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Home on a Furlough. To the Loyal Mothers, Wives and Daughters, of our Country This Engraving is Respectfully Dedicated.
From the Original design by C. Schussele. Engraved by John Sartain, Phil.a.
Bradley & Co. Publishers, 66 N. Fourth St. Philadelphia,
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 455mm (14 x 18"). Tears in edges.
A Union soldier is greeted by his family during a break in fighting in the American Civil War. Christian Schussele (1824-79), a German-born artist, is credited with designing the American Medal of Honor.
[Ref: 59780] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
From the Original design by C. Schussele. Engraved by John Sartain, Phil.a.
Bradley & Co. Publishers, 66 N. Fourth St. Philadelphia,
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 455mm (14 x 18"). Tears in edges.
A Union soldier is greeted by his family during a break in fighting in the American Civil War. Christian Schussele (1824-79), a German-born artist, is credited with designing the American Medal of Honor.
[Ref: 59780] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Descriptive Sketch of the Print of The Death of Gen: Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
London Published June 4th 1804 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to His Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Rare engraved keyplate. 380 x 540mm (15 x 21¼"). Very foxed. Nicks to edges.
Engraved keyplate to Robert Ker Porter's 'The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie', as engraved by Giovanni Vendramini, with a 49-point key (41 people and eight landmarks. Under the key is a description of the scene in English and French. General Abercromby died at the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 1801) having been struck by a spent musket ball that went septic.
BM: 1872,1012.1686.
[Ref: 60057] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Published June 4th 1804 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to His Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Rare engraved keyplate. 380 x 540mm (15 x 21¼"). Very foxed. Nicks to edges.
Engraved keyplate to Robert Ker Porter's 'The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie', as engraved by Giovanni Vendramini, with a 49-point key (41 people and eight landmarks. Under the key is a description of the scene in English and French. General Abercromby died at the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 1801) having been struck by a spent musket ball that went septic.
BM: 1872,1012.1686.
[Ref: 60057] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The British Army in Egypt.] Key of Reference to a Centre Print to Two Engravings; one of the Landing of the British Forces in Egypt, and the other the Battle of Alexandria.](jpegs/60056.jpg)
[The British Army in Egypt.] Key of Reference to a Centre Print to Two Engravings; one of the Landing of the British Forces in Egypt, and the other the Battle of Alexandria.
[After P.J. de Loutherbourg.]
Printed by A, Strahan, [?] Printers Street, London. [n.d., 1806.]
Engraving with letterpress, watermark 1804. Sheet 395 x 310mm (15¾ x 12¼"). Edges browned and chipped, losing part of printer's inscription.
A key plate, not to the pair of views of the military action by de Loutherbourg, but to his memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, called 'The British Army in Egypt'. The full plate takes the form of an acute pyramid made up of medallion portraits of Abercromby's officers, surrounded by soldiers and sailors, including a sepoy and a mamluk, some bringing more portraits to be added to the pyramid. This key describes the troops, with the Pharos and Pompey's Pillar.
See Refs: 21581 & 21582 for prints.
[Ref: 60056] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[After P.J. de Loutherbourg.]
Printed by A, Strahan, [?] Printers Street, London. [n.d., 1806.]
Engraving with letterpress, watermark 1804. Sheet 395 x 310mm (15¾ x 12¼"). Edges browned and chipped, losing part of printer's inscription.
A key plate, not to the pair of views of the military action by de Loutherbourg, but to his memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, called 'The British Army in Egypt'. The full plate takes the form of an acute pyramid made up of medallion portraits of Abercromby's officers, surrounded by soldiers and sailors, including a sepoy and a mamluk, some bringing more portraits to be added to the pyramid. This key describes the troops, with the Pharos and Pompey's Pillar.
See Refs: 21581 & 21582 for prints.
[Ref: 60056] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Description of the Print of the Grand Attack on Valenciennes by the Combined Armis under the Command of his R.H. the Duke of York, July 25th, 1793, Engraved by Mr William Bromley, from a Picture Painted by P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A.
[n.d. c.1801.]
Rare engraved key plate with letterpress, watermark 1800; sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½").
Keyplate with a 28-point key of the important Allied officers, and a short description of the scene in English and French.
BM: 1917,1208.1231. .
[Ref: 60058] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1801.]
Rare engraved key plate with letterpress, watermark 1800; sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½").
Keyplate with a 28-point key of the important Allied officers, and a short description of the scene in English and French.
BM: 1917,1208.1231. .
[Ref: 60058] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Key of Reference to the print of The Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815. The period of time is towards the Close of the Day when the whole French Army were thrown into Confusion. The Marquis of Anglesey having broken the French Lines and pass'd the high road, pursues the Enemy into a hollow, and the Cavalry charge and capture their Artillery.
London; Published June 18th, 1819, by R.Lambe, 96, Gracechurch Street, and T.Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill.
Etched key plate. Sheet 540 x 755mm (21¼ x 29¾"). On paper watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819'. Folded at centre. Taped tears. Trimmed to plate left and right.
Keyplate to a painting by Alexander Sauerweid, as engraved by H.R.Cook, with a 19-point key of persons and a 15-point key of the battle.
BM: 1872-5-11-449.
[Ref: 60061] £320.00
London; Published June 18th, 1819, by R.Lambe, 96, Gracechurch Street, and T.Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill.
Etched key plate. Sheet 540 x 755mm (21¼ x 29¾"). On paper watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819'. Folded at centre. Taped tears. Trimmed to plate left and right.
Keyplate to a painting by Alexander Sauerweid, as engraved by H.R.Cook, with a 19-point key of persons and a 15-point key of the battle.
BM: 1872-5-11-449.
[Ref: 60061] £320.00
A Persian Archer.
Orlowski ex nat. del. On Stone by D. Dighton.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Trimmed to image, some creases, stains and tears to edges.
A Persian warrior on horseback with his bow and arrow drawn.
[Ref: 59808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Orlowski ex nat. del. On Stone by D. Dighton.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Trimmed to image, some creases, stains and tears to edges.
A Persian warrior on horseback with his bow and arrow drawn.
[Ref: 59808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dmitry Dmitrievich Shepelev] [Cyrillic title] Lieutenant General Schepeleff.](jpegs/59652.jpg)
[Dmitry Dmitrievich Shepelev] [Cyrillic title] Lieutenant General Schepeleff.
Painted by order of the Emperor M. Alexander 1st by G. Dawe Esqr. Member of the Roy.l Ac.dy London, that of St. Petersburg &c: &c. Engraved by Hy Dawe London.
[Russian publisher in Cyrillic] & Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. London, Sep.t 1828.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins Surface dirt, creasing.
Dmitry Dmitrievich Shepelev (1771-1841). Born into a noble family he enlisted as a sergeant in the Russian Life Guards in 1782. He served in Poland (1794), Persia (1796), Switzerland (1799, under Rimsky-Korsakov) and the Battle of Austerlitz (1805). In 1813 he led an advance guard of Wittgenstein's Corps that captured Koenigsberg. In 1815 he became commander of the 2nd Hussar Division, but had to retire due to ill-health the following year. George Dawe (1781 - 1829) spent from 1819 to 1828 in St Petersburg, invited by Tsar Alexander to paint the portraits of the superior officers who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Over 300 of these are in the Hermitage Museum.
[Ref: 59652] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by order of the Emperor M. Alexander 1st by G. Dawe Esqr. Member of the Roy.l Ac.dy London, that of St. Petersburg &c: &c. Engraved by Hy Dawe London.
[Russian publisher in Cyrillic] & Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. London, Sep.t 1828.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins Surface dirt, creasing.
Dmitry Dmitrievich Shepelev (1771-1841). Born into a noble family he enlisted as a sergeant in the Russian Life Guards in 1782. He served in Poland (1794), Persia (1796), Switzerland (1799, under Rimsky-Korsakov) and the Battle of Austerlitz (1805). In 1813 he led an advance guard of Wittgenstein's Corps that captured Koenigsberg. In 1815 he became commander of the 2nd Hussar Division, but had to retire due to ill-health the following year. George Dawe (1781 - 1829) spent from 1819 to 1828 in St Petersburg, invited by Tsar Alexander to paint the portraits of the superior officers who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Over 300 of these are in the Hermitage Museum.
[Ref: 59652] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)