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A Free born Englishman  Quod petis hic est.  [Ink mss.]
A Free born Englishman Quod petis hic est. [Ink mss.]
[William Anderson.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Pen & ink sketch, sheet 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼". Soiled and stained. Glued to album page.
A rustic character, a shepherd with his crook, enjoying a glass. Apparently a satire on the English love of alcohol, with a quotation from Daniel Defoe (c.1659-1661 - 1731) below: 'Slaves to their liquor, drudges to their pots,/ The mob are statesman and the statesmen sots.'
From an album titled 'Scraps and Sketches of the Late William Anderson Esqr/ collected by his Schoolfellow & Friend William Naylor.'
[Ref: 12300]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[A scene from mythology: Satyr and Goat.]
[A scene from mythology: Satyr and Goat.] From the original Painting found in the Ruins of Pompeii.
[William Anderson.] Sketched at Naples 1830. [Ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Pen & ink and black bodycolour, sheet 180 x 240mm. 7 x 9½". Slightly soiled..
A copy of a fresco in Pompeii, Italy.
From an album titled 'Scraps and Sketches of the Late William Anderson Esqr/ collected by his Schoolfellow & Friend William Naylor.'
[Ref: 12299]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Let the poor town bred Satyrs Sport/ With am'rous verses as if bred at Court.  [Ink mss.]
Let the poor town bred Satyrs Sport/ With am'rous verses as if bred at Court. [Ink mss.]
[William Anderson.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Pen & ink sketch, sheet 170 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾". Slightly soiled; corner tips missing. Glued to album page.
Social satire. Two destitute men in rags in a street: one contemplates leaving town by one of the means advertised on the posters on the wall, saying 'For I must away by tomorrow ah Me ah Me'; the other approaches saying 'You ask a song you bid me sing.'
From an album titled 'Scraps and Sketches of the Late William Anderson Esqr/ collected by his Schoolfellow & Friend William Naylor.'
[Ref: 12301]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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T. Telford Esqr  [ink mss.]
T. Telford Esqr [ink mss.]
[William Anderson.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Medallion portrait in pen & ink, inscription around circumference. Sheet diameter 95mm, 3¾". Smudge; glued to album page.
Thomas Telford (1757 - 1834) was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.
From an album titled 'Scraps and Sketches of the Late William Anderson Esqr/ collected by his Schoolfellow & Friend William Naylor.'
[Ref: 12294]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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