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![[Collection of Prints by Elias Martin.]](jpegs/4104.jpg)
[Collection of Prints by Elias Martin.]
[Drawn by Elias Martin, engraved by Elias Martin or Johan Frederick Martin.]
[No 1. Leicester Street, London: Elias Martin, c.1778.]
Small folio, contemporary boards rebacked with morocco; 25 stipple plate, most printed in sanguine, many interleaved with the original tissue. Mint.
Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770. He returned to Stocholm in 1780. This collection of fine stipples, etchings and engravings after Elias Martin's drawings were engraved by him and his younger brother, Johann Frederick, and were published by Elias, most dated 1778, the others undated.
[Ref: 4104] £5,500.00 view all images for this item
[Drawn by Elias Martin, engraved by Elias Martin or Johan Frederick Martin.]
[No 1. Leicester Street, London: Elias Martin, c.1778.]
Small folio, contemporary boards rebacked with morocco; 25 stipple plate, most printed in sanguine, many interleaved with the original tissue. Mint.
Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770. He returned to Stocholm in 1780. This collection of fine stipples, etchings and engravings after Elias Martin's drawings were engraved by him and his younger brother, Johann Frederick, and were published by Elias, most dated 1778, the others undated.
[Ref: 4104] £5,500.00 view all images for this item
Abbotsford, The Seat of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Roxburghshire.
Drawn on Stone by J.S. Templeton. Printed by R. Martin.
Published by T. Fisher, Hanway Street, Oxford Street [n.d., c.1840]. Price 1s/6d.
Lithograph on india paper, rare, india 180 x 225mm. 7 x 9". .
Abbotsford, the home of poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832), Melrose, Scotland. An attractive separately-issued print (as the advertised price indicates).
[Ref: 24647] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by J.S. Templeton. Printed by R. Martin.
Published by T. Fisher, Hanway Street, Oxford Street [n.d., c.1840]. Price 1s/6d.
Lithograph on india paper, rare, india 180 x 225mm. 7 x 9". .
Abbotsford, the home of poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832), Melrose, Scotland. An attractive separately-issued print (as the advertised price indicates).
[Ref: 24647] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vase with head of Bacchus]](jpegs/46014.jpg)
[Vase with head of Bacchus]
Falbe fe 1750.
Etching, sheet 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Mounted on backing sheet. Staining.
Etching by Joachim Martin Falbe (1709-82), German painter who created a number of prints between 1750 and 1752 while working for Antoine Pesne.
[Ref: 46014] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Falbe fe 1750.
Etching, sheet 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Mounted on backing sheet. Staining.
Etching by Joachim Martin Falbe (1709-82), German painter who created a number of prints between 1750 and 1752 while working for Antoine Pesne.
[Ref: 46014] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Belshazzar's Feast.
John Bull [John Martin] 1821.
Rare etching. Sheet size: 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"). Central vertical crease where folded as published.
A pamphlet etching inscribed 'John Bull 1821' (changed to from John Martin) which gave information, with arrow lines to guide the eye in sequence, to 28 of the various features of the biblical scene. William Collins, in whose glass factory Martin had worked from 1809 - 1811, sold the pamphlet whilst the original painting was exhibited at his premises. Collins changed the signature from 'J. Martin' to 'John Bull', the personification of the 'true' Englishman, representing the artist's patriotism.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The Prints of John Martin: Clark.
[Ref: 39571] £360.00
John Bull [John Martin] 1821.
Rare etching. Sheet size: 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"). Central vertical crease where folded as published.
A pamphlet etching inscribed 'John Bull 1821' (changed to from John Martin) which gave information, with arrow lines to guide the eye in sequence, to 28 of the various features of the biblical scene. William Collins, in whose glass factory Martin had worked from 1809 - 1811, sold the pamphlet whilst the original painting was exhibited at his premises. Collins changed the signature from 'J. Martin' to 'John Bull', the personification of the 'true' Englishman, representing the artist's patriotism.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The Prints of John Martin: Clark.
[Ref: 39571] £360.00
Cottage in the Village of Buckland-in-the-Moor, Devon.
E.A. Martin, delin.
Hackett, lithog. Exeter [c.1830]
Rare lithograph, printed area 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"); very large margins. Repaired tear to left margin.
Unusual rural scene with family playing outside a cottage by a stream. On the other side of the stream a man, accompanied by his dog, brings back wood. Buckland-in-the-Moor is a village situated in Dartmoor, in Devon.
Ex: Collection Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40644] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E.A. Martin, delin.
Hackett, lithog. Exeter [c.1830]
Rare lithograph, printed area 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"); very large margins. Repaired tear to left margin.
Unusual rural scene with family playing outside a cottage by a stream. On the other side of the stream a man, accompanied by his dog, brings back wood. Buckland-in-the-Moor is a village situated in Dartmoor, in Devon.
Ex: Collection Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40644] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Cabinet=Maker. Enjoying his Tippling time.
E,, Martin pinx..t. J. Fried.k Martin Sculp.t.
Pub,,d as the Act der,ts Decem,,br 1779. Price 4s plain.
Etching, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight surface soiling, stain in left margin.
A scarce & interesting image showing a cabinet-maker. He stops working on the inlay of an occasional table to chat to a woman at the window, who has brought him a tankard of beer.
[Ref: 64474] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
E,, Martin pinx..t. J. Fried.k Martin Sculp.t.
Pub,,d as the Act der,ts Decem,,br 1779. Price 4s plain.
Etching, printed in brown, 18th century watermark. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight surface soiling, stain in left margin.
A scarce & interesting image showing a cabinet-maker. He stops working on the inlay of an occasional table to chat to a woman at the window, who has brought him a tankard of beer.
[Ref: 64474] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
Der Pardel über einem Cameel.
Joh. El. Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug Vin.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving, watermark M. Heusler, 350 x 290mm (13¾ x 11½"). Some wear to margins.
A family of big cats bringing down a camel in a cave. Despite being described as leopards, the cats look more like a lioness and her cubs. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) is regarded as one of the best German engravers of animals, especially horses, hounds and hunting scenes
[Ref: 55342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joh. El. Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug Vin.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving, watermark M. Heusler, 350 x 290mm (13¾ x 11½"). Some wear to margins.
A family of big cats bringing down a camel in a cave. Despite being described as leopards, the cats look more like a lioness and her cubs. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) is regarded as one of the best German engravers of animals, especially horses, hounds and hunting scenes
[Ref: 55342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two untitled plates of ewers in ornamental designs.]](jpegs/69401.jpg)
[Two untitled plates of ewers in ornamental designs.]
Cauvet del. Martini Sculp.
[Paris: Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1777.]
Two plates on one sheet, each 315 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼"), with large margins. Spotting, crease.
Engraved by Pierre Antoine Martini after Gilles Paul Cauvet for Cauvet's 'Recueil d'Ornemens à l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens'.
[Ref: 69401] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cauvet del. Martini Sculp.
[Paris: Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1777.]
Two plates on one sheet, each 315 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼"), with large margins. Spotting, crease.
Engraved by Pierre Antoine Martini after Gilles Paul Cauvet for Cauvet's 'Recueil d'Ornemens à l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens'.
[Ref: 69401] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S. Cæcilia.
S. à Bolfwert fecit Martinus vanden Enden excud.
[n.d., c.1600.]
Engraving. 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Backed onto album paper, some time-staining.
Portrait of Saint Cecilia, Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord". Musical compositions are dedicated to her, and her feast, on 22 November, is the occasion of concerts and musical festivals. She is also known as Cecilia of Rome.
[Ref: 64285] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
S. à Bolfwert fecit Martinus vanden Enden excud.
[n.d., c.1600.]
Engraving. 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Backed onto album paper, some time-staining.
Portrait of Saint Cecilia, Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord". Musical compositions are dedicated to her, and her feast, on 22 November, is the occasion of concerts and musical festivals. She is also known as Cecilia of Rome.
[Ref: 64285] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Little pritty, witty, Charming She.
E. Martin inv. J.F. Martin sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778 No.8 Leicester Street Leicst Fields.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Plate: 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½'') large margins. Publication line and inscriptions are faint. Creasing.
A portrait of a young woman sitting on a chair near a pianoforte while a puppy paws at her.
[Ref: 48754] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E. Martin inv. J.F. Martin sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778 No.8 Leicester Street Leicst Fields.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Plate: 225 x 165mm (9 x 6½'') large margins. Publication line and inscriptions are faint. Creasing.
A portrait of a young woman sitting on a chair near a pianoforte while a puppy paws at her.
[Ref: 48754] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Stadium, Cremorne House, Chelsea.
R. Martin Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
[n.d. c.1832.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india laid paper, india 135 x 170mm. 5¼ x 6¾". Rare
A view in Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, named after Thomas Dawson, Lord Cremorne, and the site of his former residence. In the early part of the 19th century, Lord Cremorne's mansion, known as Chelsea Farm, was often visited by George III, Queen Charlotte, and the Prince of Wales. The natural beauty of the situation led to the grounds being opened to the public as the ‘Stadium’.
See Longford: 354.
[Ref: 18209] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R. Martin Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
[n.d. c.1832.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india laid paper, india 135 x 170mm. 5¼ x 6¾". Rare
A view in Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, named after Thomas Dawson, Lord Cremorne, and the site of his former residence. In the early part of the 19th century, Lord Cremorne's mansion, known as Chelsea Farm, was often visited by George III, Queen Charlotte, and the Prince of Wales. The natural beauty of the situation led to the grounds being opened to the public as the ‘Stadium’.
See Longford: 354.
[Ref: 18209] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mr William Armstrong's Design for a Chain Bridge across the River Avon, from St Vincent's Rocks to Leigh Down.
Published by J. Rees, Bookseller, 53 Wine Street, Bristol, from a Drawing by Mr W. West, May, 1830.
Rare lthograph. Sheet 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15"). Glue stains in corners.
A view of Clifton Gorge with a bridge designed by William Armstrong for the second of two design competitions, eventually won by 24-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is not a suspension bridge, rather a cast iron span supported by brick towers. Armstrong was the engineer-in-charge of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel. It is likely that the artist was William West, (1801-61), creator of the Clifton Observatory.
[Ref: 47557] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published by J. Rees, Bookseller, 53 Wine Street, Bristol, from a Drawing by Mr W. West, May, 1830.
Rare lthograph. Sheet 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15"). Glue stains in corners.
A view of Clifton Gorge with a bridge designed by William Armstrong for the second of two design competitions, eventually won by 24-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is not a suspension bridge, rather a cast iron span supported by brick towers. Armstrong was the engineer-in-charge of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel. It is likely that the artist was William West, (1801-61), creator of the Clifton Observatory.
[Ref: 47557] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] Petit Kakatoes à hupe jaune.](jpegs/54753.jpg)
[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] Petit Kakatoes à hupe jaune.
Dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Small stain on right top. Large margins on 3 sides.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800)
[Ref: 54753] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Small stain on right top. Large margins on 3 sides.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800)
[Ref: 54753] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Collegiate and Commercial School.
Drawn on Stone by C.J.C.
[n.d., c.1850.] Printed by R.Martin, 8, Gt. Newport St, Long Acre.
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed into plate. Creasing in image.
A view of a cricket match, on the grounds of the Collegiate and Commercial school. Possibly the New Haven Collegiate and Commercial Institute in Wooster Square, New Haven, Connecticut, USA or Tarvin Hall in Cheshire, UK; that Dr Brindley renamed it the Collegiate School in 1851.
[Ref: 67269] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by C.J.C.
[n.d., c.1850.] Printed by R.Martin, 8, Gt. Newport St, Long Acre.
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed into plate. Creasing in image.
A view of a cricket match, on the grounds of the Collegiate and Commercial school. Possibly the New Haven Collegiate and Commercial Institute in Wooster Square, New Haven, Connecticut, USA or Tarvin Hall in Cheshire, UK; that Dr Brindley renamed it the Collegiate School in 1851.
[Ref: 67269] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Robert Davies.
R. Martin & Co. lithog. 26, Long Acre, London.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet: 450 x 345mm (17¾ x 13½''). Tears, marking and staining. Trimmed.
A portrait of patriotic blacksmith Robert Davies who voted Liberal at Wakefield.
[Ref: 48882] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Martin & Co. lithog. 26, Long Acre, London.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet: 450 x 345mm (17¾ x 13½''). Tears, marking and staining. Trimmed.
A portrait of patriotic blacksmith Robert Davies who voted Liberal at Wakefield.
[Ref: 48882] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Thomas Denman, M.P. for Nottingham, His Majesty's Attorney General.
O'Connor, del.t R. Martin Lithog.
London, John Knight 51, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. India 203 x 171mm. 8 x 6¾".
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854) was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as MP for Wareham from 1818 to 1820 then as MP for Nottingham until 1832; for the last two years of which he also served as Attorney General for England and Wales. His main service was from 1832 to 1850 as Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and in 1834 as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[Ref: 24424] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
O'Connor, del.t R. Martin Lithog.
London, John Knight 51, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. India 203 x 171mm. 8 x 6¾".
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854) was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as MP for Wareham from 1818 to 1820 then as MP for Nottingham until 1832; for the last two years of which he also served as Attorney General for England and Wales. His main service was from 1832 to 1850 as Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and in 1834 as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[Ref: 24424] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Blassl Broatgosch, Juramentirter Nachtwachter undt Rumorwachs Adjunct, in würcklicher function 34
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Blassl Broatgosch, night watchman. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/34.
[Ref: 37572] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Blassl Broatgosch, night watchman. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/34.
[Ref: 37572] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Iupanschku Ferenz. Richter auss der Raübau, führnehmer Ochssen Iubilir, und Vice Admiral der Ungrischen heü Flotta 43
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Iupanschku Ferenz, ploughman and vice-admiral of the Hungarian navy! Plate 43 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/43.
[Ref: 37571] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Iupanschku Ferenz, ploughman and vice-admiral of the Hungarian navy! Plate 43 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/43.
[Ref: 37571] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mathias Flecksippl, faisant le bel humeur aux jours maigres. 28
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Riepl Gleichdron, Approbierter und Privilegierter Sauschneider, und Spanischer äpfell-Abaldator. 41
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Veith Knollinger, pig-slaughterer. Plate 41 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/41.
[Ref: 37568] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Veith Knollinger, pig-slaughterer. Plate 41 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/41.
[Ref: 37568] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Malper Höllriglin... 32
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Veith Knollinger, von Pinklfeldt, Sarthfrager ünd Vorgeher der neü eingerichten flegl Brüderschafte 44
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Veith Knollinger, a 'bag carrier'. Plate 44 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/44.
[Ref: 37567] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Veith Knollinger, a 'bag carrier'. Plate 44 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/44.
[Ref: 37567] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bertraüd Knörtzlin, Baÿerischen Diern. 42
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/42. The description of a Viennese porcelain 'Callot' figure in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts calls Knörtzlin a prostitute.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/42. The description of a Viennese porcelain 'Callot' figure in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts calls Knörtzlin a prostitute.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sophia Luxuria, General Staals leib mäscherin der gestusten... 30
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hanss Görge Prijann, gebohrner Donnerhüdt, von Scanderbeg aüs einer bastardirt Rottmeister der waghältz u.eisenfresser, Catharina, köpffer und Bluth gurgln contra Champmerdant 33
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Herr Blasius Rauchmantl, der frucht-loßen Alchimie Kunst Archi-Sectator, Quintae Essentiae Stultorum Possessor. 36
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1715.]
Etching, printed ftom two plates, total 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of the famous dwarf alchemist, Blasius Rauschmantle, peering through spectacles as he adds a liquid to a vessel on a furnace. Plate 36 from 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures, printed within elaborate borders.
BM 1938,0617.12.48.
[Ref: 54929] £450.00
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1715.]
Etching, printed ftom two plates, total 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of the famous dwarf alchemist, Blasius Rauschmantle, peering through spectacles as he adds a liquid to a vessel on a furnace. Plate 36 from 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures, printed within elaborate borders.
BM 1938,0617.12.48.
[Ref: 54929] £450.00
Liendl Schnekenfist des Wienerischen Nacht-kinigs Magazin-Visirer, Ambts fuhren Inspector und material Verwalter 46
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Liendl Schnekenfist, Viennese magazin inspector. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/46
[Ref: 37573] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Liendl Schnekenfist, Viennese magazin inspector. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/46
[Ref: 37573] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hans Sausakh von Wurstelfeld, Berühmter Zahnluken-Architect u. zotten Professor auff der hohe Baurn-Schuhl. 34
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hans von Sausakh Wurstelfeld as an architect and professor at a provincial school. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/34.
[Ref: 37570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Priv. S.C.M [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hans von Sausakh Wurstelfeld as an architect and professor at a provincial school. Plate 34 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/34.
[Ref: 37570] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Général Elliot. Quo nihil majus meliusve. Dédié a son Excellence, Milord Vicomte de Torrington. Pair d’Angleterre Ministre Plenipotent.re de Sa Majesté Britannique pres le Gouvernement Général des Pais-Bas Austrichiens &c.&c.&.
De Glim invenit & delineavit. Martin Sculpsit.
Par son tres humble Serviteur, P. De Glim. [n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple, very scarce; 520 x 357mm (20½ x 14"). Thread margins, some spotting.
A portrait of George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790), 1st Baron Heathfield, K.B., celebrating the failure of the 'Grand Assault' of the French and Spanish forces on 13th September, 1782, part of the Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-83. He stands with one hand on a cannon, with smoking shot to the side. In the background besiegers jump from their ships into the sea. The British used red-hot shot on the ten new floating batteries that the enemy were depending on: three blew up and the others were so badly damaged they were scuttled.
[Ref: 47320] £520.00
De Glim invenit & delineavit. Martin Sculpsit.
Par son tres humble Serviteur, P. De Glim. [n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple, very scarce; 520 x 357mm (20½ x 14"). Thread margins, some spotting.
A portrait of George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790), 1st Baron Heathfield, K.B., celebrating the failure of the 'Grand Assault' of the French and Spanish forces on 13th September, 1782, part of the Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-83. He stands with one hand on a cannon, with smoking shot to the side. In the background besiegers jump from their ships into the sea. The British used red-hot shot on the ten new floating batteries that the enemy were depending on: three blew up and the others were so badly damaged they were scuttled.
[Ref: 47320] £520.00
Viva Effigies generosimi Gulielmi Fairfax prefecti coh. Angl. in Palat.
MD Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Very rare engraving. Platemark: 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Large margins.
A portrait of William Fairfax. Half length with doublet and ruff, within an oval frame, with one eye missing. A famous Parliamentarian General 1609-44 from Yorkshire with only one eye.
Hind II p.352.5. Only recorded state.
[Ref: 38989] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
MD Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Very rare engraving. Platemark: 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Large margins.
A portrait of William Fairfax. Half length with doublet and ruff, within an oval frame, with one eye missing. A famous Parliamentarian General 1609-44 from Yorkshire with only one eye.
Hind II p.352.5. Only recorded state.
[Ref: 38989] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Falu Koppargrufva. La Mine da Cuivre près de Falun. No.21.
par J.F. Martin.
[n.d. c.1825]
Aquatint. Plate 571 x 400mm. 22½ x 15¾". Wear to the paper from old card backing, abrasions to the paper surface in the margins area.
Falun Copper Mine is a former copper mine in Falun, Sweden. Here at the entrance to the cave men are at work; a pulley system winches copper up to a rail-cart track above the valley. Plate 21 from 'Svenska Vuer' by Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816), Swedish watercolourist and printmaker. Martin lived in London during most of the 1770s.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 19800] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
par J.F. Martin.
[n.d. c.1825]
Aquatint. Plate 571 x 400mm. 22½ x 15¾". Wear to the paper from old card backing, abrasions to the paper surface in the margins area.
Falun Copper Mine is a former copper mine in Falun, Sweden. Here at the entrance to the cave men are at work; a pulley system winches copper up to a rail-cart track above the valley. Plate 21 from 'Svenska Vuer' by Johan Fredrik Martin (1755-1816), Swedish watercolourist and printmaker. Martin lived in London during most of the 1770s.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 19800] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Female Orators. Engraved from an Original Picture Painted by Mr John Collet.
M. Rennoldson sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs Nov.r 20, 1768.
Rare engraving with etching. 225 x 365mm (8¾ x 14½"), with wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear , surface abrasion at top of image. Very slight loss & crease top left.
A confrontation between two market women in Covent Garden. A man taps her shoulder and points with amusement at a bill on a wall above, reading ''Theatre Royal Covent Garden Epicoene or the Silent Woman''. A gentleman exits a sedan with a hands over his ear.
BM: 1948,0214.497.
[Ref: 54572] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
M. Rennoldson sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs Nov.r 20, 1768.
Rare engraving with etching. 225 x 365mm (8¾ x 14½"), with wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear , surface abrasion at top of image. Very slight loss & crease top left.
A confrontation between two market women in Covent Garden. A man taps her shoulder and points with amusement at a bill on a wall above, reading ''Theatre Royal Covent Garden Epicoene or the Silent Woman''. A gentleman exits a sedan with a hands over his ear.
BM: 1948,0214.497.
[Ref: 54572] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Folly of the Age]](jpegs/44955.jpg)
[The Folly of the Age] La Folie du Siecle / Ce Chat que vous croyez soumis et caressant, / Vous égratignera peut-etre [...]
Peint par Eisen pere Gravé par Ang. Martinet F.me Dupuis
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up cat. Verses explaining that while the woman mistakenly thinks the cat is submissive and obedient, it is in fact treacherous and inconstant, like a lover. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44955] £520.00
Peint par Eisen pere Gravé par Ang. Martinet F.me Dupuis
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up cat. Verses explaining that while the woman mistakenly thinks the cat is submissive and obedient, it is in fact treacherous and inconstant, like a lover. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44955] £520.00
![[The Folly of the Age]](jpegs/44956.jpg)
[The Folly of the Age] La Folie du Siecle / De ce Singe que tu méprises / Ce jeune Fou paroit épriez [...]
Peint par Eisen pere Gravé par Ang. Martinet F.me Dupuis [c.1762]
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up monkey. Verses below.Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44956] £520.00
Peint par Eisen pere Gravé par Ang. Martinet F.me Dupuis [c.1762]
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up monkey. Verses below.Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44956] £520.00
Frideric Guillaumlii Roi de Prusse. Geb2s Sept 1744.
Joh. Martin Will, Augsburg.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 375 x 255mm. Narrow margins, a few small stains.
[Ref: 6616] £320.00
Joh. Martin Will, Augsburg.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 375 x 255mm. Narrow margins, a few small stains.
[Ref: 6616] £320.00
John Freeth,
Miller delin. Martin Sculp.
Publish'd Apl: 22d. 1788 as the Act directs, by Pearson & Rollason Birmingham.
Stipple, sheet 140 x 105mm. 5½ x 4¼". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page.
A rare portrait of John Freeth (1731 - 1808), political ballad writer and innkeeper. By 1768 Freeth had become landlord of the Leicester Arms, Birmingham, where he remained until his death in 1808. Freeth’s Coffee House, as the Leicester Arms was known, became one of the most celebrated taverns in England. It was Freeth’s custom to write songs setting his words to popular tunes about remarkable events in local and national news, and to sing them nightly to the company assembled at his Coffee House. The habit was profitable: it crowded the place with patrons, attracted eminent visitors, and, since Freeth wrote as a determined radical and Nonconformist, it created a political meeting-place. The interest aroused by his songs encouraged Freeth to publish them, and the words of nearly 400 songs appeared in more than a dozen collections between 1766 and 1805.
[Ref: 10489] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Miller delin. Martin Sculp.
Publish'd Apl: 22d. 1788 as the Act directs, by Pearson & Rollason Birmingham.
Stipple, sheet 140 x 105mm. 5½ x 4¼". Trimmed to plate and glued to album page.
A rare portrait of John Freeth (1731 - 1808), political ballad writer and innkeeper. By 1768 Freeth had become landlord of the Leicester Arms, Birmingham, where he remained until his death in 1808. Freeth’s Coffee House, as the Leicester Arms was known, became one of the most celebrated taverns in England. It was Freeth’s custom to write songs setting his words to popular tunes about remarkable events in local and national news, and to sing them nightly to the company assembled at his Coffee House. The habit was profitable: it crowded the place with patrons, attracted eminent visitors, and, since Freeth wrote as a determined radical and Nonconformist, it created a political meeting-place. The interest aroused by his songs encouraged Freeth to publish them, and the words of nearly 400 songs appeared in more than a dozen collections between 1766 and 1805.
[Ref: 10489] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Glen Lynden.
[Painted & Engraved by John Martin.]
[London: Smith, Elder and Co., c1829.]
Mezzotint and etching. Sheet 75 x 125mm (3 x 5"). Trimmed close to image and around title, losing attribution.
An idyllic landscape, with a couple reclining in the foreground, high cliffs behind. An illustration to 'Friendship's Offering. A Literary Album, and Christmas and New Year's Present'.
Campbell & Wees: 81.
[Ref: 41308] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted & Engraved by John Martin.]
[London: Smith, Elder and Co., c1829.]
Mezzotint and etching. Sheet 75 x 125mm (3 x 5"). Trimmed close to image and around title, losing attribution.
An idyllic landscape, with a couple reclining in the foreground, high cliffs behind. An illustration to 'Friendship's Offering. A Literary Album, and Christmas and New Year's Present'.
Campbell & Wees: 81.
[Ref: 41308] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
James Marquis of Hamilton &c.
Martin D sc.
London, 1623. [But later]
Engraving, 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6¼"), with very large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper. Tears in margins repaired with tape.
Full-length portrait of James Hamilton (1589-1625), 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, shown standing in a collar, breastplate, and sash, holding a baton; to his right, a table with a plumed helmet, with draped curtains in the background
[Ref: 67010] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Martin D sc.
London, 1623. [But later]
Engraving, 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6¼"), with very large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper. Tears in margins repaired with tape.
Full-length portrait of James Hamilton (1589-1625), 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, shown standing in a collar, breastplate, and sash, holding a baton; to his right, a table with a plumed helmet, with draped curtains in the background
[Ref: 67010] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
_ Those hands can toil; Can Sow the ground and Reap for thee and they Sweet bab's. Alfreda Marquess.
E. Martin inv & scult.
publishd: Decembr. the 15. 1778 Levester St. No.8
Part-coloured stipple. Plate 216 x 165mm. 8½ x 6½". Damaged with some rubbing and small repairs.
A rather decrepit looking man, holding a sickle, shows his hands, sore yet strong for the hard labour, to his lady-wife, who sits with their three children in front of their cottage.
[Ref: 15338] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E. Martin inv & scult.
publishd: Decembr. the 15. 1778 Levester St. No.8
Part-coloured stipple. Plate 216 x 165mm. 8½ x 6½". Damaged with some rubbing and small repairs.
A rather decrepit looking man, holding a sickle, shows his hands, sore yet strong for the hard labour, to his lady-wife, who sits with their three children in front of their cottage.
[Ref: 15338] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![King's Bench Walk. [in pencil]](jpegs/68166.jpg)
King's Bench Walk. [in pencil]
Martin F Hamlyn [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1920]
Woodcut, sheet 195 x 165mm (7¾ x 6½"), with large margins Glued into mount on top edge.
King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple, London. Martin Frederic Hamlyn (1886–1966) was a commercial artist known for his striking travel posters, finely detailed book and brochure illustrations, and atmospheric paintings in oils and watercolours. A member of several leading sketch clubs, including the Wapping Group of Artists, he frequently depicted Thames-side scenes that capture a vanished London of wharves and river traffic, alongside intimate café interiors, domestic scenes, pastoral subjects, and a lesser-known series of woodcuts produced mainly in the 1920s.
[Ref: 68166] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Martin F Hamlyn [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1920]
Woodcut, sheet 195 x 165mm (7¾ x 6½"), with large margins Glued into mount on top edge.
King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple, London. Martin Frederic Hamlyn (1886–1966) was a commercial artist known for his striking travel posters, finely detailed book and brochure illustrations, and atmospheric paintings in oils and watercolours. A member of several leading sketch clubs, including the Wapping Group of Artists, he frequently depicted Thames-side scenes that capture a vanished London of wharves and river traffic, alongside intimate café interiors, domestic scenes, pastoral subjects, and a lesser-known series of woodcuts produced mainly in the 1920s.
[Ref: 68166] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Jedburgh.
Henry Martin sculp.t, 4 Swinton Street, London.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 305 x 255mm, 12 x 9¾". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Jedburgh, a former royal burgh in Roxburghshire, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10181] £130.00
Henry Martin sculp.t, 4 Swinton Street, London.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 305 x 255mm, 12 x 9¾". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Jedburgh, a former royal burgh in Roxburghshire, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10181] £130.00
![[Kangaroo & Lemur] A Remarkable Animal found on one of the Hope Islands, in Capt.n Cook's first Voyage.](jpegs/55733.jpg)
[Kangaroo & Lemur] A Remarkable Animal found on one of the Hope Islands, in Capt.n Cook's first Voyage. The Vari, or Maucauco, a native of Madagascar. Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Rennoldson sculp. [Kangaroo after George Stubbs.]
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1782.]
Engraving. 295 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with large margins. Slight glue stain on left arm.
Two scenes within a decorative border.
CLB: 373 ii of vi.
[Ref: 55733] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Rennoldson sculp. [Kangaroo after George Stubbs.]
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1782.]
Engraving. 295 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with large margins. Slight glue stain on left arm.
Two scenes within a decorative border.
CLB: 373 ii of vi.
[Ref: 55733] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Blessed Ascending (detail from 'The Last Judgement')]](jpegs/22935.jpg)
[The Blessed Ascending (detail from 'The Last Judgement')]
[C.M. Metz Del.t & Sculp.t; after Michelangelo]
[1803]
Stipple, rare, platemark 500 x 350mm (19½ x 13½"). Slight crease on right; glued to album sheet in corners.
The first group of the Blessed ascending in the middle register, from Conrad Martin Metz's series of fifteen engravings reproducing Michelangelo's fresco 'The Last Judgement' in the Sistine Chapel (completed 1541). After moving to London by 1781, the German-born Metz (1749-1827) studied under Francesco Bartolozzi and exhibited at the Royal Academy before moving to Rome in 1801.
P. De Vecchi, 'Michelangelo's Last Judgement' in 'The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo Rediscovered' (1980).
[Ref: 22935] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[C.M. Metz Del.t & Sculp.t; after Michelangelo]
[1803]
Stipple, rare, platemark 500 x 350mm (19½ x 13½"). Slight crease on right; glued to album sheet in corners.
The first group of the Blessed ascending in the middle register, from Conrad Martin Metz's series of fifteen engravings reproducing Michelangelo's fresco 'The Last Judgement' in the Sistine Chapel (completed 1541). After moving to London by 1781, the German-born Metz (1749-1827) studied under Francesco Bartolozzi and exhibited at the Royal Academy before moving to Rome in 1801.
P. De Vecchi, 'Michelangelo's Last Judgement' in 'The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo Rediscovered' (1980).
[Ref: 22935] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Great Tom O' Lincoln Founded by Thomas Mears of London. November, 1834. And placed in the Rood Tower of Lincoln, April, 1835.
Ja.s Savage, Architect, direxit. R. Martin & C.º lithog. 25 Long Acre.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to image, surface soiling.
An illustration of the largest bell in Lincoln Cathedral.
[Ref: 63968] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Savage, Architect, direxit. R. Martin & C.º lithog. 25 Long Acre.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to image, surface soiling.
An illustration of the largest bell in Lincoln Cathedral.
[Ref: 63968] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A View of London Bridge, taken from Saint Olave's Stairs, in the Year 1751, from an Engraving by John Boydell.
R. Martin Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
[n.d. c.1830].
Lithograph. Sheet 560 x 360mm.
From a folio of 8 plates 'London Bridge at Different Periods'.
for the print from which this is copied, see ref. 26904
[Ref: 4122] £300.00
R. Martin Lithog. 124, High Holborn.
[n.d. c.1830].
Lithograph. Sheet 560 x 360mm.
From a folio of 8 plates 'London Bridge at Different Periods'.
for the print from which this is copied, see ref. 26904
[Ref: 4122] £300.00
![[A man playing a lute.]](jpegs/51290.jpg)
[A man playing a lute.]
Gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 150 x 100mm (6 x 4") very large margins. Wear to edges of margins.
A bewigged man in a salon, playing a lute, a book of music on a desk to his side.
[Ref: 51290] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 150 x 100mm (6 x 4") very large margins. Wear to edges of margins.
A bewigged man in a salon, playing a lute, a book of music on a desk to his side.
[Ref: 51290] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Lady Frances Manners. Dedicated to Her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Somerset. By Her Grace's most obedient Servant David Martin.
D. Martin pinxit et fecit.
Publ.d as the Act directs Feb.y 1 1772.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Small margins. Very faint time staining in title area.
A half-length portrait of Frances Manners, Countess of Tyrconnell (1753-92) facing left but gazing toward the viewer. She rests her head on her right hand, with her elbow propped on a table in front of her. In her left hand, she holds a mask, her wrist resting on the table's edge. She is dressed in a gown with voluminous padded sleeves, an ermine-trimmed cloak, and a striped scarf, while strands of pearls are woven into her hair.
CS 3 II. Russell III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65163] £320.00
D. Martin pinxit et fecit.
Publ.d as the Act directs Feb.y 1 1772.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Small margins. Very faint time staining in title area.
A half-length portrait of Frances Manners, Countess of Tyrconnell (1753-92) facing left but gazing toward the viewer. She rests her head on her right hand, with her elbow propped on a table in front of her. In her left hand, she holds a mask, her wrist resting on the table's edge. She is dressed in a gown with voluminous padded sleeves, an ermine-trimmed cloak, and a striped scarf, while strands of pearls are woven into her hair.
CS 3 II. Russell III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65163] £320.00
![[Le maréchal ferrant] Chantant a plein gorge.](jpegs/53645.jpg)
[Le maréchal ferrant] Chantant a plein gorge. Dedié à Mr de la Ferté Indendant et Controller Général de l'Argentrie, munus plaisirs et affaires de sa Majesté. Par son très Humble et très Obeissant Serviteur Martinet.
Queverdo del. Therese Martinet 1767.
[Paris: Claude Jan-Baptiste Héissant, 1765.]
Etching. 220 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼") with large margins
Marcel, the Blacksmith of the title, sings as he hammers a horseshoe. The first scene of 'Le maréchal ferrant', a comic opera by François-André Danican Philidor and Antoine-François Quétant, based on one of the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. The opera was first performed in 1761, including a staging before Louis XV. This illustrated edition had six plates engraved by Marie Thérèse Martinet after François Marie Isidore Queverdo.
[Ref: 53645] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Queverdo del. Therese Martinet 1767.
[Paris: Claude Jan-Baptiste Héissant, 1765.]
Etching. 220 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼") with large margins
Marcel, the Blacksmith of the title, sings as he hammers a horseshoe. The first scene of 'Le maréchal ferrant', a comic opera by François-André Danican Philidor and Antoine-François Quétant, based on one of the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. The opera was first performed in 1761, including a staging before Louis XV. This illustrated edition had six plates engraved by Marie Thérèse Martinet after François Marie Isidore Queverdo.
[Ref: 53645] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Le maréchal ferrant] Jannette.](jpegs/53644.jpg)
[Le maréchal ferrant] Jannette. ''Colin, Colin, J'ai leau l'appeller, il ne me respond point... il est mort...''
[Engraved by Marie Thérèse Martinet after François Marie Isidore Queverdo.]
[Paris: Claude Jan-Baptiste Héissant, 1765.]
Etching. 220 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"), with large margins.
Jeannette, daughter of the Blacksmith of the title, finds Colin slumped across a table asleep after a drinking a potion and thinks him dead. One of six plates in an edition of 'Le maréchal ferrant', a comic opera by François-André Danican Philidor and Antoine-François Quétant, based on one of the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. The opera was first performed in 1761, including a staging before Louis XV.
[Ref: 53644] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Marie Thérèse Martinet after François Marie Isidore Queverdo.]
[Paris: Claude Jan-Baptiste Héissant, 1765.]
Etching. 220 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"), with large margins.
Jeannette, daughter of the Blacksmith of the title, finds Colin slumped across a table asleep after a drinking a potion and thinks him dead. One of six plates in an edition of 'Le maréchal ferrant', a comic opera by François-André Danican Philidor and Antoine-François Quétant, based on one of the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. The opera was first performed in 1761, including a staging before Louis XV.
[Ref: 53644] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Destroying Angel. To the Rev'd Dr. Croly. &c.&c.&c. This plate is inscribed as a testimony to the esteem in which his genius and character are held. By his sincere friend, John Martin.
John Martin Del.t. Alfred Martin Sculp.t.
London published by J. Martin. 30 Allsop Terrace, New Road and Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Platemark: 490 x 380mm. (19¼ x15"). Light staining and foxing. Crease to top left corner of sheet. Title slightly faded.
A dramatic scene depicting the story of Passover. The Destroying Angel hovers over the Imperial Palace in Egypt, hurling lightning upon the city. Thousands of the bereaved inhabitants are seen crowding through the gates and spread over the plains. In the foreground, physicians work on preserving a corpse, whilst in the distance, the Pyramids stand before the luminous horizon, looking on at the scene of devestation before them. John Martin (1789 - 1854) executed 48 drawings for illustrations of the Bible, all of which were based on Old Testament subjects.
See Campbell, 'John Martin: Visionary Printmaker' p.157 for discussion of this print and John Martin's mezzotint of the subject, published shortly after.
[Ref: 30282] £320.00
John Martin Del.t. Alfred Martin Sculp.t.
London published by J. Martin. 30 Allsop Terrace, New Road and Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Platemark: 490 x 380mm. (19¼ x15"). Light staining and foxing. Crease to top left corner of sheet. Title slightly faded.
A dramatic scene depicting the story of Passover. The Destroying Angel hovers over the Imperial Palace in Egypt, hurling lightning upon the city. Thousands of the bereaved inhabitants are seen crowding through the gates and spread over the plains. In the foreground, physicians work on preserving a corpse, whilst in the distance, the Pyramids stand before the luminous horizon, looking on at the scene of devestation before them. John Martin (1789 - 1854) executed 48 drawings for illustrations of the Bible, all of which were based on Old Testament subjects.
See Campbell, 'John Martin: Visionary Printmaker' p.157 for discussion of this print and John Martin's mezzotint of the subject, published shortly after.
[Ref: 30282] £320.00