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[A woman archer.]
[illegible signature, 'Hibbert']
[n.d., c.1837.]
Scarce amateur pen lithograph. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Creased.
A woman striking the bull's eye on a target.
[Ref: 61247] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Now Tomkins stop till I Say Fire!! another go I think will do him up.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 111 Fleet St. [n.d., c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 170 x 260mm (6¾ x 10¼). Creasing on left margins. Trimmed.
Two city types shoot at a songbird.
[Ref: 61330] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Any sport Gentlemen? - Sport to be sure, we just saw an hare runningup a tree so we both fired and down it came. we knows what we are about you see.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 150 x 220mm (6 x 8¾). Some staining at top. Trimmed.
A city type hold up a squirrel he has mistaken for a hare.
[Ref: 61329] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Laughing Stock No. 7. I say Tomkins which Eye do you shut when you shoots? _ O for a common shot I [don't care?] which I shuts but when I shoots flying I shuts em both of course.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair [n.d., c.1832.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 160 x 240mm (6¼ x 9½). Punchline weakly inked, laid on album paper. Trimmed.
Two city types out shooting discuss their techniques, the skyline of London behind.
[Ref: 61328] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
G.W.'s Transparencies. The Fisherman's Hut.
London: Published for G.W., by Reeves and Sons, Cheapside, W. Morgan, 49, Judd Street, New Road; T. Fisher, 1, Hanway Street, Oxford Street; and J. Reynolds, 174, Strand [n.d., c.1845].
Lithograph, mounted in card with title label. Card 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9").
A view of men fishing on an estuary on a moonlit night, with their hut on one side and a ruined abbey on the other. The print has been treated so that holding it up to a light source enhances the scene.
[Ref: 61093] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fishing in Troubled Waters, or The Consequence of invading Matrimonial Rights & Privileges.
Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street [n.d., 1824-5].
Coloured etching. Sheet 255 x 340mm (10 x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, creased, mounted in album paper.
An angling cleric comes to blows with a fishwife, accidently pulling his own wig off with his rod and line. Apparently a satire on the Church's interference with marital law. Not in BM Satires. Hunt 62. Ex: Collection of David Beazley.
[Ref: 61132] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[George IV] Gudgeon Fishing a la Conservatory.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1811 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners.
The Prince Regent presides over a fête held to honour the Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI. The ladies hold fishing rods, with which they try to catch goldfish in a pool in the centre of the table. One of the guests is Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who holds a paper 'Nominal Subscribers to the Humbug Theatre', a reference to his raising funds for rebuilding Drury Lane Theatre. BM Satires 11729, with extensive description.
[Ref: 61133] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Good Bite or Swallowing the Bait.
T.L. W.H. [William Heath] fecit.
Pub May 15th 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James St & 74 New Bond St.
Etching with fine hand colour. 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1832', with very large margins.
Two men stand on a river-bank fishing disconsolately; one short and obese, the other tall and thin. The latter hooks a frog. Close behind them a hound is furtively devouring fish which lie on the grass. BM Satires 14579.
[Ref: 61110] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Angler. An Irishman Angling one day in the Liffey [...]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, losing publication line, cut into image in places.
An Irish angler fishes under a bridge, thinking ''the ?shes will ?ock under here, to keep out of the wet''.
[Ref: 61111] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Members' Plate. Sir Maurice: ''I say old fellow, I shall have to make the running this time! If you hand't been in the Coalition Handicap, you would'nt have had all that weight to carry!!''.
[W. Henley, 1. Southgate Street, Gloucester, c.1860.]
Scarce wood engraving. Sheet 115 x 205mm (4½ x 8"), on Whatman laid paper. Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
One jockey addresses another, who has a Chinese man riding pillion.
[Ref: 61044] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
La discesa dal Vesuvio.
Miglioloto Edit. Lit. im Napoli. Nappa sis.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Very rare lithograph with fine hand colour, sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Slightly dirty
A view of people climbing and descending Mount Vesuvius, they use walking sticks and attach themselves to partners to make the treacherous path of loose rubble less dangerous. One woman is carried in a chair by two men.
[Ref: 61128] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Will You have a game of Skittles with us to night M.r Flanagan? / I would with pleasure M.r Raffata but I am larning the Piano and playing Skittles will spoil the delicacy of my touch.
London Pub.d by O Hodgson 111 Fleet St. [n.d., c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼). Trimmed at top. Right corner missing in lower margin.
A road builder using a compactor worries about how skittles would affect his hands.
[Ref: 61327] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] ¡ Y hay quien me teche de ligra!
Planas 1879. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara rock climbing above a lake in the Alps. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61339] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] ¡¡¡...........!!!
Planas 1879. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara, thrown from her horse in a wintery forest, is rescued from a wild boar in Russia. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61341] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] - Señorita ¿ Quiere V. que la coja ? - Esto no se dice.
Planas 1878. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara swimming at seaside town of Biarritz with a man, her maid calling from the beach. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61344] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] ¿ Porque le llamaran à esto el Sardinero? -Hija à la vista está.
Planas 1879. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara in bathing costume on the famous beach at Santander. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61338] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] - Antes de empazar nuestras escursiones terrestre-acuático-aéreas à través de la Exposicion, permite della Clara, que la tripulacion del Barbo magnético te nombre su capita
Planas 1879. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara visits the Paris Exhibition and travels on a magnetic boat, stopping to drink wine at the side of the river. A rowing image. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61337] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Historia de una Mujer.] - Surte has tenido amiga Clarita; el Principe es el potentado mas rico de Europa.
Planas 1879. Lit - Tip de J. Aleu.
[Barcelona: Fugarull, 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 425 x 280mm (16¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
Clara and another woman, wrapped in furs in a Russian sleigh, in St. Moritz, discuss an eligible bachelor. One of 50 plates in the series 'The Story of a Woman' by Eusebio Planas (1833-97), an account of Clara's progress from dressmaker to vaudeville actress to the mistress of a series of men, travelling around Europe, before ending her days worn-out in a convent. The series first appeared as cigarette cards, accounting for the lack of text other than the plate captions.
[Ref: 61342] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Waterfall with anglers] J. Pearce's Transparent Views.
London: Published by Reeves and Sons, Cheapside; and W. Morgan, 25, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn. Published at 11, Paternoster Row [n.d., c.1845].
Lithograph, mounted in card with three labels. Card 270 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾").
A view of men fishing under a waterfall on a moonlit night, designed to be held up before a light source to enhance the scene.
[Ref: 61092] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dogs and wild-boar. 12.
Fred.k Tayler.
[n.d. c.1872. Etching Club?]
Etching on chine collé, plate 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
Two dogs sink their teeth into a wild boar attempting to flee in a grassy landscape. (John) Frederick Tayler (1802– 89) was a 19th-century English landscape watercolour painter, president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the Etching Club. Tayler executed some two dozen ‘lithotints,’ which were published by T. McLean in 1844, under the title of ‘Frederick Tayler's Portfolio.’ A member of the ‘Etching Club,’ he etched a number of small plates for the various publications of that body (Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village,’ ‘Songs of Shakespeare,’ ‘Etched Thoughts,’ &c.), and also made drawings on wood for several popular classics, such as Thomson's ‘Seasons,’ ‘Sir Roger de Coverley,’ and Goldsmith's ‘Works.’
[Ref: 61182] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
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