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John Beaumont Esq.r. Registrar & Secretary to the Royal Humane Society.
F.Gerard pinx.t. J.s Basire, sculp.
1812.
Sheet 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Beaumont (1733 - 1814), Registrar of the Royal Humane Society.
W216.
[Ref: 68268] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
F.Gerard pinx.t. J.s Basire, sculp.
1812.
Sheet 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Beaumont (1733 - 1814), Registrar of the Royal Humane Society.
W216.
[Ref: 68268] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Claudius Berigardus Molinensis Philosophus et Medicus Aet. LI. Ellipsi minima Physici solertis imago Clauditur, aetbereo Mens nequit orbe capi.
Excudi curavit Joan. Jacobus Scharandeus Solodorensis. G. Georgi. Sc.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A scarce copper engraving. Plate 133 x 102mm. 5¼ x 4". Laid on album sheet.
Claude Beauregard (c.1591-1664) was a French physician and philosopher. He was professor at Pisa from 1628 until 1640, and from there he moved to Padua. His 'Circulus Pisnniis', published in 1643, was considered an Atheistic work. In the form of a dialogue he exhibited the various hypotheses of the formation of the world. The work was forbidden and is very rare. He was later charged for scepticism following the release of his book entitled 'Dubitutiones'.
[Ref: 16761] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Excudi curavit Joan. Jacobus Scharandeus Solodorensis. G. Georgi. Sc.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A scarce copper engraving. Plate 133 x 102mm. 5¼ x 4". Laid on album sheet.
Claude Beauregard (c.1591-1664) was a French physician and philosopher. He was professor at Pisa from 1628 until 1640, and from there he moved to Padua. His 'Circulus Pisnniis', published in 1643, was considered an Atheistic work. In the form of a dialogue he exhibited the various hypotheses of the formation of the world. The work was forbidden and is very rare. He was later charged for scepticism following the release of his book entitled 'Dubitutiones'.
[Ref: 16761] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Beauties of Grease [altered to] Greece_or_Luxuries of the Kremlin.](jpegs/66514.jpg)
Beauties of Grease [altered to] Greece_or_Luxuries of the Kremlin. Vide Brighton Vagaries. a kitchen frolic. 335
Pub.d by T.Tegg, N°111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching, Printseller's label stuck to top middle margin "Clinch 20 Princes of Soho". 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A satirical scene depicting the Regent, drunk, sitting with one leg on the supper table, leaning back in his chair. He puts a hand under the chin of each of two maidservants. The one on the left stands by the fire, holding steak tongs and a glass of wine. He says to her: "Dolly, I like your chops. Soon, I’ll discover the beauties of the Kremlin. Dolly, I think I’ll make you a Duchess. You’d be a nice, fat Duchess, and Cis here will be a Countess. Do you want to be a Duchess?" She replies, "Anything you want, your Highness!" General Bloomfield stands up to hand a glass of wine to Cis, saying, "Here, Cis, drink some Claret. A Countess should only drink Claret." A group of men and cooks crowd in the doorway to watch. One of them says, "What will he do with Dolly?" Another replies, "I think you’re finished with Monsieur Fricassée." The table has decanters and candelabras. The Pavilion, with its onion domes, was called the "little Kremlin."
[Ref: 66514] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by T.Tegg, N°111 Cheapside London.
Coloured etching, Printseller's label stuck to top middle margin "Clinch 20 Princes of Soho". 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
A satirical scene depicting the Regent, drunk, sitting with one leg on the supper table, leaning back in his chair. He puts a hand under the chin of each of two maidservants. The one on the left stands by the fire, holding steak tongs and a glass of wine. He says to her: "Dolly, I like your chops. Soon, I’ll discover the beauties of the Kremlin. Dolly, I think I’ll make you a Duchess. You’d be a nice, fat Duchess, and Cis here will be a Countess. Do you want to be a Duchess?" She replies, "Anything you want, your Highness!" General Bloomfield stands up to hand a glass of wine to Cis, saying, "Here, Cis, drink some Claret. A Countess should only drink Claret." A group of men and cooks crowd in the doorway to watch. One of them says, "What will he do with Dolly?" Another replies, "I think you’re finished with Monsieur Fricassée." The table has decanters and candelabras. The Pavilion, with its onion domes, was called the "little Kremlin."
[Ref: 66514] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Beauty unmasked.
[After Henry Morland.]
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer. N.o 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Scarce mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") with large margins. Glued on an album sheet.
A portrait of a young woman, holding a mask in right hand and wearing an ermine-trimmed cloak over a low-necked gown with pearl jewellery and her hair up in a plumed turban with a coil hanging over left shoulder.
[Ref: 60085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After Henry Morland.]
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer. N.o 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Scarce mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") with large margins. Glued on an album sheet.
A portrait of a young woman, holding a mask in right hand and wearing an ermine-trimmed cloak over a low-necked gown with pearl jewellery and her hair up in a plumed turban with a coil hanging over left shoulder.
[Ref: 60085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Morning Beauty.
Miss A. Green Pinx.t.
London Pub;ished 7th June 1781, for J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple, printed in brown, scarce. Sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped. Bit dusty.
A well-dressed young woman, hands in a fur muff, with four lines of verse from Rev. Dr Lisle's 'History of Porsenna'.
[Ref: 45377] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Miss A. Green Pinx.t.
London Pub;ished 7th June 1781, for J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple, printed in brown, scarce. Sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped. Bit dusty.
A well-dressed young woman, hands in a fur muff, with four lines of verse from Rev. Dr Lisle's 'History of Porsenna'.
[Ref: 45377] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Evening Beauty.
Miss A. Green Pinx.t.
London Published 7th June 1781, for J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple, scarce. Sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped. Bit dusty.
A well-dressed young woman, fan in hand, with four lines of verse from Rev. Dr Lisle's 'Charms of Beauty'.
[Ref: 45378] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Miss A. Green Pinx.t.
London Published 7th June 1781, for J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.
Stipple, scarce. Sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped. Bit dusty.
A well-dressed young woman, fan in hand, with four lines of verse from Rev. Dr Lisle's 'Charms of Beauty'.
[Ref: 45378] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Power of Beauty. What can delight like Wealth? the Miser cries...
[Engraved by Philip Dawe? after Heroman van der Mijn.]
Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Ch. Y.d & J. Bowles at ye black Horse, Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A young ballad singer holding a music sheet is embraced by an old man who holds up his money bag.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36303] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Philip Dawe? after Heroman van der Mijn.]
Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Ch. Y.d & J. Bowles at ye black Horse, Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A young ballad singer holding a music sheet is embraced by an old man who holds up his money bag.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36303] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Power of Beauty. Vain is you powr, all efforts vain will prove. The Power of Beauty sways the God Love. To the Countess of Harrington. The Print from the Original Drawing by G.B.Cipriani, is with ye greatest respect Dedicated by Her Ladyships most Humble Serv.t W Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. Le Grand, Sculp.t.
A Paris chez Mme. Breton, Mde. d'Estampes, au Pavillon, Jardin du Palais Royal, et rue du Chantre, Maison du Chandellier. [n.d. c.1780]
Stipple, printed in colours. 197 x 192mm (7¾" x 7½").
[Ref: 8481] £420.00
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. Le Grand, Sculp.t.
A Paris chez Mme. Breton, Mde. d'Estampes, au Pavillon, Jardin du Palais Royal, et rue du Chantre, Maison du Chandellier. [n.d. c.1780]
Stipple, printed in colours. 197 x 192mm (7¾" x 7½").
[Ref: 8481] £420.00
Beauty.
G.B. Cipriani del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Published according to Act, Nov.r 6th 1782, by the Proprietor, No 5, Poland Street, Soho
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Thread margins.
Woman sat on clouds with peacock. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 576 iii/iii
[Ref: 43144] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani del.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Published according to Act, Nov.r 6th 1782, by the Proprietor, No 5, Poland Street, Soho
Stipple printed in sepia, platemark 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Thread margins.
Woman sat on clouds with peacock. Stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after his frequent collaborator Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85). Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 576 iii/iii
[Ref: 43144] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Beauty looking in the Mirror of Prudence, with a Genius representing Innocence. From the Original Picture in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Manchester, To whom this plate is dedicated by his Grace's Obedient Servant, Ja.s Birchall.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpx.
London, Pub'd August 15 1786 by Jas. Birchall No.473 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 385 x 345mm (15¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, creases and tears in inscription area.
[Ref: 53084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpx.
London, Pub'd August 15 1786 by Jas. Birchall No.473 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 385 x 345mm (15¼ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, creases and tears in inscription area.
[Ref: 53084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![A la Beaute. [&] A la Volupte. ['To Beauty' and 'To Pleasure'.]](jpegs/25588.jpg)
A la Beaute. [&] A la Volupte. ['To Beauty' and 'To Pleasure'.]
Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave par Roger. [&] Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave pa Mecou.
Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. le 13 Pluvoise An XIIe. [&] Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. en Fructidor An XIIe. [French, 1803.]
Pair of stipples printed in colours, each sheet c.220 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½". Trimmed to or close to plates. Second plate chipped at lower left. Some staining and light soiling to both, mostly marginal.
Two charming images of winged putti; one emerging from inside a fallen rose in a woodland, the other peacefully asleep (inebriated?) in an empty wine glass, a background of vine leaves and grapes.
[Ref: 25588] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave par Roger. [&] Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave pa Mecou.
Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. le 13 Pluvoise An XIIe. [&] Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. en Fructidor An XIIe. [French, 1803.]
Pair of stipples printed in colours, each sheet c.220 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½". Trimmed to or close to plates. Second plate chipped at lower left. Some staining and light soiling to both, mostly marginal.
Two charming images of winged putti; one emerging from inside a fallen rose in a woodland, the other peacefully asleep (inebriated?) in an empty wine glass, a background of vine leaves and grapes.
[Ref: 25588] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Beauty & Time.
Published according to Act of Parliament the 1.st of January 1781[?] by [illegible] Humprey.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Mint.
A bare-breasted young woman and Chronos tussle over his scythe. Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810), miniaturist and publisher, is best known for commissioning William Blake's 'A Small Book of Designs' and 'A Large Book of Designs', containing colour-printed plates from his other works.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published according to Act of Parliament the 1.st of January 1781[?] by [illegible] Humprey.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Mint.
A bare-breasted young woman and Chronos tussle over his scythe. Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810), miniaturist and publisher, is best known for commissioning William Blake's 'A Small Book of Designs' and 'A Large Book of Designs', containing colour-printed plates from his other works.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Beauty and Beast.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t.
London, Publish'd June 1st 1790 by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Fine & scarce stipple, printed in brown, 360 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Platemark cracked at bottom, restored
An obese monk smiles at an unimpressed young girl with a basket over her shoulder.
[Ref: 67950] £380.00
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t.
London, Publish'd June 1st 1790 by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Fine & scarce stipple, printed in brown, 360 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Platemark cracked at bottom, restored
An obese monk smiles at an unimpressed young girl with a basket over her shoulder.
[Ref: 67950] £380.00
La Beauté Sacrifiant aux Graces.
Joshua Reynolds Pinx. J.B. Lucien fecit.
Cheau Excudit, Parisiis [n.d, c.1790.]
Stipple printed in brown. 520 x 325mm (20½ x 12¾"), very large margins Some wear to margins, damp stain in top corner.
The personification of Beauty burns incense under a statue of the Three Graces.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67957] £460.00
Joshua Reynolds Pinx. J.B. Lucien fecit.
Cheau Excudit, Parisiis [n.d, c.1790.]
Stipple printed in brown. 520 x 325mm (20½ x 12¾"), very large margins Some wear to margins, damp stain in top corner.
The personification of Beauty burns incense under a statue of the Three Graces.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67957] £460.00
![Image de la Beauté. [&] Leçon de Botanique.](jpegs/28309.jpg)
Image de la Beauté. [&] Leçon de Botanique.
Schenau p. Chevillet f.
[A Paris : chez Wille] [n.d., c.1772.]
Pair of etchings, scarce scratch letter proofs before titles. Each 425 x 310mm (16¾ x 12¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frames.
A pair of scenes of two finely-dressed mothers and their daughters framed by stone archways. In 'Beauté' the girl picks a bloom off a potted rose, a set of bagpipes on the window sill; in 'Botanique' the mother holds up a plant she has uprooted from an ornamental pot. Engraved by Juste Chevillet (1729-1802) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1736-1806)
[Ref: 28309] £850.00 view all images for this item
Schenau p. Chevillet f.
[A Paris : chez Wille] [n.d., c.1772.]
Pair of etchings, scarce scratch letter proofs before titles. Each 425 x 310mm (16¾ x 12¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frames.
A pair of scenes of two finely-dressed mothers and their daughters framed by stone archways. In 'Beauté' the girl picks a bloom off a potted rose, a set of bagpipes on the window sill; in 'Botanique' the mother holds up a plant she has uprooted from an ornamental pot. Engraved by Juste Chevillet (1729-1802) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1736-1806)
[Ref: 28309] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Beaver.
J.E. Ridinger at viv. del. J.S. Muller Sculpt.
[British, n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, 340 x 415mm. 13½ x 16¼". Tatty extremities.
Landscape with six beavers, one of them in the centre eating the bark of a tree. Extensive description below title. Numbered '10' lower and upper right. After Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 - 1767) from an English publication of the c.1736 series of natural history and hunting subjects 'Betrachtung der wilden Thiere mit beygefügter vortrefflicher Poesie des hochberühmten Herrn Barthold Heinrich Brockes'.
[Ref: 20558] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J.E. Ridinger at viv. del. J.S. Muller Sculpt.
[British, n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, 340 x 415mm. 13½ x 16¼". Tatty extremities.
Landscape with six beavers, one of them in the centre eating the bark of a tree. Extensive description below title. Numbered '10' lower and upper right. After Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 - 1767) from an English publication of the c.1736 series of natural history and hunting subjects 'Betrachtung der wilden Thiere mit beygefügter vortrefflicher Poesie des hochberühmten Herrn Barthold Heinrich Brockes'.
[Ref: 20558] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Beaver. Plate XXXV. (Castor fiber.)]](jpegs/30198.jpg)
[The Beaver. Plate XXXV. (Castor fiber.)]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The Eurasian or European beaver. It was once widespread, but it was hunted to near-extinction for its fur and castoreum. They have since been reintroduced from Great Britain to China and Mongolia. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30198] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
The Eurasian or European beaver. It was once widespread, but it was hunted to near-extinction for its fur and castoreum. They have since been reintroduced from Great Britain to China and Mongolia. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30198] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Bechuana Belle.
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribes woman standing bare-breasted with a small child strapped to her back peering up over her shoulder. Tribesmen are seen in the background standing around a wagon. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30174] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris.
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribes woman standing bare-breasted with a small child strapped to her back peering up over her shoulder. Tribesmen are seen in the background standing around a wagon. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30174] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Bechuana of Distinction.
W.C. Harris del.t
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribesman with a loin of meat hanging off of his spear and holding a feather parasol. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.C. Harris del.t
[n.d. c.1838.]
Coloured lithograph. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½").
Bechuana, people from Tswana; a tribesman with a loin of meat hanging off of his spear and holding a feather parasol. By Sir Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848), an officer in the Indian army and an acclaimed naturalist who travelled through South Africa. From "Wild Sports of Southern Africa".
Abbey 334.
[Ref: 30173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S. Thomas Cantvariensis. Sol, 279.
[n.d. c.1800's]
Engraving, Trimmed and laid onto album paper.
Full lenth portrait of Thomas Becket (1118-70) as Saint Thomas of Canterbury set against a barren landscape. He wears his robes of office. He holds his right hand in a sign of blessing and holds a cross shaped staff in the other.
[Ref: 65755] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1800's]
Engraving, Trimmed and laid onto album paper.
Full lenth portrait of Thomas Becket (1118-70) as Saint Thomas of Canterbury set against a barren landscape. He wears his robes of office. He holds his right hand in a sign of blessing and holds a cross shaped staff in the other.
[Ref: 65755] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Couple in Conversation.]](jpegs/65509.jpg)
[Couple in Conversation.]
B fec et Ex. [Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 180mm (8 x 7"). Trimmed close to plate. Some loss /damage to corners.
A portrait of a lady and gentleman. The woman seated with her arm resting upon a table, to her side stands the gentleman who looks down at her.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B fec et Ex. [Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 180mm (8 x 7"). Trimmed close to plate. Some loss /damage to corners.
A portrait of a lady and gentleman. The woman seated with her arm resting upon a table, to her side stands the gentleman who looks down at her.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[W. Beckett Esq.r., M.P. for Leeds.]](jpegs/2800.jpg)
[W. Beckett Esq.r., M.P. for Leeds.]
[Painted by Sir Fra.s Grant, P.R.A. Engraved by James Scott.]
[Henry Graves & Co., 1861.]
Very fine mezzotint on india, proof before letters. Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 690 x 405mm. Edition limited to 100 proofs.
William Beckett (1784-1863), a respected banker and Conservative politician, MP for Leeds (1841-52), then Ripon (1852-7).
[Ref: 2800] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by Sir Fra.s Grant, P.R.A. Engraved by James Scott.]
[Henry Graves & Co., 1861.]
Very fine mezzotint on india, proof before letters. Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 690 x 405mm. Edition limited to 100 proofs.
William Beckett (1784-1863), a respected banker and Conservative politician, MP for Leeds (1841-52), then Ripon (1852-7).
[Ref: 2800] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edmund Beckett-Denison] Edmund Denison, Esq. Chairman of the Great Northern Railway.](jpegs/68200.jpg)
[Edmund Beckett-Denison] Edmund Denison, Esq. Chairman of the Great Northern Railway.
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.re R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published April 4.th 1848 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & C.º 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, Publishers to Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. Sheet 505 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tear through title, creasing.
A three quarter portrait of Edmund Beckett-Denison (1787-1874), Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, with a copy of the Act of Parliament approving the railway. Because of opposition, the cost of getting the bill passed by Parliament was £600,000, the most expensive in British railway history
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68200] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.re R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published April 4.th 1848 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & C.º 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, Publishers to Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. Sheet 505 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tear through title, creasing.
A three quarter portrait of Edmund Beckett-Denison (1787-1874), Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, with a copy of the Act of Parliament approving the railway. Because of opposition, the cost of getting the bill passed by Parliament was £600,000, the most expensive in British railway history
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68200] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
View of Beckford, Gloucestershire.
J. Bluck del.t et fecit.
London: Published by R.A. Ackermannm at the Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, April 2, 1801.
Aquatint. 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½").
A view of the church at Beckford, from an unknown series of topographical scenes of Gloucestershire by John Bluck, who is better known for etching other people's work.
Not in Abbey Scenery. See 30811; 30813.
[Ref: 30809] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Bluck del.t et fecit.
London: Published by R.A. Ackermannm at the Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, April 2, 1801.
Aquatint. 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½").
A view of the church at Beckford, from an unknown series of topographical scenes of Gloucestershire by John Bluck, who is better known for etching other people's work.
Not in Abbey Scenery. See 30811; 30813.
[Ref: 30809] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/27578.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Narrow margins, slight damage on right; glued to backing sheet.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 27578] £360.00
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Narrow margins, slight damage on right; glued to backing sheet.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 27578] £360.00
![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/62769.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Tears taped.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 62769] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Tears taped.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 62769] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/63173.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint, very fine impression; 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Loss in inscription area.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S. 9.
[Ref: 63173] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint, very fine impression; 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Loss in inscription area.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S. 9.
[Ref: 63173] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cricket] The Courtiers Assembled on hearing the News of the Death of the R.t Hon.ble W.m Beckford.](jpegs/66672.jpg)
[Cricket] The Courtiers Assembled on hearing the News of the Death of the R.t Hon.ble W.m Beckford.
[Oxford Magazine, 1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½''). Remains of paper pasted over bottom of image, stains.
Jeremiah Dyson, blackened face and dressas Harlequin with his batte (or 'slapstick') tucked in his belt) arrives to break the news of William Beckford's death to a group of saitisfied ministers. On the table is a scroll, 'A New Scheme to restrain the Liberty of the Press, by M__d & others, with the Art of packing Juries'. Depicted are John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (in sporting gear, holding a curved cricket bat), William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augustus Henry Grafton, John Russell Bedford, Henry Fox Holland, Lord Hillsborough (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire), John Stuart Bute, and possibly Thomas Thynne Bath (Viscount Weymouth).
BM Satire 4393. Temi Odumosu, 'Africans in English Caricature', p.65, Fig. 1.10.
[Ref: 66672] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½''). Remains of paper pasted over bottom of image, stains.
Jeremiah Dyson, blackened face and dressas Harlequin with his batte (or 'slapstick') tucked in his belt) arrives to break the news of William Beckford's death to a group of saitisfied ministers. On the table is a scroll, 'A New Scheme to restrain the Liberty of the Press, by M__d & others, with the Art of packing Juries'. Depicted are John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (in sporting gear, holding a curved cricket bat), William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augustus Henry Grafton, John Russell Bedford, Henry Fox Holland, Lord Hillsborough (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire), John Stuart Bute, and possibly Thomas Thynne Bath (Viscount Weymouth).
BM Satire 4393. Temi Odumosu, 'Africans in English Caricature', p.65, Fig. 1.10.
[Ref: 66672] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Monument to be Erected to the Memory of the R.t Hon.ble W.m Beckford Esq.r.
For the Oxford Mag.
[1770.]
Etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with margins.
A monument to William Beckford with allegorical figures, including Britannia and Hercules, mourning him.
BM Satires 4396.
[Ref: 54386] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
For the Oxford Mag.
[1770.]
Etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with margins.
A monument to William Beckford with allegorical figures, including Britannia and Hercules, mourning him.
BM Satires 4396.
[Ref: 54386] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
William Beckford Esqr.
J. Chapman sculp.
London published as the Act directs April 19, 1798 by J. Wilkes.
Colour-printed stipple. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with wide margins.
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London (1709-1770). He began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769. His son was William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) was was the eccentri English novelist and politician. He was known for building Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower.
See NPG: D14113.
[Ref: 17579] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
London published as the Act directs April 19, 1798 by J. Wilkes.
Colour-printed stipple. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with wide margins.
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London (1709-1770). He began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769. His son was William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) was was the eccentri English novelist and politician. He was known for building Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower.
See NPG: D14113.
[Ref: 17579] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Will.m Beckford Esq.r Lord Mayor, and Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of this Mayoralty, and the third Time of his Representing that City in Parliament.
J. Dixon del.t et fecit.
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Dixon del.t et fecit.
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Beckford Esq.r. Author of Histories of France & Jamaica.
From a Shade by Miers.
Pub.d by Vernor & Hood, 31 Poultry, May 31, 1799.
Stipple, small margins. Platemark: 160 x 110mm. (6¼ x 4¼").
A silhouette portrait of William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844), English novelist, art critic, travel writer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790. He moved to Bath where he bought many of the houses on Lansdown Crescent and he eventually commissioned architect Henry Goodridge to design the spectactular folly on Lansdown Hill, known as Beckford's Tower. Most of Fonthill Abbey collapsed under the weight of its poorly-built tower in 1825.
[Ref: 31680] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
From a Shade by Miers.
Pub.d by Vernor & Hood, 31 Poultry, May 31, 1799.
Stipple, small margins. Platemark: 160 x 110mm. (6¼ x 4¼").
A silhouette portrait of William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844), English novelist, art critic, travel writer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790. He moved to Bath where he bought many of the houses on Lansdown Crescent and he eventually commissioned architect Henry Goodridge to design the spectactular folly on Lansdown Hill, known as Beckford's Tower. Most of Fonthill Abbey collapsed under the weight of its poorly-built tower in 1825.
[Ref: 31680] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
William Beckford Esq Twice Lord Mayor of London. Taken from the Original Model presented by Augustin Carlini, and REJECTED by a Majority of the Committee of the Court of Aldermen and Common Council. on the 16th January 1771.
Aug. Carlini inv. Biagio Rebecca del. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.`
Published according to Act of Parl.t 5. Apr. 1772.
Rare engraving & scarce. Sheet 640 x 430mm (25¼ x 17") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, without loss of image; some loss around platemark.
An illustration of the statue of William Beckford (1709-70, MP and twice Lord Major of London) that Agostino Carlini (c.1718 - 1790) proposed for the Guildhall but which was rejected for another design. He is shown in his mayoral robes and chain, his sword and mace to the side. Two putti hold the Bill of Rights, a Liberty Pole and a scroll, which probably contains the text of his famous admonition of George III.
De V: 759
[Ref: 33151] £550.00
Aug. Carlini inv. Biagio Rebecca del. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.`
Published according to Act of Parl.t 5. Apr. 1772.
Rare engraving & scarce. Sheet 640 x 430mm (25¼ x 17") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, without loss of image; some loss around platemark.
An illustration of the statue of William Beckford (1709-70, MP and twice Lord Major of London) that Agostino Carlini (c.1718 - 1790) proposed for the Guildhall but which was rejected for another design. He is shown in his mayoral robes and chain, his sword and mace to the side. Two putti hold the Bill of Rights, a Liberty Pole and a scroll, which probably contains the text of his famous admonition of George III.
De V: 759
[Ref: 33151] £550.00
The Rt. Honble. Willm. Beckford Esqr. Lord Mayor & Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of his Mayoralty, & the third Time of Representing that City in Parliament.
London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street &.... [rest of publication line erased, n.d. c.1770].
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London [1709 - 1770].
[Ref: 5382] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street &.... [rest of publication line erased, n.d. c.1770].
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London [1709 - 1770].
[Ref: 5382] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
William Beckford Esq.r
J. Chapman sculp.
London published as the Act directs April 19. 1798 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple, with very large margins . Plate 165 x 113mm. 6½ x 4½". Stain in lower margins
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London (1709-1770). He began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769.
See Ref: 17579 for coloured copy.
[Ref: 26860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
London published as the Act directs April 19. 1798 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple, with very large margins . Plate 165 x 113mm. 6½ x 4½". Stain in lower margins
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London (1709-1770). He began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769.
See Ref: 17579 for coloured copy.
[Ref: 26860] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Part of the Garden at Hall-Barn, near Beckonsfield, in Buckinhamshire; a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 175 x 270mm (7 x 10¾").
Hall Barn Manor House was built by Edmund Waller (1606-1687), poet and politician. The Edmund named here was a descendent. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16933] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 175 x 270mm (7 x 10¾").
Hall Barn Manor House was built by Edmund Waller (1606-1687), poet and politician. The Edmund named here was a descendent. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16933] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Beckwith, Lt. Colonel Anglais, Bienfaiteur des Vaudois.
Adeveria. Lith de Lemercier, A Paris.
[n.d. c.1846.]
A very rare lithograph. 545 x 376mm. 21½ x 14¾". Two holes. Some creasing.
John Charles Beckwith (1789-1862) was a British army officer and missionary. He entered the British army in 1803, and in 1815 he served with Sir Thomas Picton's divsion at the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, where he lost his leg after it was shattered by a cannonball. He was awarded the Waterloo Medal and promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1837 he was raised to colonel and in 1846 to major-general. After his injury he returned home to Halifax, where he became a founder and patron of the town's first Sunday school, and in 1826 he was invited to visit the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House in London where he read Dr William Stephen Gilly's "Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont" (London, 1824). This inspired Beckwith to take an interest in the plight of a small group of Protestants known as Waldensians or Vaudois who lived in the Piedmont valleys near Pinerolo. He visited the Waldensians for several years until he decided to move to Turin and devote the rest of his life to assisting them. He worked to improve Waldensian schools, and therefore collected money from friends in England, visited the schools, urged building of new schools by the community, sent teachers to Lausanne and Florence for training, and encouraged the education of women. In all he opened or restored 120 district schools. In 1848, in recognition of his labours with the Waldensians, Beckwith received the cross of St Maurice and St Lazarius from the king.
[Ref: 17805] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Adeveria. Lith de Lemercier, A Paris.
[n.d. c.1846.]
A very rare lithograph. 545 x 376mm. 21½ x 14¾". Two holes. Some creasing.
John Charles Beckwith (1789-1862) was a British army officer and missionary. He entered the British army in 1803, and in 1815 he served with Sir Thomas Picton's divsion at the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, where he lost his leg after it was shattered by a cannonball. He was awarded the Waterloo Medal and promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1837 he was raised to colonel and in 1846 to major-general. After his injury he returned home to Halifax, where he became a founder and patron of the town's first Sunday school, and in 1826 he was invited to visit the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House in London where he read Dr William Stephen Gilly's "Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont" (London, 1824). This inspired Beckwith to take an interest in the plight of a small group of Protestants known as Waldensians or Vaudois who lived in the Piedmont valleys near Pinerolo. He visited the Waldensians for several years until he decided to move to Turin and devote the rest of his life to assisting them. He worked to improve Waldensian schools, and therefore collected money from friends in England, visited the schools, urged building of new schools by the community, sent teachers to Lausanne and Florence for training, and encouraged the education of women. In all he opened or restored 120 district schools. In 1848, in recognition of his labours with the Waldensians, Beckwith received the cross of St Maurice and St Lazarius from the king.
[Ref: 17805] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Tho.s Beckwith of York, Painter & F.A.S. London.
M.F. Quadal pinx.t. W.Humphrey fec.t.
[n.d., 1777.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
Thomas Beckwith (1731-86), painter, genealogist and antiquary, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
[Ref: 43551] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.F. Quadal pinx.t. W.Humphrey fec.t.
[n.d., 1777.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
Thomas Beckwith (1731-86), painter, genealogist and antiquary, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
[Ref: 43551] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Bed Matt or a Door Matt Achetez des Nates Chi vuol Storioli da letto. 6.
MLauron delin:
P Tempest ex Cum privilegio [n.d. c.1740.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving; paper 18th century watermarked. Plate 246 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Small hole and creasing.
A street seller walking to right with sticks over his shoulders, from which mats hang. From "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life".
[Ref: 28181] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
MLauron delin:
P Tempest ex Cum privilegio [n.d. c.1740.]
Hand-coloured etching and engraving; paper 18th century watermarked. Plate 246 x 165mm. 9¾ x 6½". Small hole and creasing.
A street seller walking to right with sticks over his shoulders, from which mats hang. From "The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life".
[Ref: 28181] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
A view of Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire.
Edw.d Goodwin del.t H. Meyer sculp.t
London, Published 12th Jan.y 1814, by T. Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Coloured aquatint, very rare with large margins, J. Whatman 1826 watermarked paper, platemark 450 x 600mm (17¾ x 23½").
The village of Beddgelert in the Snowdonia area of Wales, at the confluence of the rivers Glaslyn and Colwyn. A wonderful example of a large coloured aquatint.
[Ref: 29859] £490.00
Edw.d Goodwin del.t H. Meyer sculp.t
London, Published 12th Jan.y 1814, by T. Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Coloured aquatint, very rare with large margins, J. Whatman 1826 watermarked paper, platemark 450 x 600mm (17¾ x 23½").
The village of Beddgelert in the Snowdonia area of Wales, at the confluence of the rivers Glaslyn and Colwyn. A wonderful example of a large coloured aquatint.
[Ref: 29859] £490.00
Whims of the Moment or the Bedford Level!!
Woodward del. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank]
[London Pub No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening]
Coloured etching, E & P watermark. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at top.
Two panels: on the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which has been roughly cropped from the back of the neck; on the right a farmer smiles as he shows off his neck, shaved at the back of his head. Francis Russell (1765-1802), 5th Duke of Bedford, protested against the imposition of a tax on hair powder in 1795 by cutting his hair short, a style that became known as the 'Bedford Level', after the area of the Fens reclaimed by his family.
BM Satires 8763.
[Ref: 54563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. [Etched by Isaac Cruikshank]
[London Pub No 20 1795 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly NB Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening]
Coloured etching, E & P watermark. Sheet 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at top.
Two panels: on the left a well-dressed man staggers back in horror as he regards his queue of hair which has been roughly cropped from the back of the neck; on the right a farmer smiles as he shows off his neck, shaved at the back of his head. Francis Russell (1765-1802), 5th Duke of Bedford, protested against the imposition of a tax on hair powder in 1795 by cutting his hair short, a style that became known as the 'Bedford Level', after the area of the Fens reclaimed by his family.
BM Satires 8763.
[Ref: 54563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Sketch or Map of Bedford Level and Country adjoining, Shewing the Divisions, Rivers, Frains, &c. with the proposed New Cut from Eau Brink to Lynn. Reasons In Support of the Bill for manking a New Cut from Eau Brink to Lynn, in Norfolk, for the effectural Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouze, and the Preservation of the Harbour of Lynn.
S.I. Neele, sculp.t 352, Strand.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Engraved map with hand colour 230 x 330mm (9 x 13") , on sheet with letterpress, total 355 x 340mm (14 x 13¼"). Map trimmed within plate top and right, letterpress cut at bottom?
A map of the Great Level of the Fens (here named Bedford Level after Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, who facilitated the draining of the Fens in the 17th century. It was published to accompany a proposal that needed an Act of Parliament. Despite opposition from the people of King's Lynn, the first Act ordering the construction of the Cut was passed in 1795, but the Cut was not completed until 1821.
[Ref: 54800] £290.00
S.I. Neele, sculp.t 352, Strand.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Engraved map with hand colour 230 x 330mm (9 x 13") , on sheet with letterpress, total 355 x 340mm (14 x 13¼"). Map trimmed within plate top and right, letterpress cut at bottom?
A map of the Great Level of the Fens (here named Bedford Level after Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, who facilitated the draining of the Fens in the 17th century. It was published to accompany a proposal that needed an Act of Parliament. Despite opposition from the people of King's Lynn, the first Act ordering the construction of the Cut was passed in 1795, but the Cut was not completed until 1821.
[Ref: 54800] £290.00
T. Bedford Lithographic Establishment Bristol. Specimen of Bedford's Lithography.
[c.1850]
Lithograph, printed area 155 x 200mm (6 x 8"). Glued to backing sheet.
Trompe l'oeil advertisement for T. Bedford, printer at 15 Redcliff Street, Bristol. The image includes various overlapping sheets of paper, no doubt intended to demonstrate the range of printing tasks Bedford could carry out, and that lithography could do anything that engraving could. These include tradecards, sheet music, maps, broadsides, views (Clifton Suspension Bridge) and invitations.
[Ref: 46939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1850]
Lithograph, printed area 155 x 200mm (6 x 8"). Glued to backing sheet.
Trompe l'oeil advertisement for T. Bedford, printer at 15 Redcliff Street, Bristol. The image includes various overlapping sheets of paper, no doubt intended to demonstrate the range of printing tasks Bedford could carry out, and that lithography could do anything that engraving could. These include tradecards, sheet music, maps, broadsides, views (Clifton Suspension Bridge) and invitations.
[Ref: 46939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
!["Western Australia" [Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B. K.C.D.]](jpegs/10808.jpg)
"Western Australia" [Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B. K.C.D.]
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower left.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair Decr. 3rd. 1903.
Chromolithograph, image 320 x 190mm. 12½ x 7½".
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford KCB (1838 - 1913) was Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909. His father was a Vice-Admiral. Sir Frederick joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and also served in the Crimean War.
[Ref: 10808] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[''Spy" monogram of Sir Leslie Ward in image lower left.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Vanity Fair Decr. 3rd. 1903.
Chromolithograph, image 320 x 190mm. 12½ x 7½".
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford KCB (1838 - 1913) was Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909. His father was a Vice-Admiral. Sir Frederick joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and also served in the Crimean War.
[Ref: 10808] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
New Bedlam in Moor-fields.
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45350] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45350] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cap.t William Bedloe Discoverer of the Popish Plott.
[Anon., c.1681]
Engraving, rich impression. Sheet 225 x 150mm (9 x 6'').
William Bedloe (1650-80), informer and adventurer. In the 1670s Bedloe fell into a life of crime in London, spending time in jail for fraud and at one point fleeing for the continent with his brother. There they stole horses and committed fraud, going by different disguises and identities. In Valladolid they met Titus Oates (and stole from him too), but back in England Bedloe came into the public eye following the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Godfrey died in mysterious circumstances soon after receiving testimony from Oates about a supposed 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II, and Bedloe claimed he knew how Godfrey had died. Bedloe appeared at a number of trials relating to the plot, giving evidence that led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. An opportunist, Bedloe exploited the hysteria and gullibility surrounding the fabricated plot, earning well from his 'evidence', while his early death meant he was spared the retribution which Oates and others received once the smoke cleared.
[Ref: 48804] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1681]
Engraving, rich impression. Sheet 225 x 150mm (9 x 6'').
William Bedloe (1650-80), informer and adventurer. In the 1670s Bedloe fell into a life of crime in London, spending time in jail for fraud and at one point fleeing for the continent with his brother. There they stole horses and committed fraud, going by different disguises and identities. In Valladolid they met Titus Oates (and stole from him too), but back in England Bedloe came into the public eye following the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Godfrey died in mysterious circumstances soon after receiving testimony from Oates about a supposed 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II, and Bedloe claimed he knew how Godfrey had died. Bedloe appeared at a number of trials relating to the plot, giving evidence that led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. An opportunist, Bedloe exploited the hysteria and gullibility surrounding the fabricated plot, earning well from his 'evidence', while his early death meant he was spared the retribution which Oates and others received once the smoke cleared.
[Ref: 48804] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cap.t William Bedloe Discoverer of the Popish Plott.
[Anon., c.1681]
Engraving, sheet 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed. Glued to album sheet at edges.
William Bedloe (1650-80), informer and adventurer. In the 1670s Bedloe fell into a life of crime in London, spending time in jail for fraud and at one point fleeing for the continent with his brother. There they stole horses and committed fraud, going by different disguises and identities. In Valladolid they met Titus Oates (and stole from him too), but back in England Bedloe came into the public eye following the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Godfrey died in mysterious circumstances soon after receiving testimony from Oates about a supposed 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II, and Bedloe claimed he knew how Godfrey had died. Bedloe appeared at a number of trials relating to the plot, giving evidence that led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. An opportunist, Bedloe exploited the hysteria and gullibility surrounding the fabricated plot, earning well from his 'evidence', while his early death meant he was spared the retribution which Oates and others received once the smoke cleared.
[Ref: 42812] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1681]
Engraving, sheet 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed. Glued to album sheet at edges.
William Bedloe (1650-80), informer and adventurer. In the 1670s Bedloe fell into a life of crime in London, spending time in jail for fraud and at one point fleeing for the continent with his brother. There they stole horses and committed fraud, going by different disguises and identities. In Valladolid they met Titus Oates (and stole from him too), but back in England Bedloe came into the public eye following the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Godfrey died in mysterious circumstances soon after receiving testimony from Oates about a supposed 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II, and Bedloe claimed he knew how Godfrey had died. Bedloe appeared at a number of trials relating to the plot, giving evidence that led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. An opportunist, Bedloe exploited the hysteria and gullibility surrounding the fabricated plot, earning well from his 'evidence', while his early death meant he was spared the retribution which Oates and others received once the smoke cleared.
[Ref: 42812] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Bedouin Woman. Making Butter.
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼").
An Bedouin arab woman making butter in an animal skin hung from a tree. From 'The World in Miniature; edited by Frederick Shoberl', containing a translation of Castellan's 'History of the Turks'.
[Ref: 39153] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼").
An Bedouin arab woman making butter in an animal skin hung from a tree. From 'The World in Miniature; edited by Frederick Shoberl', containing a translation of Castellan's 'History of the Turks'.
[Ref: 39153] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A Bedouin Woman. A Bedouin Arab.
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼").
An bedouin arab man, woman and child. From 'The World in Miniature; edited by Frederick Shoberl', containing a translation of Castellan's 'History of the Turks'.
[Ref: 39154] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by R. Ackermann, London, 1821.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 135 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼").
An bedouin arab man, woman and child. From 'The World in Miniature; edited by Frederick Shoberl', containing a translation of Castellan's 'History of the Turks'.
[Ref: 39154] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Wahhabi Bedouin' and an Arab of the Azami Tribe.]](jpegs/50920.jpg)
[A Wahhabi Bedouin' and an Arab of the Azami Tribe.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A portrait of two men, wearing swords in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50920] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re on stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing.
A portrait of two men, wearing swords in a desert landscape. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50920] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)