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[Abraham offering up his son Isaac.]
[Abraham offering up his son Isaac.]
T Worlidge 1758
Etching. Plate: 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"), with large margins. Dusty.
Abraham offering up his son Isaac, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, before preventing him from doing so at the last minute, having received proof that he is god-fearing. Etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt', a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W.36.
[Ref: 49743]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Guiliemus Addy.
Guiliemus Addy.
I. Sturt sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 105 x 60mm (4 x 2¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of stenographer William Addy (c.1618-1695) who developed a form of shorthand that was a modification of Jeremiah Rich's version. The shorthand was so much practised that the Bible, New Testament and psalms were all written in it.
[Ref: 49659]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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S. Agata.
S. Agata.
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 190 x 120mm (7¾ x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Saint Agatha of Sicily. Agatha had dedicated herself to be a Consecrated Virgin but she attracted the attention of a Roman prefect. After she rejected his advances on several occasions he had her arrested and tried before himself, he sent her to a brothel where she suffered rape but she refused to turn her back on God. The prefect called her back and had her tortured, cutting off her breasts, she was eventually saved from torture by St Peter who healed her wounds. St. Agatha is shown holding a plate containing her breasts. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49646]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Agriculture.]
[Agriculture.]
B. West R.A. Historical Painter to his Majesty pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Historical Engraver to his Majesty sculp.t.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Printed area (at most) 515 x 640mm (20¼ x 25¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame, probably trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
An idyllic harvest scene, with figures cutting corn with sickles, binding sheaths, gathering grapes and plouching with oxen. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor, which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV.
De Vesme 1331.
[Ref: 50428]   £1,200.00  
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[Prince Albert as Edward III.]
[Prince Albert as Edward III.]
[n.d., c.1842.]
Fine & rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 510 x 340mm (20 x 13¼''), with large margins.
A portrait of Prince Albert dressed as Edward III, the costume he wore at a costume ball held at Buckingham Palace on 12th May 1842.
[Ref: 50132]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Albert VII, archduke of Austria] Albertus Card. Archidux Austr. Belgicar. Provinciar. Gubernator.
[Albert VII, archduke of Austria] Albertus Card. Archidux Austr. Belgicar. Provinciar. Gubernator. 1597.
O.Vaenius inven. G. Velden f.
[c.1619.]
Engraving. 485 x 365mm (19 x 14¼"), large margins. Folds, wear in margins.
Portrait of Albert VII (1559-1621), joint-sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands with his wife Isabella from 1598-1621, a cardinal and briefly archduke of Austria in 1619 before abdicating in favour of Ferdinand II. Although he is dressed as a cardinal the use of his ducal title suggests the print was published for his brief reign.
[Ref: 50008]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[St Andrew] S. Andreas.
[St Andrew] S. Andreas.
[Etched by Johan Bara after Joos van Winghe.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed. Laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of St Andrew from a set of the Twelve Apostles, drawn by Joos van Winghe (1544-1603, court painter to Alexander Farnese, count of Parma) and etched by Johan Bara (1581-1634).
[Ref: 49772]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Alcune Animali.
Alcune Animali.
desegnate per Giovanni vander Hecke et Intagl.te per Theod. van Kessel. An.o 1654. Bit later.
G. Quineau Exc. in de Raamsteeg.
6 etchings. Sheet: 75 x 105mm (3 x 4''). Laid on album sheet.
A series of five etchings with a frontispiece showing various animals in landscapes. Engraved by Theodorus van Kessel (1620-1660) after Jan van den Hecke I.
[Ref: 49678]   £500.00  
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Opus quod in æde Viginis Deiparæ Annunciatæ Collegii Romam societatis IESW. Federicus Zuccarus S. Angeki in Vado ad Ripas Mitauri perfecit æneis tabellis expressum.
Opus quod in æde Viginis Deiparæ Annunciatæ Collegii Romam societatis IESW. Federicus Zuccarus S. Angeki in Vado ad Ripas Mitauri perfecit æneis tabellis expressum. Ioannes sadeler excud: Coloniæ Agrippa: A.D. MDLXXX.
Raphael Sadeler sculpsit Ætatis suæ. 19.
In Venetia Stefano Scolari Forma a S. Zulian. [1580.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼''). Trimmed, creased, stained & damaged.
A scene set under an arch, an angel, holding a rose announces to the Virgin that she will be the mother of the messiah, above her are hoards of angels and around her are the saints. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632).
[Ref: 49724]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Aphrodite.]
[Aphrodite.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Aphrodite, with Cupid at her feet. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49684]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Apollo calling up the Fine Arts and Sciences.]
[Apollo calling up the Fine Arts and Sciences.]
B. West inv.t Historical Painter to his Majesty, R.A. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t Historical Engraver to his Majesty.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Sheet 530 x 660mm (21 x 26"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
Apollo alighting, torch in hand and wings spread, gesturing towards allegorical figures of the arts and sciences. Half-hidden is a bas-relief of George III. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor,which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV.
De Vesme 557.
[Ref: 50427]   £2,000.00  
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The true and perfect manner of the execution of one Richard Atkins, Englishman at Rome. Anno. 1581.
The true and perfect manner of the execution of one Richard Atkins, Englishman at Rome. Anno. 1581.
[n.d., c.1600?]
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Trimmed. Creasing.
A series of four vignettes showing events that led to the execution of the Protestant martyr Richard Atkins. Atkins was travelling in Rome with his New Testament where he was arrested by the Inquisition. He was tortured and finally burnt at the stake.
[Ref: 49702]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Augustus.] Augusto. Divi. F. Cos. XI. Tr. Pot. II. Imp. VIII.
[Augustus.] Augusto. Divi. F. Cos. XI. Tr. Pot. II. Imp. VIII.
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Augustus (Octavian) from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49701]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex.
H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex.
On stone by A. Picken.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick (1773-1843), sixth son of George III, in middle age.
[Ref: 49523]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Cap.t Ayscough.
Cap.t Ayscough. From an Original Sketch by Dance, in the Collection of Sir William Musgrave Bar.t.
S. Haring sculp.
Pub.d Dec.r 1 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple. 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½") very large margins.
A posthumously-published sketch portrait of George Edward Ayscough (d.1779), dramatist and guards officer, nephew of the first Lord Lyttelton. In 1776 he produced a version of Voltaire's ‘Semiramis’ at Drury Lane, which his brother officers attended in great force, securing its success. However Isaac Reed's '' Biographia dramatica'' (1782) described Ayscough as ‘a fool of fashion’ and ‘a parasite of Lord Lyttelton’; 'Seniranis' is condemned as contemptible. Ayscough also editored the ''Miscellaneous Works'' of Lord Lyttelton, published 1774.
[Ref: 48996]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[St. Babia Refusing Sacrifice.]
[St. Babia Refusing Sacrifice.] All Ill.mo Sig. et Pron. Col.mo Il Sig. Marcello Sacchetti. Ill.mo Sig.nel presente folgio, chi io ho...
In Roma li 20 di Decembre 1626. Gio. Batta Mercati F.
Superior pmissu. [1626.]
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼''). Trimmed.
A religious scene showing St. Babia refusing to make sacrifices to the pagan dieties.
[Ref: 49735]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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John Polexfen Bastard and Edmund Bastards Esq.rs.
John Polexfen Bastard and Edmund Bastards Esq.rs.
Painted by J. Northcote R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published June 12, 1795 by S.W. Reynolds, No. 50 Poland Street.
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 410mm (16 x 16"). Small tears in margins. Small margins.
John Pollexfen Bastard (1756-1816), MP for Truro in 1783 and for the Devonshire Constituency 1784-1812, and Edmund Bastard (1758-1816), MP for Dartmouth from 1787-1812. The brothers were not the only Bastards to be elected to Parliament: when John stood down in 1812 he was replaced by his nephew Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784-1838).
[Ref: 49568]   £380.00  
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[Liège] L’Abbaye du Val Benoit [pencil].
[Liège] L’Abbaye du Val Benoit [pencil].
P. Daxhelete [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. 270 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), very large margins..
Destroyed in the Second World War and a replica built. By Paul Alfred Marie Daxhelet (1905-93).
[Ref: 49790]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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W.m. Henry West Betty, Ætatis Suæ 13.
W.m. Henry West Betty, Ætatis Suæ 13. From the first and only original Portrait in the possession of Tho.s Lister Parker Esq.r.
Painted by J. Northcote Esqr. R.A. Engraved by J. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Published March, 16. 1805. by Mr. Betty, at Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers, Cockspur Street.
Fine mezzotint, open letter proof. 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"), large margins. Pencil annotations in lower margin.
William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), a child actor billed as the 'Young Roscius' for his performances in adult roles like Hamlet and Romeo, 1804-6, at Covent Garden. He paid for the publication of this portrait before he was fifteen.
CS: 4: II of III.
[Ref: 50088]   £350.00  
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The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green.
The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Thread margins, tears entering plate on right. Slight vertical crease.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49969]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green.
[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.]
[Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.]
[London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 560 x 475mm (21¾ x 18¾"). Very fine colour. Trimmed to image on all sides, title reinstated in manuscript, laid on thick paper.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49971]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green.
The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"), with large margins. Surface abrasions in inscription area. Small tear on left.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49970]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The R.t Hon.ble Edward Boscawen,  Admiral of the Blue.
The R.t Hon.ble Edward Boscawen, Admiral of the Blue. Æt. 49. Engraved by C. Bestland. from a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Possession of Viscount Falmouth.
Published June 1 1803 by C. Bestland, West End, Hampstead.
Stipple. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A half-length detail of the portrait of Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-61) by Reynolds, with the background removed.
[Ref: 48999]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Guillaume de Brisacier Secretaire des Commandemens de la Reyne 1664.
Guillaume de Brisacier Secretaire des Commandemens de la Reyne 1664.
N. Mignard Auenionensis Pinxit. Ant. Masson sculpebat 1664.
Engraving. Sheet: 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of French statesman Guillaume de Briscier.
[Ref: 49921]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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The Late Francis John Browne, Esq. of Frampton, Dorset. Many Years M.P. for Dorsetshire.
The Late Francis John Browne, Esq. of Frampton, Dorset. Many Years M.P. for Dorsetshire.
Painted by C.W. Day. Engraved by W. Finden.
[n.d.., c.1840.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 250 x 225mm (9¾ x 8¾''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of Member of Parliament Francis Browne (1754-1833).
[Ref: 50128]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Jean Bureau Seig.r de Monglat &c Marie De Bordeaux , Chabellan des P. Charles Vilet Louis XL et Maistre de l'Artillerie en France.
Jean Bureau Seig.r de Monglat &c Marie De Bordeaux , Chabellan des P. Charles Vilet Louis XL et Maistre de l'Artillerie en France. Noble home et puillant leigneur Mellire Jehan Bureau Chevalier.
I. Grignon sculp.
[n.d.., c.1690.]
Engraving. Plate: 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼''), with large margins.
A portrait of French military commander Jean Bureau (1390-1463).
[Ref: 49923]   £100.00   (£120.00 incl.VAT)
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Edmund Burke Esq.r.
Edmund Burke Esq.r. The British Cicero.
[n.d., c.1770 London Magazine.]
Engraving, fine impression. Plate: 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''). Foxing.
A portrait of British politician Edmund Burke (1729-1797) shown before a statue of Cicero and holding a copy of the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 50046]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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The Rev.d William Butler, of Frampton, Dorsetshire.
The Rev.d William Butler, of Frampton, Dorsetshire. From a Picture in the possession of Thomas Bridge Esq.r.
Painted by A. Morton Esq.r. Engraved by T. Lupton 4 Leigh Street, Burton Crescent.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 370 x 290mm (14½ x 11½'') very large margins.
A portrait of Rev. William Butler (1760-1841).
[Ref: 50130]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Adam and Eve Mourning Abel.]
[Adam and Eve Mourning Abel.] Hornâ fruge Cain lectoque aram imbuit agno...
A. Blomaert inv.
[n.d, c.1605.]
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾''). Trimmed.
A biblical scene showing Adam and Eve mourning over the body of Abel, in the background Cain is shown killing Abel amd in the far right Cain is shown running away. A reverse copy of an 1604 Jan Saenredam engraving after Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651).
[Ref: 49734]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Six Illustrations from Calendar of Shepherds.]
[Six Illustrations from Calendar of Shepherds.]
[Wynkyn de Worde.]
[n.d., c.1508.]
6 woodcuts. Sheet: 150 x 125mm (6 x 5''). Trimmed, paper tone.
Six illustrations from Wynkyn de Worde's 'Calendar of Shepherds' showing figures in various seasonal activities like harvesting hay, making wine and gardening. Each illustration has celestial signs in the image. Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534) was a printer and publisher known for his work with William Caxton, he was the first to popularise products of the printing press.
[Ref: 49655]   £900.00   view all images for this item
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[Caught.]
[Caught.]
Geo. Marples. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. Plate: 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½'') very large margins. Laid on card.
A scene showing a salmon caught on a line.
[Ref: 49595]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito.
[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito. Ondine.
Widal [Vincent Vidal]. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49517]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Here Maistie is vaildd by splendancy of Mistris Lane whole Royal constancy did travell much & undertake such paine with her Father, King Charles his life to gaine.
Here Maistie is vaildd by splendancy of Mistris Lane whole Royal constancy did travell much & undertake such paine with her Father, King Charles his life to gaine.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1651-1680.]
Engraving. Verso in pencil "From Lord Analys? sale 187? Plate: 90 x 110mm (3¾ x 4¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A historical scene showing Charles II making his escape after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester 1651. On escaping the battle Charles II made his way to Bently Hall, home of Royalist Col. Jone Lane, Lane's sister Jane had received military permission to travel to Bristol to visit a friend so Charles II disguised himself as her servant and travelled in her entourage, failing to find a ship in Bristol they travelled to Weymouth. It was discovered that Jane Lane had helped in the escape and so was herself forced into exile, where she continued her friendship with the King and she was rewarded with a pension after the Restoration.
[Ref: 50270]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Claudius I.] Ti. Claudius. Caesar. Aug. P. M. Tr. P. Imp.
[Claudius I.] Ti. Claudius. Caesar. Aug. P. M. Tr. P. Imp. Claudius irrisae privato in tempore vitae...
[Wolfgang Kilian.][After Raffaello Schiaminossi.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 130mm (8 x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, stained.
A portrait of Claudius I from a series of thirteen busts of Roman Emperors engraved by Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) after Raffaello Schiaminossi.
[Ref: 49699]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
J. Riley pinx. J. Smith fec.
[London, c.1707.]
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London, in an oval above ceremonial regalia. After founding a bank, Clayton & Morris Co., he amassed such a fortune that he could buy Brownsea Island and its castle in the 1650s and lend William III £30,000 to pay for the army in 1697. He became a director of the Bank of England in 1702.
CS 52 ii.
[Ref: 49957]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Ludovicus Marcellus de Coetlogon Episcopus Briocensis Regi Ab Omnibus Consilis.
Ludovicus Marcellus de Coetlogon Episcopus Briocensis Regi Ab Omnibus Consilis. Offrebat Petrus Canonicus Bonaventura Matais Briocensis.
[Gerard Edelinck.]
[c.1685]
Engraving. Sheet: 435 x 340mm (17 x 13¼''). Trimmed. Creased.
A portrait of Louis-Marcel de Coëtlogon (1648-1767).
R.D. 170
[Ref: 49930]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Ioannes Baptista Michael Colbert Archiepiscopus Tolosanus Regia Secretoribus Consilius.
Ioannes Baptista Michael Colbert Archiepiscopus Tolosanus Regia Secretoribus Consilius.
De Largillierre pinxit. G. Edelinck sculp 1693.
Engraving. Sheet: 400 x 315mm (15¾ x 12½''). Trimmed and creasing.
A portrait of Jean Baptiste Colbert.
[Ref: 49931]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Effigies Joannis Coleti Decani. St Pauli qui obÿt 1519.
Effigies Joannis Coleti Decani. St Pauli qui obÿt 1519.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving on chine collé. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6") very large margins.
A portrait of the Renaissance scholar and clergyman John Colet (1467-1519), Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. A Christian Humanist and friend of Erasmus, he is best known now for using his inheritance to revive the cathedral's school, now St Paul's School.
[Ref: 49530]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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P. Colquhoun Esq.r. L.L.D. &c. &c. &c.
P. Colquhoun Esq.r. L.L.D. &c. &c. &c.
Painted by S. Medley. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
Published Feb.y 13. 1802 by R. Wilkinson No. 58, Cornhill.
Fine colour-printed mezzotint. Plate: 460 x 330mm (18 x 13''). Creasing. Small margins. Repair bottom right near margin.
A portrait of Patrick Colquhoun (1745-1820) who was a merchant in Glasgow and the founder of the Thames police.
[Ref: 48903]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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William Congreve. Esq.r.
William Congreve. Esq.r. 40.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx.t 1709. I. Faber fecit 1733.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 253mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
William Congreve (1670-1729), dramatist, poet, and member of the Kit-Cat Club.
CS: 54. Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 49559]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Astley Cooper.
Sir Astley Cooper. Star No. 6.
Cunthorpe sc. Alvey, lith London R.d.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Stipple engraving. Plate 354 x 290mm.
Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841), surgeon and anatomist, who made historical contributions to otology, vascular surgery, the anatomy and pathology of the mammary glands and testicles, and the pathology and surgery of hernia. The black border around his name suggests this a posthumous tribute.
[Ref: 49524]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Robertus de Cotte.
Robertus de Cotte.
Tortebat pinxit. A. Trouvain sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 330 x 255mm (13 x 10''). Trimmed within image.
A portrait of French architect Robert de Cotte (1656-1735) who served as director of the Académie royale d'architecture from 1687-1708.
[Ref: 49925]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Le Coucher.
[Le Coucher. D'après le Tableau Original de 5. pieds 9. po. de haut, sur 4. pieds 5. po. de large, Peint par Jacques Vanloo, en 1650 & Gravé par Porporati, Pensionnaire de S. M. le Roi de Sardaigne.]
[J. Vanloo Pinx. Porporati Sculp.]
[Aparis chez Buldet Rue de Gesvres, dans la Maison à grand Balcon et à Porte cochere, au Premier. Imprimé par J.C. Aze.] [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 385 x 525mm (15¼ x 20¾"), with large margins. Crack in blank inscription area repaired, tears in margins.
A woman, wearing only a bonnet, looks over her shoulder provocatively as she climbs into bed. The scene was painted by Jacob van Loo and engraved by Carlo Antonio Porporati.
[Ref: 49828]   £360.00  
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[Cows, Goats and Sleeping Family.]
[Cows, Goats and Sleeping Family.]
C.P. Berghem inventer et fecit [but engraved by Christian Gottlieb Geyser].
[Berlin, n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet: 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Staining.
A rural scene showing a urinating cow, a herd of goats and a sleeping man, woman and child. A copy of an etching by Dutch printmaker Nicolaes Berchem (1621-1683) by Christian Gottlieb Geyser (1742 - 1803).
BM S.6476.
[Ref: 49654]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Oliver Cromwell.]
[Oliver Cromwell.]
J. Jones sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Plate: 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6''). Creasing and staining.
A rare amateur etching, a portrait of Oliver Cromwell set within a circle.
[Ref: 50275]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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[Crucifixion.]
[Crucifixion.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 210 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A scene of the crucifixion showing Christ, dressed in robes and an ornate crown upon the cross, the sun in the top left corner and the moon in the top right. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49647]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Carol Honorat D'Albert Dux de Chevreuse Leuis Equitat Praetoriani Praefect.
Carol Honorat D'Albert Dux de Chevreuse Leuis Equitat Praetoriani Praefect. Offerebat Ludouvicus Pasquier.
Ant. Masson ad vivam ping. Sculpebat 1679.
Engraving. Sheet: 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½''). Trimmed, edges damaged.
A portrait of French military officer Charles Honoré d'Albert, Duke of Chevreuse (1646-1712).
[Ref: 49929]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Uriah before David.] Rex rogat Urian de bello, mittit et illi, Addita nectarys vina
[Uriah before David.] Rex rogat Urian de bello, mittit et illi, Addita nectarys vina
[Johann Sadeler I.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet on left.
A biblical scene showing Uriah, in his uniform kneeling before King David. From 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...'. Engraved by Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600).
[Ref: 49727]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[King David playing the harp.]
[King David playing the harp.]
[Engraved by Georg Lemberger.]
[Wittenburg: Hans Lufft, c.1550?]
Woodcut. Sheet 115 x 140mm (4½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, small loss right bottom, laid on album paper.
King David seated on a throne playing the harp, the Holy Spirit as a dove flying above his head. ''The series of Old Testament illustrations appears to have been first published in the Low German Bible printed by Michael Lotter in Magdeburg, 1536. Others were added in following editions (see Dodgson, II, p. 366).The majority of the BM impressions are from a High German Bible apparently printed by Lufft, probably the 1550 edition'' (BM 1848,0304.8).
BM 1848,0304.110.
[Ref: 49771]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Psallite Deo nostro Psallite: Psallite Regi nostro psallite. Quoniam Rex Omnis Terre Deus: psallite sapienter. psal. 45.
Psallite Deo nostro Psallite: Psallite Regi nostro psallite. Quoniam Rex Omnis Terre Deus: psallite sapienter. psal. 45.
A Bloemaert Iventor. Guilb. Pass fecit.
Cum privil du Reg treschretien Crisp. Pass ex. [n.d., c.1618.] Bit later.
Engraving. Sheet: 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼''). Trimmed.
A biblical scene showing King David playing his harp. After Dutch artist and printmaker Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651).
[Ref: 49733]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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