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Joseph Cotton Esq.r, Deputy Master of the Corporation of the Trinity House , and a Director of the East India Company &c. &c.
Painted by T.Stewardson. Engraved by W.m Ward, Engraver to his R.H. the Duke of York.
Published Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Merle No 36, Leadenhall Street.
Fine mezzotint. 480 x 355mm (19 x 14"), with large margins. Creasing across the plate.
Joseph Cotton (1745-1825). After passing his Lieutenant's exams in the Royal Navy, he joined the East India Company. After only two voyages in command of the East Indiaman 'Queen Charlotte' he could afford to retire from the sea, living at Leyton in Essex for the rest of his life. In 1803 he became deputy-master of Trinity House, holding office for about twenty years. In 1807 he renegotiated the century-old lease for the lighthouse on the Eddystone rocks. Cotton was also a director of the East India Company (1795-1823), a director of the East India Docks Company (chairman in 1803), and a governor of the London Assurance Corporation.
Frankau 79. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53624] £320.00
Painted by T.Stewardson. Engraved by W.m Ward, Engraver to his R.H. the Duke of York.
Published Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Merle No 36, Leadenhall Street.
Fine mezzotint. 480 x 355mm (19 x 14"), with large margins. Creasing across the plate.
Joseph Cotton (1745-1825). After passing his Lieutenant's exams in the Royal Navy, he joined the East India Company. After only two voyages in command of the East Indiaman 'Queen Charlotte' he could afford to retire from the sea, living at Leyton in Essex for the rest of his life. In 1803 he became deputy-master of Trinity House, holding office for about twenty years. In 1807 he renegotiated the century-old lease for the lighthouse on the Eddystone rocks. Cotton was also a director of the East India Company (1795-1823), a director of the East India Docks Company (chairman in 1803), and a governor of the London Assurance Corporation.
Frankau 79. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53624] £320.00
H.M.S. Dido (18 Guns) running up Channel, 1845. To the Hon.ble Capt.n Keppel and the Officers of the Ship this print is respectfully dedicated by The Publishers.
Lieu.t Inglefield del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
London. Published Oct.r 21st 1845 by Messrs Fores 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 380 x 525mm (15 x 20¾"). Some staining, damage to edges.
HMS Dido was an 18-gun Daphne-class corvette built for the Royal Navy launched 1836. After service including the Syrian War of 1840, the First Opium War of 1839-42, the action against Borneo Pirates and a visit to New Zealand in 1847 she became a coal hulk at Sheerness bafore being sold for scrap in 1903. Dido was the first command of Henry Keppel (1809-1904) as captain. He spent 10 years on board, later progressing to the rank of admiral.
[Ref: 54065] £440.00
Lieu.t Inglefield del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
London. Published Oct.r 21st 1845 by Messrs Fores 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 380 x 525mm (15 x 20¾"). Some staining, damage to edges.
HMS Dido was an 18-gun Daphne-class corvette built for the Royal Navy launched 1836. After service including the Syrian War of 1840, the First Opium War of 1839-42, the action against Borneo Pirates and a visit to New Zealand in 1847 she became a coal hulk at Sheerness bafore being sold for scrap in 1903. Dido was the first command of Henry Keppel (1809-1904) as captain. He spent 10 years on board, later progressing to the rank of admiral.
[Ref: 54065] £440.00
![[SS Great Eastern.] The Leviathan, Ready for Sea.](jpegs/54062.jpg)
[SS Great Eastern.] The Leviathan, Ready for Sea. Designed and Constructed by Scott Russell, Esq. - Engineer I.K. Brunel Esq.r F.R.S.
McGuire del & litho.
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 520 x 650mm (20½ x 25½"). Laid on card, a few tears, some loss of print in the statistics at bottom. Top right margin damaged.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54062] £460.00
McGuire del & litho.
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 520 x 650mm (20½ x 25½"). Laid on card, a few tears, some loss of print in the statistics at bottom. Top right margin damaged.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54062] £460.00
![[SS Great Eastern.] The Leviathan, at her Moorings off Deptford.](jpegs/54061.jpg)
[SS Great Eastern.] The Leviathan, at her Moorings off Deptford. Designed and Constructed by Scott Russell, Esq. - Engineer I.K. Brunel Esq.r F.R.S.
McGuire del & litho.
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 500 x 570mm (19¾ x 22½"). Laid on card, a few tears with loss in margins.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54061] £440.00
McGuire del & litho.
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 500 x 570mm (19¾ x 22½"). Laid on card, a few tears with loss in margins.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54061] £440.00
![[Commander James Hawker.]](jpegs/53464.jpg)
[Commander James Hawker.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
An extemely rare mezzotint, a fine proof before letters. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
A fine portrait of a British naval commander stationed in North America in the build up to the American War of Independence. Captain James Hawker (1730-86) commanded the 'Sardoine' sloop, patrolling the Eastern Seaboard to prevent smuggling. On several occasions he needed his contingent of marines to protect his ship from the colonists. On 30 January 1766, at the height of the Stamp Act crisis, he had the chief magistrate of Wilmington, Delaware, warn a mob that anyone approaching his ship would be fired on by the marines. In Charleston the following year, a party from 'Sardoine' boarded a suspected smuggling schooner and the populace threatened to use the batteries of Fort Johnson against the 'Sardoine'. Hawker served in the War of Independence before retiring in 1781. One of his three sons, Edward, became an admiral; three of his five daughters married admirals.
See Ref: 53589 for working proof.
[Ref: 53464] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
An extemely rare mezzotint, a fine proof before letters. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
A fine portrait of a British naval commander stationed in North America in the build up to the American War of Independence. Captain James Hawker (1730-86) commanded the 'Sardoine' sloop, patrolling the Eastern Seaboard to prevent smuggling. On several occasions he needed his contingent of marines to protect his ship from the colonists. On 30 January 1766, at the height of the Stamp Act crisis, he had the chief magistrate of Wilmington, Delaware, warn a mob that anyone approaching his ship would be fired on by the marines. In Charleston the following year, a party from 'Sardoine' boarded a suspected smuggling schooner and the populace threatened to use the batteries of Fort Johnson against the 'Sardoine'. Hawker served in the War of Independence before retiring in 1781. One of his three sons, Edward, became an admiral; three of his five daughters married admirals.
See Ref: 53589 for working proof.
[Ref: 53464] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
To Alexander Grant Esqre of Carnoisie This Portrait of the Clipper Schooner Hellas is respectfully dedicated by O W Brierly (Mr AA Scanlan, Commander)
O.W. Brierly del. L. Haghe Lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Edmund Fry & Son London, Edmund Fry Jun.r Plymouth. [n.d., c.1839.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"), with large margins. Tears in margins taped.
A rowing boat approaching the Hellas in rough seas, a rocky coastline behind. This print was advertised in the Art Journal in 1839, making it an early work by Oswald Walters Brierly.
[Ref: 54066] £320.00
O.W. Brierly del. L. Haghe Lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Edmund Fry & Son London, Edmund Fry Jun.r Plymouth. [n.d., c.1839.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"), with large margins. Tears in margins taped.
A rowing boat approaching the Hellas in rough seas, a rocky coastline behind. This print was advertised in the Art Journal in 1839, making it an early work by Oswald Walters Brierly.
[Ref: 54066] £320.00
Capture of La Tribune_June 8.th. 1796.
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Publish'd Feb.y.1.1817, at 48 Strand, for J. Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint, J. Whatman watermark 1827. 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾"), with very wide margins.
Naval view showing the capture of the French frigate Tribune by the Unicorn. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 115.
[Ref: 53942] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Publish'd Feb.y.1.1817, at 48 Strand, for J. Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint, J. Whatman watermark 1827. 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾"), with very wide margins.
Naval view showing the capture of the French frigate Tribune by the Unicorn. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 115.
[Ref: 53942] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Screw Steamer ''Mary Lohden,'' 1,363 Tons Register. To Messrs. J. Lohden & Co., and Owners, and Messrs. Robert Irvine & Co., Builders, This Print is respectfully Dedicated by Their Obedient Servants, J.G. Campbell & Co.
Drawn by W.T. Baldwin. Printed by J.G. Cambell & Co., Sunderland.
No. 186. Published Aug.t 1883.
Tinted lithograph with touches of hand colour. Sheet 455 x 595mm (18 x 23½"), large margins. A few stains and surface abrasions.
'Mary Lohden', a twin-mastered iron screw steamer launched in March 1883, was named after the wife of owner Jacob Lohden, of West Hartlepool. In 1894 she was sold to a Swedish company, and in 1910 was renamed 'Mary'. In 1915 Mary sailed from Seaham Harbour for Sweden with coal and was never seen again. Mary Lohden's younger son was Frederick Charles Lohden OBE (1871-1954), England rugby player against Wales in 1893 and Chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association in 1933.
[Ref: 54063] £480.00
Drawn by W.T. Baldwin. Printed by J.G. Cambell & Co., Sunderland.
No. 186. Published Aug.t 1883.
Tinted lithograph with touches of hand colour. Sheet 455 x 595mm (18 x 23½"), large margins. A few stains and surface abrasions.
'Mary Lohden', a twin-mastered iron screw steamer launched in March 1883, was named after the wife of owner Jacob Lohden, of West Hartlepool. In 1894 she was sold to a Swedish company, and in 1910 was renamed 'Mary'. In 1915 Mary sailed from Seaham Harbour for Sweden with coal and was never seen again. Mary Lohden's younger son was Frederick Charles Lohden OBE (1871-1954), England rugby player against Wales in 1893 and Chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association in 1933.
[Ref: 54063] £480.00
The Bombardment of Sebastopol.
From a drawing by Mr E.W. Brooker HMS Spitfire. _ E. Walker lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published March 1st 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, chine collé, with highlights added by hand. Sheet 370 x 625mm (14½ x 24½"). Laid on backing sheet. Slight crease in sky.
A view of the naval bombardment of Sevastopol, 17th October, 1854, with the ships and their commanders listed under the scene. Edward Wolfe Brooker (1828-1870) was Master on HMS Spitfire under Captain Thomas Spratt, surveying in the Mediterranean when the Crimean War broke out. He earned a commission by placing buoys to mark channels at the entrance to the Dnieper River while under enemy fire. At the end of the war he returned to surveying, both in the Mediterrean and around Tasmania. He was given the command of HMS Sylvia and joined Keppel during the opening of the trade ports of Osaka and Kobe in 1869. Taking ill in Japan he died there in 1870.
[Ref: 54064] £390.00
From a drawing by Mr E.W. Brooker HMS Spitfire. _ E. Walker lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published March 1st 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, chine collé, with highlights added by hand. Sheet 370 x 625mm (14½ x 24½"). Laid on backing sheet. Slight crease in sky.
A view of the naval bombardment of Sevastopol, 17th October, 1854, with the ships and their commanders listed under the scene. Edward Wolfe Brooker (1828-1870) was Master on HMS Spitfire under Captain Thomas Spratt, surveying in the Mediterranean when the Crimean War broke out. He earned a commission by placing buoys to mark channels at the entrance to the Dnieper River while under enemy fire. At the end of the war he returned to surveying, both in the Mediterrean and around Tasmania. He was given the command of HMS Sylvia and joined Keppel during the opening of the trade ports of Osaka and Kobe in 1869. Taking ill in Japan he died there in 1870.
[Ref: 54064] £390.00
![[Two Shipwrecked Mariners]](jpegs/53970.jpg)
[Two Shipwrecked Mariners]
J. Mortimer delin.t London Published April 18. 1801. by John P. Thompson. G.t Newport Street and N.o 51 Dean Street Soho.
London, 1801.
Etching. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"), with very wide margins.
Two shipwrecked mariners in a desperate state sheeking shelter on a shore. A rowing boat from a ship on the horizon looks to be approaching. In 2012 Nicholas Knowles identified the engraver of this print as Thomas Rowlandson after noting that several details, such as the dot hatching and handwriting, were typical Rowlandson features.
[Ref: 53970] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Mortimer delin.t London Published April 18. 1801. by John P. Thompson. G.t Newport Street and N.o 51 Dean Street Soho.
London, 1801.
Etching. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"), with very wide margins.
Two shipwrecked mariners in a desperate state sheeking shelter on a shore. A rowing boat from a ship on the horizon looks to be approaching. In 2012 Nicholas Knowles identified the engraver of this print as Thomas Rowlandson after noting that several details, such as the dot hatching and handwriting, were typical Rowlandson features.
[Ref: 53970] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
This print representing the East India Ship Vernon, Geo. Denny Commander, on her voyage out, fitted with a Steam Engine of 30 horse power, passing H.M. ships 'Edinburgh & Blenheim 74.s. beating down Channel on the 21st of September 1839 off Benbridge, Isle of Wight, is respectfully Inscribed to Richard Green, Esq.r of Blackwall, the owner and builder of the Vernon, John Lynn. Proof.
Painted and Published by J. Lynn, Marine Painter, 23, Polygon, Somers Town, London. Engraved by W.O. Geller. Printed by S.H. Hawkins.
[n.,d., c.1839.]
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 530 x 725mm (21 x 28½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, into image at top, losing c.50mm of sky), some cracking to edges, overall toning, new margin added at top, laid on archival paper.
Vernon, a 911 ton paddle steamer, off Bembridge. Built in 1839 for the Green Blackwall Line's London-Madras run, , her engines proved to be uneconomical and were removed. In 1867, after nearly thirty years carrying passengers to the colonies in the East, Vernon was sold to the Colony of New South Wales for a 'Public Industrial School', for problem children. Within a year 113 boys, some as young as three, were aboard, being given moral, nautical and industrial training, with some elementary schooling. In 1892 was sold for breaking to Mess.rs Rae and Surge for £180; taken to Balls Head Bay on the north of Sydney Bay, the ship was burned to the waterline the following year. Australian interest.
Lynn's painting is in the National Maritime Museum, BHC3686.
[Ref: 54035] £350.00
Painted and Published by J. Lynn, Marine Painter, 23, Polygon, Somers Town, London. Engraved by W.O. Geller. Printed by S.H. Hawkins.
[n.,d., c.1839.]
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 530 x 725mm (21 x 28½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, into image at top, losing c.50mm of sky), some cracking to edges, overall toning, new margin added at top, laid on archival paper.
Vernon, a 911 ton paddle steamer, off Bembridge. Built in 1839 for the Green Blackwall Line's London-Madras run, , her engines proved to be uneconomical and were removed. In 1867, after nearly thirty years carrying passengers to the colonies in the East, Vernon was sold to the Colony of New South Wales for a 'Public Industrial School', for problem children. Within a year 113 boys, some as young as three, were aboard, being given moral, nautical and industrial training, with some elementary schooling. In 1892 was sold for breaking to Mess.rs Rae and Surge for £180; taken to Balls Head Bay on the north of Sydney Bay, the ship was burned to the waterline the following year. Australian interest.
Lynn's painting is in the National Maritime Museum, BHC3686.
[Ref: 54035] £350.00
Vaisseau du troisiême rang a la Voille. Twee Decks Schip vande derde Rang.
a Amsterdam Chez Gerard Valk Avec Privil. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with wide margins. Laid on board, some worming in margins.
A two-decked, third-rank warship of the 17th century, under sail. Originally published between 1693-1708 in Pierre Mortier's 'Neptune Français' (described by Koeman as the 'most expensive sea-atlas ever published in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century'), this example is a later state published by Valk (1652-1726).
[Ref: 54058] £520.00
a Amsterdam Chez Gerard Valk Avec Privil. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with wide margins. Laid on board, some worming in margins.
A two-decked, third-rank warship of the 17th century, under sail. Originally published between 1693-1708 in Pierre Mortier's 'Neptune Français' (described by Koeman as the 'most expensive sea-atlas ever published in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century'), this example is a later state published by Valk (1652-1726).
[Ref: 54058] £520.00