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English Agricultural Society's Show Yard. First Meeting at Oxford, July 17.th 1839. To the Right Hon.ble John Charles, Earl Spencer, President, the Trustees, Vice Presidents, Committe of Management, and Members. This Print is most respectfully dedicated.
On Stone by T. Picken, from a Drawing by W.A. Delamotte. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by John & R. Dewe, Broad St.t Oxford; and Sold by R.Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street; and T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Rare lithograph, 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tears top and bottom.
Gentlemen in top hats converse and survey the cows and horses under awnings. In the center are marquees and farm equipment such as ploughs and carts. The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838. Its motto was "Practice with Science", and its aim was to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1840.
See: Ref: 16545 for English Agricultural Society's Show Yard in Cambridge
[Ref: 57087] £320.00
On Stone by T. Picken, from a Drawing by W.A. Delamotte. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by John & R. Dewe, Broad St.t Oxford; and Sold by R.Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street; and T. M.cLean, 26 Haymarket, London.
Rare lithograph, 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tears top and bottom.
Gentlemen in top hats converse and survey the cows and horses under awnings. In the center are marquees and farm equipment such as ploughs and carts. The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838. Its motto was "Practice with Science", and its aim was to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1840.
See: Ref: 16545 for English Agricultural Society's Show Yard in Cambridge
[Ref: 57087] £320.00
Geo. J. Allman
T. H. Maguire.
1851.
Lithograph. Sheet 615 x 445mm (24¼ x 17½"), very large margins.
A portrait of George James Allman (1812-1898), seated, with facsimile signature beneath. Allman was an Irish ecologist, botonist and zoologist. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852, the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 56
[Ref: 57052] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire.
1851.
Lithograph. Sheet 615 x 445mm (24¼ x 17½"), very large margins.
A portrait of George James Allman (1812-1898), seated, with facsimile signature beneath. Allman was an Irish ecologist, botonist and zoologist. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852, the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 56
[Ref: 57052] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![Thomas Bell [facsimile signature]](jpegs/57136.jpg)
Thomas Bell [facsimile signature]
T. H. Maguire [etched in plate.]
Ashbee & Tuckett Lith Printers London.
Lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 600 x 445mm (23½ x 17½") very large margins. Some faint foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Thomas Bell (1792-1880). Bell was a notable zoologist, specialising in reptile specimens. He was instrumental in the publication of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and is commemorated in the names of several species and sub-species of reptile. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852, the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 236.
[Ref: 57136] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire [etched in plate.]
Ashbee & Tuckett Lith Printers London.
Lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 600 x 445mm (23½ x 17½") very large margins. Some faint foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Thomas Bell (1792-1880). Bell was a notable zoologist, specialising in reptile specimens. He was instrumental in the publication of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and is commemorated in the names of several species and sub-species of reptile. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852, the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 236.
[Ref: 57136] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![John P. Boileau [facsimile signature]](jpegs/57139.jpg)
John P. Boileau [facsimile signature]
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [etched in plate]
M & N Hanhart Lith. Printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet 600 x 435mm (23½ x 17") very large margins. Foxing in margins.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of John Boileau (1794-1869) with the Ipswich Museum blind stamp in the lower right corner. Boileau was president and vice president of various Archaeological and Zoological Societies in London and Norfolk, where he was created a first baronet in 1838. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
[Ref: 57139] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [etched in plate]
M & N Hanhart Lith. Printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet 600 x 435mm (23½ x 17") very large margins. Foxing in margins.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of John Boileau (1794-1869) with the Ipswich Museum blind stamp in the lower right corner. Boileau was president and vice president of various Archaeological and Zoological Societies in London and Norfolk, where he was created a first baronet in 1838. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
[Ref: 57139] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![CL. Bonaparte. [Facsimile signature.]](jpegs/57140.jpg)
CL. Bonaparte. [Facsimile signature.]
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [etched in plate.]
[M & N Hanhart, London 1852.]
Llithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet 600 x 435mm (23½ x 17") with large margins. Some faint foxing and spotting in the margins and title area.
A seated three-quarter length portrait of Charles Lucien Bonaparte. A noted Ornithologist. Napoleon was his uncle.
Wellcome: 35
[Ref: 57140] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [etched in plate.]
[M & N Hanhart, London 1852.]
Llithograph on octagonal chine collé. Sheet 600 x 435mm (23½ x 17") with large margins. Some faint foxing and spotting in the margins and title area.
A seated three-quarter length portrait of Charles Lucien Bonaparte. A noted Ornithologist. Napoleon was his uncle.
Wellcome: 35
[Ref: 57140] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![E. Doubleday. [Facsimile signature.]](jpegs/57165.jpg)
E. Doubleday. [Facsimile signature.]
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [Etched in plate.]
M & N Hanhart lith. printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. 570 x 440mm (22½ x 17¼"), very large margins. Foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Edward Doubleday (1810-1849) with his arms folded. Doubleday was a notable entomologist; during his tenure at the British Museum he built the most comprehensive butterfly collections of the time. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 841
[Ref: 57165] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. H. Maguire. 1849. [Etched in plate.]
M & N Hanhart lith. printers.
Lithograph on octagonal chine collé. 570 x 440mm (22½ x 17¼"), very large margins. Foxing and time staining in the margins.
A half length portrait of Edward Doubleday (1810-1849) with his arms folded. Doubleday was a notable entomologist; during his tenure at the British Museum he built the most comprehensive butterfly collections of the time. From the Ipswich Museum Portraits series published by George Ransom in 1852: the sixty portraits of distinguished men of science were designed to commemorate the foundation of the museum in 1846.
Wellcome: 841
[Ref: 57165] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Farriers Shed.
Drawn & Etched by J.A.Atkinson.
London, Published Jany. 1st. 1807, by William Miller 49. Albemarle Street, and James Walker 8, Conway Street Fitzroy Square.
Fine coloured etching and aquatint, plate 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with very large margins.
A farrier kneels shoeing a horse, with a well-dressed man standing behind him; second farrier on the right holds a hoof nipper, various tools are strewn across the ground.
[Ref: 57142] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by J.A.Atkinson.
London, Published Jany. 1st. 1807, by William Miller 49. Albemarle Street, and James Walker 8, Conway Street Fitzroy Square.
Fine coloured etching and aquatint, plate 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with very large margins.
A farrier kneels shoeing a horse, with a well-dressed man standing behind him; second farrier on the right holds a hoof nipper, various tools are strewn across the ground.
[Ref: 57142] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![John Edw. Gray [facsimile signature].](jpegs/57191.jpg)
John Edw. Gray [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire 1851. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
[Ipswich: George Ransome, 1852.]
Lithograph. Printed area 360 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½"), with wide margins. Foxing in margin.
Half-length portrait of John Edward Gray (1800-75), one of the most prolific taxonomists in the history of zoology. He was founder of the Entomological Society of London in 1833 (now the Royal Entomological Society). He was keeper of zoology at the British Museum 1840-1874 (before the department became the Natural History Museum. From the series 'Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum.'.
Wellcome: 1202.
[Ref: 57191] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Maguire 1851. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
[Ipswich: George Ransome, 1852.]
Lithograph. Printed area 360 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½"), with wide margins. Foxing in margin.
Half-length portrait of John Edward Gray (1800-75), one of the most prolific taxonomists in the history of zoology. He was founder of the Entomological Society of London in 1833 (now the Royal Entomological Society). He was keeper of zoology at the British Museum 1840-1874 (before the department became the Natural History Museum. From the series 'Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum.'.
Wellcome: 1202.
[Ref: 57191] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![Wm Jardine [facsimile signature].](jpegs/57190.jpg)
Wm Jardine [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire 1849. M. & N. Hanhart Lith. Printers.
[Ipswich: George Ransome, 1852.]
Lithograph. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"), with large margins. Foxing, tear in right margin.
Half-length portrait of Sir William Jardine (1800-74), Scottish naturalist best known for his 'Naturalist's Library', 1833-66. He also wrote 'the Ichnology of Annandale', which include descriptions of fossils found on his ancestral estate. From the series 'Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum.'.
Wellcome: 1519.
[Ref: 57190] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Maguire 1849. M. & N. Hanhart Lith. Printers.
[Ipswich: George Ransome, 1852.]
Lithograph. Printed area 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"), with large margins. Foxing, tear in right margin.
Half-length portrait of Sir William Jardine (1800-74), Scottish naturalist best known for his 'Naturalist's Library', 1833-66. He also wrote 'the Ichnology of Annandale', which include descriptions of fossils found on his ancestral estate. From the series 'Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum.'.
Wellcome: 1519.
[Ref: 57190] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Robert Jones, Practical Farrier, Curtain Road, Finsbury Square.
Marshall pinx.t. J. Scott. Sculp.t.
Published June 1.st 1797 by J. Wheble, Warwick Court.
Engraving with etching, sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Thread margins.
Oval portrait of the farrier Robert Jones, illustration to the 'Sporting Magazine'.
Wellcome: 1545; O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 57055] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Marshall pinx.t. J. Scott. Sculp.t.
Published June 1.st 1797 by J. Wheble, Warwick Court.
Engraving with etching, sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Thread margins.
Oval portrait of the farrier Robert Jones, illustration to the 'Sporting Magazine'.
Wellcome: 1545; O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 57055] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Microscope and Objects.
[n.d., 1823.]
Engraving. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on right.
An illustration of a microscope with four parasitic insect specimens: a flea, louse, 'itch-insect' (Sarcoptes scabei, which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch) and mite. From Barclay's 'Complete and Universal Dictionary'.
[Ref: 57093] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1823.]
Engraving. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed into plate on right.
An illustration of a microscope with four parasitic insect specimens: a flea, louse, 'itch-insect' (Sarcoptes scabei, which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch) and mite. From Barclay's 'Complete and Universal Dictionary'.
[Ref: 57093] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Origin of Species.
[after C.H. Bennett]
[n.d. 1863]
Scarce wood engraving. 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Three horizontal creases. Faint stain in lower left corner.
The evolution of a muzzled bear into a crook, holding a watch to lure passersby and a 'garotte stick', or club, heavily alluding to Darwin's theory of evolution, 'The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life' (1860). A wood engraving after Charles Henry Bennett (1829-67). The lettering differs to the example in the Wellcome Collection, which is titled 'The origin of the garotte - (Drawn by Charles H. Bennett)'.
Wellcome 12108i
[Ref: 57219] £480.00
[after C.H. Bennett]
[n.d. 1863]
Scarce wood engraving. 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Three horizontal creases. Faint stain in lower left corner.
The evolution of a muzzled bear into a crook, holding a watch to lure passersby and a 'garotte stick', or club, heavily alluding to Darwin's theory of evolution, 'The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life' (1860). A wood engraving after Charles Henry Bennett (1829-67). The lettering differs to the example in the Wellcome Collection, which is titled 'The origin of the garotte - (Drawn by Charles H. Bennett)'.
Wellcome 12108i
[Ref: 57219] £480.00
![[Robert Turner] The Brittish or English Physitian.](jpegs/57205.jpg)
[Robert Turner] The Brittish or English Physitian.
[London: R. Wood for Nathamiel Brooke, 1664.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed into image, laid on album sheet. Time stained.
A head and shoulders portrait of herbalist and occultist Robert Turner, within a floral border with a scene of a map tendint plants in a woodland clearing. The frontispiece to Turner's 'Botanologia. The Brittish physician, or, The nature and vertues of English plants'.
NPG D47388; Wellcome 9298i.
[Ref: 57205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[London: R. Wood for Nathamiel Brooke, 1664.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed into image, laid on album sheet. Time stained.
A head and shoulders portrait of herbalist and occultist Robert Turner, within a floral border with a scene of a map tendint plants in a woodland clearing. The frontispiece to Turner's 'Botanologia. The Brittish physician, or, The nature and vertues of English plants'.
NPG D47388; Wellcome 9298i.
[Ref: 57205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)