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Mr James Asperne, late sole Proprietor of the European Magazine.
Engraved by J. Thompson from an original Painting by S. Drummond Esq.r A.R.A.
London, Published (for the Proprietors of the European Magazine) by the Executors of the late Ja.s Asperne, No 32 Cornhill, 1st Feb.y 1821.
Stipple. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), very large margins.. Spotting.
A half-length portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803.
[Ref: 55729] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by J. Thompson from an original Painting by S. Drummond Esq.r A.R.A.
London, Published (for the Proprietors of the European Magazine) by the Executors of the late Ja.s Asperne, No 32 Cornhill, 1st Feb.y 1821.
Stipple. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), very large margins.. Spotting.
A half-length portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803.
[Ref: 55729] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Mr James Asperne Bookseller, Cornhill, Past Master of the Foundation Lodge No 96, And St Peter's No 249. P.S.D. of the Lodge of Antiquity No. 1. And Grand Steward for 1814. Proof.
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by T. Blood.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof stipple with etching. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810', with large margins. Folds in margins. Uncut.
A rare portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803, shown seated on a masonic throne, wearing masonic regalia.
[Ref: 55709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by T. Blood.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof stipple with etching. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810', with large margins. Folds in margins. Uncut.
A rare portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803, shown seated on a masonic throne, wearing masonic regalia.
[Ref: 55709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr James Asperne Bookseller, Cornhill, Past Master of the Foundation Lodge No 96, And St Peter's No 249. P.S.D. of the Lodge of Antiquity No. 1. And Grand Steward for 1814.
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by T. Blood.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple with etching. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper.
A rare portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803, shown seated on a masonic throne, wearing masonic regalia.
[Ref: 55710] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by T. Blood.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple with etching. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper.
A rare portrait of James Asperne (1757-1820), publisher of prints and books, including the European Magazine from 1803, shown seated on a masonic throne, wearing masonic regalia.
[Ref: 55710] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ralph Clayton, Serjeant at Law.
Painted by L.F. Aboot, Esq.r 1784. Engraved by Henry Meyer, 1814.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slightly trimmed, stained.
Half-length portrait of Ralph Clayton, died 1813 aged 55.
[Ref: 55632] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by L.F. Aboot, Esq.r 1784. Engraved by Henry Meyer, 1814.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slightly trimmed, stained.
Half-length portrait of Ralph Clayton, died 1813 aged 55.
[Ref: 55632] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![T.H. Shadwell Clerke [facsimile signature].](jpegs/55732.jpg)
T.H. Shadwell Clerke [facsimile signature]. Athenaeum Portraits No 11.
E.U. Ellis del.t. W.D. Lith. [William Drummond]. Printed by Day & Haghe.
London, Published Nov.r 14th 1835, by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket.
Rare lithograph on chine collé, laid on printed paper. Pritned area 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Some spotting and staining, mainly to edges.
Thomas Henry Shadwell Clerke (1792-1849), an Irish soldier who, after losing a leg at the Battle of Redinha (Peninsular War, 1811), became the editor of 'Colburn's United Service Magazine'. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 10 April 1833), and vice-president of the Royal United Service Institution, of which he had been one of the originators. He was also a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Geological Societies, and an honorary foreign secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1836, shortly after Clerk's death, Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell named two peaks in Victoria, Australia, 'Mount Shadwell' and 'Mount Clerke' in his honour.
[Ref: 55732] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
E.U. Ellis del.t. W.D. Lith. [William Drummond]. Printed by Day & Haghe.
London, Published Nov.r 14th 1835, by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket.
Rare lithograph on chine collé, laid on printed paper. Pritned area 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Some spotting and staining, mainly to edges.
Thomas Henry Shadwell Clerke (1792-1849), an Irish soldier who, after losing a leg at the Battle of Redinha (Peninsular War, 1811), became the editor of 'Colburn's United Service Magazine'. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 10 April 1833), and vice-president of the Royal United Service Institution, of which he had been one of the originators. He was also a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Geological Societies, and an honorary foreign secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1836, shortly after Clerk's death, Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell named two peaks in Victoria, Australia, 'Mount Shadwell' and 'Mount Clerke' in his honour.
[Ref: 55732] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![James Fenimore Cooper [with facsimile signature].](jpegs/55649.jpg)
James Fenimore Cooper [with facsimile signature].
Painted by J.W. Jarvis. Engraved by E. Scriven.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Stipple. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate (as issued)
A half-length portrait of James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), in naval uniforum. The American author, best known for the romantic novel 'The Last of the Mohicans', went to sea in 1806, aged 17, on a merchant ship, before serving in the US navy 1808-10. The original portrait was painted in 1822 by his friend John Wesley Jarvis (c.1780-1839), a member of Cooper's famous 'Bread and Cheese Club'. Described by Cooper's wife as her favourite portrait of her husband, it now resides in the Fenimore Art Museum.
[Ref: 55649] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.W. Jarvis. Engraved by E. Scriven.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Stipple. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate (as issued)
A half-length portrait of James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), in naval uniforum. The American author, best known for the romantic novel 'The Last of the Mohicans', went to sea in 1806, aged 17, on a merchant ship, before serving in the US navy 1808-10. The original portrait was painted in 1822 by his friend John Wesley Jarvis (c.1780-1839), a member of Cooper's famous 'Bread and Cheese Club'. Described by Cooper's wife as her favourite portrait of her husband, it now resides in the Fenimore Art Museum.
[Ref: 55649] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
John D'Oyly Esq.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., 1770.]
Mezzotint, 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Tiny foxing hole, slight wear bottom right margin.
Sir John D'Oyly (1702-73), the 4th and last D'Oyly baronet of Chislehampton, half-length, holding a map with a vignette of a lighthouse.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 158. CS 39.
[Ref: 55631] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., 1770.]
Mezzotint, 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Tiny foxing hole, slight wear bottom right margin.
Sir John D'Oyly (1702-73), the 4th and last D'Oyly baronet of Chislehampton, half-length, holding a map with a vignette of a lighthouse.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 158. CS 39.
[Ref: 55631] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mr John Dryden.
Peint par le Chevalier Kneller. Gravé par le Chevalier Edelinck C.P.R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 390 x 305mm (15 x 12"), with large margins. Fold, crack in right platemark repaired. Repaired top left margin.
John Dryden (1631-1700) the acclaimed English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright who made Poet Laureate in 1668.
[Ref: 55672] £380.00
Peint par le Chevalier Kneller. Gravé par le Chevalier Edelinck C.P.R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 390 x 305mm (15 x 12"), with large margins. Fold, crack in right platemark repaired. Repaired top left margin.
John Dryden (1631-1700) the acclaimed English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright who made Poet Laureate in 1668.
[Ref: 55672] £380.00
Heloise. In Trance ecstatic may thy pangs be drown'd...
Painted by J. Gardner. Engrav'd by T. Williamson.
London, Published by R. Lambe, Gracechurch Street, Dec.r. 1 1814.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 245 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with margins. Tear entering plate, crease top left.
A portrait of Eloisa, face lit by a sunbeam, illustrating Alexander Pope's epic poem 'Eloisa to Abelard'.
[Ref: 55605] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Gardner. Engrav'd by T. Williamson.
London, Published by R. Lambe, Gracechurch Street, Dec.r. 1 1814.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 245 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with margins. Tear entering plate, crease top left.
A portrait of Eloisa, face lit by a sunbeam, illustrating Alexander Pope's epic poem 'Eloisa to Abelard'.
[Ref: 55605] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick and Mrs Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth. Act II Scene III. From the Original Picture painted by J. Zoffany, in the possession of George Keate Esq.r. To Whom this Plate is Inscribed, by his Most Humble Servant, John Boydell.
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
![[George IV.]](jpegs/55721.jpg)
[George IV.] Presented Gratis with the Atlas Newspaper.
[by James Whiting.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving on embossed card. Sheet 135 x 165mm (5¼ x 6½").
A cameo portrait of George IV within an embossed design including the Royal Arms. The Atlas Newspaper ran from 1826 - 1869. According to the Victorian and Albert Museum, this is believed to be the first free gift with a newspaper.
V&A E.452-1998.
[Ref: 55721] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by James Whiting.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving on embossed card. Sheet 135 x 165mm (5¼ x 6½").
A cameo portrait of George IV within an embossed design including the Royal Arms. The Atlas Newspaper ran from 1826 - 1869. According to the Victorian and Albert Museum, this is believed to be the first free gift with a newspaper.
V&A E.452-1998.
[Ref: 55721] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark.
t.Amsterdam by T. Temmen, ye 1 Novemb: 1703.
Engraving. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne, with much of the borders and his robes composed of calligraphy.
[Ref: 55570] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
t.Amsterdam by T. Temmen, ye 1 Novemb: 1703.
Engraving. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne, with much of the borders and his robes composed of calligraphy.
[Ref: 55570] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Portrait of the late extraordinary Artist, Thomas Girtin, Natus Feb.y 18. 1775 Obiit Nov. 9. 1802. To Sir George Beaumont Bar.t, One of his earliest Patrons This Print is with Permission respectfully dedicated by his very obliged & grateful Serv.t John Girtin. J.Girtin in the recent fire in Broad Str.t having lost all his property, excepting some prints & c. which with this portrait of his late Brother, he respectfully offers to a liberal Public.
Painted by John Opie Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Pub.d May 16, 1817, by J. Girtin, Engraver, Printer &c. No 25 Old Compton Street, 3 doors from Princes Street, Soho.
Fine mezzotint. 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"0. Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), holding a porte-crayon and sketch-book. Watercolourist, friend and rival of J.M.W. Turner. , with whom he closely worked. He died aged just twenty-seven, shortly after completing his most ambitious and spectacular work, the Eidometropolis, a 360-degree panorama of London measuring over 100ft. The portrait was published by his brother John Girtin, who had just lost his stock in a fire of November 1816.
Whitman 114, i of ii, before further shading of letters of names in the inscription.
[Ref: 55670] £360.00
Painted by John Opie Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Pub.d May 16, 1817, by J. Girtin, Engraver, Printer &c. No 25 Old Compton Street, 3 doors from Princes Street, Soho.
Fine mezzotint. 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"0. Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), holding a porte-crayon and sketch-book. Watercolourist, friend and rival of J.M.W. Turner. , with whom he closely worked. He died aged just twenty-seven, shortly after completing his most ambitious and spectacular work, the Eidometropolis, a 360-degree panorama of London measuring over 100ft. The portrait was published by his brother John Girtin, who had just lost his stock in a fire of November 1816.
Whitman 114, i of ii, before further shading of letters of names in the inscription.
[Ref: 55670] £360.00
The Greek Girl.
Geo. S. Newton [Gilbert Stuart Newton]. Geo. H. Philipps.
London: Published May 2, 1842, by Graves & Walmsley, Printseller's to Her Majesty, & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6 Pall Mall.
Mixted method engraving on card. Sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of a woman in Greek costume, hands clasped at her waist, wearing rings and bracelet, after Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794-1835, not George as this inscription). Similar works by Newton include 'A Cauchaise Girl', 'A Dutch Girl' and 'An English Girl'.
[Ref: 55652] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. S. Newton [Gilbert Stuart Newton]. Geo. H. Philipps.
London: Published May 2, 1842, by Graves & Walmsley, Printseller's to Her Majesty, & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6 Pall Mall.
Mixted method engraving on card. Sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of a woman in Greek costume, hands clasped at her waist, wearing rings and bracelet, after Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794-1835, not George as this inscription). Similar works by Newton include 'A Cauchaise Girl', 'A Dutch Girl' and 'An English Girl'.
[Ref: 55652] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Five heads.]](jpegs/55600.jpg)
[Five heads.]
De Boissieu f.
[Etched c.1795 but a later printing.]
Etching on chine collé. 205 x 175mm (8 x 7"). Remains of album sheet on reverse.
Eight head studies, all representing middle-aged men, unshaved and wrinkled, by Jean Jacques de Boissieu (1736-1810).
[Ref: 55600] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
De Boissieu f.
[Etched c.1795 but a later printing.]
Etching on chine collé. 205 x 175mm (8 x 7"). Remains of album sheet on reverse.
Eight head studies, all representing middle-aged men, unshaved and wrinkled, by Jean Jacques de Boissieu (1736-1810).
[Ref: 55600] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Luke] Lucas.](jpegs/55626.jpg)
[St Luke] Lucas. Instar, sirma, bovis, Fedei vestigia figo, / Et per me Christum terra fretumque legit.
[by Pieter Feddes van Harlingen.]
[Amsterdam: Claes Janzoon Visscher, c.1620.]
Etching. part album sheet verso. Sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed to image.
Half-length portrait of St Luke, with a cow sitting on a cloud, from a set of the Four Evangelists.
[Ref: 55626] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Pieter Feddes van Harlingen.]
[Amsterdam: Claes Janzoon Visscher, c.1620.]
Etching. part album sheet verso. Sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed to image.
Half-length portrait of St Luke, with a cow sitting on a cloud, from a set of the Four Evangelists.
[Ref: 55626] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rosemond Mountain] Mrs Mountain.](jpegs/55651.jpg)
[Rosemond Mountain] Mrs Mountain.
Buck delin. T. Cheesman sculp.t.
Published October 1st 1804, by William Holland, No.11, Cockspur Street, London Of whom may be had the companion prints Miss Bloomfield and Mis Waddy.
Fine stipple. 305 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Repaired tears in very large margins.
Rosemond Mountain (née Wilkinson, c.1768-1841), an actress said to be the best female singer of the time, three-quarter-length with guitar.
[Ref: 55651] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Buck delin. T. Cheesman sculp.t.
Published October 1st 1804, by William Holland, No.11, Cockspur Street, London Of whom may be had the companion prints Miss Bloomfield and Mis Waddy.
Fine stipple. 305 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Repaired tears in very large margins.
Rosemond Mountain (née Wilkinson, c.1768-1841), an actress said to be the best female singer of the time, three-quarter-length with guitar.
[Ref: 55651] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Le Charme de la Musique. D'Après le Tableau Original qui est dans le Cabinet de M. De Damery, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal Militaire de S. Louis.
Peint par de la Hyre. Gravé par Chevillet.
A Paris chez Wille, Graveur du Roi, Quai des Augustines.
Engraving. 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¼") A little surface wear on edges, faint crease.
A woman playing a lute, sheet music on the table before her. Probably after Laurent de la Hyre (1606-58).
[Ref: 55717] £360.00
Peint par de la Hyre. Gravé par Chevillet.
A Paris chez Wille, Graveur du Roi, Quai des Augustines.
Engraving. 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¼") A little surface wear on edges, faint crease.
A woman playing a lute, sheet music on the table before her. Probably after Laurent de la Hyre (1606-58).
[Ref: 55717] £360.00
Henry Peckwell, D.D. To the Nobility, Gentry; and others who patronise the Charity entitled The Sick Man's Friend. This Print is respectfully Inscribed by their obedient humble Servants, R. Bowyer & J. Fittler.
Painted by R. Bowyer. Engraved by James Fittler.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Aug.t 1787 by J. Fittler, No. 62, Upper Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place; & R. Bowyer, No. 68, Berners Street.
An engraving with a rich impression. Sheet 240 x 175mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Henry Peckwell (1746-87), Church of England clergyman and Methodist preacher, in academic gown and wig, seated with quill and letter. Strongly influenced by Selina, countess of Huntingdon (she was godmother to his daughter), Peckwell led the chapel in the New Way at Westminster. Peckwell's career was distinguished as much by his philanthropy as for his teaching.
[Ref: 55656] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by R. Bowyer. Engraved by James Fittler.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Aug.t 1787 by J. Fittler, No. 62, Upper Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place; & R. Bowyer, No. 68, Berners Street.
An engraving with a rich impression. Sheet 240 x 175mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Henry Peckwell (1746-87), Church of England clergyman and Methodist preacher, in academic gown and wig, seated with quill and letter. Strongly influenced by Selina, countess of Huntingdon (she was godmother to his daughter), Peckwell led the chapel in the New Way at Westminster. Peckwell's career was distinguished as much by his philanthropy as for his teaching.
[Ref: 55656] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Philippus III Catholicus Hispaniarum Rex et Indiarum Nouique Orbis Monarcha Potentissimus.
J. Suÿderhoef Sculpsit.
P. Southman Effigiauit et excud. Cum Priuil Sa. Cæ. M. [n.d., c.1645.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"), with 17th century watermark. Trimmed to plate, very slight creasing top left.
Philip III (1578-1621), king of Spain from 1598.
[Ref: 55628] £320.00
J. Suÿderhoef Sculpsit.
P. Southman Effigiauit et excud. Cum Priuil Sa. Cæ. M. [n.d., c.1645.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"), with 17th century watermark. Trimmed to plate, very slight creasing top left.
Philip III (1578-1621), king of Spain from 1598.
[Ref: 55628] £320.00
Errinerung an Ferdinand Raimund.
lith. v. Lauzedelli. gemalt v. Schilcher gedr. John. Höfelich.
Verlaf und Eigenthum von L.T. Neumann in Wein [n.d., c.1836].
Lithograph on chine collé, on paper with printed title. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist, in the role of Valentine in his play 'Der Verschwender (Spendthrift)' (1834), holding a wood plane. The print was published as a memorial: in 1836 Raimund, a known hypocodriac, shot himself wrongly thinking a dog that bit him was rabid. He took a week to die.
[Ref: 55712] £360.00
lith. v. Lauzedelli. gemalt v. Schilcher gedr. John. Höfelich.
Verlaf und Eigenthum von L.T. Neumann in Wein [n.d., c.1836].
Lithograph on chine collé, on paper with printed title. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist, in the role of Valentine in his play 'Der Verschwender (Spendthrift)' (1834), holding a wood plane. The print was published as a memorial: in 1836 Raimund, a known hypocodriac, shot himself wrongly thinking a dog that bit him was rabid. He took a week to die.
[Ref: 55712] £360.00
![[A Scandinavian [?] horse archer.]](jpegs/55731.jpg)
[A Scandinavian [?] horse archer.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 415 x 305mm (16¼ x 12"). Tear entering image on left repaired, other small tears in margin, slight soiling.
A full-length portrait of an archer wearing spurs and an inverted bowl-shaped helmet, standing in a stable. He carries a longbow, quiver, sword and shield.
[Ref: 55731] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 415 x 305mm (16¼ x 12"). Tear entering image on left repaired, other small tears in margin, slight soiling.
A full-length portrait of an archer wearing spurs and an inverted bowl-shaped helmet, standing in a stable. He carries a longbow, quiver, sword and shield.
[Ref: 55731] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Martin Rychart]](jpegs/55689.jpg)
[Martin Rychart] Engraved from a [most capital] Painting of Vandyck in the collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Warwick by J.R. Smith & publish'd by him Novem.r 20 1779 at No 10 in Batemans Buildings Soho Square London.
Mezzotint, First state with scratched letter title, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Pair of worm holes in margins, some lettering abraded.
Maerten Rÿckaert (1587-1631), landscape painter and friend of Anthony van Dyck. He had only one arm, explaining the unusual framing of this portrait. Engraved by the leading mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a portrait by van Dyck now in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
CS: 144, i of iii; Frankau: 302; D'Oench 139.
[Ref: 55689] £390.00
Mezzotint, First state with scratched letter title, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Pair of worm holes in margins, some lettering abraded.
Maerten Rÿckaert (1587-1631), landscape painter and friend of Anthony van Dyck. He had only one arm, explaining the unusual framing of this portrait. Engraved by the leading mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a portrait by van Dyck now in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
CS: 144, i of iii; Frankau: 302; D'Oench 139.
[Ref: 55689] £390.00
CCCCCXXXII. 66. To Her Grace Elizabeth Duchess of Buccleugh, Encourager of the Artists, No 13 of this Work, Is most humbly Dedicated by Her Grace's most obedient & obliged humble Serv.t Michael Angelo Pergolesi.
Pergolesi Inve.t scul.t Pub.d According to Act of Parliament August 30, 1792, No 16 Broad Street, Golden Squ.e.
Engraving. 420 x 285mm (16½ x 11¼") very large margins.
A cameo bust portrait of Elizabeth Scott (née Montague, 1743-1827), wife of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, within a page of festoons. It was published in Michel Angelo Pergolesi's 'Designs for Various Ornaments on Seventy Plates', 1777-1801. Little is known about Pergolesi other than he came to England to work for Robert Adam, designing furniture, mantelpieces, ceilings, chandeliers, doors and mural ornament. He returned to Italy c.1801.
[Ref: 55691] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pergolesi Inve.t scul.t Pub.d According to Act of Parliament August 30, 1792, No 16 Broad Street, Golden Squ.e.
Engraving. 420 x 285mm (16½ x 11¼") very large margins.
A cameo bust portrait of Elizabeth Scott (née Montague, 1743-1827), wife of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, within a page of festoons. It was published in Michel Angelo Pergolesi's 'Designs for Various Ornaments on Seventy Plates', 1777-1801. Little is known about Pergolesi other than he came to England to work for Robert Adam, designing furniture, mantelpieces, ceilings, chandeliers, doors and mural ornament. He returned to Italy c.1801.
[Ref: 55691] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr John Sturges.
J. Vanderbank pinx. F. Kyte delin et fecit 1733.
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of John Sturges, a carpenter of St George's, Bloomsbury. Despite this occupation he is dressed in Turkish costume, with a feathered turban, fur-lined embroidered coat. He seems to have commissioned the portrait: in his will, held in the National Archives, he bequeaths ''my own portrait picture in a Turkish habit painted by xx Vanderbank'' to his friend Samuel Hawley.
[Ref: 55629] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vanderbank pinx. F. Kyte delin et fecit 1733.
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of John Sturges, a carpenter of St George's, Bloomsbury. Despite this occupation he is dressed in Turkish costume, with a feathered turban, fur-lined embroidered coat. He seems to have commissioned the portrait: in his will, held in the National Archives, he bequeaths ''my own portrait picture in a Turkish habit painted by xx Vanderbank'' to his friend Samuel Hawley.
[Ref: 55629] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Suriname] A Planter in his Morning Dress.](jpegs/55647.jpg)
[Suriname] A Planter in his Morning Dress. Engraved for Mackenzie's Modern Geography.
Lambert [after John Gabriel Stedman.].
[Newcastle: Mackenzie and Dent, 1817.]
Engraving. 235 x 180mm (9¼ x 7"). Thread margins.
A Surinam planter smoking a pipe and walking around his estate, accompanied by a topless negro slave who pours him a tipple. This is a copy of the portrait engraved by William Blake for the "Narrative, of a Five Years’ Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America", by Captain John Gabriel Stedman. It was published in E. Mackenzie's 'A New and Complete System of Modern Geography'.
[Ref: 55647] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lambert [after John Gabriel Stedman.].
[Newcastle: Mackenzie and Dent, 1817.]
Engraving. 235 x 180mm (9¼ x 7"). Thread margins.
A Surinam planter smoking a pipe and walking around his estate, accompanied by a topless negro slave who pours him a tipple. This is a copy of the portrait engraved by William Blake for the "Narrative, of a Five Years’ Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America", by Captain John Gabriel Stedman. It was published in E. Mackenzie's 'A New and Complete System of Modern Geography'.
[Ref: 55647] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Tonga] Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands.](jpegs/55269.jpg)
[Tonga] Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands.
J. Webber del. J. Hall sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. On 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), includes thread margins. Very slight creasing across face.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, wearing a headdress and a neck ornament. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 55269] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Webber del. J. Hall sculp.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. On 18th century watermarked paper. Sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), includes thread margins. Very slight creasing across face.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A portrait of Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, wearing a headdress and a neck ornament. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 55269] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend. To the Gentlemen of the Whig Club, and the Electors of the City and Liberty of Westminster This Plate is Dedicated by their most obedient faithful and humble Sert.t Will.m Austin.
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Published as the Act directs Mar. 25 1789 by Wm. Austin private Teacher of Drawing and Etching in York Street near St James's Church and the Surry Side of Westminster Bridge.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 360mm (19¾ x 14¼"), with large margins. Repaired tear in left margin
Lord John Townshend (1757-1833), Whig M.P. for Cambridge University in 1780-4, Westminster from 1788-90 and Knaresborough 1793-1818. He became a Privy Councillor in 1806 and served as Paymaster of the Forces 1806-7.
[Ref: 55690] £360.00
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Published as the Act directs Mar. 25 1789 by Wm. Austin private Teacher of Drawing and Etching in York Street near St James's Church and the Surry Side of Westminster Bridge.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 360mm (19¾ x 14¼"), with large margins. Repaired tear in left margin
Lord John Townshend (1757-1833), Whig M.P. for Cambridge University in 1780-4, Westminster from 1788-90 and Knaresborough 1793-1818. He became a Privy Councillor in 1806 and served as Paymaster of the Forces 1806-7.
[Ref: 55690] £360.00
The Rev.d Mr Thomas Warton.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit. C. Hodges fecit.
London Publish'd Dec.r 1: 1786, by W. Dickinson No. 158 Bond Street.
Fine mezzotint. 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Repairs to margins.
Thomas Warton the Younger (1728-90), historian of English poetry and Poet Laureate. The portrait, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784. It is now in the Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford.
Chaloner Smith 33: iii/iii. Hamilton p.71, iii/iii.
[Ref: 55688] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit. C. Hodges fecit.
London Publish'd Dec.r 1: 1786, by W. Dickinson No. 158 Bond Street.
Fine mezzotint. 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Repairs to margins.
Thomas Warton the Younger (1728-90), historian of English poetry and Poet Laureate. The portrait, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784. It is now in the Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford.
Chaloner Smith 33: iii/iii. Hamilton p.71, iii/iii.
[Ref: 55688] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wellington] To His Most Excellent Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, This Portrait of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington,](jpegs/55687.jpg)
[Wellington] To His Most Excellent Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, This Portrait of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Is most humbly Dedicated (with Permission) by His Imperial Majesty's very humble Servant, John Vendramini. Proof.
Painted by H.L. Evêque, Member of the Academy of Genova. Engraved by J. Vendramini.
Published 1814, by H.L. Evêque, No 14 Brompton Row.
Scarce proof engraving. 520 x 420mm (20½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate at top, some creasing, some wear to inscription area and bottom border. Damaged.
The Duke of Wellington in a camp during the Peninsula War. Henri L'Evêque (1769-1832), a Swiss painter, travelled with the British Army, illustrating British Peninsula War campaign.
[Ref: 55687] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H.L. Evêque, Member of the Academy of Genova. Engraved by J. Vendramini.
Published 1814, by H.L. Evêque, No 14 Brompton Row.
Scarce proof engraving. 520 x 420mm (20½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate at top, some creasing, some wear to inscription area and bottom border. Damaged.
The Duke of Wellington in a camp during the Peninsula War. Henri L'Evêque (1769-1832), a Swiss painter, travelled with the British Army, illustrating British Peninsula War campaign.
[Ref: 55687] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[William IV] The King.](jpegs/55636.jpg)
[William IV] The King. From an Original Drawing of J. Jenkins. Proof.
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London, Published Dec.r 10th 1830, by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St, Covent Garden.
Fine lithograph on chine collé, on printed card as issued. Printed area 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins.
Sketched portrait of William IV looking over his shoulder.
[Ref: 55636] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London, Published Dec.r 10th 1830, by S. Gans, 15, Southampton St, Covent Garden.
Fine lithograph on chine collé, on printed card as issued. Printed area 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"), very large margins.
Sketched portrait of William IV looking over his shoulder.
[Ref: 55636] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)