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Winter Sports in Canada. Moose-Hunting: Game in Sight. Moose-Hunting: The Return. - See Page 42.
The Illustrated London News. Jan 11, 1868.
Two wood engravings on one sheet. Sheet 415 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"), watermarked 1867. Lacking text.
European hunters spotting their prey from a hide; and their return with their trophy head. Snow shoes are shown in both scenes.
[Ref: 63758] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Illustrated London News. Jan 11, 1868.
Two wood engravings on one sheet. Sheet 415 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"), watermarked 1867. Lacking text.
European hunters spotting their prey from a hide; and their return with their trophy head. Snow shoes are shown in both scenes.
[Ref: 63758] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dominican Republic] The Bay of Samana, St. Domingo, Lately Purchased by the United States.](jpegs/63762.jpg)
[Dominican Republic] The Bay of Samana, St. Domingo, Lately Purchased by the United States.
The Illustrated London News. Feb. 8, 1868.
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed from larger sheet, text incomplete.
Despite the title, the USA didn't acquire Samana Bay.
[Ref: 63762] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Illustrated London News. Feb. 8, 1868.
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed from larger sheet, text incomplete.
Despite the title, the USA didn't acquire Samana Bay.
[Ref: 63762] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Hall] Sell and Repent.](jpegs/63801.jpg)
[Thomas Hall] Sell and Repent.
Drawn Etchd & Pubd by Richd Dighton.
1817 Novr 29th.
Coloured etching. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"), with large margins. Mint.
A full length satirical portrait of Reverend Thomas Hall (1750-1825). Born in Pennsylvania, Hall had several parishes in Virginia and argued for colonists' rights, but left America when he realised that the colonies intended to split entirely with England. In 1784 he became the chaplain of the British Factory in Livorno, Italy.
BM Satires 12909.
[Ref: 63801] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etchd & Pubd by Richd Dighton.
1817 Novr 29th.
Coloured etching. 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"), with large margins. Mint.
A full length satirical portrait of Reverend Thomas Hall (1750-1825). Born in Pennsylvania, Hall had several parishes in Virginia and argued for colonists' rights, but left America when he realised that the colonies intended to split entirely with England. In 1784 he became the chaplain of the British Factory in Livorno, Italy.
BM Satires 12909.
[Ref: 63801] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Markham, Archbishop of York] The Church Militant.](jpegs/63637.jpg)
[William Markham, Archbishop of York] The Church Militant.
[James Gillray]
Sold by Humphrey, N.º 227 Strand [n.d., 1779].
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Very large margins on 3 sides.
Archbishop Markham, on a prancing horse, leads an army of bishops and clergy under a banner tied to a crozier, 'To Arms O Israel'. A satire of the Church's support of George III's warlike policy against the American colonies. This example has a scratched publication line without date and no aquatint. The BM has a state with a more emphatic publication line of 5th September 1779 and added aquatint, described as 'the first print to which Gillray added aquatint tone'.
BM Satires 6610. Clayton, James Gillray, p.20.
[Ref: 63637] £350.00
[James Gillray]
Sold by Humphrey, N.º 227 Strand [n.d., 1779].
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Very large margins on 3 sides.
Archbishop Markham, on a prancing horse, leads an army of bishops and clergy under a banner tied to a crozier, 'To Arms O Israel'. A satire of the Church's support of George III's warlike policy against the American colonies. This example has a scratched publication line without date and no aquatint. The BM has a state with a more emphatic publication line of 5th September 1779 and added aquatint, described as 'the first print to which Gillray added aquatint tone'.
BM Satires 6610. Clayton, James Gillray, p.20.
[Ref: 63637] £350.00
![[Nootka Crisis] Peace!!!](jpegs/63582.jpg)
[Nootka Crisis] Peace!!! Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch,d by Barlow.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.º Dec,r 1st, 1790.
Etching. Sheet 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, original folds, mounted in album paper at edges.
Seven men in a tavern discuss the peace convention with Spain that resolved the Nootka Crisis in 1790. A map of the area adorns the wall behind. Avoiding war was a diplomatic triumph for William Pitt, but the Crisis was seen by others as a means to boost his popularity before a general election, alluded to by the poster for 'Much Ado about Nothing'. American interest
BM Satires 7658.
[Ref: 63582] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Collings. Etch,d by Barlow.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.º Dec,r 1st, 1790.
Etching. Sheet 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, original folds, mounted in album paper at edges.
Seven men in a tavern discuss the peace convention with Spain that resolved the Nootka Crisis in 1790. A map of the area adorns the wall behind. Avoiding war was a diplomatic triumph for William Pitt, but the Crisis was seen by others as a means to boost his popularity before a general election, alluded to by the poster for 'Much Ado about Nothing'. American interest
BM Satires 7658.
[Ref: 63582] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Peabody Medal Executed in Gold for the Government by Starr & Marcus, N-Y. ..The Gold Medal Presented by the Government of the United States to George Peabody... Compliments of Starr & Marcus, N-Y.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Steel engraving, printed in black & blue, facsimile manuscript. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Some creasing.
A decorative design commemorating the minting of the medal presented to American philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869)
[Ref: 63737] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1870.]
Steel engraving, printed in black & blue, facsimile manuscript. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Some creasing.
A decorative design commemorating the minting of the medal presented to American philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869)
[Ref: 63737] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.]](jpegs/63687.jpg)
[Mr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.]
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd. Watford & London]
[Vanity Fair Supplement. May 10 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of American businessman, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915).
[Ref: 63687] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Spy [Sir Leslie Ward]. [Bemrose Dalziel Ltd. Watford & London]
[Vanity Fair Supplement. May 10 1890]
Chromolithograph proof, with text, sheet 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), large margins.
Full length caricature portrait of American businessman, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915).
[Ref: 63687] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Harbour of St. Thomas after the Earthquake, - See Page 711.
[Illustrated London News, 1868.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 300mm (8½ x 12½"), watermarked 1867. Trimmed from larger sheet, lacking text.
A view showing the shipping destroyed by the tsunami that hit Charlotte Amalie harbour after the earthquake of November 18, 1867.
[Ref: 63757] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Illustrated London News, 1868.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 300mm (8½ x 12½"), watermarked 1867. Trimmed from larger sheet, lacking text.
A view showing the shipping destroyed by the tsunami that hit Charlotte Amalie harbour after the earthquake of November 18, 1867.
[Ref: 63757] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)