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Bartholomew Fair, 1721.
Bartholomew Fair, 1721.
Published as the Act directs by J. F. Setchel, 23, King-Street, Covent-Garden [1824].
Fan leaf: etching and aquatint. 290 x 560mm (11½ x 22"). with letterpress descriptive label. Trimmed to plate on left, repairs to folds.
Scarce & fine Fan leaf showing London's famous Bartholomew Fair and its diverse entertainments, with numerous street sellers, performers and booths. Of interest are the early big wheel and a peep show of the Siege of Gibraltar. Published by bookseller and stationer John Frederick Setchel (1774 - 1846).
[Ref: 67448]   £680.00  
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[The First Interview of Telemachus with Calypso.]
[The First Interview of Telemachus with Calypso.]
Printed by B. West 1772. Etch'd by W. Woollett, 1783.
Etching & engraving, unfinished working proof with scratched letters. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, some surface wear. Ink mss in inscription area.
A scene on a shoreline, with Calypso and her nymphs (some dancing) greet Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, and his tutor Mentor, who have left a floundering ship. This is an impression of a plate left unfinished by Woollett at his death in 1785. An ink inscription also credits John Elmes (1762-1808), Woollett's apprentice. Alexander (Dictionary of British & Irish Engravers) writes that the plate was finally completed forty years later, by Middiman and J.H. Robinson.
BM S,1.13, for same state. Fagan: XCII probably 1st state of vi.
[Ref: 67115]   £380.00  
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A Scene in the Careless Husband.
A Scene in the Careless Husband.
P. Mercier Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper at borders. Cockling.
Act V, Scene IV of the play 'The Careless Husband' by Colley Cibber, depicting the characters Mrs Edging, Sir Charles Easy and Lady Easy; the last is supposed by some to be a portrait of Kitty Clive (1711-85). A pair to ''A Scene in the Recruiting Officer''.
CS 414. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel,
[Ref: 67267]   £320.00  
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A Scene in the Careless Husband.
A Scene in the Careless Husband.
P. Mercier Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint. 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"), with large margins. Few miniscule wormholes.
Act V, Scene IV of the play 'The Careless Husband' by Colley Cibber, depicting the characters Mrs Edging, Sir Charles Easy and Lady Easy; the last is supposed by some to be a portrait of Kitty Clive (1711-85). A pair to ''A Scene in the Recruiting Officer''.
CS 414. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Ref: 67263.
[Ref: 67266]   £360.00  
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Heere comes ye wellcomst man in all the yeare, / For New-yeeres guifts and for all his Christmas Cheere.
Heere comes ye wellcomst man in all the yeare, / For New-yeeres guifts and for all his Christmas Cheere. De Hoogh-tyt van Kers-dach, en Nieuwe-jaarse gifte
T. Matham invent. J. Brouwer Sculp.
Lodewyc Lodewycx exc. [n.d., c.1650.]
Scarce engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Small margins.
A man brings gifts for Christmas. A Dutch print with the English translation of the title engraved in the image.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66795]   £350.00  
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[Fisherman by the shore]
[Fisherman by the shore]
Wheatly. 1786. [Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.]
Etching with stipple. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate at bottom, small tear in right margin.
A man sitting with one elbow on a fishing basket, smoking, two women standing above him. A fishing boat is beached to the right. After a drawing by Francis Wheatley, from Rowlandson's scarce 'Imitations of Modern Drawings', etched 1784-88, after various artists.
Grego p.151.
[Ref: 67130]   £490.00  
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Cupid in the Character of Bacchus.
Cupid in the Character of Bacchus.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Fine mezzotint, sheet 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
Cupid pouring wine from flask to a glass.
CS: 406b. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd & Belton House.
[Ref: 67373]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Every Body For Ever !
Every Body For Ever !
James Nasmyth - April 5. 1854.
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"), with large margins. Tear and soiling in left margin.
A demonstration in progress, with the streets (and some of the roofs) packed with men. On the left a fight has broken out. The cityscape is invented with the buildings and monuments of various cities, including Edinburgh. The artist, James Nasmyth (1808-90), was better known as an engineer and inventor of the steam-hammer.
[Ref: 67454]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Wooded landscape.]
[Wooded landscape.]
Drawn from nature & etchd by Jos. Farington RA.
[n.d., c.1790] [Signed in plate Farington 1790]
Scarce soft ground etching on chine collé, scratched letter proof. Sheet 435 x 610mm (17 x 24"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners
A stream running through a wood, with a figure standing by his horse. Houses can be seen through the trees.
[Ref: 67117]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Jeweller] The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do!
[The Jeweller] The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do! / He Came, he lov'd, enjoy'd the Nymph 'tis true, / All that he wish'd, he had,, but thinks at last, Tis mighty hard to pay for Pleasures past...
P. Mercier pinx. J. Faber fecit 1744.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Mar: 25, 1744.
Mezzotint, fine impression, 18th century watermark. 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾") very large margins. Crease in inscription area, wear in margins with tears taped, paper toned.
A young woman encourages her older admirer to pay for a pair of earrings held by a jeweller. He reluctantly reaches into his money-bag. Behind is a maid carrying a coffee pot and cups on a tray.
CS 411c. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67241]   £360.00  
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Moses in the Bulrushes.
Moses in the Bulrushes. In the Gallery of Houghton.
Le Sueur Pinxit. Richard Rad Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published May 1.st 1779 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple and engraving. 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"), very large margins. Slight creasing in centre.
Pharoah's daughter finds Moses in a basket, caught in the bulrushes.
[Ref: 66878]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Finding of Moses.]
[The Finding of Moses.]
A.Vandyke pinx. J.McArdell fect.
1760.
Fine mezzotint proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins.
The finding of Moses. The baby draped in fabric and surrounded by ducks, reaches up to two women who peak through the bushes having found him.
Goodwin 207 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67106]   £490.00  
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The Pretty Laundress.
The Pretty Laundress.
Dean & Munday Lithog 35 Threadneedle St.
Pub.d by Treagear 123 Cheapside 1828.
Very finely coloured lithograph, sheet 475 x 280mm (14¾ x 11").
A woman ironing a square of cloth.
[Ref: 67430]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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A Scene in the Recruiting Officer.
A Scene in the Recruiting Officer.
Ph. Mercier inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1739.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"). Crease top left, narrow margins, mounted on album paper on left.
A woman stands holding a basket of poultry. Behind, a man slips an arm into the basket while pushing another man away. A scene from George Farquhar's 1706 play 'The Recruiting Officer', which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, in the town of Shrewsbury as they recruit soldiers. A pair to 'A Scene in the Careless Husband'.
CS: 415. See Ref: 67266
[Ref: 67263]   £350.00  
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[The Tribute Money.]
[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt Pinx.t. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.] From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esq.r.
Mezzotint. 500 x 405mm (19¾ x 16"), large margins
A scene depicting Christ standing to left in outer courts of the Temple amongst priests and scribes, indicating coin held by a chief priest in front of Him.
Goodwin 215 IV of IV. Charington 118. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's
[Ref: 67103]   £320.00  
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[The Tribute Money.]
[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt Pinx.t. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.] From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esq.r.
Fine mezzotint. 500 x 405mm (19¾ x 16"). Small margins
A scene depicting Christ standing to left in outer courts of the Temple amongst priests and scribes, indicating coin held by a chief priest in front of Him.
Goodwin 215 Charington 118. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's
[Ref: 67102]   £420.00  
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The Robin.
The Robin. Engraved by G.H. Phillips from a painting by W.F. Witherington in the possession of Walter Mudge Esq.r.
Printed by Chatfield, Coleman & Co.
London, Published by Messrs. Hurst, Robinson, & Co. 6 Pall Mall. 1826.
Fine mezzotint. 425 x 315mm (16¾ x 12½"). Publisher's blindstamp on bottom platemark, large margins top & bottom. Trimmed into plate at sides.
A man and two children watch a robin.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67160]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Roderick the Last of the Goths.
Roderick the Last of the Goths.
Alfred Woolnoth Del. T. Woolnoth Sculp.
Published Feb.y 1833 by Ackermann & C.º Strand.
Scarce mezzotint on steel. 290 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A scene from Robert Southey's epic poem, 'Roderick the Last of the Goths'. Having lived as a hermit in penitance for raping Florinda, Roderick, king of the Visigoths, returns to lead the armies of Spain against the Moors, here unseating and killing a Moorish leader.
[Ref: 67166]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Destruction of Sennacherib. Byron.
Destruction of Sennacherib. Byron.
Painted and engraved by Welby Sherman.
Published by T.Larkin 27 Chapel St Pentonville.
A very rare mezzotint, with hand colour. Sheet 145 x 225mm (5¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, slight surface soiling.
A scene from Lord Byron's 'The Destruction of Sennacherib', showing the Assyrian besiegers struck down under the walls of Jerusalem.
BM 1982,0619.3, ''the only known impression''.
[Ref: 67060]   £390.00  
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The Sleepy Eye that spoke the Melting Soul. Pope.
The Sleepy Eye that spoke the Melting Soul. Pope.
Richard Wilson Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for Tho. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill [c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins on 3 sides, trimmed at bottom.
A young lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table looks at the viewer from under heavy lids. A clock in is on the wall behind. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. A very suggestive image.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418.
[Ref: 67006]   £320.00  
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Tobias and the Angel.
Tobias and the Angel.
[James McArdell after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint proof. 490 x 350mm (19¼ x 13¾"), with large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate. Few tears in margins
Tobias sitting on riverbank with his dog beside him, the angel kneeling over him; both he and his dog gazing in terror at grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris at right; shepherds and figures crossing bridge in landscape beyond.
Goodwin 214 i of ii. Whitman: 214 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67101]   £360.00  
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The Valentine.
The Valentine.
London, J. & F. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Str.
Rare mezzotint on steel. 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"), large margins
A young woman outside a cottage holds a valentine.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67123]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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The Roman Vestals Punishment.
The Roman Vestals Punishment.
W.M. Craig del. R. Cooper sculp.
Published & Sold Nov.r 1. 1807, by Edw.d Orme, 59. Bond Street, London.
Stipple with etching. Sheet 340 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A Vestal priestess being left imprisoned in a cavem with an urn and oil lamp. A man's legs can be seen climbing a ladder behind. A pair to 'The Roman Vestal's Trial of Chastity', ref 60339.
[Ref: 67112]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Witch of Endor.]
[The Witch of Endor.]
[Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by William Sharp.]
[London Publish'd by J. & J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.] [n.d., c.1790]
Engraving and etching, unfinished proof before letters. Sheet 470 x 620mm (18½ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate.
The Witch of Endor summons the ghost of the prophet Samuel as Saul protrates himself on the floor.
[Ref: 67116]   £390.00  
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