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[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil. Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00
(£588.00 incl.VAT)
The Representation of an Egyptian Mummy, in the Collection of Rackstrow's Museum Fleet Street.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 285 x 285mm (11¼ x 11¼"). Thread margins, tiny hole in corner of folds.
Three illustrations of an Egyptian mummy, said at the time to be a pharoah's daughter: the front and back of the case and the wrapped figure inside. It was probably published as a souvenir of Benjamin Rackstrow's Museum, 197 Fleet Street, which contained curiosities, waxworks (including one of a dissected pregnant woman) and electrical devices. Rackstrow was colonel of the Trained Bands (Militia) of the City of London, which had an inactive Samuel Johnson in its ranks.
[Ref: 57718] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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