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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Photograph of an angler fishing in the River Purwell, Ickleford, with another of the same location.]](jpegs/53755.jpg)
[Photograph of an angler fishing in the River Purwell, Ickleford, with another of the same location.]
Photographed by T.B. Lachmore, Bancroft Street, Hitchin.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two photographs. 185 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½").
Two photographs of a house by the side of the River Purwell, Ickleford, Herts. One has an angler, probably the owner of the house, fishing. The house still exists, where the Arlsey Road crosses the river.
[Ref: 53755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Photographed by T.B. Lachmore, Bancroft Street, Hitchin.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two photographs. 185 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½").
Two photographs of a house by the side of the River Purwell, Ickleford, Herts. One has an angler, probably the owner of the house, fishing. The house still exists, where the Arlsey Road crosses the river.
[Ref: 53755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
The Children in the Wood.
Drawn by J.H. Benwell. The Figures engraved by W.Sharp. The Landscape by W. Byrne & T. Medland.
Published as the Act directs, 20 May, 1786, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street, London.
Engraving. 275 x 305mm (10¾ x 12")
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, abandoned by the men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins.
[Ref: 623] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J.H. Benwell. The Figures engraved by W.Sharp. The Landscape by W. Byrne & T. Medland.
Published as the Act directs, 20 May, 1786, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street, London.
Engraving. 275 x 305mm (10¾ x 12")
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, abandoned by the men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins.
[Ref: 623] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Children in the Wood. Their pretty lips with blackberries, Were all besmear'd and dyed, And when they saw the darksome night. They sat them down and cried [...]
Benwell pinx.t L. C. Ruotte sc. Se vend a[?] Paris chez Arthur et Compagnie, a la Manufacture de Papiers au coin de la rue [...] le Boulevard.
Paris, 1914.
Coloured engraving. 280 x 320mm (12½ x 11"), with wide margins. Some creasing in upper right corner.
A scene from the English folk tale better known as 'The Babes in the Wood'. Abandoned in the forest, the two children fall asleep at dusk.
[Ref: 54080] £450.00
Benwell pinx.t L. C. Ruotte sc. Se vend a[?] Paris chez Arthur et Compagnie, a la Manufacture de Papiers au coin de la rue [...] le Boulevard.
Paris, 1914.
Coloured engraving. 280 x 320mm (12½ x 11"), with wide margins. Some creasing in upper right corner.
A scene from the English folk tale better known as 'The Babes in the Wood'. Abandoned in the forest, the two children fall asleep at dusk.
[Ref: 54080] £450.00
![Cupid Disarmed. [&] Cupid's Revenge.](jpegs/624.jpg)
Cupid Disarmed. [&] Cupid's Revenge.
J.H.Benwell Delin.t Engrav'd by C.Knight.
London, Publish'd Jan.y 2d; 1786, by W.Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No. 158, Bond Street.
Pair of stipples. Ea. 275 x 195mm. Mint.
[Ref: 624] £490.00 view all images for this item
J.H.Benwell Delin.t Engrav'd by C.Knight.
London, Publish'd Jan.y 2d; 1786, by W.Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No. 158, Bond Street.
Pair of stipples. Ea. 275 x 195mm. Mint.
[Ref: 624] £490.00 view all images for this item
James Benwell Aged 82. of the Physic Gardens, Oxford.
A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
[Ref: 51314] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
[Ref: 51314] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Giles Beauty.]](jpegs/46716.jpg)
[St Giles Beauty.]
J.H. Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Pub.d 8. Sept. 1783 by E.M. Diemar Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia, fine proof before title. Plate: 270 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾") very large margins.
A portrait of Elizabeth Burrough, the St Giles Beauty shown in profile, wearing a bonnet with a satin sash.
De Vesme 1290.II of III. Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46716] £360.00
J.H. Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Pub.d 8. Sept. 1783 by E.M. Diemar Strand.
Stipple, printed in sepia, fine proof before title. Plate: 270 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾") very large margins.
A portrait of Elizabeth Burrough, the St Giles Beauty shown in profile, wearing a bonnet with a satin sash.
De Vesme 1290.II of III. Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46716] £360.00
A Gipsy. Her Goods a Picher; and old Hay her Bed, She strolls, and telling Fortunes earns her Bread. Dryden.
J.H. Benwell delint. G. Keating sculpt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple. 140 x 96mm. 5½ x 3¾".
A gipsy woman with a staff over her right arm with a pot dangling off the end. Wearing a rather old hat and clothing not dissimilar in state.
[Ref: 14992] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J.H. Benwell delint. G. Keating sculpt.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple. 140 x 96mm. 5½ x 3¾".
A gipsy woman with a staff over her right arm with a pot dangling off the end. Wearing a rather old hat and clothing not dissimilar in state.
[Ref: 14992] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Jemmy's Return. At length the merry Bells rung round I could na guess the cause, But Rodney was the Man they said, who gained so much applause...I blush'd, consented and reply'd; Adieu to Robin Grey. To Lady Rogers, this Print is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyship's most obliged Servant, J. Walker.
I.H. Benwell inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Published April 3 1786 by I. Walker Printseller...
Hand-coloured stipple with small margins. Plate 380 x 350mm (15 x 13¾"). Text faint; spot upper left.
A man wearing a kilt holding the hand of a lady with a pair of scissors suspended from her waist, both standing before rocks, a cottage and rocky cliffs beyond. llustration to the Ballad of 'Auld Robin Gray'.
De Vesme: 1387.
[Ref: 28770] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
I.H. Benwell inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Published April 3 1786 by I. Walker Printseller...
Hand-coloured stipple with small margins. Plate 380 x 350mm (15 x 13¾"). Text faint; spot upper left.
A man wearing a kilt holding the hand of a lady with a pair of scissors suspended from her waist, both standing before rocks, a cottage and rocky cliffs beyond. llustration to the Ballad of 'Auld Robin Gray'.
De Vesme: 1387.
[Ref: 28770] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Orange Girl.]](jpegs/28904.jpg)
[Orange Girl.]
J.H. Benwell del. Walker Excud.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Publish'd Dec.r 2.nd 1786, by J. Walker, No.148, Strand.
Etching with stipple and large margins. Plate 274 x 221mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Slight mark.
Half-length young woman, body facing three-quarter to right, head turned in profile to right, wearing a hat with ribbons, holding a basket of oranges in right hand, a paper inscribed "Theatre Royal, Drury-lane Isabella". Isabella, or, The Fatal Marriage, was a play by Thomas Southerne, which was adapated by Garrick with Sarah Siddons playing the title role.
De Vesme 1288: ii/iv.
[Ref: 28904] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.H. Benwell del. Walker Excud.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Publish'd Dec.r 2.nd 1786, by J. Walker, No.148, Strand.
Etching with stipple and large margins. Plate 274 x 221mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Slight mark.
Half-length young woman, body facing three-quarter to right, head turned in profile to right, wearing a hat with ribbons, holding a basket of oranges in right hand, a paper inscribed "Theatre Royal, Drury-lane Isabella". Isabella, or, The Fatal Marriage, was a play by Thomas Southerne, which was adapated by Garrick with Sarah Siddons playing the title role.
De Vesme 1288: ii/iv.
[Ref: 28904] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Young Woman Spinning.]](jpegs/48984.jpg)
[Young Woman Spinning.]
J. H. Benwell inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Published Jan. 20th 1784 by J. Walker Carver No.148 Strand.
Stipple, proof before title. Plate: 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8'') very large margins. Publication line faint.
A scene showing a country girl sitting outside at her spinning wheel with her cat asleep next to her.
[Ref: 48984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. H. Benwell inv.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Published Jan. 20th 1784 by J. Walker Carver No.148 Strand.
Stipple, proof before title. Plate: 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8'') very large margins. Publication line faint.
A scene showing a country girl sitting outside at her spinning wheel with her cat asleep next to her.
[Ref: 48984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![A S.t James's Beauty. [&] A St. Giles's Beauty.](jpegs/60290.jpg)
A S.t James's Beauty. [&] A St. Giles's Beauty.
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of very fine stipples. Each 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals: Priscilla Burrough dressed in the height of late eighteenth century fashion; and Elizabeth Burrough wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Elizabeth Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785).
De Vesme 1291. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See reference 625 for proof impressions.
[Ref: 60290] £520.00 view all images for this item
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of very fine stipples. Each 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals: Priscilla Burrough dressed in the height of late eighteenth century fashion; and Elizabeth Burrough wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Elizabeth Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785).
De Vesme 1291. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See reference 625 for proof impressions.
[Ref: 60290] £520.00 view all images for this item
![[A St. James's Beauty.] [&] [A St. Giles's Beauty.]](jpegs/625.jpg)
[A St. James's Beauty.] [&] [A St. Giles's Beauty.]
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of stipples, proofs before titles, printed in sepia. Ea. 270 x 220mm. "St. James" trimmed just outside plate mark, small rubbed area in unprinted area, corner repaired. "St Giles trimmed to plate on right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 625] £450.00 view all images for this item
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of stipples, proofs before titles, printed in sepia. Ea. 270 x 220mm. "St. James" trimmed just outside plate mark, small rubbed area in unprinted area, corner repaired. "St Giles trimmed to plate on right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 625] £450.00 view all images for this item
A St. Giles's Beauty.
J.H.Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd 8th Septr. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Stipple with etching, printed in brown. 265 x 215mm. (10½ x 8½". Trimmed to plate; a strong early printing. Extreme bottom left corner made up.
Portrait in oval of Elizabeth Burrough, in profile wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785); a companion to his 'St. James's Beauty'.
[Ref: 52708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.H.Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd 8th Septr. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Stipple with etching, printed in brown. 265 x 215mm. (10½ x 8½". Trimmed to plate; a strong early printing. Extreme bottom left corner made up.
Portrait in oval of Elizabeth Burrough, in profile wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785); a companion to his 'St. James's Beauty'.
[Ref: 52708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A woman and cupid.]](jpegs/10012.jpg)
[A woman and cupid.]
J.H. Benwell Delin. Engraved by C: Knight.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Hand coloured stipple with etching, sheet 170 x 135mm. 6¾ x 5¼". Trimmed within plate. Soiled.
Cupid has loosed an arrow that seems about to penetrate the heart of a seated woman, who thinks about her love. After John Hodges Benwell (1764 - 1785).
[Ref: 10012] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.H. Benwell Delin. Engraved by C: Knight.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Hand coloured stipple with etching, sheet 170 x 135mm. 6¾ x 5¼". Trimmed within plate. Soiled.
Cupid has loosed an arrow that seems about to penetrate the heart of a seated woman, who thinks about her love. After John Hodges Benwell (1764 - 1785).
[Ref: 10012] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)