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12 Old English Sports & Pastimes.
By Cecil Aldin.
London. Lawrence & Bullen, Limited [n.d., 1901.]
Portfolio, printed cover, flaps; twelve near mint colour plates, each 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾") Portfolio worn, one plate with a tear in margin taped.
A very rare complete set of twelve satirical sporting scenes: Golf, Shooting, Racing, Hawking, Cricket, Coaching, Bowling, Fishing, Coursing, Skating, Curling & Hunting.
See Ref: 37827 for 'Golf'.
[Ref: 62518] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
By Cecil Aldin.
London. Lawrence & Bullen, Limited [n.d., 1901.]
Portfolio, printed cover, flaps; twelve near mint colour plates, each 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾") Portfolio worn, one plate with a tear in margin taped.
A very rare complete set of twelve satirical sporting scenes: Golf, Shooting, Racing, Hawking, Cricket, Coaching, Bowling, Fishing, Coursing, Skating, Curling & Hunting.
See Ref: 37827 for 'Golf'.
[Ref: 62518] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
Archery and Cricket.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Pub. by Pyne & Nattes 1805. London, Pub.d Oct.r 1805 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12") very large margins.
From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62454] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Pub. by Pyne & Nattes 1805. London, Pub.d Oct.r 1805 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12") very large margins.
From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62454] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Brougham] State Cricket Match.](jpegs/62492.jpg)
[Henry Brougham] State Cricket Match. HB Sketches No 357.
HB [John Doyle.] Ducote & Stephen's Lithog.y 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket Dec.r 6th 1834.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A cricket match, with Lord High Chancellor Henry Brougham using his mace as a bat, but a ball marked with the crown, bowled by the Duke of Wellington, smashes his wicket. In November 1834Sir Robert Peel's Tories had replaced Grey's administration.
[Ref: 62492] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle.] Ducote & Stephen's Lithog.y 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket Dec.r 6th 1834.
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed close to printed border.
A cricket match, with Lord High Chancellor Henry Brougham using his mace as a bat, but a ball marked with the crown, bowled by the Duke of Wellington, smashes his wicket. In November 1834Sir Robert Peel's Tories had replaced Grey's administration.
[Ref: 62492] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Country Fair Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by W. H. Pyne.
Pub.d July 1804 by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
A busy composition featuring several popular entertainers. To the left is a stage, with a sign inscribed, 'The Grand Pantomine', upon which is a masked clown and dancing women. A crowd has gathered to watch below and to the side, with stalls and sellers in front. More stalls can be seen in the distance. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62459] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Perspective View on the East side of the Hague with the Winter deversions their &c. Vüe de Hyver, de la Haye vers la Coupagne due cote de L'ouest.
J. June, sculp, 1763.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [
Engraving with fine contemporary hand colour. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Laid on board, tear through inscription area into corner of image bottom right repaired.
Figures enjoying various activities at a frost fair on the ice at The Hague in the west of the Netherlands, with horse-drawn sleighs, skaters and a refreshment tent.
[Ref: 62476] £360.00
J. June, sculp, 1763.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [
Engraving with fine contemporary hand colour. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Laid on board, tear through inscription area into corner of image bottom right repaired.
Figures enjoying various activities at a frost fair on the ice at The Hague in the west of the Netherlands, with horse-drawn sleighs, skaters and a refreshment tent.
[Ref: 62476] £360.00
![[Skittles] Games Pl. 1.](jpegs/62453.jpg)
[Skittles] Games Pl. 1.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Publishd by Pyne Mar 1 1803. London, Published Nov. 1 1802. by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 225 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Creased on left.
From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. It depicts games of skittles, bowls etc. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by W.H. Pyne.
Publishd by Pyne Mar 1 1803. London, Published Nov. 1 1802. by Pyne & Nattes.
Aquatint. 225 x 295mm (9 x 11½"). Creased on left.
From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain…'. It depicts games of skittles, bowls etc. William Henry Pyne was an English writer, painter and illustrator. He trained at a drawing academy in London. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. He specialized in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. Pyne was one of the founders of Royal Watercolour Society in 1804.
[Ref: 62453] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![Albert Smith [facsimile signature].](jpegs/61518.jpg)
Albert Smith [facsimile signature].
Baugniet 1844. [facsimile signature in plate]. Drawn From Life On Stone By Baugniet. M & N. Hanhart, Lithographic Printers.
Published By Leader & Cock, 63, New Bond St, Corner Of Brook St. London.
Lithograph on india laid paper. Sheet 500 x 350mm. (30¾ x 20") Slight tear in left margin centre.
Albert Richard Smith [1816 - 1860], author and lecturer. On 12 August 1851 he made an ascent of Mont Blanc, and on 15 March 1852 produced at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly an entertainment descriptive of the ascent and of Anglo-continental life, which became the most popular exhibition of the kind ever known. From that time until 6 July 1858 he continued at the Egyptian Hall his career of success as a public entertainer, giving various new sketches of character and illustrations by William Beverley, but always keeping Mont Blanc as the central point of attraction. On 24 Aug. 1854 he gave his performance before the queen and the prince consort at Osborne House. This shows Smith at Chamonix.
[Ref: 61518] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Baugniet 1844. [facsimile signature in plate]. Drawn From Life On Stone By Baugniet. M & N. Hanhart, Lithographic Printers.
Published By Leader & Cock, 63, New Bond St, Corner Of Brook St. London.
Lithograph on india laid paper. Sheet 500 x 350mm. (30¾ x 20") Slight tear in left margin centre.
Albert Richard Smith [1816 - 1860], author and lecturer. On 12 August 1851 he made an ascent of Mont Blanc, and on 15 March 1852 produced at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly an entertainment descriptive of the ascent and of Anglo-continental life, which became the most popular exhibition of the kind ever known. From that time until 6 July 1858 he continued at the Egyptian Hall his career of success as a public entertainer, giving various new sketches of character and illustrations by William Beverley, but always keeping Mont Blanc as the central point of attraction. On 24 Aug. 1854 he gave his performance before the queen and the prince consort at Osborne House. This shows Smith at Chamonix.
[Ref: 61518] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Xmas Academics. A Combination Game of Whist.
HWBunbury del. 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 20.th Jan.y 1773. By J. Bretherton N.º 134. New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges, small hole, slight crease in centre.
Cambridge dons play whist in a Combination Room, grimacing at each other. A spectator signals the cards held by one player to his opponent. An old woman serves wine.
BM Satires 4728.
[Ref: 61786] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
HWBunbury del. 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 20.th Jan.y 1773. By J. Bretherton N.º 134. New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges, small hole, slight crease in centre.
Cambridge dons play whist in a Combination Room, grimacing at each other. A spectator signals the cards held by one player to his opponent. An old woman serves wine.
BM Satires 4728.
[Ref: 61786] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)