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![[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Titania.](jpegs/7112.jpg)
[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Titania. Puck. What Hempen Home-Spuns Have We Swaggering Here... From the original picture in the possession of William Chamberlayne Esq.r to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by His most obliged & obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thomson R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published March 21, 1814 by T. MacDonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 620 x 415mm. Framed. Trimmed within platemark at bottom.
A scene from 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', with Titania asleep, watched by Puck. In the background is Bottom with an ass's head.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7112] £520.00
Painted by Henry Thomson R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published March 21, 1814 by T. MacDonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 620 x 415mm. Framed. Trimmed within platemark at bottom.
A scene from 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', with Titania asleep, watched by Puck. In the background is Bottom with an ass's head.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7112] £520.00
Henry Baker. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Author of "The Microscope made easy." "Employment for the Microscope", and other Works. Born May 8, 1698; died Nov.r 25, 1774.
Thomson pinx. Nutter sculpt.
Publish'd by J.Nichols & Son, Jan.y 1st 1812. [But later]
Stipple engraving on watermarked paper 1809. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
Portrait of Henry Baker (1698 - 1774), British naturalist. In 1740, he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society. In 1744, he received the Copley gold medal for microscopical observations on the crystallization of saline particles.
W151-1
[Ref: 68295] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Thomson pinx. Nutter sculpt.
Publish'd by J.Nichols & Son, Jan.y 1st 1812. [But later]
Stipple engraving on watermarked paper 1809. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
Portrait of Henry Baker (1698 - 1774), British naturalist. In 1740, he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society. In 1744, he received the Copley gold medal for microscopical observations on the crystallization of saline particles.
W151-1
[Ref: 68295] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and of the Society for the Ecouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Author of "The Microscope made easy" "Employment for the Microscope," and other Works. Bonr May 8. 1698; died Nov.r 25. 1774.
Thomson pinx. Nutter Sculpt.
Publish'd by Jany. 1st. 1812.
Stipple, sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Some foxing around the edges. Trimmed within plate on left and small margin on right.
Half-length portrait of Henry Baker in an oval to right, head turned to look to front, in his study with bookcase behind at left and microscope on table behind at right; illustration to Nichols's 'Literary Anecdotes of the eighteenth century' (London, 1812-1815). Henry Baker (1698 -1774) was a British naturalist.
Wellcome: 151
[Ref: 57151] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Thomson pinx. Nutter Sculpt.
Publish'd by Jany. 1st. 1812.
Stipple, sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Some foxing around the edges. Trimmed within plate on left and small margin on right.
Half-length portrait of Henry Baker in an oval to right, head turned to look to front, in his study with bookcase behind at left and microscope on table behind at right; illustration to Nichols's 'Literary Anecdotes of the eighteenth century' (London, 1812-1815). Henry Baker (1698 -1774) was a British naturalist.
Wellcome: 151
[Ref: 57151] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Booroom Slave.
H. Thomson, R.A., del.t E. Finden sculp.t
[Pub. by R. Ackermann, 1828.]
Steel engraving sheet 110 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line and glued to backing sheet.
Young slave kneeling in prayer, from an 1827 painting by Henry Thomson. This print was published in the 'Forget Me Not' of 1828, where it was accompanied by a short story, 'The Booroom Slave', by the Sarah Bowditch, wife of African traveler Thomas Edward Bowditch. Bowditch's story described the plight of Inna, an African chief's daughter abducted by slave traders of Bowditch's story. The same image was subsequently used as the frontispiece for the first antislavery book published in the United States, Lydia Maria Child's 'An Appeal in Favour of That Class of Americans Called Africans'. The popularity of the image can be seen from its later use in banners in other abolitionist materials in the US. Early state before text altered.
For more information, see: Jo-Ann Morgan, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture'; William Dillon Pierson, 'Black Legacy: America's Hidden Heritage'; and particularly Jill Rappoport, 'Giving Women: Alli
[Ref: 63746] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
H. Thomson, R.A., del.t E. Finden sculp.t
[Pub. by R. Ackermann, 1828.]
Steel engraving sheet 110 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line and glued to backing sheet.
Young slave kneeling in prayer, from an 1827 painting by Henry Thomson. This print was published in the 'Forget Me Not' of 1828, where it was accompanied by a short story, 'The Booroom Slave', by the Sarah Bowditch, wife of African traveler Thomas Edward Bowditch. Bowditch's story described the plight of Inna, an African chief's daughter abducted by slave traders of Bowditch's story. The same image was subsequently used as the frontispiece for the first antislavery book published in the United States, Lydia Maria Child's 'An Appeal in Favour of That Class of Americans Called Africans'. The popularity of the image can be seen from its later use in banners in other abolitionist materials in the US. Early state before text altered.
For more information, see: Jo-Ann Morgan, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture'; William Dillon Pierson, 'Black Legacy: America's Hidden Heritage'; and particularly Jill Rappoport, 'Giving Women: Alli
[Ref: 63746] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Boy dangling key whilst studying.]](jpegs/14440.jpg)
[Boy dangling key whilst studying.]
Thomson delin. Easling sculp.
[n.d. c.1820.]
A fine mezzotint, printed in colour. Image 209 x 183mm. 8¼ x 7¼". Trimmed into the title area.
[Ref: 14440] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thomson delin. Easling sculp.
[n.d. c.1820.]
A fine mezzotint, printed in colour. Image 209 x 183mm. 8¼ x 7¼". Trimmed into the title area.
[Ref: 14440] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Yours always Allan Cunningham [pen facsimile.]](jpegs/24483.jpg)
Yours always Allan Cunningham [pen facsimile.]
H. Room. 85. J. Thomson.
[Published by George Virtue. 1840.]
Stipple. 222 x 146mm. 8¾ x 5¾".
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) was a Scottish poet and author. He contributed some songs to Roche's "Literary Recreations" in 1807 and two years later he submitted several ballads for Robert Cromek's "Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song". In 1810 he moved to London and worked as a journalist until in 1814 he became secretary to sculptor, Francis Chantrey.
NPG: D34428.
[Ref: 24483] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
H. Room. 85. J. Thomson.
[Published by George Virtue. 1840.]
Stipple. 222 x 146mm. 8¾ x 5¾".
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) was a Scottish poet and author. He contributed some songs to Roche's "Literary Recreations" in 1807 and two years later he submitted several ballads for Robert Cromek's "Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song". In 1810 he moved to London and worked as a journalist until in 1814 he became secretary to sculptor, Francis Chantrey.
NPG: D34428.
[Ref: 24483] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Julius Griffiths M.D.
W. I. Thomson pinx.t. E. Mitchell sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving. 145 x 105mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of doctor Julius Griffiths, shown holding a paper in his hand. Griffiths, travelled throughout Asia and wrote an account of his voyages called 'Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia' published in Edinburgh in 1805.
[Ref: 46467] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W. I. Thomson pinx.t. E. Mitchell sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving. 145 x 105mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of doctor Julius Griffiths, shown holding a paper in his hand. Griffiths, travelled throughout Asia and wrote an account of his voyages called 'Travels in Europe, Asia Minor, and Arabia' published in Edinburgh in 1805.
[Ref: 46467] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Love Sheltered. It's a cold, rainy night, and I'm wet to the skin / And I have lost my way, Ma'am: so pray let me in [...]
H. Thomson Pinx.t W.m Say Sculp.t
London, Published Nov.r 10.th 1806 by H. Macklin, 39, Fleet Street
Mezzotint, Open-letter proof, rare, platemark 655 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼"), with very large margins.
Allegorical scene after one of the major works of Henry Thomson (1777-1843), engraved the same year as the Thomson painted the picture. Thomson was elected as a Royal Academician two years earlier, in 1804, and in 1825 would succeed Henry Fuseli as keeper of the Royal Academy. The publisher, Hannah Macklin, was the widow of Thomas Macklin, continuing his business after his death in 1801.
[Ref: 45436] £420.00
H. Thomson Pinx.t W.m Say Sculp.t
London, Published Nov.r 10.th 1806 by H. Macklin, 39, Fleet Street
Mezzotint, Open-letter proof, rare, platemark 655 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼"), with very large margins.
Allegorical scene after one of the major works of Henry Thomson (1777-1843), engraved the same year as the Thomson painted the picture. Thomson was elected as a Royal Academician two years earlier, in 1804, and in 1825 would succeed Henry Fuseli as keeper of the Royal Academy. The publisher, Hannah Macklin, was the widow of Thomas Macklin, continuing his business after his death in 1801.
[Ref: 45436] £420.00
Eurydice Hurried Back to the Infernal Regions.
Painted by H Thomson Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York
[Published June 16, 1815, by the Engraver, 24 Buckingham Place Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 620mm (21¾ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card, mark top right. Repaired tear top centre.
Three spirits of the Underworld carry Eurydice away from Orpheus, who watches in horror, hands clasped, his lyre by his side. Below left is Virgil's verse; on the right is Dryden's translation.
Frankau 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67817] £850.00
Painted by H Thomson Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York
[Published June 16, 1815, by the Engraver, 24 Buckingham Place Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 620mm (21¾ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card, mark top right. Repaired tear top centre.
Three spirits of the Underworld carry Eurydice away from Orpheus, who watches in horror, hands clasped, his lyre by his side. Below left is Virgil's verse; on the right is Dryden's translation.
Frankau 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67817] £850.00
Southern Hemisphere.
Kirkwood Sculp.t.
[Drawn and Engaved for John Thomson & Co's New General Atlas 12 August 1814.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. Early example before the publication line, on paper watermarked 'J. Whatman 1811'. 570 x 520mm, 22½ x 20½". Creased.
A circular map of the Southern Hemisphere.
[Ref: 25645] £260.00
Kirkwood Sculp.t.
[Drawn and Engaved for John Thomson & Co's New General Atlas 12 August 1814.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. Early example before the publication line, on paper watermarked 'J. Whatman 1811'. 570 x 520mm, 22½ x 20½". Creased.
A circular map of the Southern Hemisphere.
[Ref: 25645] £260.00
Southern Hemisphere.
Kirkwood Sculp.t.
Drawn and Engaved for John Thomson & Co's New General Atlas 12 August 1814.
Engraved map with original hand colour. 570 x 520mm, 22½ x 20½". Creased, tears.
A circular map of the Southern Hemisphere.
[Ref: 25653] £220.00
Kirkwood Sculp.t.
Drawn and Engaved for John Thomson & Co's New General Atlas 12 August 1814.
Engraved map with original hand colour. 570 x 520mm, 22½ x 20½". Creased, tears.
A circular map of the Southern Hemisphere.
[Ref: 25653] £220.00
![[Emily St Clare] Hilaria.](jpegs/68213.jpg)
[Emily St Clare] Hilaria. From the Original Picture, in the Possession of Sir J.F> Leicester Bart.t &c.&c.
Painted by H. Thomson Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by W.m Say/
London, Published May 20, 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine & rare mezzotint, title in open letters. Sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing part of title.
A full-length portrait of Emily St Clare (fl 1800-10) in a landscaped garden, pointing at a barn owl in a tree above an ornamental pedestal. In the title are four lines of verse The BM's example of this print is titled 'Portrait of a Lady', also in open letters, with the same inscriptions, but only two lines of verse. Emily was the mistress of John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, before his marriage to Georgiana Maria Cottin in 1810; he commissioned several portraits of her, including at least three that were published.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68213] £420.00
Painted by H. Thomson Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by W.m Say/
London, Published May 20, 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine & rare mezzotint, title in open letters. Sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing part of title.
A full-length portrait of Emily St Clare (fl 1800-10) in a landscaped garden, pointing at a barn owl in a tree above an ornamental pedestal. In the title are four lines of verse The BM's example of this print is titled 'Portrait of a Lady', also in open letters, with the same inscriptions, but only two lines of verse. Emily was the mistress of John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, before his marriage to Georgiana Maria Cottin in 1810; he commissioned several portraits of her, including at least three that were published.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68213] £420.00
![[Master Taylor] [Trap Ball.](jpegs/68188.jpg)
[Master Taylor] [Trap Ball. From an original Picture in the Collection of George Watson Esq.r.]
[Painted by H. Thomson Esq.r R.A.Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London, Published Jan.y 2. 1809. by the Engraver 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14").
A portrait of a boy, master Taylor, crouched ready to strike a ball with a bat. A pencil note suggests he is the son of G.W. Taylor. Trap Ball is also known in Yorkshire as 'knurr and spell'. It is a competition to see who can hit a knurr (wooden ball) the furthest, once it is thown into the air by the spell (a levered wooden trap, shown on the ground here).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68188] £480.00
[Painted by H. Thomson Esq.r R.A.Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London, Published Jan.y 2. 1809. by the Engraver 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14").
A portrait of a boy, master Taylor, crouched ready to strike a ball with a bat. A pencil note suggests he is the son of G.W. Taylor. Trap Ball is also known in Yorkshire as 'knurr and spell'. It is a competition to see who can hit a knurr (wooden ball) the furthest, once it is thown into the air by the spell (a levered wooden trap, shown on the ground here).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68188] £480.00
![[The Winter's Tale] [The Finding of Perdita.]](jpegs/23926.jpg)
[The Winter's Tale] [The Finding of Perdita.]
Painted by Henry Thomson, R.A. Engraved by I.S. Agar.
Published Aug. 21. 1832: for the Chalcographic Society, by I.S. Agar, Angel Lane, Hammersmith, and may be had of the principal Printsellers in the United Kingdom.
Stipple and engraving on india paper, proof before title with a royal crest below the image. A fine impression, with wide margins.
An illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' (Act I, Scene III): the shepherd kneels in the shelter of rocks, lifting a rich fringed shawl covering the baby Perdita with both hands; he looks up to right at a boy, who carries a basket and spade and looks down on the child in surprise and delight. A dog standing to left, a scroll and casket on the ground. This is actually a re-published plate; the print was first published in 1824. After Henry Thomson RA (1773 - 1843).
[Ref: 23926] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Thomson, R.A. Engraved by I.S. Agar.
Published Aug. 21. 1832: for the Chalcographic Society, by I.S. Agar, Angel Lane, Hammersmith, and may be had of the principal Printsellers in the United Kingdom.
Stipple and engraving on india paper, proof before title with a royal crest below the image. A fine impression, with wide margins.
An illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' (Act I, Scene III): the shepherd kneels in the shelter of rocks, lifting a rich fringed shawl covering the baby Perdita with both hands; he looks up to right at a boy, who carries a basket and spade and looks down on the child in surprise and delight. A dog standing to left, a scroll and casket on the ground. This is actually a re-published plate; the print was first published in 1824. After Henry Thomson RA (1773 - 1843).
[Ref: 23926] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)