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[Sir Richard Francis Burton.]
[Sir Richard Francis Burton.]
[after George Frederick Watts.]
[n.d. c.1870.]
Mixed-method, mezzotint. Proof before all letters, on Japon paper. Plate 330 x 253mm. 13 x 10".
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was an explorer and writer. He travelled extensively within Asia and Africa, exploring the languages and cultures. He had a brief stint as a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India and the Crimean War. He then went on to join the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa. In 1861 he entered the diplomatic service and served as British Consul in Fernando Po, Damascus and, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood in 1886.
[Ref: 24948]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Richard Francis Burton.]
[Sir Richard Francis Burton.]
[after George Frederick Watts.]
[n.d. c.1882.]
Photogravure with very large margins. Proof before all letters. Plate 330 x 253mm. 13 x 10". Slight foxing off plate.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was an explorer and writer. He travelled extensively within Asia and Africa, exploring the languages and cultures. He had a brief stint as a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India and the Crimean War. He then went on to join the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa. In 1861 he entered the diplomatic service and served as British Consul in Fernando Po, Damascus and, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood in 1886.
[Ref: 24793]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Stuart Mill.]
[John Stuart Mill.]
G.F. Watts R.A. p.t. Rayon s.t.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Etching. Plate: 330 x 255mm (13 x 10''), with very large margins. Uncut.
A portrait of British philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century".
[Ref: 48434]   £490.00  
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[George Frederick Watts.]
[George Frederick Watts.]
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1887 by Robert Dunthorne, at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W.
Photogravure on chine collé. 330 x 247mm (13 x 9¾").
After a self-portrait. George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in an universal symbolic language.

[Ref: 24133]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[George Frederick Watts.]
[George Frederick Watts.]
[Charles William Campbell after George Frederrick Watts.]
[n.d., c.1885]
Unique proof mezzotint on chine collé touched by Watts with his initials bottom right, platemark 500 x 365mm (19½ x 14¼"). Paper missing top right, resulting in creasing to chine collé; foxing in margins.
Extremely rare touched proof of Charles William Campbell's engraving from the 1664 half-length self-portrait by George Frederick Watts (London, Tate Gallery). Watts has made correction to the print himself, and initialled the print in the lower right. One of the few prints by Campbell (1855-87), who studied mezzotint engraving with Hubert Herkomer. His total 'oeuvre' consisted of twelve finished and seven unfinished plates.
For another impression see ref. 23410.
[Ref: 23409]   £2,500.00  
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[George Frederick Watts]
[George Frederick Watts]
[Charles William Campbell after George Frederrick Watts]
[n.d., c.1885]
Proof mezzotint on chine collé. 500 x 365mm (19½ x 14¼"). Full margins.
A half-length self-portrait by painter and sculptor George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), painted in 1864 and now in the Tate Gallery. One of the few prints by Campbell (1855-87), who studied mezzotint engraving with Hubert Herkomer. His total 'oeuvre' consisted of twelve finished and seven unfinished plates.
For a proof touched by Watts himself see ref. 23409
[Ref: 23410]   £450.00  
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