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The Sea Boy.
The Sea Boy. "Poor child of danger, nursling of the storm, Sad are the woes that wreck, they youthful form! Rocks, winds, and waves, thy shatter'd bark delay; They heart is sad, thy home is far away." Pleasures of Hope.
W. Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Robert Bell Sculpt.
Printed by A Mc Gashon. [n.d. c.1825.]
A rare engraving. 292 x 197mm. 11½ x 7¾".
A young boy hanging to the rigging of a ship. A poem written below.
[Ref: 15583]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Breed of the Zetland and Orkey Breed.
Breed of the Zetland and Orkey Breed. Ram, 3 Years old, of the Ancient Breed, from the Isle of Enhallow. _ Ewe, 3 Years old, from the Island of Rousay, bred by William Traill, Esq.r of Woodwick. _ The lamb a cross with the pure Cheviot.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image small hole top left.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy, here even noting the breeder.
[Ref: 23357]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Soft-Woolled Sheep of Wales.
Soft-Woolled Sheep of Wales. Ewe, of the soft-woolled breed, from the slaty mountains of South Wales. _ Old Radnor Ewe and Lamb.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼".
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy.
[Ref: 23351]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The South Down Breed.
The South Down Breed. Ewe and Lamb, bred by Thomas Ellison, Esq.r, Beddington, from a Ewe bred by the late Mr Ellman, of Glynde. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland, 45, St John's Square.
Published June, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 260 x 310mm, 10¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy, here even noting the breeder. The Southdown breed was originally bred by John Ellman of Glynde, near Lewes, East Sussex about 200 years ago.
[Ref: 23353]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Breed of the Wicklow Mountains.
Breed of the Wicklow Mountains. Ewe, 3 Years old, from the higher range of the heathy mountains. Ram, 3 Years old, from the Vale of Glenmalure.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy.
[Ref: 23355]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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