Giovanni Bellini Pittore.
Gio. Do. Campiglia del. P. Ant. Pazzi sc.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Fine engraving. 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"), with large margins.
A half-length self-portrait of Giovanni Bellini (c.1430-1516), Venetian painter of the Renaissance. This portrait was part of A. F. Gori's monumental 'Museum Florentium', which set out to engrave all the portraits of painters, architects, sculptors and patrons of the arts in the major galleries of Florence. This vast undertaking was issued in parts, taking over thirty years (1731-1766) to complete. In this case, the intermediate artist was Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768) and the engraver Pietro Antonio Pazzi (c. 1706 - after 1766).
[Ref: 59699] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Signor Lenari Bellini. in the character of Figaro in Mozarts Opera Le Nozzi di Figaro. Si vuol ballare. Signro Contino.]
[A.E. Chalon, R.A. Weld Taylor L.t.]
London, Published Feb.y 1.st 1838, by J. Mitchell Library, 33 old Bond Street._á Paris chez Rittner & Goupil Boulevard Montmatre.
Coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 370 x 290mm (14½ x 11½"). Unexamined out of frame, mounted over inscriptions?
A full-length portrait of Italian basso Lenari Bellini, who starred as Figaro at the Lyceum Theatre in 1837.
[Ref: 68233] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Bellini.
C. Deblois.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (1801-35), Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
[Ref: 63237] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Portraits of the Bellmen in the Wonderful Magazine, Part II [with a collection of Bellmen's verses published in the Wonderful Magazine]
[c.1793]
Woodcut with 44pp text; engraving approx 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"); text sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Engraving folded and attached to smaller sheet, as issued, with tears etc. Rare
From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). 'Bellman's verses' were a regular feature in the magazine, and are here accompanied by likenesses of various criers ('A Dull Dutchman'; 'The Giant of the Bank'; 'Death's Harbinger', etc).
[Ref: 39662] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Hilaire Belloc
[David] Low
Supplement to The New Statesman, April 17, 1926.
Photo-lithograph, platemark 220 x 185mm (8½ x 7").
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), poet and author, also Liberal MP for South Salford (1906-1910). Now chiefly remembered for his early comic and satirical work such as 'The Bad Child's Book of Beasts' (1896), Belloc's work increasingly engaged with historical and political issues. This caricature was made soon after the publication of 'The Cruise of the 'Nona'' (1925), which recalled a voyage around England in a small boat on the eve of war in 1914. By Sir David Low (1891-1963) for the New Statesman. New Zealand-born Low, who described caricature as the art of 'all-in portraiture', published two series of portraits as supplements to the New Statesman. The original drawing for this caricature is in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
[Ref: 34834] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hillaire Beloc. Supplement to the New Statesman, April 17, 1926 (13).
Low.
Photo-lithograph. Sheet size: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Small ink smudge in lower margin.
A portrait of Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (1870 - 1953, an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. By New Zealand born artist, Sir David Low (1891 - 1963). Unhappy with the political leadership of the British establishment David Low created his cartoon character, Colonel Blimp in 1934.
[Ref: 37144] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Philosopher In Search Of The Wind.
Painted By Robert Farrier. Drawn On Stone By Thomas Fairland.
[n.d. c.1837]
Rare lithograph, sheet 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15). Trimmed losing publication line.
A curious boy has disassembled some bellows to see how they work. Onlookers surround him. One lad points and laughs. Robert Farrier (1796–1879) was an English artist best known for his paintings. Farrier first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818, sending some miniature portraits, and in 1819 exhibited the first of a series of pictures in a slightly humorous vein, depicting domestic subjects, and especially scenes from schoolboy life. These were popular, and a number of them were engraved. Thomas Fairland (1804-52) was a lithographer, engraver, draughtsman and portrait painter. Protégé of Queen Victoria, produced lithographs after Edwin Landseer and William Hunt.
[Ref: 61186] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Bellringers] The Blue Bells of Ireland goes well Boys Well, / And the Clappers Strike on e'ry side ding Dong Bell.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 135mm (4¼ x 5¼"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed.
Six bellringers. The lines below come from a ballad, apparently forgotten: the Bodleian 'Broadside Ballads On-line' only lists a song c.1690 'to the tune of...'. See Bod 23630.
[Ref: 43953] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
[The Belly and the Members.]
WHollar fec. [after Francis Clein.]
[London: John Ogilby, 1668.]
Etching. 255 x 175mm (10 x 7").
A naked figure with no head and a face on its torso, sword in right hand, a head on the floor, apparently just decapitated. An illustration from the second edition of John Ogilby's 'Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations', with titlepage and 81 plates, of which 56 were etched by Wenceslaus Hollar. 'One fine day it occurred to the Members of the Body that they were doing all the work and the Belly was having all the food. So they held a meeting, and after a long discussion, decided to strike work till the Belly consented to take its proper share of the work. So for a day or two, the Hands refused to take the food, the Mouth refused to receive it, and the Teeth had no work to do. But after a day or two the Members began to find that they themselves were not in a very active condition: the Hands could hardly move, and the Mouth was all parched and dry, while the Legs were unable to support the rest. So thus they found that even the Belly in its dull quiet way was doing necessary work for the Body, and that all must work together or the Body will go to pieces.' Pennington 368, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 39308] £320.00
[William Beloe.]
[Painted by Sully]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Mezzotint, proof, not recorded. 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
Reverend William Beloe (1756-1817), translator and writer, co-founder of 'The British Critic'. In 1803 he became the British Museum’s first curator of prints and drawings, a post from which he was dismissed in 1806, blamed for the thefts of caricaturist Robert Dighton. Dighton had gained the trust of Beloe by drawing portraits of him and his daughter during his visits, then for 18 months stole prints by hiding them in his portfolio. Thomas Sully spent nine months studying under Benjamin West in London when this was painted.
[Ref: 51247] £350.00
[Belper Station _ North Midland Railway. Francis Thompson Arch.t. Under the Directions of R. Stephenson Esq.r.]
[S. Russell.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½") very large margins. Slight surface soiling.
A view of the exterior of the railway station at Belper in Derbyshire, on the North Midland Railway, which opened in 1840 and became part of the Midland Railway in 1844. The line was noted for the extravagance of its stations. The title, as above, comes from a smaller version of the same image.
[Ref: 57107] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
King Belshazzar beholding the Handwriting on the Wall. From the original Picture in the Collection of Thomas Fullwood Esquire To who this Paint is most respectfully inscribed. By his obliged & obedt. Serv.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engraved by H.Hudson.
Published as the Act directs, 14 Feb. 1785, by H.Hudson, No.28 Newman Street Oxford Street, London.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Repaired tear in upper right image and lower centre of publication space. Mark in publication space. Very small margins. Slight time staining.
Belshazzar stands by a table bearing fruit, he looks to his left his hand raised in astonishment. To his right a man and woman are behind him looking fearful. The hand coming out of a cloud in the top right of the image writes Hebrew letters on the wall. Charrington 92 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65736] £620.00
Belshazzar's Feast.
John Bull [John Martin] 1821.
Rare etching. Sheet size: 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"). Central vertical crease where folded as published.
A pamphlet etching inscribed 'John Bull 1821' (changed to from John Martin) which gave information, with arrow lines to guide the eye in sequence, to 28 of the various features of the biblical scene. William Collins, in whose glass factory Martin had worked from 1809 - 1811, sold the pamphlet whilst the original painting was exhibited at his premises. Collins changed the signature from 'J. Martin' to 'John Bull', the personification of the 'true' Englishman, representing the artist's patriotism. Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The Prints of John Martin: Clark.
[Ref: 39571] £360.00
Belshazzar gave a Party and provided for his friends / Women Wine and Music on which so much depends / They drank so many half-pints, They could not see at all / And ended up by Writing Nasty Things upon the Wall.
Chas. H. Eldridge.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Pencil & watercolour, heightened with gilt, on card. Card 275 x 380mm.
A scene satirising Belshazzar's Feast, from the Book of Daniel, with dancing girls and gluttony. However, instead of the word of God, the writing on the wall is graffitti, for example 'Bill Shazzer is an Ass'. 'Oodunit' (whodunit) entered the English language in the 1930s.
[Ref: 44171] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the New Waterworks &c at Belton in Lincolnshire, belonging to the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Vis.t Tyrconnel to whom this Plate is inscrib'd by his Lordships most dutiful and most hu.ble Serv:t T. Smith.
T Smith Pin: F. Vivares Scul.
Publish'd Oct: 1749.
Etching with engraving, rare first state. 395 x 550mm (15½ x 21½"). Small margins.
Figures admire impressive cascades in the gardens of Belton House, a mansion built between 1685-88 by Sir John Brownlow near Grantham, Lincolnshire. After a painting by Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), still at Belton House.
[Ref: 60389] £450.00
A View of the New Waterworks &c at Belton in Lincolnshire, belonging to the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Vis.t Tyrconnel to whom this Plate is inscrib'd by his Lordships most dutiful and most hu.ble Serv:t T. Smith.
T Smith Pin: F. Vivares Scul.
Publish'd Oct: 1764.
Fine etching and engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears. Repair to loss top right corner.
Figures admire impressive cascades in the gardens of Belton House, a mansion built between 1685-88 by Sir John Brownlow near Grantham, Lincolnshire. After Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67).
[Ref: 57780] £360.00
[Beltrami] The Author, In his Dress when among the Indians.
Drawn on Stone by J.W.Giles. from a Drawing by Stephanhoff.
Printed by C.Hullmandel.
Lithograph on india paper. India 161 x 102mm.
Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779-1855) from 1822 explored the United States, finding the source of the Mississippi; after which he travelled in Mexico. This portrait appeared in his account of his travels.
[Ref: 2694] £150.00
(£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Belvoir Castle, printed on silk.]
F.W. Trench. March 1834.
Lithograph on silk, sheet size 305 x 144mm. Edges frayed, some creasing.
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Very rare. The Royal Collection has the complete set of five, all printed on silk.
[Ref: 2572] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales accompanied by the Princess of Wales and attended by His Grace the Duke of Rutland , Lord John Manners, The Lady Adeliza Norman &c. &c. Planting a Tree to Commemorate the visit of Their Royal Highnesses to Belvoir Castle. February, 1866.
Mrs. W. Ingram Delt.
Day & Son Limited Chromolithograph.
Chromolithograph, 590 x 720mm, in fine condition sold with period maple frame. 530 x 720mm image.
An unusally large chromolithograph.
[Ref: 3398] £680.00
Belvoir Castle from the Hermitage on the Duke's Walk.
F.W. Trench August 1819.
Lithograph with very large margins, printed area 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16½").
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 32257] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle, one of the Seats of the Most Noble John Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Rutland [...]
T. Badeslade Delin. Ger: vanderGucht sculp.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 430 x 600mm (17 x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, original folds. Slightly stained on left.
A view of Belvoir Castle and gardens, with a hunt bottom right.
[Ref: 62529] £320.00
View of Belvoir Castle from Near the Dairy.
F:W: Trench Augt: 1819.
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 265 x 425mm (10½ x 17''), with large margins.
A view looking up a hill towards Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. By army officer and M.P. Sir Frederick William Trench (1775-1859).
[Ref: 50912] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Belvoir Castle from the Gate.]
F:W: Trench March 1830 [?]
Lithograph, printed on silk and laid on embossed card with gold surround. Sheet: 290 x 235mm (11½ x 9¼'') Toning on card.
A view looking through a gate to Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. By army officer and M.P. Sir Frederick William Trench (1775-1859). An unusual item than has been printed onto silk.
[Ref: 50913] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Ridge of Hills between the Reservoir and Croxton Park.
F.W. Trench Ap:1819.
Lithograph with very large margins, printed area 260 x 420mm (10¼ x 16½").
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 32254] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Hermitage on the Duke's Walk.
F.W. Trench August 1819.
Lithograph, printed area 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16½"). Slight creasing.
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 35034] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Hermitage on the Duke's Walk.
F.W. Trench August 1819.
Lithograph with very large margins, printed area 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16½").
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd; for Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 35035] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Gate at Shipman's.
F.W. Trench March 1819.
Lithograph with very large margins, printed area 260 x 420mm (10¼ x 16½").
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 32256] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from between the Stables and the Garden.
F.W. Trench Aug.t 1819.
Fine lithograph. Printed area 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16½"), with large margins.
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced).
[Ref: 43334] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Great Riding leading from Stattern Terrace Plantation towards Barkston Wood.
F.W. Trench 1819.
Lithograph with very large margins, printed area 260 x 420mm (10¼ x 16½").
Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. Amateur lithograph by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced). Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 27468 &c.
[Ref: 32255] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Belvoir Castle from the Ridge of Hills between the Reservoir and Croxton Park.
F.W. Trench
[n.d., 1834.]
Pen lithograph. Printed area 250 x 420 (9¾ x 16½"), with wide margins. Tear in left margin.
Very rare. The Royal Collection has the complete set of five, all printed on silk. On verso in ink Col. R. Herries.
[Ref: 30229] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
From the Great Temple of Jbsambul in Nubia. From the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes, Discovered by G. Belzoni. Fablet Found by G. Belzoni in the Ruins of Berenice, on the Red Sea.
G. Belzoni del. J. Ricci del. C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
London Published by J. Murray 1820.
Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. A few nicks in edges.
A plate with four illustrations of the discoveries of Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) Italian pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. From Belzoni's 'Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia, &c'.
[Ref: 61266] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Giovanni Batista Belzoni.
Engraved by Thomson.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet: 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Giovanni Batista Belzoni (1778-1823) an Italian explorer and archaeologist of Egyptian artefacts who ingeniously managed the excavation of the colossal bust of Rameses II which is now housed in the British Museum.
[Ref: 35357] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Bem. Es lebe Ungarn! Es lebe die Freiheit! [Facsimilie Signature.]
Lith. v. Benseler. Druck v. Mercier in Berlin.
Verlag u. Eigenth v. Gebr. Rocca in Berlin.
Lithograph. Sheet: 495 x 360mm (19½ x 14"), with large margins
A half-length portrait of Józef Bem (1794-1850) who was a Polish engineer who also served as a Ottoman pasha, Bem worked and fought for the future of Poland both inside and outside Poland. From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846), mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46453] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ben Venue.
John Fullwood. [Signed in pencil]
Etching. Plate: 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6'') very large margins. Mint.
A view of Ben Venue, a mountain in the Trossachs National Park.
[Ref: 49374] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Adml Benbow courageously commanding his Men to fight after his Leg was shattered
[Anon.]
London: Thomas Kelly [n.d., c.1820].
Engraving, image 125 x 180mm. 5 x 7".
John Benbow (10 March 1653 – 4 November 1702) on the deck of a warship during a battle issuing orders while his wounded leg is dressed by two sailors. Benbow joined the navy aged 25 years, seeing action against Algerian pirates before leaving and joining the merchant navy where he traded until the Glorious Revolution of 1688, whereupon he returned to the Royal Navy and was commissioned. He was wounded during action against a French force in the West Indies during the War of the Spanish Succession and died at Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica on 4 November 1702.
[Ref: 24072] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Adm.l Bembow, courageously commanding his Men to fight, after his Leg was shattered to Pieces.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed inside lower plate.
A scene illustrating the events of August 24th 1702, when Admiral John Benbow’s right leg was shattered by French fire. He remained on deck until his captains compelled him to return to Jamaica. There he had two of them court-martialed for insubordination and shot. Benbow died of his wounds and was buried in Kingston. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island opens with a scene set in an inn named the Admiral Benbow.
[Ref: 39258] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Kalabaliken I Bender.
Lith. af Joh. Cardon. effer H. Morners icke stufade malning.
[n.d. c.1800]
Rare lithograph, sheet 355 x 495mm (14 x 18½"), very large margins. Repaired tears in margins.
A Swedish print of the Skirmish at Bender (1 February 1713), with Charles XII of Sweden (1682 – 1718) in the middle of the action. After the defeat of the Swedish at the Battle of Poltava in 1709, Charles was far away from Sweden and he needed somewhere to go. The Ottoman Empire had disliked Russia since time immemorial so Charles XII received the hospitality of Sultan Ahmed III and fled to the town of Bender in the modern country of Moldova. Charles XII of Sweden overstayed his welcome by a few years; so the Ottoman forces, forced him out and after some fighting Charles XII and his fighters were captured. After some time as a prisoner, Charles XII and his soldiers were released when news about the Swedish victory in the Battle of Gadebusch reached the Ottomans.
[Ref: 60620] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Benedicite Benisé la bonté Supréme / Mes Enfans avant le repas / C'est le Seigneur nen doutez pas / Qui nous nourit luy meme
le Brun in. C. Duflos ex
AParis Chez Duflos rue S. Jacques [c.1720]
Engraving, platemark 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"). Very large margins.
Family saying grace before a meal., after Charles Le Brun (1619-90).
[Ref: 37105] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Lord Arundell of Wardour.
F.W. Wilkin Pinxit. On Stone by M. Gauci.
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d. c.1830.]
Fine and rare lithograph. Sheet 552 x 381mm. 21¾ x 15". Staining around the edges of margins. Uncut.
Henry Benedict [Arundell], 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour. (1804-1862) The Arundell Family seat is Wardour Castle in Wiltshire. In the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.
[Ref: 20135] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Benedicta.]
Frank Dicksee. Sam.l Cousins [pencil signatures.]
London, Published March 25,,th 1881 by The Fine Art Society (Limited) 148, New Bond Street.
Proof mezzotint, printed on chine collé, signed by artist and engraver, Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 445 x 320mm (17½ x 12½"), with large margins. Slight foxing.
A half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing embroidered gown and necklace. Behind is a backdrop of patterned wallpaper. Whitman 186 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67818] £360.00
Le Benedicte Hollandois.
Scalf Pinx. Basan Sculp.
A Paris chés Baran Graveur rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, plate papermarked. Plate 291 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Mint.
A husband and wife sat at their table ready to eat, with a pastor standing behind looking to the heavens and praying; a dog on the ground in front. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28411] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Statuit cos Sacerdotes magnos et beatificavit illos in gloria. Eccle. 95.
W. Hollar fecit.
[n.d., but 1672.]
Engraving. Plate: 315 x 180mm (12¼ x 7''), 17th century watermark.
A genealogical tree of the Order of St. Benedict (the Benedictine Tree), an illustration from 'The Monasticon' 1655 by William Dugdale. St Benedict is shown at the bottom of the tree flanked by St. Dunstan, St Gregory, St Augustus and St Cuthbert. Pennington: 227, state iii of iv.
[Ref: 48364] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Benediction.]
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine l& large lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 245 x 362mm. 9¾ x 14¼". Trimmed to image.
A procession of monks lead up a ramp to a small temple within which sits a picture of Jesus and the Virgin Mary; guards flank the ramp with a cossack on a horse in the right foregrounds; crowds gather all round.
[Ref: 26570] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[For the Benefit of Mr. Dragonetti.]
E.F. Burney del._ F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Etching with engraving. Plate 120 x 152mm. 4¾ x 6". Light foxing; tipped into album page.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Dragonetti. A woman stands holding a naked child who plays the lyre. On the right stands Apollo. Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846) was a violinist and double-bass player. De Vesme: 1918; ii/iii. See Harvard p.383.
[Ref: 28892] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
For the Benefit of Mr. Dragonetti.
E.F. Burney del._ F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet size: 105 x 135mm (4¼ x 5¼"). Cut in an octagonal shape.
A ticket for the benefit of Mr Dragonetti. A woman stands holding a naked child who plays the lyre. On the right stands Apollo. Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846) was a violinist and double-bass player. For a proof impression of this ticket, see item ref: 28892. De Vesme: 1918.
[Ref: 35625] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Concert ticket; For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti].
F. Bartolozzi inv.t Sculps.t.
Aetatis suae 69. 1797.
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 138 x 172mm (5½ x 6¾").
A concert ticket for the benefit of singer Mrs Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806). A muse is seated on clouds, lifting her left hand, holding a lyre in her right. On the right, are two putti, holding a trumpet and two laurel crowns. On the left, another putto holds a banner over Muse. De Vesme: 1914, iv of vii. See item 20507 and 21299 for earlier states.
[Ref: 32428] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Concert ticket; For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti.]
[F. Bartolozzi invt. Sculpst.]
[London, c.1797.]
Etching, proof before letters trimmed so roundel, diameter 185mm, 7¼". Small tear into plate lower left, plate mark cut small blemish in paper ower edge centre.
Muse seated on clouds holding a lyre with three putti; one holds a trumpet, another two laurel wreaths, the third holding the (unlettered) above. Ticket for the benefit of Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806), singer. De Vesme: 1914, ii of vii. See item 20507.
[Ref: 21299] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti.]
F. Bartolozzi inv.t Sculps.t 1797 aetatis suae 69.
138 x 172mm. 5½ x 6¾". Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mrs Banti. Muse seated on clouds holding a lyre with three putti; one holds a trumpet, another two laurel crowns and the third holding a banner over Muse. Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806), singer. De Vesme: 1914; iv/vii.
[Ref: 20507] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
For the Benefit of the Champion. A Catch to be Perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden _ for Admission Apply to the D____ ss_ NB. Gratis to those who wear Large Tails.
Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey. [n.d. c.1784.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 354mm (9¾ x 13½"). With small margins. Very slight centre crease.
The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY' [Cecil Wray]. Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turns to North and sings. North (right), also with a stick, sings. Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail', a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch. BM Satires 6591.
[Ref: 52361] £320.00
[The Benevolent Cardinal.]
[Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by W. Ward.]
[London Published Ap.r 14 1792 by J.R. Smith No 31. King Street, Covent Garden.]
An unrecorded touched proof mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 620mm (19¼ x 24½") Trimmed to image at bottom, to plate at sides.
A woman pleading her case before a cardinal. An early proof, probably touched by Westall, the artist, around the two women's hair. In the published state, the kneeling woman is changed to a nun, her hair hidden by a wimple; the standing woman's is less bushy; the cardinal's robe is darker; and one of the figures in the doorway has a turban. Frankau 23, an unrecorded state before i of iii.
[Ref: 56257] £520.00