ x 7"), with large margins.
A child excited to find a new doll. A plate from 'The Birth-Day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll, From Papers Cut by a Lady'' by Elizabeth Upton, Lady Templetown (1747-1823), lady of the bedchamber to Princess Amelia. Upton's designs from cut Indian paper were used by Wedgewood to produce sentimental, morally didactic and uplifting subjects.
[Ref: 53350] £160.00
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Doll at Breakfast.
Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty [after Elizabeth Upton].
London Pub. as the Act Directs, Jan 18. 1796 by Tomkins New Bond Street.
Stipple. 160 x 180mm (6¼ x 7"), with large margins.
A child excited to find a new doll. A plate from 'The Birth-Day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll, From Papers Cut by a Lady'' by Elizabeth Upton (1747-1823), Lady Templetown, lady of the bedchamber to Princess Amelia. Upton's designs from cut Indian paper were used by Wedgewood to produce sentimental, morally didactic and uplifting subjects.
[Ref: 53351] £160.00
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Dressing Room a l'Anglaise.
Chas. Ansell del.t P.W. Tomkins sculpt. late Pupil of Bartolozzi.
Published April the 7th. 1789 by Ino. Matthews No.441. Strand.
Stipple with etching, rare, later issue, printed on Whatman paper watermark 1825, Plate 323 x 247mm.12¾ x 9¾".
Inside a room; a woman helping another dress in front of a dresser, who looks back at a third woman seated on a chair reading to a boy. See ref:18069 for companion "Dressing Room a la Francaise"
[Ref: 18068] £180.00
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Dressing Room a la Francaise.
Chas. Ansell del.t P.W. Tomkins sculp.t late Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
Published April the 7th. 1789 by Ino. Matthews No.441. Strand.
Stipple with etching, rare, later issue, printed on Whatman paper watermark 1825. Plate 324 x 248mm. 12¾ x 9¾".
Inside a room; a noble couple sitting in chairs and looking back as a man who talks to them. The woman sitting with a large hat, changes her shoes in front of a dresser. See Ref:18068 for companion print "Dressing Room a l'Anglaise".
[Ref: 18069] £180.00
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Dressing Room a l'Anglaise [&] Dressing Room a la Francaise
Cha.s Ansell del.t P W Tomkins sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
Published April the 7.th. 1789. by In.o. Matthews No. 441 Strand.
Pair of stipples part printed in colour, each sheet 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate;
Dressing room scenes contrasing the exclusively female (and child-friendly) 'English' dressing room and the 'French' dressing room occupied by two men and one woman, who coquettishly removes a shoe. For the prints sold individually (uncoloured) see refs. 18068-9.
[Ref: 41225] £320.00
[Emily.]
Drawn by Miss Julia Conyers. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
[London: Pub.d as the Act Directs, July 1st, 1796, by P. W. Tomkins No: 49 New Bond Street.]
Stipple, proof before title and publisher's inscription. Sheet 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate,
A woman sitting at a large window, trees outside. Conyers (d.1860) married John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley, in 1819. A keen amateur artist, The New York Public Library holds her album of sketches and watercolours by herself and others, including Caroline Lamb.
[Ref: 44108] £75.00
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Eos.
Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. C.A. Tomkins.
London, Henry Graves & Co. Dec.r 1.st 1887, Copyright.
Mezzotint, proof with scratched title, printed on chine collé, Printseller's Association blindstamp. 215 x 240mm (8½ x 9½"), with large margins.
Eos, Prince Albert's favourite greyhound, standing at a table, a hat and white gloves on a stool. Albert brought him from Germany when he married Victoria in 1840 and the following year the Queen commissioned this portrait as a surprise Christmas present. Issued for the Library edition of Landseer's work.
[Ref: 67928] £140.00
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The Morning. [&] The Evening.
W. Hamilton R.A. pinxt. P.W. Tomkins (late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A.) Sculpt.
London Publish'd April 27, 1789 & June 4, 1789 by S.Vivares, No.13 Great Newport Street.
Pair of stipple engravings. 310 x 400mm.
[Ref: 2930] £550.00
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A l'Anglaise or the English Fireside [&] A la Francaise or the French Fireside
Cha.s Ansell del.t P W Tomkins sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
Published Sept. the 22nd 1787. by In.o. Matthews No. 441 Strand.
Pair of stipples part printed in colour, each sheet 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate;
Pair of scenes contrasing the decorous courtship of English men and women (reinforced by the neoclassical order of the objects on the fireside behind) and the uninhibited behaviour of the equivalent French fireside. For the prints sold individually (uncoloured) see refs. 18068-9.
[Ref: 41226] £320.00
Temple of Flora or [...]
[Engraved by P.W. Tomkins after Edward Burney.]
Published as the Act Directs June 1804 by D.r Thornton, Hynd St.
Stipple, proof, Sheet 180 x 335mm (7 x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate right and bottom, lettering of title only slightly inked. Stain bottom right.
An allegorical figure of Flora, seated in a chariot drawn by winged cherubs, published as a vignette on the title page of Dr Robert Thornton's magnificient 'Temple of Flora', the grandest British botantical book. The absence of the artist and engraver's signatures and the scant inking of the letters of the title suggest this is proof impression of the vignette.
[Ref: 55245] £130.00
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Approach of the Floating Batteries before Gibraltar on the Morning of the 13.th of Sept.r 1782. [&] Defeat of the Floating Batteries before Gibraltar, on the Night of the 13.th of Sep.r 1782.
J. Clevely delin.t C. Tomkins & F. Jukes sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, Feb.y 9.th 1785, by C. Tomkins, No. 75, Queen Anne Street East, Mary le Bone.
Pair of extremely rare coloured aquatints, each approx. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14".) Both prints trimmed to image left and right, and trimmed close to platemark top and bottom.
Representations of the culmination of the Great Siege of Gibraltar on September 13th 1782. The Siege was part of an attempt by joint French and Spanish armies to capture Gibraltar from the British, whilst Britain was involved in the American War of Independence. The naval contingent of the offensive included a secret weapon, the 'floating battery', a type of warship of extremely heavy construction and carrying heavy armaments. However, the British practice of heating round shot before firing in order to set fire to the enemy vessels proved decisive, and nine of the ten floating batteries were destroyed. The siege continued into the spring of 1784 before the French and Spanish retreated without emulating the scale of this attack. After drawings by marine artist John Cleveley. Parker: 92c
[Ref: 13789] £550.00
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[May Day, or Kate of Aberdeen.]
C, Bretherton invt. T.W.Tomkins sculpt. [This should be P.W. Tomkins]
Publish'd as the Act Directs, March 4 1782 by T. Macklin No. 30 Fleet Street London.
Coloured stipple engraving, Proof impression. 325 x 380mm.
A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visible above trees behind and landscape beyond at right; oval design, after Charles Bretherton. Kate of Aberdeen is a poem by John Cunningham 1729-1773, the published state of this engraving carries lines of verse from the poem. Cunningham's title was "May-Eve or Kate of Aberdeen." From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997.
[Ref: 10549] £380.00
P.V. Lenoir.
Painted by P. Violet. Engd. by PW Tomkins Engr to Her Majesty.
Published June 7th. 1806, by the Author, No.3, Barton Street, Westminster.
Stipple and etching, 195 x 120mm. 7¾ x 4¾". Lacking lower margin.
Bust portrait in oval of author P.V. Lenoir, the frontispiece to one of his works. He was the author of 'French pronunciation and reading made easy; or, the logographic-emblematical French spelling book' (1799) amongst other books. After Pierre Violet (1749 - 1819). See BL 1212.m.22.
[Ref: 21595] £60.00
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[Henry Parry Liddon.]
[after George Richmond] Cha.s John Tomkins [pencil sigature of the engraver.]
London, Published Feb.y 2nd 1894 by Henry Graves & Co., 6, Pall Mall, for and on behalf of the Proprietor, Carl Beauchamp.
Mezzotint on chine collé, proof. 440 x 360mm (17¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
A portrait of Henry Parry Liddon (1829-90), theologian: canon and later chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral; vice-principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford; and Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford. He was a friend of Lewis Carroll, who accompanied him to Moscow on his attempt to seek closer links between the Church of England and the Russian Orthodox Church. The original painting, by George Richmond (1809-96) is owned by Keble College, Oxford.
[Ref: 47515] £230.00
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Miss Linwood.
Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to her Majesty.
London, Published as the Act directs, April 29, 1806, for the Proprietor, by P.W. Tomkins, 49, New Bond St.
Colour-printed stipple. 494 x 393mm. 19½ x 15½". Two small creases just inside the platemark.
Mary Linwood (1755-1845) was a needle woman who exhibited her worsted embroidery or crewel embroidery in Leicester and London, and was the school mistress of a private school later known as Mary Linwood Comprehensive School. She received a medal in 1790 from the Society of Arts. For nearly seventy-five years Mary worked in worsted embroidery, producing a collection of over 100 pictures that specialised in full size copies of old masters. She opened an exhibition in the Hanover Square Rooms in 1798, which afterward travelled to Leicester Square, Edinburgh and Dublin. Mary Linwood's copies of old master paintings in crewel wool (named from the crewel or worsted wool used), in which the irregular and sloping stitches resembled brushwork, achieved great fame from the time of her first London exhibition in 1787. She met most of the crowned heads of Europe. Her exhibition in Leicester Square, London, was the first art show to be illuminated by gaslight. So successful was Mary Linwood that she was able to commission John Hoppner to paint her portrait; and John Constable's first commissioned work was to paint the background details in one of her works. The needle work pictures continued to be exhibited in Leicester square in London continuously for forty year. See Stock No: 28138 Worsted Embroidery, A Tigress, after Stubbs.
[Ref: 12719] £360.00
[Final Interview of Louis XVI] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales This Plate representing the final interview of Louis the Sixteenth with his Family, in the Temple at Paris, January 20, 1793, is with permission himbly dedicated, by his Royal Highnesses most Devoted and very Humble Servants P.W. Tomkins, Edw. Jee & John Eglington.
Painted by M. Brown, Historical Painter to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to his Majesty, & J. Eginton.
Pub.d as the act Directs Jan. 1. 1795, by Jee & Eginton, Birmingham, & Sold at Tomkins, New Bond Street, London.
Fine stipple, open letter proof. In ink at bottom right margin "Mr. Selly March 14 1794 Edinburgh"; 545 x 655mm (21½ x 25½"). Edges of wide margins chipped, damp stain on bottom left. Uncut. Very slight wormhole in stomach of daughter lying on floor.
Louis XVI embracing his family in the Temple Prison, before his execuction, Marie Antoinette stands on the right tearing her hair; the dauphin has his arms around his father's neck and two other girls leaning in tears against him. His gaoler, Antoine Joseph Santerre, looks on from the left.
[Ref: 54040] £320.00
[Final Interview of Louis XVI] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales This Plate representing the final interview of Louis the Sixteenth with his Family, in the Temple at Paris, January 20, 1793, is with permission himbly dedicated, by his Royal Highnesses most Devoted and very Humble Servants P.W. Tomkins, Edw. Jee & John Eglington.
Painted by M. Brown, Historical Painter to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to his Majesty, & J. Eginton.
Pub.d as the act Directs Jan. 1. 1795, by Jee & Eginton, Birmingham, & Sold at Tomkins, New Bond Street, London.
Fine stipple. 545 x 655mm (21½ x 25½"), with very wide margins. Uncut.
Louis XVI embracing his family in the Temple Prison, before his execuction, Marie Antoinette stands on the right tearing her hair; the dauphin has his arms around his father's neck and two other girls leaning in tears against him. His gaoler, Antoine Joseph Santerre, looks on from the left.
[Ref: 54041] £220.00
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Love Masked
Published as the Act directs Oct 10 1799 by P.W.Tomkins, No.49 New Bond Street London.
Fine stipple, printed in colours. 180 x 165mm (7 x 6½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, some soiling of edges. Uncut. Publishing line slightly faded.
An infant Cupid hides behind a huge Tragic mask. A pair to 'Cupid Unmasked'.
[Ref: 54209] £260.00
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[Allegory of the Virgin.]
[Etched by P.W. Tomkins after Annibale Carracci.]
London Pub.ld March 20. 1807 by I. Chamberlain Scotland Yard.
Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, fine. Proof. Plate: 375 x 295mm (14¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A biblical scene showing the Allegory of the Virgin. King David is shown on the left sitting in his throne and playing the harp, on the right two archangels wrestle with the Devil while behind them the Madonna stands with her arms. From a series of prints of 'Original Designs in his Majesty's Collection'.
[Ref: 47563] £260.00
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Maternal Love. Dedicated by Permission to Col.l Charles Morgan by his obed.t humble Serv.t J.Walker.
Painted by J.Russell, Crayon-Painter to His Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by P.W.Tompkins, late Pupil of Bartolozzi.
London. Pub March 1 1790 by I.Walker, No.7 Cornhill & N.106 New Bond Street. Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 360 x 260mm.
[Ref: 5307] £320.00
Maternal Love Dedicated by permission to Col.l Charles Morgan, by his obed.t humble Serv.t J. Walker.
Painted by J.Russell Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker excud.t Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub March 1 1790 by I Walker No.7 Cornhill & No.106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple, printed in brown. 360 x 260mm. 14¼ x 10¼". Cut inside platemark.
Portrait of a half-length woman, sitting in a sofa under a curtain, facing front, a girl sitting on her lap, three-quarter to left, with roses in her right hand, in an oval; a coat-of-arms with a lion crest below image.
[Ref: 28162] £320.00
[Mathura] Muttra.
Lieut. Bacon del. C.F. Tomkins Lith.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾").
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, said to be the birthplace of Krishna.
[Ref: 52330] £130.00
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