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[Brighton] To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, This Panorama is (by Permission) most Gratefully and Humbly Dedicated by W.H. Mason, Repository of Arts, 1, Ship St.t Brighton, and W. Mason, Printseller &c. St Mary's Place, Cambridge.
Drawn by H. Wilds, Architect, Brighton. A. Edington sculp.t, 10 Portland St. London.
Ackermann & Co London. Published as the Act Directs 1833.
Very scarce aquatint on several sheets conjoined, with original hand colour, incomplete. Total size c. 140 x 2800mm (5½ x 110"). All folds reinforced on verso, other signs of wear. Lacking approx 1600mm in the west and between Bedford Square and Preston Street.
A rolling prospect of Brighton's King's Road, illustrating the seafront architecture running from the publisher's premises on the corner of Ship Street, west to Waterloo Street in Hove. Among the existing buildings shown are Brunswick Terrace, The Norfolk Hotel (now the 'Mercure Brighton Seafront') and the west of Bedford Square. and street-life captured at a turning point in the town's history, just before its Victorian boom as a resort, precipitated by the arrival of the railway in 1841. William Henry Goodburn Mason (1810 - 1879) was a publisher and printseller, also carver and gilder, based in Brighton. We can trace no other work by the engraver Edington. Abbey Life 527; Ford: 22.
[Ref: 54165] £750.00
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(No. 1) View of Cato Street. Description of the Plate. A. Front view of the Stable in Cato Street [...].
W. H. Harriott delin.t 26 Feb.y 1820. Printed by F. Moser 4 Greenland Place Cromer St. London. Published by J & S Fuller Rathbone Place Feb. 26. 1820.
London, 1820.
Lithograph. 370 x 270mm (14½ x10½"). Laid on album paper. Some light foxing across the print. Horizontal crease across the centre.
A view of the stable on Cato Street where the Cato Street Conspirators assembled, including a key and description. Plate 1 of the 'Cato Street Conspiracy' series. A black and white version of the coloured lithograph.
[Ref: 54124] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Falmouth Bay [in pencil].
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Aquatint, printed in colours. 95 x 65mm (3¾ x 2½"), with large margins. Glue damage in margins.
Figures under trees above the bay. Claude Hamilton Rowbotham (1864-1949), a watercolour painter of landscapes and coastal scenes, both in England and on the Continent, known for his use of bright colours.
[Ref: 54239] £55.00
(£66.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Fire of London in the Year 1666. From the original picture in the possession of Robert Golden Esq.r Painted by Old Griffier at the time of the Fire. The scene is the original Ludgate taken at the instant of time when the Walls of the Goal [sic] adjoining it fell and exhibited to the view Old St. Paul's Church, just taking fire, and Old Bow Church in the background.
J. Griffier [in image]. [Engraved by W. Birch.]
[Published by E. Jeffery, No 11. Pall Mall, 1807.]
Coloured stipple. Sheet 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing publication inscription, with fold.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Originally published in Thomas Pennant’s 'Some Account of London' in 1792, this example has 'Vide Pennant's London' erased from the plate bottom right. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow. BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 54246] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Helford Creek
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Aquatint, printed in colours. 70 x 105mm (2¾ x 4¼"), with large margins. Glue damage in margins.
Cottages and a wooden bridge, Claude Hamilton Rowbotham (1864-1949), a watercolour painter of landscapes and coastal scenes, both in England and on the Continent, known for his use of bright colours.
[Ref: 54238] £55.00
(£66.00 incl.VAT)
In the Collection of W.m Kent Esq.r 2 feet 2 inch: wide. 1 foot 4 inch: high.
Salvator Rosa pinx. J: Wood Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744.
Fine etching. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
A hooded figure reading a book in the foreground of this rocky, blustery landscape. William Kent (1685-1748), who is said to have Salvator Rosa's original painting in the title of the print, was an English painter, architect and landscape architect. He had a hand in the landscaping and interior design for Chiswick House, Hampton Court Palace and Devonshire House, and had a lasting impact on the history of interior design and estate layout.
[Ref: 54117] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Red Lion at Kilborn.
Rathbone del.t. C.A. Prestel sculp.t.
London, Printed for J. Cary, Engraver, Map & Print seller, No 188, Strand, Jan.y 12, 1789.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 365 x 475mm (14½ x 18¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman'. Trimmed within plate, centre crease.
A view of Kilburn High Road, with the Red Lion pub at number 34, said to have been established in 1444, but its earliest extant licence dates to 1721.
[Ref: 54248] £320.00
[A View from Richmond Hill.]
[T.C. Hofland Pinxit. Cha.s Heath Sculpsit.]
[Published Aug.t 1. 1823, by T.C. Hofland, 23, Newman Street, Oxford Street, & Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London.]
Etching and engraving on india, proof before all letters. Image 350 x 525mm (13¾ x 20¾"). Slight warping of india paper.
View of the River Thames from Richmond Hill, looking down on Petersham Meadows, Ham House, Marble Hill and Twickenham.
[Ref: 9454] £420.00
Ruderae Ecclesiae Cathedraelis Sancti Andreae. The Ruins of the Cathedrall of St. Andrews. This plate w.th the following Wiews of ye Cathedralls are most humbly Inscribed to the Right Reverend Fath in God William L.d Bishop of Carlyle Lord Almoner to His Majestie. 61.
[after John Slezer.]
[n.d. c.1728.]
Coloured engraving. 260 x 430mm (10¼ x 17"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
The Cathedral of St. Andrew was built in 1158; in 1559, during the Scottish Reformation, the building was stripped of its altars and images; and by 1561 it had been abandoned and left to fall into ruin. From 'Theatrum Scotiae' by John Slezer, first printed in 1693. This issue has '61' added to the sky top right.
[Ref: 54268] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Wearmouth Bridge] A South East View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland in the C.o of Durham. Built by Roland Burdon Esq.r M.P. Span 236 Ft, height 100 Ft, Spring of the Arch 33 Ft, It is supposed to be the Largest Arch in the World - The Foundation Stone was laid 24th Sept, 1793 & the Bridge was opened 9th Aug.t 1796.
R. Johnson Delt. A.Hunter Scult.
[n.d. 1796]
Rare engraving. Sheet 355 x 420mm (14 x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears.
A view of the first Wearmouth Bridge, shortly after it opened, showing that masted ships could pass underneath it easily. It was the second major cast-iron bridge in the world, but twice as long as the Severn Iron Bridge, with an unprecedented single span of 236ft. The bridge was designed and built by the engineer Thomas Wilson, sponsored by Rowland Burdon.
[Ref: 54167] £650.00
View of The Tower of London and The Mint. Vue de la Tour de Londres et de La Monnoie.
Drawn & Engraved by Rob.t Havell & Son.
London, Published June 1821 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co, Cockspur Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾") with large margins. Slightly faded colour.
A view of the Tower of London from Tower Hill.
[Ref: 54214] £320.00
Tower Street Ward with their Divisions into Parishes according to a New Survey..
B. Cole sciulp.
[London, 1756.]
Engraved map with later hand colour. 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾"). Thread margins.
A plan of Tower Street Ward with the important buildings shown as elevations, including All Hallows Barking, and Custom House. It is dedicated to the local alderman, Thomas Chitty of the Salter Livery Company, who became Lord Mayor of London in 1759. Underneath are elevations of East India House in Leadenhall Street and Westminster Hall, neither of which are in the ward. From Maitland's Survey of London.
[Ref: 54193] £140.00
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