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D.r Berkenhout. European Magazine.
T Holloway delint et sculpt [scratched]
Published Oct.r. 1. 1788 bu I. Sewell Cornhill.
Some surface dirt in margins.
Bust portrait of Dr Thomas Berkenhout in an oval. An English spy, physician, naturalist and author who wrote several works including 'Clavis Anglicae Linguae Botanicae', 'Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland' (1769) and 'Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland' (1789). He also served as a British agent in the colonies during the American Revolution being sent covertly on the Carlisle Peace Commission.
[Ref: 54767] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
T Holloway delint et sculpt [scratched]
Published Oct.r. 1. 1788 bu I. Sewell Cornhill.
Some surface dirt in margins.
Bust portrait of Dr Thomas Berkenhout in an oval. An English spy, physician, naturalist and author who wrote several works including 'Clavis Anglicae Linguae Botanicae', 'Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland' (1769) and 'Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland' (1789). He also served as a British agent in the colonies during the American Revolution being sent covertly on the Carlisle Peace Commission.
[Ref: 54767] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Captain Cook.
[c.1820]
Proof before all letters.
James Cook (1728 - 1779), explorer. The son of a Yorkshire labourer, Cook learned his seamanship on small East-coast traders. He was chosen to command the Endeavour in 1768, and made three important voyages of discovery to the South and North Pacific, which included the first British landing in Australia. He was killed in Hawaii during a skirmish. One of at least fourteen engravings made from the famous 1776 portrait of Cook by Nathaniel Dance (1735 - 1811), which was commissioned by the explorer Sir Joseph Banks (London, National Maritime Museum).
For other engravings from the same Dance portrait see refs 4577, 10791, etc
[Ref: 39167] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1820]
Proof before all letters.
James Cook (1728 - 1779), explorer. The son of a Yorkshire labourer, Cook learned his seamanship on small East-coast traders. He was chosen to command the Endeavour in 1768, and made three important voyages of discovery to the South and North Pacific, which included the first British landing in Australia. He was killed in Hawaii during a skirmish. One of at least fourteen engravings made from the famous 1776 portrait of Cook by Nathaniel Dance (1735 - 1811), which was commissioned by the explorer Sir Joseph Banks (London, National Maritime Museum).
For other engravings from the same Dance portrait see refs 4577, 10791, etc
[Ref: 39167] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hannah Cowley] Mrs Cowley.](jpegs/51799.jpg)
[Hannah Cowley] Mrs Cowley. European Magazine.
T. Holloway Direxit.
Published by John Sewell No. 32 Cornhill, 1. March 1789.
Engraving. 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left. Large margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of the poet and dramatist Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), whose plots often revolved around marriage and how women strive to overcome injustice.
[Ref: 51799] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T. Holloway Direxit.
Published by John Sewell No. 32 Cornhill, 1. March 1789.
Engraving. 175 x 100mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left. Large margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of the poet and dramatist Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), whose plots often revolved around marriage and how women strive to overcome injustice.
[Ref: 51799] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Bryan Edwards Esq.r.
Abbot Pinxit. Holloway Sculp.t.
Published Sept, 25, 1800 by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Trimmed into plate on right. Some slight time staining.
Portrait of Bryan Edwards (1743 - 1800), English politician and historian born in Westbury, Wiltshire. Edwards supported the slave trade, and was described by abolitionist William Wilberforce as a powerful opponent. West Indian slaver.
[Ref: 64135] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Abbot Pinxit. Holloway Sculp.t.
Published Sept, 25, 1800 by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Trimmed into plate on right. Some slight time staining.
Portrait of Bryan Edwards (1743 - 1800), English politician and historian born in Westbury, Wiltshire. Edwards supported the slave trade, and was described by abolitionist William Wilberforce as a powerful opponent. West Indian slaver.
[Ref: 64135] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Erasmus.
Holbein pinx.t. T. Holloway direxit.
Published as the Act directs, 12 Nov. 1792, by J.Murray, T.Holloway, and the other Proprietors.
Trimmed.
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (c. 1466 - 1536), Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
[Ref: 65306] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Holbein pinx.t. T. Holloway direxit.
Published as the Act directs, 12 Nov. 1792, by J.Murray, T.Holloway, and the other Proprietors.
Trimmed.
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (c. 1466 - 1536), Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
[Ref: 65306] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Benj. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Drawn & engraved by T. Holloway from the Bust modelled at Paris, from the Life.
[n.d. c.1791.]
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a noted polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He was the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Peace Treaty in 1783 and the United States Constitution in 1787. The study of electricity was also a particular interest and he published 'Experiments and Observations on Electricity' in 1751.
W: 1034-18.
[Ref: 24591] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & engraved by T. Holloway from the Bust modelled at Paris, from the Life.
[n.d. c.1791.]
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a noted polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He was the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Peace Treaty in 1783 and the United States Constitution in 1787. The study of electricity was also a particular interest and he published 'Experiments and Observations on Electricity' in 1751.
W: 1034-18.
[Ref: 24591] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bookplate of Charles Hoare.] Cha.s Hoare [in image].](jpegs/58774.jpg)
[Bookplate of Charles Hoare.] Cha.s Hoare [in image].
T. Holloway Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1821.]
Rare stipple & etching. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins.
A female figure looking at a monument with a bust, an armorial with a double-headed eagle and star, and a Latin inscription 'Tendit in Ardua Virtus'. The bookplate of Charles Hoare (1767-1851), Senior Partner of the banking firm of C. Hoare & Co. He commissioned John Nash to design his rural retreat, Luscombe Castle near Dawlish, in 1800.
[Ref: 58774] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
T. Holloway Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1821.]
Rare stipple & etching. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins.
A female figure looking at a monument with a bust, an armorial with a double-headed eagle and star, and a Latin inscription 'Tendit in Ardua Virtus'. The bookplate of Charles Hoare (1767-1851), Senior Partner of the banking firm of C. Hoare & Co. He commissioned John Nash to design his rural retreat, Luscombe Castle near Dawlish, in 1800.
[Ref: 58774] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
John Howard Esq.r
T. Holloway ad vivum delin et Sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
John Howard (1753-1799) was a British schoolmaster and poet, who was a mathematician working on the geometry of the sphere.
W: 1454-8.
[Ref: 24602] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T. Holloway ad vivum delin et Sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
John Howard (1753-1799) was a British schoolmaster and poet, who was a mathematician working on the geometry of the sphere.
W: 1454-8.
[Ref: 24602] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Israel Mauduit Esq.r. European Magazine.
From an Original Picture by M. Chamberlin Esq.r 1751, in the Possession of Benj.n Lethieulier Esq.r. Engraved by Tho.s Holloway.
Published as the Act directs, by J. Sewell Cornhill, 1787.
Portrait of Israel Mauduit (1708-87), merchant, writer and colonial agent, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1751, published to illustrate his obituary. His 1760 political pamphlet 'Considerations on the Present German War' attacked the use of British troops to protect George II's (then George III's) Hanoverian interests during the Seven Years' War (1754-63) and went through five editions. He later served as colonial agent for Massachusetts and wrote 'A Short View of the History of the New England Colonies: With Respect to their Charters and Constitution', 1769.
[Ref: 35336] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
From an Original Picture by M. Chamberlin Esq.r 1751, in the Possession of Benj.n Lethieulier Esq.r. Engraved by Tho.s Holloway.
Published as the Act directs, by J. Sewell Cornhill, 1787.
Portrait of Israel Mauduit (1708-87), merchant, writer and colonial agent, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1751, published to illustrate his obituary. His 1760 political pamphlet 'Considerations on the Present German War' attacked the use of British troops to protect George II's (then George III's) Hanoverian interests during the Seven Years' War (1754-63) and went through five editions. He later served as colonial agent for Massachusetts and wrote 'A Short View of the History of the New England Colonies: With Respect to their Charters and Constitution', 1769.
[Ref: 35336] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
W. Artaud pinx.t. T. Holloway sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs, July 15. 1795 & sold by T. Holloway, Newington Green, Middlx. R. Wilkinson, Cornhill, & Messr.s Darling & Thompson, Great Newington Street, Leicester Fields.]
Trimmed into plate, close to image at top and losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. He sits, quill in hand and boiling flask at his elbow. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Wellcome Library 2385-9.
[Ref: 64367] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
W. Artaud pinx.t. T. Holloway sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs, July 15. 1795 & sold by T. Holloway, Newington Green, Middlx. R. Wilkinson, Cornhill, & Messr.s Darling & Thompson, Great Newington Street, Leicester Fields.]
Trimmed into plate, close to image at top and losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. He sits, quill in hand and boiling flask at his elbow. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Wellcome Library 2385-9.
[Ref: 64367] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d Timothy Priestley Minister of the Gospel in London &c. Author of the New Evangelical Family Bible, ~ A Sermon on the Death of Lady Huntingdon, ~ an Ordination Sermon, ~ the Christian's Looking Glass, &c. &c.
[Painted and engraved by Thomas Holloway.]
Published by Alex.r Hogg, No 16 Paternoster Row, July 27, 1792. ~ Price 2s/6.d.
Mezzotint. 340 x 235mm. Rubbed and soiled.
Timothy Priestley (1734-1814), independent minister, younger brother of Joseph Priestley, for whom he made a folding electrical kite over six 6 feet wide.
CS: 2 state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3254] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted and engraved by Thomas Holloway.]
Published by Alex.r Hogg, No 16 Paternoster Row, July 27, 1792. ~ Price 2s/6.d.
Mezzotint. 340 x 235mm. Rubbed and soiled.
Timothy Priestley (1734-1814), independent minister, younger brother of Joseph Priestley, for whom he made a folding electrical kite over six 6 feet wide.
CS: 2 state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3254] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Sure and Convenient Machine for Drawing Silhouettes.
T. Holloway Pinxit. [after Johann Rudolph Schellenberg.]
[n.d., c.1792.]
A seat with a screen attached, allowing the shadow from a candle to be traced, a device invented by Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), a physiognomist. Thomas Holloway copied a Swiss print by Schellenberg.
[Ref: 42434] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T. Holloway Pinxit. [after Johann Rudolph Schellenberg.]
[n.d., c.1792.]
A seat with a screen attached, allowing the shadow from a candle to be traced, a device invented by Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), a physiognomist. Thomas Holloway copied a Swiss print by Schellenberg.
[Ref: 42434] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hester Thrale] Mrs Piozzi.](jpegs/51947.jpg)
[Hester Thrale] Mrs Piozzi. European Magazine.
Engraved by T. Holloway from the Original Painting [by Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Publish'd by J. Sewell Cornhill 1786.
Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781 (shortly after Reynolds painted this portrait, showing Hester aged 40); she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 51947] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by T. Holloway from the Original Painting [by Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Publish'd by J. Sewell Cornhill 1786.
Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781 (shortly after Reynolds painted this portrait, showing Hester aged 40); she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 51947] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wall of ears.]](jpegs/20475.jpg)
[Wall of ears.]
F. Bartolozzi Aqua Forti Fecit. T. Holloway Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Twenty-three ears on a panel framed with plants; a naked child with outstretched arms showing the panel.
De Vesme: 1739; iii/iii. See 13110 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bartolozzi Aqua Forti Fecit. T. Holloway Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Twenty-three ears on a panel framed with plants; a naked child with outstretched arms showing the panel.
De Vesme: 1739; iii/iii. See 13110 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Benjamin West Esq.r President of the Royal Academy and Historical Painter to his Majesty.
Benj.m West Esq.r P.R.A. Pinx.t T. Holloway sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, by Tho.s Holloway, & the other Proprietors, April 25. 1798.
Slight printers crease.
Engraving after a self-portrait by Benjamin West; half-length seated slightly to right, looking to front, wearing short wig, plain coat with bright buttons and frill; curtain behind, pulled back to reveal Somerset House beyond at the right. The print was published as an illustration to the first English edition of Johann Caspar Lavater's 'Physiognomische Fragmente', Vol III, pl. 171, between pp.150-51. Benjamin West (1738-1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and again from 1806 until his death.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25512] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Benj.m West Esq.r P.R.A. Pinx.t T. Holloway sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, by Tho.s Holloway, & the other Proprietors, April 25. 1798.
Slight printers crease.
Engraving after a self-portrait by Benjamin West; half-length seated slightly to right, looking to front, wearing short wig, plain coat with bright buttons and frill; curtain behind, pulled back to reveal Somerset House beyond at the right. The print was published as an illustration to the first English edition of Johann Caspar Lavater's 'Physiognomische Fragmente', Vol III, pl. 171, between pp.150-51. Benjamin West (1738-1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and again from 1806 until his death.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25512] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Christopher Wren
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)