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Vice Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford Bart. M.P.
Vice Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford Bart. M.P.
Painted by Sir W. Beechey, R.A. Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.
London Published by Colnaghi Son & Co Pall Mall East Febry. 1828.
Mezzotint. Plate 355 x 281mm. 14 x 11". Slight crease through image.
Sir John Poo Beresford (1766-1844) Admiral; son of the Marquis of Waterford. He engaged the French in Hampton Roads 1795, commanded on North American station in 1806, commanded Royal Sovereign yacht in 1814. In 1812-35 he became M.P. and and he later escorted Louis XVIII to Calais on his restoration.
Parker: 48. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12393]   £320.00  
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John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fecit. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, first state before spectacles are erased from hand and engraved on nose. Image 180 x 145mm, 7 x 5¾". Lacking margins; surface rubbed, cut inside platemark.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, holding spectacles in his right hand, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. For other state item Ref: 27105.
[Ref: 27104]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Broster Esqr. F.A.S. Edinburgh.
John Syme, pinxit. T. Hodgetts, fect. Published (at the request of his pupils) from an original picture by Syme.
Sold by Archibald Constable & Co. and William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside & Pall Mall, London, Feby. 2nd. 1825 [or after]. _ Price 10/6.
Mezzotint on india paper, reworked state after spectacles erased from hand, and engraved on nose. The plate slightly reduced also. Image 175 x 130mm, 7 x 5¼". Lacking margins.
Portrait of John Broster, inventor of system for removal of speech impediments; seated in an armchair, looking to front, wearing spectacles, his left elbow resting on a book lettered with 'Art of Speaking', with papers below and other books lined up behind. Curtain in background, coat of arms at centre of inscription. After John Syme (1795 - 1861).
See BM Portraits p.252, 1. Wellcome 433. See item Ref: 27104.
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Major General Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, Bar.t C.B; K.C.H; K.M.T; & K.S.W.
Major General Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, Bar.t C.B; K.C.H; K.M.T; & K.S.W.
E.H. Latilla pinxit post-mortem. Tho's Hodgetts sculpsit.
London, July 19th. 1841. Published for Private Circulation, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, No. 23, Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint, 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins. Foxing around image.
Portrait of James Carmichael-Smyth (1779-1838), army officer and colonial governor. After briefly acting as colonial secretary following the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope, Carmichael served at Coruna, and in Scotland and the Netherlands (including the defence against the 1815 French invasion. On Wellington's recommendation he was made a baronet in 1823, and published several books on military and colonial subjects. In 1829 he was appointed governor of the Bahamas,during which time he abolished the flogging of female slaves. In 1833 he was transferred to the 'more important' governorship of British Guiana, in which he position he was still serving when he died suddenly 'of brain fever' in 1838.

[Ref: 12335]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[William Huskisson].
[William Huskisson].
Painted by R. Rothwell. M.R.H.A. Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.
London, August 1832, Published by M. Colnaghi, 23, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint engraving, proof before title. 365 x 280mm. Occasional foxing around plate mark. Some surface grubbiness and rubbing to te mezzotint surface.
William Huskisson [1770 - 1830], statesman. He was an advocate of free trade, reduced import duties, and attempted to introduce a sliding scale to relax the effect of the corn laws. He served (1827-28) as colonial secretary and leader of the House of Commons under Viscount Goderich and the duke of Wellington, resigning after a dispute with Wellington over parliamentary reform. He was killed by a locomotive at the opening of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway. Fine proof impression on india paper.
[Ref: 5188]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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This Print of Mary Queen of Scots is dedicated to Sir Walter Scott Bar.t
This Print of Mary Queen of Scots is dedicated to Sir Walter Scott Bar.t by his Obliged & Obed.t Humb. Ser.t W.m Fletcher.
Painted by Farino. Engraved by Tho.s Hodgetts & Son.
Published by W.m Fletcher, Edinburgh Oct.r 1828.
Mezzotint. 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), with wide margins Repair in margin. Crease on face.
With poem praising Mary by Henry Scott Riddell (1798-1870).
See NPG D25084 for later state.
[Ref: 34355]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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St. Nicholas' Church.
St. Nicholas' Church. Newcastle upon Tyne.
Painted by T.M. Richardson. Engraved by T. Hodgetts.
Published, Dec 15, 1828 by M.A. Richardson, Newcastle and by Moon, Boys & Greaves, Printsellers to His Majesty Pall Mall London. Proof [lower right].
Mezzotint with etching on india laid paper, 500 x 370mm. 19¾ x 14½". Two horizontal creases through image.
A very rare view in Newcastle. After Thomas Miles Richardson (1784 - 1848), locally published.
[Ref: 9176]   £350.00  
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St Nicholas Church. Newcastle upon Tyne.
St Nicholas Church. Newcastle upon Tyne.
Painted by T.M. Richardson. Engraved by T. Hodgetts.
Published Dec.15.1828 by M.A. Richardson, Newcastle, and by Moon, Boys & Graves, Printsellers to His Majesty. Pall Mall, London.
Mezzotint and etching with very large margins, rare. Plate 495 x 374mm. 19½ x 14¾". Laid on card.
View of the church, looking diagonally from the left foreground towards the church tower, which is surmounted by an open crown turret and four pinnacles; townsfolk in the street, including a man talking to another sitting in a horse-drawn cart, and a woman who leans out of an upper window holding a large basket-cage.
[Ref: 27568]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Daniel O'Connell.]
[Daniel O'Connell.]
[Painted And Engraved By R.M. Hodgetts.]
[London, published by S. Hollyer.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before all letters, 434 x 342mm. Damage to paper extremities, tear from right into plate but not image.
A strong proof impression of this handsome portrait of Daniel O'Connell (1775 – 1847). Known as 'The Liberator', or 'The Emancipator', he was an Irish political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.
[Ref: 7646]   £450.00  
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Daniel O'Connell [signature facsimile].
Daniel O'Connell [signature facsimile].
Painted And Engraved By R.M. Hodgetts.
London: Published December 1st. 1843, For The Proprietor, By S. Hollyer, 89. Chancery lane.
Proof mixed method engraving on india laid paper, 434 x 342mm. Foxing, largely to margins outside india.
A good impression of this handsome portrait of Daniel O'Connell (1775 – 1847). Known as 'The Liberator', or 'The Emancipator', he was an Irish political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.
[Ref: 7643]   £450.00  
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George Steevens Esq.r F.R.S. &c. &c.
George Steevens Esq.r F.R.S. &c. &c.
Painted by Zoffany. Engraved by T. Hodgetts.
London, Published for John Murray, Albemarle Street, March, 1816. To face p.271.
Mezzotint and engraving, with large margins. Plate 380 x 272mm. 15 x 10¾".
Portrait, almost half length in an oval, directed to left with left hand tucked into his jacket, looking towards the viewer with a slight smile, wearing a dark suit and pale wig tied at the nape of his neck. Plate to Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities, vol. 3, facing p 271. The 'Typographic Antiquities' was begun by Ames and continued by Dibdin, with augmentations by Herbert: four volumes were published 1810-19, printed by William Savage for Millar. The edition was never completed. George Steevens (1736-1800) was an English Shakespearean commentator. He collected a valuable library, rich in Elizabethan literature and a large collection of Hogarth prints; his notes on said subject were incorporated in John Nichol's Genuine Works of Hogarth. In 1767 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 25572]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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