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''The Convict Ship.'' page 110.
H. Adlard.
[London, c.1825.]
Rare steel engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Convicts being taken to a convict ship about to set sail for Australia. Possibly an illustration to Thomas Kibble Hervey's 'The Convict Ship'.
[Ref: 57653] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H. Adlard.
[London, c.1825.]
Rare steel engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Convicts being taken to a convict ship about to set sail for Australia. Possibly an illustration to Thomas Kibble Hervey's 'The Convict Ship'.
[Ref: 57653] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Roseau in the Island of Dominique, with the Attack Made by Lord Rollo & S.r James Douglass, in 1760.
Drawn on the Spot by L.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by James Peake,
London, Printed for John Bowles at No 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No 82 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Framed, visible area 355 x 520mm (14 x 20½"). Several repaired tears. Unexamined out of frame.
The successful invasion of Dominica in June 1761 (not 1760 as in the title), towards the end of the Seven Years' War, the troops led by Andrew Rollo (the Brigadier-General in America), the ships by James Douglas (commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station). It shows The island remained a British possession after the war.
[Ref: 57576] £700.00
Drawn on the Spot by L.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by James Peake,
London, Printed for John Bowles at No 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No 82 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Framed, visible area 355 x 520mm (14 x 20½"). Several repaired tears. Unexamined out of frame.
The successful invasion of Dominica in June 1761 (not 1760 as in the title), towards the end of the Seven Years' War, the troops led by Andrew Rollo (the Brigadier-General in America), the ships by James Douglas (commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station). It shows The island remained a British possession after the war.
[Ref: 57576] £700.00
[The Hebrus and L'Etoile off Cape La Hogue, March 27th 1814. L’Etoile striking her Colours to the Hebrus after a close & obstinate engagement of two hours and a quarter. To the Right Honourable the Earl St Vincent G.C.B. this plate is respectfully inscribed.]
Painted by N. Pocock, Esq.r. Engraved by R. Havell.
London, Publish'd Oct 19 1815 by Thomas Rickards, near Catherine Street.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 385 x 535mm (15¼ x 23"). Trimmed within plate, losing title at bottom.
Étoile, a French 44-gun frigate, was part of a squadron engaged in commercial railing off the Azores in 1814 during the last weeks of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Returning to France the Squadron was engaged off Brittany by the Royal Navy in the Battle of Joburg. Hebrus chased Étoile for 15 hours and 120 miles, finally bringing her to action in the Bay of La Hogue, just after midnight on the 27th March. A fight lasting over two hours ensued, the ships becalmed and firing at each other from nearly the same spot. The French fired high, doing great damage to Hebrus's rigging; Hebrus from the start fired into Étoile's hull. Eventually Philibert struck, after having lost 40 men killed and 71 wounded. Hebrus had 13 men killed and 25 wounded.
[Ref: 57681] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by N. Pocock, Esq.r. Engraved by R. Havell.
London, Publish'd Oct 19 1815 by Thomas Rickards, near Catherine Street.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 385 x 535mm (15¼ x 23"). Trimmed within plate, losing title at bottom.
Étoile, a French 44-gun frigate, was part of a squadron engaged in commercial railing off the Azores in 1814 during the last weeks of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Returning to France the Squadron was engaged off Brittany by the Royal Navy in the Battle of Joburg. Hebrus chased Étoile for 15 hours and 120 miles, finally bringing her to action in the Bay of La Hogue, just after midnight on the 27th March. A fight lasting over two hours ensued, the ships becalmed and firing at each other from nearly the same spot. The French fired high, doing great damage to Hebrus's rigging; Hebrus from the start fired into Étoile's hull. Eventually Philibert struck, after having lost 40 men killed and 71 wounded. Hebrus had 13 men killed and 25 wounded.
[Ref: 57681] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Naval battle off Malaga] England's Glory. The Engagement of the Confederate Fleet, under Sir George Rook, Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Sir John Leake.,](jpegs/57578.jpg)
[Naval battle off Malaga] England's Glory. The Engagement of the Confederate Fleet, under Sir George Rook, Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Sir John Leake., And the Admiral Byng, and Dikes, with the Duch Admirals Callemburge, & Vanderdusson... on the thirteenth of Aug.t 1704. off of Malaga.
William Rayner. Done according to Act of Parliament. [n.d., c.1739.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"). Trimmed within plate, some wear to edges, toning, laid on board.
The Battle of Malaga, fought between the combined British and Dutch fleets and the French on 13 August 1704, less than a week after the capture of Gibraltar. The largest sea-battle of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), the result was inconclusive, although the French fleet never emerged from Toulon for the rest of the war. From a series of patriotic series depicting British naval achievements, 'England's Glory'. It was published by William Rayner (1699 - 1761) to promote a pro-war (with Spain) agenda, and to undermine Prime Minister Robert Walpole's policy of avoiding military conflict.
Clayton: pp.150-51. Parker 31e. Not in NMM.
[Ref: 57578] £450.00
William Rayner. Done according to Act of Parliament. [n.d., c.1739.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"). Trimmed within plate, some wear to edges, toning, laid on board.
The Battle of Malaga, fought between the combined British and Dutch fleets and the French on 13 August 1704, less than a week after the capture of Gibraltar. The largest sea-battle of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), the result was inconclusive, although the French fleet never emerged from Toulon for the rest of the war. From a series of patriotic series depicting British naval achievements, 'England's Glory'. It was published by William Rayner (1699 - 1761) to promote a pro-war (with Spain) agenda, and to undermine Prime Minister Robert Walpole's policy of avoiding military conflict.
Clayton: pp.150-51. Parker 31e. Not in NMM.
[Ref: 57578] £450.00
A View of Plymouth Fort and St Nicholas's Island, from Mount Edgcumbe.
G. Lambert & Scott pinx.t. C.W. Bampflyde delin. J. Mason sculp.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson, Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer & Bennett Fleet Street, Carington Bowles, S.t Paul's Ch.chy.d & John Boydell, Cheapside [n.d., c.1780].
Engraving. 390 x 630mm (15½ x 24¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears in inscription area, creasing.
A view of Plymouth Harbour painted by George Lambert & Samuel Scott, engraved by James Mason from an intermediary sketch by Coplestone Warre Bampfylde and first published in 1755 in the series 'Five views of and from Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth'.
[Ref: 57679] £350.00
G. Lambert & Scott pinx.t. C.W. Bampflyde delin. J. Mason sculp.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson, Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer & Bennett Fleet Street, Carington Bowles, S.t Paul's Ch.chy.d & John Boydell, Cheapside [n.d., c.1780].
Engraving. 390 x 630mm (15½ x 24¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears in inscription area, creasing.
A view of Plymouth Harbour painted by George Lambert & Samuel Scott, engraved by James Mason from an intermediary sketch by Coplestone Warre Bampfylde and first published in 1755 in the series 'Five views of and from Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth'.
[Ref: 57679] £350.00
![[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.]](jpegs/57809.jpg)
[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.] This Certificate is awarded to [____] by the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation in recognition of his meritorious service as a member of the crew of the [____] on [____] under circumstances demanding an exceptional degree of skill and courage.
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
![[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.](jpegs/57647.jpg)
[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Small hole in sky repaired. Small margins.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 57647] £350.00
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Small hole in sky repaired. Small margins.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 57647] £350.00