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James Benwell Aged 82.
James Benwell Aged 82. of the Physic Gardens, Oxford.
A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
[Ref: 51314]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Album sheet with three watercolours of Death's Head Moths by Albin Roberts Burt.]
[Album sheet with three watercolours of Death's Head Moths by Albin Roberts Burt.]
[1826-7.]
Abum sheet with three watercolours and two coloured etchings. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼").
Illustrations of the chrysalis, caterpillar and adult Death's Head Moth, with an ink mss. description signed by Albin Roberts Burt, dated 1826. On the same sheet is a table of sign-language etched by Burt and an illustration of a mosaic of the Roman villa at Bignor. Albin Roberts Burt (1783-1842), portrait-painter and engraver.
[Ref: 61402]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mary Russell Mitford] M.R. Mitford [facsimile signature].
[Mary Russell Mitford] M.R. Mitford [facsimile signature]. From a Drawing in the possession of the publisher.
A. Burt del. R. Roffe sc.
John Limbird, 143 Strand. June 1836.
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
[Ref: 51798]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. M.P.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. M.P.
A.R. Burt.
Drawn, Engraved and Published by A. R. Burt, Miniature Painter, Chester, August 1st. 1820.
Coloured stipple; part printed in colours. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed to platemark.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (1772 - 1840), was a Welsh M.P. from 1794 to 1840. Williams-Wynn was elected Member of Parliament for Beaumaris in 1794 and held the seat to 1796. In 1796 he was elected MP for Denbighshire and held the seat until his death in 1840. He was referred to as the 'Prince of Wales' and had a keen interest in military affairs. In 1794 he raised a cavalry regiment called the "Ancient British Fencibles" and took part in the suppression of the Irish rebellion of 1798. After Albin Roberts Burt (1783-1842)
[Ref: 31563]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. M.P.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. M.P.
A.R. Burt.
Drawn, Engraved and Published by A. R. Burt, Miniature Painter, Chester, August 1st. 1820.
Fine coloured stipple, printed in colours. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"), very large margins.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (1772 - 1840), was a Welsh M.P. from 1794 to 1840: for Beaumaris 1794-6, then for Denbighshire until his death. He was referred to as the 'Prince of Wales' and had a keen interest in military affairs. In 1794 he raised a cavalry regiment called the "Ancient British Fencibles" and took part in the suppression of the Irish rebellion of 1798. After Albin Roberts Burt (1783-1842)
[Ref: 48137]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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