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[Four illustrations from 'Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell']
[Four illustrations from 'Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell'] The Departure. [&] The Traveller. [&] The Hermit at his Morning Devotion. [&] The Hermit, ANgel, and Guide.
R. Johnson, del. T. Berwick, sculp. [3] [&] T. Berwick, sculp.
Published January 1, 1804, by William Bulmer, at the Shakspeare Printing Office, Cleveland Row.
Four wood engravings mounted in one album sheet. largest printed border 155 x 100mm (6 x 4").
Four illustrations from the 'Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell', first published 1795, all engraved by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), regarded as the 'founder of wood-engraving'. 'The Departure' shows a family leaving Goldsmith's 'Deserted Village'; 'The Traveller' illustrates Goldsmith's poem of the same title, the scene after John Thurston; and two scenes from Parnell's 'The Hermit'.
See BM: 1925,0305.1, 1882,0311.2878, 1925,0305.3 & 1925,0305.4.
[Ref: 64103]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Publius Papinius Statius.] P.Statius Papinius, Neapolitan Poeta Sublimis.
[Publius Papinius Statius.] P.Statius Papinius, Neapolitan Poeta Sublimis.
W.Marshall Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges. Repaired tear top right.
Portrait of Publius Papinius Statius, Latin poet of the 1st century. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the Thebaid; a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic, the Achilleid.
[Ref: 67726]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Poet]
[A Poet]
Spanulet pinx.t. Marchie fecit.
Publish'd by J. Wesson in Litchfield Street Soho [n.d., c.1766]
Mezzotin. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with wide margins. Repaired tears to margins.
Rare mezzotint by Joshua Reynolds' studio assistant Giuseppe Marchi, from a painting attributed here to José de Ribera (who as a Spanish painter working in Naples was widely known as Spagnoletto, 'the Spaniard'). The imagery recalls representations of Italian poets such as Tasso and Ariosto.
[Ref: 31377]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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A Poetical Prediction
A Poetical Prediction When Broad St. Giles's' shall ascend the sky,/ And Grosvenor Square be filled with apple-pie [...] Men shall be honest,_ Nations be at peace,/ Slander lose its power, and female clamour cease!_
[n.d., c.1810]
Manuscript with three ink and watercolour sketches attached below. Sheet 355 x 270mm (13¼ x 10½"). General paper tone.
A whimsical poem spanning a range of cultural references. A line about when 'Bonaparte keeps a chandler's shop' possibly places it during Napoleon's lifetime. Below are three comical ink and watercolour scenes the size of playing cards in which the protagonists have spades, hearts and clubs for faces.
[Ref: 15839]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Poetie.]
[Poetie.]
Macklin excud.t. John Ogborne Sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Oct.r 30, 1779 by Tho.s. Macklin, No 1 Lincolns Inn Fields.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 290mm.
'Poetie' written in pencil.
[Ref: 3993]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Poetry.
Poetry.
London Printed for & Sold by W.Herbert on London Bridge, F.Bull on Ludgate Hill, & J.Boydell in Cheapside.
Engraving. 250 x 350mm.
[Ref: 850]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Poetry.]
[Poetry.]
G.B. Cipriani del. Fra.s Bartolozzi sculp.
London Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 15th 1783 by A. Torre No44 Market Lane.
Stipple, fine. Plate: 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Small margins.
A portrait of a young woman, wearing a laurel crown and holding a harp.
[Ref: 45413]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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La Poesie. No. 190.
La Poesie. No. 190.
F. Boucher, inv. G. L. Hertel sculp.
Ioh: Georg Hertel, excud. A: V.
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 300mm (7½ x 12"). Trimmed to plate.
An allegorical depiction of poetry showing two cherubs seated upon a cloud, one writes upon a scroll and the other plays on a harp.
[Ref: 47583]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Poetry.]
[Poetry.]
Ang. Kauffman Inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Published as the Act directs Octo.r 1.st 1781 by James Buckland.
Etching with engraving, scarce. 183 x 140mm. 7¼ x 5½". Trimmed.
A Muse seated holding a lyre and a Pan flute with both hands; a waterfall in the background on the right. Frontispiece to 'The Poetical works of John Scott, by John Scott (London: Buckland, 1788).
De Vesme: 1785; iii/iv.
[Ref: 20486]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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La Poesie.
La Poesie. G.3.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. Plate 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), with large margins. Slightly scuffed.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing poetry, with a harp, mask, birds and books.
[Ref: 59312]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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When I have sixpence under my thumb, Then I get credit in ilka town; But when I am poor, They bid me gae bye, O Poverty Parts good company.
When I have sixpence under my thumb, Then I get credit in ilka town; But when I am poor, They bid me gae bye, O Poverty Parts good company.
Harttwieg sin f Schinberg lith.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 95 x 122mm. 3¾ x 4¾". Paper toning.
Robert Montgomery (1807-1855) was an English poet. This particular text comes from part of his second poem in 1827 "The Age Reviewed", a satire on contemporary mankind.
[Ref: 17403]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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The Poets Condition.
The Poets Condition. Vol. IV p:19.
E Kirkall Sculp.
Engraving, sheet 150 x 80mm (6 x 3"). Trimmed.
A poet trying to work in the most unfavourable of circumstances. The theme of the tormented poet was a common one in early eighteenth century art, with Hogarth's 'The Distressed Poet' (1737) the best-known example. Engraving by Elisha Kirkall (1681/2-1742), prolific and versatile engraver, and possibly published as an illustration to Dryden, Pope or another of the poets he illustrated.
[Ref: 44783]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Poinsot, (Louis.)
Poinsot, (Louis.) Membre de la Legion d'honneur. Ne a Paris, le 3 Janvier 1777, elu en 1813.
Boilly 1822 [in plate].
[French, c.1822.]
Lithograph, sheet 320 x 240mm. 12½ x 9½".
Expressive bust portrait of Louis Poinsot (1777 - 1859), French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics. From a series of portraits of members of the Institut Royal de France. Poinsot was a member of the Académie des sciences, one of five académies that made up the Institut.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 21608]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer.
Pointer.
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London. Published by B.B.King Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1835.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph on india paper. India 280 x 205mm. 11 x 8". Colour spots on left.
Fine study of a pointer dog's head, in profile, sloping bank and vegetation to background. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868), from a series of 12 'The Sportsman's Kennel, A Series of Heads of the principal British Sporting Dogs...Executed in Lithography by Thos. Fairland, after pictures painted from the life', 1833-1835.
Not in Siltzer. See complete copy of the book Ref. 8533.
[Ref: 19446]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer.
Pointer.
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by Harding and King, 24, Cornhill 21st. Jany. 1834. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Fine lithograph on india paper. India 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼".
Fine study of a pointer dog's head, in profile, sloping bank and vegetation to background. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868), from a series of 12 'The Sportsman's Kennel, A Series of Heads of the principal British Sporting Dogs...Executed in Lithography by Thos. Fairland, after pictures painted from the life', 1833-1835. This is an earlier printing than impressions bearing the publication line 'B.B. King Monument Yard' (cf. item 1377), since King was in partnership with F.G. Harding c.1832-1834.
See Siltzer p.96.
[Ref: 19448]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Doll a celebrated pointer.
Doll a celebrated pointer. The Property of Mr Gosden.
[Engraved by John Scott after James Barenger.
[Sporting Magazine, 1818.]
Engraving. Sheet 65 x 80mm (2½ x 3¼"). Trimmed to the printed border and pasted on embossed album paper.
A working pointer. Thomas Gosden (1780-1843) was a book and printseller, best known for being 'The Sportsman' painted by Benjamin Marshall, carrying gun, accompanied by his two dogs, one perhaps this pointer.
[Ref: 52343]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer.
Pointer.
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thos. Fairland.
London. Published by B.B.King Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d. 1836.]
Lithograph. 205 x 275mm.
[Ref: 1377]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer Bitch, & Puppies. [&] Setters.
Pointer Bitch, & Puppies. [&] Setters.
Painted by J.Ward. Engraved by S. Reynolds. [&] Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by S. Reynolds.
London Published March 1. 1799 by S. Morgan No. 22 Margaret Street Cavendish Square.
Pair of mezzotints, printed in colours. Each 330 x 380mm (13 x 15"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Very fine matching pair of colour prints.
[Ref: 8367]   £1,250.00   view all images for this item
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The Pointer.
The Pointer.
Howitt del.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching with aquatint, rare; Plate: 140 x 210mm (5½ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate.
The portrait of two Pointers shown searching through undergrowth.
[Ref: 46071]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Pointers.]
[Pointers.]
G. M.d.
T. Vivares. [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured soft-ground etching. Sheet: 205 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed.
A scene showing two pointers walking in a woodland. After George Morland.
[Ref: 47456]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer.
Pointer.
Ibbetson del.
Published by W. Darton, J. Harvey & W. Belch London Nov.r 3.d 1803.
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed.
A shooting scene a man with a gun walking alongside his pointers.
[Ref: 47457]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Spanish Pointer.
Spanish Pointer.
P. Reinagle A.R.A. Pinx.t. J. Scott Sculp.t.
Pub.d Sep. 1. 1804 by James Cundee, Albion Press, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
Engraving. Sheet: 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11 ins) Trimmed.
A portrait of a pointer, shown flushing out game.
[Ref: 47460]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ariege Pointer.]
[Ariege Pointer.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Photo etching. Plate: 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
A portrait of a Ariege pointer.
[Ref: 47465]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[German Pointer.]
[German Pointer.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Photo etching. Plate: 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
A portrait of German pointer.
[Ref: 47468]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Pointer] Sancho.
[Pointer] Sancho.
[After Benjamin Marshall.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15"). Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of the pointer Sancho, owned by Sir John Shelley (1771-1849), an amateur cricket player and breeder of thoroughbred horses. After a painting by Benjamin Marshall.
[Ref: 47477]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Long-Haired Pointer.]
[Long-Haired Pointer.] Caillard_Les Chiens d'Arrét.
J. Rothschild Éditeur Paris. Lemercier & C.ie Imprimeurs. [n.d., c.1870.]
Chromolithograph. Printed area: 220 x 295mm (8¾ x 11¾"), with large margins
[Ref: 47772]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[English Pointer & Hare.]
[English Pointer & Hare.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching, signed by the artist. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Limited edition: 13/250.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 47922]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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[Pointer] Dash.
[Pointer] Dash. A valuable Pointer, in the possession of Col.l Thornton.
S. Gilpin Pinx. Engraved by R. Pollard. Aqu.t by F. Jukes.
Published Feb.y 11, 1788 by S. Gilpin, Knightsbridge & R. Pollard No. 15, Braynes Row, Spa Fields, London.
Aquatint with etching and roulette, with hand colour. Sheet 435 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Trimmed to platemark. Borders bit dusty.
A pointer in undergrowth, tail up. It was a prize-winning dog, belonging to Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757-1823), a Yorkshire sportsman who is regarded as having rekindled British falconry. After Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807)
Siltzer: p. 125.
[Ref: 62281]   £580.00  
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Pointer (Chien d'arret) Et Perdrix.
Pointer (Chien d'arret) Et Perdrix.
Lithographie par Albert Adam. Imp Becquet rue des Noyers, 37.
Paris G. Lerouox Edit Rue St. André des Arts 43. London _ F. Herbault. 166 Strand.
Coloured lithograph. 510 x 375mm (20 x 14¾").
A pointer retrieving a partridge.
[Ref: 24]   £490.00  
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Pointer & Partridge.
Pointer & Partridge.
Richard Ansdell. H.T.Ryall.
London. Published May 1, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & Co., Ludgate Hill.
Mixed method engraving. 370 x 270mm. Tears to edges.
A pointer finding a dead partridge.
[Ref: 425]   £320.00  
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Pointer & Partridge.
Pointer & Partridge.
Richard Ansdell. H.T.Ryall. Printed by McQueen.
London. Published May 1, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & Co., Ludgate Hill. Entered according to Act of Congress, by Williams, Stevens, Williams, & C.º in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mixed method engraving. Sheet 430 x 345mm (17 x 13¼"). Crease in unprinted area.
A pointer finding a dead partridge.
[Ref: 66297]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Painted by J.Ward. Engraved by S. Reynolds.
[London Pub. March 1 1798 by Morgan & C.º at Mr Griggs's No. 216 Holborn.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 320 x 380mm (12½ x 15"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
A white and tan pointer and her puppies lying on straw.
Whitman 462. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67790]   £420.00  
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Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Painted by J.Ward. Engraved by S. Reynolds.
London Pub. by Morgan [n.d., c.1800].
Scarce mezzotint. 330 x 380mm (13 x 15"). Bottom platemark partly split, crease in image.
A white and tan pointer and her puppies lying on straw.
Whitman 462. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67791]   £380.00  
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Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Pointer Bitch, & Puppies.
Painted by J.Ward. Engraved by S. Reynolds.
London Published March 1. 1799 by S. Morgan No. 22 M[argaret Street Cavendish Square.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, part of publication line erased.
A white and tan pointer and her puppies lying on straw.
Whitman 462. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 67791] for one in reverse.
[Ref: 68195]   £320.00  
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To Sir John Shelley Bar.t This Print of his Celebrated Pointer (Sancho),
To Sir John Shelley Bar.t This Print of his Celebrated Pointer (Sancho), Is with permission humbly dedicated by his most obedient & very humble Serv.t. C.Turner.
Painted by Benj.n Marshall. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published March 20, 1808 by C.Random D.B. at his Sporting Gallery, No 65 Pall Mall, where a variety of Sporting Subjects are ready for Publication.
Fine colour-printed stipple. Plate: 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'J. Whatman 1831'. Framed in original maple frame. Repaired tear in top left margin.
A portrait of the pointer Sancho, owned by Sir John Shelley (1771-1849), an amateur cricket player and breeder of thoroughbred horses.
[Ref: 60591]   £480.00  
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To Sir John Shelley Bar.t This Print of his Celebrated Pointer (Sancho),
To Sir John Shelley Bar.t This Print of his Celebrated Pointer (Sancho), Is with permission humbly dedicated by his most obedient & very humble Serv.t. C.Turner.
Painted by Benj.n Marshall. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published March 20, 1808 by C.Random D.B. at his Sporting Gallery, No 65 Pall Mall, where a variety of Sporting Subjects are ready for Publication.
Fine colour-printed stipple. Plate: 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"), with large margins.
A portrait of the pointer Sancho, owned by Sir John Shelley (1771-1849), an amateur cricket player and breeder of thoroughbred horses.
[Ref: 46705]   £550.00  
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[A Pointer with a Pheasant.]
[A Pointer with a Pheasant.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour with embossed border. Sheet: 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼").
An amateur watercolour portrait of a pointer carrying a pheasant.
[Ref: 47486]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[English Pointer] Canard [pencil].
[English Pointer] Canard [pencil].
Paul Wood [pencil.]
© Paris Etching Society NY U.S.A. [n.d., c.1935.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Ink stamp 'Made in France' on verso.
An English Pointer watching a Mallard duck take flight, by Paul Wood (1897-1964). Wood, who studied art at both the Springfield School of Fine Arts in Massachussetts and at the Art Students League in New York, specialised in watercolours and etchings of dogs.
[Ref: 46171]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointers.
Pointers.
Howitt.
For No.2 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts & Pub.d Feb.y 1809, 101 Strand London.
Hand-coloured etching, part J. Whatman watermark. Plate: 120 x 180mm (4¾ x 7").
Two pointers shown preparing to catch their prey.
[Ref: 47462]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointers.
Pointers.
W. & H. Barraud lithog.
Printed by Hullmandel & Walton. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph, rare. Sheet: 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A portrait of two pointers, one standing, the second lying down by the game bag and rifles.
[Ref: 47479]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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Pointers.
Pointers.
Painted by T. N. Sartorious. Engraved by W. Ward Engraver to H.R.H the Duke of York.
London Published June 16, 1806 by James Linnell No. 2, Streatham Street, Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 375 x 440mm (14¾ x 17¼"). Fine impression.
Two dogs approaching bushes on the right, the nearest pointing, with trees and a fence on the bank above. After British painter John Nost Sartorius (1759 - c.1828). For a proof before all letters impression, see item ref: 6456, in a pair with [Setters].
[Ref: 35404]   £420.00  
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Pointers.
Pointers.
H. Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y. 1.1820.
Coloured aquatint. 280 x 376mm (11 x 14¾"). Trimmed; marking around image.
Four pointers in a field with a river and hills behind.
[Ref: 61]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Jeane Antoinette Poisson] Madame la Marquise de Pompadour.
[Jeane Antoinette Poisson] Madame la Marquise de Pompadour. Morte En 1764.
F. Boucher Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
[n.d., c. 1770.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at sides.
Half-length portrait in a circle of Jeane Antoinette Poisson (1721-64), mistress of Louis XV, made Marquise de Pompadour by him in 1745.
CS: 118. Goodwin 162, ii of ii, Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 65862]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Jeane Antoinette Poisson] Madame la Marquise de Pompadour.
[Jeane Antoinette Poisson] Madame la Marquise de Pompadour. Morte En 1764.
F. Boucher Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
[n.d., c. 1770.]
Fine mezzotint. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"), with large margins. Slight rippling.
Half-length portrait in a circle of Jeane Antoinette Poisson (1721-64), mistress of Louis XV, made Marquise de Pompadour by him in 1745.
CS: 118. Goodwin 162, ii of ii, Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 65861]   £320.00  

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[Colloquy of Poissy] Le Colloque tenu à Poissy, le 9 Decembre 1561.
[Colloquy of Poissy] Le Colloque tenu à Poissy, le 9 Decembre 1561.
J. Tortorel fecit.
[c.1570.]
Rare woodcut. Sheet 365 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"). Split in centre fold bottom.
The Colloquy of Poissy, a conference held 9th September - 14th October 1561, intended to reconcile the Catholics and Hugenots of France, a decade before the infamous massacre of St Bartholomew in 1572. It was attended by 11-year-old Charles IX ('A' in the key) and his mother, Catherine de' Medici ('B') and the King and Queen of Navarre ('E' & 'F'). Engraved by Jacques Tortorel as plate 11 of 'Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernières années', 1569-70, a series of thirty-nine illustrations (plus title-page & foreword).
[Ref: 54297]   £480.00  
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[Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd.]
[Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
London, Published Feby. 14 1788 by W. Palmer No. 103 Strand.
Stipple and etching, scratched-letter proof before title printed in brown ink, 340 x 405mm. 13½ x 16". One vertical crease and some light spotting. Good margins.
The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, central France, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Here Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales ('The Black Prince', 1330 - 1376), kneeling in armour, presents his Prisoner of War John II of France (1319 - 1364), to his father, King Edward III of England, enthroned at centre. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
De Vesme 520, IV of V.
[Ref: 25922]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Notre Dame Poitiers.]
[Notre Dame Poitiers.]
Frank Brangwyn. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. Plate: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8''), with very large margins.
A view of the medieval cathedral Notre Dame in Poitiers, France. By Anglo-Welsh artist, painter and virtuoso engraver and illustrator Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956).
[Ref: 49182]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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A Fouler deed was never done. Poker Tongs & Shovel or an Ironical Consultation about Murdering the Bootmakers Maid!!!
A Fouler deed was never done. Poker Tongs & Shovel or an Ironical Consultation about Murdering the Bootmakers Maid!!!
G. Cruikshank sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1812 by George Cruikshank[?].
Rare coloured etching. 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), large margins; J. Whatman 1809 watermark. Repaired tear entering plate at top. some creasing. Name in publication line blurred.
Two scenes: below robbers stab the maid in the throat as the bootmaker runs upstairs; upstairs three gentlemen, armed with the fire ironmongery, hold their door shut as one says ''Wait until the wound is inflicted''.
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[Ref: 54441]   £320.00  
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[The First Partition of Poland.] The Polish Plumb-Cake.
[The First Partition of Poland.] The Polish Plumb-Cake. Thy Kingdom, Stanisl'us, is now at stake, To four such stomachs, 'tis a mere plumb-cake.
J. Lodge sculp.
[Westminster Magazine, 1st September 1774.]
Etching. 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"), with separate letterpress description. Trimmed to plate upper left, laid on album paper. Otherwise small margins.
A satire on the First Partition of Poland, with the monarchs of Russia, Prussia, Austria and France sitting around a table, preparing to cut the Polish cake with swords and axes. Behind to the left is the king of Poland crying; to the right is the Ottoman Sultan, wanting to join in. Under the table is the Devil, pointing at Frederick of Prussia. The text describes Frederick as "a King more savage than an Indian".
BM Satires 5229.
[Ref: 61753]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Poland.
Poland.
Engraved by the Omnigraph F.P. Becker & co Patentees.
[n.d., c. 1843.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. Sheet 210 x 270mm, 8¼ x 10½". Top edge with stitching damage.
Map of Poland & Lithuania, published in 'Becker's Omnigraph Atlas of Modern Geography'. The 'omnigraph' of Francis Paul Becker & Co. was a machine which produced an intaglio steel plate engraved with text and illustration.
[Ref: 13238]   £65.00  
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