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![The Gairloch [in pencil].](jpegs/56194.jpg)
The Gairloch [in pencil].
Colin Hunter [signed in pencil]. F. Goulding sculp [in pencil].
[n.d. c. 1920s.]
Rare etching with drypoint. 330 x 600mm (13 x 23½"). Large margins. Faint mount burn.
Etched landscape of fishing boats on Gairloch, in the Scottish Highlands.
[Ref: 56194] £350.00
Colin Hunter [signed in pencil]. F. Goulding sculp [in pencil].
[n.d. c. 1920s.]
Rare etching with drypoint. 330 x 600mm (13 x 23½"). Large margins. Faint mount burn.
Etched landscape of fishing boats on Gairloch, in the Scottish Highlands.
[Ref: 56194] £350.00
![[Gairloch on the Clyde.]](jpegs/11884.jpg)
[Gairloch on the Clyde.] To Mr Edward Harris with kind regards, Colin Hunter.
[n.d., c.1890.]
Etching, presentation proof, signed by the artist. 330 x 605mm, 13 x 24".
Colin Hunter ARA (1841-1904). Salmon fishing from a boat.
[Ref: 11884] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1890.]
Etching, presentation proof, signed by the artist. 330 x 605mm, 13 x 24".
Colin Hunter ARA (1841-1904). Salmon fishing from a boat.
[Ref: 11884] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Waterloo Cup. 1880. Honeywood, Winner of the Waterloo Cup Value of the Stakes, £500. The Property Of Lord Haddington, By Cavalier Out Of Hummingbird. [To right:] Plunger. Runner up for the Waterloo Cup Value of the Stakes, £200. The Property Of T. Hinks Esqre. By Backwoodsman Out Of Gretna.
Painted and Engraved by Hunt & Son.
London. Published, by George Rees, March 27th. 1880, Savoy House, 115 & 116, Strand.
Coloured aquatint with etching. 430 x 530mm (17 x 20¾"). Some spotting, staining.
An impressive image of two greyhounds, in fine colour. The Waterloo Cup was the biggest annual hare coursing event in the United Kingdom and was often referred to by its supporters as the blue riband event of the coursing year. Run as a knock-out tournament between sixty four coursing greyhounds from Great Britain and Ireland, the three day event was run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, from 1836 to 2005 and used to attract tens of thousands of spectators to watch and gamble on the coursing matches.
[Ref: 9485] £490.00
Painted and Engraved by Hunt & Son.
London. Published, by George Rees, March 27th. 1880, Savoy House, 115 & 116, Strand.
Coloured aquatint with etching. 430 x 530mm (17 x 20¾"). Some spotting, staining.
An impressive image of two greyhounds, in fine colour. The Waterloo Cup was the biggest annual hare coursing event in the United Kingdom and was often referred to by its supporters as the blue riband event of the coursing year. Run as a knock-out tournament between sixty four coursing greyhounds from Great Britain and Ireland, the three day event was run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, from 1836 to 2005 and used to attract tens of thousands of spectators to watch and gamble on the coursing matches.
[Ref: 9485] £490.00
![[Portraits Of Winning Horses a Series of Portraits of the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, From the Year 1842 to 1849. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by Charles Hunt Esqr.].](jpegs/3387.jpg)
[Portraits Of Winning Horses a Series of Portraits of the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, From the Year 1842 to 1849. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by Charles Hunt Esqr.].
C. Hunt del.
Pub. By Rock & Co. London 24 June 1849.
14 of 24 coloured aquatint engravings of race horses on 7 leaves in fine contemporary full red morocco gilt, illustrated with horse vignettes in gilt front and back covers and gilt edging 217 x 140mm. Each image 95 x 67mm. 2 blank leaves. Title page missing. Binding generally rubbed, extremities worn. Foxing and staining to plates.
There would have originally been 24 plates (depicting the winners of the 3 races over 8 years) in the volume published by Rock Brothers & Payne in 1849, though Siltzer and Lane record only 22.
Siltzer p.166. Lane II p.37. Hickman: p.472-4.
[Ref: 3387] £2,600.00 view all images for this item
C. Hunt del.
Pub. By Rock & Co. London 24 June 1849.
14 of 24 coloured aquatint engravings of race horses on 7 leaves in fine contemporary full red morocco gilt, illustrated with horse vignettes in gilt front and back covers and gilt edging 217 x 140mm. Each image 95 x 67mm. 2 blank leaves. Title page missing. Binding generally rubbed, extremities worn. Foxing and staining to plates.
There would have originally been 24 plates (depicting the winners of the 3 races over 8 years) in the volume published by Rock Brothers & Payne in 1849, though Siltzer and Lane record only 22.
Siltzer p.166. Lane II p.37. Hickman: p.472-4.
[Ref: 3387] £2,600.00 view all images for this item
Kingcraft, Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom, 1870._Value of the Stakes £7,250. The Property of Lord Falmouth,_Sire, King Tom,_Dam, Woodcraft,_Trainer, M.Dawson,_Jockey, T. French.
Painted by Hunt, Sen.r Engraved by Hunt and Son.
Published by Geo: Rees, 43, Russell St. Covent Garden, July 8.th 1870.
Coloured aquatint. 477 x 577mm. 18¾ x 22¾". Few repaired tears and stain bottom right.
Kingcraft, foaled in 1867 to King Tom and Woodcraft. He won ten races overall, including Ham Produce Stakes, Goodwood, Buckenham (Post Produce) Stakes, Triennial Stakes, Newmarket, Derby Stakes, Great Lancashire Handicap, Liverpool, Second in St Leger Stakes and Third Two Thousand Guineas Stakes.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. See Ref: 23073
[Ref: 23072] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Hunt, Sen.r Engraved by Hunt and Son.
Published by Geo: Rees, 43, Russell St. Covent Garden, July 8.th 1870.
Coloured aquatint. 477 x 577mm. 18¾ x 22¾". Few repaired tears and stain bottom right.
Kingcraft, foaled in 1867 to King Tom and Woodcraft. He won ten races overall, including Ham Produce Stakes, Goodwood, Buckenham (Post Produce) Stakes, Triennial Stakes, Newmarket, Derby Stakes, Great Lancashire Handicap, Liverpool, Second in St Leger Stakes and Third Two Thousand Guineas Stakes.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. See Ref: 23073
[Ref: 23072] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Manager and Sea Pilot. Dividers of the Kempton Park Great Chamption Stakers, 1884. Value 1400. Manager is by Misterton, out of Devotion, the Property of Mr Miller. _ Sea Pilot is by Hadde, out of Sea Beauty, the Property of Mr T. Stone.
Painted & Engraved by Edwin Henry Hunt.
London, Published March 1884 by George Rees, 115 Strand.
Aquatint and etching, printed in colour and hand finished. 430 x 540mm (16¾ x 21¼), very large margins. In contemporary French frame. Paper lightly toned, single small wormhole on front dog's back. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a pair of greyhound coursing champions in a landscape.
Not listed in Hickman.
[Ref: 44273] £320.00
Painted & Engraved by Edwin Henry Hunt.
London, Published March 1884 by George Rees, 115 Strand.
Aquatint and etching, printed in colour and hand finished. 430 x 540mm (16¾ x 21¼), very large margins. In contemporary French frame. Paper lightly toned, single small wormhole on front dog's back. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a pair of greyhound coursing champions in a landscape.
Not listed in Hickman.
[Ref: 44273] £320.00
The Rev.d Mr. John Mears A.M.
R. Hunter pinx.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Rare. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
A portrait of John Mears (1695-1767), presbyterian minister at Newtownards, minister at Clommel, and at Mary's Abbey and Wood-street in Dublin.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37693] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
R. Hunter pinx.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Rare. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
A portrait of John Mears (1695-1767), presbyterian minister at Newtownards, minister at Clommel, and at Mary's Abbey and Wood-street in Dublin.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37693] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Engagement between the Crew of the Waaksamheyd Transport, & the Natives of an Island near Mindanao.
Cap.t Hunter R.N. inv.t. Greig Sculp.t
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1 Dec. 1801.
Aquatint with explanatory text. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
As written on the text sheet "a quarrel that took place between the natives of an island situated off the south point of Mindanao, and the crew of the Waaksamkeyd transport, on board of which were embarked the officers and company of his Majesty's late ship Sirius. The vessel wore Dutch colours, because the natives were known to be in the interest of the Dutch, as appeared by the Rajah's boat wearing the flag of that nation". This engraving was published in the 'Naval Chronicle'. Gold was the founder and publisher.
NMM: PAD5423.
[Ref: 23316] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Cap.t Hunter R.N. inv.t. Greig Sculp.t
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1 Dec. 1801.
Aquatint with explanatory text. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
As written on the text sheet "a quarrel that took place between the natives of an island situated off the south point of Mindanao, and the crew of the Waaksamkeyd transport, on board of which were embarked the officers and company of his Majesty's late ship Sirius. The vessel wore Dutch colours, because the natives were known to be in the interest of the Dutch, as appeared by the Rajah's boat wearing the flag of that nation". This engraving was published in the 'Naval Chronicle'. Gold was the founder and publisher.
NMM: PAD5423.
[Ref: 23316] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
New way to pay old debts.
M.E. Esq.r del. G. Hunt sculp.
Pub.d by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 195 x 200mm (7¾ x 8''), with very large margins.
A comic scene in which a man is greeted in the street by a doctor who requests payment for looking after the man's wife to which the man replies with a humourous retort.
Hickman: p.46
[Ref: 48551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
M.E. Esq.r del. G. Hunt sculp.
Pub.d by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 195 x 200mm (7¾ x 8''), with very large margins.
A comic scene in which a man is greeted in the street by a doctor who requests payment for looking after the man's wife to which the man replies with a humourous retort.
Hickman: p.46
[Ref: 48551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Hunter's Ottawa Scenery, in the vicinity of Ottowa City, Canada.
Lithographed by J.H. Burford Boston. [Plates drawn on Winslow Homer and John Perry Newell after drawings by William Stuart Hunter.]
Published by W.m S. Hunter Jr. Ottowa City Canada West, 1855. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by W.S. Hunter Jr. in the Clerks office of the district court of Mass.
Book. First edition. 14 lithograph plates, with folding map. Small folio, cloth binding, 260 x 345mm (10¼ x 13½"). Front board loose. Paper toning and foxing. Boards rubbed.
A series of fourteen plates depicting views around Ottawa with explanatory text and a folding map of the are. The plates include views of Rideau Falls, Views from Barrack Hill, Chaudiere Falls etc. Some plates such as 'View of Locks' drawn on stone by well-known American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), his work in this series was his earliest illustration work.
[Ref: 42430] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
Lithographed by J.H. Burford Boston. [Plates drawn on Winslow Homer and John Perry Newell after drawings by William Stuart Hunter.]
Published by W.m S. Hunter Jr. Ottowa City Canada West, 1855. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by W.S. Hunter Jr. in the Clerks office of the district court of Mass.
Book. First edition. 14 lithograph plates, with folding map. Small folio, cloth binding, 260 x 345mm (10¼ x 13½"). Front board loose. Paper toning and foxing. Boards rubbed.
A series of fourteen plates depicting views around Ottawa with explanatory text and a folding map of the are. The plates include views of Rideau Falls, Views from Barrack Hill, Chaudiere Falls etc. Some plates such as 'View of Locks' drawn on stone by well-known American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), his work in this series was his earliest illustration work.
[Ref: 42430] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
Engagement between the Crew of the Waaksamheyd Transport, & the Natives of an Island near Mindanao.
Cap.t Hunter R.N. inv.t. Greig sculp.t.
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1 Dec. 1801.
Aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾''). Trimmed.
A view near Mindanao near the Philippines in which a Dutch ship is attacked by local inhabitants.
[Ref: 49939] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cap.t Hunter R.N. inv.t. Greig sculp.t.
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1 Dec. 1801.
Aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾''). Trimmed.
A view near Mindanao near the Philippines in which a Dutch ship is attacked by local inhabitants.
[Ref: 49939] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[22 race horse portraits].](jpegs/3388.jpg)
[22 race horse portraits]. i. Attila, Winner of the Derby, 1842. by Celwick. Ridden by Scott ii. Our Nell, Winner of the Oaks, 1842. by Bran. Ridden by T. Lye. iii. Blue Bonnett, Winner of the St. Leger, 1842. by Touchstone. Ridden by T. Lye. iv. Cotherstone, Winner of the Derby, 1843. By Touchstone. Ridden by Scott. v. Poison, Winner of the Oaks, 1843 [trimmed through title]. vi. Nutwith, Winner of the Leger, 1843. By Tomboy. Ridden by J. Marson. vii. Orlando, declared the Winner of the Derby, 1844. by Touchstone. Ridden by Nat. Running Rein Being 4 Year Old. viii. The Princess, Winner of the Oaks, 1844. by Slane. Ridden by F. Butler. ix. Faugh a ballagh, Winner of the St. Leger, 1844. by Sir Hercules. Ridden by H. Bell x. Merry Monarch, Winner of the Derby, 1845 By Slane. Ridden by F. Bell xi. Refraction, Winner of the Oaks, 1845. by Glaucus. Ridden by H. Bell. xii. Baron, Winner of the Leger, 1845. By Irish Birdcatch. Ridden by F. Butler. xiii. Pyrrhus the First Winner of the Derby 1846. By Epirus. Ridden by S. Day. xiv. Mendicant, Winner of the Oaks, 1846. by Touchstone. Ridden by S. Day. xv. Cossack, Winner of the Derby, 1847. By H. Platoff. Ridden by Templeman. xvi. Von Tromp, Winner of the Leger, 1847. By Lanercost. Ridden by J. Marson. xvii. Surplice, Winner of the Derby 1848. By Touchstone. Ridden by Templeman. xviii. Cymba, Winner of the Oaks, 1848. by Melbourn. Ridden by Templeman. xix. Surplice, Winner of the Leger, 1848. Beating Canezou. Ridden by Flatman. xx. Sister to Arkwright, Winner of the Oaks, 1849 [trimmed through title]. [Nos. xxi and xxii trimmed to image below and left. They are 'Sir Tatton Sykes' winner of the St Leger in 1846 and 'Miami' winner of the Oaks in 1847].
C. Hunt del.
Pub. By Rock & Co. London 24 June 1849.
22 coloured aquatint engravings. Each image c.95 x 67mm (3¾ x 2½"). Light foxing.
22 plates from 'Portraits of Winning Horses, a Series of Portraits of the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, From the Year 1842 to 1849. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by Charles Hunt Esqr'. The volume, depicting the winners of the 3 great races over 8 years, was published by Rock Brothers & Payne in 1849. Although the series calls for 24 plates both Siltzer and Lane record only 22 plates, as here: therefore it is probable that only 22 plates were published.
Siltzer p.166. Lane II p.37; Hickman: p.472.
[Ref: 3388] £3,600.00
C. Hunt del.
Pub. By Rock & Co. London 24 June 1849.
22 coloured aquatint engravings. Each image c.95 x 67mm (3¾ x 2½"). Light foxing.
22 plates from 'Portraits of Winning Horses, a Series of Portraits of the Winners of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, From the Year 1842 to 1849. Drawn from Nature and Engraved by Charles Hunt Esqr'. The volume, depicting the winners of the 3 great races over 8 years, was published by Rock Brothers & Payne in 1849. Although the series calls for 24 plates both Siltzer and Lane record only 22 plates, as here: therefore it is probable that only 22 plates were published.
Siltzer p.166. Lane II p.37; Hickman: p.472.
[Ref: 3388] £3,600.00
The Wager.
G.E. Inv.t.
Pub.d Jan.y. 1st. 1830, by S. Gans. 15 Southampton Street Strand, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Trimmed.
A comic scene in which a chimney sweep successfully carries another man up a ladder in his bucket, another sweep cheers from a chimney pot and two figures watch from a window below.
[Ref: 43970] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
G.E. Inv.t.
Pub.d Jan.y. 1st. 1830, by S. Gans. 15 Southampton Street Strand, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Trimmed.
A comic scene in which a chimney sweep successfully carries another man up a ladder in his bucket, another sweep cheers from a chimney pot and two figures watch from a window below.
[Ref: 43970] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Waterloo Cup. 1880. Honeywood, Winner of the Waterloo Cup, Value of the Stakes, £500. The Property of Lord Haddington, by Cavalier out of Hummingbird. Plunger, Runner up for the Waterloo Cup, Value of the Stakes, £200. The Property of T. Hinks Esq.re by Backwoodsman out of Gretna.
Painted & Engraved by Hunt and Son.
London, Published by George Rees, March 27th 1880, Savoy House, 115 & 116 Strand.
Aquatint and etching, printed in colour and hand finished. 430 x 540mm (16¾ x 21¼), very large margins. In contemporary French frame, no glass. Some spotting.
Portrait of a pair of greyhound coursing champions in a landscape with windmill.
Hickman: p.70
[Ref: 44274] £320.00
Painted & Engraved by Hunt and Son.
London, Published by George Rees, March 27th 1880, Savoy House, 115 & 116 Strand.
Aquatint and etching, printed in colour and hand finished. 430 x 540mm (16¾ x 21¼), very large margins. In contemporary French frame, no glass. Some spotting.
Portrait of a pair of greyhound coursing champions in a landscape with windmill.
Hickman: p.70
[Ref: 44274] £320.00
The Rev.d John Wesley, M.A., Preaching on his Father's Tomb-stone in Epworth Church-yard. Proof.
Painted by Alfred Hunt. Engraved by J.B. Hunt. Printed by J. Brooker.
London, William Tegg, 85, Queen Street, Cheapside. _ Darlington, Robert Swales, 8, High Row [n.d., c.1855].
Rare mixed-method engraving, proof printed on chine collé. 520 x 610mm (20½ x 24"), with large margins. Creases in india.
A young John Wesley preaching outside a church.
[Ref: 59284] £380.00
Painted by Alfred Hunt. Engraved by J.B. Hunt. Printed by J. Brooker.
London, William Tegg, 85, Queen Street, Cheapside. _ Darlington, Robert Swales, 8, High Row [n.d., c.1855].
Rare mixed-method engraving, proof printed on chine collé. 520 x 610mm (20½ x 24"), with large margins. Creases in india.
A young John Wesley preaching outside a church.
[Ref: 59284] £380.00