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John Black.
Painted & Engraved by W.H.Worthington from a Picture in the Possession of Joseph Parkes, Esqr.
Published by W.H.Worthington, 15 Compton Street Brunswick Square, Feby. 1835.
Engraving. 300 x 235mm. Paper stained in margins.
Radical journalist, editor of 'The Morning Chronicle' which he clutches in his left hand [1783 - 1855].
[Ref: 6710] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
John Dalton, F.R.S. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Member of the Royal Academy of the National Institute of France &c.
Allen. Pinxt. Worthington Sculpt.
Published June 25th.1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large, uncut margins. Paper slightly wrinkled. Unidentified collector's blind stamp in lower right corner.
A portrait of philosopher John Dalton (1766-1844), seated at a desk on which are various scientific instruments. Dalton was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory. W: 755-1
[Ref: 40046] £320.00
John Dalton, F.R.S. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Member of the Royal Academy of the National Institute of France &c.
Allen. Pinx.t. Worthington Sculp.t.
Published June 25th. 1823, by Zanetti & Agnew, 94, Market Street, Manchester, and Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13").
Philosopher. John Dalton (September 6, 1766 - July 27, 1844) was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. He is most well known for his advocacy of the atomic theory. W: 755-1
[Ref: 75] £320.00
[Sir Humphry Davy, Bar.t. President of the Royal Society of London]
[Engraved by bWilliam Henry Worthington after James Lonsdale.]
[London: Rudoph Ackermann, Agnew & Zanetti, 1827.
Engraving on india, proof before title. 450 x 320mm (17¾ x 12½") small margins.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), Cornish chemist and inventor best known for the Davy lamp for miners. Here he is shown in his role as President of the Royal Society, with the ceremonial mace. NPG D34825.
[Ref: 51178] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
John Gilpin. Proof.
Painted by Tho.s Stotard Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W.H. Worthington.
Published by William Pickering and William Henry Worthington, January 1st, 1825.
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 585mm (10¾ x 23"). Trimmed into plate, some surface wear.
A man rides a galloping horse, unable to stop, his wig flying off. A scene from William Cowper's comic ballad, which was inspired by a draper of Cheapside. Attempting to ride to the Bell Inn, Edmonton, Gilpin lost control of his horse and over-shot his destination by ten miles, arriving in Ware. Written in 1782 the poem was extremely popular, with pirate editions of the book and even John Gilpin toys, an early example of merchandising. Editions have been illustrated by artists as diverse as Randolph Caldecott and Ronald Searle.
[Ref: 55696] £380.00
(£456.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Hannah More.
Painted by H. W. Pickersgill, A.R.A. Engraved by W. H. Worthington.
London Published March 1, 1824 by J. Hudson, Cheapside.
Engraving, 445 x 327mm. 17½ x 13". Trimmed to plate laid on separate sheet.
Hannah More [1745 - 1833] evangelical moralist and propagandist. Publisher of the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts between 1795-8, which were printed for her by John Marshall and S. Hazard. The painting of 1822 is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 11936] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Hannah More. From the Original Picture in the possession of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bar.t MP.
Painted by H. W. Pickersgill, A.R.A. Engraved by W. H. Worthington.
London Published March 1, 1824 by J. Hudson, Cheapside.
Engraving on india, platemark 445 x 327mm (17½ x 13"), with very large margins. Tear to right margin. Fine impression.
Hannah More (1745 - 1833) writer and philanthropist. More's conservative and paternalist views, expressed, in prose, verse and religious and political writings, long saw her dismissed as merely the reactionary antithesis of her contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft, although she is now increasingly recognized as a unique public figure in late Georgian Britain. Engraving after the 1822 portrait by H.W. Pickersgill, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. For another impression see ref. 11936. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47080] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Boarding the American.
W. Bromley del. W.H. Worthington sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, London, March 1. 1808.
Etching and engraving, sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, small creases at edges.
Lord Nelson standing in a rowing boat with a crew of six men on a rough sea, holding the shoulder of a man as he grasps a rope from above, preparing to board the ship Illustration from an edition of Churchill's 'Life of Nelson'.
[Ref: 60604] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Stothard Esq.r R.A.
G.H. Harlow Pinx.t. W.H. Worthington Sculp.t.
Published May 1. 1818, by W.H. Worthington, 15, Compton Street, Brunswick Square.
Fine engraving. 345 x 300mm (13½ x 11¾''), with small margins. Foxing on the reverse.
A fine half-length portrait of painter and engraver Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), on the wall behind is part of Stothard's work 'The Pilgrimage to Canterbury' 1806-7.
[Ref: 54073] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Stothard Esq.r R.A. Proof.
G.H. Harlow Pinx.t. W.H. Worthington Sculp.t.
Published May 1. 1818, by W.H. Worthington, 15, Compton Street, Brunswick Square.
Chine collé engraving. 345 x 300mm (13½ x 11¾''), with large margins. Foxing in margins, creasing in edges..
A fine half-length portrait of painter and engraver Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), posing before his painting 'The Pilgrimage to Canterbury', 1806-7.
[Ref: 63172] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
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