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[Thirty-Third Regiment.] Plate 22.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jan.y 1. 1814.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
A sergeant of the 33rd (or the 1st West Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot recruiting outside a pub called ''The Lord Wellington'. In 1793 the future Duke of Wellington, purchased a commission in the 33rd as a Major; later the regiment fought with him in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War including Seringapatam, then at Waterloo, a year after this print was published. In 1853 the regiment was renamed the 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. From George Walker's 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author's original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire. Abbey Life 432.
[Ref: 60653] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Alum Works]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Aquatint printed in colour with accompanying text sheet, each 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
Trades print, from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire', with explanatory text sheet which reads: 'There are various alum works on the coast of Yorkshire, to the north of Scarborough, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Whitby, which carry on a very extensive trade. It is impossible, within the compass of a print or drawing, to give an adequate idea of the sublimity of the alum rocks and neighbouring scenery; the annexed Plate therefore can only be given as a very faint and humble miniature.'
[Ref: 43699] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Plate XXXII Alum Works.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), watermark 'J. Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress,
A view of an alum works on the Yorkshire coast, north of Scarborough. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47008] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[The Dog Breaker.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
[Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814. The Costume of Yorkshire.]
Coloured aquatint. Watermark 1811. 216 x 311mm. 8½ x 11¼".
[Ref: 14198] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Plate XXXVII Bishop Blaize.]
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress, J. Whatman wartermark 1811. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large mrgins.
A print showing the procession of the Bishop Blaize, which was a celebration in the wool trade. The procession was made up of the masters, their sons and apprentices as well as the figure of Bishop Blaize, patron saint of woolcombers, and Jason who captured the Golden Fleece. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47009] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Hawking.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A scene depicting a hawker on horseback as he prepares to release hawks, with two dogs to the right, and a gentlemen and lady on horseback beyond. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 37160] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Line Swinglers.] Plate 24.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 250 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Two men work cutting and preparing flax. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54261] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Peat Cart] Plate 27.
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1. 1814.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), with wide margins.
One man stands at a cart as another man cuts peat on a hillside. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54265] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[The Preemer Boy]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jan.y 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with sheet of letterpress. Trimmed inside platemark.
A boy sitting on a flagstone floor, using a metal toothed comb to remove the flocks of wool from the teasels discarded by the two croppers working on a bench behind. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54262] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Sheffield Cuttler] Plate 39.
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'.
Four men standing at benches, hammering cutlery into shape. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54264] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Stone-Breakers on the Road] Plate 7.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Sept 1. 1813.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress, with wide margins.
Thee men working with shovel, pick and wheelbarrow, breaking down rocks to repair roads. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54263] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Hawking.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
[Leeds,1814.]
Coloured aquatint 300 x 200mm. Image.
From the 'The Costume of Yorkshire'. This view shows the point at which the dogs are setting and the falconer is unhooding the bird. This scene was inspired by Colonel Thornton of Thornville Royal.
[Ref: 6381] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
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