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M.r Garrick reciting the Ode, in honor of Shakespeare, at the Jubillee at Stratford, with the Musical Performers, & c. N.º XXVII.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet 125 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate, original folds.
David Garrick reciting his Ode to Shakespeare at the 1769 Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon. He stands at the centre, his right hand raised, surrounded by orchestral musicians and singers, who listen to his speech. At the centre is a statue of Shakespeare.
[Ref: 64350] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet 125 x 175mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate, original folds.
David Garrick reciting his Ode to Shakespeare at the 1769 Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon. He stands at the centre, his right hand raised, surrounded by orchestral musicians and singers, who listen to his speech. At the centre is a statue of Shakespeare.
[Ref: 64350] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The attempt to Assassinate the King. On the second of August 1786, Margaret Nicholson, under the pretence of presenting a Petition, attempted to stab his Majesty as he was alighting from his Chariot at the garden entrance to St James's Palace...
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 9, 1786 by R. Pollard, Engraver. No 7, Brayne's Row, Spa Fields.
Rare aquatint. 450 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Mounted on card, spotted and damp-stained.
Margaret Nicholson (c. 1750-1828) attempted to stab George III with an ivory-handled dessert knife. Clearly delusional (she claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and to be the mother of both Lords Mansfield and Loughborough, who were much older than her), she spent the rest of her life in Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam). This plate was published just two months after the event.
[Ref: 64293] £450.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 9, 1786 by R. Pollard, Engraver. No 7, Brayne's Row, Spa Fields.
Rare aquatint. 450 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Mounted on card, spotted and damp-stained.
Margaret Nicholson (c. 1750-1828) attempted to stab George III with an ivory-handled dessert knife. Clearly delusional (she claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and to be the mother of both Lords Mansfield and Loughborough, who were much older than her), she spent the rest of her life in Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam). This plate was published just two months after the event.
[Ref: 64293] £450.00
![[Coronation of George IV] Westminster Hall Coronation Pass Ticket.](jpegs/64168.jpg)
[Coronation of George IV] Westminster Hall Coronation Pass Ticket.
Dobbs.
[1821]
Etching, printed in blue and red, on embossed sheet with the blind stamp of the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office. Sheet 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"). Three corners snipped, laid on album sheet with two aquatints of events of the coronation engraved by William Read.
A pass ticket for George IV's coronation. The two aquatints show the Grand Banquet in Westminster Hall and 'The entrance of the Chamption with the Ceremony of the Chalenge'.
[Ref: 64168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dobbs.
[1821]
Etching, printed in blue and red, on embossed sheet with the blind stamp of the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office. Sheet 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"). Three corners snipped, laid on album sheet with two aquatints of events of the coronation engraved by William Read.
A pass ticket for George IV's coronation. The two aquatints show the Grand Banquet in Westminster Hall and 'The entrance of the Chamption with the Ceremony of the Chalenge'.
[Ref: 64168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two unused invitations and three pass tickets to George IV's coronation.]](jpegs/63921.jpg)
[Two unused invitations and three pass tickets to George IV's coronation.]
Dobbs.
[1821.]
Five etchings, printed in colours, with embossed decorations. Largest 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Four mounted on album paper.
A scarce collection of admission tickets for Westminster Abbey & Westminster Hall; and pass tickets for Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall and the Procession. All have the name 'Dobbs' within the decoration.
[Ref: 63921] £750.00 view all images for this item
Dobbs.
[1821.]
Five etchings, printed in colours, with embossed decorations. Largest 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Four mounted on album paper.
A scarce collection of admission tickets for Westminster Abbey & Westminster Hall; and pass tickets for Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall and the Procession. All have the name 'Dobbs' within the decoration.
[Ref: 63921] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[Judge George Jeffreys] The Lord Chancellor taken disguis'd in Wapping.](jpegs/64203.jpg)
[Judge George Jeffreys] The Lord Chancellor taken disguis'd in Wapping. Engraved for the Devills Broker.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Etching. Sheet 320 x 205mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed into plate, to printed border lower right, worn hole lower left, laid on album paper.
George Jeffreys (1645-89), 1st Baron Jeffreys, Judge and Lord Chancellor, captured while attempting to flee England after the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He stands disguised as a sailor saying, "Tear me to pieces" as he is arrested by constables, an angry crowd behind with various speech balloons: "Remember ye West", "Remember Mr. Cornish", "Remember ye Bishops", "Remember Maudlin College", "Knock his brains out". At the top of the sheet at left bust and shoulders of a Quaker saying "Brother Peters what doest thow say" and opposite Father Edward Petre (1631 - 1699) in a Jesuit's cap, says, "Thou wilt be hang'd by yee & nay". At the foot of the sheet, a devil emeges from a flaming hell-mouth to attack the dismembered torso of a Jesuit who lies on the ground. Jeffreys, nicknamed "the hanging judge", is best remembered for his part in suppressing the Monmouth Rebellion against James II's rule in 1685, and for conducting the so-called 'Bloody Assize' in the West Country, at which harsh sentences were handed out to the Duke of Monmouth's followers. Nearly 200 people were hanged, and more than 800 transported to the colonies as indentured labourers.
BM Satires: 1179a.
[Ref: 64203] £1,800.00
[n.d., c.1688.]
Etching. Sheet 320 x 205mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed into plate, to printed border lower right, worn hole lower left, laid on album paper.
George Jeffreys (1645-89), 1st Baron Jeffreys, Judge and Lord Chancellor, captured while attempting to flee England after the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He stands disguised as a sailor saying, "Tear me to pieces" as he is arrested by constables, an angry crowd behind with various speech balloons: "Remember ye West", "Remember Mr. Cornish", "Remember ye Bishops", "Remember Maudlin College", "Knock his brains out". At the top of the sheet at left bust and shoulders of a Quaker saying "Brother Peters what doest thow say" and opposite Father Edward Petre (1631 - 1699) in a Jesuit's cap, says, "Thou wilt be hang'd by yee & nay". At the foot of the sheet, a devil emeges from a flaming hell-mouth to attack the dismembered torso of a Jesuit who lies on the ground. Jeffreys, nicknamed "the hanging judge", is best remembered for his part in suppressing the Monmouth Rebellion against James II's rule in 1685, and for conducting the so-called 'Bloody Assize' in the West Country, at which harsh sentences were handed out to the Duke of Monmouth's followers. Nearly 200 people were hanged, and more than 800 transported to the colonies as indentured labourers.
BM Satires: 1179a.
[Ref: 64203] £1,800.00
The Great Madiai Meeting of 1853, of the Protestant Alliance in Exeter Hall. Francesco and Rosa Madiai in their Prison Cells. Engraved from the Original Picture by W. Henry Fisk, Esq., and respectfully dedicated to the Right Hon. The Lord Mayor, M.P. &c. &c. &c.
W.H. Fisk, delt. G. Meason, Sc.
Published for the Proprietors by Messrs. Partridge & Oackley, 34, Paternoster Row; and to be had of Messrs. Fisk & Co., 163, Strand; and of all Stationers.
Wood engraving. Sheet 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"). Laid on card, slight staining.
A view of the large meeting of the Protestant Alliance in Exeter Hall in support of Francesco and Rosa Madiai, who had been imprisoned in Florence for their Protestant faith, having been caught with an English Bible. Two vignettes show the pair in prison, Francesco in solitary confinement. In 1853, after an international outcry, their punishment was commuted to exile. Such was their fame that Phineas Taylor Barnum requested they tour America.
[Ref: 63926] £390.00
W.H. Fisk, delt. G. Meason, Sc.
Published for the Proprietors by Messrs. Partridge & Oackley, 34, Paternoster Row; and to be had of Messrs. Fisk & Co., 163, Strand; and of all Stationers.
Wood engraving. Sheet 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"). Laid on card, slight staining.
A view of the large meeting of the Protestant Alliance in Exeter Hall in support of Francesco and Rosa Madiai, who had been imprisoned in Florence for their Protestant faith, having been caught with an English Bible. Two vignettes show the pair in prison, Francesco in solitary confinement. In 1853, after an international outcry, their punishment was commuted to exile. Such was their fame that Phineas Taylor Barnum requested they tour America.
[Ref: 63926] £390.00
The Reginacide, or, An attack on the Constitution.
Sketched on the spot by a Page in waiting. Dean & Munday, Lithog.rs.
Published by H. Hilliard, 7 Ball Alley, Lombard S.t. London, 1840.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet. 225 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½"). Slight surface soiling.
The attempted assassination of Victoria by Edward Oxford satirised as a 'Liliputian' scene, with the figures wih large heads and small bodies, and tiny horses. Oxford is firing a pistol at the Queen, as she and albert turn to look in shock.
[Ref: 64298] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sketched on the spot by a Page in waiting. Dean & Munday, Lithog.rs.
Published by H. Hilliard, 7 Ball Alley, Lombard S.t. London, 1840.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet. 225 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½"). Slight surface soiling.
The attempted assassination of Victoria by Edward Oxford satirised as a 'Liliputian' scene, with the figures wih large heads and small bodies, and tiny horses. Oxford is firing a pistol at the Queen, as she and albert turn to look in shock.
[Ref: 64298] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Theatre Royal Bath, as it appeared at the Royal Dramatic Fete. In Honour of His Majesty's Birthday.
L.Quicke. del.t. et Lith. Printed by P.Simonau.
[Apr.l. 23, 1824.]
Very rare lithograph. Sheet 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Trimmed into plate.
View of the Theatre Royal in Bath, England, built in 1805.
[Ref: 64244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L.Quicke. del.t. et Lith. Printed by P.Simonau.
[Apr.l. 23, 1824.]
Very rare lithograph. Sheet 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Trimmed into plate.
View of the Theatre Royal in Bath, England, built in 1805.
[Ref: 64244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A true representation of Tower-Hill as it Appear'd from a rais'd point of View on the North Side, Aug.t y.e 18.th 1746, when the Earl of Kilmarnock and the Lord Balmerino were Beheaded.
G. Budd pinx. P. C. Canot Sculp.
Published According to Act of Parliament 1747, Sold No.2 Maiden Lane, Cheapside [but c.1760.].
Etching with engraving. Sheet 380 x 605mm (15 x 23¾"). Trimmed within plate, cracked at fold, laid on card.
The executions of two of the leaders of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion: Arthur Elphinstone (1688-1746), 6th Lord Balmerino; and William Boyd (1705-46), 4th Earl of Kilmarnock.
[Ref: 64294] £490.00
G. Budd pinx. P. C. Canot Sculp.
Published According to Act of Parliament 1747, Sold No.2 Maiden Lane, Cheapside [but c.1760.].
Etching with engraving. Sheet 380 x 605mm (15 x 23¾"). Trimmed within plate, cracked at fold, laid on card.
The executions of two of the leaders of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion: Arthur Elphinstone (1688-1746), 6th Lord Balmerino; and William Boyd (1705-46), 4th Earl of Kilmarnock.
[Ref: 64294] £490.00
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty This Print, representing His Majesty Reviewing the Volunteer Corps Assembled in Hyde Park. in honor of his Birth day, June 4, 1799, [Is by his gracious permission dedicated by his faithful & loyal subjects John & Josiah Boydell.]
Drawn & Etch'd by Rob.t Smirke Jun.r. Aqua-tinta by R. Earlom.
[Pub. June 1. 1801 by J. & J. Boydell, N.º 90, Cheapside; & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia, blue wash in sky. Two sheets conjoined, total 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Trimmed into plate, into image at top, folded twice, some paper tone, partially mounted on album paper.
An elevated view looking down on the Volunteer regiments of infantry and Cavalry parading in the north-east corner of Hyde Park. The view also includes Park Lane on the right, Oxford Street and Bayswater Road beyond the park and Edgware Road in the distance.
[Ref: 64292] £320.00
Drawn & Etch'd by Rob.t Smirke Jun.r. Aqua-tinta by R. Earlom.
[Pub. June 1. 1801 by J. & J. Boydell, N.º 90, Cheapside; & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia, blue wash in sky. Two sheets conjoined, total 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Trimmed into plate, into image at top, folded twice, some paper tone, partially mounted on album paper.
An elevated view looking down on the Volunteer regiments of infantry and Cavalry parading in the north-east corner of Hyde Park. The view also includes Park Lane on the right, Oxford Street and Bayswater Road beyond the park and Edgware Road in the distance.
[Ref: 64292] £320.00