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![[Battle of Wijnendale.] Relation de l'Action qui s'est passée à Wynendale...](jpegs/42720.jpg)
[Battle of Wijnendale.] Relation de l'Action qui s'est passée à Wynendale...
G. Harrewyn f.
[n.d., c.1708.]
Plan with letterpress. Sheet: 430 x 510mm (17 x 20"), with very large margins. Some light creasing and staining.
A battle plan with letterpress description in French below explaining the events of the Battle of Wijnendale between the allied forces and the Bourbon French army in 1708 during the War of Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 42720] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G. Harrewyn f.
[n.d., c.1708.]
Plan with letterpress. Sheet: 430 x 510mm (17 x 20"), with very large margins. Some light creasing and staining.
A battle plan with letterpress description in French below explaining the events of the Battle of Wijnendale between the allied forces and the Bourbon French army in 1708 during the War of Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 42720] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Wilberforce.]](jpegs/20319.jpg)
[Samuel Wilberforce.]
[painted by] Geo. Richmond [engraved by] Richardson Jackson.
[1871]
Mixed-method engraving, image 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). India-laid proof before all letters withpencil inscription 'To John Ogle Esq with the painter's kindest regards. 1874'. Names of artist and engraver in same hand.
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73) bishop of Oxford and Winchester and son of William Wilberforce.
[Ref: 20319] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[painted by] Geo. Richmond [engraved by] Richardson Jackson.
[1871]
Mixed-method engraving, image 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). India-laid proof before all letters withpencil inscription 'To John Ogle Esq with the painter's kindest regards. 1874'. Names of artist and engraver in same hand.
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73) bishop of Oxford and Winchester and son of William Wilberforce.
[Ref: 20319] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Wilberforce.
From a Model in Wax by Miss C. Andras. W. Worthington sculp.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, Jan, 1, 1810.
Engraving, image 140 x 110mm. 5½ x 4¼".
Cameo bust portrait in profile of William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies. After sculptor and medallist Catherine Andras (1775 - 1860).
[Ref: 19920] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
From a Model in Wax by Miss C. Andras. W. Worthington sculp.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, Jan, 1, 1810.
Engraving, image 140 x 110mm. 5½ x 4¼".
Cameo bust portrait in profile of William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies. After sculptor and medallist Catherine Andras (1775 - 1860).
[Ref: 19920] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York.
Engraved by J. Vendramini, from an original Drawing by H. Edridge.
Published Oct. 27. 1809, By T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple. 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Creasing, small margins.
Portrait of abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck.
[Ref: 59648] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by J. Vendramini, from an original Drawing by H. Edridge.
Published Oct. 27. 1809, By T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple. 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Creasing, small margins.
Portrait of abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck.
[Ref: 59648] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. Clarkson et Wilberforce.
hardivillier.
1835.
Stipple. Sheet 255 x 170mm (10 x 6¾"). Light foxing, vertical crease to right edge of sheet.
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) was an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. Thomas Clarkson (1760 - 1846) was one of the early British abolitionists, and interested Wilberforce in the issue. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies.
[Ref: 61300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
hardivillier.
1835.
Stipple. Sheet 255 x 170mm (10 x 6¾"). Light foxing, vertical crease to right edge of sheet.
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) was an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. Thomas Clarkson (1760 - 1846) was one of the early British abolitionists, and interested Wilberforce in the issue. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies.
[Ref: 61300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
William Wilberforce Esqr. Member of Parliament for the County of York. Engraved from an Original Painting in the possession of the Rev.d the Dean of Carlisle D.D. F.R.S. Master of Queen's Colledge Cambridge &c, to whom with permission, this Plate is most respectfully dedicated by William Russel.
Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A. Crayon Painter to the King the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Engraved by James Heath A.R.A.
[Published by William Finden, 1807.]
Copper engraving, fine impression. 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Sheet is trimmed to plate with loss of publication line.
William Wilberforce [1759 - 1833], was an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies.
[Ref: 53632] £320.00
Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A. Crayon Painter to the King the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Engraved by James Heath A.R.A.
[Published by William Finden, 1807.]
Copper engraving, fine impression. 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Sheet is trimmed to plate with loss of publication line.
William Wilberforce [1759 - 1833], was an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies.
[Ref: 53632] £320.00
William Wilberforce Esq.r M.P.
[Anon., 1820]
Stipple, rare; sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½). Trimmed inside platemark; laid on backing sheet.
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Wilberforce entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies. He holds "Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade".
[Ref: 35281] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1820]
Stipple, rare; sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½). Trimmed inside platemark; laid on backing sheet.
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Wilberforce entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies. He holds "Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade".
[Ref: 35281] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Peculiar Inscription on the wall of Burial-Ground-Wilburton-in the Isle of Ely. 1881. Our Life is but a Winters Day, Some only Breakfast and Away, Other to Dinner stay, and are full-fed, The Oldest only Sups, & Goes to Bed. Large is his Debt, who lingers out his Day, Who goes the soonest, has the least to Pay.
J.S. Clarke. del. /93.
Pen and ink, scarce. 140 x 190mm. 5½ x 7½".
Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, England. The burial ground was formed in 1881, from land given by the Pell family, who were the prominent local landowners, who sponsored the somewhat optimistic Ely to Wilberton railway in the late 19th century.
[Ref: 17891] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.S. Clarke. del. /93.
Pen and ink, scarce. 140 x 190mm. 5½ x 7½".
Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, England. The burial ground was formed in 1881, from land given by the Pell family, who were the prominent local landowners, who sponsored the somewhat optimistic Ely to Wilberton railway in the late 19th century.
[Ref: 17891] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mary Wilcox, of Witheridge, Devonshire, alias Caraboo.
Drawn & Engraved by N. Bramwhite.
Published by J.M. Gutch Augt. 16th. 1817.
Stipple engraving, sheet 250 x 150mm. 9¾ x 6". Tatty and chipped extremities.
Mary Baker, born Mary Wilcox, alias 'Princess Caraboo'. She arrived one day in the spring of 1817 at Knole Park near Bristol. By speaking a made-up language and not a word of English, she convinced the lady of the house, Elizabeth Worrall, that she was a lost noblewoman from the East Indies. She stayed with the Worralls for a few months, until one day she ran away to Bath. She was spotted in the Circus by a family friend Dr Wilkinson, the proprietor of the Pump Rooms, who followed her as far as the Pack Horse. He took her to some ladies in Russell Street, who gave her tea and treated her like the royalty they believed her to be, until Mrs Worrall arrived to fetch her home in the evening. Dr Wilkinson, a polymath and scientific lecturer (who later lived at 55 Great Pulteney Street and introduced gas lighting to Bath), had been very intrigued by Caraboo and her language when visiting the Worralls, and had written a long description of her in the Bath Chronicle a few days earlier. The article was published at his request in several other newspapers, and it was not long before the story was read in Bristol by a woman who recognised the description of Mary Baker and her eccentric behaviour. Just as Dr Wilkinson in Bath was launching an appeal to send the poor lost Caraboo home, Mrs Worrall in Bristol was being told that her house-guest was a fraud. The story created a sensation in the local and national press, and Dr Wilkinson in particular became the object of much merriment. Frontispiece to John Matthew Gutch's 'Caraboo. A Narrative of a Singular Imposition practised upon the benevolence of a lady residing in the vicinity of the City of Bristol, By a young Woman of the name of Mary Willcocks, alias Baker, alias Bakerstendht, alias Caraboo, Princess of Javasu', 1817. After Nathan Cooper Branwhite (1775 - 1857), painter, miniature painter and engraver.
[Ref: 9651] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by N. Bramwhite.
Published by J.M. Gutch Augt. 16th. 1817.
Stipple engraving, sheet 250 x 150mm. 9¾ x 6". Tatty and chipped extremities.
Mary Baker, born Mary Wilcox, alias 'Princess Caraboo'. She arrived one day in the spring of 1817 at Knole Park near Bristol. By speaking a made-up language and not a word of English, she convinced the lady of the house, Elizabeth Worrall, that she was a lost noblewoman from the East Indies. She stayed with the Worralls for a few months, until one day she ran away to Bath. She was spotted in the Circus by a family friend Dr Wilkinson, the proprietor of the Pump Rooms, who followed her as far as the Pack Horse. He took her to some ladies in Russell Street, who gave her tea and treated her like the royalty they believed her to be, until Mrs Worrall arrived to fetch her home in the evening. Dr Wilkinson, a polymath and scientific lecturer (who later lived at 55 Great Pulteney Street and introduced gas lighting to Bath), had been very intrigued by Caraboo and her language when visiting the Worralls, and had written a long description of her in the Bath Chronicle a few days earlier. The article was published at his request in several other newspapers, and it was not long before the story was read in Bristol by a woman who recognised the description of Mary Baker and her eccentric behaviour. Just as Dr Wilkinson in Bath was launching an appeal to send the poor lost Caraboo home, Mrs Worrall in Bristol was being told that her house-guest was a fraud. The story created a sensation in the local and national press, and Dr Wilkinson in particular became the object of much merriment. Frontispiece to John Matthew Gutch's 'Caraboo. A Narrative of a Singular Imposition practised upon the benevolence of a lady residing in the vicinity of the City of Bristol, By a young Woman of the name of Mary Willcocks, alias Baker, alias Bakerstendht, alias Caraboo, Princess of Javasu', 1817. After Nathan Cooper Branwhite (1775 - 1857), painter, miniature painter and engraver.
[Ref: 9651] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Wild Boar. No.V.
Drawn by Samuel Daniell.
[London, R. Havell?, c.1831.]
Fine aquatint. 385 x 500mm (15¼ x 19¾"), with wide margins.
A wild boar at a watering hole, from Robert Havell's reissue of 'African Scenery and Animals' (1804-5) by Samuel Daniell (1775-1811). Daniell (1775-1811) arrived in South Africa in 1799 (soon after British occupation) and in 1801 joined an exploratory expedition to Bechuana, then at the limit of known territory. Daniell himself discovered the Kuruman Eye, a drinkable spring rising up into the Kalahari Desert, which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. He lived in Ceylon from 1806 until his death from tropical fever.
See Abbey Travel 321 for the first edition.
[Ref: 52841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Samuel Daniell.
[London, R. Havell?, c.1831.]
Fine aquatint. 385 x 500mm (15¼ x 19¾"), with wide margins.
A wild boar at a watering hole, from Robert Havell's reissue of 'African Scenery and Animals' (1804-5) by Samuel Daniell (1775-1811). Daniell (1775-1811) arrived in South Africa in 1799 (soon after British occupation) and in 1801 joined an exploratory expedition to Bechuana, then at the limit of known territory. Daniell himself discovered the Kuruman Eye, a drinkable spring rising up into the Kalahari Desert, which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. He lived in Ceylon from 1806 until his death from tropical fever.
See Abbey Travel 321 for the first edition.
[Ref: 52841] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dogs and wild-boar. 12.
Fred.k Tayler.
[n.d. c.1872. Etching Club?]
Etching on chine collé, plate 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
Two dogs sink their teeth into a wild boar attempting to flee in a grassy landscape. (John) Frederick Tayler (1802– 89) was a 19th-century English landscape watercolour painter, president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the Etching Club. Tayler executed some two dozen ‘lithotints,’ which were published by T. McLean in 1844, under the title of ‘Frederick Tayler's Portfolio.’ A member of the ‘Etching Club,’ he etched a number of small plates for the various publications of that body (Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village,’ ‘Songs of Shakespeare,’ ‘Etched Thoughts,’ &c.), and also made drawings on wood for several popular classics, such as Thomson's ‘Seasons,’ ‘Sir Roger de Coverley,’ and Goldsmith's ‘Works.’
[Ref: 61182] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Fred.k Tayler.
[n.d. c.1872. Etching Club?]
Etching on chine collé, plate 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
Two dogs sink their teeth into a wild boar attempting to flee in a grassy landscape. (John) Frederick Tayler (1802– 89) was a 19th-century English landscape watercolour painter, president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the Etching Club. Tayler executed some two dozen ‘lithotints,’ which were published by T. McLean in 1844, under the title of ‘Frederick Tayler's Portfolio.’ A member of the ‘Etching Club,’ he etched a number of small plates for the various publications of that body (Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village,’ ‘Songs of Shakespeare,’ ‘Etched Thoughts,’ &c.), and also made drawings on wood for several popular classics, such as Thomson's ‘Seasons,’ ‘Sir Roger de Coverley,’ and Goldsmith's ‘Works.’
[Ref: 61182] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A Wild Elephant Trumpeting, or A Scene from Paradise Lost! ________"the unwieldy elephant "To make them mirth used all his might, and wreathed "His lithe proboscis." Par.e Lost. Bk.4.
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
HB Sketches. No.284. HB [monogram in bottom left corner.]
Published, Decr. 28th, 1844, by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed at 70, St. Martin's Lane.
Lithograph with "HB Subsribers copy" blindstamp. 304 x 444mm. 12 x 17½".
An elephant in the woodland, with the face of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871). The elephant looks towards two men seated underneath a tree, the one on the left is Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). A snake coiled round the tree watches the elephant.
BM: 1868,0808.12157.
[Ref: 16109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Wild Fowl Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wild Geese on the Marshes.]](jpegs/472.jpg)
[Wild Geese on the Marshes.]
Winifred Austen [signed in pencil lower right].
[n.d.]
Coloured aquatint 290 x 390mm
By Winifred Austen, R.I., R.E. (1876-1964). Although she also worked in both oils and watercolours, Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. She made some two hundred etched plates and the naturalist Sir Peter Scott said she was 'certainly the best bird etcher of this century'. illustrator, painter, etcher and aquatint engraver of birds and mammals.
Guichard British Etchers: pg.24.
[Ref: 472] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Winifred Austen [signed in pencil lower right].
[n.d.]
Coloured aquatint 290 x 390mm
By Winifred Austen, R.I., R.E. (1876-1964). Although she also worked in both oils and watercolours, Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. She made some two hundred etched plates and the naturalist Sir Peter Scott said she was 'certainly the best bird etcher of this century'. illustrator, painter, etcher and aquatint engraver of birds and mammals.
Guichard British Etchers: pg.24.
[Ref: 472] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. George Wild as Demosthenes Dodge Esq.re, in E.L. Blanchard's Original Farce entitled, "The Artful Dodge". [Facsimile autograph:] George Wild Royal Olympia.
Madeley Lith 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1842.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 458 x 318mm. 18 x 12½". Cut, small tears in lower edge. Soiling.
George Wild (1805-1856) was an actor and manager. Edward L. Blanchard (1820-1889) was a drama critic and a playwright who specialised in pantomimes.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19926] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley Lith 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1842.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 458 x 318mm. 18 x 12½". Cut, small tears in lower edge. Soiling.
George Wild (1805-1856) was an actor and manager. Edward L. Blanchard (1820-1889) was a drama critic and a playwright who specialised in pantomimes.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19926] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jonathan Wild going to the Place of Execution.
[London: Olive Payne, 1736.]
Engraving. 315 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Small tears in edges. 2 very small holes on right centre. Trimmed to plate on right.
Soldiers leading Jonathan Wild (c.1682-1725) past St Sepulchre's Church on Skinner Street on the way to the gallows at Tyburn. Wild was known as the ''Thief-Taker General'' for apprehending criminals, most notably Jack Sheppard the highwayman. However he was a gang-master himself, protecting his associates and arresting his conspirators. Eventually he was caught out and executed: his skeletal remains are on public display in the Royal College's Hunterian Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
[Ref: 53149] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Olive Payne, 1736.]
Engraving. 315 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Small tears in edges. 2 very small holes on right centre. Trimmed to plate on right.
Soldiers leading Jonathan Wild (c.1682-1725) past St Sepulchre's Church on Skinner Street on the way to the gallows at Tyburn. Wild was known as the ''Thief-Taker General'' for apprehending criminals, most notably Jack Sheppard the highwayman. However he was a gang-master himself, protecting his associates and arresting his conspirators. Eventually he was caught out and executed: his skeletal remains are on public display in the Royal College's Hunterian Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
[Ref: 53149] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mathilde Wildauer.
Prinzhofer 1845. Gedr. B. J. Rauh.
Lithograph, printed on india. Sheet: 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14"), with large margins.
A seated portrait of Austrian opera singer Mathilde Wildauer (1820-1878).
[Ref: 46513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Prinzhofer 1845. Gedr. B. J. Rauh.
Lithograph, printed on india. Sheet: 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14"), with large margins.
A seated portrait of Austrian opera singer Mathilde Wildauer (1820-1878).
[Ref: 46513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Henry S Wilde [facsimile signature].](jpegs/22518.jpg)
Henry S Wilde [facsimile signature].
D'Orsay fecit Decb. 1847 [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1848.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Closed marginal tears.
Portrait of a young Victorian gentleman, seated in a chair. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 22518] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
D'Orsay fecit Decb. 1847 [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1848.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Closed marginal tears.
Portrait of a young Victorian gentleman, seated in a chair. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 22518] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Hero of the Ring and his Agent. The National Soporting Club, taken from Life. Jimmy Wilde & Teddy Lewis.
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by George Belcher April 1919.
Coloured etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Repaired hole, scratch through title, signature smudged
Jimmy Wilde (1892-1969'), Welsh miner turned army PT instructor, the original ‘Mighty Atom’, but also the 'Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand' and the 'Tylorstown Terror. He was the world’s first World Flyweight Champion and was ranked as the number 1 flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. He is shown having his hands strapped by his manager, Teddy Lewis, who had been reserve captain of Pontypridd RFC.
[Ref: 58285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Oscar Wilde.
Photo by Ellis & Walery.
[London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906.]
Photogravure. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate on right.
A studio portrait of playwright Oscar Wilde, in buttoned-up jacket, cigar in one hand, gloves in the other. The frontispiece portrait to Robert Harborough Sherrard's biography.
[Ref: 63708] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Photo by Ellis & Walery.
[London: T. Werner Laurie, 1906.]
Photogravure. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate on right.
A studio portrait of playwright Oscar Wilde, in buttoned-up jacket, cigar in one hand, gloves in the other. The frontispiece portrait to Robert Harborough Sherrard's biography.
[Ref: 63708] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Nil Admirali. Major John Wildman.
[after Wenceslaus Hollar.]
Pub.d by W.Richardson Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, oxidation of colour.
A head and shoulders portrait of soldier and Republican agitator John Wildman (c.1621-1693), in an oval frame of palms, wearing collar and gown, landscape with church behind. A civilian adviser to the New Model Army, he agitated against Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, and was sent to prison with John Lilburne and was released. He survived the Restoration because of his opposition to Cromwell but was sent to prison in 1661 for complicity in republican plots against the government. In 1683 he was committed to the Tower of London for complicity in the Rye House Plot; in 1685 he fled to the Netherlands when he was accused of involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion. Returning with William III he was made Postmaster General but was sacked after reports that he was intriguing with the Jacobites.
See Pennington 1697 for Hollar's original.
[Ref: 65793] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Wenceslaus Hollar.]
Pub.d by W.Richardson Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, oxidation of colour.
A head and shoulders portrait of soldier and Republican agitator John Wildman (c.1621-1693), in an oval frame of palms, wearing collar and gown, landscape with church behind. A civilian adviser to the New Model Army, he agitated against Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, and was sent to prison with John Lilburne and was released. He survived the Restoration because of his opposition to Cromwell but was sent to prison in 1661 for complicity in republican plots against the government. In 1683 he was committed to the Tower of London for complicity in the Rye House Plot; in 1685 he fled to the Netherlands when he was accused of involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion. Returning with William III he was made Postmaster General but was sacked after reports that he was intriguing with the Jacobites.
See Pennington 1697 for Hollar's original.
[Ref: 65793] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Modern Movement in Art
by R.H. Wilenski.
London Faber & Gwyer. Second Impression March MCMXXVIII Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited Frome and London.
Book: 8vo (217 x 139mm). Cloth binding with title label stuck onto the spine.pp. ix-xvi + 243. 32 b/w images.
An illustrated narrative of the character, development, techniques and relative values of the modern art movements.
[Ref: 10372] £50.00
by R.H. Wilenski.
London Faber & Gwyer. Second Impression March MCMXXVIII Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Limited Frome and London.
Book: 8vo (217 x 139mm). Cloth binding with title label stuck onto the spine.pp. ix-xvi + 243. 32 b/w images.
An illustrated narrative of the character, development, techniques and relative values of the modern art movements.
[Ref: 10372] £50.00
![[Wilhelm IV., Duke of Bavaria] Quadro di Luca Kranach.](jpegs/56507.jpg)
[Wilhelm IV., Duke of Bavaria] Quadro di Luca Kranach.
Loren. Lorenzi del, P. Ant. Pazzi sc.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, taped bottom left corner.
A portrait of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, with hat and a chain around his neck, which he grasps with one hand. The inscriptions state that this print was engraved by Pietro Antonio Pazzi from a drawing by Lorenzo Lorenzi, taken from a painting by Lucas Cranach.
[Ref: 56507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Loren. Lorenzi del, P. Ant. Pazzi sc.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 390 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, taped bottom left corner.
A portrait of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, with hat and a chain around his neck, which he grasps with one hand. The inscriptions state that this print was engraved by Pietro Antonio Pazzi from a drawing by Lorenzo Lorenzi, taken from a painting by Lucas Cranach.
[Ref: 56507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[William II of Orange] Wilhem II Prinz von Oranien nachmahliger Statthalter.](jpegs/64763.jpg)
[William II of Orange] Wilhem II Prinz von Oranien nachmahliger Statthalter. Jhro Hochfürst Durchlaucht der Frau Erbprinzessin zu Anhalt Dessau &c. &c. &c.
Nach dem Originalgemählde von Van Dyk im adlichen Fraülein stift zu Mosikau. Geschabt von Michelis.
Unterthänigst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Gesellschaft in Dessau 1797.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 530 x 380mm (20¾ x 15"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of William II (1626-50) as a boy of about six, with a greyhound, after Anthony van Dyck. He became sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland in 1647; married Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I in 1641, by whom he fathered William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1688.
Le Blanc 9
[Ref: 64763] £360.00
Nach dem Originalgemählde von Van Dyk im adlichen Fraülein stift zu Mosikau. Geschabt von Michelis.
Unterthänigst gewidmet von der Chalcographischen Gesellschaft in Dessau 1797.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 530 x 380mm (20¾ x 15"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of William II (1626-50) as a boy of about six, with a greyhound, after Anthony van Dyck. He became sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland in 1647; married Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I in 1641, by whom he fathered William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1688.
Le Blanc 9
[Ref: 64763] £360.00
The Rape of the Petti-coat. He valiantly seiz'd the Petti-coat and Boot at the Portal of his own Mansion. Daily adv.
[Oxford, 1768.]
Etching, offset, sheet 125 x 200mm. 5 x 8". Slight offsetting.
Lord Mayor Thomas Harley is shown removing a petticoat and boot from a gallows erected outside the Mansion House in the City of London. A satire on Harley's personal intervention to subdue a riot after the election of John Wilkes (1727-797) as Radical MP for Middlesex in 1768. From 'The Oxford Magazine'.
BM Satires 4190.
[Ref: 17208] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford, 1768.]
Etching, offset, sheet 125 x 200mm. 5 x 8". Slight offsetting.
Lord Mayor Thomas Harley is shown removing a petticoat and boot from a gallows erected outside the Mansion House in the City of London. A satire on Harley's personal intervention to subdue a riot after the election of John Wilkes (1727-797) as Radical MP for Middlesex in 1768. From 'The Oxford Magazine'.
BM Satires 4190.
[Ref: 17208] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.](jpegs/55366.jpg)
[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
![[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant.](jpegs/45348.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant. Vol. IV. No. XXXIII.
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
![[John Wilkes.]](jpegs/54342.jpg)
[John Wilkes.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼), with large margins. Some spotting.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 54342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼), with large margins. Some spotting.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 54342] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
![[John Wilkes.]](jpegs/60133.jpg)
[John Wilkes.]
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Faint glue stains at edges of outer margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 60133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 17th June 1782 by C.Bretherton.
Etching. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins. Faint glue stains at edges of outer margins.
A full-length caricature portrait of John Wilkes, wearing a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots, looking old and toothless, with his squint exaggerated.
BM Satires 6067.
[Ref: 60133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Esq.r
Engrav'd by Freeman from an Original Portrait by Zoffani.
Published by Longman & Co. November 5th. 1804.
Stipple, with small margins. Plate 165 x 102mm. 6½ x 4".
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. After a portrait by Johan Zoffany, the German painter who made his name in London with his portraits and 'conversation pieces' of influential figures.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25526] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Freeman from an Original Portrait by Zoffani.
Published by Longman & Co. November 5th. 1804.
Stipple, with small margins. Plate 165 x 102mm. 6½ x 4".
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. After a portrait by Johan Zoffany, the German painter who made his name in London with his portraits and 'conversation pieces' of influential figures.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25526] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilks, Esq.r
Hopwood, sculp.
Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, Oct.r 1.1805.
Stipple in oval, title in open letters. 222 x 146mnm. 8¾ x 5¾". Creasing along lower edge.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Engraved in reverse from the parodic portrait by Wilkes' enemy William Hogarth.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25527] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Hopwood, sculp.
Publish'd by Vernor & Hood, Oct.r 1.1805.
Stipple in oval, title in open letters. 222 x 146mnm. 8¾ x 5¾". Creasing along lower edge.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Engraved in reverse from the parodic portrait by Wilkes' enemy William Hogarth.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25527] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant.](jpegs/61757.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant. Vol. IV. No. XXXIII.
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with separate letterpress description.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
BM 4967.
[Ref: 61757] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with separate letterpress description.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
BM 4967.
[Ref: 61757] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] Out of Place and Unpensioned.](jpegs/41931.jpg)
[John Wilkes] Out of Place and Unpensioned.
J. Collett inv.t et del.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1769 by Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of radical politician and writer John Wilkes (1725-1797) who, after returning from exile in France, was elected MP for Middlesex in 1769. However, as parliament considered him an outlaw at the time he was expelled from the House of Commons, he was then re-elected and the expelled again and Henry Luttrell was given the seat. Supporters of his campaign for re-election were John Wheble, editor of the Middlesex Journal and the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who signed a petition calling George III to allow Wilkes to stand for the seat as barring him was an invasion of the rights of electors to choose their elective. Wilkes stands, his chin resting on a stick, on the table beside him is a copy of 'The Middlesex Journal' and on the wall hangs 'The Middlesex Petition', based on an earlier mezzotint droll of a man in a similar stance.
[Ref: 41931] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Collett inv.t et del.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1769 by Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of radical politician and writer John Wilkes (1725-1797) who, after returning from exile in France, was elected MP for Middlesex in 1769. However, as parliament considered him an outlaw at the time he was expelled from the House of Commons, he was then re-elected and the expelled again and Henry Luttrell was given the seat. Supporters of his campaign for re-election were John Wheble, editor of the Middlesex Journal and the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who signed a petition calling George III to allow Wilkes to stand for the seat as barring him was an invasion of the rights of electors to choose their elective. Wilkes stands, his chin resting on a stick, on the table beside him is a copy of 'The Middlesex Journal' and on the wall hangs 'The Middlesex Petition', based on an earlier mezzotint droll of a man in a similar stance.
[Ref: 41931] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Hercules Cleaning the Augean Stable. The Figure on the Pedastal is the Symbol of bribery, Corruption & Hypocrisy.
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Illustration to the Politcal Register, 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate on right. Thread margins left and top.
A satire on the hope of John Wilkes (1726-1797) cleaning bribery and corruption from the house of commons. Wilkes as Hercules leaps over the fallen figure of Discord to seize the arm of the Speaker, Sir John Cust (1718-1770), while MPs' flee in all directions. In the front, to right, is Fletcher Norton (1716-1789), holding a bag of money while other coins fall from his pocket as he steps over the mace, lettered "A Mere Bauble" (quoting Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). In the background, on a pedestal decorated with the mournful figure of Britannia, a bloated figure squats over "Magna Charta". It has three heads, a wolf, a snake and a sheep; one outstretched hand is in the form of a claw, the other holds a bag of money. Behind this figure, Lord Bute (1713-1792), emerges raising hands in shock at the sight of the scene.
BM Satires 4186
[Ref: 58439] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.](jpegs/54337.jpg)
[John Wilkes.] Hieroglyphics.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). With small margins.
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 54337] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). With small margins.
A satire on attempts to keep John Wilkes from taking his seat in 1769, showing him accosted by two attack dogs with the heads of Sir Norton Fletcher and the Duke of Grafton. On the left are two of his supporters, wearing clerical dress: John Horne Tooke says ''They know not what they do.''; and the lawyer, John Glynn, says ''There is no Precedent for this, either in Law or Equity! I declare it to be illegal''. On the right are other canines: Henry Fox, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Mansfield. Originally published in the Oxford Magazine, 1769.
BM Satires 4268.
[Ref: 54337] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble. John Wilkes Esq, Lord Mayor of the City of London
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 9th 1774, at Mrs. Sledges Henrietta Street Covent Garden.]
Mezzotint. 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate and inside plate at bottom, publication line lost.
Politician, MP for Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London, poet, writer and publisher of a weekly paper "The North Briton".
CS:88.
[Ref: 14664] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 9th 1774, at Mrs. Sledges Henrietta Street Covent Garden.]
Mezzotint. 320 x 235mm (12½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate and inside plate at bottom, publication line lost.
Politician, MP for Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London, poet, writer and publisher of a weekly paper "The North Briton".
CS:88.
[Ref: 14664] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Esqr. Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1775].
Engraving. 100 x 180mm.
Political reformer noted for his published attacks on George III and for his support of the rights of American colonists [1727 - 1797]. Became Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
[Ref: 3200] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1775].
Engraving. 100 x 180mm.
Political reformer noted for his published attacks on George III and for his support of the rights of American colonists [1727 - 1797]. Became Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
[Ref: 3200] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Patriot. Dedicated to the Freeholders of Middlesex.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. 190 x 260mm. Some wear, laid on album paper.
In 1764 John Wilkes was found guilty of seditious libel and was declared an outlaw, causing him to flee to France. He returned in 1768 and was elected MP for Middlesex. He was arrested on the old charges and expelled from Parliament in February 1769, only to be re-elected in March, expelled and re-elected again in April. This satire praises the electors of Middlesex for insisting on their candidate, while their fellow in Brentfold were being intimidated by hired ruffians.
[Ref: 6852] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] The Devils Triumphant or the Messengers in the Suds.](jpegs/63590.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Devils Triumphant or the Messengers in the Suds.
[by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by printers of the North Briton newspaper. In the Guildhall (identified by the legs of Mag and Magog upper left), a demon grasps the collar of Nathan Carrington, the King's Messenger who had arrested the printers. Two other demons attack three other Messengers (Money, Watson and Blackmore) who are prostrate. In the centre Wilkes takes the hand of Pratt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who had released him from the Tower. To the right a group of printers delight in their good fortune in the substantial sums they have been awarded.
BM Satires 4065.
[Ref: 63590] £360.00
[by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[n.d., 1763.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A satire on Wilkes's release from custody in April 1763 and the successful actions for damages by printers of the North Briton newspaper. In the Guildhall (identified by the legs of Mag and Magog upper left), a demon grasps the collar of Nathan Carrington, the King's Messenger who had arrested the printers. Two other demons attack three other Messengers (Money, Watson and Blackmore) who are prostrate. In the centre Wilkes takes the hand of Pratt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who had released him from the Tower. To the right a group of printers delight in their good fortune in the substantial sums they have been awarded.
BM Satires 4065.
[Ref: 63590] £360.00
John Wilkes, Esqr. Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex, Alderman of the Ward of Farringdon Without Friend to Liberty, a Lover of his King, Opposer of Ministerial Tyranny, and Defender of his Country.
G. Bock _ fecit.
[Published as the Act directs April 14, 1769.]
Mezzotint, very rare & scarce. 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Publication line cut. Cut to plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
CS: 25. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14800] £360.00
G. Bock _ fecit.
[Published as the Act directs April 14, 1769.]
Mezzotint, very rare & scarce. 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Publication line cut. Cut to plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. Arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
CS: 25. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14800] £360.00
John Wilkes Esq.r
Engraved by E. Bocquet. From an Original Picture by Pine.
Pub. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple. 257 x 196mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Repaired tear at bottom.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 28708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by E. Bocquet. From an Original Picture by Pine.
Pub. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple. 257 x 196mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Repaired tear at bottom.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 28708] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
Publish'd Nov. 10 1804 by Richard Philips 11 S.t Paul's Churchyard.
Stipple sheet: 175 x 110mm (7x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 65194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson after a Picture by Pine about the Year 1763.
Publish'd Nov. 10 1804 by Richard Philips 11 S.t Paul's Churchyard.
Stipple sheet: 175 x 110mm (7x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of English radical, journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797).
[Ref: 65194] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes, Schildknaap, Lid van het Parlement van Engeland, wegens Aylesbury, in't Graaschap Buckingham.
R.V. 1764.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A Dutch portrait of John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
R.V. 1764.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A Dutch portrait of John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49105] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet: 155 x 100mm (6 x 4'') Trimmed.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. A copy of Magna Carta on desk.
[Ref: 49106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Sheet: 155 x 100mm (6 x 4'') Trimmed.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. A copy of Magna Carta on desk.
[Ref: 49106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Iohn Wilkes Elected Knight of the Shire for Middlesex on the XXVIII.th of March, MDCCLXVIII by the Free Voice of the People.
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼''). Trimmed, paper tone.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Two books on Locke: Works & Sidney on Government on floor.
[Ref: 49107] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼''). Trimmed, paper tone.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. Two books on Locke: Works & Sidney on Government on floor.
[Ref: 49107] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'') very large margins.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. On the desk is a copy of the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 49118] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4'') very large margins.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year. On the desk is a copy of the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 49118] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Wilkes.
[After Franz Heissig.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 190mm (7 x 7½''). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49123] £350.00
[After Franz Heissig.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Scarce mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 190mm (7 x 7½''). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and agitator. His imprisonment for libel and banishment from the House of Commons brought into question the validity of parliamentary elections. He was arrested in 1763 for publishing an attack on the King's speech. His case became very popular causing violent public protests to the cry of "Wilkes and Liberty". He was finally permitted to take his seat in 1774 and was elected Lord Mayor of London the same year.
[Ref: 49123] £350.00
Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex. John Wilkes Esq.r Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, 29th March 1768. Alderman of the Ward of Faringdon without. The Rev.d John Horne, Minister of New Brentford.
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)