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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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L'Amerique. Dans les Isles que j'ay la Terre est toujours verte, Aussi depuis le Temps que lon man decouverte, / Et n'est point sous le Ciel un ci charmant seiour; Chaseun me fait la cour.
ABosse se.
a paris chez chereau le jeaune ruë St Jacques au S.t Remy [n.d., c.1740].
Engraving with original hand colour. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6") Tear in left margin.
A female allegorical figure representing America, dressed in red feathers but bare-breasted, holding a spear and a seashell.
[Ref: 54930] £480.00
ABosse se.
a paris chez chereau le jeaune ruë St Jacques au S.t Remy [n.d., c.1740].
Engraving with original hand colour. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6") Tear in left margin.
A female allegorical figure representing America, dressed in red feathers but bare-breasted, holding a spear and a seashell.
[Ref: 54930] £480.00
Weather View of an American Schooner under Reef'd Sails. No.11.
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins. A little wear to right edge.
NMM PAH0549.
[Ref: 55040] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins. A little wear to right edge.
NMM PAH0549.
[Ref: 55040] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)
An American Three Masted Schooner. No.22.
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
At anchor with two masts furled.
NMM PAH0530.
[Ref: 55041] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
At anchor with two masts furled.
NMM PAH0530.
[Ref: 55041] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)
A View of an Homeward-Bound American Ship taking her departure from the Lands End.
Designed & Engraved by W. Elmes.
Published March 6, 1797 by John Fairburn 146 Minories London.
A very rare aquatint, fine impression; 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15"). Narrow margins, several tiny worm holes.
A merchantman under full sail in choppy seas. The Stars and Stripes flag on the stern is Francis Hopkinson's flag for the U.S. Navy, with 13 six-pointed stars in five rows and a red stripe uppermost, although the number of stars had increased to 15 in 1795.
[Ref: 54740] £680.00
Designed & Engraved by W. Elmes.
Published March 6, 1797 by John Fairburn 146 Minories London.
A very rare aquatint, fine impression; 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15"). Narrow margins, several tiny worm holes.
A merchantman under full sail in choppy seas. The Stars and Stripes flag on the stern is Francis Hopkinson's flag for the U.S. Navy, with 13 six-pointed stars in five rows and a red stripe uppermost, although the number of stars had increased to 15 in 1795.
[Ref: 54740] £680.00
![[Signing of the Treaty of Breda, 1667]](jpegs/55141.jpg)
[Signing of the Treaty of Breda, 1667] D'Eeuwige Gedenck-Teekene van de Engelse en Nederlandtse Oorlog en Vreede [...] fo.249
[Anon., c.1672.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼"). Tipped into backing sheet at sides. Slight creasing where folded into volume.
The signing of the Treaty of Breda, which brought to an end the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7) in favour of the Dutch. This plate also appears on a large broadside comprising several scenes relating to the war, with letterpress, although the text here differs, indicating a different publication. The Breda Peace Conference is an important moment in the history of the North American colonies: the Dutch officially conceded New York and the surrounding colonies in New Jersey and Delaware to English control.
[Ref: 55141] £480.00
[Anon., c.1672.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼"). Tipped into backing sheet at sides. Slight creasing where folded into volume.
The signing of the Treaty of Breda, which brought to an end the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7) in favour of the Dutch. This plate also appears on a large broadside comprising several scenes relating to the war, with letterpress, although the text here differs, indicating a different publication. The Breda Peace Conference is an important moment in the history of the North American colonies: the Dutch officially conceded New York and the surrounding colonies in New Jersey and Delaware to English control.
[Ref: 55141] £480.00
B. Franklin of Philadelphia.
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
![[Trujillo] A View of Truxillo Bay and City on the Coast of Honduras.](jpegs/55167.jpg)
[Trujillo] A View of Truxillo Bay and City on the Coast of Honduras.
T. Bowen sc.
London, Republished 4th June 1796 by Robert Wilkinson, No 58, Cornhill. c. 1810
Coloured engraving. Printed area 245 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾"). Stuck in mount.
A view of Trujillo, once the capital of Spanish Honduras, but abandoned as being too vulnerable to pirate attacks.
[Ref: 55167] £320.00
T. Bowen sc.
London, Republished 4th June 1796 by Robert Wilkinson, No 58, Cornhill. c. 1810
Coloured engraving. Printed area 245 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾"). Stuck in mount.
A view of Trujillo, once the capital of Spanish Honduras, but abandoned as being too vulnerable to pirate attacks.
[Ref: 55167] £320.00
![[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.]](jpegs/55065.jpg)
[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.]
Charles Burt [pencil].
[n.d. 1883.]
Engraving on chine collé, proof signed by the engraver. In pencil (faded) at bottom "1st proof before the copyright inscription"; 405 x 305mm (16 x 12"), with large margins. Dusty margins
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) the American poet and educator.
[Ref: 55065] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Burt [pencil].
[n.d. 1883.]
Engraving on chine collé, proof signed by the engraver. In pencil (faded) at bottom "1st proof before the copyright inscription"; 405 x 305mm (16 x 12"), with large margins. Dusty margins
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) the American poet and educator.
[Ref: 55065] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Betty Brush evading the Tax upon the Maids.
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed to left hand plate mark.
A topless women attempts to drag a clothed man into bed with; she begs that he help her 'evade the tax upon the maids'. In order to finance the war against the rebelling American colonies, the government proposed a servant tax, which was extended to women servants in 1785. This caused huge uproar as maids were commonly owned by the middle class and were less likely to be a symbol of status - unlike male servants. The tax on female servants was successfully repealed in 1792. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed for the authors, and sold by G. Lister, no. 46, Old Bailey; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Frobisher, at York; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle; Messrs. Peason and Rawlinson, at Birmingham; Mr. Crutwell, at Bath; etc]
[London, n.d. 1784].
Engraving. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed to left hand plate mark.
A topless women attempts to drag a clothed man into bed with; she begs that he help her 'evade the tax upon the maids'. In order to finance the war against the rebelling American colonies, the government proposed a servant tax, which was extended to women servants in 1785. This caused huge uproar as maids were commonly owned by the middle class and were less likely to be a symbol of status - unlike male servants. The tax on female servants was successfully repealed in 1792. Published in 'The Ramblers Magazine, or, the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure and the Bon Ton' (1784-1791). The magazine's publishers explain that it was 'calculated for the entertainment of the polite world, and to furnish the man of pleasure with a most delicious banquet of amorous, bacchanalian, whimsical, humorous, theatrical and polite entertainment.' Engravings such as this often accompanied the lewd content and general gossip found in each issue.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Beaumont Read.
[Illegible artist's signature.]
Hopewood & Crew, 42 New Bond St. W. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Trimmed in oval, 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed from larger sheet, slight spotting.
Beaumont Read (1833-1910), an American singer said to be the greatest male alto singer to appear on the Australian stage. Having been a member of ''Hague's Georgia Slave Troupe'' (when it included white performers), he came to Australia via South Africa in 1874. After a failed attempt to run a photographic business in Melbourne he became a huge star with ''Hiscocks' Federal Minstrals'' in the 1880s. Read retired in 1903 and moved to Adelaide where he taught singing. This portrait is probably from the cover of sheet music.
[Ref: 54804] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Illegible artist's signature.]
Hopewood & Crew, 42 New Bond St. W. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Trimmed in oval, 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed from larger sheet, slight spotting.
Beaumont Read (1833-1910), an American singer said to be the greatest male alto singer to appear on the Australian stage. Having been a member of ''Hague's Georgia Slave Troupe'' (when it included white performers), he came to Australia via South Africa in 1874. After a failed attempt to run a photographic business in Melbourne he became a huge star with ''Hiscocks' Federal Minstrals'' in the 1880s. Read retired in 1903 and moved to Adelaide where he taught singing. This portrait is probably from the cover of sheet music.
[Ref: 54804] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
A Virginia Pilot Boat Getting Underway. No.13.
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
A two-masted schooner, 'Anne of Norfolk' on its foresail, compling with a Virginia law of 1791 which required boats to have their names and home port painted on the foresail in letters at least nine inches high.
[Ref: 55043] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket [n.d., c.1824].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 305 x 435mm (12 x 17") large margins.
A two-masted schooner, 'Anne of Norfolk' on its foresail, compling with a Virginia law of 1791 which required boats to have their names and home port painted on the foresail in letters at least nine inches high.
[Ref: 55043] £450.00 (£540.00 incl.VAT)