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The Old Commodore. Illustrations of Dibdin.
Designed & drawn on Stone by Ja.s & Geo. Foggo.
London: Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14 Newman St. Aug: 1830. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph, sheet 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"). Crease above title.
An old commodore seated in an armchair at a fireplace, with a bandaged gouty foot resting on a footstool, grabbing a walking stick with his right hand. He is watched by a younger man, standing behind the armchair. Sword and scroll lying on the floor in foreground. Illustration to a Charles Dibdin's song.
[Ref: 60607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & drawn on Stone by Ja.s & Geo. Foggo.
London: Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14 Newman St. Aug: 1830. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Lithograph, sheet 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"). Crease above title.
An old commodore seated in an armchair at a fireplace, with a bandaged gouty foot resting on a footstool, grabbing a walking stick with his right hand. He is watched by a younger man, standing behind the armchair. Sword and scroll lying on the floor in foreground. Illustration to a Charles Dibdin's song.
[Ref: 60607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Justitia Hulk, with the Convicts at Work, near Woolwich. New Newgate Calendar or Malefactor's Register.
Dodd delin. Page sc.
Engraving, 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"), with large margins. Right margin stained.
A view of the Justitia Hulk in the Thames which was used to house convicts. Prisoners were often kept in hulks while they awaited deportation; often to Australia. Australian transportation image.
[Ref: 60594] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. Page sc.
Engraving, 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"), with large margins. Right margin stained.
A view of the Justitia Hulk in the Thames which was used to house convicts. Prisoners were often kept in hulks while they awaited deportation; often to Australia. Australian transportation image.
[Ref: 60594] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Convicts taking Water near Black Friars Bridge, in order for their being conveyed to Woolwich.
Dodd delin. Pollard sculp.
Engraving, 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the convicts being loaded onto the hulks in the Thames. Prisoners were often kept in hulks while they awaited deportation; often to Australia. Australian transportation image.
[Ref: 60595] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. Pollard sculp.
Engraving, 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the convicts being loaded onto the hulks in the Thames. Prisoners were often kept in hulks while they awaited deportation; often to Australia. Australian transportation image.
[Ref: 60595] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Francis Drake.
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Liberté de La Presse chex les Anglais.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching. 230 x 270mm (9 x 10½") very large margins.
A wonderful image of a press gang rounding up civilians on a quayside. The French title is a pun, 'The Freedom of the Press according to the English'.
[Ref: 60497] £490.00
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching. 230 x 270mm (9 x 10½") very large margins.
A wonderful image of a press gang rounding up civilians on a quayside. The French title is a pun, 'The Freedom of the Press according to the English'.
[Ref: 60497] £490.00
Freg.te Anglaise, de 40 Canons. Courant au plus Prés.
Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A three-masted Royal Navy frigate under sail.
[Ref: 60512] £690.00
Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A three-masted Royal Navy frigate under sail.
[Ref: 60512] £690.00
![[Greenland Dock] Howland Great Dock near Deptford.](jpegs/60232.jpg)
[Greenland Dock] Howland Great Dock near Deptford.
T. Badeslade Delin. J. Kip Sculp.
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 350 x 420mm (13¾ x 16½"), large margins. Splits in centre fold taped.
An elevated view of Howland Great Wet Dock, Rotherhithe, built 1695-9 to refit East India ships. As it was not created for cargo, there are no warehouses around the main quay but an avenue of trees. In the background is London, with St Paul's Cathedral. Soon after this view was published the Greenland whalers started using the dock and blubber boiling houses were built to render oil and the docks were renamed 'Greenland Dock'. Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's riverside wet docks, located in Rotherhithe in the area of the city now known as Docklands.
[Ref: 60232] £320.00
T. Badeslade Delin. J. Kip Sculp.
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 350 x 420mm (13¾ x 16½"), large margins. Splits in centre fold taped.
An elevated view of Howland Great Wet Dock, Rotherhithe, built 1695-9 to refit East India ships. As it was not created for cargo, there are no warehouses around the main quay but an avenue of trees. In the background is London, with St Paul's Cathedral. Soon after this view was published the Greenland whalers started using the dock and blubber boiling houses were built to render oil and the docks were renamed 'Greenland Dock'. Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's riverside wet docks, located in Rotherhithe in the area of the city now known as Docklands.
[Ref: 60232] £320.00
Commodore Griffith. From an Original Miniature in the Possession of Cap.t Walter Booth.
Harding sc.
Pub'd Aug. 1, 1800, by Edw. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Welsh naval officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, including the battles of St Lucia (1778), Grenada and Martinique (both 1779), killed in action at the later. His commander, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, noted 'The service cannot lose a better man or a better officer'.
[Ref: 60679] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Harding sc.
Pub'd Aug. 1, 1800, by Edw. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Welsh naval officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, including the battles of St Lucia (1778), Grenada and Martinique (both 1779), killed in action at the later. His commander, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, noted 'The service cannot lose a better man or a better officer'.
[Ref: 60679] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Siege of Havana.] To the R.t Hon.ble George Keppel, Earl of Albermarle, &c. &c. Commander in Chief, of all His Majesty's Land Forces, at the Attacks and Reduction, of the Havannah,](jpegs/60490.jpg)
[Siege of Havana.] To the R.t Hon.ble George Keppel, Earl of Albermarle, &c. &c. Commander in Chief, of all His Majesty's Land Forces, at the Attacks and Reduction, of the Havannah, This Perspective View of the Landing and Marching the Troops along the Shore, towards the Fort Cojimar, between the Hours of One and Three, in the Afternoon of June 7.th 1762: With the Transports anchoring along the Shore, also His Majesty's Ship Dragon, and the Granada Bomb, attacking the Fort and Batteries, Is Inscribed by His Devoted and most Obed.t Serv. P,, O,,R,, Sbridge. Drawn on the Spot, Design'd & Published as y.e Act directs.
Dom.k Serres Pinxit. Ja.s Mason Sculpsit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson in Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Stree, and Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1785].
Fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 455 x 655mm (18 x 25¾"). Narrow margins.
One plate from a set of twelve painted by Serres, celebrating the British victory in the Battle of Havana, first published 1762. During the Seven Years' War, with Britain fighting both France and Spain, a large fleet was sent to Cuba under the command of the Earl of Albermarle with Admirals Pocock and Kepple. They succeeded in capturing Havana, an important Spanish naval base. In the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the war, Havana was returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
See Ref: 28713
[Ref: 60490] £950.00
Dom.k Serres Pinxit. Ja.s Mason Sculpsit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson in Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Stree, and Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1785].
Fine engraving, 18th century watermark. 455 x 655mm (18 x 25¾"). Narrow margins.
One plate from a set of twelve painted by Serres, celebrating the British victory in the Battle of Havana, first published 1762. During the Seven Years' War, with Britain fighting both France and Spain, a large fleet was sent to Cuba under the command of the Earl of Albermarle with Admirals Pocock and Kepple. They succeeded in capturing Havana, an important Spanish naval base. In the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the war, Havana was returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
See Ref: 28713
[Ref: 60490] £950.00
H.M.S Union P.L CCCCXCV.
Richard Speare Esq.r Inv.o. Bailey Sculp.
Published 31.st October 1817. by Joyce Gold. Naval Chronicle Office, 103, Shoe Lane, London.
Lithograph, sheet 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9"). Trimmed close to title at bottom. Nicks to bottom edge.
A view of HMS Union (1811). She was s a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1811 at Plymouth. However was broken up in 1833.
[Ref: 60578] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Richard Speare Esq.r Inv.o. Bailey Sculp.
Published 31.st October 1817. by Joyce Gold. Naval Chronicle Office, 103, Shoe Lane, London.
Lithograph, sheet 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9"). Trimmed close to title at bottom. Nicks to bottom edge.
A view of HMS Union (1811). She was s a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1811 at Plymouth. However was broken up in 1833.
[Ref: 60578] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Capture of L'Immortalité, Oct.r. 20.th. 1798.
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Published November 1, 1816, at 48, Strand for J.Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Coloured aquatint. 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾"). Slightly faded.
A naval scene showing the capture of the French ship L'Imortalité by the frigate HMS Fisgard (itself a captured French ship, Résistance, renamed after Fishguard) under the command of Captain T. B. Martin. L'Imortalité had been part of the French fleet sent to Ireland in support of Wolfe Tone's rebellion. After the Battle of Tory Island on 12th October, L'Imortalité had nearly reached Brest when it was captured. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by James Jenkins.
Parker: 139.
[Ref: 60363] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Published November 1, 1816, at 48, Strand for J.Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Coloured aquatint. 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾"). Slightly faded.
A naval scene showing the capture of the French ship L'Imortalité by the frigate HMS Fisgard (itself a captured French ship, Résistance, renamed after Fishguard) under the command of Captain T. B. Martin. L'Imortalité had been part of the French fleet sent to Ireland in support of Wolfe Tone's rebellion. After the Battle of Tory Island on 12th October, L'Imortalité had nearly reached Brest when it was captured. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by James Jenkins.
Parker: 139.
[Ref: 60363] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeeldingh van de stadt en revier van Rochester, Chatham [...].](jpegs/60610.jpg)
[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeeldingh van de stadt en revier van Rochester, Chatham [...].
[After William Schellinks.][Engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[n.d c.1667.]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 500mm (7¼ x 19¾). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Landwehr: 155.
[Ref: 60610] £420.00
[After William Schellinks.][Engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[n.d c.1667.]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 500mm (7¼ x 19¾). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Landwehr: 155.
[Ref: 60610] £420.00
V.au Napolitain de 74. Canons en Galla. No 590.
Emeric in. & del 1794. G. Maria Merlo sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Stain on right. Uncut.
A fine naval engraving showing a Neapolitan warship at anchor, with the rigging filled with national flags including the British Union flag.
[Ref: 60514] £850.00
Emeric in. & del 1794. G. Maria Merlo sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Stain on right. Uncut.
A fine naval engraving showing a Neapolitan warship at anchor, with the rigging filled with national flags including the British Union flag.
[Ref: 60514] £850.00
Boarding the American.
W. Bromley del. W.H. Worthington sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, London, March 1. 1808.
Etching and engraving, sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, small creases at edges.
Lord Nelson standing in a rowing boat with a crew of six men on a rough sea, holding the shoulder of a man as he grasps a rope from above, preparing to board the ship Illustration from an edition of Churchill's 'Life of Nelson'.
[Ref: 60604] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Bromley del. W.H. Worthington sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, London, March 1. 1808.
Etching and engraving, sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, small creases at edges.
Lord Nelson standing in a rowing boat with a crew of six men on a rough sea, holding the shoulder of a man as he grasps a rope from above, preparing to board the ship Illustration from an edition of Churchill's 'Life of Nelson'.
[Ref: 60604] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of 12 from Karabia tou Agonos]](jpegs/60712.jpg)
[Set of 12 from Karabia tou Agonos]
A. Roux ewoinoe 1810, A. E. Kpiefns avleypaye. Avu. Kogebivas exapafe 1938.
12 etchings printed in colour, 205 x 300mm (8 x 11½"), with large margins. With 10 accompanying text leaves. Taped into mount.
Etchings after Antoine Roux (1765-1835) by Lykourgos Kogevinas (1887-1940). From the series 'Karabia tou Agonos' (Ships of the Race) published in 1938 by Fokas G. Dimitris. Limited edition of 180 copies. A scarce suite of plates depicting ships from the Greek Revolution of 1821.
[Ref: 60712] £1,800.00 view all images for this item
A. Roux ewoinoe 1810, A. E. Kpiefns avleypaye. Avu. Kogebivas exapafe 1938.
12 etchings printed in colour, 205 x 300mm (8 x 11½"), with large margins. With 10 accompanying text leaves. Taped into mount.
Etchings after Antoine Roux (1765-1835) by Lykourgos Kogevinas (1887-1940). From the series 'Karabia tou Agonos' (Ships of the Race) published in 1938 by Fokas G. Dimitris. Limited edition of 180 copies. A scarce suite of plates depicting ships from the Greek Revolution of 1821.
[Ref: 60712] £1,800.00 view all images for this item
Vue De Saint Denis. (Ile Bourbon.) P. 229.
de Sainson pinx. Nousveaux et St. Aulaire Lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Bichebois aine, rue de la bibliotheque, 4. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 535mm (13½ x 21"), large margins. Faint toning.
Shipping in rough seas in the harbour Saint-Denis in the French island of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 60230] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
de Sainson pinx. Nousveaux et St. Aulaire Lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Bichebois aine, rue de la bibliotheque, 4. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 340 x 535mm (13½ x 21"), large margins. Faint toning.
Shipping in rough seas in the harbour Saint-Denis in the French island of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 60230] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vaisseau Anglais sw 100. Canons portant pavillion de Vice-Admiral.
Enric [Emeric?] in. et del 1794. Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Stain on right. Uncut.
A Royal Navy warship with a Vice-Admiral's pennant.
[Ref: 60513] £690.00
Enric [Emeric?] in. et del 1794. Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Stain on right. Uncut.
A Royal Navy warship with a Vice-Admiral's pennant.
[Ref: 60513] £690.00
![[A ship hauled for caulking.]](jpegs/60395.jpg)
[A ship hauled for caulking.]
R. Zeeman fe.
Ar. Tooker Excud. Londini [n.d., c.1675.]
Etching. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, creases, very small hole filled.
From the series 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding', etched by Reinier Nooms (1623-67), Dutch painter and printmaker who signed his prints 'Zeeman' ('Seaman'). Nooms travelled widely as a sailor on Dutch merchant vessels in his early life, and his works include views of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers as well as many European ports. He produced some 170 etchings of seascapes include architecturally accurate renderings of Amsterdam. Arthur Tooker was a leading print publisher in Restoration London. His issue of 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding' was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty, but he is not mentioned in the Diaries.
[Ref: 60395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R. Zeeman fe.
Ar. Tooker Excud. Londini [n.d., c.1675.]
Etching. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, creases, very small hole filled.
From the series 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding', etched by Reinier Nooms (1623-67), Dutch painter and printmaker who signed his prints 'Zeeman' ('Seaman'). Nooms travelled widely as a sailor on Dutch merchant vessels in his early life, and his works include views of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers as well as many European ports. He produced some 170 etchings of seascapes include architecturally accurate renderings of Amsterdam. Arthur Tooker was a leading print publisher in Restoration London. His issue of 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding' was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty, but he is not mentioned in the Diaries.
[Ref: 60395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Greenland Whale Fishery.
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce & fine engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
A fleet of whalers in the Arctic, with a longboat landing hunters on the ice. The identity of the two ships flying British flags is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century.
See Ref: 35656
[Ref: 60511] £520.00
Rob. Dodd delin.t Fran. Ambrosi sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Very scarce & fine engraving. 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
A fleet of whalers in the Arctic, with a longboat landing hunters on the ice. The identity of the two ships flying British flags is unknown, but it is almost certain they were London-based vessels operating out of the Thames from where the largest British whaling fleet was based until well into the nineteenth century.
See Ref: 35656
[Ref: 60511] £520.00
Fisherman going out at Worthing.
P. J. de Loutherbourg R.A. Del.t. J. C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, sheet 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, mount burn around image. Some stains, nicks and repaired tears on margins.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery: 6. For more in the series see ref: 31391, 20598, 30784.
[Ref: 60624] £360.00
P. J. de Loutherbourg R.A. Del.t. J. C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, sheet 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, mount burn around image. Some stains, nicks and repaired tears on margins.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery: 6. For more in the series see ref: 31391, 20598, 30784.
[Ref: 60624] £360.00