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The Northumberland & Myrmidon Conveying Napoleon to the Island of St. Helena, Oct.r 15, 1815.
T.H. Shepherd, del
Engraving, sheet 70 x 130mm (2¾ x 5"). Rare.
British ships transporting Napoleon to the island of St Helena, where he was taken after surrendering to Captain Frederick Maitland in 1815, and remained until his death in 1821.
[Ref: 41285] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Shepherd, del
Engraving, sheet 70 x 130mm (2¾ x 5"). Rare.
British ships transporting Napoleon to the island of St Helena, where he was taken after surrendering to Captain Frederick Maitland in 1815, and remained until his death in 1821.
[Ref: 41285] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Map of the Island of Saint Helena Drawn for the memorial de Sainte Hélène. By an Engineer formerly of Napoleon's Cabinet from the infomation contained in the work itself and from particulars furnished by Mess.is Marchannd St.t Denis Pierron and others in Napoleon's service.
Engraved by Sid.y Hall Bury Str.t Bloomsb.y
London Published by Henry Colburn & C.o and M. Bossange & C.o Aug.t 1823.
Engraving with coloured border, sheet 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Cut within plate on two sides and glued to backing board.
A map of St. Helena.
[Ref: 55910] £140.00
Engraved by Sid.y Hall Bury Str.t Bloomsb.y
London Published by Henry Colburn & C.o and M. Bossange & C.o Aug.t 1823.
Engraving with coloured border, sheet 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Cut within plate on two sides and glued to backing board.
A map of St. Helena.
[Ref: 55910] £140.00
Bonaparte at St. Helena.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14, 1816.
Engraving. 203 x 254mm (8 x 10").
Napoleon riding his horse on St Helena. Behind is possibly William Balcombe, a friend of Napoleon on the island until the authorities became suspicious that Balcombe had acted as an intermediary between Napoleon and Paris, and dismissed him from the Island.
[Ref: 22915] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14, 1816.
Engraving. 203 x 254mm (8 x 10").
Napoleon riding his horse on St Helena. Behind is possibly William Balcombe, a friend of Napoleon on the island until the authorities became suspicious that Balcombe had acted as an intermediary between Napoleon and Paris, and dismissed him from the Island.
[Ref: 22915] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[St. Helena][27]](jpegs/55909.jpg)
[St. Helena][27]
G. Lancon inc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching with hand colour, plate 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), very large margins.
A wonderful view of a small port in Saint Helena with steps leading to buildings and two small cliffs with fortresses either side.
[Ref: 55909] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
G. Lancon inc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching with hand colour, plate 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), very large margins.
A wonderful view of a small port in Saint Helena with steps leading to buildings and two small cliffs with fortresses either side.
[Ref: 55909] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Lot and Lots wife, the rocks so named at Sandy Bay, on the island of S.t Helena.
Capt. Tobin R.N. del. Dubourg sculp.
Published & Sold Nov, 1, 1815, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street, London.
Aquatint sheet 295 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾")
A view of the beautiful scenery in Sandy Bay (Saint Helena) showing the rocks named after the biblical Lot and his wife.
[Ref: 55908] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Capt. Tobin R.N. del. Dubourg sculp.
Published & Sold Nov, 1, 1815, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street, London.
Aquatint sheet 295 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾")
A view of the beautiful scenery in Sandy Bay (Saint Helena) showing the rocks named after the biblical Lot and his wife.
[Ref: 55908] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two views of Napoleon's tomb, St Helena.]](jpegs/55828.jpg)
[Two views of Napoleon's tomb, St Helena.]
[Aquatint] Arranged by E.W.
[n.d., c. 1840 & 1825.
An engraving & an aquatint mounted in album sheet together. 70 x 115mm (2¾ x 4½") & 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Both trimed within plate.
[Ref: 55828] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Aquatint] Arranged by E.W.
[n.d., c. 1840 & 1825.
An engraving & an aquatint mounted in album sheet together. 70 x 115mm (2¾ x 4½") & 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Both trimed within plate.
[Ref: 55828] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
L'Aigle fidele.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"), with large margins. Foxing.
An eagle guards the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.
[Ref: 55826] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"), with large margins. Foxing.
An eagle guards the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.
[Ref: 55826] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Burial of Napoleon] Napoléon.](jpegs/55795.jpg)
[Burial of Napoleon] Napoléon.
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.] Lith de Joubard No.2.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph, signed on left D. J Goubaud. Printed area 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"), with large margins. Wear to edges, spotting.
French soldiers lowering Napoleon's coffin towards his tomb, the ceremony presided over by Father Ange Vignali.
[Ref: 55795] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.] Lith de Joubard No.2.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph, signed on left D. J Goubaud. Printed area 240 x 330mm (9½ x 13"), with large margins. Wear to edges, spotting.
French soldiers lowering Napoleon's coffin towards his tomb, the ceremony presided over by Father Ange Vignali.
[Ref: 55795] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon at St Helena.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14th 1816.
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Slight staining.
Napoleon on a galloping horse, riding uphill apparently trying to evade his escort.
[Ref: 35989] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, Dec.r 14th 1816.
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Slight staining.
Napoleon on a galloping horse, riding uphill apparently trying to evade his escort.
[Ref: 35989] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
![[Views of St. Helena; Illustrative of Its Scenery & Historical Associations. From Photographs By G.W. Melliss, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Island, 1857.]](jpegs/36891.jpg)
[Views of St. Helena; Illustrative of Its Scenery & Historical Associations. From Photographs By G.W. Melliss, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Island, 1857.] [4] The Briars. [6] Longwood, Old House. [7] Front View of Longwood House. [8] Longwood New House. [9] Bertrand's Cottage Longwood. [11] St. Paul's Church. [12] Oak Bank.
W. Gauci lith. Vincent Brooks Imp.
[n.d., c.1857.]
Tinted lithographs. Very scarce. Sheet size: 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9½") each. Light foxing.
Seven of thirteen plates from, 'Views of St. Helena; Illustrative of Its Scenery & Historical Associations. From Photographs By G.W. Melliss, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Island', published in 1857. In 1815, the British government selected the island of Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was taken to the island in October 1815, staying at the Briars pavilion (plate 4) on the grounds of the Balcombe family's home until his permanent home, Longwood House (plates 6, 7 and 8), was completed. He died there on 5th May 1821. During this period, Saint Helena remained in the East India Company’s possession, but the British government met additional costs arising from guarding Napoleon. The island was strongly garrisoned with British troops, and naval ships circled the island.
Abbey Travel: 318: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12.
[Ref: 36891] £420.00 view all images for this item
W. Gauci lith. Vincent Brooks Imp.
[n.d., c.1857.]
Tinted lithographs. Very scarce. Sheet size: 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9½") each. Light foxing.
Seven of thirteen plates from, 'Views of St. Helena; Illustrative of Its Scenery & Historical Associations. From Photographs By G.W. Melliss, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Island', published in 1857. In 1815, the British government selected the island of Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was taken to the island in October 1815, staying at the Briars pavilion (plate 4) on the grounds of the Balcombe family's home until his permanent home, Longwood House (plates 6, 7 and 8), was completed. He died there on 5th May 1821. During this period, Saint Helena remained in the East India Company’s possession, but the British government met additional costs arising from guarding Napoleon. The island was strongly garrisoned with British troops, and naval ships circled the island.
Abbey Travel: 318: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12.
[Ref: 36891] £420.00 view all images for this item
Napoléon.
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.]. Lith de Jean-Baptiste Joubard No.1.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½"), with wide margins. Foxed, edges creased.
A moonlit scene of Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb on St Helena, with soldiers guarding.
[Ref: 35977] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Innocent Louis Goubaud.]. Lith de Jean-Baptiste Joubard No.1.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½"), with wide margins. Foxed, edges creased.
A moonlit scene of Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb on St Helena, with soldiers guarding.
[Ref: 35977] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon ut in morte recumbit. Dedicated with Permission to the Countess Bertrand By her obliged and most obed.t Serv.t Will.m Rubidge. Taken at St. Helena in Presence of Countess Bertrand, Count Montholon &c.&c.&c.
W. Rubidge pinx.t H. Meyer sculp.t
London, Published Aug.t 20. 1821, by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Square, High Holborn.
Stipple and engraving. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"), with wide margins.
Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821) on his deathbed. William Rubidge was the only professional artist who painted Napoleon while in captivity, and also sketched the dead emperor on his deathbed.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner.
[Ref: 21098] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
W. Rubidge pinx.t H. Meyer sculp.t
London, Published Aug.t 20. 1821, by Henry Meyer, 3 Red Lion Square, High Holborn.
Stipple and engraving. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"), with wide margins.
Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821) on his deathbed. William Rubidge was the only professional artist who painted Napoleon while in captivity, and also sketched the dead emperor on his deathbed.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner.
[Ref: 21098] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ile Ste. Helene.
Martinet del. Lith. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with wide margins
The island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean where Napoleon was exiled. A slightly romanticised scene of Napoleon with his generals, and army troops; a woman and two children behind. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30810] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Martinet del. Lith. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with wide margins
The island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean where Napoleon was exiled. A slightly romanticised scene of Napoleon with his generals, and army troops; a woman and two children behind. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30810] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Rock at St. Helena (The Last Sketch of Delaroche) From the Picture in the Royal Collection
P. Delaroche pinxt. C.W. Sharpe sculpt.
[1860]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso. Trimmed.
Engraving published in the 'Art Journal', 1860. Queen Victoria bought Delaroche's oil sketch of c.1855-6 (made in preparation for a large canvas never completed) at the sale of Delaroche's studio in Paris in 1857 before giving it to Prince Albert the following year. It remains in the Royal Collection, whose cataloguing for the oil sketch notes that Queen Victoria was 'in touch with the fashion in England and on the Continent during the middle years of the nineteenth century for collecting Napoleonica'.
Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41228] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
P. Delaroche pinxt. C.W. Sharpe sculpt.
[1860]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso. Trimmed.
Engraving published in the 'Art Journal', 1860. Queen Victoria bought Delaroche's oil sketch of c.1855-6 (made in preparation for a large canvas never completed) at the sale of Delaroche's studio in Paris in 1857 before giving it to Prince Albert the following year. It remains in the Royal Collection, whose cataloguing for the oil sketch notes that Queen Victoria was 'in touch with the fashion in England and on the Continent during the middle years of the nineteenth century for collecting Napoleonica'.
Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41228] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Helena.] View taken from the Road leading Towards the Plantation House.](jpegs/38080.jpg)
[St Helena.] View taken from the Road leading Towards the Plantation House. [&] View of Plantation House The Residence of the Governor. [&] View from the First Range of Hills below Sandy Bay Ridge. [&] The New House at Longwood Intended for the Late Napoleon Buonaparte. [with] The Shade of Napoleon Visiting his Tomb.
[Painted by John Kerr, engraved by Robert Havell & Son.]
[London: Colnaghi & Co, 1822.]
Four very fine coloured aquatints. Each sheet c.225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Each trimmed to image and laid on two album sheets, titles excised and pasted below each image.
Four plates from the rare 'Series of Views in the Island of St Helena' by John Kerr, Paymaster to the 66th Regiment, which had garrison duty guarding Napoleon on St Helena in 1816. An extra plate is an uncoloured lithograph with Napoleon's outline formed by two trees by his tomb.
Abbey: Travel 316.
[Ref: 38080] £750.00 view all images for this item
[Painted by John Kerr, engraved by Robert Havell & Son.]
[London: Colnaghi & Co, 1822.]
Four very fine coloured aquatints. Each sheet c.225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Each trimmed to image and laid on two album sheets, titles excised and pasted below each image.
Four plates from the rare 'Series of Views in the Island of St Helena' by John Kerr, Paymaster to the 66th Regiment, which had garrison duty guarding Napoleon on St Helena in 1816. An extra plate is an uncoloured lithograph with Napoleon's outline formed by two trees by his tomb.
Abbey: Travel 316.
[Ref: 38080] £750.00 view all images for this item
Mort de Napoleon.
[after François Grenier.]
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 8"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Napoleon in full uniform, lying on a bed in a darkened room at Longwood, 5th May, 1821, in the presence of Father Ange Vignali and British officers.
[Ref: 55793] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[after François Grenier.]
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 8"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Napoleon in full uniform, lying on a bed in a darkened room at Longwood, 5th May, 1821, in the presence of Father Ange Vignali and British officers.
[Ref: 55793] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A View & Plan of Longwood House, St. Helena. The Residence of Napoleon Bonaparte.
No.13 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Jany. 1 1817 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6").
Napoleon Bonaparte died, reportedly of stomach cancer, on 5 May 1821 after six years in exile on the Atlantic island of Saint Helena. His body was buried first in the grounds of Longwood, his residence on the island, before being brought back to France in 1840 to be ceremoniously reburied in Les Invalides. Numbered 'Plate 3, Vol. III', for Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18981] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
No.13 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Jany. 1 1817 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6").
Napoleon Bonaparte died, reportedly of stomach cancer, on 5 May 1821 after six years in exile on the Atlantic island of Saint Helena. His body was buried first in the grounds of Longwood, his residence on the island, before being brought back to France in 1840 to be ceremoniously reburied in Les Invalides. Numbered 'Plate 3, Vol. III', for Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18981] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)