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The Island of Ascension, from the Roads.
Drawn by Lieu.t W.m Allen R.N. Drawn on Stone by G. Barnard. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King, Gate S.t Linc. Inn F.ds.
London, Published by Lieu.t W.m Allen R.N. Feb.y 1835.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. 125 x 690mm (5 x 27¼"). Creases, stains, laid on thick paper.
Panorama. One of ten plates in Allen's 'Picturesque Views in the Island of Ascension'. He spent eight weeks with the garrison put on Ascension after Napoleon was exiled to St Helena, describing the island as a 'cinder'.
[Ref: 52868] £360.00
Drawn by Lieu.t W.m Allen R.N. Drawn on Stone by G. Barnard. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King, Gate S.t Linc. Inn F.ds.
London, Published by Lieu.t W.m Allen R.N. Feb.y 1835.
Rare lithograph with hand colour. 125 x 690mm (5 x 27¼"). Creases, stains, laid on thick paper.
Panorama. One of ten plates in Allen's 'Picturesque Views in the Island of Ascension'. He spent eight weeks with the garrison put on Ascension after Napoleon was exiled to St Helena, describing the island as a 'cinder'.
[Ref: 52868] £360.00
S.A. Bardsley, M.D. Late Senior Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and formerly Vice President of the Manchester Library and Philosophical Society.
C.A. Duval pinx.t J. Thomson sculp.t
Published by Thos. Agnew Repository of Arts, Manchester, & Messrs. Ackermann & Co. Strand, London 1848.
Rare mezzotint and etching; Thomas Agnew publisher stamp on edge of lower plate.. Plate 451 x 355mm (17¾ x 14") with very wide margins.
Portrait of Samuel Argent Bardsley; nearly whole length, seated in chair, to the right, holding closed book in lap, with legs crossed; books and ink pots on table to his left; in octagon. Dr Samuel Argent Bardsley (1764-1851), the English physician. He was elected physician to the Manchester Infirmary, a position he retained until August 1823, gaining during the thirty-three years great esteem as ‘the very model of an hospital physician.’ Dr. Bardsley published in 1800 ‘Critical Remarks on the Tragedy of Pizarro, with Observations on the subject of the Drama;’ and in 1807 a volume of ‘Medical Reports of Cases and Experiments, with Observations chiefly derived from Hospital practice; also an Enquiry into the Origin of Canine Madness, which detailed research and study on rabies.’ To the ‘Memoirs’ of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, of which he was a vice-president, he contributed in 1798 a paper on ‘Party Prejudice,’ and in 1803 one on ‘The Use and Abuse of Popular Sports and Exercises.’ An expert on rabies.
[Ref: 52501] £360.00
C.A. Duval pinx.t J. Thomson sculp.t
Published by Thos. Agnew Repository of Arts, Manchester, & Messrs. Ackermann & Co. Strand, London 1848.
Rare mezzotint and etching; Thomas Agnew publisher stamp on edge of lower plate.. Plate 451 x 355mm (17¾ x 14") with very wide margins.
Portrait of Samuel Argent Bardsley; nearly whole length, seated in chair, to the right, holding closed book in lap, with legs crossed; books and ink pots on table to his left; in octagon. Dr Samuel Argent Bardsley (1764-1851), the English physician. He was elected physician to the Manchester Infirmary, a position he retained until August 1823, gaining during the thirty-three years great esteem as ‘the very model of an hospital physician.’ Dr. Bardsley published in 1800 ‘Critical Remarks on the Tragedy of Pizarro, with Observations on the subject of the Drama;’ and in 1807 a volume of ‘Medical Reports of Cases and Experiments, with Observations chiefly derived from Hospital practice; also an Enquiry into the Origin of Canine Madness, which detailed research and study on rabies.’ To the ‘Memoirs’ of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, of which he was a vice-president, he contributed in 1798 a paper on ‘Party Prejudice,’ and in 1803 one on ‘The Use and Abuse of Popular Sports and Exercises.’ An expert on rabies.
[Ref: 52501] £360.00
John Bowring, L.L.D. Proof.
Drawn by C.A. Du Val. Engraved by J. Stephenson.
Published by Mess.rs Ackermann & Co. London and Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Manchester, Oct.r 21st 1844.
Mixed-method engraving. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), blind stamp of Agnew's Manchester, with large margins. Uncut. Foxing in margins
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 46347] £360.00
Drawn by C.A. Du Val. Engraved by J. Stephenson.
Published by Mess.rs Ackermann & Co. London and Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Manchester, Oct.r 21st 1844.
Mixed-method engraving. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), blind stamp of Agnew's Manchester, with large margins. Uncut. Foxing in margins
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 46347] £360.00
To their Graces the Duke and Dutchess of Ancaster This Representation of the Embarkation Of her Majesty Queen Charlotte at Stade; With a View of the Royal Yatchs, &c. &c. is humbly Inscribed By their Graces' Most Devoted & Obliged Servant. Thomas Allen. [&] ... This View of Harwich, and the Yatchs going out, With Lord Anson returning the Salute from Landguard Fort is most humbly Inscribed ...
T. Allen pinx. P.C. Canot sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill; & Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1765).
A pair of very scarce engravings. Each c. 425 x 605mm (!6¾ x 23¾"), with large margins Repaired tear in margin of first plate.
A pair of maritime scenes depicting the passage to England of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz for her marriage to George III in 1761. The first shows her departure from Stade in Lower Saxony on 28 August 1761, the second her arrival at Harwich on the 6th September, after a 10-day voyage hampered by three severe storms.
[Ref: 55681] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
T. Allen pinx. P.C. Canot sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill; & Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1765).
A pair of very scarce engravings. Each c. 425 x 605mm (!6¾ x 23¾"), with large margins Repaired tear in margin of first plate.
A pair of maritime scenes depicting the passage to England of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz for her marriage to George III in 1761. The first shows her departure from Stade in Lower Saxony on 28 August 1761, the second her arrival at Harwich on the 6th September, after a 10-day voyage hampered by three severe storms.
[Ref: 55681] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
Richard Cobden Esq.re M.P. To All Free Traders, This Plate is respecyfully dedicatee by their Obliged and Obedient Servants, Stephenson & Agar.
Painted by C.A. Duval. Engraved by Ja.s Stephenson.
London, Published Sep.r 29th 1847 by Mess.rs Stephenson & Agar, at the Gallery of Arts, 104, King S.t Manchester, Paris, E. Gambart Hunin & Co.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 740 x 460mm (29 x 18") large margins.
Richard Cobden (1804-65), manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League.
Ex Norman Blackburn collection. See 52552, 52551
[Ref: 52856] £320.00
Painted by C.A. Duval. Engraved by Ja.s Stephenson.
London, Published Sep.r 29th 1847 by Mess.rs Stephenson & Agar, at the Gallery of Arts, 104, King S.t Manchester, Paris, E. Gambart Hunin & Co.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 740 x 460mm (29 x 18") large margins.
Richard Cobden (1804-65), manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League.
Ex Norman Blackburn collection. See 52552, 52551
[Ref: 52856] £320.00
John Dalton, F.R.S. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Member of the Royal Academy of the National Institute of France &c.
Allen. Pinxt. Worthington Sculpt.
Published June 25th.1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large, uncut margins. Paper slightly wrinkled. Unidentified collector's blind stamp in lower right corner.
A portrait of philosopher John Dalton (1766-1844), seated at a desk on which are various scientific instruments. Dalton was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory.
W: 755-1
[Ref: 40046] £320.00
Allen. Pinxt. Worthington Sculpt.
Published June 25th.1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large, uncut margins. Paper slightly wrinkled. Unidentified collector's blind stamp in lower right corner.
A portrait of philosopher John Dalton (1766-1844), seated at a desk on which are various scientific instruments. Dalton was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory.
W: 755-1
[Ref: 40046] £320.00
John Dalton, F.R.S. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Member of the Royal Academy of the National Institute of France &c.
Allen. Pinx.t. Worthington Sculp.t.
Published June 25th. 1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13").
Philosopher. John Dalton (September 6, 1766 - July 27, 1844) was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory.
W: 755-1
[Ref: 75] £320.00
Allen. Pinx.t. Worthington Sculp.t.
Published June 25th. 1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13").
Philosopher. John Dalton (September 6, 1766 - July 27, 1844) was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory.
W: 755-1
[Ref: 75] £320.00
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[Battersea Dog's Home.]
R.B. Parkes [pencil signature] [after Allen Culpepper Sealy].
[London Published October 1st, 1885 by Thomas Mc,,Lean, 7 Haymarket.]
Rare mixed-method engraving, proof before publisher's address, on chine collé, signed by the engraver, 400 x 470mm (15½ x 18½") with large margins. A little surface abrasion to the backing paper.
A young girl kneels to hug a long-haired St Bernard dog in the corridor of Batersea Dogs Home. This was published the year that Queen Victoria became the first royal patron of the home, a tradition that has continued.
BM 2010,7081.5973; ''acquired for reference purposes only. Its condition is so poor that it cannot be displayed''.
[Ref: 56679] £380.00
R.B. Parkes [pencil signature] [after Allen Culpepper Sealy].
[London Published October 1st, 1885 by Thomas Mc,,Lean, 7 Haymarket.]
Rare mixed-method engraving, proof before publisher's address, on chine collé, signed by the engraver, 400 x 470mm (15½ x 18½") with large margins. A little surface abrasion to the backing paper.
A young girl kneels to hug a long-haired St Bernard dog in the corridor of Batersea Dogs Home. This was published the year that Queen Victoria became the first royal patron of the home, a tradition that has continued.
BM 2010,7081.5973; ''acquired for reference purposes only. Its condition is so poor that it cannot be displayed''.
[Ref: 56679] £380.00
McQueen's Dogs at the Jubilee Banquet. The Queen & The Royal Family! 'God Save the Queen'. Richard III. A VI S I.
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 345mm (17½ x 13½") very large margins.
Anthropomorphic bulldog, wearing evening attire with the Order of the Garter, proposing the Royal toast, with a quote from Shakespeare, with stamp.
See Ref: 51420 in series.
[Ref: 60049] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 345mm (17½ x 13½") very large margins.
Anthropomorphic bulldog, wearing evening attire with the Order of the Garter, proposing the Royal toast, with a quote from Shakespeare, with stamp.
See Ref: 51420 in series.
[Ref: 60049] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
McQueen's Dogs at the Jubilee Banquet. The Ladies! ''To Drink to those Fair Ladies''. Henry 8. A1 S4.
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with very fine hand colour. 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13"), with very large margins. Mint.
Anthropomorphic terrier, with monocle and evening attire, proposing a toast with a quote from Shakespeare, with McQueen's blind stamp. A satirical celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887.
[Ref: 51420] £350.00
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with very fine hand colour. 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13"), with very large margins. Mint.
Anthropomorphic terrier, with monocle and evening attire, proposing a toast with a quote from Shakespeare, with McQueen's blind stamp. A satirical celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887.
[Ref: 51420] £350.00
Picturesque Views on the River Niger, sketched during Lander's last Visit in 1832-33 [1] Views on the Nun Branch of the River Niger. [2] Procession to Ibu. [3] Cliffs at Attah [&] Mountains & Market Conoes near Bokweh. [4] Huts at Jogguh. [5] The Palaver. [6] The Cinfluence of the Rivers Niger and Chadda. [7] Mount Patteh from Bangadeh. [8] The King Giving Judgement at the Gate of His Palace [&] The Interior of the Chief Malem's House. [9] The Morning Call. [&] Attah. [10] Beaufort Island [...].
by Commander William Allen, R.N., F.R.G.S. of London and Paris, and Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street; Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall; and Ackerman, Strand. M.DCCC.XL.
Tinted lithographs. 10 plates and title page. Sheet size: 275 x 385mm (10¾ x 15¼") each. Disbound. Damage to title page. Ink stain on first plate. Plate 6 folded as issued. Foxing. Cut down & damage to printed wrapper on which in ink 'from Papa 1845'.
A complete set of lithographs made from sketches by Richard and John Lander along the River Niger, including a panoramic view of the meeting of the rivers Niger and Chadda. No Text.
[Ref: 37241] £420.00 view all images for this item
by Commander William Allen, R.N., F.R.G.S. of London and Paris, and Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street; Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall; and Ackerman, Strand. M.DCCC.XL.
Tinted lithographs. 10 plates and title page. Sheet size: 275 x 385mm (10¾ x 15¼") each. Disbound. Damage to title page. Ink stain on first plate. Plate 6 folded as issued. Foxing. Cut down & damage to printed wrapper on which in ink 'from Papa 1845'.
A complete set of lithographs made from sketches by Richard and John Lander along the River Niger, including a panoramic view of the meeting of the rivers Niger and Chadda. No Text.
[Ref: 37241] £420.00 view all images for this item
The Palaver.
T. Picken, lith. from a drawing by Capt.n W. Allen. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
London Published Sept.r 1840 by John Murray_Hodgson & Graves_Ackermann & Co.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15'').
A scene showing a group of men in a council meeting. A plate from 'Picturesque Views on the River Niger' drawn between 1832 and 1833 and published in 1840.
[Ref: 49191] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T. Picken, lith. from a drawing by Capt.n W. Allen. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
London Published Sept.r 1840 by John Murray_Hodgson & Graves_Ackermann & Co.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15'').
A scene showing a group of men in a council meeting. A plate from 'Picturesque Views on the River Niger' drawn between 1832 and 1833 and published in 1840.
[Ref: 49191] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mount Pattèh from Bàngadeh.
W. Walton, lith. from a drawing by Capt.n W. Allen. Day & Haghw Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Sept.r 1840, by John Murray._ Hodgson & Graves. _ Ackermann & Co.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
A view of an riverside settlement in Nigeria, published in Captain William Allen's 'Picturesque views on the river Niger, sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33'. Despite Mount Pattèh's distinctive table-top, the location has never been unidentified, although the botanist Vogel described the mountain as being 'near the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, Northern Nigeria'. In 1832 Richard Lander led an expedition to found a trading settlement at the junction of the Niger and Benue rivers. However, the expedition encountered difficulties, including deaths, fever, and Lander was attacked by Africans, receiving a musket ball in his thigh. He managed to return to the coast, but died there from the infected wound.
Abbey: Travel 284.
[Ref: 26405] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
W. Walton, lith. from a drawing by Capt.n W. Allen. Day & Haghw Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Sept.r 1840, by John Murray._ Hodgson & Graves. _ Ackermann & Co.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
A view of an riverside settlement in Nigeria, published in Captain William Allen's 'Picturesque views on the river Niger, sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33'. Despite Mount Pattèh's distinctive table-top, the location has never been unidentified, although the botanist Vogel described the mountain as being 'near the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, Northern Nigeria'. In 1832 Richard Lander led an expedition to found a trading settlement at the junction of the Niger and Benue rivers. However, the expedition encountered difficulties, including deaths, fever, and Lander was attacked by Africans, receiving a musket ball in his thigh. He managed to return to the coast, but died there from the infected wound.
Abbey: Travel 284.
[Ref: 26405] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Philips Esq. Obiit II.do Februarii MDCCCXXIV, Ætatis XC.
Joseph Allen Pinx.t 1810. John Horsburgh Sculp.t. Printed by McQueen.
Private Plate.
Stipple on chine collé, very fine impression. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½").
John Philips (1734-1824) in his library.
BM: 1915,0216.68.
[Ref: 48441] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Allen Pinx.t 1810. John Horsburgh Sculp.t. Printed by McQueen.
Private Plate.
Stipple on chine collé, very fine impression. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½").
John Philips (1734-1824) in his library.
BM: 1915,0216.68.
[Ref: 48441] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Valetta, from the Quarantine Harbour. Malta. Valetta,-dal Porto di Quarantina, Malta.
L.t Allen, Rl. Engineers. W. Wallis.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1841.]
Steel engraving. Sheet: 280 x 190mm, (11 x 7½"). Tears in lower edge.
A view a of ports of Valetta with Fort Saint Elmo on the shoreline.
[Ref: 39798] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
L.t Allen, Rl. Engineers. W. Wallis.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1841.]
Steel engraving. Sheet: 280 x 190mm, (11 x 7½"). Tears in lower edge.
A view a of ports of Valetta with Fort Saint Elmo on the shoreline.
[Ref: 39798] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)