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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Keyplate] Chelsea Pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo.](jpegs/58217.jpg)
[Keyplate] Chelsea Pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo.
[after David Wilkie, R.A.] J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
[London; Moon, Boys, & Graves, c.1831.]
Rare letterpress broadside with woodcut vignette. Sheet 880 x 570mm (34½ x 22½"). Creases and tears.
The keyplate to Sir David Wilkie's painting of a group of Chelsea pensioners sitting round a wooden table outside the Duke of York inn, with one reading aloud the news of Waterloo, highlighting 16 points of interest including variant uniforms of the old soldiers. Below is an extensive list of subscribers, noting whether they bought proofs or prints, including Wilkie himself, the Duke of Wellington (to whom the print was dedicated) and F.G. Moon, one of the publishers.
See: 36975 for keyplate & Ref: 32632 for print.
[Ref: 58217] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after David Wilkie, R.A.] J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
[London; Moon, Boys, & Graves, c.1831.]
Rare letterpress broadside with woodcut vignette. Sheet 880 x 570mm (34½ x 22½"). Creases and tears.
The keyplate to Sir David Wilkie's painting of a group of Chelsea pensioners sitting round a wooden table outside the Duke of York inn, with one reading aloud the news of Waterloo, highlighting 16 points of interest including variant uniforms of the old soldiers. Below is an extensive list of subscribers, noting whether they bought proofs or prints, including Wilkie himself, the Duke of Wellington (to whom the print was dedicated) and F.G. Moon, one of the publishers.
See: 36975 for keyplate & Ref: 32632 for print.
[Ref: 58217] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Den Svenske Kong Carl Gustavus Flugt fra Amager, da de Danske i Overaerelse af deres Konge Frederick III, og under Anförsel af Generalerne Gyldenlöve og Ahlefeldt, aldeles Sejrede over de Svenske og fordrev dem 10 October 1658.
Malet af C.A. Lorentzen. Skukket af A. Flint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 500mm (14¼ x 19¾"). Trimmed within plate. Slight mark in sky.
''The Swedish King Carl Gustavus' flight from Amager, when the Danes in the presence of their King Frederik III, and under the command of Generals Gyldenlöve and Ahlefeldt, completely defeated the Swedes and drove them out 10 October 1658.'' A battle on Amager in 1659 (not 1658), during the Dano-Swedish War (1658-1660), when the Swedes besieged Copenhagen. The original oil, painted by Christian August Lorentzen (1749-1828) in 1791, is in the National Gallery of Denmark.
See SMK KMS923 for the painting.
[Ref: 58152] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Malet af C.A. Lorentzen. Skukket af A. Flint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 500mm (14¼ x 19¾"). Trimmed within plate. Slight mark in sky.
''The Swedish King Carl Gustavus' flight from Amager, when the Danes in the presence of their King Frederik III, and under the command of Generals Gyldenlöve and Ahlefeldt, completely defeated the Swedes and drove them out 10 October 1658.'' A battle on Amager in 1659 (not 1658), during the Dano-Swedish War (1658-1660), when the Swedes besieged Copenhagen. The original oil, painted by Christian August Lorentzen (1749-1828) in 1791, is in the National Gallery of Denmark.
See SMK KMS923 for the painting.
[Ref: 58152] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)