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[Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.]
[Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before letters. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear entering image taped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 65632] for lettered version.
[Ref: 64346] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before letters. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear entering image taped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 65632] for lettered version.
[Ref: 64346] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Froben] Forbenius.](jpegs/64213.jpg)
[Johann Froben] Forbenius.
Holbein pinxit. A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
Johann Froben (Latinised as Johannes Frobenius, c. 1460-1527), Swiss printer and publisher based in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and employed Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer to illustrate his texts.
[Ref: 64213] £360.00
Holbein pinxit. A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
Johann Froben (Latinised as Johannes Frobenius, c. 1460-1527), Swiss printer and publisher based in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and employed Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer to illustrate his texts.
[Ref: 64213] £360.00
Ignatius Loyola. Obÿt 1556 Ætat 65. E Collectione Reverendi Philippi Bearcroft S.T.P. Domûs Carthusianæ Magistri.
Titiano Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1755.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, just to image on right, creased.
St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
CS 227.
[Ref: 64232] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Titiano Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1755.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, just to image on right, creased.
St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
CS 227.
[Ref: 64232] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Wordsworth.
Painted by W. Boxall. Engraved by J. Bromley.
London, Published June 10, 1832 by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall, James Ryman, Oxford, and Robert Roe. Cambridge.
Mezzotint. 425 x 355mm (16¾ x 14"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), with arms crossed. This was the first portrait by William Boxall, started in 1831 and was not highly regarded. Wordsworth told John Gardner that 'it has mortified me much that I cannot get any of my Friends and Acquaintances to be pleased with [it] or the Print - both of which they say are much too dark and gloomy'. The finished portrait was engraved in mezzotint by Bromley: 'except for my sister I cannot get anyone to look at it with pleasure'. The original oil is still in the possession of the Wordsworth family.
See NPG 4211 for a preliminary version of the oil with description.
[Ref: 63957] £320.00
Painted by W. Boxall. Engraved by J. Bromley.
London, Published June 10, 1832 by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall, James Ryman, Oxford, and Robert Roe. Cambridge.
Mezzotint. 425 x 355mm (16¾ x 14"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), with arms crossed. This was the first portrait by William Boxall, started in 1831 and was not highly regarded. Wordsworth told John Gardner that 'it has mortified me much that I cannot get any of my Friends and Acquaintances to be pleased with [it] or the Print - both of which they say are much too dark and gloomy'. The finished portrait was engraved in mezzotint by Bromley: 'except for my sister I cannot get anyone to look at it with pleasure'. The original oil is still in the possession of the Wordsworth family.
See NPG 4211 for a preliminary version of the oil with description.
[Ref: 63957] £320.00