The African Hog.
Drawn, Engraved & Published by Samuel Daniell, No 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Aug.t 15, 1805.
A very rare coloured aquatint. Sheet 380 x 505mm (15 x 20"), on Whatman paper. Trimmed within plate,
A bushpig at a watering hole, a tribesman with hunting dogs behind, published in Daniell's 'African Scenery and Animals', one of the scarcest plate books on South Africa. Despite the inscription it had been suggesed that the plates were in fact engraved by William Daniell. Daniell (1775-1811) arrived in South Africa in 1799 (soon after British occupation) and in 1801 joined an exploratory expedition to Bechuana, then at the limit of known territory. Daniell himself discovered the Kuruman Eye, a drinkable spring rising up into the Kalahari Desert, which has become one of South Africa's most celebrated natural wonders. He lived in Ceylon from 1806 until his death from tropical fever. Abbey: 321.
[Ref: 52840] £550.00
[South African Mongoose.] Cynictis Steedmannii. Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol. 1. Pl.3 pp.34.
E. Lear, del. Zeitter sc.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 310 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate on top and bottom edges.
A diagram of a South African Mongoose, named after Andrew Steedman who travelled through South Africa collecting specimens for study. After a drawing by the artist Edward Lear (1812-1888). An illustration for 'Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol 1'.
[Ref: 44728] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Anteater. Myrmecophaga Jubata.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
A pair of giant anteaters, natives to central and South America. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45776] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
('Black Buck') The Alarm [in crayon].
Horace W. Williamson [signature in pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8" x 10½". Small crease in the paper.
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a species of antelope found mainly in India, but also in parts of Pakistan and Nepal.
[Ref: 8951] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Young Eland. Oreas Canna.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 280 x 345mm (11 x 13½"). With a text page.
A large antelope of southern Africa, from 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park.' Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 30148] £350.00
[The Defassa Waterbuck. Plate IX. (Cobus defassa).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [n.d. c.1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
Three waterbuck, a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. 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: 30181] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Leucoryx Antelope. Oryx Leucoryx
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 290 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾"). With a text page.
A large antelope of southern Africa, from 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park.' Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 30149] £350.00
[The Barbary Sheep] The Aoudad. Ovis Tragelaphus.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 355 x 245mm (14 x 9½"), with very large margins.
The Barbary Sheep of North Africa. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50357] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[The Brown Bear. Plate XXVI. (Ursus arctus).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
The brown bear, found across much of northern Eurasia and North America. 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: 30191] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Der Syrische Bär. Taf: 13.
[H.R. Schinz.] [J.J. Honegger.]
[J.J. Honegger, 1840.]
Lithograph. 240 x 322mm (9½ x 12¾").
A Syrian Brown Bear. From "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere".
[Ref: 29467] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Bears in Canada.]
G. Watson.
Etching, 120 x 110mm. 4¾ x 4¼". Tear on right. Signed in pencil by artist. Scarce.
Canadian Interest. A large bear moving towards a cave, with two smaller bears following. On the reverse the following is handwritten in biro: 'a friend of ours does these etchings- there are bears only about 10 miles from us! You might tell father that I have sold over a dozen watercolours- all the B.C. scene.'
[Ref: 8698] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[The Bison. Plate XXXI. (Bos (Bison) bonasus).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
The European bison, also known as the wisent, found in northern Europe and particularly around the Bialowieza Forest, on the Poland-Belarus border. 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: 30196] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[African Buffalo in Papyrus].
1/50. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1910]
Etching on india, signed by artist. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Some cockling of india. Some staining in left margin. Left margin trimmed.
A buffalo amongst papyrus reeds, with two more buffalo in the background, by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54858] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
African Buffalo in Papyrus.
A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1910]
Etching, signed by artist. 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creased.
A buffalo amongst papyrus reeds, with two more buffalo in the background, by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54761] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Buffalo Cow. Height of Shoulder 4ft. 9in...Bone fore Leg 0f. 9in.
London Pub: July 20, 1805 by G. Garrard, Agricultural Museum, 28, George St.t Hanover Squ.r
Hand-coloured engraving, with large margins, very fine first issue. Plate 375 x 468mm. 14¾ x 18½". Creasing into plate, including lower left and upper right.
A buffalo cow, based on the water buffalo species, with horns that extend backwards and they have a tuft on their forehead. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each George Garrard (1760-1826) the animal painter and sculptor. Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27443] £320.00
Camelus Dromedarius Linn.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with original fine hand colour, pt 18th century watermark. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A portrait of an Arabian camel (Dromedary), from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen'.
[Ref: 52336] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Camelus Bactrianus Linn.
De Seve del. J.C. Bock sc.
[Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, c.1775.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 230 x 180mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A portrait of Bactrian camel of Central Asia, from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen'.
[Ref: 52337] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Arabian Camel, or Dromedary._Camelus Dromedarius. Price ¾d. Plain; 2d. Coloured.
Published Under the Direction of the Committtee of General Literature and Education, Appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill.
Hand-coloured wood engraving. Sheet: 275 x 340mm (10¾ x 13½'').
A portrait of a camel with a description of the animal below, the description includes references to the Bible.
[Ref: 48578] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. Pl. 8. The Camel.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Fine original hand coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 415mm. 14¼ x 16¼". Some soiling.
A central illustration of a dromedary and a Bactrian camels, surrounded by eight vignette scenes of of their uses and products, including transport, portage and clothing. Drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
[Ref: 13284] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. Pl. 8. The Camel.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 440mm (12½ x 17½''). Slight staining.
A central illustration of a dromedary and a Bactrian camels, surrounded by eight vignette scenes of of their uses and products, including transport, portage and clothing. Drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
[Ref: 48546] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
1. Das Dromedar. Camelus dromedarius. Le Dromadaire. 2. 2. Das Kameel mit zwey Höcker. Camelus bactrianus. Le chameau a deux bosses. 1/20. 116.
[H.R. Schinz.] [C.J. Brodtmann.]
[Brodtman, 1827.]
Lithograph. 330 x 229mm (13 x 9"). Some spotting.
A Dromedary camel and Bactrian camel. From "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere". See Ref: 29471 for reversed impression.
[Ref: 29470] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Dromedaire. Dromedar. Kösönséges Teve. 163.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 240 x 368mm (9½ x 4½").
Two dromedary or Arabian camels, distinguished by their even-toes and one hump; one sat and the other standing at a military camp.
[Ref: 29466] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Camel. Le Chameau.
London: William Dalton; 58., Holborn Hill. [n.d. c.1880.]
Hand-coloured wood engraving. 250 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Laid on album page.
A camel standing strong against a desert backgrop with pyramids and palm trees to the left, and a temple in to the right.
[Ref: 19379] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Canadan Lynx. Felis Canadensis.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
A Canada Lynx, a wild cat of Canada and the Rocky Mountains south to Colorado. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45774] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Caracal. Felis Caracal.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
An illustration of a pair of caracals, wild cats native to Africa and the Middle East. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45772] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Red Caracal. Felis Caracal.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
An illustration of a red caracal, a wild cat native to Africa and the Middle East. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45771] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Felis Colocolla.
J. Wolf & J. Smit del et lith. Hanhart imp.
[Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1878-83.]
Coloured lithograph, scarce. Sheet 570 x 475mm, 22½ x 18¾". Some wear.
The Pampas Cat of South America, formerly 'Molina`s Guiana Cat', from Daniel Giraud Elliot's 'Monograph of the Felidae of Family of the Cats'. Elliot (1835-1915), an American zoologist who was curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago, helped found the American Museum of Natural History and the American Ornithologists' Union. He published a series of expensive colour-plate books such as this, writing the text himself and employing artists such as Joseph Wolf (who had made his name working for John Gould), to provide the illustrations.
[Ref: 18607] £650.00
[Chimpanzee.] To S.r Hans Sloane Bar.t President of the Royal Society [This Plate is humbly Inscribed.]
[H.] Gravelot ad Vivum delt. [Scotin sculp. A. D. 1738.]
Publish'd Nov. 27 1738 according to the late Act.
Scarce etching with engraving, sheet 320 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within image losing part of the dedication. Cut and glued back together losing title and engraver's name. One horizontal crease.
A chimpanzee stands in landscape, holding a bowl. In the background a man shoots arrows at two chimpanzees climbing a palm tree on the left, with three more chimpanzees on the right. Bought by Capt. Flower of the "Speaker" from Angola to London.
[Ref: 59038] £380.00
The Chimpanzee. Now at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Waterhouse Hawkins.
Published for the Artist, by R. Ackerman, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman St. Oxford Street. [n.d. c.1825.]
Very rare and fine lithograph. 482 x 348mm. 19 x 13¾". Uncut sheet.
A baby chimpanzee at London Zoo dressed in a smock.
[Ref: 20806] £520.00
Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. Pl.2. Bull, Cow and Calf.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 440mm (12½ x 17½''). Repaired tears.
A central illustration of a bull, cow and calf, surrounded by eight vignette scenes of of their uses and products, including transport, portage and clothing. Drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
[Ref: 48547] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Bull of the Largest Breed of East Indian Cattle Common in Guserat.
Pub by G. Garrard, London, Jan.y 1.st 1801.
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins very fine First issue. Paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. Plate 374 x 451mm. 14¾ x 17¾". Five wormholes.
Kankrej Cattle are a breed of Zebu cattle from the district of Kankrej in the state of Gujarat in India. They are a very important race to india and are prized as powerful draught animals. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models. Issued with original colour like this, Garrard's Cows cost 5 shillings each. Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27425] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
An African Bull. from the Banks of the River Sierre Liona.
London, Pub: July 20. 1801, by George Garrard, Agricultural Museum, 28, George St. Hanover Squ.r
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins, very fine first issue. Plate 299 x 431mm. 11¾ x 17". Four wormholes.
An African cow with short horns, found in Sierra Leone. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models. Issued with original colour like this, Garrard's Cows cost 5 shillings each. Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27445] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Australasian Dog, or Dingo.
Heath sculp.
1800 Jan.y 1. London, Publish'd by G. Kearsley, Fleet Street.
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 205mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
From George Shaw's 'Systematic Natural History'.
[Ref: 55357] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Album of 16 etchings of African plains animals by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
16 etchings, 14 on india paper, some working proofs, all signed by the artist, mounted in contemporary half morocco gilt album with morocco gilt title label. Largest 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12½").
A remarkable scarce album of etchings of the plains animals. There are seven plates of elephants, three of lion, a rhinoceros, two of buffalo and three of antelope. Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 55128] £3,000.00
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[Betel & Dusky Pademelon] Areek-vrugt en Betelblat; Filander.
M Oool s.
[Amsterdam: R. en G. Wetstein, J. Oosterwyk & H. van de Gaete, 1714.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 330 x 180mm (13 x 7"), very large margins.
Two natural history illustrations on one sheet from Cornelis de Bruyn's 'Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie'. Above is a betel leaf with areca nut; below is The Dusky Pademelon, a marsupial of New Guinea (Latin name 'Thylogale brunii', for de Bruyn).
[Ref: 55363] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
African Elephants in grass.
20/. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching signed by artist. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creasing and faint staining in margins.
Portrait of two elephants walking through grass by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54777] £320.00
[African Elephants in grass].
1/50. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching signed by artist. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creasing and faint staining in margins.
Portrait of two elephants walking through grass by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54778] £320.00
[Elephants].
2nd proof. Second stage.
[n.d. c. 1910]
Etching. 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creasing. Faint staining in margins.
Portrait of two elephants walking through grass by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54773] £320.00
African Elelphants.
0/50. Final stage. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910]
Etching signed by artist. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creasing. Loss in upper left corner.
Portrait of two elephants walking through grass by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54774] £320.00
L'Éléphant.
Janet Lange del. Mme Fournier sc.
[n.d., c.1839.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 175 x 240mm (7 x 9½").
A portrait of an elephant set in an asian landscape, in the background figures ride and drive laden elephants. An illustration to 'Oeuvres complets de Buffon' 1839.
[Ref: 46426] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
XXII. Elephas Africanus. - The African Elephant.
W. C. Harris del.t
[London, John Murray, n.d., c.1840-3.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 330 x 450mm. (13 x 17¾").
A study of a African Elephant in its natural habitat, with a herd of elephants in the background, from Captain William Cornwallis Harris's 'Portraits of Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa'. Harris (1807 - 1848), an English military engineer, artist and hunter, joined the East India Company in December 1823. In their employ he was able to pursue his taste for field sports and the depiction of wildlife. One of the more notable of the early Victorian travellers, Harris's illustrations of the large African fauna were the first to have any claim to accuracy. They were originally issued in parts 1840-2 and as a volume in 1843. Abbey Travel 335.
[Ref: 58821] £520.00
[Figures Riding and Elephant.]
Printed by Spencer, Leicester. [n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving laid on gilt decorated card. Card: 75 x 115mm (3 x 4½''). Marking, staining and laid on album sheet.
A scene showing figures in Indian dress riding on and elephant.
[Ref: 48212] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
[Elephant].
1st proof. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1910].
Etching signed by artist. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾), with large margins. Laid on paper. Creasing. Faint staining in margins.
Landscape with elephant by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54771] £320.00
[Elephants.]
A. Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1945.]
Rare etching on india paper, limited edition signed by the artist. 180 x 255mm (8 x 10"), with wide margins.
Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 52802] £320.00
Olyfant. Pag.176.
J. Wandelaar del.
[1727.]
Engraving, platemark 297 x 172mm (11¾ x 6¾"). 'Essen Institute 1848' blindstamp top right. Small margins.
An elephant, from Peter Kolbe's "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop". Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research.
[Ref: 40098] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Herd of Elephants].
4/30. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching signed by artist. 315 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Laid on paper.
A herd of elephants walking over grass plains by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54788] £320.00
[Elephants.]
A. Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1945.]
Rare etching on india paper, limited edition signed by the artist. 265 x 320mm (10½ x 12½") very wide margins. Margins creased.
Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 52800] £320.00
[Elephants and Camels] Éléphants & Chameaux
[by Balthazar Solvyns]
[published Paris, 1811]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 13¾"). Central fold as issued; uncut sheet.
'The elephants in the print are represented eating the leaves and the bark of some shrubs of which they break the branches with their trunk; they have all of them one of their legs pinched with a piece of wood, wich [sic] prevents their making their escape. At a distance are some camels following a corps of troops. The landscape is a pass in the Carnatic, the only entrance is by narrow roads' (from letterpress published with print). From the third volume of Balthazar Solvyns' 'Les Hindoûs'. Solvyns (1760-1824), a Flemish artist who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, etched a collection of 250 plates documenting various aspects of Calcutta life. The set was first published in Calcutta, where it proved a financial failure, and Solvyns produced another set which he published in Paris after returning to Europe, although again the venture was unsuccessful, probably in part due to its publication at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Solvyns later returned to Antwerp, where William I appointed him Captain of the Port.
[Ref: 33645] £490.00
Elephant.
Howitt.
Published Jany. 2. 1809 by Ed. Orme London.
Etching. Plate 165 x 216mm. 6½ x 8½".
Head of an Elephant, part of a series. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes.
[Ref: 21513] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Group of Elephants].
28/ . A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching, proof. 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Faint staining in margins. Smudge in upper left corner. Laid on paper.
A herd of elephants walking by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54786] £320.00