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Lord Anson.
Lord Anson. The renowned George Lord Anson, one of our most enterprizing and successful circumnavigators, and heroick British admirals, was the son of William Anson, Esq. of Huckborough, in Staffordshire...It has been pleasantly remarked of this great man, who was not unfrequently duped at play, that "he had been round world, but never in it".
From Houbraken. Rothwell sculp.
Published by Harrison & Co. April 1. 1795.
Engraving and letterpress. Plate of image 63 x 58mm (2½ x 2¼"); printed area 185 x 89mm (7¼ x 3½").
George Anson (1697-1762), admiral and naval reformer. From 1740 to 1744 he sailed around the world attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing the Manila galleon with a treasure of half a million pounds. He was twice Lord of the Admiralty from 1751-6 and again from 1757-62.
NPG: D38589.
[Ref: 28928]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Netherlands. Carolina, Prinsesse van Oranje.]
[Netherlands. Carolina, Prinsesse van Oranje.]
[Jacob Houbraken.]
[Jacobus Haffman. n.d, c.1754.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8¾").
A portrait of Princess Carolina of Nassau-Weilburg (1743 - 1787), sister of William V, as a young princess. Half-length in frontal view, seated on a chair and holding a flower and a fan. In an oval with an allegorical scene below and roses in the lower corners. Proof before letters. From a series of 21 engravings entitled 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family', published in 1754.
[Ref: 35623]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[James Douglas, Duke of Morton] No 2 [scratched letters].
[James Douglas, Duke of Morton] No 2 [scratched letters].
[Engraved by George Vertue? after Jacob Houbraken.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, proof before title. 100 x 105mm (4 x 4¼"). Sitter identified in pencil.
James Douglas (c. 1516-81), 4th Earl of Morton, last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of James VI.
[Ref: 52556]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Francis Drake.
Sir Francis Drake. This early and distinguished circumnavigator, one of the most celebrated heroes who flourished in the brilliant reign of Queen Elizabeth, was born in the year 1545, near the town of Tavistock, in the county of Devon...After rendering to his country the most eminent service as well by his bravery as by his skill; and while still busily engaged in promoting it's welfare, he died in the West Indies, on board his own ship. about the beginning of 1596, being in his fifty-first year.
From Houbraken. Rothwell Sculpt.
Printed by Harrison & Co. Oct.r 1.1794.
Engraving and letterpress. Plate of image 70 x 64mm (2¾ x 2½"); printed area 190 x 89mm (7½ x 3½"). Repaired worm hole.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada.
[Ref: 28930]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Haasje Klaas Dogter, int Paradys; Stigteresje van't Burger Weeshuys.]
[Haasje Klaas Dogter, int Paradys; Stigteresje van't Burger Weeshuys.]
[by Jacob Houbraken.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Haesje Claes (1475-before 1544), said to be the founder of the Burgerweeshuis, the civic orphanage of Amsterdam.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59783]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Walter Rawleigh.
Sir Walter Rawleigh. Rawleigh, alike eminent in the field, and in the closet, presents a life the most fertile of incidents, of all our illustrious men. He was descended from an ancient family in Devonshire; and, while at Oxford, displayed uncommon talents, and a passion for academical studies; but the activity of his temper led him to more enterprizing schemes of life...This illustrious man was, at once, a scholar, a statesman, a navigator, and a soldier. We know not in which to admire him most-such was the felicity and rarity of his genius!
From Houbraken. Audinot sc.
Pub.d Harrison & Co. April 1.1794.
Engraving. Plate of image 64 x 58mm (2½ x 2¼"). Printed area 190 x 89mm (7½ x 3½"). Cut.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, 1552? - 1618), famed naval commander, explorer and author.
[Ref: 28931]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dr Nicolase Tulp, Burgemeester en raad der staad Amsterdam.]
[Dr Nicolase Tulp, Burgemeester en raad der staad Amsterdam.]
[Engraved by Jacob Houbraken after Hendrik Pothoven.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Nicolaes Tulp (1593-1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Pothoven drew this portrait from Rembrandt's painting 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59784]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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