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Lord George Anson Admiraal Van Groot Brittanje.
J. Wandelaar effig ad viv. J. Houbraken Sculp.
te Amsterdam bu P. Fouquet Junior. [n.d c.1751]
Rare engraving, 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Thread margins. Some very light foxing.
Half length portrait of Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), wearing admiral's jacket, short wig and set within an oval. A naval reformer, distinguished Royal Navy officer and politician. He sailed around the world (1740-44) ) during the War of Jenkins' Ear attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. After Dutch draughtsman and etcher Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) and engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) a Dutch engraver who specialised in portraits, he also collected and dealt in Rembrandt etchings.
[Ref: 65939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Wandelaar effig ad viv. J. Houbraken Sculp.
te Amsterdam bu P. Fouquet Junior. [n.d c.1751]
Rare engraving, 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Thread margins. Some very light foxing.
Half length portrait of Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), wearing admiral's jacket, short wig and set within an oval. A naval reformer, distinguished Royal Navy officer and politician. He sailed around the world (1740-44) ) during the War of Jenkins' Ear attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. After Dutch draughtsman and etcher Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) and engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) a Dutch engraver who specialised in portraits, he also collected and dealt in Rembrandt etchings.
[Ref: 65939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Capture of the Slave Brig Borboleta, 4 Guns, 12 .FRS and Forty Men, by the Boats of H.M.B. Pantaloon, with Thirty Men, under the command of Lieu.t Leivis de Tessier. Prevost off Lagos W. Coast of Africa. May 26.th 1845.
H John Vernon del. T.G Dutton. lith.
A Hinton, Portsmouth_ Ackermann & co. Strand, and Foster, Fenchurch S.t London. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Fine lithograph, sheet 310 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"). Repaired. Faint mount burn.
A scene of a seabattle.
[Ref: 65918] £420.00
H John Vernon del. T.G Dutton. lith.
A Hinton, Portsmouth_ Ackermann & co. Strand, and Foster, Fenchurch S.t London. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Fine lithograph, sheet 310 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"). Repaired. Faint mount burn.
A scene of a seabattle.
[Ref: 65918] £420.00
![[Glorious First of June] To the Memory of the Brave Cap.t John Harvey, the Officers and Crew who fell in the Action,](jpegs/57473.jpg)
[Glorious First of June] To the Memory of the Brave Cap.t John Harvey, the Officers and Crew who fell in the Action, and to the Surviving Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship the Brunswick, This Print Representing the Brunswick after breaking the Enemy's Line, as second astern to Admiral Earl Howe on the first of June 1794 Grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with her starboard guns, and totally dismasting L'Achille in an attempt to board on the larboard Quarter is Respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock.
Painted by Nicholas Pocock. Engraved by R.Pollard.
London. Published Feb.y 16th 1796 by Nich.s Pocock, Great George Street, Westminster.
Coloured aquatint. 480 x 650mm (19 x 25½"), on Whatman paper with very large margins. Tear touching bottom plate mark taped. Paper cockled and lightly toned.
A large and fine Battle scene with excellent colour. The 'Battle of the Glorious First of June', fought between the Royal Navy under Admiral Earl Howe and a French fleet of 26 ships of the line under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse, protecting a convoy of grain ships from America bound for a desperate France. Although the British won the exchange, the grain convoy escaped intact.
Parker: 102 T
[Ref: 57473] £720.00
Painted by Nicholas Pocock. Engraved by R.Pollard.
London. Published Feb.y 16th 1796 by Nich.s Pocock, Great George Street, Westminster.
Coloured aquatint. 480 x 650mm (19 x 25½"), on Whatman paper with very large margins. Tear touching bottom plate mark taped. Paper cockled and lightly toned.
A large and fine Battle scene with excellent colour. The 'Battle of the Glorious First of June', fought between the Royal Navy under Admiral Earl Howe and a French fleet of 26 ships of the line under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse, protecting a convoy of grain ships from America bound for a desperate France. Although the British won the exchange, the grain convoy escaped intact.
Parker: 102 T
[Ref: 57473] £720.00
Bruin in his Boat. Or_ The Manager in Distress.
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d June 20th 1806 by H.Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching 385 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Frame measures 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, defending himself successfully against impeachment efforts led by Samuel Whitbread. Melville stands confidently on the "Rock of Innocence" under the divine protection of Justice, firing symbolic cannons of "Truth" and "Reason" (named Adam and Plomer) at the sinking warship "The Impeachment", which has already struck the “Rocks of Honor and Justice.” In the foreground, Whitbread is shown as a despairing bear aboard the flimsy brewing vessel "The Vanity-Cooler", patched with failed reports and driven by "Popular Clamour", a broken oar. His cause is portrayed as futile, despite the weak support of fluttering "winds" (Stanhope, Wilberforce, and Derby) trying to steer him to safety. Meanwhile, opposition figures like Sidmouth and Lauderdale flounder in the water, Sidmouth clinging to a goose coop labeled with a scratched-out reference to Charles James Fox and Downing Street, and Lauderdale reaching for a barrel of "East India Roupees." Above, rays from a rising sun labeled "Posterity" form a pyramid with the name "Pitt" at its base.
BM Satire 10576.
[Ref: 66033] £650.00
J.s Gillray fec.t.
Pub.d June 20th 1806 by H.Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching 385 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Frame measures 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, defending himself successfully against impeachment efforts led by Samuel Whitbread. Melville stands confidently on the "Rock of Innocence" under the divine protection of Justice, firing symbolic cannons of "Truth" and "Reason" (named Adam and Plomer) at the sinking warship "The Impeachment", which has already struck the “Rocks of Honor and Justice.” In the foreground, Whitbread is shown as a despairing bear aboard the flimsy brewing vessel "The Vanity-Cooler", patched with failed reports and driven by "Popular Clamour", a broken oar. His cause is portrayed as futile, despite the weak support of fluttering "winds" (Stanhope, Wilberforce, and Derby) trying to steer him to safety. Meanwhile, opposition figures like Sidmouth and Lauderdale flounder in the water, Sidmouth clinging to a goose coop labeled with a scratched-out reference to Charles James Fox and Downing Street, and Lauderdale reaching for a barrel of "East India Roupees." Above, rays from a rising sun labeled "Posterity" form a pyramid with the name "Pitt" at its base.
BM Satire 10576.
[Ref: 66033] £650.00
![[Quebec & Surveillante] The Heroism of Captain Farmer.](jpegs/65795.jpg)
[Quebec & Surveillante] The Heroism of Captain Farmer.
Drawn by R. Smirke. Engraved by T. Tegg.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1824.
Steel engraving. 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"), with large margins.
A scene of Captain George Farmer (1732-79) remaining on the burning deck of his ship, HMS Quebec, as some of his crew excape, after battling the French frigate Surveillante. The scene is within a decorative border.
[Ref: 65795] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by R. Smirke. Engraved by T. Tegg.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1824.
Steel engraving. 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"), with large margins.
A scene of Captain George Farmer (1732-79) remaining on the burning deck of his ship, HMS Quebec, as some of his crew excape, after battling the French frigate Surveillante. The scene is within a decorative border.
[Ref: 65795] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Battle of the Saintes] To Lord Rodney Adm.l of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Bar.t Rear Adnls of the Blue,](jpegs/57474.jpg)
[Battle of the Saintes] To Lord Rodney Adm.l of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Bar.t Rear Adnls of the Blue, Sir Edmund Affleck Bar.t Commodore, The several Captains and Officers, This Representation of the glorious, brilliant and decisive Victory, obtained by His Majesty's Fleet under their Command, over the French Fleet, commanded by the Admiral Count de Grasse, on the 12th April 1782, for which they received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. Is with all due Respect inscribed by their most obedient Servant, Richard Paton.
Painted by Rich.d Paton. Engraved by James Fittler.
John Boydell excudit 1783. Publish'd May 1st. 1783. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Coloured engraving. 505 x 680mmm (20 x 26¾"). Repaired tear entering plate at top, repairs in margins, slight mount burn, a few spots. Some brown staining.
A view of the climax of the four-day Battle of the Saintes, with Rodney breaking the French line (the first time it was used as a tactic), capturing four ships of the line and destroying another. This victory over the French at the culmination of the American Revolutionary War was important as it saved the British colonies in the West Indies and gave Britain a better position at the peace negotiations.
Parker 88 E
[Ref: 57474] £750.00
Painted by Rich.d Paton. Engraved by James Fittler.
John Boydell excudit 1783. Publish'd May 1st. 1783. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Coloured engraving. 505 x 680mmm (20 x 26¾"). Repaired tear entering plate at top, repairs in margins, slight mount burn, a few spots. Some brown staining.
A view of the climax of the four-day Battle of the Saintes, with Rodney breaking the French line (the first time it was used as a tactic), capturing four ships of the line and destroying another. This victory over the French at the culmination of the American Revolutionary War was important as it saved the British colonies in the West Indies and gave Britain a better position at the peace negotiations.
Parker 88 E
[Ref: 57474] £750.00