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Chess Match, at Parsloe's Feb.y 23.d 1794, in presence of the Turkish Ambassador.
Cook sculp.
Published april 1.st 1794. by J. Wheble, Warwick Swuare London.
Etching with engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"), with 4pp. letterpress stapled on. Trimmed close to plate at bottom.
A depiction of a chess match between François-André Danican Philidor (1726-95) and German diplomat Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736-1809) in 1783, in which Philador played blindfolded. The letterpress, from the Sporting Magazine for March 1794, describes the print but not the event, as well as a part description of another event at which Philador played three blindfolded matches. Parsloe's was a chess club in St James's Street. Depictions of an 18th century Chess match are very scarce.
[Ref: 61771] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Cook sculp.
Published april 1.st 1794. by J. Wheble, Warwick Swuare London.
Etching with engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"), with 4pp. letterpress stapled on. Trimmed close to plate at bottom.
A depiction of a chess match between François-André Danican Philidor (1726-95) and German diplomat Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736-1809) in 1783, in which Philador played blindfolded. The letterpress, from the Sporting Magazine for March 1794, describes the print but not the event, as well as a part description of another event at which Philador played three blindfolded matches. Parsloe's was a chess club in St James's Street. Depictions of an 18th century Chess match are very scarce.
[Ref: 61771] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Game at Cricket as play'd in the Artillery Ground, London.
[after Francis Hayman.]
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1752]
Engraving sheet 185 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾"). Centre crease, hardly visible from front. Trimmed within plate all sides except bottom.
An very early cricket print, showing a game at the Artillery Ground in Finsbury belonging to the Honourable Artillery Company. The bat is curved; the wicket only has two stumps; and the bowling is underarm. This is a copy of a 1743 engraving by Antoine Benoist after a painting by Francis Hayman, one of twelve sporting pictures designed to decorate supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens, and is now hanging at Lord's. The wicket keeper is said to be William Hogarth.
[Ref: 62038] £490.00
[after Francis Hayman.]
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1752]
Engraving sheet 185 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾"). Centre crease, hardly visible from front. Trimmed within plate all sides except bottom.
An very early cricket print, showing a game at the Artillery Ground in Finsbury belonging to the Honourable Artillery Company. The bat is curved; the wicket only has two stumps; and the bowling is underarm. This is a copy of a 1743 engraving by Antoine Benoist after a painting by Francis Hayman, one of twelve sporting pictures designed to decorate supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens, and is now hanging at Lord's. The wicket keeper is said to be William Hogarth.
[Ref: 62038] £490.00
The Contest for Doggett's Coat & Badge. A Prize rowed for every 1.st of Aug.st.
Pub. by Hodgson & Co. Newgate Str. [n.d., c.1824].
Etching with engraving. Sheet 130 x 235mm (5 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, original folds, mounted in album paper.
The Thames Waterman row for the Doggett's Coat and Badge, passing under Blackfriars Bridge, with St Paul's Cathedral behind. Held every year since it was started in 1715 by Thomas Doggett, an Irish actor and manager of Drury Lane, it is the oldest continuous rowing race in the world,
[Ref: 61954] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. by Hodgson & Co. Newgate Str. [n.d., c.1824].
Etching with engraving. Sheet 130 x 235mm (5 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, original folds, mounted in album paper.
The Thames Waterman row for the Doggett's Coat and Badge, passing under Blackfriars Bridge, with St Paul's Cathedral behind. Held every year since it was started in 1715 by Thomas Doggett, an Irish actor and manager of Drury Lane, it is the oldest continuous rowing race in the world,
[Ref: 61954] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dogs dancing. La danse des chiens.
C. Vernet inv. & del. Levachez fils sculp.
Se vend à Paris, Rue St. Lazare, Chaussée d'Antin, No. 88 [n.d., c.1800].
Fine & rare coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 435 x 635mm (17 x 25"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
A Parisian street scene with a street entertainer with performing dogs and monkeys dressed in clothes, after Carle Vernet (1758-1836). A second man plays a flute and drum as a third, holding a huge tamborine, passes his hat around a large crowd.
[Ref: 61825] £790.00
C. Vernet inv. & del. Levachez fils sculp.
Se vend à Paris, Rue St. Lazare, Chaussée d'Antin, No. 88 [n.d., c.1800].
Fine & rare coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 435 x 635mm (17 x 25"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, paper toned.
A Parisian street scene with a street entertainer with performing dogs and monkeys dressed in clothes, after Carle Vernet (1758-1836). A second man plays a flute and drum as a third, holding a huge tamborine, passes his hat around a large crowd.
[Ref: 61825] £790.00
The Duellists. "What dangers do the man environ, "Who's doomed to meddle with cold iron." - Butler.
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 335 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tears. Light creasing.
A man challenges another to a duel of pistols handing the other a gun he says, "I Think this spot will do for our purpose, You have injured my honour by Hunting after my game and I demand satisfaction. shall I take the ground by paces or by yards? I have brought my measure with me for the purpose." The other man says "What is there in it? take care it don't go off." A wagon in the background has 'London & Stamford,' written on it. The text below the image, a comic poem or song, identifies the men as '---Billy B-----ks,' and 'William H----t.'
[Ref: 62036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 335 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tears. Light creasing.
A man challenges another to a duel of pistols handing the other a gun he says, "I Think this spot will do for our purpose, You have injured my honour by Hunting after my game and I demand satisfaction. shall I take the ground by paces or by yards? I have brought my measure with me for the purpose." The other man says "What is there in it? take care it don't go off." A wagon in the background has 'London & Stamford,' written on it. The text below the image, a comic poem or song, identifies the men as '---Billy B-----ks,' and 'William H----t.'
[Ref: 62036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fives, Played at the Tennis Court, Leicester Fields. 6.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1788]
Very rare etching, 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Small margins.
A view of the interior of the court is displayed in an oval shape. Seven men with wigs are holding little rackets against a wall that has a dark area on it and minor ball-related marks all over it. The man in front of the ball is holding the ball as play is about to begin.
[Ref: 62040] £480.00
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1788]
Very rare etching, 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Small margins.
A view of the interior of the court is displayed in an oval shape. Seven men with wigs are holding little rackets against a wall that has a dark area on it and minor ball-related marks all over it. The man in front of the ball is holding the ball as play is about to begin.
[Ref: 62040] £480.00
The White Fryers in Gloucester. Aug 24. 1721. Browne Willys Ar. Reliquias sacras d.d. W.s Stukeley.
Stukeley delin. E. Kirkall sculp.
[n.d., 1724.]
Engraving, plate 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with very large margins.
A view of the Carmelite Friary once situated outside the north gate of the city, with gentlemen playing bowls in the foreground. Published in Stukeley's 'Itinerarium Curiosum'. Very early image of Bowling.
[Ref: 62043] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Stukeley delin. E. Kirkall sculp.
[n.d., 1724.]
Engraving, plate 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with very large margins.
A view of the Carmelite Friary once situated outside the north gate of the city, with gentlemen playing bowls in the foreground. Published in Stukeley's 'Itinerarium Curiosum'. Very early image of Bowling.
[Ref: 62043] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Fencing. Jerry's Admiration of Tom, in an ''Assault'' with M.r O'Shaunessy, at the Rooms in S.t James's St.t.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub'd by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Feb.y 1, 1821.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Repaired tear on right top.
Fencing scene from Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 62023] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub'd by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Feb.y 1, 1821.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 240mm (5¾ x 9½"). Repaired tear on right top.
Fencing scene from Pierce Egan's "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis".
[Ref: 62023] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Life on the Water _ The Grand Rowing Match, for Mr. Kean's Prize Wherry. Red House, Battersea. [&] Pierce Egan's Anecdotes Of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, And The Stage
[Knight & Lacey. London, 1827.]
Coloured aquatint with two pages of double sided text. Sheet 125 x 220mm (5 x 8¾"). Time stained.
View of an annual waterman's race, funded by Edmund Kean, the actor. One heat was from Westminster Bridge to the 'Red House', a tavern famous for pigeon shoots.
[Ref: 62022] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Knight & Lacey. London, 1827.]
Coloured aquatint with two pages of double sided text. Sheet 125 x 220mm (5 x 8¾"). Time stained.
View of an annual waterman's race, funded by Edmund Kean, the actor. One heat was from Westminster Bridge to the 'Red House', a tavern famous for pigeon shoots.
[Ref: 62022] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
View of the London Gymnasium.
[n.d. c.1828]
Very rare aquatint, sheet 190 x 230mm (7½ x 9). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at sides.
A scene in a high walled outdoor park. Men exercise on various pieces of equipment including; pole vaulting, rope climbing, javelin, rope lader climbing, gymnastics, pole climbing, jumping over ditches, pull ups and high jump.
[Ref: 62045] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1828]
Very rare aquatint, sheet 190 x 230mm (7½ x 9). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at sides.
A scene in a high walled outdoor park. Men exercise on various pieces of equipment including; pole vaulting, rope climbing, javelin, rope lader climbing, gymnastics, pole climbing, jumping over ditches, pull ups and high jump.
[Ref: 62045] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Lord's Ground. M.C.C. & Ground v. Cambridge University Monday, June 26, 1905.
Letterpress sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Tear at bottom.
A list of matches at Lord's Cricket ground May-September 1905.
[Ref: 62041] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Letterpress sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Tear at bottom.
A list of matches at Lord's Cricket ground May-September 1905.
[Ref: 62041] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Cricketing. (Lord Cricket Ground, S.t John's Wood, Match of the Gentlemen & Players.) [&] Lords [in pencil].
G. Dore. Pannemaker. Fils.
London: Henry Lea & C.o, 125 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1850]. [&] [n.d. c. 1872]
Lithograph and wood engraving, sheet 570 x 380mm (22½ x 15"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges. Foxing and marks.
Two views of cricket games at Lord's mainly focusing on the crowd.
[Ref: 62049] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G. Dore. Pannemaker. Fils.
London: Henry Lea & C.o, 125 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1850]. [&] [n.d. c. 1872]
Lithograph and wood engraving, sheet 570 x 380mm (22½ x 15"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges. Foxing and marks.
Two views of cricket games at Lord's mainly focusing on the crowd.
[Ref: 62049] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Grand Cricket Match, played in Lord's Ground Mary-le-bone, on June 20.th & follwing day between the Earl's of Winchelsea & Darnley for 1000 Guineas. [&] The Laws of Cricket.
Cook sculp.
[n.d. c. 1839][&] Published July 1.st 1793 by I. Wheble, Warwick Square, London. [&]
Sheet 570 x 380mm (22½ x 15"). Glued to backing sheet at edges.
View of a cricket game at Lord's and two pages from 'The Laws of Cricket., published in Sporting Magazine.
[Ref: 62048] £480.00
Cook sculp.
[n.d. c. 1839][&] Published July 1.st 1793 by I. Wheble, Warwick Square, London. [&]
Sheet 570 x 380mm (22½ x 15"). Glued to backing sheet at edges.
View of a cricket game at Lord's and two pages from 'The Laws of Cricket., published in Sporting Magazine.
[Ref: 62048] £480.00
M.rs. Figs Card Party disturbed. 238.
Woodward del. Cruikshank s.t.
Pub by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside March 6 1807.
Finely handcoloured etching. Plate: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins. On J Whatman paper watermarked '1819'. Trimmed within plate. Creasing.
Interior scene in which a beadle and a nightwatchman burst in on a group of figures playing cards. Playing cards past midnight was an offence.
BM Satires Undescribed. BM Museum number 1948,0214.722.
[Ref: 61831] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshank s.t.
Pub by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside March 6 1807.
Finely handcoloured etching. Plate: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins. On J Whatman paper watermarked '1819'. Trimmed within plate. Creasing.
Interior scene in which a beadle and a nightwatchman burst in on a group of figures playing cards. Playing cards past midnight was an offence.
BM Satires Undescribed. BM Museum number 1948,0214.722.
[Ref: 61831] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Quivy Lake Regatta. Patron: The Right Honourable the Earl of Lanesborough, Stewards: Hon. H. Cavendish Butler. John Litton, Esquire. To Take place on Quivy Lough on [Correction label - Tuesday tho. 14th] Sept.
Lanesborough Lodge, 20th August, 1852. Printed at the ''Anglo-Celt'' Office, Main-street, Cavan.
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Creasing and soiling.
An advertising poster for a four-race regatta in Quivvy Lough, near Cavan, Ulster, delayed from the 8th September. A rare Irish rowing item.
[Ref: 61970] £380.00
Lanesborough Lodge, 20th August, 1852. Printed at the ''Anglo-Celt'' Office, Main-street, Cavan.
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Creasing and soiling.
An advertising poster for a four-race regatta in Quivvy Lough, near Cavan, Ulster, delayed from the 8th September. A rare Irish rowing item.
[Ref: 61970] £380.00
![[Quoits] Coits, Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common.](jpegs/61772.jpg)
[Quoits] Coits, Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London.
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Men playing quoits on Kennington Common, with The Horns Tavern on Kennington Park Road behind. The Surrey Cricket Club was founded at the 'Horns' in 1845, with games being held at the nearby Oval.
[Ref: 61772] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London.
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Men playing quoits on Kennington Common, with The Horns Tavern on Kennington Park Road behind. The Surrey Cricket Club was founded at the 'Horns' in 1845, with games being held at the nearby Oval.
[Ref: 61772] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Le Jeu de quille. Pour divertir les Ieunes filles, On voit les Cavaliers francois, Toujours braues toujours Courtois, Et prompts a relever leurs quilles.
P. Schenck fec, excu, cum Privil: Amstelod:
[n.d. c.1720]
Scarce & fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; Collector's mark bottom right verso; plate 245 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins.
'The Skittle Game. To entertain the young girls, We see the French Cavaliers, Always brave, always Courteous, And quick to raise their pins.' A group of four young women and men bowl.
[Ref: 62046] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
P. Schenck fec, excu, cum Privil: Amstelod:
[n.d. c.1720]
Scarce & fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; Collector's mark bottom right verso; plate 245 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins.
'The Skittle Game. To entertain the young girls, We see the French Cavaliers, Always brave, always Courteous, And quick to raise their pins.' A group of four young women and men bowl.
[Ref: 62046] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Skittles]](jpegs/62042.jpg)
[Skittles]
Marco Sadeler excud. Daniel Custodis fcc:
[n.d. c.1660]
Engraving, 17th century watermark, plate 175 x 225mm (7 x 9"), with very large margins. Creasing in centre. Tears to edges.
A view of a village with people playing skittles in the foreground.
[Ref: 62042] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Marco Sadeler excud. Daniel Custodis fcc:
[n.d. c.1660]
Engraving, 17th century watermark, plate 175 x 225mm (7 x 9"), with very large margins. Creasing in centre. Tears to edges.
A view of a village with people playing skittles in the foreground.
[Ref: 62042] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Tipes Contemporains. Sir Walter Spott. De Dublin. Touriste, Orintaliste et Papiste. Patinant à la glacière.
IE G [within image] [Paul Gavarni]
Lith de Balathier, Rue Jacob, 48. [n.d. c.1833]
Rare lithograph, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Repaired tears. Slight surface dirt.
A man ice skates rightward, with his hands tucked into his pockets, wearing Scottish plaid trousers, a scarf covering the lower portion of his face and he sports a hat pulled down over his ears. Another man, likewise skating and puffing on his pipe, is behind him on the left. Paul Gavarni (1804-66) was a lithographer, caricaturist, engraver, and wood draughtsman. studied mechanical drawing in 1818 at the Paris Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. He started the "Journal des Gens du Monde" in 1833, but it failed and he was forced to enter prison because he was unable to pay his debtors. Following his release from prison, Gavarni began to sketch theatrical costumes as well as some drawings for wood engravings used in book illustrations. While employed by Philipon's "Le Charivari" in 1837, he designed the female equivalent of Daumier's "Robert Macaire." This prompted him to concentrate on observing the feminine aspects of Parisian society, which resulted in the hugely popular series "Les Lorettes."
[Ref: 62044] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
IE G [within image] [Paul Gavarni]
Lith de Balathier, Rue Jacob, 48. [n.d. c.1833]
Rare lithograph, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Repaired tears. Slight surface dirt.
A man ice skates rightward, with his hands tucked into his pockets, wearing Scottish plaid trousers, a scarf covering the lower portion of his face and he sports a hat pulled down over his ears. Another man, likewise skating and puffing on his pipe, is behind him on the left. Paul Gavarni (1804-66) was a lithographer, caricaturist, engraver, and wood draughtsman. studied mechanical drawing in 1818 at the Paris Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. He started the "Journal des Gens du Monde" in 1833, but it failed and he was forced to enter prison because he was unable to pay his debtors. Following his release from prison, Gavarni began to sketch theatrical costumes as well as some drawings for wood engravings used in book illustrations. While employed by Philipon's "Le Charivari" in 1837, he designed the female equivalent of Daumier's "Robert Macaire." This prompted him to concentrate on observing the feminine aspects of Parisian society, which resulted in the hugely popular series "Les Lorettes."
[Ref: 62044] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Bees]](jpegs/62050.jpg)
[St Bees]
Chas. H. Clark [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1920]
Limited edition etching, 50/150; plate 175 x 300mm (7 x 11¾"), with large margins.
View of St. Bees School, Cumbria, with a game of cricket in the foreground. Charles Herbert Clark (b. 1890) studied at the City School of Art, Liverpool and at the Royal Academy Schools, London. He exhibited regularly at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and at the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 62050] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Chas. H. Clark [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1920]
Limited edition etching, 50/150; plate 175 x 300mm (7 x 11¾"), with large margins.
View of St. Bees School, Cumbria, with a game of cricket in the foreground. Charles Herbert Clark (b. 1890) studied at the City School of Art, Liverpool and at the Royal Academy Schools, London. He exhibited regularly at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and at the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 62050] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vue De Deux Monumens Antiques Pres De S.t Remy en Provence. Dedie a Monsieur...
C. Lamy delineavit 1777.
Se vend à St Remy et à Avignon, à la poste aux chevaux' and 'à Paris, chez Pasquier Marchand d'Estampes rue S. Jacques vis-a-vis le college de Louis le Grand.
Engraving, sheet 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17½"). Trimmed within plate. Horizontal creases in publication line.
Two Roman monuments in Glano (Glanum), close to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, with cenotaph of the Julii (formed by pedestal adorned with bas-relief, quadrifons and tholos) on the right and triumphal arch on the left. Figures in the foreground play boules. Coat of arms of Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755-1824), Count of Provence, within publication line. An early image of Boules one of the French national games.
[Ref: 62047] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
C. Lamy delineavit 1777.
Se vend à St Remy et à Avignon, à la poste aux chevaux' and 'à Paris, chez Pasquier Marchand d'Estampes rue S. Jacques vis-a-vis le college de Louis le Grand.
Engraving, sheet 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17½"). Trimmed within plate. Horizontal creases in publication line.
Two Roman monuments in Glano (Glanum), close to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, with cenotaph of the Julii (formed by pedestal adorned with bas-relief, quadrifons and tholos) on the right and triumphal arch on the left. Figures in the foreground play boules. Coat of arms of Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755-1824), Count of Provence, within publication line. An early image of Boules one of the French national games.
[Ref: 62047] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)