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Fatal Curiosity. But now when urg'd by tender Woes / I speed to meet by Dear / This hiiden Trap my hopes oppose / And checks my fond Career.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Oct.r 1.st 1784, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man steps into a gin trap as he tries to approach a beautifully-dressed woman sitting on the bank of a river.
[Ref: 66089] £450.00
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Oct.r 1.st 1784, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man steps into a gin trap as he tries to approach a beautifully-dressed woman sitting on the bank of a river.
[Ref: 66089] £450.00
![T. E. Lawrence, 1928 [pencil]. [WITH STEEL PRINTING PLATE.]](jpegs/66081.jpg)
T. E. Lawrence, 1928 [pencil]. [WITH STEEL PRINTING PLATE.]
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. With printed plate in sleeve taped to reverse Unexamined out of frame. Plate with a few rust spots.
A portrait of Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), better known by his initials and as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins (this plate is thin and cut irregularly) and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66081] £990.00 view all images for this item
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. With printed plate in sleeve taped to reverse Unexamined out of frame. Plate with a few rust spots.
A portrait of Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), better known by his initials and as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins (this plate is thin and cut irregularly) and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66081] £990.00 view all images for this item
![[George Bernard Shaw] M.r Shaw 1939 [pencil.]](jpegs/66082.jpg)
[George Bernard Shaw] M.r Shaw 1939 [pencil.]
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A head and shoulders portrait of author George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), books on a shelf behind. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66082] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A head and shoulders portrait of author George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), books on a shelf behind. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66082] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Sweet Nan of Hampton Green.
Pub.d July 1 1802 by P. Concena, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A hunter with a musket approaches a pretty country girl, her sheep and an older woman waving a warning from a cottage behind. One of at least two mezzotint illustrations to this ballad published by Concena, a publisher of 104 Great Saffron Hill. The BM has only five examples of his prints, and not this one.
[Ref: 66085] £320.00
Pub.d July 1 1802 by P. Concena, London.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed, sight size 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). Framed over edge of image, slight damp staining in inscription area. Unexamined out of frame.
A hunter with a musket approaches a pretty country girl, her sheep and an older woman waving a warning from a cottage behind. One of at least two mezzotint illustrations to this ballad published by Concena, a publisher of 104 Great Saffron Hill. The BM has only five examples of his prints, and not this one.
[Ref: 66085] £320.00
The Swing. On two near Elms the slacken'd Cord I hung, ... 211.
London; Publish'd as the Act directs, 20.th July, 1786, by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Tear in sky with taped stains. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man swings a pretty shepherdess on a rope strung between two trees. He stares at her pettycoat and ankles. A rustic scene inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's iconic painting.
[Ref: 66088] £490.00
London; Publish'd as the Act directs, 20.th July, 1786, by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Framed. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Tear in sky with taped stains. Unexamined out of frame.
A young man swings a pretty shepherdess on a rope strung between two trees. He stares at her pettycoat and ankles. A rustic scene inspired by Jean-Honoré Fragonard's iconic painting.
[Ref: 66088] £490.00