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Mr Robert Barker,
Mr Robert Barker, Inventor and Proprietor of the Panorama.
G. Ralph pinx.t. J. Singleton Sculp.t.
Published Oct.r 1,,st 1802, by W.m Richardson, York House, Strand.
Rare Stipple. Sheet 170 x 130mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed at sides.
Half-length portrait of Robert Barker (1739-1806), who coined the word 'panorama' in 1792 for his method of painting 360º views on a cylindrical surface. The following year he opened the world's first purpose-built panorama building, in Leicester Square. One of his most successful panoramas, showing London from the roof of Albion Mills, drawn by his son Henry Aston Barker, was published on six sheets in 1792.
[Ref: 57194]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The East Bastion, Singhur.
The East Bastion, Singhur.
From a sketch by Sir Keith Jackson, Bar.t. Amelia Jackson lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 160 x 250mm (6¼ x 9¾"), with wide margins. Some light foxing and a small tear in margins.
A view of defences on steep cliffs, sketched by Sir Keith Alexander (1798-1843) of the 4th Light Dragoons and lithographed by his wife Amelia. Alexander died in Kabul in 1843.
[Ref: 52300]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Mackay.
Mr. Mackay. In the Character of Bailie Nicol Jarvie.
J. Keith Sc. Abdn.
Pubd. July 1819 by A. Keith, Aberdeen.
Etching with aquatint, 255 x 163mm, paper watermarked 1817. Creasing.
Rare portrait of Charles Mackay (1787 - 1857), Scottish actor.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7810]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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