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The R.t Hon.ble George Lord Anson. Baron of Soberton, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain. Admiral of the Blue Squadron, & one of his Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council.
[After Sir Joshua Reynolds][Engraver James McArdell]
[Published by James McArdell] [n.d. c.1755]
Mezzotint proof before artist, engraver and publisher were added. Print 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Crease through middle.
Three-quarter length portrait of naval officer and politician George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), with his right hand on his hip and left resting on anchor, ship and foliage behind. He wears shoulder-length wig and embroidered coat and waistcoat. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War.
CS 2. Goodwin 43. Hamilton page 2.
[Ref: 58873] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[After Sir Joshua Reynolds][Engraver James McArdell]
[Published by James McArdell] [n.d. c.1755]
Mezzotint proof before artist, engraver and publisher were added. Print 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Crease through middle.
Three-quarter length portrait of naval officer and politician George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), with his right hand on his hip and left resting on anchor, ship and foliage behind. He wears shoulder-length wig and embroidered coat and waistcoat. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War.
CS 2. Goodwin 43. Hamilton page 2.
[Ref: 58873] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Archimedes, Steamer. Fitted with Mr. F.P. Smith's Patent Screw Propeller, off the North Foreland, on her Trip from Gravesend to Portsmouth, which was Performed in 21 Hours, Against a Fresh Breeze from the West, May 14th, 1839.
Painted by W.J. Huggins. Engraved by E. Duncan.
London, Published by Mr. Huggins, Marine Painter to His Late Majesty Will.m IVth _ 105 Leadenhall Street. But later.
Coloured aquatint. 410 x 540mm (16 x 21¼"). Crack in bottom platemark and tears repaired, abrasion to edges. Margins very messy.
A view of SS Archimedes, the world's first successful screw propeller steamship, in rough seas. Named after Archimedes' Screw, she was built in 1839 with a propeller designed by Francis Pettit Smith (1808-74). The ship was lent to Isambard Kingdom Brunel to trial for several months, after which Brunel changed the design of the SS Great Britain from paddle to screw propulsion
[Ref: 58967] £750.00
Painted by W.J. Huggins. Engraved by E. Duncan.
London, Published by Mr. Huggins, Marine Painter to His Late Majesty Will.m IVth _ 105 Leadenhall Street. But later.
Coloured aquatint. 410 x 540mm (16 x 21¼"). Crack in bottom platemark and tears repaired, abrasion to edges. Margins very messy.
A view of SS Archimedes, the world's first successful screw propeller steamship, in rough seas. Named after Archimedes' Screw, she was built in 1839 with a propeller designed by Francis Pettit Smith (1808-74). The ship was lent to Isambard Kingdom Brunel to trial for several months, after which Brunel changed the design of the SS Great Britain from paddle to screw propulsion
[Ref: 58967] £750.00
George Byng Lord Torrinton. In the Collection of the Right Hon: the Lord Visc.t Torrington
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747
Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747.
Fine engraving, plate 350 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with margins. Glued to album sheet. One small crease.
Bust portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733), in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond; a seascape with a seabattle in a cartouche below; a mythical sea creature in lower left. He wears a long wig and neckerchief. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 - 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 - 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 - 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Byng was one of the young army officers who supported William III's accession; 1691, transferred to the navy; 1704, played an important part in the capture of Gibraltar,which resulted in a knighthood; August 1718, decisive victory against the Spanish off Cape Passaro, Sicily; 1721, he was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Byng of Southill; 1725, created Viscount Torrington; 1727, first lord of the Admiralty.
O' Donoghue 4.
[Ref: 58871] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747
Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747.
Fine engraving, plate 350 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with margins. Glued to album sheet. One small crease.
Bust portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733), in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond; a seascape with a seabattle in a cartouche below; a mythical sea creature in lower left. He wears a long wig and neckerchief. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 - 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 - 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 - 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Byng was one of the young army officers who supported William III's accession; 1691, transferred to the navy; 1704, played an important part in the capture of Gibraltar,which resulted in a knighthood; August 1718, decisive victory against the Spanish off Cape Passaro, Sicily; 1721, he was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Byng of Southill; 1725, created Viscount Torrington; 1727, first lord of the Admiralty.
O' Donoghue 4.
[Ref: 58871] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Capt.n Hugh Clapperton. R.N.
Painted by Gildon Manton. Engraved by Tho.s Lupton.
London, Published Dec.r 1, 1828, by John Murray, Albermarle Street,
Mezzotint on chine collé. 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"), very large margins. Tear entering image repaired, creases, small scuff in title. Bit messy.
Half-length portrait of Bain Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827), in naval uniform. Born in Annan in Scotland, he went to sea at thirteen and was impressed into the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1810 he was first in the breach at the storming of St Louis on Mauritius, and hauled down the French flag. In 1822 Clapperton joined Walter Oudney and Major Dixon Denham on an expedition to central Africa to trace the river Niger. Oudney died during the journey but Clapperton returned to England in 1825. Convinced that the way to the Niger was via West Africa, he went back that year as commander of a new expedition, but he died in 1827, suffering from malaria, depression, and dysentery. This portrait, after an oil now in the National Gallery of Scotland, was used as the frontispiece of Clapperton's 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822–1823 and 1824'.
[Ref: 58707] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Gildon Manton. Engraved by Tho.s Lupton.
London, Published Dec.r 1, 1828, by John Murray, Albermarle Street,
Mezzotint on chine collé. 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"), very large margins. Tear entering image repaired, creases, small scuff in title. Bit messy.
Half-length portrait of Bain Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827), in naval uniform. Born in Annan in Scotland, he went to sea at thirteen and was impressed into the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1810 he was first in the breach at the storming of St Louis on Mauritius, and hauled down the French flag. In 1822 Clapperton joined Walter Oudney and Major Dixon Denham on an expedition to central Africa to trace the river Niger. Oudney died during the journey but Clapperton returned to England in 1825. Convinced that the way to the Niger was via West Africa, he went back that year as commander of a new expedition, but he died in 1827, suffering from malaria, depression, and dysentery. This portrait, after an oil now in the National Gallery of Scotland, was used as the frontispiece of Clapperton's 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822–1823 and 1824'.
[Ref: 58707] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Going Into Dock. Her Majesty's Dock Yard, Devonport.
Painted by N.M. Condy. T.G. Dutton lith. Day & Son. Lith.ts to the Queen.
Publishes by W. Wood 52 Fore Street, Devonport. A. Hinton, Portsmouth, & Ackermann & C.o London. [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾"). Tears and creases on edges, abrasion on inscription area. Slight staining.
A view of Her Majesty's Dock Yard in Devonport, with fishermen in the foreground and sail vessels in the background.
[Ref: 59029] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by N.M. Condy. T.G. Dutton lith. Day & Son. Lith.ts to the Queen.
Publishes by W. Wood 52 Fore Street, Devonport. A. Hinton, Portsmouth, & Ackermann & C.o London. [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾"). Tears and creases on edges, abrasion on inscription area. Slight staining.
A view of Her Majesty's Dock Yard in Devonport, with fishermen in the foreground and sail vessels in the background.
[Ref: 59029] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Naval Enquiry with a Naught-ical Explanation.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d March 25th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 1804 watermark, plate 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Some creasing. Pinholes in margins. Small margins.
Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville) and Alexander Trotter (Paymaster of the Navy), both in kilts to highlight their Scottishness, being grilled about how Navy money ended up in Trotter's bank account at Coutts.
BM Satires 10377.
[Ref: 58787] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d March 25th 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Coloured etching, 1804 watermark, plate 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾") Some creasing. Pinholes in margins. Small margins.
Henry Dundas (Viscount Melville) and Alexander Trotter (Paymaster of the Navy), both in kilts to highlight their Scottishness, being grilled about how Navy money ended up in Trotter's bank account at Coutts.
BM Satires 10377.
[Ref: 58787] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Earl of St. Vincent, K.B. First Lord of the Admiralty and one of His Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council &c.&c.
J.Keenan Pinx.t. W.Barnard Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd August 10th, 1801, by W. Barnard, No 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, plate 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins. Repaired tears in margins. Horizontal crease hardly visible from front.
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB PC RN (1735-1823), whose improvements to the Royal Navy allowed him to boast to the House of Lords in 1801: 'I do not say, my Lords, that the French will not come. I say only they will not come by sea'.
CS: 14, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 59030] £380.00
J.Keenan Pinx.t. W.Barnard Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd August 10th, 1801, by W. Barnard, No 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, plate 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins. Repaired tears in margins. Horizontal crease hardly visible from front.
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB PC RN (1735-1823), whose improvements to the Royal Navy allowed him to boast to the House of Lords in 1801: 'I do not say, my Lords, that the French will not come. I say only they will not come by sea'.
CS: 14, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 59030] £380.00
![[John Paul Jones] Capitaine Paul Jones.](jpegs/58772.jpg)
[John Paul Jones] Capitaine Paul Jones.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and sepia wash. Sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½").
A sketch portrait of John Paul Jones (1747-92), American naval captain during the American Revolution, holding a telescope. A copy of the mezzotint portrait by Richard Brookshaw (BM Satires 5561).
[Ref: 58772] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and sepia wash. Sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½").
A sketch portrait of John Paul Jones (1747-92), American naval captain during the American Revolution, holding a telescope. A copy of the mezzotint portrait by Richard Brookshaw (BM Satires 5561).
[Ref: 58772] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chromolithograph of a man overboard with a life-saving buoy with a signal fire.]](jpegs/58708.jpg)
[Chromolithograph of a man overboard with a life-saving buoy with a signal fire.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 255 x 410mm (10 x 16"). Cut as issued.
A sailor, overboard from a warship, clings to a buoy with two flotation spheres and a thin chimney with a smoking flame. A longboat approches, guided by men in the rigging of the ship. Perhaps an artist's impression of the use of a new invention.
[Ref: 58708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 255 x 410mm (10 x 16"). Cut as issued.
A sailor, overboard from a warship, clings to a buoy with two flotation spheres and a thin chimney with a smoking flame. A longboat approches, guided by men in the rigging of the ship. Perhaps an artist's impression of the use of a new invention.
[Ref: 58708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Admiral, Sir J. T. Duckworth's Victory over, and Signal Defeat, of the French Fleet, in the Bay of St. Domingo. London Gazette Extraordinary, Admiralty-Office, March 23, 1806.
J. Clark del. Pickett sculp.
Published & Sold April 20. 1806. by Edw.d Orme Bond Street, the corner of Brook Street, London. [Engraving.] Printed for Edward Orme, Engraver, Printseller to the King and Royal Family, 59, New Bond-Street, London: by J Nichols, Earl's Court, Newport-street Soho, and Sold by all the Booksellers and Printsellers. [Letterpress.]
Scarce engraving with letterpress, bottom right tax stamp, watermark 1804, sheet 560 x 430mm (22 x 17"). Tears and creases on edges, some stains and surface dirt.
A broadsheet on the Battle of San Domingo (6 February 1806), and the victory of the Royal Navy under the command of Admiral Duckworth over the French fleet. At the top, a coloured aquatint shows a naval battle scene: French battleships are under attack, with one damaged and one sinking on the right. At the right bottom of the print is an engraving with a coat-of-arms and the motto 'Veni, Vidi, Vici'. With engraved inscription, motto, and letterpress title, there is one paragraph of text in one column, and below more text in four columns, including extracts from official statements and from dispatches and letters by Duckworth, as well as statistics on the British and French fleets.
[Ref: 59066] £950.00
J. Clark del. Pickett sculp.
Published & Sold April 20. 1806. by Edw.d Orme Bond Street, the corner of Brook Street, London. [Engraving.] Printed for Edward Orme, Engraver, Printseller to the King and Royal Family, 59, New Bond-Street, London: by J Nichols, Earl's Court, Newport-street Soho, and Sold by all the Booksellers and Printsellers. [Letterpress.]
Scarce engraving with letterpress, bottom right tax stamp, watermark 1804, sheet 560 x 430mm (22 x 17"). Tears and creases on edges, some stains and surface dirt.
A broadsheet on the Battle of San Domingo (6 February 1806), and the victory of the Royal Navy under the command of Admiral Duckworth over the French fleet. At the top, a coloured aquatint shows a naval battle scene: French battleships are under attack, with one damaged and one sinking on the right. At the right bottom of the print is an engraving with a coat-of-arms and the motto 'Veni, Vidi, Vici'. With engraved inscription, motto, and letterpress title, there is one paragraph of text in one column, and below more text in four columns, including extracts from official statements and from dispatches and letters by Duckworth, as well as statistics on the British and French fleets.
[Ref: 59066] £950.00
Ever Memorable Battle Off Cape Trafalgar: 21 October 1805.
[Published 12th December 1805 by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London.]
Hand coloured aquatint with engraving. Sheet 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into image at top, laid on album paper with some of the original letterpress pasted on reverse, including half the publication line.
A scarce broadsheet plan of the Battle of Trafalgar, published less than two months after the event, showing the two columns of Royal Navy ships charging into the side of the French line. A sketch map illustrates the position of the battle against the coasts of Spain and Africa, marking Cadiz. Between the British columns is a vignette scene of Admiral Nelson collapsing on the quarterdeck of H.M.S. Victory, having been hit by a French musket ball.
[Ref: 59092] £550.00
[Published 12th December 1805 by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London.]
Hand coloured aquatint with engraving. Sheet 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into image at top, laid on album paper with some of the original letterpress pasted on reverse, including half the publication line.
A scarce broadsheet plan of the Battle of Trafalgar, published less than two months after the event, showing the two columns of Royal Navy ships charging into the side of the French line. A sketch map illustrates the position of the battle against the coasts of Spain and Africa, marking Cadiz. Between the British columns is a vignette scene of Admiral Nelson collapsing on the quarterdeck of H.M.S. Victory, having been hit by a French musket ball.
[Ref: 59092] £550.00
The Hon.ble Edward Vernon Esq.r: Vice Admiral of the Blue, And Comander in Chief of all HIs Majestie's Ships in the West-Indies. To the R.t Hon.ble Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, & y.e Common Council of y.e City of London this Plate is humbly dedicated by their most obedient Serv.t John Faber.
T Bardwell pinxit. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint, fine impression, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet.
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) wearing a sword, long coat, cravat and long dark wig, pointing to left with right hand, holding a long telescope in right hand.
CS 363.
[Ref: 58816] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T Bardwell pinxit. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint, fine impression, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet.
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) wearing a sword, long coat, cravat and long dark wig, pointing to left with right hand, holding a long telescope in right hand.
CS 363.
[Ref: 58816] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Honorable S.r Charles Wager K.t. Vice Admiral of y.e Red Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet, & one of y.e Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Amiral of Great Britain.
J. Ellis pinx. 1726. G. White fecit.
[n.d. c.1726]
Rare mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). A lettered state before addition of Overton address. Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Central crease.
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743) standing almost in profile to left with right hand resting on baton, head turned to face front, left hand on hilt of sword; wearing plain undress uniform and long wig. Ships rocking on waves can be seen to the right.
CS 51.II. See also our references 12452 & 39882 (not same image).
[Ref: 58808] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ellis pinx. 1726. G. White fecit.
[n.d. c.1726]
Rare mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). A lettered state before addition of Overton address. Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Central crease.
Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743) standing almost in profile to left with right hand resting on baton, head turned to face front, left hand on hilt of sword; wearing plain undress uniform and long wig. Ships rocking on waves can be seen to the right.
CS 51.II. See also our references 12452 & 39882 (not same image).
[Ref: 58808] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)