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Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. D.C.L. Corr. Mem. Inst. France, F.R.S. Hydrographer to the Navy from 1829 to 1855. From the original Portrait presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Subscribers to the Beaufort Testimonial.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Compy. March 17th. 1857; Printsellers to the Queen__6 Pall Mall.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 40 x 415mm (21¼ x 16½"). Thread margin on left.
Francis Beaufort (1774-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort wind scale. Early in his career at sea Beaufort's gallant record and scientific talents made him well known throughout the navy. In 1817 he published a record of his survey and exploration of the southern Turkish coast (then little known to Europeans). In 1829, at the age of 55, Beaufort became the Hydrographer of the British Admiralty, remaining so for 26 years, charting the seas to make them safe for the increasing amount of British and foreign shipping. Beaufort converted a minor chart repository into the finest surveying and charting institution in the world. Some of his excellent charts are still used, 200 years after he created them.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd;
[Ref: 57021] £480.00
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Compy. March 17th. 1857; Printsellers to the Queen__6 Pall Mall.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 40 x 415mm (21¼ x 16½"). Thread margin on left.
Francis Beaufort (1774-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort wind scale. Early in his career at sea Beaufort's gallant record and scientific talents made him well known throughout the navy. In 1817 he published a record of his survey and exploration of the southern Turkish coast (then little known to Europeans). In 1829, at the age of 55, Beaufort became the Hydrographer of the British Admiralty, remaining so for 26 years, charting the seas to make them safe for the increasing amount of British and foreign shipping. Beaufort converted a minor chart repository into the finest surveying and charting institution in the world. Some of his excellent charts are still used, 200 years after he created them.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd;
[Ref: 57021] £480.00
Arthur Sawyer Brook, Esq.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Cha.s Mottram. Printed by Holdgate.
Published December 1st 1870, by the Proprietor, T.W. Green, 36 Union Grove, Clapham, Surrey _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, scarce. 580 x 450mm (22¾ x 17¾"). Cut to platemark.
Arthur Sawyer Brook (1820 or 21-1890), known as the 'Squire of Bexhill', master of the Bexhill Harriers, shown mounted with his foxhounds, the Sussex coast behind.
[Ref: 32416] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Cha.s Mottram. Printed by Holdgate.
Published December 1st 1870, by the Proprietor, T.W. Green, 36 Union Grove, Clapham, Surrey _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, scarce. 580 x 450mm (22¾ x 17¾"). Cut to platemark.
Arthur Sawyer Brook (1820 or 21-1890), known as the 'Squire of Bexhill', master of the Bexhill Harriers, shown mounted with his foxhounds, the Sussex coast behind.
[Ref: 32416] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Herbert Mascall Curteis, Esq.r. Master of the East Sussex Fox Hounds.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Charles Mottram.
London, Published April 1st 1866 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Very rare coloured mixed-method engraving; 580 x 730mm (23 x 28½"). Right top corner margin missing. Nicks to edges. Bit time-stained.
Herbert Mascall Curteis (1823-95) was born in Florence and died in Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham (probably the castellated house in the background). He is shown here on horseback, with three foxhounds in attendence. He was also a cricketer, playing for Oxford University (1841-2), Sussex (1846-1860), Marylebone Cricket Club (1855 and England (1850).
[Ref: 60425] £450.00
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Charles Mottram.
London, Published April 1st 1866 by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Very rare coloured mixed-method engraving; 580 x 730mm (23 x 28½"). Right top corner margin missing. Nicks to edges. Bit time-stained.
Herbert Mascall Curteis (1823-95) was born in Florence and died in Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham (probably the castellated house in the background). He is shown here on horseback, with three foxhounds in attendence. He was also a cricketer, playing for Oxford University (1841-2), Sussex (1846-1860), Marylebone Cricket Club (1855 and England (1850).
[Ref: 60425] £450.00
![[Rear Admiral Sir Richard Grant] - , autographed in pencil 'Ever yours sincerely R Grant July 16 1855'.](jpegs/11153.jpg)
[Rear Admiral Sir Richard Grant] - , autographed in pencil 'Ever yours sincerely R Grant July 16 1855'.
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott. Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Proof mezzotint 525 x 380mm. 21½ x 15". Trimmed to plate minor foxing and stains.
Grant, Richard, Sir, Rear-Adm, 1783-1859.
[Ref: 11153] £320.00
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott. Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Proof mezzotint 525 x 380mm. 21½ x 15". Trimmed to plate minor foxing and stains.
Grant, Richard, Sir, Rear-Adm, 1783-1859.
[Ref: 11153] £320.00
![[Rear Admiral Sir Richard Grant.]](jpegs/45817.jpg)
[Rear Admiral Sir Richard Grant.]
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, signed in pencil by artist and engraver. 525 x 380mm (21½ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, foxing.
Sir Richard Grant (1783-1859), Rear-Admiral.
[Ref: 45817] £320.00
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, signed in pencil by artist and engraver. 525 x 380mm (21½ x 15"). Trimmed to plate, foxing.
Sir Richard Grant (1783-1859), Rear-Admiral.
[Ref: 45817] £320.00
![[Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford.]](jpegs/12327.jpg)
[Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford.]
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published Dec.r 18.th 1863, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen_ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 550 x 420mm. 21½ x 16½". Limited to 100 proofs. Slight paper discoloration.
Very scarce portrait of Francis Russell seated, reading at his desk. Russell (1788-1861) was an MP for Peterborough, then Bedfordshire, and from 1833 served in the House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham.
[Ref: 12327] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published Dec.r 18.th 1863, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen_ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 550 x 420mm. 21½ x 16½". Limited to 100 proofs. Slight paper discoloration.
Very scarce portrait of Francis Russell seated, reading at his desk. Russell (1788-1861) was an MP for Peterborough, then Bedfordshire, and from 1833 served in the House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham.
[Ref: 12327] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Freeman Thomas Esquire, on his Favorite Horse 'The Rover'. This Engraving is respectfully dedicated tot he Members of the South Down Hunt, by their obedient Servants, Mess.rs Fores.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott.
London; Published July 1st, 1858, by Mess.rs Foresl 41 Piccadilly.
Mixed-method engraving, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 650mm, 21¼ x 25½". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait, astride his hunter with a hound looking up, pictured on top of the Downs, with the sea far right. The South Down Hunt frequented the area just north of Brighton and Lewes in Sussex.
[Ref: 24867] £360.00
Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott.
London; Published July 1st, 1858, by Mess.rs Foresl 41 Piccadilly.
Mixed-method engraving, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 650mm, 21¼ x 25½". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait, astride his hunter with a hound looking up, pictured on top of the Downs, with the sea far right. The South Down Hunt frequented the area just north of Brighton and Lewes in Sussex.
[Ref: 24867] £360.00
![[Sir Erasmus Wilson].](jpegs/4595.jpg)
[Sir Erasmus Wilson].
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Alexander Scott]. Signed in pencil.
[n.d. c.1873].
Mezzotint, proof before letters on india paper. Printsellers' Association stamp lower left corner.. 340 x 430mm. Trimmed to just outside india paper.
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) was an English surgeon and dermatologist, knighted by Queen Victoria in 1881 (as alluded to by the sceptre in the foreground). Here stood at a lecern surrounded by specimens with a list of treatments hung on the wall beside him ('17. Trichopathie; 18. Steatopathie' etc).
W: 3207. For lettered impression see ref. 24484
[Ref: 4595] £320.00
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Alexander Scott]. Signed in pencil.
[n.d. c.1873].
Mezzotint, proof before letters on india paper. Printsellers' Association stamp lower left corner.. 340 x 430mm. Trimmed to just outside india paper.
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) was an English surgeon and dermatologist, knighted by Queen Victoria in 1881 (as alluded to by the sceptre in the foreground). Here stood at a lecern surrounded by specimens with a list of treatments hung on the wall beside him ('17. Trichopathie; 18. Steatopathie' etc).
W: 3207. For lettered impression see ref. 24484
[Ref: 4595] £320.00
![Erasmus Wilson [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/24484.jpg)
Erasmus Wilson [facsimile signature.]
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Alexander Scott.
London, Published April 2nd. 1873, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint proof before title on india, printseller's association stamp. Plate 545 x 419mm. 21½ x 16½".
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) was an English surgeon and dermatologist, knighted by Queen Victoria in 1881 (as alluded to by the sceptre in the foreground). Here stood at a lecern surrounded by specimens with a list of treatments hung on the wall beside him ('17. Trichopathie; 18. Steatopathie' etc).
PSA: AP.50. BLI.25. NPG: D8459; for proof impression see ref. 4595
[Ref: 24484] £420.00
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by Alexander Scott.
London, Published April 2nd. 1873, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall _ Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint proof before title on india, printseller's association stamp. Plate 545 x 419mm. 21½ x 16½".
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) was an English surgeon and dermatologist, knighted by Queen Victoria in 1881 (as alluded to by the sceptre in the foreground). Here stood at a lecern surrounded by specimens with a list of treatments hung on the wall beside him ('17. Trichopathie; 18. Steatopathie' etc).
PSA: AP.50. BLI.25. NPG: D8459; for proof impression see ref. 4595
[Ref: 24484] £420.00