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John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII. from an Original Paintng in the Music School Oxford. by J.W. Childe.
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madame Celeste as Miami, in Buckstones Celebrated Drama of the ''Green Bushes''.
J.W. Childe del. W.F. Starling sc.
Published April 12 1845 by C. Moon, 12 Regent S.t.
Soft ground etching with hand colour, printed on chine collé. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Wear to backing card.
Céline Céleste-Elliott (c,1815-1882), stage name Madame Céleste, a French dancer and actress in her favorite role of Miami, the half-Native American, half-French heroine of The Green Bushes (1845) by John Baldwin Buckstone.
[Ref: 58006] £260.00
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