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William Coxe, AM. FRS. FAS. Engraved by Jn.o Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales, from an Original Picture Painted by C.Grignon.
[n.d., c.1790.
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), with large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of priest and historian William Coxe (1747-1828), dressed in a dark fur-trimmed gown, seated on a chair with one arm resting on a large book and holding a small book in the other. He travelled throughout Europe as a tutor and travelling companion to various grand tourists including Samuel Whitbread and Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke. He toured Switzerland with Herbert, after which he published 'Mont Blanc and the Adjacent Alps' in 1789, an early alpinist work.
CS 14, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 64381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), with large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of priest and historian William Coxe (1747-1828), dressed in a dark fur-trimmed gown, seated on a chair with one arm resting on a large book and holding a small book in the other. He travelled throughout Europe as a tutor and travelling companion to various grand tourists including Samuel Whitbread and Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke. He toured Switzerland with Herbert, after which he published 'Mont Blanc and the Adjacent Alps' in 1789, an early alpinist work.
CS 14, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 64381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir William Hamilton, K.B.F.R.S.
Engraved by W.T. Fry, from an original Drawing made at Naples, by C. Grignon.
Published March 27. 1817, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple engraving. 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½"), Trimmed to platemark at sides. Slight foxing. Slight crease in title.
Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), diplomatist and art collector. The epitome of the era of the Grand Tourist (his grand tour lasted thrity-five years), Hamilton became envoy-extraordinary in Naples from where he collected widely and developed a great interest in volcanoes. Late in life he married Emma Hamilton, who later began an affair with Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 63181] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by W.T. Fry, from an original Drawing made at Naples, by C. Grignon.
Published March 27. 1817, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple engraving. 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½"), Trimmed to platemark at sides. Slight foxing. Slight crease in title.
Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), diplomatist and art collector. The epitome of the era of the Grand Tourist (his grand tour lasted thrity-five years), Hamilton became envoy-extraordinary in Naples from where he collected widely and developed a great interest in volcanoes. Late in life he married Emma Hamilton, who later began an affair with Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 63181] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)