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Mr.Bankes. [Sir Joseph Banks.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820), botanist and explorer. Banks was a patron of the natural sciences and made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768 - 1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. Banks actively promoted British settlement in New South Wales and supported the broader colonisation of Australia. He also endorsed the establishment of Botany Bay as a penal settlement for the transportation of convicts and served as a principal adviser to the British government on matters relating to Australia. He is credited with introducing eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus later named in his honour, Banksia, to the Western world. Approximately eighty plant species bear his name in recognition of his contributions to botany. In addition, he was a principal founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which played a significant role in the establishment of the Royal Academy. Author of 'Modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated. Navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and des', 1790.
W164-6. Kivell & Spence page 20.
[Ref: 68300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820), botanist and explorer. Banks was a patron of the natural sciences and made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768 - 1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. Banks actively promoted British settlement in New South Wales and supported the broader colonisation of Australia. He also endorsed the establishment of Botany Bay as a penal settlement for the transportation of convicts and served as a principal adviser to the British government on matters relating to Australia. He is credited with introducing eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus later named in his honour, Banksia, to the Western world. Approximately eighty plant species bear his name in recognition of his contributions to botany. In addition, he was a principal founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which played a significant role in the establishment of the Royal Academy. Author of 'Modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated. Navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and des', 1790.
W164-6. Kivell & Spence page 20.
[Ref: 68300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Tiberius Cavallo, F.R.S.
Trotter, sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.] Publish'd by J.Sewell, Cornhill.
Stipple engraving. 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into right side of plate.
Portrait of Tiberius Cavallo (1749 - 1809), Italian physicist and natural philosopher. His interests included electricity, the development of scientific instruments, the nature of "airs", and ballooning.
W561-2
[Ref: 68338] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Trotter, sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.] Publish'd by J.Sewell, Cornhill.
Stipple engraving. 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into right side of plate.
Portrait of Tiberius Cavallo (1749 - 1809), Italian physicist and natural philosopher. His interests included electricity, the development of scientific instruments, the nature of "airs", and ballooning.
W561-2
[Ref: 68338] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Collinson, F.R.S. S.A. Acad.Rec.Berol: et SVEC. Soc: Eta. LXXV.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 120mm (8½ x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Peter Collinson (1694 - 1768), English gardener, botanist, and horticulturist. A Fellow of the Royal Society and a passionate gardener, Collinson played a key role in facilitating the international exchange of scientific knowledge in Georgian London.
[Ref: 68214] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 120mm (8½ x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Peter Collinson (1694 - 1768), English gardener, botanist, and horticulturist. A Fellow of the Royal Society and a passionate gardener, Collinson played a key role in facilitating the international exchange of scientific knowledge in Georgian London.
[Ref: 68214] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d. George Costard. M.A.
I.C.Barnes, Soc. Art. Sci. del.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 110mm (7¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into left side of plate.
Portrait of George Costard (1710 - 1780), vicar of Twickenham, local antiquarian and astronomical writer.
W692
[Ref: 68335] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
I.C.Barnes, Soc. Art. Sci. del.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 110mm (7¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into left side of plate.
Portrait of George Costard (1710 - 1780), vicar of Twickenham, local antiquarian and astronomical writer.
W692
[Ref: 68335] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Erasmus Darwin, M.D. F.R.S.
Engraved by H.Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing.
Published by J.Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2, March 1795.
Stipple engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼").
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802), English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor, freemason, and poet. His grandson is Charles Darwin.
W765-11
[Ref: 68309] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by H.Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing.
Published by J.Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2, March 1795.
Stipple engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼").
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802), English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor, freemason, and poet. His grandson is Charles Darwin.
W765-11
[Ref: 68309] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Fra. Douce, M.D. Aetat 75.
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Damage to margins repaired.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain. It sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. Wellcome: 843-2. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68316] £480.00
William Keable Pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Damage to margins repaired.
An equestrian portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760), a very eccentric physician. The same year this portrait was painted he hired architect John Blake of Winchester to design his tomb, inspired by the ancient pyramids of Egypt. The 15-foot tall monument, believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain. It sits, aligned along meridian lines, in the churchyard of St. Andrews in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, a Grade II listed historical site. Douce was the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary of the same name.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. Wellcome: 843-2. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68316] £480.00
John Fothergill M.D. F.R.S.
R.d. Livesay pinx. F.Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.] From a Bust in the Possession of Dr Lettsom.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Fothergill FRS (1712 - 1780), English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. His medical writings were influential, and he built up a sizeable botanic garden in what is now West Ham Park in London.
[Ref: 68234] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
R.d. Livesay pinx. F.Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.] From a Bust in the Possession of Dr Lettsom.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Fothergill FRS (1712 - 1780), English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. His medical writings were influential, and he built up a sizeable botanic garden in what is now West Ham Park in London.
[Ref: 68234] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Osler's Crystal Fountain]](jpegs/68488.jpg)
[Osler's Crystal Fountain]
F. Bedford Del Et Lith.
W. Digby Wyatt Dirext. [n.d. c.1851] [London: published by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, [1851-1853]]
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed around image.
Plate 23 from, 'Plate 40 from M. Digby Wyatt, The industrial arts of the nineteenth century: a series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry, 1851; dedicated, by permission, to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert (London: published by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, [1851-1853])'. An image of the Crystal Fountain, designed by Abraham Follett Osler (1808–1903), standing in the heart of the Transept at the Great exhibition. It was said to be 27 feet tall and needed four tons of glass to construct it.
[Ref: 68488] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bedford Del Et Lith.
W. Digby Wyatt Dirext. [n.d. c.1851] [London: published by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, [1851-1853]]
Chromolithograph, sheet 405 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed around image.
Plate 23 from, 'Plate 40 from M. Digby Wyatt, The industrial arts of the nineteenth century: a series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry, 1851; dedicated, by permission, to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert (London: published by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, [1851-1853])'. An image of the Crystal Fountain, designed by Abraham Follett Osler (1808–1903), standing in the heart of the Transept at the Great exhibition. It was said to be 27 feet tall and needed four tons of glass to construct it.
[Ref: 68488] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d Stephen Hales D.D. Clark of the Closet to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.~ F.R.S. and Member of the Academies of Sciences at Paris and Bologna. Aged 82.
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit. Price 2s.
Sold at the Golden head in Covent Garden [n.d. c.1759.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stephen Hales (1677-1761), clergyman, physiologist, chemist and inventor. He was the first person to measure blood pressure and was instrumental in the introduction of ventilators in ships, prisons and mines to reduce disease. Hales' ventilators were also used to combat dry rot in the hulls of Royal Navy ships, preserve foods and dry grain.
CS: 94, ii of iiii; Goodwin 72 ii of iii.; Wellcome 1274. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68414] £390.00
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit. Price 2s.
Sold at the Golden head in Covent Garden [n.d. c.1759.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stephen Hales (1677-1761), clergyman, physiologist, chemist and inventor. He was the first person to measure blood pressure and was instrumental in the introduction of ventilators in ships, prisons and mines to reduce disease. Hales' ventilators were also used to combat dry rot in the hulls of Royal Navy ships, preserve foods and dry grain.
CS: 94, ii of iiii; Goodwin 72 ii of iii.; Wellcome 1274. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68414] £390.00
William Hawes M.D.
Eng.d by Ridley from a miniature in the posession of Dr Lettsom.
Published by J.Sewell, Cornhill July 1, 1802.
Stipple engraving. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to plate on left side.
Portrait of William Hawes (1736 - 1808), English physician and philanthropist, best known as a founder of the Royal Humane Society. He was instrumental in promoting the practice of resuscitation and was actively engaged in efforts to alleviate poverty in East London.
[Ref: 68215] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Ridley from a miniature in the posession of Dr Lettsom.
Published by J.Sewell, Cornhill July 1, 1802.
Stipple engraving. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to plate on left side.
Portrait of William Hawes (1736 - 1808), English physician and philanthropist, best known as a founder of the Royal Humane Society. He was instrumental in promoting the practice of resuscitation and was actively engaged in efforts to alleviate poverty in East London.
[Ref: 68215] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Dr.William Hunter. From a Model in the Posession of Mr.Pingo of the Tower.
Millar del.t. W:Angus sculp.
Published May 1, 1783, by I.Fielding, Pater-noster Row, I.Sewell, Cornhill & I.Debrett, Piccadilly.
Engraving.175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins
Portrait of Dr William Hunter (1718 - 1783), Scottish anatomist and physician.
[Ref: 68201] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Millar del.t. W:Angus sculp.
Published May 1, 1783, by I.Fielding, Pater-noster Row, I.Sewell, Cornhill & I.Debrett, Piccadilly.
Engraving.175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins
Portrait of Dr William Hunter (1718 - 1783), Scottish anatomist and physician.
[Ref: 68201] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
The Mathematician. Done from an Original Picture, painted by Rembrandt. By James M.c Ardell.
Sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden head in Leicester Square, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 470 x 355mm (18½ x 14") with margins. Slight mount burn.
A teacher leaning on the table holding a pair of compasses, demonstrates a problem to the student who leans on his chin. By the table are two globes.
Goodwin: 213. Charington 107, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68375] £680.00
Sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden head in Leicester Square, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 470 x 355mm (18½ x 14") with margins. Slight mount burn.
A teacher leaning on the table holding a pair of compasses, demonstrates a problem to the student who leans on his chin. By the table are two globes.
Goodwin: 213. Charington 107, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68375] £680.00
John Mudge. M.D. F.R.S.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 395 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"), large margins. Repaired tear on left through inscription area into printed frame.
A half-length portrait of Plymouth physician John Mudge (1720-93), in gown and cap, his right hand turning the pages of a book. An amateur telescope-maker, he won the Copley medal for his 'Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.
CS 50; Russell 50, iii of iii; Hamilton p.52, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68013] £480.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 395 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"), large margins. Repaired tear on left through inscription area into printed frame.
A half-length portrait of Plymouth physician John Mudge (1720-93), in gown and cap, his right hand turning the pages of a book. An amateur telescope-maker, he won the Copley medal for his 'Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.
CS 50; Russell 50, iii of iii; Hamilton p.52, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68013] £480.00
Mr John Norden. Surveyor to James 1st, 1614.
R.Grave sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.] Published by W.Smith, 24, Lisle Street, Leicester Sq.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Norden (c.1547 - 1625), English cartographer, mapmaker, chorographer and antiquary. He planned a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the Speculum Britanniae, but these were not completed.
[Ref: 68333] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
R.Grave sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.] Published by W.Smith, 24, Lisle Street, Leicester Sq.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Norden (c.1547 - 1625), English cartographer, mapmaker, chorographer and antiquary. He planned a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the Speculum Britanniae, but these were not completed.
[Ref: 68333] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[An orrery clock] Sphere Mouvant, Suivant le vèritable Sistême du Monde,](jpegs/68318.jpg)
[An orrery clock] Sphere Mouvant, Suivant le vèritable Sistême du Monde, Exécutée sur les Dessins et Calculs de M.r Castel, Secretaire du Roy, et approuvée de M.rs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris, Suivant leur Certificat, du 5 Aoust 1766. La hauteur de toute cette Sphère est de 7 pieds et demi.
Salernier Sculp.
[n.d., 1767.]
Scarce engraving. 530 x 300mm (20½ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in inscription area.
An illustration of an orrery clock made in 1763, published in a pamphlet 'Description de la Nouvelle Sphere Mouvant de M.r Castel'. After the clock was sold by Castel's widow in 1773, it passed through the hands of several owners including Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874). In 2021 it was sold at Christies, much altered, for £475,000.
[Ref: 68318] £580.00
Salernier Sculp.
[n.d., 1767.]
Scarce engraving. 530 x 300mm (20½ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in inscription area.
An illustration of an orrery clock made in 1763, published in a pamphlet 'Description de la Nouvelle Sphere Mouvant de M.r Castel'. After the clock was sold by Castel's widow in 1773, it passed through the hands of several owners including Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874). In 2021 it was sold at Christies, much altered, for £475,000.
[Ref: 68318] £580.00
M.e Guido Patin doctor medicus parisiensis medicus et professor Regius.
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul. 1670 [but later].
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on card.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters.
Wellcome: 2248-5
[Ref: 67854] £320.00
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul. 1670 [but later].
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on card.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters.
Wellcome: 2248-5
[Ref: 67854] £320.00
Dr. Isaac Schomberg. From an Original Picture Painted by Hudson in the Posession of S.Edwards Esq.r.
Engraved by W.P.Sherlock.
Published by J.Sewell, cornhill, August 1st 1799.
Stipple engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Portrait of Dr. Isaac Schomberg (1714 -1780), German physician.
[Ref: 68203] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W.P.Sherlock.
Published by J.Sewell, cornhill, August 1st 1799.
Stipple engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Portrait of Dr. Isaac Schomberg (1714 -1780), German physician.
[Ref: 68203] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Rev. William Whiston, M.A. Born at Norton, 1667; Died 1752.
[After Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etching, 175 x 105mm (7 x 4").
Portrait of William Whiston (1667 - 1752), English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. Best known for helping to instigate the Longitude Act in 1714 and his important translations of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus.
W3172-3
[Ref: 68269] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etching, 175 x 105mm (7 x 4").
Portrait of William Whiston (1667 - 1752), English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. Best known for helping to instigate the Longitude Act in 1714 and his important translations of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus.
W3172-3
[Ref: 68269] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dr.Woodward. From an Original Picture in the Family of his Executor, the Late Col.R.d King.
W.Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W.Humphrey.
Rare Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
Portrait of Dr. John Woodward (1665 - 1728), Professor of Physic at Gresham College and endowed the Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
CS19 ii of iv.
[Ref: 68262] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W.Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W.Humphrey.
Rare Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
Portrait of Dr. John Woodward (1665 - 1728), Professor of Physic at Gresham College and endowed the Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
CS19 ii of iv.
[Ref: 68262] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)