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The Confluence of the Cherwell and Isis.
The Confluence of the Cherwell and Isis. Brasen Nose Boat Coming In.
Drawn and Etch'd by JWhessell.
Saint Aldates Oxford Feby. 1824.
Etching, 260 x 315mm. 10¼ x 12½". Closed tears to margins, and into sky area. Extremities chipped. Damaged.
View from the riverbank of a crew of eight (plus cox) rowing past some Oxford landmarks on the far bank; the race watched by three students in foreground to left. Numbered 'Pl. 39', with dimensions of the boat recorded (lower right). By and after John Whessell (c.1760 - 1824 or after).
[Ref: 19515]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Dennett.
Dennett.
Drawn by Mr. Burt Etch'd by J. Whessell
Pub. Jan. 1 1818 by J. Whessell St Aldate's Oxford
Etching, good impression; platemark 280 x 200mm (11 x 8") very large margins.
The Oxford wigmaker Dennett.
[Ref: 44066]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Dennett.
Dennett.
Engraved by J.Whessell.
Published by J.Whessell. S.t Algates, June 4th 1820.
Very fine and scarce stipple engraving, on india paper, 260 x 215mm, 10¼ x 8½". Close margins.
An Oxford wig-maker.
NPG: D35024. O'Donoghue: Vol.2; p.34; ii of ii.
[Ref: 19729]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Thomas Charles Wageman]
[Thomas Charles Wageman]
C. Wageman del.t 1824. J. Whessell Sc, Oxon.
Stipple with roulette, proof before title on chine collé, 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"). Creasing in large margins.
Seated with hat.
Not listed in the BM or NPG.
[Ref: 61256]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Oxford; From the Seat on the New Path to Pullin's Tree.
Oxford; From the Seat on the New Path to Pullin's Tree. Pl. 35.
J. Whessell del.t et Sculp.t 1822.
Etching on chine collé. 115 x 155mm (4½ x 6"), with large margins.
Prospect of Oxford. By and after John Whessell (c.1760 - 1824 or after).
[Ref: 50007]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[A sow and three piglets in a sty.]
[A sow and three piglets in a sty.]
G. Morland [signature facsimile in plate.] I. Whessell Sculpt. 1798 _[scratched letters].
London Published Jany. 1. 1799. by Darling & Thompson, Gt. Newport Street, and T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Stipple with soft ground etching, image 285 x 400mm. Trimmed to plate, wide margins outside image.
[Ref: 7690]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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The Soldiers Quarters at Pompeii.
The Soldiers Quarters at Pompeii. Pl.1.
Drawn & Etched by G. Townley Esq.r Engraved by F. Whessell, Oxford.
London Pub. Feb.1. 1818 by Mess.rs Carpenter & Son Old Bond Street.
Mezzotint and etching printed in brown ink, very scarce and fine. Plate 209 x 255mm (8¼ x 10"). Laid on album scrap. Slight foxing.
View of the remains of Pompeii, showing an area with rows of pillars on three sides, to the right, people walking along a road beside it in the centre, and a series of rooms to left; with three goats and fallen masonry in the right foreground, mountains, trees and a lake in the background. Plate 1 of a series etched by the collector George Townley, who may have been inspired by JMW Turner's 'Liber Studiorum' with which this series bears several similarities.
[Ref: 29465]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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War.
War.
H. Singleton pinx.t. J. Whessell sculp.t.
London Published June 4, 1805 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street.
Rare stipple. 650 x 500mm (25½ x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, edges worn, several tears. Messy.
An allegorical scene, with the interior of a tent in which an officer takes leave of his wife and young child. Another woman and a black page boy look on. Throught the entrance of the tent are soldiers in ranks and ships drawn up in front of a fort. The print was first published in 1798 as a pair to 'Peace'.
[Ref: 38134]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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War. [&] Peace.
War. [&] Peace.
H. Singleton pinx.t. J. Whessell sculp.t.
London, Published June, 1. 1798, by T. Simpton, St Paul's Church Yard; and Darling & Thompson, G.t Newport Street.
Pair of stipple engravings. 650 x 505mm (25½ x 20") with large margins. One repaired tear on each, entering inscription area on 'War'
A pair of allegorical scenes. In 'War' an army officer embraces his wife and child before leaving for war, watched by a maid and a negro pageboy, with massed troops and ships in the background. 'Peace' depicts a cottage interior, with a soldier with a scythe on his shoulder, a farmer gesturing trough the door to other harvesters working in a field with a windmill. Singleton's original oils were sold at a Sotheby's sale of Important British Pictures in November 2007.
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