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Sir Charles Oakeley, Bar.t, Governor of Madras 1790 - 1794.
Painted in 1816 by T. Barber. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Small margins.
Sir Charles Oakeley (1751-1826), first Baronet, appointed governor of Madras in 1790. After Thomas Barber (1768/71 - 1843), pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Whitman: 219.
[Ref: 58105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted in 1816 by T. Barber. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Small margins.
Sir Charles Oakeley (1751-1826), first Baronet, appointed governor of Madras in 1790. After Thomas Barber (1768/71 - 1843), pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Whitman: 219.
[Ref: 58105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pinchbeck.
Isaac Whood pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small repaired tear into margin on left. Printer's crease bottom right in margin.
Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), maker of clocks and automata, here shown holding an open pocket watch. He also invented 'pinchbeck', an alloy of copper and zinc that resembled gold, which created a new market for costume jewelry. Among his clients was Louis XIV, for whom he made a music clock. In 1717 he advertised a clock at one thousand guineas (appoximately £140,000 today). From 1721 until his death his address was 'at the sign of ‘The Astronomico-Musical Clock' in Fleet Street.
CS 289 i/ii.
[Ref: 57864] £950.00
Isaac Whood pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small repaired tear into margin on left. Printer's crease bottom right in margin.
Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), maker of clocks and automata, here shown holding an open pocket watch. He also invented 'pinchbeck', an alloy of copper and zinc that resembled gold, which created a new market for costume jewelry. Among his clients was Louis XIV, for whom he made a music clock. In 1717 he advertised a clock at one thousand guineas (appoximately £140,000 today). From 1721 until his death his address was 'at the sign of ‘The Astronomico-Musical Clock' in Fleet Street.
CS 289 i/ii.
[Ref: 57864] £950.00
Mrs Sarah Porter Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells.
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)