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[William H.W. Betty Engraved by S.W.Reynolds from a drawing in the possession of Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire to whom this plate is with permission respectfully inscribed by Her Grace's most humble servants S.W.Reynolds & J.s Ramsay.]
[Drawn by J.s Ramsay Sheffield Sept 1804 and published in London Feb.y 1805 by S.W.Reynolds 47 Poland Street, R.Ramsay Duke Street, Strand and sold by Ramsay Sheffield.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins reinforced on verso, creasing.
William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), a child actor billed as the 'Young Roscius' for his performances in adult roles like Hamlet and Romeo, 1804-6, at Covent Garden. After leaving the stage in 1808 to study at Christ's College, Cambridge, his attempts to return to the stage as an adult all failed. This plate is unusual in that the entire surface is mezzotinted. The published state also had 'The Young Roscius' written in the lower image.
Whitman: 26, state i of ii.
[Ref: 51180] £360.00
[Drawn by J.s Ramsay Sheffield Sept 1804 and published in London Feb.y 1805 by S.W.Reynolds 47 Poland Street, R.Ramsay Duke Street, Strand and sold by Ramsay Sheffield.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins reinforced on verso, creasing.
William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), a child actor billed as the 'Young Roscius' for his performances in adult roles like Hamlet and Romeo, 1804-6, at Covent Garden. After leaving the stage in 1808 to study at Christ's College, Cambridge, his attempts to return to the stage as an adult all failed. This plate is unusual in that the entire surface is mezzotinted. The published state also had 'The Young Roscius' written in the lower image.
Whitman: 26, state i of ii.
[Ref: 51180] £360.00
![[Thomas Bewick.]](jpegs/7377.jpg)
[Thomas Bewick.]
[Painted by James Ramsay.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, proof before all letters on india paper. India 270 x 180mm. Small holes in india where glued to backing sheet top right and lower left. Pin-sized hole to right of Bewick's head. Two rust spots on image.
Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828), wood-engraver. Taken from the 1823 portrait by James Ramsay.
NP: 319.
[Ref: 7377] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by James Ramsay.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, proof before all letters on india paper. India 270 x 180mm. Small holes in india where glued to backing sheet top right and lower left. Pin-sized hole to right of Bewick's head. Two rust spots on image.
Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828), wood-engraver. Taken from the 1823 portrait by James Ramsay.
NP: 319.
[Ref: 7377] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Bewick. Engraver on Wood.
Ja.s Ramsay Pinx.t Henry Hoppner Meyer, Sculp.t
Edwin Pearson Excudit. [n.d., c.1840.]
Stipple. 279 x 215mm. 11 x 8½".
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), wood-engraver. At the age of fourteen Bewick was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle. He devoted himself to engraving on wood, and is credited with reviving this art and establishing it as a major form of printmaking. Bewick developed the technique of cutting a design into hardwood cut across, rather than with, the grain, using a sharp tool called a bruin. In 1775, he received a payment from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for a wood engraving of the Huntsman and the Old Hound. Bewick's most important works are illustrations for books such as A General History of Quadrupeds (1790) and A History of British Birds (1797 and 1804).
[Ref: 18949] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Ramsay Pinx.t Henry Hoppner Meyer, Sculp.t
Edwin Pearson Excudit. [n.d., c.1840.]
Stipple. 279 x 215mm. 11 x 8½".
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), wood-engraver. At the age of fourteen Bewick was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle. He devoted himself to engraving on wood, and is credited with reviving this art and establishing it as a major form of printmaking. Bewick developed the technique of cutting a design into hardwood cut across, rather than with, the grain, using a sharp tool called a bruin. In 1775, he received a payment from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for a wood engraving of the Huntsman and the Old Hound. Bewick's most important works are illustrations for books such as A General History of Quadrupeds (1790) and A History of British Birds (1797 and 1804).
[Ref: 18949] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![Thomas Bewick [facsimile siganture.]](jpegs/29928.jpg)
Thomas Bewick [facsimile siganture.]
[Frederick Bacon, after James Ramsay.]
R. Turner [stamped.] [n.d. c.1852.]
Engraving on india with small margins, scarce, printseller's association stamp, publisher's blindstamp of R. Turner Newcastle. Limited edition 150 Autograph proofs on india paper; Plate 405 x 305mm (16 x 12").
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the British wood-engraver. He is credited with reviving this art and establishing it as a major form of printmaking. He developed the technique of cutting a design into hardwood cut across, rather than with, the grain, using a sharp tool called a bruin. In 1775, he received a payment from the Royal Society for the Encouragment of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for a wood engraving of the 'Huntsman and the Old Hound'. Bewick's most important works are illustrations for books such as 'A General History of Quadrupeds' (1790) and 'A History of British Birds' (1797).
NPG: D31747.
[Ref: 29928] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Frederick Bacon, after James Ramsay.]
R. Turner [stamped.] [n.d. c.1852.]
Engraving on india with small margins, scarce, printseller's association stamp, publisher's blindstamp of R. Turner Newcastle. Limited edition 150 Autograph proofs on india paper; Plate 405 x 305mm (16 x 12").
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the British wood-engraver. He is credited with reviving this art and establishing it as a major form of printmaking. He developed the technique of cutting a design into hardwood cut across, rather than with, the grain, using a sharp tool called a bruin. In 1775, he received a payment from the Royal Society for the Encouragment of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for a wood engraving of the 'Huntsman and the Old Hound'. Bewick's most important works are illustrations for books such as 'A General History of Quadrupeds' (1790) and 'A History of British Birds' (1797).
NPG: D31747.
[Ref: 29928] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t. Hon.ble Henry Grattan, M.P. This Print is with permission Dedicated to the Rt. Hon.ble Earl Fitzwilliam by his ob.t. & very h.ble Serv.t J. Ramsay.
Painted by J. Ramsay. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub. Oct.r 25. 1806 by J. Ramsay, No. 23, Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, & by C. Turner (for the proprietor) 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins.
Henry Grattan (1746-1820) was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain. A member of the Anglo-Irish elite of Protestant background, Grattan was a distinguished student at Trinity College, Dublin where he began a lifelong study of classical literature, and was especially interested in the great orators of antiquity.
NPG: D34801. Whitman 232.
[Ref: 49141] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Ramsay. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub. Oct.r 25. 1806 by J. Ramsay, No. 23, Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, & by C. Turner (for the proprietor) 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins.
Henry Grattan (1746-1820) was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain. A member of the Anglo-Irish elite of Protestant background, Grattan was a distinguished student at Trinity College, Dublin where he began a lifelong study of classical literature, and was especially interested in the great orators of antiquity.
NPG: D34801. Whitman 232.
[Ref: 49141] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
John Lockley, Esqr. Formerly of Boscobel House, in the Country of Salop, but now of Amerie Court, Pershore, in the County of Worcester. Father of the Field.
Painted by J. Ramsay. Engraved by Thos. Lupton.
London, Published May 10, 1825, by J. Pittman, Warwick Square, & W.B. Cooke, 9. Soho Square.
Scarce mezzotint. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½") very large margins.
John Lockley (1750-1829) was born at Barton Hall, once the residence of Oliver Cromwell. He occasionally ran horses at the country races; however fox-hunting was his favourite amusement. While hunting with the fox-hounds of T. Boycott, esq. he fell from his horse but re-mounted his horse gallantly to end the chase. He was rather unwell that evening and died the following day.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64760] £360.00
Painted by J. Ramsay. Engraved by Thos. Lupton.
London, Published May 10, 1825, by J. Pittman, Warwick Square, & W.B. Cooke, 9. Soho Square.
Scarce mezzotint. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½") very large margins.
John Lockley (1750-1829) was born at Barton Hall, once the residence of Oliver Cromwell. He occasionally ran horses at the country races; however fox-hunting was his favourite amusement. While hunting with the fox-hounds of T. Boycott, esq. he fell from his horse but re-mounted his horse gallantly to end the chase. He was rather unwell that evening and died the following day.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64760] £360.00