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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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[Buckingham House in St Iames Park]
[Sutton Nicholls sculp]
[c.1728]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 470mm (11¾ x 18½"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing text and coat of arms; creasing; border drawn by hand at edges; label with ms identifying location pasted verso. Very rare and scarce.
Buckingham House in Westminster, London, built in 1703 as a townhouse for the Duke of Buckingham. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte. During the 19th century considerable alterations and enlargements were made to the residence by George IV, and in 1837 it became the official royal residence of Queen Victoria, now known as Buckingham Palace. Early view of the residence, engraved by Sutton Nicholls. While the plate is best-known for its appearance in the famous 1754 volume of Stowe's Survey of London, it had been sold individually by the publisher John Bowles since 1728.
For uncut later impression see ref. 26386.
[Ref: 38463] £450.00
[Sutton Nicholls sculp]
[c.1728]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 470mm (11¾ x 18½"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing text and coat of arms; creasing; border drawn by hand at edges; label with ms identifying location pasted verso. Very rare and scarce.
Buckingham House in Westminster, London, built in 1703 as a townhouse for the Duke of Buckingham. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte. During the 19th century considerable alterations and enlargements were made to the residence by George IV, and in 1837 it became the official royal residence of Queen Victoria, now known as Buckingham Palace. Early view of the residence, engraved by Sutton Nicholls. While the plate is best-known for its appearance in the famous 1754 volume of Stowe's Survey of London, it had been sold individually by the publisher John Bowles since 1728.
For uncut later impression see ref. 26386.
[Ref: 38463] £450.00
Devonshire Square.
Sutton Nicholls delin et sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing. Repaired damage bottom left.
An elevated view of Devonshire Square, off Bishopsgate Street, with a statue of Hermes/Mercury a coach and sedan chair. First published by John Bowles c.1725, the remains of the original publisher's inscription can be seen at the bottom of the image.
[Ref: 53586] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sutton Nicholls delin et sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing. Repaired damage bottom left.
An elevated view of Devonshire Square, off Bishopsgate Street, with a statue of Hermes/Mercury a coach and sedan chair. First published by John Bowles c.1725, the remains of the original publisher's inscription can be seen at the bottom of the image.
[Ref: 53586] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An Alphabetical Table of all the Cities and Market Towns in England and Wales.
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
[London: John Smith, c.1724.]
Engraving, rare in this pre cut state. 505 x 590mm (19¾ x 23¼"). Chips in edges.
An engraved table of market towns, edged with fourteen prospects of cities. On the left are London, Chester, Bristol, Yarmouth, Southampton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hull; on the right are Portsmouth, Harwich, Plymouth, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Dover Castle and 'Leverpool'. The title is repeated because the sheet is usually bissected and pasted on the sides of 'A New Map of South Britain or England and Wales', the index map of Smith's 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 45232] £580.00
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
[London: John Smith, c.1724.]
Engraving, rare in this pre cut state. 505 x 590mm (19¾ x 23¼"). Chips in edges.
An engraved table of market towns, edged with fourteen prospects of cities. On the left are London, Chester, Bristol, Yarmouth, Southampton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hull; on the right are Portsmouth, Harwich, Plymouth, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Dover Castle and 'Leverpool'. The title is repeated because the sheet is usually bissected and pasted on the sides of 'A New Map of South Britain or England and Wales', the index map of Smith's 'Britannia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 45232] £580.00
The Jovial Drinker. / A pox on those Fools, who exclaim against wine, / and fly the dear sweets that the Bottle doth bring, / It Heightens the Fancy; the Wit does Refine, / and he that was first drunk was made the first King...
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
Printed and Sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street London. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching & engraving. 18th century watermark; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Four tears into plate, two taped. left edge soiled.
A scene of a drunken man, wig askew, walking up a hill away from a walled city. On the right a woman supports a vomiting man. A rustic pub has a sign with a flask: the hill and the sign suggest this is the famous inn 'The Flask', in Highgate. Underneath are four verses, with music top right.
[Ref: 42271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
Printed and Sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street London. [n.d. c.1740.]
Etching & engraving. 18th century watermark; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Four tears into plate, two taped. left edge soiled.
A scene of a drunken man, wig askew, walking up a hill away from a walled city. On the right a woman supports a vomiting man. A rustic pub has a sign with a flask: the hill and the sign suggest this is the famous inn 'The Flask', in Highgate. Underneath are four verses, with music top right.
[Ref: 42271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The General Post Office.
Sutton Nicholls delin: et Sculp.
Sold by John Bowles Print & Map=Seller over against Stocks Market [n.d., c.1730].
Etching and engraving, 340 x 465mm. 13¼ x 18¼". Centrefold as issued.
View of the inner courtyard in the General Post Office, Lombard Street in the City of London, with figures. The General Post Office was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II.
[Ref: 9131] £320.00
Sutton Nicholls delin: et Sculp.
Sold by John Bowles Print & Map=Seller over against Stocks Market [n.d., c.1730].
Etching and engraving, 340 x 465mm. 13¼ x 18¼". Centrefold as issued.
View of the inner courtyard in the General Post Office, Lombard Street in the City of London, with figures. The General Post Office was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II.
[Ref: 9131] £320.00
The Revolt of the Fleet. The Parliament having invested the Earl of Warwick with the command of ye Fleet contrary to his Majesty's Pleasure... NB. Considering ye vast Improvement in Naval Building it was thought it would be most agreeable to represent ye Fleet as compos'd of Modern Ships, at top are several Hierogtyphick Figures.
S.N. [Sutton Nichols?] fc 1728.
Rare etching, fine early state. Sheet 390 x 445mm (15¼ x 17½"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed inside platemark. Repairs to left corner.
A fleet of British Navy warships is framed by columns and a tableau of allegorical and mythological figures above. The inscription below relates the events leading up to the revolt of British sea captains against Royal authority during the Civil War. The plate seems to be engraved by Sutton Nicholls (1680 - 1740; fl), the London topographical engraver, printseller and publisher. After Louis Chéron (1660 - 1725) and Thomas Baston (1699 - 1730; fl.).
[Ref: 51752] £480.00
S.N. [Sutton Nichols?] fc 1728.
Rare etching, fine early state. Sheet 390 x 445mm (15¼ x 17½"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed inside platemark. Repairs to left corner.
A fleet of British Navy warships is framed by columns and a tableau of allegorical and mythological figures above. The inscription below relates the events leading up to the revolt of British sea captains against Royal authority during the Civil War. The plate seems to be engraved by Sutton Nicholls (1680 - 1740; fl), the London topographical engraver, printseller and publisher. After Louis Chéron (1660 - 1725) and Thomas Baston (1699 - 1730; fl.).
[Ref: 51752] £480.00