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William Charles Baldwin.
J E Mayall Photo. Joseph Brown sc.
[London, Richard Bentley 1862.]
Rare stipple & etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, spotted.
Full-length portrait of William Charles Baldwin. (1826-1903), frontispiece to his 'African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambezi' (1863). In 1851 Baldwin sailed for South Africa, taking seven deerhounds. He hunted mainly mounted on horseback, but found the deerhounds little use, so used local dogs, He claimed to be the second white man to set eyes on the Victoria Falls in 1860. He returned to England in 1861.
[Ref: 58532] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J E Mayall Photo. Joseph Brown sc.
[London, Richard Bentley 1862.]
Rare stipple & etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, spotted.
Full-length portrait of William Charles Baldwin. (1826-1903), frontispiece to his 'African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambezi' (1863). In 1851 Baldwin sailed for South Africa, taking seven deerhounds. He hunted mainly mounted on horseback, but found the deerhounds little use, so used local dogs, He claimed to be the second white man to set eyes on the Victoria Falls in 1860. He returned to England in 1861.
[Ref: 58532] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Bird Catchers.
Etched by Sophia Elliott from a Painting by J. Bristow.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Scarce etching on chine collé by an amateur lady etcher, 330 x 435mm (13 x 17"). Chine collé lifting at edges. Slight lifting of india paper on left & bottom.
Two small children with a cage and two terriers.
[Ref: 58253] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by Sophia Elliott from a Painting by J. Bristow.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Scarce etching on chine collé by an amateur lady etcher, 330 x 435mm (13 x 17"). Chine collé lifting at edges. Slight lifting of india paper on left & bottom.
Two small children with a cage and two terriers.
[Ref: 58253] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Callender Esq.re. To The Society of Golfers, at Blackheath, This Plate, is with just respect, Dedicated by their most humble Servant, W.m Ward. Proof.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their H.R. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
Pub.d July 16, 1812, by W. Ward, 24, Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce proof of the original mezzotint. 650 x 420mm (25½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of Henry Callender, Captain General of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, wearing the ‘Field Marshal's' uniform of the club. The two golf clubs illustrated are said to be still in the possession of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. This painting, by the famous portrait artist Lemuel Francis F Abbott (c.1760-1803) is one of the most famous golfing images.
Frankau 45.
[Ref: 58579] £2,000.00
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their H.R. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
Pub.d July 16, 1812, by W. Ward, 24, Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce proof of the original mezzotint. 650 x 420mm (25½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of Henry Callender, Captain General of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, wearing the ‘Field Marshal's' uniform of the club. The two golf clubs illustrated are said to be still in the possession of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. This painting, by the famous portrait artist Lemuel Francis F Abbott (c.1760-1803) is one of the most famous golfing images.
Frankau 45.
[Ref: 58579] £2,000.00
Cricketing (The Pavilion at the Lord's Cricket Ground), Drawn expressly for the 'Book of Field Sports'.
Thinot Lorrette lith. London.
London; Henry Lea, 22, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1860]
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 295mm (9½ x 11¾").
A view of a game in progress, with cricketing vignettes around the image.
[Ref: 58612] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Thinot Lorrette lith. London.
London; Henry Lea, 22, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1860]
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 295mm (9½ x 11¾").
A view of a game in progress, with cricketing vignettes around the image.
[Ref: 58612] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Pit.
Etched by T. Scott.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 220 x 360mm (8¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, damage to edges, stained.
A dog fight between two pit bulls, watched by an avid audience.
[Ref: 58525] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by T. Scott.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 220 x 360mm (8¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, damage to edges, stained.
A dog fight between two pit bulls, watched by an avid audience.
[Ref: 58525] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Surgere quæ rutilo spectas incendia coelo Ferdinandi succendit amor.
[Antwerp: Jan van Meurs, 1636.]
Scarce & fine etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Trimmed to image, repair top right corner.
A fireworks display held on January 28th 1635 in the town square of Ghent, including a monster head breathing fire. held to celebrate Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (c.1610-41, brother of Philip IV of Spain) becoming Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. He watches from the balcony of the Saint Bavo Church. One of 42 plates in 'Serenissime Fernandi Cardinalis Infantis triumphalis introitus in Flandriae metropolim Gandauum'.
[Ref: 58261] £360.00
[Antwerp: Jan van Meurs, 1636.]
Scarce & fine etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Trimmed to image, repair top right corner.
A fireworks display held on January 28th 1635 in the town square of Ghent, including a monster head breathing fire. held to celebrate Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (c.1610-41, brother of Philip IV of Spain) becoming Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. He watches from the balcony of the Saint Bavo Church. One of 42 plates in 'Serenissime Fernandi Cardinalis Infantis triumphalis introitus in Flandriae metropolim Gandauum'.
[Ref: 58261] £360.00
![[Gobions] A perspective View of the Bowling Green &c. at Gubbins in Hertfordshire, a Seat of S.r Jeremy Sambrooke Bart.](jpegs/58260.jpg)
[Gobions] A perspective View of the Bowling Green &c. at Gubbins in Hertfordshire, a Seat of S.r Jeremy Sambrooke Bart.
Chatelain delin.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1746. & Sold by John Tinney at the Gol]den Lion in Fleet Street, London.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 280 x 460mm (11 x 18"). Trimmed to plate on three sides and into plate at bottom, losing part of publication line, damage in title repaired, bottom right corner replaced, folds flattened, creasing.
A view of a bowling green surrounded by hedges and woodland, with a man fishing in the water watched by promenaders. The famous Pleasure Grounds at Gobions, in North Mymms, were created by Charles Bridgeman for Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, 5th Baronet (d.1754), with money earned in the East India Company by his ancestors. Daniel Defoe called Gobions 'one of the most remarkable curiosities in England'. Queen Caroline visited in 1732. One of the earliest images of bowls.
See Ref: 58259
[Ref: 58260] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Chatelain delin.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1746. & Sold by John Tinney at the Gol]den Lion in Fleet Street, London.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 280 x 460mm (11 x 18"). Trimmed to plate on three sides and into plate at bottom, losing part of publication line, damage in title repaired, bottom right corner replaced, folds flattened, creasing.
A view of a bowling green surrounded by hedges and woodland, with a man fishing in the water watched by promenaders. The famous Pleasure Grounds at Gobions, in North Mymms, were created by Charles Bridgeman for Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, 5th Baronet (d.1754), with money earned in the East India Company by his ancestors. Daniel Defoe called Gobions 'one of the most remarkable curiosities in England'. Queen Caroline visited in 1732. One of the earliest images of bowls.
See Ref: 58259
[Ref: 58260] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Children gathered around a goldfish bowl.]](jpegs/58538.jpg)
[Children gathered around a goldfish bowl.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image, creased, laid on card. Some marking.
[Ref: 58538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image, creased, laid on card. Some marking.
[Ref: 58538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Magic Serpents.
T.W. Lee lith.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 290 x 255mm (11½ x 10"). Tears.
An advert for an indoor firework, with adults and children gathered around a table, a woman lighting a 'black snake', with a serpentine growth spewing from a small cone. An ingredient of one early version was mercury!
[Ref: 58564] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T.W. Lee lith.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 290 x 255mm (11½ x 10"). Tears.
An advert for an indoor firework, with adults and children gathered around a table, a woman lighting a 'black snake', with a serpentine growth spewing from a small cone. An ingredient of one early version was mercury!
[Ref: 58564] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lord's on a ''Gentlemen v. Players'' Day. ''Before the Match''.]](jpegs/58581.jpg)
[Lord's on a ''Gentlemen v. Players'' Day. ''Before the Match''.]
Dickinson's [pencil].
London, Published June 1st 1895 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to the Queen, 11a New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Coloured photogravure, unlettered proof, signed limited edition of 100, with Printsellers' Association blind stamp. 540 x 1030mm (21¼ x 40½").
A view of the stands outside the clubhouse of Lord's, with the spectators shown in photographic detail.
[Ref: 58581] £450.00 view all images for this item
Dickinson's [pencil].
London, Published June 1st 1895 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to the Queen, 11a New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Coloured photogravure, unlettered proof, signed limited edition of 100, with Printsellers' Association blind stamp. 540 x 1030mm (21¼ x 40½").
A view of the stands outside the clubhouse of Lord's, with the spectators shown in photographic detail.
[Ref: 58581] £450.00 view all images for this item
Der Fürstliche Lustgarten zu Nancy.
[Frankfurt am Main: Matthaus Merian, 1645.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, split in lower centre fold, creasing, spot in sky.
A view of the formal pleasure garden at Nancy. In the foreground a game of 'Pallone col bracciale' is being played: the players have a 'bracciale' (a wooden cylinder), on their forearms to hit a 'pallone' (inflated ball, the origin of the English word 'balloon'). In the middle, holding the pallone, is the 'mandarino', a server who plays no other part of the game.
[Ref: 58518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt am Main: Matthaus Merian, 1645.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 255 x 370mm (10 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, split in lower centre fold, creasing, spot in sky.
A view of the formal pleasure garden at Nancy. In the foreground a game of 'Pallone col bracciale' is being played: the players have a 'bracciale' (a wooden cylinder), on their forearms to hit a 'pallone' (inflated ball, the origin of the English word 'balloon'). In the middle, holding the pallone, is the 'mandarino', a server who plays no other part of the game.
[Ref: 58518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Plan and Survey of Pontefract Race Course in the County of York; including the Rises and Falls: with Notes Referring to an appendix, by Wm. Kemp. To Christopher Wilson Esq.r This Plate being No.3 of a Series of Surveys of the Principal Race Courses in England, is most Respectfully Dedicated by His most obedient and very humble Servant [facsimile signature:] Wm Kemp.
Davies sc. 34 Compton Str. Bruns.k Squ.
London, Published by Sherwood, Jones & Co. Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1825.]
Hand-coloured engraving, 210 x 280mm ( 8½ x 10¾".). Two vertical folds as published. Trimmed within plate top and bottom.
Pontefract Racecourse, the thoroughbred horse racing venue in West Yorkshire; notable races held here include the Silver Tankard Stakes and the Pontefract Castle Stakes.
See Ref: 41083
[Ref: 58322] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Davies sc. 34 Compton Str. Bruns.k Squ.
London, Published by Sherwood, Jones & Co. Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1825.]
Hand-coloured engraving, 210 x 280mm ( 8½ x 10¾".). Two vertical folds as published. Trimmed within plate top and bottom.
Pontefract Racecourse, the thoroughbred horse racing venue in West Yorkshire; notable races held here include the Silver Tankard Stakes and the Pontefract Castle Stakes.
See Ref: 41083
[Ref: 58322] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two untitled prints relating to the Royal Humane Society]](jpegs/58508.jpg)
[Two untitled prints relating to the Royal Humane Society]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Two lithographs. 1: sheet 120 x 205mm (4¾ x 8"). 2: on chine collé, 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9½"). 2: trimmed into chine collé at top, spotting and creasing.
The first print shows the Society's receiving house by the Serpentine in Hyde Park, with their wheeled ladders designed to rescue skaters who have fallen through the ice. The second scene shows skaters enjoying themselves, oblivious to one of their number under the ice beneath them.
[Ref: 58508] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1840.]
Two lithographs. 1: sheet 120 x 205mm (4¾ x 8"). 2: on chine collé, 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9½"). 2: trimmed into chine collé at top, spotting and creasing.
The first print shows the Society's receiving house by the Serpentine in Hyde Park, with their wheeled ladders designed to rescue skaters who have fallen through the ice. The second scene shows skaters enjoying themselves, oblivious to one of their number under the ice beneath them.
[Ref: 58508] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[The Kingdom of Tonquin] Their New Years Pastime & Feats of Agility, of Bady, w.th other hocus Pocus Tricks.](jpegs/58636.jpg)
[The Kingdom of Tonquin] Their New Years Pastime & Feats of Agility, of Bady, w.th other hocus Pocus Tricks. The Manner & Order of Choosing Literadoes
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1732.]
Engraving. 140 x 160mm (5½ x 6¼"), set in letterpress, large margins. Crease in margin.
Illustrations from Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's 'A New and Sigular Relation of the Kingsom of Tunquin', northern Vietnam, as published in 'Churchill's Collection of Voyages'. A circus image.
[Ref: 58636] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1732.]
Engraving. 140 x 160mm (5½ x 6¼"), set in letterpress, large margins. Crease in margin.
Illustrations from Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's 'A New and Sigular Relation of the Kingsom of Tunquin', northern Vietnam, as published in 'Churchill's Collection of Voyages'. A circus image.
[Ref: 58636] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wolstenhome's British Field Sports, Now Publishing by Subscription, by Richard Reeve, Engraver & Publisher, No 7, Vere Street, New Bond Street, London; Being Pictures by the Above Master, Consisting of Fox Hunting, Stag Hunting, Hare Hunting, Coursing, and Shooting.
London: Printed by Nichols, Earl's-court, Leicester-square [n.d., 1806].
Letterpress prospectus. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Binding stitch holes, a few spots.
A prospectus for Dean Wolstenholme's four-aquatint sets. According to the text, 'Fox Hunting' and 'Stag Hunting' had already been published (1806).
[Ref: 58557] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
London: Printed by Nichols, Earl's-court, Leicester-square [n.d., 1806].
Letterpress prospectus. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Binding stitch holes, a few spots.
A prospectus for Dean Wolstenholme's four-aquatint sets. According to the text, 'Fox Hunting' and 'Stag Hunting' had already been published (1806).
[Ref: 58557] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)