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Napoleon Buonaparte.
Harding. Engraved by W. Fry.
London Publish'd by J. Jenkins, .Aug.t 1. 1815, at 48 Strand.
Rare engraving, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet: 270 x 340mm (10¾ x 13½"). Trimmed, publication line very faint.
A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
[Ref: 44703] £320.00
Your M.t humble servt. H.Davy Pres: RS. [facsimile signature]
Engraved on Steel by W.T. Fry, after the Original Picture by T. Phillips, Esq.r R.A.
Published July 1825 by T.Boys, 7, Ludgate Hill.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed.
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt (1778-1829), inventor best known for his miner's safety lamp of 1815. He was Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820. W: 772.
[Ref: 59696] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Dedicated to the British Army, as their Commander in Cheif, by their Humble & Obedient Serv.t J. Jenkins.
Drawn by S. de Koster. Engraved by W. Fry.
London Publish'd by J. Jenkins, Jan.y 1. 1815, at 48 Strand.
Fine hand-coloured etching with stipple, part printed in colour. Sheet: 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Marking.
A portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) second son of George III.
[Ref: 44702] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Halley.
From an original Picture ascribed to Dahl, in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by W.T. Fry.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple on steel. Sheet 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate.
Edmond Halley as an old man, said to be after Swedish painter Michael Dahl (1659-1743)
[Ref: 53175] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
Sir William Hamilton, K.B.F.R.S.
Engraved by W.T. Fry, from an original Drawing made at Naples, by C. Grignon.
Published March 27. 1817, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple engraving. 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½"), Trimmed to platemark at sides. Slight foxing. Slight crease in title.
Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), diplomatist and art collector. The epitome of the era of the Grand Tourist (his grand tour lasted thrity-five years), Hamilton became envoy-extraordinary in Naples from where he collected widely and developed a great interest in volcanoes. Late in life he married Emma Hamilton, who later began an affair with Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 63181] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Walter Raleigh. From the original of Zucchero in the Collection of The Most Noble The Marquis of Bath. Proof.
Drawn by W.m Hilton, A.R.A. & Engraved with Permission by W.T.Fry.
London, Published Feb.y 1, 1818 by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones, and Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme & Brown.
Proof stipple engraving on india, with very large margins. 360 x 260mm, 14¼ x 10¼", with 6pp. letterpress biography. Creases in india right side, large margins.
The portrait, after Federico Zuccaro (1539/40-1609), was published in Edmund Lodge's 'Portraits Of Illustrious Personages Of Great Britain. Engraved From Authentic Pictures...'. The firm of Lackington, Hughes (el al) had published the first edition of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' the same year.
[Ref: 24227] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Rev.d Barnabas Shaw. Missionary to South Africa.
Painted by J. Jackson, R.A. Engraved by W.T. Fry.
By appointment of the Wesleyan Book Committee 14, City Road. [n.d. c.1860.]
Stipple. 215 x 120mm (8½ x 4¾"). Soiling.
Barnabas Shaw (1821-1902) was sent by the Missionary Committee to join his father in South Africa. His first appointment in Africa was to the Cape Town Circuit, from whence he removed to Raithby, where failure of voice began to trouble him.
[Ref: 28555] £40.00
(£48.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Edward Thornbrough, K.C.B. Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief, &c, &c, &c. Portsmouth.
Painted by A. Huey. Engraved by W.T. Fry [c.1815].
Stipple engraving on india with very large margins, platemark 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Uncut sheet.
Sir Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834), naval officer. Serving for nearly fifty years at sea, he fought in the American War of Independence, commanded the frigate 'Hebe' on which the future William IV served as lieutenant in 1785; helped thwart the planned French invasion of Ireland in 1798 and guarded Sicily and blockaded Toulon during the Napoleonic Wars. In later years he was commander-in-chief of the Irish station and then in Portsmouth.
[Ref: 34526] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
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