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The Right Hon: Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, K.B. President of the Royal Society. From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons, Esq.
From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq, R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons Esq. Drawn by W. Evans, Engraved by A. Cardon.
Published Jan. 1. 1810 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand London.
Stipple. 380 x 300mm (15 x 12"). Some foxing.
Half-length portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the famed naturalist and botanist, who found fame after an expedition to Labrador and Newfoundland and after accompanying James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific. Banks held the position of President of The Royal Society for 41 and advised on the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Banks is depicted wearing his star of the Order of the Bath, his hand resting on a book titled 'The Royal Society'.
[Ref: 35718] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
From an original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq, R.A. in the Possession of Samuel Lysons Esq. Drawn by W. Evans, Engraved by A. Cardon.
Published Jan. 1. 1810 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand London.
Stipple. 380 x 300mm (15 x 12"). Some foxing.
Half-length portrait of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the famed naturalist and botanist, who found fame after an expedition to Labrador and Newfoundland and after accompanying James Cook on his first voyage around the Pacific. Banks held the position of President of The Royal Society for 41 and advised on the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Banks is depicted wearing his star of the Order of the Bath, his hand resting on a book titled 'The Royal Society'.
[Ref: 35718] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Mark Isambard Brunel] Mc Is Brunel [signature facsimile].](jpegs/47313.jpg)
[Sir Mark Isambard Brunel] Mc Is Brunel [signature facsimile].
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by J. Carter.
London. Published October 7th 1846. by Fred. Gwynne (late Colnaghi & Co.) Printseller and Publisher to the Royal Family, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint on india. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16") very large margins Tears in margins, lower right.
Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel [1769 - 1849], civil engineer, engraved from the portrait by Drummond (London, National Portrait Gallery). Brunel is surrounded by objects alluding to his profession and achievements, including a miner's lamp, cotton-winding machine and a model of a lighthouse. On the right is the Thames Tunnel: the portrait was painted c.1835, half-way through its construction. This mezzotint was published in 1846, three years after the tunnel was opened to the public. By this time Brunel's career was over, having been almost totally paralysed on his right side by a stroke in 1845.
For proof state see ref. 47314.
[Ref: 47313] £390.00
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by J. Carter.
London. Published October 7th 1846. by Fred. Gwynne (late Colnaghi & Co.) Printseller and Publisher to the Royal Family, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint on india. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16") very large margins Tears in margins, lower right.
Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel [1769 - 1849], civil engineer, engraved from the portrait by Drummond (London, National Portrait Gallery). Brunel is surrounded by objects alluding to his profession and achievements, including a miner's lamp, cotton-winding machine and a model of a lighthouse. On the right is the Thames Tunnel: the portrait was painted c.1835, half-way through its construction. This mezzotint was published in 1846, three years after the tunnel was opened to the public. By this time Brunel's career was over, having been almost totally paralysed on his right side by a stroke in 1845.
For proof state see ref. 47314.
[Ref: 47313] £390.00
![[Sir Marc Isambard Brunel.]](jpegs/47314.jpg)
[Sir Marc Isambard Brunel.]
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by J. Carter.
London. Published October 7th 1846. by Fred. Gwynne (late Colnaghi & Co.) Printseller and Publisher to the Royal Family, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Proof mezzotint on india, with Brunel's pencil signature on a pasted label under a typed lable. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16").
Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel [1769 - 1849], civil engineer, engraved from the portrait by Drummond (London, National Portrait Gallery). Brunel is surrounded by objects alluding to his profession and achievements, including a miner's lamp, cotton-winding machine and a model of a lighthouse. On the right is the Thames Tunnel: the portrait was painted c.1835, half-way through its construction. This mezzotint was published in 1846, three years after the tunnel was opened to the public. By this time Brunel's career was over, having been almost totally paralysed on his right side by a stroke in 1845.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47314] £550.00
Painted by S. Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by J. Carter.
London. Published October 7th 1846. by Fred. Gwynne (late Colnaghi & Co.) Printseller and Publisher to the Royal Family, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Proof mezzotint on india, with Brunel's pencil signature on a pasted label under a typed lable. 545 x 405mm (21½ x 16").
Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel [1769 - 1849], civil engineer, engraved from the portrait by Drummond (London, National Portrait Gallery). Brunel is surrounded by objects alluding to his profession and achievements, including a miner's lamp, cotton-winding machine and a model of a lighthouse. On the right is the Thames Tunnel: the portrait was painted c.1835, half-way through its construction. This mezzotint was published in 1846, three years after the tunnel was opened to the public. By this time Brunel's career was over, having been almost totally paralysed on his right side by a stroke in 1845.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47314] £550.00
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. 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
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
![[Sir Humphry Davy, Bar.t. President of the Royal Society of London]](jpegs/51178.jpg)
[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)
[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)
Busick Hardwood, M.D. F.R.S. Professor of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge.
S. Harding Del. W.N. Gardiner Sc.
London. Pub. May 27, 1790, by E. Harding No.132 Fleet Street.
Stipple, open-lettered state. 508 x 381mm (20 x 15"), with very large margins.
Sir Busick Harwood (c.1745-1814) the English physician and anatomist who became Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge. He was educated as an apothecary, but passed as a surgeon and travelled to India, where he cured a nabob who was wounded in the eye. He returned to England where he was knighted and appointed professor of anatomy. His right hand is holding an anatomical model.
NPG: D35557. Wellcome: 1314-1.
[Ref: 30136] £380.00
S. Harding Del. W.N. Gardiner Sc.
London. Pub. May 27, 1790, by E. Harding No.132 Fleet Street.
Stipple, open-lettered state. 508 x 381mm (20 x 15"), with very large margins.
Sir Busick Harwood (c.1745-1814) the English physician and anatomist who became Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge. He was educated as an apothecary, but passed as a surgeon and travelled to India, where he cured a nabob who was wounded in the eye. He returned to England where he was knighted and appointed professor of anatomy. His right hand is holding an anatomical model.
NPG: D35557. Wellcome: 1314-1.
[Ref: 30136] £380.00
Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress. From an original Picture in the possession of Dr. Thornton.
Hoffman pinx.t. Dunkarton sculp.t.
London published by Dr. Thornton June 1. 1805.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾").
Carl Linnaeus the elder, (1707-1778), a plant with a label attached in one hand, a shaman's drum in the other. An inscription on the drum reads 'Carolus Linnaeus a Lapponia redux aetat 30, anno 1737 / Mart Hoffman fecit.' An illustration from Robert Thornton's 'Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'. Other states give the engraver's name as Henry Kingsbury.
Chaloner Smith 8, state iii of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1778-2
[Ref: 36872] £850.00
Hoffman pinx.t. Dunkarton sculp.t.
London published by Dr. Thornton June 1. 1805.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾").
Carl Linnaeus the elder, (1707-1778), a plant with a label attached in one hand, a shaman's drum in the other. An inscription on the drum reads 'Carolus Linnaeus a Lapponia redux aetat 30, anno 1737 / Mart Hoffman fecit.' An illustration from Robert Thornton's 'Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'. Other states give the engraver's name as Henry Kingsbury.
Chaloner Smith 8, state iii of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1778-2
[Ref: 36872] £850.00
Æsculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid honouring the Bust of Linnæus.
Russell R. A. and Opie R. A. pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London, Published by D.r Thornton, April 1, 1806.
Fine stipple with hand-colour. Plate: 510 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Light mount burn. Cracking around the plate.
The frontis to Dr Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' showing Classical figures crowing the bust of Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linneaus (1707-1778).
See 16742 for b/w impression.
[Ref: 47882] £380.00
Russell R. A. and Opie R. A. pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London, Published by D.r Thornton, April 1, 1806.
Fine stipple with hand-colour. Plate: 510 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Light mount burn. Cracking around the plate.
The frontis to Dr Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' showing Classical figures crowing the bust of Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linneaus (1707-1778).
See 16742 for b/w impression.
[Ref: 47882] £380.00