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[Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., in his studio]
[Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., in his studio]
[T.L. Atkinson after John Collyer, pencil signatures]
[Published by T.H. Lefèvre, June 1 1885]
Mezzotint on india, very large margins; platemark 550 x 420mm (21½ x 16½"). Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Very scarce.
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), London painter of Greek and Roman settings, etcher, stage designer and decorative artist was born in January 1836. Shown in his studio holding palette and brushes, an unfinished canvas behind him. After training in Antwerp, Alma-Tadema moved to London in 1870 and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1879. He was knighted in 1899. After the portrait by John Collier (1850-1934), portrait painter who received guidance and encouragement from Alma-Tadema as a young artist. The print was originally sold as a companion to a portrait of another 19th century artist, Rosa Bonheur.
PSA limited to 275 artist's proofs (plate destroyed); ex: collection of the Late Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36360]   £520.00  
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Love.
Love.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'.]
Pub. June 4. 1810, by Edw.d Orme, London.
Hand-coloured engraving. 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825'. Plate: 160 x 215mm (6¼ x 8½'').
A scene showing an old man, with tears in his eyes standing before a young pretty woman, behind the old man is a smiling black man. From 'Human Passions Delineated' by Tim Bobbin, psuedonym for John Collier.
See: Ref: 59963 & 50271
[Ref: 50631]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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They Who have Ears to Hear, Let Them Hear.
They Who have Ears to Hear, Let Them Hear.
Tim. Bobbin inv & del. T. Sanders Sculp.
Published as the Act directs May 1773. [in Rochdale by John Collier.]
Engraving. 235 x 350mm (9¼ x 13¾").
A preacher in a tub in a farm shed haraguing his audience to repentance; his hymnal is open on a page that reads 'There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth'. This is plate 43 of 'Human Passions Delineated' by John Collier (1708-1786), an English caricaturist and satirical poet who used the pseudonym Tim Bobbin. He considered himself to be the 'Lancashire Hogarth' and he both wrote and illustrated this collection of Lancashire dialect poetry. It contained some 120 plates, savagely parodying the behaviour of both the upper and lower classes.
Not in BM Satire, but see BM 1978,U.1037.44.
[Ref: 33930]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Passions Delineated.] Poverty. Plenty.
[Passions Delineated.] Poverty. Plenty.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'.]
Pub. June 4 1810 by Edw.d Orme, London.
Coloured stipple. Sheet 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Tear taped.
A ragged beggar looks on in disgust as a fat man laughs, holding his extended belly. From 'The Passions, humorously Delineated, by Timothy Bobbin, Esq' by John Collier (1708-86), using the pseudonym Tim Bobbin, first published 1773.
SP Lohia Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection 718.
[Ref: 59962]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Passions Delineated.] Avarice & Dissipation.
[Passions Delineated.] Avarice & Dissipation.
[John Collier as 'Tim Bobbin'.]
Pub. June 4 1810 by Edw.d Orme, London.
Coloured stipple. Sheet 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate, stains in top corners.
A spendthrift son hands a wad of bills to his miserly father. From 'The Passions, humorously Delineated, by Timothy Bobbin, Esq' by John Collier (1708-86), using the pseudonym Tim Bobbin, first published 1773.
SP Lohia Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection 718.
[Ref: 59963]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Pluralist and Old Soldier.
The Pluralist and Old Soldier. A Soldier once and in the Beggar's list / Did thus adress a well-fed Pluralist.
[Engraved by Matthew Darley after John Collier.]
Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t by M.Darly facing New Round Court the Strand 1766.
Etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
A scene illustraing engraved verse. A ragged and unkempt old soldier (a crippled veteran of Guadalupe, taken from the French in 1759) begging arms from a well-fed pluralist parson, who holds a glass of ale and a tobacco pipe. The soldier's entreaties are haughtily dismissed by the clergyman.
See BM Satires 3994 for a 1762 version, in reverse.
[Ref: 14123]   £420.00  
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The Pluralist and Old Soldier.
The Pluralist and Old Soldier. A Soldier once and in the Beggar's list / Did thus adress a well-fed Pluralist.
[Engraved by Matthew Darley after John Collier.]
[Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t by M.Darly facing New Round Court the Strand 1766.]
Coloured etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Laid on card, tear taped in margin on right.
A scene illustraing engraved verse. A ragged and unkempt old soldier (a crippled veteran of Guadalupe, taken from the French in 1759) begging arms from a well-fed pluralist parson, who holds a glass of ale and a tobacco pipe. The soldier's entreaties are haughtily dismissed by the clergyman. Originally published in 1766, this example has a plate number '30' top left and the publisher's inscription removed.
See BM Satires 3994 for a 1762 version, in reverse.
[Ref: 54325]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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