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Outline of the Attack upon Algiers exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.
R. & E. Williamson sculp.t [after Henry Aston Barker].
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1818.]
Engraving. Sheet 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼"), with letter press key label stuck on. Folds and staining.
A visitor's keyplate for the exhibition of a 360º painting on the inside of the rotunda of Barker's Panorama, a purpose-built gallery in Leicester Street. Visitors would climb stairs to a viewing platform and use this as a guide to the painting. It was issued as a folding plate in a leaflet, 'Description of Lord Exmouth's attack upon Algiers : painted by Henry Aston Barker', written by James Jennings. The rotunda is preserved within the French Catholic 'Church of Notre Dame de France'.
[Ref: 50454] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Outline of the View of Athens exhibiting in the Panorama Strand.
Engraved by R & E Williamson.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 245 x 440mm (9¾ x 17½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A key plate to a view of Athens exhibited in Barker's Panorama in the Strand. This alternative venue to the more famous Panorama in Leicester Square was opened in 1801 by Thomas Edward Barker and Ramsay Richard Reinagle.
[Ref: 46205] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Lord's Prayer in the Russian Language. Published: Commemorative of His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of all the Russias &c.&c.&c. Visit to Great Britain and his landing at Dover on the 6th. Day of June 1814. by R & E. Williamson. Size of Circle to the above Prayer. One Fifth of an Inch Diameter. Proof. Ornamental Writing Engravers.
London. Published June 25.th. 1814 by R. & E. Williamson, No.8 Brooks Street, West Square.
Engraving. Plate 114 x 90mm. 4½ x 3½". Slight horizontal creasing.
A commemorative copy of the Lord's Prayer in Russian for Czar Alexander of Russia (1777-1825) who joined the Allied sovereign's on their visit to England in the June of 1814 to the celebrate the peace following the defeat of the French and the abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 20795] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
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