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How to dine "Al Fesco."
E Landells [in image lower right]
London, Published Sept.r 1840, for the Proprietors of the Sporting Review, by R. ACkermann, 191 Regent St.
Etching, platemark 165 x 270mm (6½ x 10½").
Young gentlemen at a racing meet, arranging refreshments on their stagecoach. By Ebenezer Landells (1808-1860), illustrator and magazine proprietor. Landells was acquainted with journalists as William Makepeace Thackeray and Henry Mayhew, with whom he launched 'Punch, or, the London Charivari', and after selling his share went on to work with other propminent magazines such as the Illustrated London News. A former pupil of Thomas Bewick, Landells' work spans the transition from the years prior to the invention of photography, to the end of the nineteenth century when the traditional documentary function of printmaking had essentially been eliminated.
[Ref: 37548] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
E Landells [in image lower right]
London, Published Sept.r 1840, for the Proprietors of the Sporting Review, by R. ACkermann, 191 Regent St.
Etching, platemark 165 x 270mm (6½ x 10½").
Young gentlemen at a racing meet, arranging refreshments on their stagecoach. By Ebenezer Landells (1808-1860), illustrator and magazine proprietor. Landells was acquainted with journalists as William Makepeace Thackeray and Henry Mayhew, with whom he launched 'Punch, or, the London Charivari', and after selling his share went on to work with other propminent magazines such as the Illustrated London News. A former pupil of Thomas Bewick, Landells' work spans the transition from the years prior to the invention of photography, to the end of the nineteenth century when the traditional documentary function of printmaking had essentially been eliminated.
[Ref: 37548] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Eastern Steam Ship. Presented Gratis with "The Guide," March 5, 1859.
E. Landells sc.
"Nassau Steam Press," W.S. Johnson, CO, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.
Wood engraving, sheet approx 620 x 910mm (24½ x 35¾"). Folded.
Large image of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship, by far the largest ship of her time, with decorative border and cartouches showing it in construction and from different angles, published in advance of the ship's maiden voyage. The ship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built by Scott Russell & Co.Ltd, London (screw engines by James Watt & Co.Ltd, Birmingham), to meet demand for a ship capable of journeying to India and the Far East under steam and without stopping for refueling. Work started on the ship, which at first was going to be called the Leviathan, in 1854. However, due to problems encountered in building the ship and in trying to launch it, the ship (by now renamed the Great Eastern) was not finally afloat until January 1858. She was cheered on her way by enormous crowds as she travelled down river towards the sea. The public impact of the launching of the Great Eastern was enormous and the event was widely celebrated in the press. During sea trials on 9th September 1859 the Great Eastern's heaters exploded, killing six firemen and devestating the grand saloon. The explosion would have sunk a lesser ship, but the Great Eastern survived. Brunel's new construction methods, dividing the ship up into compartments with watertight bulkheads, limited the extent of the damage. Brunel, already mortally sick by this time, passed away on 15th September. In 1864, the Great Eastern was sold for a fraction of its cost to a cable laying company. The time that the ship spent laying cables for the new telegraph system was its most successful. It was used to lay the first telegraph cable to America. The Great Eastern was finally broken up in 1888.
[Ref: 41081] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
E. Landells sc.
"Nassau Steam Press," W.S. Johnson, CO, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.
Wood engraving, sheet approx 620 x 910mm (24½ x 35¾"). Folded.
Large image of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship, by far the largest ship of her time, with decorative border and cartouches showing it in construction and from different angles, published in advance of the ship's maiden voyage. The ship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built by Scott Russell & Co.Ltd, London (screw engines by James Watt & Co.Ltd, Birmingham), to meet demand for a ship capable of journeying to India and the Far East under steam and without stopping for refueling. Work started on the ship, which at first was going to be called the Leviathan, in 1854. However, due to problems encountered in building the ship and in trying to launch it, the ship (by now renamed the Great Eastern) was not finally afloat until January 1858. She was cheered on her way by enormous crowds as she travelled down river towards the sea. The public impact of the launching of the Great Eastern was enormous and the event was widely celebrated in the press. During sea trials on 9th September 1859 the Great Eastern's heaters exploded, killing six firemen and devestating the grand saloon. The explosion would have sunk a lesser ship, but the Great Eastern survived. Brunel's new construction methods, dividing the ship up into compartments with watertight bulkheads, limited the extent of the damage. Brunel, already mortally sick by this time, passed away on 15th September. In 1864, the Great Eastern was sold for a fraction of its cost to a cable laying company. The time that the ship spent laying cables for the new telegraph system was its most successful. It was used to lay the first telegraph cable to America. The Great Eastern was finally broken up in 1888.
[Ref: 41081] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
North Road Viaduct, Durham. Supplement to the Durham Chronicle.
J.W.B. del. E. Landells sc.
Duham, Friday 2, 1857.
Rare letterpress newspaper with two wood engravings. Sheet 655 x 490mm (25¾ x 19¼"). Folded, album sheet pasted to one quarter.
A newspaper account of the opening of the North Road Viaduct on the North-Eastern Railway in 1857. The wood engravings are a view of the viaduct with a locomotive in transit, with Durham Cathedral behind. It is now Grade II* listed.
[Ref: 56772] £190.00
J.W.B. del. E. Landells sc.
Duham, Friday 2, 1857.
Rare letterpress newspaper with two wood engravings. Sheet 655 x 490mm (25¾ x 19¼"). Folded, album sheet pasted to one quarter.
A newspaper account of the opening of the North Road Viaduct on the North-Eastern Railway in 1857. The wood engravings are a view of the viaduct with a locomotive in transit, with Durham Cathedral behind. It is now Grade II* listed.
[Ref: 56772] £190.00