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The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melville.
The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melville.
Maurin [signed in plate.] Lith. de Villain, rue de Sevres, no. 23.
[Paris, c.1840.]
Lithograph, sheet 540 x 355mm. 21¼ x 14". Hole to sheet upper left corner. Slightly soiled.
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771 - 1851) was the son of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Dundas was Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was also Keeper of the Signet for Scotland from 1800. He was appointed a privy counsellor in 1807, and was chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1814. Melville filled various political offices and was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1812 to 1827, and from 1828 to 1830. He was the subject of the last impeachment trial ever held in the House of Lords in 1806 (acquitted). Publisher's blindstamp. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
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Lady Jane Grey.
Lady Jane Grey. The original of this picture, by Hans Holbein, is to be found in the Collection of Coll. Elliott of Nottingham.
Maurin [signed in plate.] Lith. de Villain.
London, Published by Bull & Churton, 26, Holles St. Cavendish Square. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, sheet 565 x 375mm. 22¼ x 14¾".
Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey) (1537 - 1554) was the grand-daughter of Henry VIII's sister Princess Mary, and in 1533 married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland. Under Northumberland's influence Edward VI willed her the crown. She was proclaimed queen at his death in 1533, and reigned for ten days until captured by supporters of Mary Tudor. She was executed in the aftermath of Wyatt's rebellion. After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543).
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Danse Guerrière, Exécutée chez le Résident hollandais. (Bourou.)
Danse Guerrière, Exécutée chez le Résident hollandais. (Bourou.)
de Sainson pinx.t A. Maurin del.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lémercier. [Paris, n.d. c.1833.]
Lithograph. 336 x 512mm. 13¼ x 20¼". Paper toning around the edges.
French naval officers sitting watching Buru dancers on the Island of Buru, within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Numbered 'Pl.210' upper right; from 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. Publisher's blindstamp below title. After Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801 - 1887).
NLA: 1406916.
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Tikopia. 1. Pakavé, 1er. chef de l'île. 2. Jôo lascar du Bengale. 3.4. Naturels de Tikopia. 5. Tatouage de la potrine.
Tikopia. 1. Pakavé, 1er. chef de l'île. 2. Jôo lascar du Bengale. 3.4. Naturels de Tikopia. 5. Tatouage de la potrine.
de Sainson pinx. A. Maurin lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 385 x 255mm.
Portraits of natives of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
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