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Ah-quee-we-zaints. The Boy.
J. Harris sculp.t. [after George Catlin.]
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1844.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A native American youth with a painted face, half-length, wearing a painted robe and holding a war axe. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31507] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Harris sculp.t. [after George Catlin.]
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1844.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A native American youth with a painted face, half-length, wearing a painted robe and holding a war axe. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31507] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The War Dance, by the Ojibbeway Indians.
J.Harris scul[p]. [after George Catlin.]
[London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed. Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the scene by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'. The dancers are named as Flying Cloud, Tobacco, Moonlight Night, and Flying Gull. Members of the tribe performed their war dance for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1844.
[Ref: 31519] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.Harris scul[p]. [after George Catlin.]
[London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed. Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the scene by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'. The dancers are named as Flying Cloud, Tobacco, Moonlight Night, and Flying Gull. Members of the tribe performed their war dance for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1844.
[Ref: 31519] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Averham Park in the County of Nottingham, One of the Seats of the Right Hon.ble Lord Lexingham deceased, now belonging to his Daughter, Her Grace Bridge Dutches of Rutland 1731.
T. Badeslade Delin. J. Harris Sculp.
[London: Thomas Badeslade & John Rocque, 1739.]
Engraving. 395 x 660mm (15½ x 26") very large margins Splits in centre fold taped.
An elevated view of Averham Park House near Newark, showing the former hunting lodge surrounded with woodland cut with avenues.
[Ref: 56261] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)
T. Badeslade Delin. J. Harris Sculp.
[London: Thomas Badeslade & John Rocque, 1739.]
Engraving. 395 x 660mm (15½ x 26") very large margins Splits in centre fold taped.
An elevated view of Averham Park House near Newark, showing the former hunting lodge surrounded with woodland cut with avenues.
[Ref: 56261] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)
The Battle of the Gwanga, Cape of Good Hope_June 8.th 1846. In which the Royal Artillery,_ the 7.th Dragoon Guards, and the Cape Mounted Rifles, under the Command of Major General H.y Somerset, C.B. defeated a large body of Kaffirs, leaving between 5 and 600 dead on the field. __The number of Kaffirs in the field was estimated at 9000. To His Excellency the Governor Lieut. Gen.l Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. this Place is respectfully Inscribed by his obliged & obed.t Servant, Rudolph Ackermann, 191, Regent St.t
Painted by H.y Martens. From a Sketch by Capt.n Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles. Engraved by J. Harris. HM [in plate.]
London: Published Sept.r 1.st 1852, by Rudolph Ackerman, at His Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint with large margins, laid on board. Plate 534 x 685mm. 21 x 27".
Associated with the seventh of the nine Cape Frontier Wars (1846-1847), known as the 'war of the axe'. Like the six previous wars, it was between the Xhosa people and European settlers. The Xhosa forces were far greater than those of the imperial British troops, and by this time they had replaced their traditional weapons with modern firearms. It was their new use of guns that made the Xhosa considerably more effective in fighting the British. On 28 May, a force of 8,000 Xhosa attacked the last remaining British garrison, at Fort Peddie, but fell back after a long shootout with British and Fengu troops. The Xhosa army then marched on Grahamstown itself, but was held up when a sizeable army of Ndlambe Xhosa were defeated on 7 June 1846 by General Somerset on the Gwangu, a few miles from Fort Peddie. One of a set of five colour plates by Harris after Martins - 'Kaffir Wars'.
NAM: 1971-02-33-191.
[Ref: 27456] £650.00
Painted by H.y Martens. From a Sketch by Capt.n Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles. Engraved by J. Harris. HM [in plate.]
London: Published Sept.r 1.st 1852, by Rudolph Ackerman, at His Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint with large margins, laid on board. Plate 534 x 685mm. 21 x 27".
Associated with the seventh of the nine Cape Frontier Wars (1846-1847), known as the 'war of the axe'. Like the six previous wars, it was between the Xhosa people and European settlers. The Xhosa forces were far greater than those of the imperial British troops, and by this time they had replaced their traditional weapons with modern firearms. It was their new use of guns that made the Xhosa considerably more effective in fighting the British. On 28 May, a force of 8,000 Xhosa attacked the last remaining British garrison, at Fort Peddie, but fell back after a long shootout with British and Fengu troops. The Xhosa army then marched on Grahamstown itself, but was held up when a sizeable army of Ndlambe Xhosa were defeated on 7 June 1846 by General Somerset on the Gwangu, a few miles from Fort Peddie. One of a set of five colour plates by Harris after Martins - 'Kaffir Wars'.
NAM: 1971-02-33-191.
[Ref: 27456] £650.00
The British Army. Dedicated by permission to The General Commanding-in-Chief, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge K.G.K.P.G.C.B., &c. By his obliged and most privileged servant, Rudolph Ackermann.
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London. Published Feb.y 1. 1863, by Rudolph Ackermann, 101 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint, 480 x 745mm. 19 x 29¼".
A large aquatint depicting soldiers of many units of the British army, each identified below the image.
[Ref: 11292] £480.00
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London. Published Feb.y 1. 1863, by Rudolph Ackermann, 101 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint, 480 x 745mm. 19 x 29¼".
A large aquatint depicting soldiers of many units of the British army, each identified below the image.
[Ref: 11292] £480.00
![[Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges] Bromley College in Kent Founded and Endowed by John Warner](jpegs/55244.jpg)
[Bromley and Sheppard's Colleges] Bromley College in Kent Founded and Endowed by John Warner late B.p of Rochester for Twenty Clergymens Widdows and a Chaplaine AD 1672. This Plate is Humbly inscribed to Lee Warner Esq. of Walsingham in the County of Norfolk 1720.
Thomas Badeslade delin: John Harris sculp.
[c.1720.]
Engraving. 355 x 440mm (14 x 17¼"). Wear in top corners of margin, paper toned. Small margins. Repair top right corner.
A view of the original Bromley College, before the building of Shappard's College in 1840. Designed by Captain Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to the Crown, the almshouse is the oldest building in Bromley and is a Grade 1 listed building.
[Ref: 55244] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Badeslade delin: John Harris sculp.
[c.1720.]
Engraving. 355 x 440mm (14 x 17¼"). Wear in top corners of margin, paper toned. Small margins. Repair top right corner.
A view of the original Bromley College, before the building of Shappard's College in 1840. Designed by Captain Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to the Crown, the almshouse is the oldest building in Bromley and is a Grade 1 listed building.
[Ref: 55244] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers. R. Ackermann's Costumes of the Volunteer Corps. No. 5.
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published May 9.th 1860; By Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street. R. Dimmock, Kings Parade, Cambridge.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 388 x 293mm. 15¼ x 11½".
The history of the Cambridge University Officers Training Corps stretches back to 1803, when Great Britain was threatened with French invasion. Some undergraduates of the University of Cambridge formed a corps of 'Rifle Volunteers' to help in the defence of Britain. The Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers were formally raised in 1860. From Rudolph Ackermann's "Costumes of the Volunteer Corps".
Ogilby: 26; 5.
[Ref: 21390] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published May 9.th 1860; By Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street. R. Dimmock, Kings Parade, Cambridge.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 388 x 293mm. 15¼ x 11½".
The history of the Cambridge University Officers Training Corps stretches back to 1803, when Great Britain was threatened with French invasion. Some undergraduates of the University of Cambridge formed a corps of 'Rifle Volunteers' to help in the defence of Britain. The Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers were formally raised in 1860. From Rudolph Ackermann's "Costumes of the Volunteer Corps".
Ogilby: 26; 5.
[Ref: 21390] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Guard of 1832.
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th. 1852, by Messrs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint with gum arabic, image 325 x 250mm. 12¾ x 9¾".
A guard loading a London-Birmingham coach; a boy leading the team of horses from the coach house in the background. Originally published on the same sheet as 'The Guard of 1852' (a guard standing in front of a steam locomotive), as part of a series of three double-plate prints titled 'Fores' Contrasts'. The images were often separated for framing purposes.
Siltzer p.65.
[Ref: 25796] £225.00 (£270.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th. 1852, by Messrs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint with gum arabic, image 325 x 250mm. 12¾ x 9¾".
A guard loading a London-Birmingham coach; a boy leading the team of horses from the coach house in the background. Originally published on the same sheet as 'The Guard of 1852' (a guard standing in front of a steam locomotive), as part of a series of three double-plate prints titled 'Fores' Contrasts'. The images were often separated for framing purposes.
Siltzer p.65.
[Ref: 25796] £225.00 (£270.00 incl.VAT)
The Conference at Block Drift, Kaffir Land _ Jan.y 30.th 1846; Between L.t Governor Col. Hare and the Kaffir Chief Sandilla_before the commencements of Hostilities. Regiments present,_The Royal Artillery_7th Dragoon Guards, and 91.st (Argyllshire.) also The Cape Mounted Rifles. To His Excellency, The Governor Leiu.t Gen.l Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. This Plate is respectfully Inscribed by his obliged & obedient Servant, R. Ackermann, 191, Regent Street.
Painted by H.y Martens. From a Sketch by Capt.n Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles. Engraved by J. Harris.
London: Published March 15.th 1852, by Rudolph Ackerman, at His Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint, with large margins, laid on board. Plate 540 x 692mm. 21¼ x 27¼".
A long line of British cavalry on left in parley on plateau with large group of mounted tribesmen at right; mountains in background. Associated with the seventh of the nine Cape Frontier Wars (1846-1847), known as the 'war of the axe'. Like the six previous wars, it was between the Xhosa people and European settlers. The Xhosa forces were far greater than those of the imperial British troops, and by this time they had replaced their traditional weapons with modern firearms. It was their new use of guns that made the Xhosa considerably more effective in fighting the British. One of a set of five colour plates by Harris after Martins - 'Kaffir Wars'.
NAM: 1971-02-33-72.
[Ref: 27457] £650.00
Painted by H.y Martens. From a Sketch by Capt.n Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles. Engraved by J. Harris.
London: Published March 15.th 1852, by Rudolph Ackerman, at His Eclipse Sporting and Military Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint, with large margins, laid on board. Plate 540 x 692mm. 21¼ x 27¼".
A long line of British cavalry on left in parley on plateau with large group of mounted tribesmen at right; mountains in background. Associated with the seventh of the nine Cape Frontier Wars (1846-1847), known as the 'war of the axe'. Like the six previous wars, it was between the Xhosa people and European settlers. The Xhosa forces were far greater than those of the imperial British troops, and by this time they had replaced their traditional weapons with modern firearms. It was their new use of guns that made the Xhosa considerably more effective in fighting the British. One of a set of five colour plates by Harris after Martins - 'Kaffir Wars'.
NAM: 1971-02-33-72.
[Ref: 27457] £650.00
![[Custom House] To the Right Honourable the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs,](jpegs/63939.jpg)
[Custom House] To the Right Honourable the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs, This Prospect of the the Custom house is humbly Presented by your Hono,rs nmost humble Servants. Dec.ber ye 15.th 1714.
John Harris delin. et sculp:
Sold by Tho: Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 465 x 575mm (18½ x 22¾"), large margins. Creasing near centre fold as normal, laid on card.
London's Custom House, as built by Christopher Wren after the previous building had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, completed 1671. Soon after this print was published the building was badly damaged by a gunpowder explosion; it was rebuilt on Wren's foundations by Thomas Ripley, 1717-25.
[Ref: 63939] £450.00
John Harris delin. et sculp:
Sold by Tho: Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 465 x 575mm (18½ x 22¾"), large margins. Creasing near centre fold as normal, laid on card.
London's Custom House, as built by Christopher Wren after the previous building had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, completed 1671. Soon after this print was published the building was badly damaged by a gunpowder explosion; it was rebuilt on Wren's foundations by Thomas Ripley, 1717-25.
[Ref: 63939] £450.00
Fores's Contrasts. Pl 1: The Driver of 1832; The Driver of 1852. [&] Pl. 2: The Guard of 1852; The Guard of 1832. [&] Pl. 3. The Driver of the Mail 1832; The Driver of the Mail 1852. [&] St Giles'; St George's.
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris [3]. [&] Painted by Karl Hartsmann. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th [& May 26th, Nov. 18th] 1852 [& Jan.y 3rd] 1854] by Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Set of four large aquatints on steel. Each 410 x 600mm (16 x 23½)", with wide margins. Plate 1 with a small tear entering title area.
Eight pairs of 'Contrasts' on four sheets. Three analyse the impact of the advent of the railways; the last, published over a year after the others, compares the informality of the driver of a hackney cab to the pristine livery of a private coach. Henry Alken, the artists of the first three, had died in 1851, so Karl Hartsmann was called in to finish the fourth.
[Ref: 43859] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris [3]. [&] Painted by Karl Hartsmann. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th [& May 26th, Nov. 18th] 1852 [& Jan.y 3rd] 1854] by Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Set of four large aquatints on steel. Each 410 x 600mm (16 x 23½)", with wide margins. Plate 1 with a small tear entering title area.
Eight pairs of 'Contrasts' on four sheets. Three analyse the impact of the advent of the railways; the last, published over a year after the others, compares the informality of the driver of a hackney cab to the pristine livery of a private coach. Henry Alken, the artists of the first three, had died in 1851, so Karl Hartsmann was called in to finish the fourth.
[Ref: 43859] £1,850.00 view all images for this item
Fores's Contrasts. Pl. 2: The Guard of 1852; The Guard of 1832.
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th 1852 by Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
A large aquatint on steel. 410 x 600mm (16 x 23½)". Some staining, laid on card.
A pair of scenes illustrating the impact of the advent of the railways. Henry Alken had died in 1851, the year before publication.
[Ref: 48278] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H. Alken. Engraved by J. Harris.
Published May 26th 1852 by Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
A large aquatint on steel. 410 x 600mm (16 x 23½)". Some staining, laid on card.
A pair of scenes illustrating the impact of the advent of the railways. Henry Alken had died in 1851, the year before publication.
[Ref: 48278] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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The Four-In-Hand Club. _Hyde Park. Respectfully dedicated to its distinguished Members, by The Publishers.
Painted By Jas. Pollard. Engraved By J. Harris.
London__Published By Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured aquatint with gum arabic highlights. 425 x 605mm. Repaired tear c.25mm into image at left. Margin missing lower left corner.
[Ref: 4688] £850.00
Painted By Jas. Pollard. Engraved By J. Harris.
London__Published By Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured aquatint with gum arabic highlights. 425 x 605mm. Repaired tear c.25mm into image at left. Margin missing lower left corner.
[Ref: 4688] £850.00
Lord George Gordon. [President of the Protestant Association.]
[Drawn from the Life by R. Bran.]
[London, Published as the Act directs, Augt. 4, 1780; by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill - Price 1s.]
Line engraving. Sheet 305 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Trimmed into plate, cutting off lower edge of print. Title pasted to album paper but missing all other information.
Portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751 – 1793), whole length, standing to front on a hill with his right foot on a volume, lettered with 'Popery', pointing with a staff held in his right hand at 'The Protestant Petition', lettered on a scroll, holding a hat and glove in his left hand. Gordon was a British politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780. An eccentric and flighty personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
[Ref: 63167] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn from the Life by R. Bran.]
[London, Published as the Act directs, Augt. 4, 1780; by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill - Price 1s.]
Line engraving. Sheet 305 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Trimmed into plate, cutting off lower edge of print. Title pasted to album paper but missing all other information.
Portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751 – 1793), whole length, standing to front on a hill with his right foot on a volume, lettered with 'Popery', pointing with a staff held in his right hand at 'The Protestant Petition', lettered on a scroll, holding a hat and glove in his left hand. Gordon was a British politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780. An eccentric and flighty personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
[Ref: 63167] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Grand Celebration ob de Bobalition ob African Slabery. Life in Philadelphia No. 11
Drawn & Eng.d by J. Harris
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 225 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Borders dusty.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies mostly drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'. This is the only print in Tregear's/Lewis's set which was not engraved by Charles Hunt. It clearly relates to the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Eng.d by J. Harris
T.C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside London [c1850]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 225 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Borders dusty.
The 'Life in Philadelphia' caricatures lampooning the social aspirations of Philadelphia's black population were first published by Edward William Clay in the United States in the 1820s. Shortly after the London publisher W. Harrison Isaacs published a set of copies mostly drawn by William Summers and engraved by Charles Hunt, augmenting them with new caricatures in the same vein but set in London. Isaacs' plates subsequently passed to Gabriel Shire Tregear, and then to his former shopman Thomas Crump Lewis (1808-81), whose publication line is on this impression. Hickman notes that Lewis's reissue of Tregear's set of 20 'Life in Philadelphia' prints is dated to 1860 by the Library Company of Philadelphia, but suggests 'it was probably earlier'. This is the only print in Tregear's/Lewis's set which was not engraved by Charles Hunt. It clearly relates to the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Hickman p.126
[Ref: 47097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Palace of Hampton Court. Le Palais Royal de Hampton Court.
printed for Rob.t Wilkinson N.º 58 in COrnhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard London [n.d., c.1790].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tear on left centre, surface scuffing and soiling, laid on card.
A view of Hampton Court with the formal gardens filled with promenaders.
[Ref: 64031] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
printed for Rob.t Wilkinson N.º 58 in COrnhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard London [n.d., c.1790].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tear on left centre, surface scuffing and soiling, laid on card.
A view of Hampton Court with the formal gardens filled with promenaders.
[Ref: 64031] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hee-doh-gee-ats, a Chin-ook Boy.
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31522] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31522] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Plates from ''The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of Mr John Abbot, many years resident in that country, by James Edward Smith.'']
[Engraved by John Harris.]
[Two plates with ink mss.] Sold by R. Martin Book & Printseller, 47 Great Queen Str.t Lincolns Inn Fields [n.d., latest watermark 1828.]
25 plates (of 104) plus 2 duplicates, engravings with stipple and roulette, all in original hand colour. Each c. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), some on Whatman paper, watermarks 1820-8. Separate issue plates thus a few showing signs of wear, two plates without printed titles and numbers.
A collection of plates of the butterflies and moths of the US state of Georgia, illustrated with their larvæ, pupæ and the plants each prefers to feed. Originally published in 1797, the 'Natural History' was the earliest illustrated monograph devoted to the butterflies and moths of North America. However it was not a commercial success and existing sets are particularly rare. The publisher Robert Martin seems to have bought the plates c.1820 and issued them individually, not wishing to take on the expence of reprinting the text, sometimes writing his publisher's inscription on them by hand.
[Ref: 49009] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved by John Harris.]
[Two plates with ink mss.] Sold by R. Martin Book & Printseller, 47 Great Queen Str.t Lincolns Inn Fields [n.d., latest watermark 1828.]
25 plates (of 104) plus 2 duplicates, engravings with stipple and roulette, all in original hand colour. Each c. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), some on Whatman paper, watermarks 1820-8. Separate issue plates thus a few showing signs of wear, two plates without printed titles and numbers.
A collection of plates of the butterflies and moths of the US state of Georgia, illustrated with their larvæ, pupæ and the plants each prefers to feed. Originally published in 1797, the 'Natural History' was the earliest illustrated monograph devoted to the butterflies and moths of North America. However it was not a commercial success and existing sets are particularly rare. The publisher Robert Martin seems to have bought the plates c.1820 and issued them individually, not wishing to take on the expence of reprinting the text, sometimes writing his publisher's inscription on them by hand.
[Ref: 49009] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
New station, Lime Street. Entrance to the Tunnel, Booking-Offices &c. Edge Hill Station End of the Tunnel. New Grand Entrance to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Lime Street, Liverpool.
Drawn by S. Kelper; Engraved by John Harris.
London published Sept.r 30th 1836, by Ackermann & Co. and Henry Lacy, 64 Bold St., Liverpool.
Coloured aquatint. 495 x 370mm.
Three images on one sheet: the interior of New Station; exterior of Edge Hill Station; and Exterior of New Grand Entrance.
[Ref: 3570] £650.00
Drawn by S. Kelper; Engraved by John Harris.
London published Sept.r 30th 1836, by Ackermann & Co. and Henry Lacy, 64 Bold St., Liverpool.
Coloured aquatint. 495 x 370mm.
Three images on one sheet: the interior of New Station; exterior of Edge Hill Station; and Exterior of New Grand Entrance.
[Ref: 3570] £650.00
Royal Horse Guards_Blue. R. Ackermann's Chobham Scenes. Plate 11.
Hy. Martens delt. ['HM' monogram in image.] J. Harris, sculpt.
London, Published Jany. 1-1854, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting & Military Gallery, 191, Regent St.
Hand coloured aquatint, 165 x 240mm. 6½ x 9½".
The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of King Charles II. As the regiment's uniform was blue in colour at the time, it was nicknamed "the Oxford Blues", from which was derived the nickname the "Blues." In 1750 the regiment became the Royal Horse Guards Blue and eventually, in 1877, the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). The RHG was amalgamated with the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) to form the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1969.
[Ref: 17790] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hy. Martens delt. ['HM' monogram in image.] J. Harris, sculpt.
London, Published Jany. 1-1854, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting & Military Gallery, 191, Regent St.
Hand coloured aquatint, 165 x 240mm. 6½ x 9½".
The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of King Charles II. As the regiment's uniform was blue in colour at the time, it was nicknamed "the Oxford Blues", from which was derived the nickname the "Blues." In 1750 the regiment became the Royal Horse Guards Blue and eventually, in 1877, the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). The RHG was amalgamated with the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) to form the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1969.
[Ref: 17790] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Madras Light Cavalry. Officer in Review Order. 1st Regiment. R. Ackermann's Costumes of the British Army. No. 3.
Drawn by H. Martens , from a Sketch by Capt.n Fred.c Ainslie, 21st Fusiliers. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published June 7th 1845, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 101, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, corners clipped, small tear in edge. Slight toning.
A European officer in review order, wearing an extravagantly-laced French grey uniform, with two native troopers behind.
Ogilby 8.
[Ref: 40488] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by H. Martens , from a Sketch by Capt.n Fred.c Ainslie, 21st Fusiliers. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published June 7th 1845, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 101, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, corners clipped, small tear in edge. Slight toning.
A European officer in review order, wearing an extravagantly-laced French grey uniform, with two native troopers behind.
Ogilby 8.
[Ref: 40488] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Madras Light Cavalry. New Dress_Officer. R. Ackermann's Costumes of the Indian Army. No. 32.
Drawn by H.y Martens. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published May 24.th 1848, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾'').
A mounted portrait of an officer in the Madras Light Cavalry in the Indian Army.
[Ref: 49038] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by H.y Martens. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published May 24.th 1848, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾'').
A mounted portrait of an officer in the Madras Light Cavalry in the Indian Army.
[Ref: 49038] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mah-to-toh-pa. (The Four Bears) 2nd Chief of the Mandans.
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait of a Mandan of Dakota by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31512] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait of a Mandan of Dakota by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31512] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Meach-o shin-gaw, The Little White Bear, A Konza Warrior.
Geo. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
Local to Denver. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31509] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Geo. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
Local to Denver. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31509] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Fores's Series of the Mothers. Pl. 3. Duck and Ducklings From the Original Picture by Mr. J.F. Herring Sen.r in the possession of the Publishers.
Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris & C. Quentery.
London, Published Nov.r 8th. 1855 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint on steel. 340 x 375mm (13½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
One of nine plates engraved by Harris and others for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152. See ref: 49005
[Ref: 49007] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris & C. Quentery.
London, Published Nov.r 8th. 1855 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint on steel. 340 x 375mm (13½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
One of nine plates engraved by Harris and others for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152. See ref: 49005
[Ref: 49007] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Fores's Series of the Mothers. Pl. 9. Hunting Mare & Foal. From the Original Picture by Mr. J.F. Herring Sen.r in the possession of the Publishers.]
[Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris.]
[London, Published May 19th. 1854 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.]
Aquatint on steel, india proof before letters. 345 x 380mm (13¾ x 15"). Some creasing. Damaged.
One of nine plates engraved by John Harris for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 58057] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris.]
[London, Published May 19th. 1854 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.]
Aquatint on steel, india proof before letters. 345 x 380mm (13¾ x 15"). Some creasing. Damaged.
One of nine plates engraved by John Harris for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 58057] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Fores's Series of the Mothers. Pl. 1. Hack Mare & Foal. From the Original Picture by Mr. J.F. Herring Sen.r in the possession of the Publishers.]
[Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris.]
[London, Published May 19th. 1854 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.]
Aquatint on steel, india proof before letters. 345 x 380mm (13¾ x 15"). Tear entering blank inscription area. Slight creasing.
One of nine plates engraved by John Harris for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 58056] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris.]
[London, Published May 19th. 1854 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.]
Aquatint on steel, india proof before letters. 345 x 380mm (13¾ x 15"). Tear entering blank inscription area. Slight creasing.
One of nine plates engraved by John Harris for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 58056] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fores's Series of the Mothers. Pl. 5. Sow and Pigs. From the Original Picture by Mr. J.F. Herring Sen.r in the possession of the Publishers.
Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris & C. Quentery.
London, Published Nov.r 8th. 1855 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint on steel. 340 x 375mm (13½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
One of nine plates engraved by Harris and others for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 49006] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted By J.F. Herring Sen.r. Engraved By J. Harris & C. Quentery.
London, Published Nov.r 8th. 1855 By Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly.
Coloured aquatint on steel. 340 x 375mm (13½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
One of nine plates engraved by Harris and others for Fores' 'Mothers' series.
Siltzer: p.152.
[Ref: 49006] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Muck-a-tah-mish-o-kah-kaik. The Black Hawk. A Sac Chief.
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). 2 foxing spots. Slightly time stained.
Portrait of Makataimeshekiakiak or Black (Sparrow) Hawk (1767-1838), whose Sauk tribesmen fought for the British in the War of 1812, earning themselves the nickname the 'British Band'. In 1832 the British Band crossed the Mississippi into Illinois, attempting to resettle land ceded in 1804 to the United States in a disputed treaty. It was the US that started hostilities, when poorly-trained militia opened fire on a delegation from the Sauk, after which the tribe attacked forts and settlements before being defeated at the Battles of Wisconsin Heights & Bad Axe. Most of the Sauk were killed, but Black Hawk was captured and imprisoned. The 'Black Hawk War' is best known for Abraham Lincoln's brief military experience and as the impetus for the 'Indian Removal' policy. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31514] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). 2 foxing spots. Slightly time stained.
Portrait of Makataimeshekiakiak or Black (Sparrow) Hawk (1767-1838), whose Sauk tribesmen fought for the British in the War of 1812, earning themselves the nickname the 'British Band'. In 1832 the British Band crossed the Mississippi into Illinois, attempting to resettle land ceded in 1804 to the United States in a disputed treaty. It was the US that started hostilities, when poorly-trained militia opened fire on a delegation from the Sauk, after which the tribe attacked forts and settlements before being defeated at the Battles of Wisconsin Heights & Bad Axe. Most of the Sauk were killed, but Black Hawk was captured and imprisoned. The 'Black Hawk War' is best known for Abraham Lincoln's brief military experience and as the impetus for the 'Indian Removal' policy. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31514] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Nah-pope. (The Soup) A Sac Warrior.
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
Portrait of Neapope, a spiritual leader of the Sauk tribe and advisor to Black (Sparrow) Hawk (1767-1838), during the 'Black Hawk War' of 1832. The 'British Band' (a nickname given to the Sauk for helping the British in the War of 1812) crossed the Mississippi into Illinois, attempting to resettle land ceded in 1804 to the United States in a disputed treaty. It was the US that started hostilities, when poorly-trained militia opened fire on a delegation from the Sauk, after which the tribe attacked forts and settlements before being defeated at the Battles of Wisconsin Heights & Bad Axe. Most of the Sauk were killed, but Neapope and Black Hawk were captured and imprisoned. The 'Black Hawk War' is best known for Abraham Lincoln's brief military experience and as the impetus for the 'Indian Removal' policy. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31515] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
Portrait of Neapope, a spiritual leader of the Sauk tribe and advisor to Black (Sparrow) Hawk (1767-1838), during the 'Black Hawk War' of 1832. The 'British Band' (a nickname given to the Sauk for helping the British in the War of 1812) crossed the Mississippi into Illinois, attempting to resettle land ceded in 1804 to the United States in a disputed treaty. It was the US that started hostilities, when poorly-trained militia opened fire on a delegation from the Sauk, after which the tribe attacked forts and settlements before being defeated at the Battles of Wisconsin Heights & Bad Axe. Most of the Sauk were killed, but Neapope and Black Hawk were captured and imprisoned. The 'Black Hawk War' is best known for Abraham Lincoln's brief military experience and as the impetus for the 'Indian Removal' policy. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31515] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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
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
Pattern of Artillery Uniform. Recommended by the Committee on Volunteer Clothing. R. Ackermann's Costumes of the Volunteer Corps. No. 4.
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London; Published Feb.y 16.th 1860; by Rudolph Ackermann; at his Eclipse Sporting & Military Gallery, 191, Regent Stret.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 375 x 292mm. 14¾ x 11½".. Paper toning, nicks and tears to upper margin edge.
Three officers with rifles stand dressed in blue military uniform with red striped highlights down the seam of the leg, jacket edges and hat rim; a manned cannon behind. From Rudolph Ackermann's "Costumes of the Volunteer Corps".
Ogilby: 26; 4.
[Ref: 21389] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London; Published Feb.y 16.th 1860; by Rudolph Ackermann; at his Eclipse Sporting & Military Gallery, 191, Regent Stret.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 375 x 292mm. 14¾ x 11½".. Paper toning, nicks and tears to upper margin edge.
Three officers with rifles stand dressed in blue military uniform with red striped highlights down the seam of the leg, jacket edges and hat rim; a manned cannon behind. From Rudolph Ackermann's "Costumes of the Volunteer Corps".
Ogilby: 26; 4.
[Ref: 21389] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Reynard's Last Shift.
After Collett by H.B. Engraved by J.Harris.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured mezzotint. 600 x 480mm. Paper toned.
A fox hides under a woman's skirts.
[Ref: 1330] £450.00
After Collett by H.B. Engraved by J.Harris.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured mezzotint. 600 x 480mm. Paper toned.
A fox hides under a woman's skirts.
[Ref: 1330] £450.00
Rochester Inscrib'd to S.r Thomas Palmer Bar.t & S.r Jo.n Jennings Kn.t Mem.rs of Parlm.t for ye City.
T. Badeslade delin.t. J. Harris Sculp.t.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1719.]
Engraving on two sheets, very fine impression total 375 x 820mm (14¾ x 32¼"). Mint. Original binding folds.
A fine, dark example of this elevated view of Rochester, looking down the Medway towards Sheerness, published in 'The History of Kent' by John Harris. Down the sides are six inset views, including the castle, cathedral and Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Market House.
[Ref: 54793] £360.00
T. Badeslade delin.t. J. Harris Sculp.t.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1719.]
Engraving on two sheets, very fine impression total 375 x 820mm (14¾ x 32¼"). Mint. Original binding folds.
A fine, dark example of this elevated view of Rochester, looking down the Medway towards Sheerness, published in 'The History of Kent' by John Harris. Down the sides are six inset views, including the castle, cathedral and Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Market House.
[Ref: 54793] £360.00
To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. Honi. Soit. Qui. Mal. Y. Pense. Ich Dien. [in crest]
T Baston F. J. Harris S.
[n.d. c.1721].
Coloured engraving. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12").
'Royal George' was a short-lived name for the Royal Nay 100-gun ship of the line launched in 1675 as 'Royal James'. After the Glorious Revolution she was renamed 'Victory', then 'Royal George' in 1714, on the Hanoverian accession, but reverted to 'Victory' the following year.. She burned to the waterline in 1721 and was broken up. Fine impression.
[Ref: 8507] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
T Baston F. J. Harris S.
[n.d. c.1721].
Coloured engraving. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12").
'Royal George' was a short-lived name for the Royal Nay 100-gun ship of the line launched in 1675 as 'Royal James'. After the Glorious Revolution she was renamed 'Victory', then 'Royal George' in 1714, on the Hanoverian accession, but reverted to 'Victory' the following year.. She burned to the waterline in 1721 and was broken up. Fine impression.
[Ref: 8507] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sha-ko-ka. The Mint. A Mandan Girl.
[Engraved by John Harris after George Catlin.]
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait of a girl of the Mandan tribe of Dakota by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31513] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by John Harris after George Catlin.]
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait of a girl of the Mandan tribe of Dakota by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31513] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Launch of the Great Britain, at Bristol. On the 19th of July 1843, in the presence of H.R.H. Prince Albert.
Drawn by H. Sims.
Engd. & Pubd. by J. Harris [c.1850].
Rare steel engraving, perhaps an illustration trimmed from a writing paper, sheet 110 x 175mm. 4¼ x 7".
The SS ‘Great Britain’ was the first screw-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, as well as being the first iron-built ship to do so. She sailed from Liverpool to New York in 1845, taking 14 days 21 hours to make the crossing. She was completed in Bristol in 1843 for the Great Western Steamship Company to the plans of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Accommodation was provided for about 360 passengers. The Great Britain was employed in the Australian trade from 1852, and then had her engines removed and was converted into a sailing vessel in 1882. Her seagoing life ended in the Falkland Islands in 1886. In 1970 she was brought back to the dock in which she was built, for preservation.
[Ref: 23457] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by H. Sims.
Engd. & Pubd. by J. Harris [c.1850].
Rare steel engraving, perhaps an illustration trimmed from a writing paper, sheet 110 x 175mm. 4¼ x 7".
The SS ‘Great Britain’ was the first screw-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, as well as being the first iron-built ship to do so. She sailed from Liverpool to New York in 1845, taking 14 days 21 hours to make the crossing. She was completed in Bristol in 1843 for the Great Western Steamship Company to the plans of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Accommodation was provided for about 360 passengers. The Great Britain was employed in the Australian trade from 1852, and then had her engines removed and was converted into a sailing vessel in 1882. Her seagoing life ended in the Falkland Islands in 1886. In 1970 she was brought back to the dock in which she was built, for preservation.
[Ref: 23457] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Marlborough House] The South-West Prospect of his Grace ye Duke of Marlborough's House in St. James Park.](jpegs/56356.jpg)
[Marlborough House] The South-West Prospect of his Grace ye Duke of Marlborough's House in St. James Park.
James Lightbody Delin. John Harris Fecit.
[London: David Mortier, n.d., c.1715].
Etching. 475 x 580mm (18¼ x 22¾"), very large margins. Framed. Old ink mss pagination added lower right. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Marlborough House from The Mall, engraved by John Harris (1686-1739) after James Lightbody. The London residence of the John Churchill, it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren under the instructions of Sarah Churchill and completed in 1711, the year Churchill became 1st Duke of Marlborough. Today it houses the Commonwealth Secretariat, with a third story designed by Sir William Chambers in 1770. The first state, before Joseph Smith added his inscription in 1724.
[Ref: 56356] £450.00
James Lightbody Delin. John Harris Fecit.
[London: David Mortier, n.d., c.1715].
Etching. 475 x 580mm (18¼ x 22¾"), very large margins. Framed. Old ink mss pagination added lower right. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Marlborough House from The Mall, engraved by John Harris (1686-1739) after James Lightbody. The London residence of the John Churchill, it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren under the instructions of Sarah Churchill and completed in 1711, the year Churchill became 1st Duke of Marlborough. Today it houses the Commonwealth Secretariat, with a third story designed by Sir William Chambers in 1770. The first state, before Joseph Smith added his inscription in 1724.
[Ref: 56356] £450.00
![[Marlborough House] The South-West Prospect of his Grace ye Duke of Marlborough's House in St. James Park.](jpegs/29076.jpg)
[Marlborough House] The South-West Prospect of his Grace ye Duke of Marlborough's House in St. James Park.
James Lightbody Delin. John Harris Fecit.
Printed and Sold by J. Smith in Exeter Changes in ye Strand. [n.d., c.1725].
Etching. 475 x 580mm (18¼ x 22¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Marlborough House from The Mall, engraved by John Harris (1686-1739) after James Lightbody. The London residence of the John Churchill, it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren under the instructions of Sarah Churchill and completed in 1711, the year Churchill became 1st Duke of Marlborough. Today it houses the Commonwealth Secretariat, with a third story designed by Sir William Chambers in 1770.
[Ref: 29076] £450.00
James Lightbody Delin. John Harris Fecit.
Printed and Sold by J. Smith in Exeter Changes in ye Strand. [n.d., c.1725].
Etching. 475 x 580mm (18¼ x 22¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Marlborough House from The Mall, engraved by John Harris (1686-1739) after James Lightbody. The London residence of the John Churchill, it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren under the instructions of Sarah Churchill and completed in 1711, the year Churchill became 1st Duke of Marlborough. Today it houses the Commonwealth Secretariat, with a third story designed by Sir William Chambers in 1770.
[Ref: 29076] £450.00
The South East Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St Paul's, London.
B. Lens delineavit. J. Harris Sculpsit.
[London: John Smith, c.1724.]
Engraving on two sheets conjoined, total. 450 x 660mm (17¾ x 26"). Folds and splits as normal. Cut to small margins. Loss on right centre margin.
An elevation of St Paul's Cathedral shown from the churchyard. The statue of Queen Anne can be seen on the far left.
[Ref: 57894] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
B. Lens delineavit. J. Harris Sculpsit.
[London: John Smith, c.1724.]
Engraving on two sheets conjoined, total. 450 x 660mm (17¾ x 26"). Folds and splits as normal. Cut to small margins. Loss on right centre margin.
An elevation of St Paul's Cathedral shown from the churchyard. The statue of Queen Anne can be seen on the far left.
[Ref: 57894] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Admodum Reverendis, Amplissimis, Clarissimisq. Viris, Curatoribus ex Authoritate Senatus delegatis ad extruenda Quinquaginta illa Templa qua Hortante et Auspicante ANNA fælicis Piæq memoriæ Reginâ Londini instaurari cæperunt, Prospectum hunc Templi S.tæ Mariæ in Vico dicto The Strand. Debito Obsequio D. D: Jacobus Gibbs Architectus.
Jo: Harris Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving 600 x 450mm, 23½ x 17¾". Splits in folds.
South west view of St Mary le Strand as proposed by the architect James Gibbs, which was not as completed. It shows a statue of Queen Anne above the portico which was abandoned on her death in 1714. St Mary-le-Strand was James Gibbs' first public building, the first of the fifty new churches built in London under the 'Commission for Building Fifty New Churches', at a cost of some £16,000. Building started in February 1715, but work was halted because of the Jacobite rebellion. Gibbs, a secret Catholic and widely believed to have Jacobite sympathies, was dismissed as Surveyor to the Commissioners for building New Churches in August 1715 but was allowed to complete the church without pay. The steeple was completed in September 1717, although the church was not consecrated for use until 1 January 1723. Gibbs complained about how the commissioners changed his plans, including the addition of the steeple, which meant Gibbs was 'obliged to spread [the church] from south to north, which makes the plan oblong, which should otherwise have been square'.
[Ref: 9029] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Jo: Harris Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving 600 x 450mm, 23½ x 17¾". Splits in folds.
South west view of St Mary le Strand as proposed by the architect James Gibbs, which was not as completed. It shows a statue of Queen Anne above the portico which was abandoned on her death in 1714. St Mary-le-Strand was James Gibbs' first public building, the first of the fifty new churches built in London under the 'Commission for Building Fifty New Churches', at a cost of some £16,000. Building started in February 1715, but work was halted because of the Jacobite rebellion. Gibbs, a secret Catholic and widely believed to have Jacobite sympathies, was dismissed as Surveyor to the Commissioners for building New Churches in August 1715 but was allowed to complete the church without pay. The steeple was completed in September 1717, although the church was not consecrated for use until 1 January 1723. Gibbs complained about how the commissioners changed his plans, including the addition of the steeple, which meant Gibbs was 'obliged to spread [the church] from south to north, which makes the plan oblong, which should otherwise have been square'.
[Ref: 9029] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Tuck-ee, a Cherokee War Chief.
Geo Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31511] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Geo Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31511] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R. Ackermann's Costumed of the British Army. Field Marshall His Grace The Duke of Wellington, K.G. G.C.B. G.C. H. &c. &c. &c. At the Grand Review in Windsor Great Park on the 5th June, 1844.
H. DeDaubrawa pinxt. J. Harris sculpt.
London Published June 2nd 1845. by Rudolph Ackermann at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 101 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. 385 x 290mm. Creasing outside the plate mark
Arthur Wellesley (1769 - 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, in uniform, on horseback.
[Ref: 1709] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. DeDaubrawa pinxt. J. Harris sculpt.
London Published June 2nd 1845. by Rudolph Ackermann at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 101 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. 385 x 290mm. Creasing outside the plate mark
Arthur Wellesley (1769 - 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, in uniform, on horseback.
[Ref: 1709] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![A View In Hyde Park. The Duke completed his 83rd. Year May 1st. 1852, was Born May 1st. 1769 Died Septr. 14th. 1852. [&] A View Near Albert Gate.](jpegs/8105.jpg)
A View In Hyde Park. The Duke completed his 83rd. Year May 1st. 1852, was Born May 1st. 1769 Died Septr. 14th. 1852. [&] A View Near Albert Gate.
Painted By H. Daubrawa. Engraved By J. Harris.
London, Re-Published Septr. 15th. 1852, At R. Ackermann's Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. [&] London, Published July 1st. 1847, By Rudolph Ackermann, At His Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Pair of coloured aquatints, each 530 x 605mm.
Pair of equestrian portraits. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) passing the Achilles statue, a tribute to his own achievements, in Hyde Park. This a reissue, published one day after Wellington's death, of the plate first published in 1844. After Henry de Daubrawa. Thomas Cubbitt (1788 - 1855), builder. He rides past Albert Gate, Hyde Park, some of its distinctive Italianate architecture visible in the background, which he himself designed. Situated on ground purchased by government from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and others, the development was constructed 1844-6, at a cost of 20,844l. 10s 9d., and so called after H.R.H. Prince Albert.
See Guildhall Library: p5405523 and NPG: D2905.
[Ref: 8105] £1,150.00 view all images for this item
Painted By H. Daubrawa. Engraved By J. Harris.
London, Re-Published Septr. 15th. 1852, At R. Ackermann's Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. [&] London, Published July 1st. 1847, By Rudolph Ackermann, At His Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Pair of coloured aquatints, each 530 x 605mm.
Pair of equestrian portraits. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) passing the Achilles statue, a tribute to his own achievements, in Hyde Park. This a reissue, published one day after Wellington's death, of the plate first published in 1844. After Henry de Daubrawa. Thomas Cubbitt (1788 - 1855), builder. He rides past Albert Gate, Hyde Park, some of its distinctive Italianate architecture visible in the background, which he himself designed. Situated on ground purchased by government from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and others, the development was constructed 1844-6, at a cost of 20,844l. 10s 9d., and so called after H.R.H. Prince Albert.
See Guildhall Library: p5405523 and NPG: D2905.
[Ref: 8105] £1,150.00 view all images for this item
Attack of the Kaffirs on the Troops under the Command of L.t Col. Fordyce of the 74th Highlanders, while forcing their way through the Kroomie Forest on the 8th of September 1851. Dedicated by permission to Major Gen.l Henry Somerset, C.B. & K.H. Commanding the 1st Division of the forces at the Cape of Good Hope.
Painted by H.y Martens from a sketch by Mr Baines. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published Nov.r 1st 1852, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 515 x 685mm (20¼ x 27"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner snipped.
A scene from the Eighth Xhosa War (1850-3), with a column of soldiers attacked by Xhosa spearmen in a narrow ravine. Lieut. Colonel John Fordyce had realised that the regiment's usual scarlet tunics were not suited to African warfare, so issued his men with the olive canvas jackets shown here. He was killed at Waterkloof a month later. The war is now best known for the wreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. The new recruits, many destined for the 74th, stood in rank as the women and children escaped in lifeboats, commemorated in the ''Birkenhead drill'' of Rudyard Kipling's poem.
[Ref: 52071] £550.00
Painted by H.y Martens from a sketch by Mr Baines. Engraved by J. Harris.
London, Published Nov.r 1st 1852, by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 515 x 685mm (20¼ x 27"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner snipped.
A scene from the Eighth Xhosa War (1850-3), with a column of soldiers attacked by Xhosa spearmen in a narrow ravine. Lieut. Colonel John Fordyce had realised that the regiment's usual scarlet tunics were not suited to African warfare, so issued his men with the olive canvas jackets shown here. He was killed at Waterkloof a month later. The war is now best known for the wreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. The new recruits, many destined for the 74th, stood in rank as the women and children escaped in lifeboats, commemorated in the ''Birkenhead drill'' of Rudyard Kipling's poem.
[Ref: 52071] £550.00