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Conway Castle In the County of Carnarvon.
Conway Castle In the County of Carnarvon.
W. Williams del et fecit Aquaf.t J.s Peak Sculp.
Publish'd by J. Wesson in Litchfield Street Soho. [n.d. c.1770.]
Etching and engraving, very fine impression, scarce. 249 x 354mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed.
View of the Norman Castle, overlooking the river, with three figures on the near bank in the foreground close to a tall slim tree. Conwy Castle, the medieval foritification on the north coast of Wales; built between 1283 and 1289 as part of Edward I's conquest of Wales.
[Ref: 31018]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Croyland Abby.
Croyland Abby. This was a most magnificent mitred Abby of Benedictines founded Ethelbald King of the Mercians about the Year 716 dedicated to St.Guthlake and St.Bartholomew.
W.Williams Delin et Fecit Aq'fort.
[n.d., c. 1800].
Etching with large margins, very scarce. Platemark: 355 x 250mm. (14 x 9¾"). Small tears to lower and left edges of sheet. Glued to verso are articles from 'Antiquities found in Lincolnshire', including 'an account of an ancient shrine, formerly belonging to the Abbey of Croyalnd'.
A view from the south-west of the ruined west front and nave of the Medieval Abbey Church. Three figures climb over a wall in the left foreground. A short history of the abbey is inscribed below the print.
[Ref: 31604]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Oxford Almanack for the Year of the our Lord God MDCCXXV.
The Oxford Almanack for the Year of the our Lord God MDCCXXV.
W. William delin. I. Harris fecit. Hullet Sculp.
[n.d. c.1725.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 490 x 448mm (19¼ x 17½"). Tax stamp top left corner. Some creasing.
Christ Church College seen from the north, five allegorical figures in the left foreground examine a geometric digram on the ground; calendar bel 'The Oxford Almanacks' by Helen Mary Petter (Oxford: 1974, p.55) attributes the text engraver to William Hulett. The Oxford Almanack is an annual almanac published since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 52466]   £320.00  
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Johnny Worral.
Johnny Worral.
W. Williams Delin et Fecit 1759. Price 1 S.
[1867?]
Etching. 160 x 110mm, 6¼ x 4¼".
While the original publication line is printed at the bottom on the print, this portrait is listed in the 'Catalogue of Portraits of Old Halifax Worthies; exhibited at the Annual Soiree, Jan. 3, 1867'.
[Ref: 23130]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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