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Boy and Birds Nest. From the Original Picture Painted by Amoroso in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Vol II No. 35.
Amoroso pinx.t. W.m Walker Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1769, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
A humbly dressed boy sitting in a garden, feeding cherries to birds in a nest in his arm, with two other figures feeding swans in a pond in the background to the right, with an urn on a pedestal behind them. A coat-of-arms with stag charges is below within the title area, flanked by cherubs and stags, with the motto: "Cavendo Tutus'. After Amorosi's painting, then in the collection of Duke of Devonshire (1748 - 1811). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38249] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Amoroso pinx.t. W.m Walker Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1769, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
A humbly dressed boy sitting in a garden, feeding cherries to birds in a nest in his arm, with two other figures feeding swans in a pond in the background to the right, with an urn on a pedestal behind them. A coat-of-arms with stag charges is below within the title area, flanked by cherubs and stags, with the motto: "Cavendo Tutus'. After Amorosi's painting, then in the collection of Duke of Devonshire (1748 - 1811). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38249] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Girl and Chickens. From the Original Picture Painted by Amoroso in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Vol II No. 34.
Amoroso pinx.t. W.m Walker Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1769, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
A girl sitting in a garden, watering a chicken and its chicks with a bowl from a fountain on the right. A coat-of-arms with stag charges is below within the title area, flanked by cherubs and stags, with the motto 'Cavendo Tutus'. After Amorosi's painting, then in the collection of Duke of Devonshire (1748 - 1811). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38247] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Amoroso pinx.t. W.m Walker Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1769, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Platemark: 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
A girl sitting in a garden, watering a chicken and its chicks with a bowl from a fountain on the right. A coat-of-arms with stag charges is below within the title area, flanked by cherubs and stags, with the motto 'Cavendo Tutus'. After Amorosi's painting, then in the collection of Duke of Devonshire (1748 - 1811). From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38247] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche V.P.R.S.] [Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. President of the Geological Society. To the Fellows of the Geological Society, this Engraving is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Humble Servant William Walker.]
[Painted by H.P. Bone in enamel from life. Engraved by W. Walker.]
[London: Jan.y 1.st 1848. W. Walker, Excudit, 64 Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Working proof mezzotint, before all letters. Private plate. Plate: 380 x 300mm (18 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A portrait of English geologist and palaeontologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796 - 1855), half-length standing in a mountain landscape directed to right, looking away to left, his right elbow resting on an pick-axe next to his hat. De La Beche helped pioneer early geological survey methods, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819,was knighted in 1848 and in 1852, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 46957] £650.00
[Painted by H.P. Bone in enamel from life. Engraved by W. Walker.]
[London: Jan.y 1.st 1848. W. Walker, Excudit, 64 Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Working proof mezzotint, before all letters. Private plate. Plate: 380 x 300mm (18 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A portrait of English geologist and palaeontologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796 - 1855), half-length standing in a mountain landscape directed to right, looking away to left, his right elbow resting on an pick-axe next to his hat. De La Beche helped pioneer early geological survey methods, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819,was knighted in 1848 and in 1852, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 46957] £650.00
The Discovery of America.
E. Edwards del. W. Walker sc.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, 3. Jan. 1778, by Fielding & Walker in Pater-noster Row London.]
Engraving. Plate 233 x 171mm. 9¼ x 6¾". Cut.
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. He strikes the ground with a sword to claim the land for Spain while some of his men kiss the ground. A group for native Americans stands nearby. Frontispiece to "The History of America, from its discovery by Columbus...Volume I".
[Ref: 20845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
E. Edwards del. W. Walker sc.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, 3. Jan. 1778, by Fielding & Walker in Pater-noster Row London.]
Engraving. Plate 233 x 171mm. 9¼ x 6¾". Cut.
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. He strikes the ground with a sword to claim the land for Spain while some of his men kiss the ground. A group for native Americans stands nearby. Frontispiece to "The History of America, from its discovery by Columbus...Volume I".
[Ref: 20845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Incidents in the Indian War. _ No.1. Treachery and Fidelity.
Watts Phillips del_ E. Walker, lith. Day & Son, Lithrs. to The Queen.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 106 Strand [n.d., 1857].
Sepia-tinted lithograph heightened in white, rare, sheet 380 x 260mm. 15 x 10¼". A little soiled.
Dramatic illustration of an "Extract from a private letter" printed below, which reports how a faithful guard-dog protected a British child from a would-be Indian assassin during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The rebellion began in the town of Meerut when a group of sepoys, native soldiers employed by the British East India Company's army, mutinied because of perceived race-based injustices and inequities. The uprising was soon converted into a wider civilian insurrection against the Company. From a populist series, 'Incidents in the Indian War'. Watts Phillips (1825 - 1874) was an illustrator and dramatist, and pupil of George Cruikshank.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 27417] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Watts Phillips del_ E. Walker, lith. Day & Son, Lithrs. to The Queen.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 106 Strand [n.d., 1857].
Sepia-tinted lithograph heightened in white, rare, sheet 380 x 260mm. 15 x 10¼". A little soiled.
Dramatic illustration of an "Extract from a private letter" printed below, which reports how a faithful guard-dog protected a British child from a would-be Indian assassin during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The rebellion began in the town of Meerut when a group of sepoys, native soldiers employed by the British East India Company's army, mutinied because of perceived race-based injustices and inequities. The uprising was soon converted into a wider civilian insurrection against the Company. From a populist series, 'Incidents in the Indian War'. Watts Phillips (1825 - 1874) was an illustrator and dramatist, and pupil of George Cruikshank.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 27417] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Shipwreck of Telemachus. Book I.
C. Monnet inv.t W. Walker sculp.
Published by Alex.r Hogg No.6 Paternoster Row Jan 1. 1785.
Etching and engraving. Plate 224 x 178mm (9½ x 7"). Some slight toning.
Mentor and Telemachus clinging onto a mast after the shipwreck; above them, the winds, personified by butterfly-winged figures, are blowing on the raging sea. Illustration to Fenelon's 'The Adventures of Telemachus'.
[Ref: 34714] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
C. Monnet inv.t W. Walker sculp.
Published by Alex.r Hogg No.6 Paternoster Row Jan 1. 1785.
Etching and engraving. Plate 224 x 178mm (9½ x 7"). Some slight toning.
Mentor and Telemachus clinging onto a mast after the shipwreck; above them, the winds, personified by butterfly-winged figures, are blowing on the raging sea. Illustration to Fenelon's 'The Adventures of Telemachus'.
[Ref: 34714] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Frederic Thesigner, M.P.
Painted by E. =U. Eddis. Engraved by W. Walker.
London 5.th. April 1847, W. Walker, Execudit, 64, Margaret S.t. Cavendish Square.
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 520mm (15 x 20½").
Half portrait of Sir Frederic Thesiger (1794-1878) a Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor between 1866 and 1867 under Lord Derby.
[Ref: 32650] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by E. =U. Eddis. Engraved by W. Walker.
London 5.th. April 1847, W. Walker, Execudit, 64, Margaret S.t. Cavendish Square.
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 520mm (15 x 20½").
Half portrait of Sir Frederic Thesiger (1794-1878) a Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor between 1866 and 1867 under Lord Derby.
[Ref: 32650] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)