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Anvil.
George Stubbs pinx.t. Geo: Townley Stubbs sculp.t Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published Dec.r 1 1794 by Mess.rs Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street.
Stipple and etching, open-letter finished proof, printed in colours and hand finished. 405 x 500mm (16 x 19¾"). Framed. Some spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
Anvil, foaled in 1777 and described by 'A Review of the Turf' as 'ranked amongst the best stallions of the present day'. In 1793 Anvil was in Mr O'Kelly's stud at Edgware, at 10 guineas per mare.
Lennox-Boyd: 114, state I of III, ''100 proofs were issued''.
[Ref: 54816] £1,850.00
George Stubbs pinx.t. Geo: Townley Stubbs sculp.t Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published Dec.r 1 1794 by Mess.rs Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street.
Stipple and etching, open-letter finished proof, printed in colours and hand finished. 405 x 500mm (16 x 19¾"). Framed. Some spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
Anvil, foaled in 1777 and described by 'A Review of the Turf' as 'ranked amongst the best stallions of the present day'. In 1793 Anvil was in Mr O'Kelly's stud at Edgware, at 10 guineas per mare.
Lennox-Boyd: 114, state I of III, ''100 proofs were issued''.
[Ref: 54816] £1,850.00
The Royal Charlotte Auricula.
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Fine & very rare mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). False margins added. A tiny amount of time staining in the publication line.
A fantastic image. Still life of a pink primula auricula in a plant pot. A bird, likely a bullfinch, perches on the lip of the pot and a butterfly, possibly a monarch, sits on the leaves.
Gordon Dunthorne Flower and Fruit Prints p223.
[Ref: 54818] £1,800.00
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Fine & very rare mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). False margins added. A tiny amount of time staining in the publication line.
A fantastic image. Still life of a pink primula auricula in a plant pot. A bird, likely a bullfinch, perches on the lip of the pot and a butterfly, possibly a monarch, sits on the leaves.
Gordon Dunthorne Flower and Fruit Prints p223.
[Ref: 54818] £1,800.00
![[Psittacus albus cristatus maximus.]](jpegs/54752.jpg)
[Psittacus albus cristatus maximus.]
G. Edwards.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Small stain on top centre edge of plate.
A crested cockatoo, from 'Gleanings of Natural History' by George Edwards (1694-1773), who is regarded as 'the father of British ornithology'.
[Ref: 54752] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G. Edwards.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), large margins. Small stain on top centre edge of plate.
A crested cockatoo, from 'Gleanings of Natural History' by George Edwards (1694-1773), who is regarded as 'the father of British ornithology'.
[Ref: 54752] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] Petit Kakatoes à hupe jaune.](jpegs/54753.jpg)
[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] Petit Kakatoes à hupe jaune.
Dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Small stain on right top. Large margins on 3 sides.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800)
[Ref: 54753] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Small stain on right top. Large margins on 3 sides.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800)
[Ref: 54753] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] The Crested Parrot or Cockatoo.](jpegs/54754.jpg)
[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] The Crested Parrot or Cockatoo.
Eleazar Albin del Jul 28, 1735.
[n.d., c.1735.]
Etching with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark, 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Faded.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, from Albin's 'A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life', published 1731-8.
[Ref: 54754] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Eleazar Albin del Jul 28, 1735.
[n.d., c.1735.]
Etching with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark, 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Faded.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, from Albin's 'A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life', published 1731-8.
[Ref: 54754] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Cocker Spaniel.]](jpegs/54914.jpg)
[A Cocker Spaniel.]
H.D. Herbert Dickee [pencil signature].
[Frost & Reed, c.1930.]
Rare etching, signed by the artist in pencil, Frost & Reed blindstamp, limited edition 28/200. 325 x 240mm (12¾ x 9½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A black and white Cocker Spaniel head. Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54914] £850.00
H.D. Herbert Dickee [pencil signature].
[Frost & Reed, c.1930.]
Rare etching, signed by the artist in pencil, Frost & Reed blindstamp, limited edition 28/200. 325 x 240mm (12¾ x 9½"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A black and white Cocker Spaniel head. Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54914] £850.00
![[Album of 16 etchings of African plains animals by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore.]](jpegs/55128.jpg)
[Album of 16 etchings of African plains animals by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
16 etchings, 14 on india paper, some working proofs, all signed by the artist, mounted in contemporary half morocco gilt album with morocco gilt title label. Largest 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12½").
A remarkable scarce album of etchings of the plains animals. There are seven plates of elephants, three of lion, a rhinoceros, two of buffalo and three of antelope. Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 55128] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1910.]
16 etchings, 14 on india paper, some working proofs, all signed by the artist, mounted in contemporary half morocco gilt album with morocco gilt title label. Largest 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12½").
A remarkable scarce album of etchings of the plains animals. There are seven plates of elephants, three of lion, a rhinoceros, two of buffalo and three of antelope. Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 55128] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
![[Shaver, A French Bulldog Asleep.]](jpegs/54839.jpg)
[Shaver, A French Bulldog Asleep.]
H.D. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, Restricted edition of 325 proofs, plate destroyed. 70 x 155mm (2¾ x 6"). Framed with publisher's title label on backboard. Slight discolouration at edges. Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54839] £1,200.00
H.D. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, Restricted edition of 325 proofs, plate destroyed. 70 x 155mm (2¾ x 6"). Framed with publisher's title label on backboard. Slight discolouration at edges. Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54839] £1,200.00
Horses Frightened by Lightning.
Howitt sc.
Pub.d by R.J. Hixon, at his Cheap Print Warehouse, 440, Strand. [n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce coloured aquatint. Sheet 335 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"), with large margins. Trimmed within plate, creasing, surface abrasions, holes in bottom corners.
Horses on a barren hillside.
[Ref: 54695] £420.00
Howitt sc.
Pub.d by R.J. Hixon, at his Cheap Print Warehouse, 440, Strand. [n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce coloured aquatint. Sheet 335 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"), with large margins. Trimmed within plate, creasing, surface abrasions, holes in bottom corners.
Horses on a barren hillside.
[Ref: 54695] £420.00
Horses Watering.
Designed, etched & published Dec.br 1st 1802 by S,. Howitt, Panton Street Hay Market.
Coloured aquatint. 290 x 365mm (11½ x 14½"). Colour faded
Riders walking horses into a river to drink.
[Ref: 54696] £360.00
Designed, etched & published Dec.br 1st 1802 by S,. Howitt, Panton Street Hay Market.
Coloured aquatint. 290 x 365mm (11½ x 14½"). Colour faded
Riders walking horses into a river to drink.
[Ref: 54696] £360.00
Instinct
Engraved by H. Pyall after F.C. Turner.
London, Pub.d by S. Knight, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, 1827.
Fine coloured aquatint. 335 x 385mm (13¼ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A grey hunter in a field roused by the sound of a passing hunt.
[Ref: 54943] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by H. Pyall after F.C. Turner.
London, Pub.d by S. Knight, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, 1827.
Fine coloured aquatint. 335 x 385mm (13¼ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A grey hunter in a field roused by the sound of a passing hunt.
[Ref: 54943] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Leopard Drinking.]](jpegs/54999.jpg)
[Leopard Drinking.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1915.]
Drypoint etching, signed artist's proof. 210 x 350mm (8¼ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A leopard crouching to drink from a pool, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918.
From the artist's grandson and the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54999] £980.00
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1915.]
Drypoint etching, signed artist's proof. 210 x 350mm (8¼ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A leopard crouching to drink from a pool, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918.
From the artist's grandson and the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54999] £980.00
[Mares and Foals, From a Picture in the Possession of Lewis Dymock Esq.r.]
[Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.]
Scarce etching, progress proof before all letters, 18th century watermark. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins.
Two horses and two gamboling foals.
[Ref: 54941] £580.00
[Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.]
Scarce etching, progress proof before all letters, 18th century watermark. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins.
Two horses and two gamboling foals.
[Ref: 54941] £580.00
[Mares and Foals, From a Picture in the Possession of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.]
[Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.]
Scarce & fine etching, progress proof before all letters. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins.
Two horses beside a manger with a thatched canopy on the bank of a river, with three foals, one feeding from its mother.
[Ref: 54940] £580.00
[Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.]
Scarce & fine etching, progress proof before all letters. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins.
Two horses beside a manger with a thatched canopy on the bank of a river, with three foals, one feeding from its mother.
[Ref: 54940] £580.00
[Mares and Foals, From a Picture in the Possession of Lewis Dymock Esq.r.]
Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.
Scarce etching, scratched letter proof before title, 18th century watermark. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins. Tear and cracks in platemark repaired.
Two horses and two gamboling foals.
[Ref: 54942] £580.00
Painted by G. Garrard, Painter of Horses to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engrav'd by Tho.s Morris.
London, Pub March 2d. 1793 by G. Garrard at Mr Gilpin's Knightsbridge, & No. 43 Little Britain.
Scarce etching, scratched letter proof before title, 18th century watermark. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18"), with large margins. Tear and cracks in platemark repaired.
Two horses and two gamboling foals.
[Ref: 54942] £580.00
![[A Pekinese asleep.]](jpegs/54840.jpg)
[A Pekinese asleep.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee [Signed in pencil.]
Copyright 1924 by Frost & Reed Ltd. (of Bristol, England) in the United States of America.
Etching, signed by the artist. 125 x 260mm (5 x 10¼"), with publisher's blind stamps. Limited edition 100, plate destroyed. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54840] £980.00
HD. Herbert Dicksee [Signed in pencil.]
Copyright 1924 by Frost & Reed Ltd. (of Bristol, England) in the United States of America.
Etching, signed by the artist. 125 x 260mm (5 x 10¼"), with publisher's blind stamps. Limited edition 100, plate destroyed. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54840] £980.00
![[Bear of the North.]](jpegs/54661.jpg)
[Bear of the North.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1915.]
Etching with drypoint, limited edition 100, one state only, signed by the artist. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), with large margins. Mint.
A reclining polar bear, on a rocky outcrop at night. Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54661] £1,350.00
HD. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1915.]
Etching with drypoint, limited edition 100, one state only, signed by the artist. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), with large margins. Mint.
A reclining polar bear, on a rocky outcrop at night. Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54661] £1,350.00
Bouquet de Roses.
Carle delin. Duruisseau Sc. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Crayon-manner etching, printed in red and green, fantastic piece of colour printing. Sheet 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from two plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789. The engraver, L. F. Duruisseau, also engraved for Pierre-Joseph Redouté.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. Collection J. Herold.
[Ref: 54911] £390.00
Carle delin. Duruisseau Sc. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Crayon-manner etching, printed in red and green, fantastic piece of colour printing. Sheet 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from two plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789. The engraver, L. F. Duruisseau, also engraved for Pierre-Joseph Redouté.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. Collection J. Herold.
[Ref: 54911] £390.00
![[Unrecorded plate of Stubbs' Sweetbrier] Sweetbryer.](jpegs/54815.jpg)
[Unrecorded plate of Stubbs' Sweetbrier] Sweetbryer.
G.Stubbs pinx.t. Geo.e Townley Stubbs sculp. Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London publish'd [***] by Mess.rs Stubbs, Turf Gallery Conduit Street.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours and hand finished, title in open letters. Publication line excludes date. 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"), with large margins. Framed. Repairs in sky, publication date unprinted. Unexamined out of frame.
Sweetbriar, a black colt foaled in 1769, raced for Lord Grosvenor 1773-5, retiring to stud unbeaten. In the background is Grosvenor's stud farm at Oxcroft, Cambridgeshire. This image of this plate is identical to 'Sweetbrier' (Lennox-Boyd 112), other than detail in the clouds; however the plate is 1cm smaller, height and width, with an alternative spelling of the horse's name, as used in the smaller-format version.
[Ref: 54815] £2,000.00
G.Stubbs pinx.t. Geo.e Townley Stubbs sculp. Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London publish'd [***] by Mess.rs Stubbs, Turf Gallery Conduit Street.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours and hand finished, title in open letters. Publication line excludes date. 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"), with large margins. Framed. Repairs in sky, publication date unprinted. Unexamined out of frame.
Sweetbriar, a black colt foaled in 1769, raced for Lord Grosvenor 1773-5, retiring to stud unbeaten. In the background is Grosvenor's stud farm at Oxcroft, Cambridgeshire. This image of this plate is identical to 'Sweetbrier' (Lennox-Boyd 112), other than detail in the clouds; however the plate is 1cm smaller, height and width, with an alternative spelling of the horse's name, as used in the smaller-format version.
[Ref: 54815] £2,000.00
Sweetwilliam.
G. Stubbs pinx.t. Geo. Townley Stubbs Sculp. Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Republished June 4., 1817, by Edw.d Orme, New Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street.
Stipple, printed in colour and hand finished. 405 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Small area of damage under horse's body. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of the racer Sweetwilliam, standing in a paddock facing left, with Sweet William flowering at his feet. Foaled about 1770, Sweetwilliam raced for Lord Bolingbroke until 1778, when he went to stud at Lord Grosvenor's Oxcroft estate.
Lennox-Boyd: 118, state III of III.
[Ref: 54814] £1,850.00
G. Stubbs pinx.t. Geo. Townley Stubbs Sculp. Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, Republished June 4., 1817, by Edw.d Orme, New Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street.
Stipple, printed in colour and hand finished. 405 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Small area of damage under horse's body. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of the racer Sweetwilliam, standing in a paddock facing left, with Sweet William flowering at his feet. Foaled about 1770, Sweetwilliam raced for Lord Bolingbroke until 1778, when he went to stud at Lord Grosvenor's Oxcroft estate.
Lennox-Boyd: 118, state III of III.
[Ref: 54814] £1,850.00
The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00
![[Tiger sleeping.]](jpegs/54997.jpg)
[Tiger sleeping.]
H.D. 1920 [Herbert Dicksee pencil signature.]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 180 x 350mm (7 x 13¾"), with very large margins, five blindstamps including the Fine Art Trade Guild. Mint.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54997] £980.00
H.D. 1920 [Herbert Dicksee pencil signature.]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 180 x 350mm (7 x 13¾"), with very large margins, five blindstamps including the Fine Art Trade Guild. Mint.
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in paintings of dogs and animals. He studied at the Slade School of Art and his first painting was exhibited in 1881. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets and frequented London Zoo. His daughter, Dorothy was the executor of his will, which directed her to destroy most of the plates for his etchings.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 54997] £980.00
A Tigress.
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint.
Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
[Ref: 54787] £4,500.00
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint.
Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
[Ref: 54787] £4,500.00
![[A large dead tree.]](jpegs/52805.jpg)
[A large dead tree.]
R. West.
Rare pen lithograph. 225 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Thread margins. Central crease not visible from front.
Men resting under an ancient dead tree. The artist, Raphael Lamar West (1769-1850), son of Benjamin West, contributed to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
[Ref: 52805] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
R. West.
Rare pen lithograph. 225 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Thread margins. Central crease not visible from front.
Men resting under an ancient dead tree. The artist, Raphael Lamar West (1769-1850), son of Benjamin West, contributed to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
[Ref: 52805] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![Eruption du Mont Vesuve au Jour. [&] Eruption du Mont-Vesuve à la Nuit.](jpegs/54742.jpg)
Eruption du Mont Vesuve au Jour. [&] Eruption du Mont-Vesuve à la Nuit.
Gravé par P.L. Deboucourt d'après le dessin fait à Naples.
à Paris, chez Ch.les Bance, rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10, et Rue Porte, Près le Temple, No. 15 [n.d., 1813].
Fine pair of scarce aquatints. 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate top and bottom, some ink offset from text on 'Jour'.
Day and night scenes of the volcano Vesuvius erupting, from the Bay of Naples by Philibert Louis Debucourt (1755-1832). It is likely to be the eruption of 1794.
[Ref: 54742] £950.00 view all images for this item
Gravé par P.L. Deboucourt d'après le dessin fait à Naples.
à Paris, chez Ch.les Bance, rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10, et Rue Porte, Près le Temple, No. 15 [n.d., 1813].
Fine pair of scarce aquatints. 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate top and bottom, some ink offset from text on 'Jour'.
Day and night scenes of the volcano Vesuvius erupting, from the Bay of Naples by Philibert Louis Debucourt (1755-1832). It is likely to be the eruption of 1794.
[Ref: 54742] £950.00 view all images for this item