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Sir J. Banks. From a Picture by T. Phillips, in the Possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Proof.
Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, proof printed in chine collé. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8").
Sir Joseph Banks, shown as President of the Royal Society. The original painting, by Thomas Phillips, is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52691] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, proof printed in chine collé. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8").
Sir Joseph Banks, shown as President of the Royal Society. The original painting, by Thomas Phillips, is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52691] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon.
Painted by Count D'Orsay. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff. Printed by M.cQueen.
London Published June 10, 1847, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, 62, Cheapside.
Scarce mixed-method engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, marks in borders.
Three-quarter length portrait of Napoleon, wearing dress uniform with sash and decorations, his right hand tucked into his jacket, his left holding his hat against his hip.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65696] £320.00
Painted by Count D'Orsay. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff. Printed by M.cQueen.
London Published June 10, 1847, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, 62, Cheapside.
Scarce mixed-method engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, marks in borders.
Three-quarter length portrait of Napoleon, wearing dress uniform with sash and decorations, his right hand tucked into his jacket, his left holding his hat against his hip.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65696] £320.00
The Golfers. A grand match played over St. Andrews links. Sir David Baird of Newbyth, Bart. and Sir Ralph Anstruther of Balcaskie, Bart. against Major Playfair & John Campbell Esq. of Saddell.
Painted by Charles Lees, R.S.A. Engraved by Cha.s E. Wagstaffe.
Edinburgh, 20 December 1850, Published by Alexander Hill, Printsellers to the Queen, 67, Princes Street.
Mixed-method engraving on india paper, platemark 660 x 930mm (26 x 36½"). Some damage.
Print of one of the most famous golfing paintings of all time, set on the 'Ginger Beer hole' at the 'Old Course' at St Andrews. The painting is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. This is an early example of the original print, with its original oak frame (at the moment unframed).
[Ref: 30067] £2,750.00
Painted by Charles Lees, R.S.A. Engraved by Cha.s E. Wagstaffe.
Edinburgh, 20 December 1850, Published by Alexander Hill, Printsellers to the Queen, 67, Princes Street.
Mixed-method engraving on india paper, platemark 660 x 930mm (26 x 36½"). Some damage.
Print of one of the most famous golfing paintings of all time, set on the 'Ginger Beer hole' at the 'Old Course' at St Andrews. The painting is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. This is an early example of the original print, with its original oak frame (at the moment unframed).
[Ref: 30067] £2,750.00
![C.R. Pemberton [facsimile autograph.]](jpegs/19046.jpg)
C.R. Pemberton [facsimile autograph.]
Drawn by Oakley. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
Published by John Fowler, Sheffield, 1843.
Stipple, frontispiece to Pemberton's ‘Life and Literary Remains'. Sheet 215 x 145mm, 8½ x 5¾".
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790 - 1840), actor and public lecturer. After Octavius Oakley (1800 - 1867).
DNB.
[Ref: 19046] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Oakley. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
Published by John Fowler, Sheffield, 1843.
Stipple, frontispiece to Pemberton's ‘Life and Literary Remains'. Sheet 215 x 145mm, 8½ x 5¾".
Charles Reece Pemberton (1790 - 1840), actor and public lecturer. After Octavius Oakley (1800 - 1867).
DNB.
[Ref: 19046] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
James Watt.
Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. From a picture by Sir W. Beechey in the possesion of J. Watt Esq. of Aston Hall.
London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East. [n.d., c.1845].
Stipple with etching. Laid on India paper. Proof. Platemark: 290 x 192mm (11½ x 7½"). Very large margins.
Portrait of engineer James Watt (1736 - 1819). A mechanical engineer who trained as a mathematical instrument-maker, James Watt invented the condensing steam-engine in 1765. He took Matthew Boulton as his partner in 1775, and developed an improved version of this engine which revolutionised industry and immortalised Watt's name, inaccurately but effectively, as the 'inventor of the steam-engine'.
From Watt Collection Sotheby.
[Ref: 32616] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. From a picture by Sir W. Beechey in the possesion of J. Watt Esq. of Aston Hall.
London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East. [n.d., c.1845].
Stipple with etching. Laid on India paper. Proof. Platemark: 290 x 192mm (11½ x 7½"). Very large margins.
Portrait of engineer James Watt (1736 - 1819). A mechanical engineer who trained as a mathematical instrument-maker, James Watt invented the condensing steam-engine in 1765. He took Matthew Boulton as his partner in 1775, and developed an improved version of this engine which revolutionised industry and immortalised Watt's name, inaccurately but effectively, as the 'inventor of the steam-engine'.
From Watt Collection Sotheby.
[Ref: 32616] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilson] Christopher North in his Sporting Jacket.](jpegs/13175.jpg)
[John Wilson] Christopher North in his Sporting Jacket.
Painted by Tho.s [Thomas] Duncan A.R.A. Engraved by C. E. [Charles] Wagstaff, 20 Argyle St. New Road.
Published Jan.y 1st by W Blackwood & Son. Edinburgh & London. And F. G. Moon Threadneedle Street.
Mezzotint on india. 650 x 440mm (25½ x 17¼"). India laid paper broken and creased in title area.
Professor John Wilson (aka Christopher North, 1785-1854). Both in body and in mind, John Wilson was a larger than life character. An essayist and a sportsman, he was one of the founders of the right-wing Blackwood's Magazine and, for over thirty years, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Duncan's portrait shows Wilson, gun in hand, on the moors. On the page he could be just as deadly, his reviews wounding reputations and killing promising careers. Duncan's painting is now in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
[Ref: 13175] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s [Thomas] Duncan A.R.A. Engraved by C. E. [Charles] Wagstaff, 20 Argyle St. New Road.
Published Jan.y 1st by W Blackwood & Son. Edinburgh & London. And F. G. Moon Threadneedle Street.
Mezzotint on india. 650 x 440mm (25½ x 17¼"). India laid paper broken and creased in title area.
Professor John Wilson (aka Christopher North, 1785-1854). Both in body and in mind, John Wilson was a larger than life character. An essayist and a sportsman, he was one of the founders of the right-wing Blackwood's Magazine and, for over thirty years, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Duncan's portrait shows Wilson, gun in hand, on the moors. On the page he could be just as deadly, his reviews wounding reputations and killing promising careers. Duncan's painting is now in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
[Ref: 13175] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)