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South Matadero (Public Butchery).
South Matadero (Public Butchery).
E.E. Vidal Esq. del.t. Bluck sculp.t.
London. Published July 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Mount burn around image, repaired tear entering plate, other repairs in margins, colour faded.
One of the four mataderos around Buenos Aires, a field in which cattle are being lassoed by horsemen and slaughtered. The city's skyline is in the background. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45748]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Shipping Hides at the Custom House.
Shipping Hides at the Custom House.
E.E. Vidal Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
[Lon]don. Published July 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"), Faint backboard burn in sky, loss to inscription area and bottom margin filled, laid on card,
The Custom House at Buenos Aires, with a big-wheeled cart going down an unpaved slope down a 12-foot to the riverside. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45749]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Vista de Buenos Aires del Sud.
Vista de Buenos Aires del Sud.
H. Sheridan. Lit. A. Claireaux. Piedad No 63, Buenos Aires.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 305mm (8¾ x 12"). Trimmed, creasing and spotting.
A view of the south edge of Buenos Aires by Enrique (Henry) Sheridan. The son of Irish immigrants, he was born on his parent's ranch in 1833, but was sent back to England two years later to be educated. In 1857 he exhibited a painting at the Royal Academy, and returned to Argentina later in the year. In 1858 he exhibited paintings alongside Léon Pallière, during a time the art market in Argentina favoured European scenery rather than local, making this scene more unusual. He died young, in 1860.
[Ref: 52042]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Plaza.
Plaza.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
London: Published Sept.r 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾") with wide margins. Holes in top edge where it has previously been bound. Light staining in margins.
Street vendors on their horses leaving the Plaza in Buenos Aires; one carries chickens, another fish and the third, bread. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.6. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52745]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Fort.
Fort.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London: Published July 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾") with wide margins. Holes in top edge where it has previously been bound. Light staining in margins.
The Fort, residence of the Chief Director of the United Provinces, on the edge of the river at Buenos Aires. Vidal describes the spot as a popular spot to bathe, both men and women. In the background are the churches of San Francisco and Dan Domingo. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.3. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52746]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Beggar on Horseback.
Beggar on Horseback.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t J. Bluck sculp.t.
London: Published June 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 10") with wide margins. Holes on left edge where it has previously been bound. Light staining in margins.
A beggar on horseback rides through the streets in Buenos Aires; two further beggars seen behind at the street corner as a clergyman passes-by. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.11. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52747]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Landing Place.
Landing Place.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
London: Published Sept.r 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾") with wide margins. Holes in top edge were previously bound. Light staining in margins.
A small British dinghy arriving at the edge of the river to Buenos Aires where a horse and cart has backed into the water to carry the sailors dry to shore. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52748]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Milk Boys.
Milk Boys.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.
London: Published May 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾") with wide margins. Holes in top edge were previously bound. Light staining in margins.
Two riders with saddles with special holders for jugs of milk. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52749]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Balling Ostriches.
Balling Ostriches.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.
London: Published May 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾" with wide margins. Holes in top edge where it has previously been bound. Light staining in margins.
A gaucho chasing a Rhea, swinging a bolas. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52752]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Church of San Domingo.
Church of San Domingo.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
London: Published July 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 10") with wide margins. Holes in left hand edge where previously bound. Light staining in the margins
The Santo Domingo Convent Buenos Aires. The artist noted that it was ''in a state of disrepair, and has nothing noteworthy except for the colors and a fine organ''. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52753]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Pampa Indians.
Pampa Indians.
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London. Published June 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 300 x 250mm (10¾ x 9¾"). Holes in left edge where it has previously been bound. Light staining in margin.
Two indigenous men, standing at a shop in the 'Indian Market', at the south-west end of the Callé de los Torres, Buenos Aires. Their goods include leather work like stirrups and whips, animal hides including jaguar pelts and rhea-feather dusters. From Emeric Essex Vidal's "Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video". Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816, the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile. From one of the earliest representations of Argentinian life.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 52756]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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General View of Buenos Ayres, from the Plaza de Toros.
General View of Buenos Ayres, from the Plaza de Toros.
E.E. Vidal Esq. del.t. G.Maile & T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London. Published Oct.r 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. Sheet 310 x 490mm. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate, surface scuffed, paper toned, laid on card.
From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45946]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A Horse Race.
A Horse Race.
E.E. Vidal Esq. del.t. G.Maile & T. Sutherland sculp.t.
London. Published Oct.r 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. Sheet 310 x 490mm. Folded as issued, trimmed within plate, surface scuffed, paper toned, laid on card.
From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45677]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Fort.
Fort.
E.E. Vidal Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t
London. Published July 1st 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours & hand finished. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12").
The Fort, residence of the Chief Director of the United Provinces, on the edge of the river at Buenos Aires. Vidal describes the spot as a popular spot to bathe, both men and women. In the background are the churches of San Francisco and Dan Domingo. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.3. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 45750]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Quinta (Farm).]
[A Quinta (Farm).]
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t Sutherland & Maile sculp.t
[London: Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand. Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand. M.DCCC.XX. (1820).]
Coloured aquatint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½". Cut.
At the river's edge two women wash clothes, with a large residence behind; in the middle cows pull carts. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.23. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 25019]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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[Beggar on Horseback.]
[Beggar on Horseback.]
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t J. Bluck sculp.t.
[London: Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.]
Coloured aquatint. 203 x 266mm. 8 x 10½". Cut.
A beggar on horseback rides through the streets in Buenos Aires; two further beggars seen behind at the street corner as a clergyman passes-by. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.11. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 25012]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Plaza.]
[Plaza.]
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. G. Maile & J. Bluck sculp.t.
[London: Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 205 x 267mm (8 x 10½"). Cut.
Street vendors on their horses leaving the Plaza in Buenos Aires; one carries chickens, another fish and the third, bread. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.6. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 25010]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fort.]
[Fort.]
E.E. Vidal, Esq. del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t
[London: Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand. Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand. M.DCCC.XX. (1820).]
Coloured aquatint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½". Cut.
The Fort, residence of the Chief Director of the United Provinces, on the edge of the river at Buenos Aires. Vidal describes the spot as a popular spot to bathe, both men and women. In the background are the churches of San Francisco and Dan Domingo. From Emeric Essex Vidal's ''Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video'', one of the earliest descriptions of Argentinian life. Born c. 1788, Vidal entered the Navy in 1808 and retired in 1862. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo twice at the end of 1816 (the year Argentina became independent), returning 1828-9. He was stationed on St Helena 1820-1, during Bonaparte's exile.
Abbey Travel: 698.3. Vidal's text is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 25009]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Market Place, Buenos Ayres. [&] Opening of the New Route Through the Forest near Mucuri.
Market Place, Buenos Ayres. [&] Opening of the New Route Through the Forest near Mucuri.
From Vidal's Buenos Ayres, by permission of Mr. Ackermann.
[n.d. c.1830.]
A pair of engravings. Plate 197 x 145mm. 7¾ x 5¾". Trimmed. Uncut before binding.
A view of part of the Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A man drags a large fish in the foreground, women selling fish to the left and military guards in the background. [&] A view of the opening of a new road along the Mucuri, Brazil; Prince Maximilian is seated wearing a tophat.
[Ref: 27860]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Buenos Ayres. (Amérique Méridionale.)
Buenos Ayres. (Amérique Méridionale.)
J. Schroeder del. et. Sc. Gilquin et Dupain, imp.r de la Calandre, 19, Paris.
Publié par Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger. [n.d. c.1860.]
Steel engraving. 170 x 266mm. 6¾ x 10½".
A view looking from the Rio de la Plata towards Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[Ref: 20782]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Buenos-Ayres  Vue prise de la place de la Douane. Buenos Ayres-Vista tomada de la plaza de la Aduana
Buenos-Ayres Vue prise de la place de la Douane. Buenos Ayres-Vista tomada de la plaza de la Aduana
Dessiné et lithographié par Deroy.
Paris, L. Turgis Jne. Impr. Editeur, r des Ecoles, 80, et a New-York, Duane St. 78. Publie le 1er Juillet 1861.
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. 405 x 550mm. (16 x 21¾"). Some time staining.
Large and attractive view in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Isidore Laurent Deroy (1797 - 1886). For the 'Ports de Mer d'Amerique' series. Ships and figures in foreground with the Customs House in background. Deroy captured this bustling view of the harbor and city of Buenos Aires, Argentina in one of a series of views of the major American ports published by L. Turgis.
[Ref: 23160]   £1,250.00  
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Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay Jaguarjagd in Paraguay [...]
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a scene of jaguar-hunting in Paraguay surrounded by ten vignettes from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, including views in Buenos Aires and Mendoza.
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Vue de la Riviere de St. Julien comme elle paroit de basse Marée en regardent vers le haut de la Riviere. Vue du Port St. Julien en regardant vers le bas de la Riviere en basse Marée prise de l'Ile de Bonne Justice Jusqu'a l'embouchure de la Riviere.
Vue de la Riviere de St. Julien comme elle paroit de basse Marée en regardent vers le haut de la Riviere. Vue du Port St. Julien en regardant vers le bas de la Riviere en basse Marée prise de l'Ile de Bonne Justice Jusqu'a l'embouchure de la Riviere. Tome. I. Pag. 186.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 235 x 392mm. 9¼xc 15½". Vertical folds and creases.
Puerto San Julián, in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. Here small sailing vessels can be seen anchored, and this particular cove and flat water was famous for stopping after long voyages across the Atlantic.
[Ref: 18428]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Plan of St. Julian's Harbour on the Coast of Patagonia
Plan of St. Julian's Harbour on the Coast of Patagonia Laying in the Lat.d of 49: 30.S.º & W.t Lonf.d from London 70:44.174º
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraved map. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
A plan of the harbour of Puerto San Julián in Argentina, where George Anson's fleet anchored while they refitted one of their ships, Tryal, and reprovisioned themsleves with salt prior to their attempt to round Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43993]   £95.00  
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A view of the bay of St. Julian when Mount Wood bears W.S.W. ½ S. and the Port or rivers mouth S.W. distant ten miles.
A view of the bay of St. Julian when Mount Wood bears W.S.W. ½ S. and the Port or rivers mouth S.W. distant ten miles.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's fleet anchored in Puerto San Julián in Argentina, while they refitted one of their ships, Tryal, and reprovisioned themsleves with salt prior to their attempt to round Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
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The Honest Tars and Marines of the Argonaut.
The Honest Tars and Marines of the Argonaut. Contributing Nobly against the Enemies of Old England...
Published 12.th March 1798, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Etching. Plate: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Cracks and tears in edges.
A view on board HMS Argonaut showing the sharing of the reward for the capture of the French ship Esperance in 1795. Argonaut was originally a French ship called Jason caught by the British Navy in 1782 and renamed.
[Ref: 41936]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Capture of the Argus, Aug.t. 14.th. 1813.
Capture of the Argus, Aug.t. 14.th. 1813.
Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
Publish'd Feb.y. 1. 1817 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkin's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint. With letterpress. Plate: 300 x 220, (12 x 8¾"). Very large margins.
A naval battle scene showing the capture of the American brig Argus under the command of Lieutenant W. H. Allen by the British brig Pelican under the command of Commander J. F. Maples off St. David's lighthouse. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 232.
[Ref: 39372]   £360.00  
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Capture of the Argus, August 14th, 1813.
Capture of the Argus, August 14th, 1813. From a painting in the possession of Capt.n Maples.
Painted by Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland.
[n.d., c.1813].
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 155 x 225mm (6 x 8¾"). Sligh stain in sky. Cut inside platemark.
The first USS Argus, originally named USS Merrimack, was a brig in the United States Navy commissioned in 1803. Under the command of Master Commandant William Henry Allen, Argus broke out of New York Harbor on 18 June 1813, eluding the British blockade. The heavier British ship HMS Pelican intercepted Argus on the morning of August 14th 1813. A sharp fight commenced, during which Captain Allen was mortally wounded, and the American crew surrendered when the crew of the Pelican were about to board. Pelican and the captured Argus then sailed to Plymouth, England, where Allen died of his wounds a week after the battle. He was buried with full military honours. The rest of the crew, including sailing master Uriah P. Levy, were held as prisoners of war in Dartmoor, England for the duration of the war.
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Act the 2.d of the New Drury Lane Brewery or a Managers Spur to Progress.
Act the 2.d of the New Drury Lane Brewery or a Managers Spur to Progress.
Afrus Inv.t. [Walker f.]
Pub.d Jan.y 1812 by Walker & Knight No 7 Cornhill.
Engraving. 300 x 400mm. Creased.
When the Drury Lane Theatre burnt down in 1809 Sheridan was ruined. He turned to his friend Samuel Whitbread (the brewer) for help rebuilding it. However because Sheridan's creditors had to accept 25% of their due it was decided that Sheridan should be banned from management of the new theatre.
BM: 11936.
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Sherif D'Argyle.
Sherif D'Argyle. Lac Dow. Pres Inferary. Loch Dow. Near Inferary.
Dupressoir. Lith: de Kaeppelin, r. du Croissant, 20.
Paris, Publie par Kaeppelin, rue du Croissant, 20. London, published, by Chs. Tilt, 86, Fleet Street. H.Hooper, 13, Pall Mall East [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 360 x 550mm. 14¼ x 21¾".
View of a Loch near Inveraray in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. A figure in Highland dress rests against a rock in the foreground while cattle graze near the water's edge. From a series of Scottish views by French painter and lithographer François Joseph Dupressoir (1800 - 1859), published in London and Paris. Numbered 'PL.12' upper right.
[Ref: 10634]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Earl of Argyle, Only two Hours before his Execution, and the Distress and Astonishment of one of the Council who condemned him, on seeing him in a transquil Sleep.
The Earl of Argyle, Only two Hours before his Execution, and the Distress and Astonishment of one of the Council who condemned him, on seeing him in a transquil Sleep. Vide Fox's Hist.y of the Reign of James II. Page 218.
Published and Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. Davidson Alnwick.
Very scarce wood engraving. Sheet size: 465 x 340mm (18¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate. Horizontal central crease. Glued to backing sheet at corners.
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish Protestant leader, about to be executed for his opposition to the Roman Catholic James II of Great Britain and Ireland (James VII of Scotland), yet found fast asleep beside a letter inscribed, 'Your Affectionate Husband ... Argyle'. Two council members enter from the right, astonished with his composure, with the executioner holding a raised axe in the shadows of the cell behind the door. A rare illustration to 'A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James II', written by Charles James Fox. It was left unfinished at his death in 1806 and was not published until 1808.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39022]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Loch Fyne Argylshire - 1855. [ink outside image.]
Loch Fyne Argylshire - 1855. [ink outside image.] 1814 - John Henry Mole - 1886. [ink outside image.]
J.H. Mole 1855. [In ink underneath:] J.H. Mole. V.P.R.I. 1855.
Fine coloured lithograph. Image 405 x 610mm. 16 x 24".
Loch Fyne is notable for its oyster fishery, and its herring fishing industry. Here a lady returns with some herring, caught by the man who stands in his boat to the right; a small girl and child walk out of a thatched cottage to greet the woman. John Henry Mole (1814-1886) was a landscape and figure painter in oil and watercolour. He exhibited at Newcastle, the Royal Academy, the Suffolk Street Gallery, the Grosvenor and other London galleries.
[Ref: 19635]   £320.00  
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Ariadne.
Ariadne. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof mezzotint. 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in an oval. A mezzotint of Reynolds's painting by William Ward is titled 'Madame Ricardi Circasienne' From "Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds', a four-volume set (later nine) with over 350 small mezzotints.
See Whitman Appendix; state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59579]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Ariadne.
Ariadne.
W. Hamitton pinx.
London, Published March 25, 1814, by J. Dunford. G.t Newport Str.t.
Coloures stipple, plate 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11). Trimmed to plate on right, small margins on other three sides.
Ariadne having just been abandoned by Theseus at Naxos leans on rocks and watches his ship leave in turbulent waters. She looks a lot less distraught than she does in other depictions.
[Ref: 60327]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Ariadne Florentina. Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving. With Appendix. Given before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas Term 1872.
Ariadne Florentina. Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving. With Appendix. Given before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas Term 1872. Second Edition.
by John Ruskin, LL.D., Honorary Student of Christ Church, and Slade Professor of Fine Art.
George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. 1891. Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
8vo (230 x 158mm. 9 x 6¼"), with green calf cover, gilt title on spine. Scratched Bartolozzi dedication inside front cover. Scuffed and marked covers.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era. In 1869 he became the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the Universtiy of Oxford, where he established the Ruskin School of Drawing. This book is made up of six lectures with illustrations on: 'the definition of the art of engraving', 'the relation of engraving to other arts in Florence', 'the technics of wood engraving', 'the technics of metal engraving', 'design in the German schools of engraving (Holbein and Durer)', and 'design in the Florentine schools of engraving (Sandro Botticelli)'.
[Ref: 22083]   £60.00  
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[Ariadne Forsaken.]
[Ariadne Forsaken.]
[Francis S. Walker.]
[n.d. c.1911.]
Coloured mezzotint, proof before all letters, very large margins. Plate 375 x 178mm (14¾ x 7").
Ariadne forsaken; a young woman in classical dress standing on a seashore, looking ahead forlornly and shielding her eyes with her hand, holding the edge of her cloak with the other; seagulls in the sky.
[Ref: 31087]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Attilius Ariosti Bononiensis.
Attilius Ariosti Bononiensis.
E. Seeman Jun.r pinx. ISimon fecit 1719.
Scarce mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate. Creasing.
A three-quarter portrait of composer Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729), seated with his elbow resting on a harpsichord and his left hand on a viola d'amore. Ariosti was born in Bologna, but worked all over Europe, including Berlin, Venice, Paris & London, where he shared the directorship of the Royal Academy of Music with Handel and Bononcini. This portrait stresses that his favorite instrument was the viola d'amore.
CS 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67446]   £380.00  
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Embossed Tableaux. Ariosto.
Embossed Tableaux. Ariosto.
Dobbs, Bailey & Co. [n.d., c.1845.]
Embossed card with printed sepia in border. Sheet 255 x 275mm, 10 x 10¾". Spotted.
An embossed bust of Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Italian poet best known for his epic poem 'Orlando Furioso', which first appeared in 1516 but which he continued to work on throughout his life.
[Ref: 16705]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Ludovico Ariosto.
Ludovico Ariosto.
Engraved from an original Picture by Titian by J. Walker, Eng.r.to His Imp. Maj.y the Emperor Alexander & Member of the Imp.l Academy of Arts S.t Petersbourg.
Published as the Act directs, April 25th 1819, by Mess.rs Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Mezzotint. Plate: 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½''), with large margins. Dusty.
A portrait of Italian poet Ludivico Ariosto (1474-1533), famed for his poem 'Orlando Furioso'.
[Ref: 50051]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Aristides in Grenada
Aristides in Grenada on Trial Per_Jury.
[c.1820.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 215 x 150mm. 8½ x 6".
An unidentified man walking to left in profile.
[Ref: 15692]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Aristides the Just.
Aristides the Just.
S. Shelly pinx.t T. Rider sculp.
London, Publish'd by C. Taylor, No.10 Holborn, Sep.r 1.1826.
Stipple. Plate 177 x 140mm. 7 x 5½".
Aristides (530BC-468BC) was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed "the Just". He was a general and founder of the Delian League, which developed the Athenian Empire. He was so respected throughout Greece for his fairness that Athens assumed the leadership of the alliance against the Persian invaders.
[Ref: 22606]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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An Aristocrat.
An Aristocrat.
London: Printed for Bowles & Carver, No.69 St Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1790.]
Rare and fine hand-coloured mezzotint. 155 x 115 (6 x 4½") very large margins. Abrasion in publication line. Slight foxing.
A man (half length), his elbow on a table, smokes a long pipe and holds out a paper: 'An [H]onest Man will Fear God Honour the King and do as he would be Done By'. He is directed to the right and looks at the spectator.
BM 9054 companion to BM 9055 Democrat
[Ref: 63170]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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An Aristocrat.
An Aristocrat.
Dighton del.
London: London Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c, 1790]
Mezzotint. Plate: 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"). Large margins. Some slight paper tone.
Portrait of a man in an oval smoking a long pipe, who holds a piece of paper on which is written 'AN HONEST MAN will FEAR GOD. HONOUR the KING. and DO as HE would be DONE BY.' Beside the man rests a glass, a decanter of wine and a book titled 'British Peerage', whilst on the wall behind hangs a diagram of 'British Constitution' in which 'Lords', 'Commons' and 'King' form an equilateral triangle with 'Public Good' in the centre. A framed portrait of George III rests below.
BM 9045. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35002]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The First of April.
The First of April.
[Anon., c.1780]
Etching, platemark 160 x 100m (6 x 4"). Small margins.
Satire on a dissolute aristocrat, probably first issued in a magazine. A richly dressed young man, his hair tied in an elaborate queue, grasps a creditor, who holds a lengthy bill amounting to £500, by the shoulder and raises his stick at him; to the right, three other creditors look on in alarm, one holding a bill amounting to £2000; to the left, are two young women with hair dressed high one holding a lapdog; a monkey, dressed like the young man, squats on a chair aiming a gun at the creditors and two small dogs bark. On the wall behind are six pictures illustrating forms of self destruction: a huntsman is attacked by his hounds; a fallen rider is kicked by his horse; a man pulls down his own house on his head; a man sitting in front of a mirror places a gun in his mouth; two lovers on a bed are surprised by the woman's husband who stabs the man with his sword; two men fight a duel under the gaze of an owl, or parrot, on a stand while a body hangs from a gallows in the distance.
[Ref: 43918]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Arithmetic.
Arithmetic. The Multiplication Table. Addition _ Division _ Fractions.
[Drawn and engraved by William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A large woman falls from a gallery onto a dining table, scattering the fare. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54314]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Arithmetic Plate 1st.
Arithmetic Plate 1st. Addition.
Drawn and Etched by H.Heath.
Pub.d July 1827 by William Cole. 10 Newgate Street.
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Small spots.
Two porters pile bundles of household items on the back of an already-overloaded third porter. From the satirical series 'Arithmetic' by Henry Heath (1822-1851; fl..).
[Ref: 58284]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Arithmetical  Tables.
Arithmetical Tables.
London: Sold Wholesale by Thomas Darton, 25, Great Surry Street; where most kinds of useful School-Books may be had, Wholesale and Retail. [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving, paper watermarked: [?] 1810, scarce. 203 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Nicks, tears, chips to paper, staining. Folds. Loss top left corner.
Arithmetical Tables with other tables showing how to measure weight, time etc, and a mariner's compass.
[Ref: 29022]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Arizona] View on the Gila Below the Great Bend.
[Arizona] View on the Gila Below the Great Bend. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 32º Parallel & Cal. General Report Plate VI.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the Gila River with a wagon fording and people swimming. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62450]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Valley of the Gila & Sierra de Las Estrellas From Maricopa Wells.
Valley of the Gila & Sierra de Las Estrellas From Maricopa Wells. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 32º Parallel California. General Report Plate V.
A.H. Campbell.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼").
A view of the United States Pacific Rail Road surveyors' camp in a valley now occupied by the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 62387]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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N.º 2. Geological Plan & Section from the Rio Grand to the Pimas Villages.
N.º 2. Geological Plan & Section from the Rio Grand to the Pimas Villages. Along the Route explored by Leiut. John G. Parke, Corps of the Top.l Eng.rs. Near the Parallele of 32º North Latitude. 1856. Prepared to accompany the Report of Thomas Antisell M.D. Geologist of the Expedition.
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 385 x 640mm (15¼ x 25¼"). Original binding folds, crease in corner.
A geological map and cross section of the intended route of the first transcontinental railway in the U.S.A. The 'Pima' are the Akimel O'odham ('River Reople') of Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62394]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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