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Napoleon.
Painted by Count D'Orsay. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff. Printed by M.cQueen.
London Published June 10, 1847, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, 62, Cheapside.
Scarce mixed-method engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, marks in borders.
Three-quarter length portrait of Napoleon, wearing dress uniform with sash and decorations, his right hand tucked into his jacket, his left holding his hat against his hip.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65696] £320.00
Painted by Count D'Orsay. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff. Printed by M.cQueen.
London Published June 10, 1847, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, 62, Cheapside.
Scarce mixed-method engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, marks in borders.
Three-quarter length portrait of Napoleon, wearing dress uniform with sash and decorations, his right hand tucked into his jacket, his left holding his hat against his hip.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65696] £320.00
Lord Byron.
From a Sketch by Count D'Orsay talen in May 1823.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Soft ground etching; Sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼").
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), poet, from a sketch from life by the Comte Alfred D'Orsay while Byron was in Genoa, a year before his death.
[Ref: 34211] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
From a Sketch by Count D'Orsay talen in May 1823.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Soft ground etching; Sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼").
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), poet, from a sketch from life by the Comte Alfred D'Orsay while Byron was in Genoa, a year before his death.
[Ref: 34211] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Lord Byron. Par Le Comte D'Orsay.
Comte D'Orsay Pinxit. F.C.Lewis, Engraver of Drawings to the Queen, & G.C. Lewis, Sculpt.
London, Published May 10th 1845, for the Proprietor, by Henry Graves & Co., Pall Mall ~ also by John Mitchell, Old Bond Street. Goupil et Vibert, Paris Deposé.
Mixed-method with facsimile signature of Byron and printseller's blindstamp, very scarce, with large margins. Platemark: 535 x 410mm. (21 x 16¼").
Large and uncommon portrait of the young Byron at sea. George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an Anglo-Scottish poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.
[Ref: 29936] £320.00
Comte D'Orsay Pinxit. F.C.Lewis, Engraver of Drawings to the Queen, & G.C. Lewis, Sculpt.
London, Published May 10th 1845, for the Proprietor, by Henry Graves & Co., Pall Mall ~ also by John Mitchell, Old Bond Street. Goupil et Vibert, Paris Deposé.
Mixed-method with facsimile signature of Byron and printseller's blindstamp, very scarce, with large margins. Platemark: 535 x 410mm. (21 x 16¼").
Large and uncommon portrait of the young Byron at sea. George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an Anglo-Scottish poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.
[Ref: 29936] £320.00
![[Lord Byron.] Bryon [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/37539.jpg)
[Lord Byron.] Bryon [facsimile signature.]
Fk. Holpin Sc. Genoa Mai 1823. A. D'Orsay fecit [facsimile signature in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell, 32, Old Bond St. Printed by Graf & Soret.]
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron [1788 - 1824], poet. Taken from a sketch from life by the Comte D'Orsay of Byron while he was in Genoa in 1822-3. During this period Byron wrote cantos 10-16 of Don Juan along with other works, before setting sail for Greece where he died while involved in the Greek war of Independence. By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37539] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Fk. Holpin Sc. Genoa Mai 1823. A. D'Orsay fecit [facsimile signature in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell, 32, Old Bond St. Printed by Graf & Soret.]
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron [1788 - 1824], poet. Taken from a sketch from life by the Comte D'Orsay of Byron while he was in Genoa in 1822-3. During this period Byron wrote cantos 10-16 of Don Juan along with other works, before setting sail for Greece where he died while involved in the Greek war of Independence. By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37539] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![Charles Dickens [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/37542.jpg)
Charles Dickens [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit 16 Dec.b 1841.
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 255 x 165mm (10 x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), novelist, as a young man (portrayed shortly after completing 'Barnaby Rudge' in 1841). By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A. D'Orsay fecit 16 Dec.b 1841.
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 255 x 165mm (10 x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), novelist, as a young man (portrayed shortly after completing 'Barnaby Rudge' in 1841). By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Dickens. Reproduction d'un dessin á la plume fait par le Comte d'Orsay en 1845.
Theodore Joyeuse 1885 D'après A. D'Orsay.
Théodore Joyeuse, sc. Le Livre. VIIe Annee. Imp. A. Quentin.
Etching. Plate: 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins. Foxing.
A profile portrait of Victorian writer and social comentator Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
[Ref: 48722] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Theodore Joyeuse 1885 D'après A. D'Orsay.
Théodore Joyeuse, sc. Le Livre. VIIe Annee. Imp. A. Quentin.
Etching. Plate: 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins. Foxing.
A profile portrait of Victorian writer and social comentator Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
[Ref: 48722] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lt Col John Gurwood] J.Gurwood [facsimile signature].](jpegs/63230.jpg)
[Lt Col John Gurwood] J.Gurwood [facsimile signature]. 27 Mai 1845.
[Alfred d'Orsay].
Lithograph on chine collé. 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"), very large margins. Backing sheet spotted and toned at edges.
Lt Col John Gurwood (1788-1845). After surviving a forlorn hope at Ciudad Rodrigo in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, he edited and published the 'Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington', a major contribution to military history.
[Ref: 63230] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Alfred d'Orsay].
Lithograph on chine collé. 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"), very large margins. Backing sheet spotted and toned at edges.
Lt Col John Gurwood (1788-1845). After surviving a forlorn hope at Ciudad Rodrigo in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, he edited and published the 'Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington', a major contribution to military history.
[Ref: 63230] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Walter Savage Landor]](jpegs/44154.jpg)
[Walter Savage Landor]
D'apres Alf. D'Orsay [by Richard James Lane].
[n.d., 1839.]
Lithograph. Printed area 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Glue stains in margins, spotted.
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), author of 'Imaginary Conversations' and 'Pericles and Aspasia'. After Count Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay (1801-52), dandy and artist who created a series of 125 profile sketches which included most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 44154] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
D'apres Alf. D'Orsay [by Richard James Lane].
[n.d., 1839.]
Lithograph. Printed area 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Glue stains in margins, spotted.
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), author of 'Imaginary Conversations' and 'Pericles and Aspasia'. After Count Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay (1801-52), dandy and artist who created a series of 125 profile sketches which included most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 44154] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Matusiewic [facsimile signature].](jpegs/63229.jpg)
Matusiewic [facsimile signature].
August 1841. d'Orsay fecit.
Lithograph on chine collé. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Backing sheet spotted and toned at edges.
A portrait of Count Matusiewicz, Russian ambassador in London, of Polish descent.
[Ref: 63229] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
August 1841. d'Orsay fecit.
Lithograph on chine collé. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Backing sheet spotted and toned at edges.
A portrait of Count Matusiewicz, Russian ambassador in London, of Polish descent.
[Ref: 63229] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[J.M.W. Turner] The Fallacy of Hope.](jpegs/67892.jpg)
[J.M.W. Turner] The Fallacy of Hope.
[Alfred, Count d'Orsay.]
London. Published by J. Hogarth. No. 5, Haymarket, Jan.y 1st 1851. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
Rare lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Printed area 365 x 230mm (14½ x 9"). Slight loss in india on bottom.
A caricatured portrait of landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), standing by a piano, stirring a cup of coffee, at the house of businessman and art collector Elhanan Bicknell. The title is taken from Turner's incomplete poetic composition "Fallacies of Hope". From a sketch by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue:vol VI. pg:414.
[Ref: 67892] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Alfred, Count d'Orsay.]
London. Published by J. Hogarth. No. 5, Haymarket, Jan.y 1st 1851. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
Rare lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing sheet. Printed area 365 x 230mm (14½ x 9"). Slight loss in india on bottom.
A caricatured portrait of landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), standing by a piano, stirring a cup of coffee, at the house of businessman and art collector Elhanan Bicknell. The title is taken from Turner's incomplete poetic composition "Fallacies of Hope". From a sketch by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue:vol VI. pg:414.
[Ref: 67892] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
James Wilson M:D: Malvern.
Cte d'Orsay fecit Gore House 19 April 1845.
[published by John Mitchell, c.1845.]
Lithograph. Printed area 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"), with large margins. Spotting in edges.
Doctor James Wilson (1807-67) practiced the 'water cure' or 'Hydropathy' (now Hydrotherapy) in Malvern from 1842, first in partnership with James Manby Gully. Their patients included patients Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Florence Nightingale, Lord Tennyson and Samuel Wilberforce.
[Ref: 57939] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cte d'Orsay fecit Gore House 19 April 1845.
[published by John Mitchell, c.1845.]
Lithograph. Printed area 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"), with large margins. Spotting in edges.
Doctor James Wilson (1807-67) practiced the 'water cure' or 'Hydropathy' (now Hydrotherapy) in Malvern from 1842, first in partnership with James Manby Gully. Their patients included patients Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Florence Nightingale, Lord Tennyson and Samuel Wilberforce.
[Ref: 57939] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)