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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Anna, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.]](jpegs/40862.jpg)
[Anna, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.] Anna, Kroonprincesse van Grootbrittanje, Gemalinne van Willem de IV Prins van Oranje enz enz enz.
H. Pothoven delin J. Houbraken sculps 1750.
J.bs Haffman en P. Meyer Excud.
Very fine engraving, platemark 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Small margins.
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Hanover (1709-1759), was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. From a series of twenty-one engravings by Jacob Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé of Dutch stadholders and their families, each in a decorative oval placed on a pedestal, designed by Hendrik van Pothoven.
[Ref: 40862] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
H. Pothoven delin J. Houbraken sculps 1750.
J.bs Haffman en P. Meyer Excud.
Very fine engraving, platemark 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Small margins.
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Hanover (1709-1759), was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. From a series of twenty-one engravings by Jacob Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé of Dutch stadholders and their families, each in a decorative oval placed on a pedestal, designed by Hendrik van Pothoven.
[Ref: 40862] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Lord George Anson Admiraal Van Groot Brittanje.
J. Wandelaar effig ad viv. J. Houbraken Sculp.
te Amsterdam bu P. Fouquet Junior. [n.d c.1751]
Rare engraving, 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Thread margins. Some very light foxing.
Half length portrait of Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), wearing admiral's jacket, short wig and set within an oval. A naval reformer, distinguished Royal Navy officer and politician. He sailed around the world (1740-44) ) during the War of Jenkins' Ear attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. After Dutch draughtsman and etcher Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) and engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) a Dutch engraver who specialised in portraits, he also collected and dealt in Rembrandt etchings.
[Ref: 65939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Wandelaar effig ad viv. J. Houbraken Sculp.
te Amsterdam bu P. Fouquet Junior. [n.d c.1751]
Rare engraving, 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Thread margins. Some very light foxing.
Half length portrait of Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), wearing admiral's jacket, short wig and set within an oval. A naval reformer, distinguished Royal Navy officer and politician. He sailed around the world (1740-44) ) during the War of Jenkins' Ear attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. After Dutch draughtsman and etcher Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) and engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) a Dutch engraver who specialised in portraits, he also collected and dealt in Rembrandt etchings.
[Ref: 65939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Anson].](jpegs/3298.jpg)
[George Anson].
[Engraved by J. Houbraken].
[n.d. c.1751].
Proof before letters printed in Amsterdam, engraving. 240 x 375mm. Foxing, mostly outside image.
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson [1697-1762] admiral and naval reformer. He sailed around the world 1740 - 44 attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. Rare proof before all letters. Included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. After the painting by J. Wandelaar.
[Ref: 3298] £450.00
[Engraved by J. Houbraken].
[n.d. c.1751].
Proof before letters printed in Amsterdam, engraving. 240 x 375mm. Foxing, mostly outside image.
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson [1697-1762] admiral and naval reformer. He sailed around the world 1740 - 44 attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. Rare proof before all letters. Included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. After the painting by J. Wandelaar.
[Ref: 3298] £450.00
Ann Bullen Queen of K. Henry VIII.
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. Holben pinx.
In the Collection of the late Earl Bradford. Impensis J.& P. Knapton Londini 1738 (bit later).
Copper engraving. Plate 370 x 229mm. 14½ x 9".
Anne Boleyn (1507-1536), Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII and mother to Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was executed. From The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Thomas Birch.
[Ref: 24434] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. Holben pinx.
In the Collection of the late Earl Bradford. Impensis J.& P. Knapton Londini 1738 (bit later).
Copper engraving. Plate 370 x 229mm. 14½ x 9".
Anne Boleyn (1507-1536), Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII and mother to Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was executed. From The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Thomas Birch.
[Ref: 24434] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
George .Louis Le Clerc, Count de Buffon, Indendant du du Jardin royal des Plantes, de l'Académie Francoise, de l'Academie royale des Sciences, de la Société de Londres & d'Edenbourg, de l'Académie royale de Berlin, de S.t Petersbourg &t.
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken Sc. 1774.
Stipple. 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval, engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, the usual portrait used as the frontispiece for Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle'. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death.
[Ref: 64370] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken Sc. 1774.
Stipple. 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval, engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, the usual portrait used as the frontispiece for Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle'. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death.
[Ref: 64370] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
George Byng Lord Torrinton. In the Collection of the Right Hon: the Lord Visc.t Torrington
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747
Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747.
Fine engraving, plate 350 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with margins. Glued to album sheet. One small crease.
Bust portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733), in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond; a seascape with a seabattle in a cartouche below; a mythical sea creature in lower left. He wears a long wig and neckerchief. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 – 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 – 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Byng was one of the young army officers who supported William III's accession; 1691, transferred to the navy; 1704, played an important part in the capture of Gibraltar,which resulted in a knighthood; August 1718, decisive victory against the Spanish off Cape Passaro, Sicily; 1721, he was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Byng of Southill; 1725, created Viscount Torrington; 1727, first lord of the Admiralty.
O' Donoghue 4.
[Ref: 58871] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747
Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747.
Fine engraving, plate 350 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with margins. Glued to album sheet. One small crease.
Bust portrait of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733), in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond; a seascape with a seabattle in a cartouche below; a mythical sea creature in lower left. He wears a long wig and neckerchief. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 – 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 – 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Byng was one of the young army officers who supported William III's accession; 1691, transferred to the navy; 1704, played an important part in the capture of Gibraltar,which resulted in a knighthood; August 1718, decisive victory against the Spanish off Cape Passaro, Sicily; 1721, he was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Byng of Southill; 1725, created Viscount Torrington; 1727, first lord of the Admiralty.
O' Donoghue 4.
[Ref: 58871] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Duke Of Argyle And Greenwich. In the collection of Sr. Anthony Wescomb Bart.
Aikman Pinxit. J. Houbraken Sculp. Amst. 1735.
[Thomas Birch]
Fine engraving, print 360 x 220mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Tear in left edge.
Bust portrait of army officer and politician John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678-1743), in an architectural oval; below armour and a cartouche with coat of arms, with objects surrounding; swords, fabric, cannon balls, pikes/spears and a helmet. He wears armour with as sash going across and a long wig. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 - 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 - 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 - 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Campbell was instrumental in the union of Scotland with England; 1708-10, general under Marlborough in War of Spanish Succession; led the army supporting the Hanoverian cause in Scotland against the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion; supported Walpole until the aftermath of the Porteousriots when he voted against the reprisals on Edinburgh; 1741, led the successful opposition to Walpole in Scottish elections, but resigned all offices himself in 1742. Succeeded by his brother as 3rd Duke of Argyll
O' Donoghue 2.
[Ref: 58868] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Aikman Pinxit. J. Houbraken Sculp. Amst. 1735.
[Thomas Birch]
Fine engraving, print 360 x 220mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Tear in left edge.
Bust portrait of army officer and politician John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678-1743), in an architectural oval; below armour and a cartouche with coat of arms, with objects surrounding; swords, fabric, cannon balls, pikes/spears and a helmet. He wears armour with as sash going across and a long wig. From the series Birch's heads. In the mid-eighteenth century, the British historian Thomas Birch (1705 - 1766) published a series of short biographies of famous figures from his nation’s past. Accompanying each of the 108 biographies was an engraved portrait of the subject, whose likeness was presented within an elaborate decorative setting. These ornamental frames were designed by Hubert-François Bourguignon (1699 - 1773)—commonly known as Gravelot—a Parisian artist then working in London. After finishing the drawing, Gravelot sent sheets to Amsterdam. There, the Dutch printmaker Jacob Houbraken (1698 - 1780) created the final image by combining Gravelot’s design with portraits. Campbell was instrumental in the union of Scotland with England; 1708-10, general under Marlborough in War of Spanish Succession; led the army supporting the Hanoverian cause in Scotland against the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion; supported Walpole until the aftermath of the Porteousriots when he voted against the reprisals on Edinburgh; 1741, led the successful opposition to Walpole in Scottish elections, but resigned all offices himself in 1742. Succeeded by his brother as 3rd Duke of Argyll
O' Donoghue 2.
[Ref: 58868] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.]](jpegs/24712.jpg)
[Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.]
[J. Houbraken sculps.]
[Impensis J & P Knapton Londini, 1749.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. Plate 369 x 229mm. 14½ x 9".
Portrait of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; armour below. From Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset (1587-1645) was a politician and favourite of King James I of England.
[Ref: 24712] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Houbraken sculps.]
[Impensis J & P Knapton Londini, 1749.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. Plate 369 x 229mm. 14½ x 9".
Portrait of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and collar of the Order of the Garter; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; armour below. From Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset (1587-1645) was a politician and favourite of King James I of England.
[Ref: 24712] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Geoffrey Chaucer. In the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane Bar.t
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1741.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1741.
Engraving. 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Trimmed.
Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), the Father of English literature, and considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. Aside from an active life as an author, philosopher, alchemist, astronomer, and the composition of a scientific treatise on the astrolabe, he also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
[Ref: 34628] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1741.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1741.
Engraving. 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Trimmed.
Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), the Father of English literature, and considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. Aside from an active life as an author, philosopher, alchemist, astronomer, and the composition of a scientific treatise on the astrolabe, he also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
[Ref: 34628] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
John Duke of Marlborough.
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745.
In the Collection of the Honble. John Spencer. Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londidi.
Engraving. Dated in the platemark, but a later impression. 403 x 245mm. Light staining around the edges. Small tear to the bottom left-hand corner outside of the platemark.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a prominent English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly page at the court of the House of Stuart, he loyally served the Duke of York through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political advancement through his courage and diplomatic skill. Churchill's role in defeating the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 helped secure James on the throne, yet just three years later he abandoned his Catholic mentor for the Protestant Dutchman, William of Orange. Honoured for his services at William's coronation with the earldom of Marlborough, he served with further distinction in the early years of the Nine Years' War, but persistent charges of Jacobitism brought about his fall from office and temporary imprisonment in the Tower. It was not until the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, however, that Marlborough reached the zenith of is powers, and secured his fame and fortune. Becoming de facto leader of Allied forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, his victories on the fields of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709), ensured his place in history as one of Europe's great generals. Incurring Anne’s disfavour, and caught between Tory and Whig faction, Marlborough, who had brought glory and success to Anne's reign, was forced from office and into self-imposed exile. He returned to England and to influence under the House of Hanover with the accession of George I to the British throne in 1714, but following a series of strokes in later age his health gradually deteriorated, and on 16 June 1722, at Windsor Lodge, the 1st Duke of Marlborough died.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12661] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745.
In the Collection of the Honble. John Spencer. Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londidi.
Engraving. Dated in the platemark, but a later impression. 403 x 245mm. Light staining around the edges. Small tear to the bottom left-hand corner outside of the platemark.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a prominent English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly page at the court of the House of Stuart, he loyally served the Duke of York through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political advancement through his courage and diplomatic skill. Churchill's role in defeating the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 helped secure James on the throne, yet just three years later he abandoned his Catholic mentor for the Protestant Dutchman, William of Orange. Honoured for his services at William's coronation with the earldom of Marlborough, he served with further distinction in the early years of the Nine Years' War, but persistent charges of Jacobitism brought about his fall from office and temporary imprisonment in the Tower. It was not until the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, however, that Marlborough reached the zenith of is powers, and secured his fame and fortune. Becoming de facto leader of Allied forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, his victories on the fields of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709), ensured his place in history as one of Europe's great generals. Incurring Anne’s disfavour, and caught between Tory and Whig faction, Marlborough, who had brought glory and success to Anne's reign, was forced from office and into self-imposed exile. He returned to England and to influence under the House of Hanover with the accession of George I to the British throne in 1714, but following a series of strokes in later age his health gradually deteriorated, and on 16 June 1722, at Windsor Lodge, the 1st Duke of Marlborough died.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12661] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Oliver Cromwell.]](jpegs/7319.jpg)
[Oliver Cromwell.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving, proof before title. 375 x 275mm.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, after the painting by after Samuel Cooper. Proof before title, published in Amsterdam, later included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. With the collector's stamp of M Hornibrook (1874-1949). Extremely rare and fine.
Luyt 1873.
[Ref: 7319] £330.00
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Engraving, proof before title. 375 x 275mm.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, after the painting by after Samuel Cooper. Proof before title, published in Amsterdam, later included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. With the collector's stamp of M Hornibrook (1874-1949). Extremely rare and fine.
Luyt 1873.
[Ref: 7319] £330.00
![[S.r Francis Drake.]](jpegs/3304.jpg)
[S.r Francis Drake.]
[Engraved by Jacobus Houbraken.]
[n.d. c.1750].
Engraving, 14¼ x 9". Unfinished proof before letters, collectors' stamps on versa.
Rare proof from Birch's Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, published Amsterdam 1743-52.
[Ref: 3304] £450.00
[Engraved by Jacobus Houbraken.]
[n.d. c.1750].
Engraving, 14¼ x 9". Unfinished proof before letters, collectors' stamps on versa.
Rare proof from Birch's Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, published Amsterdam 1743-52.
[Ref: 3304] £450.00
S.r Francis Drake.
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sr Francis Drake.
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Copper engraving, fine impression. 365 x 230mm, 14 x 9". Torn to plate lower left.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. For Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' 1743-52.
[Ref: 24218] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Copper engraving, fine impression. 365 x 230mm, 14 x 9". Torn to plate lower left.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. For Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' 1743-52.
[Ref: 24218] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Het St. Nicolaas Feest. La Fete de St. Nicolas.
C. Troost inv. J. Houbrakken sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 440 x 385mm (17¼ x 15"). Scoring, small tears and foxing in margins.
A domestic scene showing a family celebrate the Feast of St Nicholas, three children happily play with their toys while one little boy cries because he only has a bunch of sticks in his shoe. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42657] £420.00
C. Troost inv. J. Houbrakken sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 440 x 385mm (17¼ x 15"). Scoring, small tears and foxing in margins.
A domestic scene showing a family celebrate the Feast of St Nicholas, three children happily play with their toys while one little boy cries because he only has a bunch of sticks in his shoe. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42657] £420.00
![[Joan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz.]](jpegs/8452.jpg)
[Joan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz.]
[J. Houbraken sculp.]
[n.d. c.1752]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 357 x 226mm (14" x 9"). Some light spotting.
Portrait of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange; half-length turned to the left with long, curled hair, wearing armour; in lettered oval decorated with a crown of walls and a branch from an orange tree; below a battle scene surrounded by objects of war. A portrait after Herman Hendrik Quiter, engraved for a series 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family'.
[Ref: 8452] £360.00
[J. Houbraken sculp.]
[n.d. c.1752]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 357 x 226mm (14" x 9"). Some light spotting.
Portrait of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange; half-length turned to the left with long, curled hair, wearing armour; in lettered oval decorated with a crown of walls and a branch from an orange tree; below a battle scene surrounded by objects of war. A portrait after Herman Hendrik Quiter, engraved for a series 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family'.
[Ref: 8452] £360.00
King George I.
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1746.
At Kensington Palace. Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini.
Line engraving. Dated in the platemark, but a later impression. 394 x 245mm. Small tear centre-bottom, outside the platemark.
King George I (1660-1727), Reigned 1714-27. The great-grandson of James I; he became King in 1714 at the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne. (The Elector was one of the princes who elected the German King who was then crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope).
[Ref: 12663] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1746.
At Kensington Palace. Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini.
Line engraving. Dated in the platemark, but a later impression. 394 x 245mm. Small tear centre-bottom, outside the platemark.
King George I (1660-1727), Reigned 1714-27. The great-grandson of James I; he became King in 1714 at the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne. (The Elector was one of the princes who elected the German King who was then crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope).
[Ref: 12663] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
George Prince of Denmark. At Kensington Palace.
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini.
Copper Engraving, published state, 360 x 220mm. 14¼ x 8¾". Horizontal crease through centre.
George, Prince of Denmark (1653 - 1708); Consort of Queen Anne. Title to oval masonry frame, a crown, scroll and allegorical figure carved in relief below. The second son of Frederick III, King of Denmark, George married Princess Anne in 1683. There was not much affection for George in England: he was widely held to be lazy, incompetent, hypocritical, and to speak poor English. Anne became Queen of England in 1702, but George was not made King. He was given charge of the Admiralty but had little skill. This was made worse by the chronic asthma which eventually killed him. Engraved in Amsterdam by Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723). This plate included in Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain', published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
[Ref: 18349] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1745.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini.
Copper Engraving, published state, 360 x 220mm. 14¼ x 8¾". Horizontal crease through centre.
George, Prince of Denmark (1653 - 1708); Consort of Queen Anne. Title to oval masonry frame, a crown, scroll and allegorical figure carved in relief below. The second son of Frederick III, King of Denmark, George married Princess Anne in 1683. There was not much affection for George in England: he was widely held to be lazy, incompetent, hypocritical, and to speak poor English. Anne became Queen of England in 1702, but George was not made King. He was given charge of the Admiralty but had little skill. This was made worse by the chronic asthma which eventually killed him. Engraved in Amsterdam by Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723). This plate included in Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain', published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
[Ref: 18349] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sidney Earl of Godolphin.]](jpegs/13427.jpg)
[Sidney Earl of Godolphin.]
J. Houbraken sculp. Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Engraving, early proof before publication in letterhead, 365 x 235mm 14 1/4 x 9 1/4"
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645 - 1712); a statesman and financier. Godolphin's expertise and loyalty were crucial to the Duke of Marlborough's success in the war against France. Appointed a Lord of the Treasury in 1679 and First Lord in 1684, he was made Lord High Treasurer on the accession of Queen Anne but was dismissed in 1710. A cautious, capable and flexible man, according to Charles II he was 'never in the way and never out of the way'.
[Ref: 13427] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculp. Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Engraving, early proof before publication in letterhead, 365 x 235mm 14 1/4 x 9 1/4"
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645 - 1712); a statesman and financier. Godolphin's expertise and loyalty were crucial to the Duke of Marlborough's success in the war against France. Appointed a Lord of the Treasury in 1679 and First Lord in 1684, he was made Lord High Treasurer on the accession of Queen Anne but was dismissed in 1710. A cautious, capable and flexible man, according to Charles II he was 'never in the way and never out of the way'.
[Ref: 13427] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Graham.]](jpegs/20865.jpg)
[James Graham.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740. [After W. Dobson.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. Plate 374 x 234mm. 14¾ x 9¼".
An early engraving by Houbraken for Birch's The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain. James Graham (1612-1650) 1st Marquis of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He initially joined the Scottish Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. He fought during the Civil War in Scotland on behalf of the King.
Ex Collection: Duke of Bedford.
[Ref: 20865] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740. [After W. Dobson.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. Plate 374 x 234mm. 14¾ x 9¼".
An early engraving by Houbraken for Birch's The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain. James Graham (1612-1650) 1st Marquis of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He initially joined the Scottish Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. He fought during the Civil War in Scotland on behalf of the King.
Ex Collection: Duke of Bedford.
[Ref: 20865] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
John Hampden. In the possession of Sr. Richard Ellys Bar.t
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Engraving, platemark 375 x 240mm (14¾ x 9½"), with very large margins.
John Hampden (1595-1643), politician who played a key role in fashioning the parliamentarian cause in the English civil war. A statue of Hampden was erected in the lobby of the Palace of Westminster as a reminder of the parliamentary opposition and its responsibilities. Rolled up Magna Carta at bottom. From Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
O'D 1
[Ref: 39753] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
Engraving, platemark 375 x 240mm (14¾ x 9½"), with very large margins.
John Hampden (1595-1643), politician who played a key role in fashioning the parliamentarian cause in the English civil war. A statue of Hampden was erected in the lobby of the Palace of Westminster as a reminder of the parliamentary opposition and its responsibilities. Rolled up Magna Carta at bottom. From Thomas Birch's 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
O'D 1
[Ref: 39753] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
George Frideric Handel.
A. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d., 1776.]
Etching. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
An oval portrait of composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), engraved by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Francis Kyte (d.1744). The ornate frame, which contains the title and a scene of Apollo and the Muses playing a concert, was designed by Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot (1699-1773). This image was used as the frontispiece to ''Thirteen Celebrated Italian Duets, Accompanied with the Harpsicord or Organ, never before Printed, Composed by the late Mr Handel'', 1776.
[Ref: 59411] £480.00
A. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d., 1776.]
Etching. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
An oval portrait of composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), engraved by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Francis Kyte (d.1744). The ornate frame, which contains the title and a scene of Apollo and the Muses playing a concert, was designed by Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot (1699-1773). This image was used as the frontispiece to ''Thirteen Celebrated Italian Duets, Accompanied with the Harpsicord or Organ, never before Printed, Composed by the late Mr Handel'', 1776.
[Ref: 59411] £480.00
Henry. VIII. K. of Engl. France & Ireland defender of ye faith began his reign at 18 years of Age, lived 55 Y. R,nd. 37 Y 9 M, died A,o. 1546.
Holbein pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini. 1750.
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 370mm (9 x 14½"), very large margins. A few light fox marks.
A portrait of King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Henry was the first English king of Ireland and was responsible for the English break with the Catholic church in Rome.
[Ref: 41966] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Holbein pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini. 1750.
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 370mm (9 x 14½"), very large margins. A few light fox marks.
A portrait of King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Henry was the first English king of Ireland and was responsible for the English break with the Catholic church in Rome.
[Ref: 41966] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Howard Queen of K Henry VIII. in the Collection of Mr. Richardson.
Jacobus Houbraken sculpsit Amst: Holben. pinx.
[n.d. c.1739 bit later.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9"). Some creasing.
Catherine Howard (c.1521-1542), fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. She was beheaded after less than two years of marriage to Henry on the grounds of treason, meaning adultery committed while married to the King. Catherine was stripped of her title as queen and imprisoned in Syon House, Middlesex, through the winter of 1541. Catherine's relatives were also detained in the Tower, except her uncle Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who had sufficiently detached himself from the scandal. All of the Howard prisoners were tried, found guilty of concealing treason, and sentenced to life imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. In time, however, they were released with their goods restored. Catherine herself remained in suspension until Parliament passed a bill of attainder, on 21 January 1542, that made it treason - punishable by death - for a queen consort to fail to disclose her sexual history to the king within 20 days of their marriage, or to incite someone to have adultery with her. This solved the matter of Catherine's supposed pre-contract and made her unequivocally guilty. Catherine was taken to the Tower of London on 10 February 1542. On 11 February, Henry signed the bill of attainder into law, and Catherine's execution was scheduled for 7 a.m. on 13 February. From Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
[Ref: 28756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Jacobus Houbraken sculpsit Amst: Holben. pinx.
[n.d. c.1739 bit later.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9"). Some creasing.
Catherine Howard (c.1521-1542), fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. She was beheaded after less than two years of marriage to Henry on the grounds of treason, meaning adultery committed while married to the King. Catherine was stripped of her title as queen and imprisoned in Syon House, Middlesex, through the winter of 1541. Catherine's relatives were also detained in the Tower, except her uncle Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who had sufficiently detached himself from the scandal. All of the Howard prisoners were tried, found guilty of concealing treason, and sentenced to life imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. In time, however, they were released with their goods restored. Catherine herself remained in suspension until Parliament passed a bill of attainder, on 21 January 1542, that made it treason - punishable by death - for a queen consort to fail to disclose her sexual history to the king within 20 days of their marriage, or to incite someone to have adultery with her. This solved the matter of Catherine's supposed pre-contract and made her unequivocally guilty. Catherine was taken to the Tower of London on 10 February 1542. On 11 February, Henry signed the bill of attainder into law, and Catherine's execution was scheduled for 7 a.m. on 13 February. From Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
[Ref: 28756] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham]](jpegs/8449.jpg)
[Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham]
[Federico Zucchero] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[London: J. & P. Knapton, n.d. c.1739.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 375 x 238mm (14¾ x 9¼")
Very rare portrait of Charles Howard (1536-1624), Lord High Admiral and 1st Earl of Nottingham, after a picture by Frederico Zucchero in the collection of the Duke of Kent.
[Ref: 8449] £320.00
[Federico Zucchero] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[London: J. & P. Knapton, n.d. c.1739.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 375 x 238mm (14¾ x 9¼")
Very rare portrait of Charles Howard (1536-1624), Lord High Admiral and 1st Earl of Nottingham, after a picture by Frederico Zucchero in the collection of the Duke of Kent.
[Ref: 8449] £320.00
Henry Howard Earl of Surrey.
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini, 1750.
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 370mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins.
A portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), one of the founders of Renaissance poetry.
[Ref: 41960] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini, 1750.
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 370mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins.
A portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), one of the founders of Renaissance poetry.
[Ref: 41960] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Howard.]](jpegs/3305.jpg)
[Thomas Howard.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743.
Engraving, proof before title. 240 x 375mm.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey [1585-1646], patron of art and collector, after the painting by Rubens. From the collection of H.P. Horne, with 'HH' collector's stamp on verso. 'H.P. Horne - Sothebys - June 24th 1926' annotated in pencil on verso. Included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. Extremely rare and fine.
Ex: collection of H.R.M. Howard (L.1318);Ver Huell 92.
[Ref: 3305] £330.00
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743.
Engraving, proof before title. 240 x 375mm.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey [1585-1646], patron of art and collector, after the painting by Rubens. From the collection of H.P. Horne, with 'HH' collector's stamp on verso. 'H.P. Horne - Sothebys - June 24th 1926' annotated in pencil on verso. Included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752. Extremely rare and fine.
Ex: collection of H.R.M. Howard (L.1318);Ver Huell 92.
[Ref: 3305] £330.00
![[Thomas Howard.]](jpegs/24280.jpg)
[Thomas Howard.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1735.
Engraving with collector's stamp on verso, 1st state before title and large margins. Plate 368 x 234mm. 14½ x 9¼".
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey [1585-1646], patron of art and collector, after the painting by Rubens. From 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
Ver Huell 15. See Ref: 3305 [unlettered state]. Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 24280] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1735.
Engraving with collector's stamp on verso, 1st state before title and large margins. Plate 368 x 234mm. 14½ x 9¼".
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey [1585-1646], patron of art and collector, after the painting by Rubens. From 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
Ver Huell 15. See Ref: 3305 [unlettered state]. Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 24280] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Howard.]](jpegs/23986.jpg)
[Thomas Howard.]
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
Thomas Howard (1585-1646) 14th Earl of Arundel was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320.00
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Signed by J Houbraken on verso in ink.
Engraving, scarce, proof before title. Plate 370 x 235mm. 14½ x 9¼". First state. Slight stain through middle.
Thomas Howard (1585-1646) 14th Earl of Arundel was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. From Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great Britain".
Collector's Stamp: Julian Marshall (1836-1903) [Lugt: 1494.]
[Ref: 23986] £320.00
Ben Jonson. In the Collection of D.r. Mead.
J.Houbraken sculpsit. I. Oliver pinx.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1738.
Engraving. 230 x 370mm (9 x 14½"). Slight foxing.
A half-length portrait of the playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637) from 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' (1743-1752).
[Ref: 39501] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.Houbraken sculpsit. I. Oliver pinx.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1738.
Engraving. 230 x 370mm (9 x 14½"). Slight foxing.
A half-length portrait of the playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637) from 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' (1743-1752).
[Ref: 39501] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Haasje Klaas Dogter, int Paradys; Stigteresje van't Burger Weeshuys.]](jpegs/59783.jpg)
[Haasje Klaas Dogter, int Paradys; Stigteresje van't Burger Weeshuys.]
[by Jacob Houbraken.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Haesje Claes (1475-before 1544), said to be the founder of the Burgerweeshuis, the civic orphanage of Amsterdam.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59783] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[by Jacob Houbraken.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Haesje Claes (1475-before 1544), said to be the founder of the Burgerweeshuis, the civic orphanage of Amsterdam.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59783] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
M. Peter Kolbe Rector te Neustadt Aanden Aysch. Zie Kolb, die in zyn Beeldt, naar waarde, in koper praalt; Wyl Kaap de goedehoop door hem is afgemaalt Dat daar den Kenner geen verdichtsels uit kan ziften: Want Waarheit en Verstant volmaaken zyn Geschriften. J.W.
I. Houbraken Sculp.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins; printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp Essex Institute top right off image. Plate 280 x 171mm (11 x 6¾").
From "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is taken from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30704] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I. Houbraken Sculp.
[1727.]
Engraving with very large margins; printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Library stamp Essex Institute top right off image. Plate 280 x 171mm (11 x 6¾").
From "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is taken from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30704] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
George Louis le Clerc, Comte de Buffon. Intendant du Jardin royal des Plantes...
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken sc. 1774.
J. H. Schneider executé avec Privilege.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8''). Trimmed to platemark
A half-length portrait of French novelist, mathematician and cosmologist George Louis Le Clerc (1707-1788).
[Ref: 49122] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken sc. 1774.
J. H. Schneider executé avec Privilege.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8''). Trimmed to platemark
A half-length portrait of French novelist, mathematician and cosmologist George Louis Le Clerc (1707-1788).
[Ref: 49122] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary II]](jpegs/40863.jpg)
[Mary II] Maria Stuart, Gemalinne van Willem de III, Prins van Oranje, enz enz enz
G. Netscher Pinx. H. Pothoven Effig: et Orn. delin. J. Houbraken Sculps 1751
J.bs Haffman en P. Meyer Excud.
Very fine engraving, platemark 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"), with large margins.
Mary II (1662 - 1694), reigned 1689-94. The eldest daughter of James II, Mary married Prince William of Orange in 1677. In the dilemma of the 1688 Revolution she supported her husband and Protestantism rather than her Catholic father, and she was invited to return to England in 1689 to share the monarchy with William. She proved a wise and effective ruler, especially during William's absences at war. From a series of twenty-one engravings by Jacob Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé of Dutch stadholders and their families, each in a decorative oval placed on a pedestal, designed by Hendrik van Pothoven
[Ref: 40863] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
G. Netscher Pinx. H. Pothoven Effig: et Orn. delin. J. Houbraken Sculps 1751
J.bs Haffman en P. Meyer Excud.
Very fine engraving, platemark 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"), with large margins.
Mary II (1662 - 1694), reigned 1689-94. The eldest daughter of James II, Mary married Prince William of Orange in 1677. In the dilemma of the 1688 Revolution she supported her husband and Protestantism rather than her Catholic father, and she was invited to return to England in 1689 to share the monarchy with William. She proved a wise and effective ruler, especially during William's absences at war. From a series of twenty-one engravings by Jacob Houbraken and Pieter Tanjé of Dutch stadholders and their families, each in a decorative oval placed on a pedestal, designed by Hendrik van Pothoven
[Ref: 40863] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Netherlands] Jan Nepveu,](jpegs/25141.jpg)
[Netherlands] Jan Nepveu, Gouverneur Generaal, van Suriname.
F. Regters, pinx. 1766. J. Houbraken, sculps. 1770.
E. van Harrevelt, excudit [Amsterdam].
Etching, 350 x 245mm. 13¾ x 9¾". A fine impression.
Portrait of Jan or Jean Nepveu (1719 - 1779), Dutch governor of Suriname (Dutch Guiana) on the northern coast of South America; in masonry frame, titled on plaque below. After Tibout Regters (1710 - 1768).
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-48.576.
[Ref: 25141] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
F. Regters, pinx. 1766. J. Houbraken, sculps. 1770.
E. van Harrevelt, excudit [Amsterdam].
Etching, 350 x 245mm. 13¾ x 9¾". A fine impression.
Portrait of Jan or Jean Nepveu (1719 - 1779), Dutch governor of Suriname (Dutch Guiana) on the northern coast of South America; in masonry frame, titled on plaque below. After Tibout Regters (1710 - 1768).
Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-48.576.
[Ref: 25141] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Netherlands] Taco Hajo van den Honert, S.S.T.D. in Academia Lugd. Bat. Theol. et Antiq. Judaic. Professor.](jpegs/28975.jpg)
[Netherlands] Taco Hajo van den Honert, S.S.T.D. in Academia Lugd. Bat. Theol. et Antiq. Judaic. Professor. Quem vegetum cecinit facundo Francius ore, Cum foret Amstelii lausque decusque chori: Talis et exacta viguit celebrique senecta Honertus Batavae gloria magna scholae. Phoenisque instar translata sede relinquit Natum, quo felix pignore Leida nitet. Sic superest, veniens Orbi quod suggerat aetas, Depositum, et summi spes rediviva Viri. Hrenr. Snakenburg.
H. vander My pinx, 1736. J. Houbraken sculps.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving with small margins, paper watermarked. Plate 229 x 171mm (9 x 6¾"). Slight crease.
Portrait of Taco Hajo Van Den Honert (1666-1740), Professor in Theology and Jewish Antiquities at Leiden University. He was a Dutch reformed theologian.
[Ref: 28975] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
H. vander My pinx, 1736. J. Houbraken sculps.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving with small margins, paper watermarked. Plate 229 x 171mm (9 x 6¾"). Slight crease.
Portrait of Taco Hajo Van Den Honert (1666-1740), Professor in Theology and Jewish Antiquities at Leiden University. He was a Dutch reformed theologian.
[Ref: 28975] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Monument Erected to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey.
Byley del. Fittler sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall _ May 20, 1794.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 290mm (18 x 11½"). Trimmed to plate.
Obelisk shaped monument with relief sculpture, Newton reclining on top of a casket or sarcophagus decorated with frieze; he gestures towards a scroll held by two cherubs to right, a female figure relining on a globe above at top. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643 - 1727) was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the most influential men in history. His 1687 publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution. In mechanics, Newton enunciated the conservation principles of momentum and angular momentum. In optics, he built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the many colours that form the visible spectrum. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound. In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus. He also demonstrated the generalised binomial theorem, developed the so-called "Newton's method" for approximating the zeroes of a function, and contributed to the study of power series. From Bowyer's edition of David Hume's 'History of England'.
W: 2140. in the NPG. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18486] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Byley del. Fittler sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall _ May 20, 1794.
Engraving, sheet 460 x 290mm (18 x 11½"). Trimmed to plate.
Obelisk shaped monument with relief sculpture, Newton reclining on top of a casket or sarcophagus decorated with frieze; he gestures towards a scroll held by two cherubs to right, a female figure relining on a globe above at top. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643 - 1727) was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the most influential men in history. His 1687 publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution. In mechanics, Newton enunciated the conservation principles of momentum and angular momentum. In optics, he built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into the many colours that form the visible spectrum. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound. In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus. He also demonstrated the generalised binomial theorem, developed the so-called "Newton's method" for approximating the zeroes of a function, and contributed to the study of power series. From Bowyer's edition of David Hume's 'History of England'.
W: 2140. in the NPG. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18486] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Isaac Newton. In the Possesion of John Conduit Esqr.
J. Houbraken sculpsit. G. Kneller pinx.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"), with very large margins. Very slight toning.
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643-1727), English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' (1687) is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. Engraved for Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
W: 2140 - 5; in the NPG. Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. Wellcome: 2140-5.
[Ref: 53824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculpsit. G. Kneller pinx.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"), with very large margins. Very slight toning.
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643-1727), English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' (1687) is considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. Engraved for Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'.
W: 2140 - 5; in the NPG. Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. Wellcome: 2140-5.
[Ref: 53824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander Pope Esq. In the Possession of Mr. Arthur Pond.
A. Pond pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini.
Engraving. Plate: 215 x 350mm (8½ x 13¾"). Some foxing in very small margins, tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), famous for his translation of Homer and for his satirical verse.
[Ref: 41963] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pond pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini.
Engraving. Plate: 215 x 350mm (8½ x 13¾"). Some foxing in very small margins, tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), famous for his translation of Homer and for his satirical verse.
[Ref: 41963] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Walter Ralegh.
J. Houbraken sculpsit Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1739.
Copper engraving. 380 x 240mm (9½ x 14½"), with wide margins.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, 1554? - 1618], explorer, published in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. He sponsored one of the first English attempts to colonise North America, the ill-fated Roanoke colony, and led two expeditions to discover El Dorado, the City of Gold, in South America. Ralegh was also 'a soldier in Ireland; a sailor [...] celebrant of colonialism (in his 'Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana' of 1596); a poet; a dancer; a royal favourite who brilliantly mastered the Elizabethan court rhetoric of chaste love only to plummet into disfavour after a marriage the Queen didn't like; an enthusiastic brawler who laughed throughout the Earl of Essex's execution; and atheist; and an associate of what Nicholas Popper calls "poet-ruffians". He was also [...] a prisoner, condemned to the Tower of London for his part in a plot to promote Arabella Stuart to the throne.' (Adam Smyth, 'Wrong Rivers' in TLS June 14 2013).
Ver Huell 13. Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 53631] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculpsit Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1739.
Copper engraving. 380 x 240mm (9½ x 14½"), with wide margins.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, 1554? - 1618], explorer, published in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. He sponsored one of the first English attempts to colonise North America, the ill-fated Roanoke colony, and led two expeditions to discover El Dorado, the City of Gold, in South America. Ralegh was also 'a soldier in Ireland; a sailor [...] celebrant of colonialism (in his 'Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana' of 1596); a poet; a dancer; a royal favourite who brilliantly mastered the Elizabethan court rhetoric of chaste love only to plummet into disfavour after a marriage the Queen didn't like; an enthusiastic brawler who laughed throughout the Earl of Essex's execution; and atheist; and an associate of what Nicholas Popper calls "poet-ruffians". He was also [...] a prisoner, condemned to the Tower of London for his part in a plot to promote Arabella Stuart to the throne.' (Adam Smyth, 'Wrong Rivers' in TLS June 14 2013).
Ver Huell 13. Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 53631] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Russell, First Earl of Bedford]. [Annotated in ink below].](jpegs/3310.jpg)
[John Russell, First Earl of Bedford]. [Annotated in ink below].
[Engraved by J. Houbraken].
[n.d. c.1740].
Unfinished proof, engraving. 240 x 375mm. Trimmed to platemark at top and sides.
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford [1485 - 1555?] served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal. Extremely scare progress proof impression, before facial details have been engraved and Russell's name inserted into cartouche above decorative frame. The plate that was to be included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
Ver Huell 13.
[Ref: 3310] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by J. Houbraken].
[n.d. c.1740].
Unfinished proof, engraving. 240 x 375mm. Trimmed to platemark at top and sides.
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford [1485 - 1555?] served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal. Extremely scare progress proof impression, before facial details have been engraved and Russell's name inserted into cartouche above decorative frame. The plate that was to be included in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain' published in folio in London by Knapton between 1743 and 1752.
Ver Huell 13.
[Ref: 3310] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Russell, First Duke of Bedford.]](jpegs/8450.jpg)
[William Russell, First Duke of Bedford.]
[Spencer Churchill] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d. c.1740]
Proof before letters, engraving. 372 x 235mm. 14" 5/8 x 9¼". Very rare. Staining.
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 - September 7, 1700) was a British peer and soldier during the English Civil War.
[Ref: 8450] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Spencer Churchill] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d. c.1740]
Proof before letters, engraving. 372 x 235mm. 14" 5/8 x 9¼". Very rare. Staining.
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 - September 7, 1700) was a British peer and soldier during the English Civil War.
[Ref: 8450] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Jane Seymour Queen of Henry VIII.
P. Lely pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst 1746.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1747.
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark, mounted on album paper.
Jane Seymour (c. 1508-1537), third of King Henry VIII's wives. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child (later Edward VI), depicted on the plinth under this portrait. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'
[Ref: 41974] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lely pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst 1746.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1747.
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark, mounted on album paper.
Jane Seymour (c. 1508-1537), third of King Henry VIII's wives. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child (later Edward VI), depicted on the plinth under this portrait. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'
[Ref: 41974] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
William Shakespeare.
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747.
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 375mm (9¼ x 14¾"). Repaired damage in left edge, with marking. Tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the world famous playwright William Shakespeare (c1564-1616) set in an oval.
[Ref: 41953] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747.
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 375mm (9¼ x 14¾"). Repaired damage in left edge, with marking. Tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the world famous playwright William Shakespeare (c1564-1616) set in an oval.
[Ref: 41953] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edward Stafford]](jpegs/8451.jpg)
[Edward Stafford]
[J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747]
[From a Picture at Magdalene College, Cambridge" and "Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747]
Proof before all letters, engraving. 372 x 240mm. 14½" x 9½". Very rare. Spotting in the margins.
Portrait of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and collar of the Order of the Garter; in a laurel oval with banderol below; a cartouche below showing the sitter offering the crown to Richard II - wrongly identified as Henry instead of Edward in the titled state of this engraving, "HENRY STAFFORD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM". An Ilustration to "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr Houbraken and Mr Vertue, with their lives and Characters by Thomas Birch, AM, FRS"
[Ref: 8451] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747]
[From a Picture at Magdalene College, Cambridge" and "Impensis J & P Knapton Londini 1747]
Proof before all letters, engraving. 372 x 240mm. 14½" x 9½". Very rare. Spotting in the margins.
Portrait of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and collar of the Order of the Garter; in a laurel oval with banderol below; a cartouche below showing the sitter offering the crown to Richard II - wrongly identified as Henry instead of Edward in the titled state of this engraving, "HENRY STAFFORD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM". An Ilustration to "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr Houbraken and Mr Vertue, with their lives and Characters by Thomas Birch, AM, FRS"
[Ref: 8451] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir John Strange] I. Strange Eq. Avr. S. Scrinior.](jpegs/64225.jpg)
[Sir John Strange] I. Strange Eq. Avr. S. Scrinior. Magister Reg. Maiest. A Secr. Consiliis Ob. XV, Cal. IVN. A.D. MDCCLIV. Aet. LVIII.
J, Houbraken Sculp.
[n.d., 1755.]
Etgraving and etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 6¾") very large margins.
Sir John Strange (1696-1754), Master of the Rolls from 1750 until his death, published as the frontispiece to his 'Reports'. His epitath says "Here lies an honest lawyer and that is strange".
[Ref: 64225] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J, Houbraken Sculp.
[n.d., 1755.]
Etgraving and etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 6¾") very large margins.
Sir John Strange (1696-1754), Master of the Rolls from 1750 until his death, published as the frontispiece to his 'Reports'. His epitath says "Here lies an honest lawyer and that is strange".
[Ref: 64225] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolaas Struyck Anno Ætat. 52.
J.M. Quinkhart pinxit 1738. J. Houbraken sculpsit.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Engraving, 235 x 180mm (9¼ x 7"), with wide margins.
Nicolaes Struyck (1687 - 1769), mathematician and astronomer, holding an astronomical? chart in his right hand. After Jan Maurits Quinkhard (1688 - 1772).
Ver Huell 402. Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 15419] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.M. Quinkhart pinxit 1738. J. Houbraken sculpsit.
[Amsterdam, c.1740.]
Engraving, 235 x 180mm (9¼ x 7"), with wide margins.
Nicolaes Struyck (1687 - 1769), mathematician and astronomer, holding an astronomical? chart in his right hand. After Jan Maurits Quinkhard (1688 - 1772).
Ver Huell 402. Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 15419] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Iames Stuart Duke of Richmond and Lennox. In the Collection of the R.t Hon.ble S.r Paul Methuen.
Ant. van Dyck pinx. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1740.
Engraving. Plate: 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾") very large margins. Added manuscript below plate.
A portrait, set in an oval of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655) a Royalist who fought for King Charles I during the Civil War.
[Ref: 41954] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. van Dyck pinx. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1740.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1740.
Engraving. Plate: 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾") very large margins. Added manuscript below plate.
A portrait, set in an oval of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655) a Royalist who fought for King Charles I during the Civil War.
[Ref: 41954] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Sydenham M.D. In the Possession of John Sydenham Esq.r.
P. Lely pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst 1746.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1747.
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14 x 9"). Small margins, mounted on album paper.
Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), known as 'The English Hippocrates', author of 'Observationes Medicæ', the standard textbook of medicine for two centuries. He observed that 'Of all the remedies it has pleased almighty God to give man to relieve his suffering, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium'. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'
[Ref: 41973] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lely pinxit. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst 1746.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1747.
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14 x 9"). Small margins, mounted on album paper.
Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), known as 'The English Hippocrates', author of 'Observationes Medicæ', the standard textbook of medicine for two centuries. He observed that 'Of all the remedies it has pleased almighty God to give man to relieve his suffering, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium'. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'
[Ref: 41973] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dr Nicolase Tulp, Burgemeester en raad der staad Amsterdam.]](jpegs/59784.jpg)
[Dr Nicolase Tulp, Burgemeester en raad der staad Amsterdam.]
[Engraved by Jacob Houbraken after Hendrik Pothoven.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Nicolaes Tulp (1593-1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Pothoven drew this portrait from Rembrandt's painting 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59784] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Jacob Houbraken after Hendrik Pothoven.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Nicolaes Tulp (1593-1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Pothoven drew this portrait from Rembrandt's painting 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59784] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)