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Discord in Melody.
Discord in Melody.
J.R. Herbert. W.H. Mote.
Peter Jackson, London & Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 260 x 206mm. 10¼ x 8¼".
A woman lies asleep on the bed whilst a man serenades her with harp music; other instruments and musical notation lie on the floor to his left.
[Ref: 22645]   £50.00  
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[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito.
[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito. Ondine.
Widal [Vincent Vidal]. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49517]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Fanny Elssler.
Fanny Elssler. Florinde.
Edwin D. Smith. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49518]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Guilia Grisi.
Guilia Grisi. La Norma.
Widal [Vincent Vidal]. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Dec. 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Giulia Grisi (1811-69), a soprano, as the priestess Adalgisa in Bellini's opera 'Norma', the role she played at its premier in 1831. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49514]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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The Guitar.
The Guitar.
Miss F. Corbaux. W.H. Mote.
Peter Jackson, London & Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 272 x 205mm. 10¾ x 8".
A young maiden sat in the garden strumming at a guitar, her a friend stands behind her leaning on a stone table. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide.
[Ref: 22651]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Pilgrims resting on their route to Mecca.
Pilgrims resting on their route to Mecca.
T. Allom. W.H. Mote.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Rue St. Honore, Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 273 x 209mm. 10¾ x 8¼".
Pilgrims smoking from hookah pipes, resting around a fire on their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
[Ref: 22638]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Persiani.
Persiani. Rosina
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Dec. 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani (1812-67), a soprano, in Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville'. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49515]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Remembrance.
Remembrance.
F. Corbaux. W.H. Mote.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple. 260 x 203mm. 10¼ x 8".
A woman seated loosely holding a guitar, looks contemplating towards to the ground. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide.
[Ref: 22646]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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J. Scott Russell
J. Scott Russell M.A._F.R.S._M.I.C.E. Engineer and Ship Builder.
Engraved by W. H. Mote, from a Photograph by Mayall
[n.d., c.1850]
Rare engraving and stipple, plate 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Some creasing and time staining with tears to edges.
A half-length seated portrait of John Scott Russell with an engineering plan on his knee. John Scott Russell (1808-1882) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth to the modern study of solitons, and developed the wave-line system of ship construction.
[Ref: 55996]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Taglioni. La Sylphide.
Taglioni. La Sylphide.
Vidal. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue. Fleet Street, Decr. 2, 1844.
Steel engraving. 265 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼". Small tear upper right-hand corner. Some surface rubbing.
Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) was a fanous Italian/Swedish ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of European dance. Marie rose to fame as a danceuse when her father created the balled La Sylphide for her in 1832.
[Ref: 19859]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Alfred Tennyson.
Alfred Tennyson.
W.H. Mote.
London Published by W. Kent& C.o late David Bogue, Fleet Street & Paternonster Row.
Stiple with engraving 8 x 5½ (205 x 140mm), with margins. Some creasing in the margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a younger Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), 1st Baron Tennyson, before his peerage in 1883, wearing a coat, a cravat tucked into a shirt, his hair loose; almost to his shoulders and a chinstrap beard. He served as poet laureate for most of Queen Victoria's reign and was one of the most popular poets of the Victorian age. His most well known poem is "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
[Ref: 54838]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Célestine Nathan-Treillet] Treillet-Nathan.
[Célestine Nathan-Treillet] Treillet-Nathan. Valentine.
Paul Delaroche. H. Robinson.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Dec. 2 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Célestine Nathan-Treillet (1815-73) as Valentine, from the opera 'Les Huguenots' by Giacomo Meyerbeer, which premiered at the Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris, in 1836. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49520]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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H.G. Ward.
H.G. Ward. From a drawing by James Holmes Esq.r. This plate is by express permission dedicated most respectfully to the Members of the Reform Club by their faithful Servant Thomas Collins.
Engraved by W.H. Mote.
London, Thomas Collins, 170, Picadilly, Jan.y 23, 1842.
Engraving, printed on chine collé. Plate: 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾''). Time staining.
A portrait of statesman and colonial adminstrator Henry George Ward (1797-1860) who was involved in the administration of Australia and New Zealand. He served as governor of Ceylon from 1855 and briefly as governor of Madras in 1860 until his death later that year.
[Ref: 50573]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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