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John Bacon Esq.r R.A.
Painted by I. Russell R.A. Crayong Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by I. Collyer A.R.A. Engraver to Her Majesty.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving on india. Plate 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), was a sculptor, responsible for some important monuments, and a variety of statues in London and elsewhere. He was born in Southwark, son of a clothworker, learnt modelling under a porcelain maker in Lambeth, and by 1867 had become a modeller for Mrs Coade's Lambeth factory, while studying at the Royal Academy Schools. He later also worked for Wedgewood. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1770, and full Academician in 1777, and it was from around this time that he began to win major commissions for sculptural works, including in 1779 the monument to Chatham in Westminster Abbey.
NPG: D16070.
[Ref: 18954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by I. Russell R.A. Crayong Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by I. Collyer A.R.A. Engraver to Her Majesty.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving on india. Plate 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), was a sculptor, responsible for some important monuments, and a variety of statues in London and elsewhere. He was born in Southwark, son of a clothworker, learnt modelling under a porcelain maker in Lambeth, and by 1867 had become a modeller for Mrs Coade's Lambeth factory, while studying at the Royal Academy Schools. He later also worked for Wedgewood. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1770, and full Academician in 1777, and it was from around this time that he began to win major commissions for sculptural works, including in 1779 the monument to Chatham in Westminster Abbey.
NPG: D16070.
[Ref: 18954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t President of the Royal Society.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales_ Engraved by J. Collyer A._
Published as the Act directs May 16th 1789. Sold by W. Dickenson, Bond Stre. J. Cary, Strand, W. DArling, Newport Str. T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard, and J. Collyer White Lion Row, Islington. Price 3s.
Stipple, sheet 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences holding a 'Carte de la Lune par J. Russell' (map of the moon by J. Russell). Banks was leading founder of the African Association, a British organisation dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. He joined James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific, and they came across New Zealand and Australia, where Cook mapped the coastline and made landfall at Botany Bay and at Endeavour River. Banks took a great interest in the British colonisation of the continent and was to be the greatest proponent of settlement of New South Wales. He was in fact the general advisor to the government on all Australian interests.
[Ref: 55263] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales_ Engraved by J. Collyer A._
Published as the Act directs May 16th 1789. Sold by W. Dickenson, Bond Stre. J. Cary, Strand, W. DArling, Newport Str. T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard, and J. Collyer White Lion Row, Islington. Price 3s.
Stipple, sheet 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences holding a 'Carte de la Lune par J. Russell' (map of the moon by J. Russell). Banks was leading founder of the African Association, a British organisation dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. He joined James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific, and they came across New Zealand and Australia, where Cook mapped the coastline and made landfall at Botany Bay and at Endeavour River. Banks took a great interest in the British colonisation of the continent and was to be the greatest proponent of settlement of New South Wales. He was in fact the general advisor to the government on all Australian interests.
[Ref: 55263] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Chart of the British Channel with the Opposite Coast of the United Kingdom, and the Republic of France.
Drawn and Engraved by J. Russell.
London. Published as the Act directs November 5th 1803 by J. Stratford, Holborn Hill.
Coloured engraved map, rare. 340 x 420mm, 13½ x 16½". Impression weak in places, especially the publication line, tears in binding folds.
Despite the title this map shows the British Isles as far north as Dublin, Liverpool and Spurn Head. The map's purpose is to show the potential landing sites of the feared French invasion following the collapse of the Peace of Amiens in May that year. A table lists the landing sites of various invading armies in Britain and Ireland since the Normans in 1066.
[Ref: 26308] £280.00
Drawn and Engraved by J. Russell.
London. Published as the Act directs November 5th 1803 by J. Stratford, Holborn Hill.
Coloured engraved map, rare. 340 x 420mm, 13½ x 16½". Impression weak in places, especially the publication line, tears in binding folds.
Despite the title this map shows the British Isles as far north as Dublin, Liverpool and Spurn Head. The map's purpose is to show the potential landing sites of the feared French invasion following the collapse of the Peace of Amiens in May that year. A table lists the landing sites of various invading armies in Britain and Ireland since the Normans in 1066.
[Ref: 26308] £280.00
Charles James. With conscience for thee-can reflection fear, [/] The villain whisper or the coxcombs sneer? [/] Secure within, it reeks not how without; [/] The bad mau censure, and the good my doubt: [/] Nor doubt, nor censure can a crime impart. [/] If virtue shield thee what is envy's dart? Vide Year. 1800.
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Russell R. A. Pinxit. W. Skelton sculp.
Engraving with large margins. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7").
A half-portrait in oval of Major Charles James, a military officer and poet by the artist John Russell. Frontispiece to James's publication 'Poems' which was first published in 1792.
[Ref: 35671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Map of the Country Surrounding London, to the Extend of Thirty Miles
Engraved for D.r Hughson's Description of London, and Corrected to 1808. Drawn & engraved by J.Russell, Upper Pratt place, Camden Town.
London, Published by J. Stratford No 112 Holborn Hill, June 18th: 1808.
Coloured engraving. 380 x 410mm, 15 x 16¼". Splits to binding folds.
The environs of London, extending to Windsor in the west, Hertford, Maidstone and Guildford.
[Ref: 15355] £320.00
Engraved for D.r Hughson's Description of London, and Corrected to 1808. Drawn & engraved by J.Russell, Upper Pratt place, Camden Town.
London, Published by J. Stratford No 112 Holborn Hill, June 18th: 1808.
Coloured engraving. 380 x 410mm, 15 x 16¼". Splits to binding folds.
The environs of London, extending to Windsor in the west, Hertford, Maidstone and Guildford.
[Ref: 15355] £320.00
Maternal Love Dedicated by permission to Col.l Charles Morgan, by his obed.t humble Serv.t J. Walker.
Painted by J.Russell Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker excud.t Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub March 1 1790 by I Walker No.7 Cornhill & No.106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple, printed in brown. 360 x 260mm. 14¼ x 10¼". Cut inside platemark.
Portrait of a half-length woman, sitting in a sofa under a curtain, facing front, a girl sitting on her lap, three-quarter to left, with roses in her right hand, in an oval; a coat-of-arms with a lion crest below image.
[Ref: 28162] £320.00
Painted by J.Russell Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker excud.t Engraved by P.W. Tomkins, late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub March 1 1790 by I Walker No.7 Cornhill & No.106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple, printed in brown. 360 x 260mm. 14¼ x 10¼". Cut inside platemark.
Portrait of a half-length woman, sitting in a sofa under a curtain, facing front, a girl sitting on her lap, three-quarter to left, with roses in her right hand, in an oval; a coat-of-arms with a lion crest below image.
[Ref: 28162] £320.00