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[Temple of Apollo Didymeus near Miletus.]
[Temple of Apollo Didymeus near Miletus.]
John Miller Sculp.t. [after William Pars.]
[London: T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell, 1769.]
Engraving. 320 x 490mm (12½ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Crease through sky top left.
The Temple of Apollo at Didyma near Miletus, the fourth largest temple in the ancient Greek world, built on the orders of Alexander the Great. From 'Ionian Antiquities, Published, with Permission of the Society of Dilettanti, by R. Chandler, M.A. F.S.A., N. Revett, Architect; W. Pars, Painter'. Paul Sandby also engraved a version of this scene.
Pars' original ink sketch is in the BM (Mm,11.65), rubbed over with graphite for transfer to the engraver's plate.
[Ref: 52880]   £360.00  
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A View of the Grecian Temples at Paestum.
A View of the Grecian Temples at Paestum.
J.Miller Sc. [after William Pars?]
[London: T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell, c.1770.]
Rare engraving. 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"). Several taped tears in large margins.
The Greek Temples, two of Hera and one of Athena, at Paestum, Italy. From 'Ionian Antiquities, Published, with Permission of the Society of Dilettanti, by R. Chandler, M.A. F.S.A., N. Revett, Architect; W. Pars, Painter'.
[Ref: 60221]   £320.00  
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[Sylvia.]
[Sylvia.]
J.D.Miller after Luke Fildes.
Copyright 1902 by Mess.rs Arthur Tooth & Sons, Publishers 5 & 6 Haymarket, London
Mezzotint printed on Chine coll. 535 x 370mm (21 x 14½").
Portrait of a young woman. She looks over her shoulder and holds a fan in her right hand. She wears a dark gown, embellished with lace around the collar and a pearl earring dangles from her left ear.
[Ref: 67078]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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John Wilkes Esqr.
John Wilkes Esqr. - Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks. Great without Title, beyond fortune blef'd, Rich ev'n when plundered, honour'd, while opprefs'd, Lov'd without Youth, & follow'd without Power, At Home, tho exil'd; free, tho' m the Tower. Pope.
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, creases.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53489]   £320.00   (£384.00 incl.VAT)
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John Wilkes Esqr.
John Wilkes Esqr. - Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks. Great without Title, beyond fortune blef'd, Rich ev'n when plundered, honour'd, while opprefs'd, Lov'd without Youth, & follow'd without Power, At Home, tho exil'd; free, tho' m the Tower. Pope.
J.1 Miller del: et Sculp.t.
Publ: acc: to the Act June 30, 1763, by J. Miller, Maiden Lane. Price 2.s 6.d.
Rare engraving. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, bottom right corner repaired.
John Wilkes (1725-97), radical journalist and politician, becoming MP and Lord Mayor of London. Oddly he was a supporter of the American Revolution, yet was in charge of soldiers protecting the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots in 1780 and spoke against the French Revolution in 1789. This portrait, with Wilkes holding back a curtain in a window, shows the squint and the protunding jaw that earned him the description of 'the ugliest man in England'. Drawn, engraved and published by John Sebastian Miller (1715-1792, formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), engraver and botanist.
[Ref: 53550]   £320.00   (£384.00 incl.VAT)
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