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General Sir Charles Asgill Bar.t G.C.G.O. &c. &c. &c.
General Sir Charles Asgill Bar.t G.C.G.O. &c. &c. &c.
Painted by T. Philips Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published April 20th 1822, by C. Turner No 55. Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 13¾"), with very large margins. Paper toned, edges brittle.
Half-length portrait of Charles Asgill (1762-1823) in his dress uniform. Asgill found fame when, having being taken prisoner at the surrender at Yorktown, he was sentenced to death by George Washington in retaliation for the death of an American captain at Loyalist hands. Asgill's mother appealed to Louis XVI, who sent an ambassador who successfully requested a reprieve. Asgill later wrote a letter to an American newspaper detailing the treatment he received in captivity, including beatings by drunken revellers who had paid money to enter his cell.
[Ref: 50091]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Scrapsheet with Drawings of Ballet Dancers.]
[Scrapsheet with Drawings of Ballet Dancers.]
Scrapsheet. Sheet: 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾''). Tears.
A scrapsheet with various scenes including amateur portraits of Taglioni, Grisi, Cerrito and Lucile Grahn dancing.
[Ref: 50597]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Angiola Bianchi.
Angiola Bianchi.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
Published by the Proprietor. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian singer Angiola Bianchi.
[Ref: 49954]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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John Clark and Thomas Grimes, The Itinerant Blind Fiddlers.
John Clark and Thomas Grimes, The Itinerant Blind Fiddlers.
Drawn by C. Carter. On stone by G.C. Finden. J.R. Jobbins, Litho.
Published by H. Hardacre, Hadleigh. [n.d., c.1830.]
A very rare lithograph. Sheet: 240 x 245mm (9½ x 9¾''). Trimmed,
A portrait of two blind fiddlers seated upon wooden seats.
[Ref: 50025]   £230.00  
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[Boy in a Cap.]
[Boy in a Cap.]
[Watteau]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, proof. Plate: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½''), with large margins.
Proof after Watteau.
[Ref: 49902]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Praecellentissimi Vatis, Samuelis Butler. Calidus excuso populum suspendere Naso. Pers.
Praecellentissimi Vatis, Samuelis Butler. Calidus excuso populum suspendere Naso. Pers. Illustrissomp Viro Georgio Granville Baroni de Lansdown. Hanc Tabulam Humillime D.D.D. G. Vertue.
G. Soest pinx. G. Vertue Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Plate: 265 x 240mm (10½ x 9½''), with very large margins. Some marking.
A portrait of poet and satirist Samuel Butler (1613-1680) from Vertue's 'Twelve Celebrated English Poets'.
[Ref: 50045]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Earl of Northesk. [in ink.]
Earl of Northesk. [in ink.]
J. Hibbert Jun.r Bath, Fecit. [n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce aquatint. Plate: 295 x 220mm (11½ x 8½''). Small margins.
A portrait of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk (1858-1831) as a Post Captain. Carnegie joined the Royal Navy in 1771 and served during the American Wars of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.
[Ref: 50416]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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W. Caxton, the first Introducer of Printing into England.
W. Caxton, the first Introducer of Printing into England.
[After John Bagford.]
[n.d., c.1737.]
Engraving. Sheet: 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of merchant William Caxton (1422-1491) who introduced the printing press to England. Frontispiece to Lewis's 'Life of Caxton' 1737.
[Ref: 50522]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Portrait of the Most Noble The Marchioness of Salisbury Dedicated to the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Hillsborough. By his Lordships most obedient humble Serv.t R.d Harraden.
Portrait of the Most Noble The Marchioness of Salisbury Dedicated to the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Hillsborough. By his Lordships most obedient humble Serv.t R.d Harraden.
R. Crosse pinx.t painter in Enamel to his Majesty. R.H. Excud. Benj. Smith sculp.t
Pub.d August 1 1790 by R. Harraden St. Martins Lane.
Rare stipple. Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½''). Very small margins, slight creasing
A portrait of Mary Amelia Cecil (1750-1835) after a miniature by Richard Crosse.
[Ref: 50016]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[A cherub blowing bubbles.]
[A cherub blowing bubbles.] [Engrav'd from a Painting by Rubens.]
[Engraved by Captain William Baillie after Peter Paul Rubens.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Wear in bottom margin.
Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49629]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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M.elle Sophie Cruvelli.
M.elle Sophie Cruvelli.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of German opera singer Sophie Cruvelli (1826-1907). Verso oil sketch S. Stanislavs Kostka.
[Ref: 50533]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Will.m Darling of the Fern Islands.
Will.m Darling of the Fern Islands.
E. Hastings del.t. L. Corbaux.
London Ackermann & Co. Strand, Dickinson Bond St. & Newcastle Currie & Bowman. Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d., c.1838.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11'').
A portrait of William Darling who was a lighthouse keeper on the Farne Islands, near the coast of Northumberland. On 7th September 1838 Darling and his daughter Grace rescued 9 people from the wrecked Forfarshire: both were awarded the Silver Medal for bravery by the Royal National Insitution for Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
[Ref: 50389]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Liefe Is Deathe and Death is Liefe Ætatis Suæ XXXX. 1563.
Liefe Is Deathe and Death is Liefe Ætatis Suæ XXXX. 1563.
Imprinted at London, by Iohn Day, dwellyng ouer Aldergate beneath Saint Martins. Cum gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per Septennium. These Bookes are to be solde at hys shop under the gate. 1653.
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½''). Creasing, marking and tipped into album sheet. Damage and hole in plate in top, left corner.
A portrait of John Day, frontispiece to John Foxe's 'Acts and Monuments' (Book of Martyrs) published by Day in 1563.
[Ref: 50524]   £380.00  
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[John Dickens.]
[John Dickens.]
S. Haydon ad vivam f.t.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Etching. Plate: 165 x 85mm (6½ x 3¼''), with very large margins. Dusty.
A portrait of John Dickens (1785-1851), father of novelist Charles Dickens and the model for the character of Mr Micawber in the novel 'David Copperfield'. An etching after a bust by Samuel Haydon.
[Ref: 50392]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Athenianism was John Dunton's thought, And in these features to Perfection brought; For Knight and Gught that Mystick Art did find, To paint John's Projects person and his Mind.
Athenianism was John Dunton's thought, And in these features to Perfection brought; For Knight and Gught that Mystick Art did find, To paint John's Projects person and his Mind. They with the likeness, warmth and Grace do give, And make his Picture seem to think and live: And's Heraldry he from the Muses farms, For Pegasus shou'd be a Poets Arms.
E. Knight del. M. V. de Gucht sculp.
[n.d., c.1730.]
A rare engraving. Sheet: 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of publisher and bookseller John Dunton (1659-1733) who started the Athenian Society and published periodicals such as 'The Athenian Mercury' and 'The Ladies Mercury'.
[Ref: 50636]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
R. Bowyer Pinx.t. W. Bromley Sculp.t.
Pub. by Rob.t Bowyer, No 80 Pall Mall, Jan.y 2 1815.
Engraving, title in open letters. 725 x 480mm (28½ x 19"). Narrow margins. Repair at bottom edge.
Full length portrait of Fox, arm resting on a book.
[Ref: 49832]   £380.00  
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Henry Gally Knight Esq.e.
Henry Gally Knight Esq.e.
Painted by Henry Edridge. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[London, n.d., 1825.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 495 x 370mm (19½ x 14½"), with large margins.
A romantic & fine image showing Henry Gally-Knight (1786-1846), in oriental costume and turban, holding the hilt of a sword and a long pipe. He was an MP and author of several Oriental tales and books on architecture. Lord Byron, in his ''Ballad to the Tune of Salley in our Alley'', accused Gally-Knight of being a dandy.
[Ref: 49961]   £550.00  
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Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Foxing.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50395]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Stipple, printed on chine collé. Plate: 225 x 145mm (9 x 5¾''), with large margins. Chine collé coming loose.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50394]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Grecque.
Grecque.
Guérard del. Imp. par Lemercier. Régnier lith.
Paris_ Jeannin, Place du Louvre, 20 et chez Desmaisons-Cabasson, Quai Voltaire, 15,
Tinted lithograph, with hand-colour. Sheet: 440 x 300mm (17¼ x 11¾''). Foxing in very large margins.
A portrait of a woman in Greek-style costume.
[Ref: 50140]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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William Hage.
William Hage. The Celebrated guide to Haddon Hall Derbyshire, the descendant of a family which has served in the house of Manners upwards of three centuries. He was born in 1745 and in his present capacity has been known to visitors sixty one years.
Drawn on Stone by Rayner, from a drawing by Oakley.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Fine & rare hand-coloured lithograph, proof. Sheet: 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½''). Trimmed.
A portrait of the William Hage, caretaker of Haddon Hall, one of the seats of the Dukes of Rutland.
[Ref: 50626]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Emma Hamilton] Titania, Puck, the Changeling, &c. (From Shakespear's Play of
[Emma Hamilton] Titania, Puck, the Changeling, &c. (From Shakespear's Play of "Midsummer Night's Dream"). Engraved by Edward Scriven, Historical Engraver to the Prince of Wales from an unfinished Picture by George Romney, Esq. in the Posession of Sir John Fleming Leicesyer, Bar.t. Who by appropriating a Gallery exclusively to English Pictures has evinced a patriotic love for the Fine Arts of his Country, & to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed.
Class 1. Painting for ''the Fine Arts of the English School''.
London: Published December 1, 1810 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row: J Taylor, High Holborn & W. Bond 87 Newman St.
Stipple. Sheet: 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12½''). Crease in top left corner. Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of Emma Hamilton as Titania after Romney, lying at right, leaning on her elbows and resting her hands on her chin, looking to front with a smile, Puck tying a ribbon around the ankle of baby lying at left, fairies in the sky behind. Lady Emma Hamilton (c.1765-1815), was the famous wife of Sir William Hamilton, and mistress of Nelson.
Horne: 56. II. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 50251]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[W. Harrison. S. S. ''Great Eastern''.]
[W. Harrison. S. S. ''Great Eastern''.]
Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving, printed on chine collé, proof before title. Sheet: 410 x 295mm (16 x 11½''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Captain William Harrison (1812-1860) who was a merchant navy officer who served as captain of the Great Eastern. Harrison dies when the ship's boat he was sailing in from Southampton to Hythe was capsized.
[Ref: 50567]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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W. Harrison. S. S. ''Great Eastern''. [facsimilie signature.]
W. Harrison. S. S. ''Great Eastern''. [facsimilie signature.]
Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 410 x 295mm (16 x 11½''). Creasing.
A portrait of Captain William Harrison (1812-1860) who was a merchant navy officer who served as captain of the Great Eastern. Harrison dies when the ship's boat he was sailing in from Southampton to Hythe was capsized.
[Ref: 50566]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Frederick Earl of Carlisle Knight of the Garter, &c &c &c.
Frederick Earl of Carlisle Knight of the Garter, &c &c &c.
R. Cosway R.A. delin.t. Anth.y Cardon sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of poltician Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748-1825) who was sent by Lord North to attempt a reconciliation with the 13 colonies during the American War of Independence, though the commission was not successful Howard was praised for his role and entrusted with the viceroyalty of Ireland in 1780.
[Ref: 50113]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Capt.n John Hunter.
Capt.n John Hunter. Late Governor of New South Wales.
Eng. by Ridley from an Original Picture.
Pub. by Bunney & Gold Shoe Lane Dec. 1. 1801.
Stipple. Sheet: 250 x 140mm (9¾ x 5½''). Foxing in edges.
A half-length portrait of John Hunter (1737-1821) who served as an officer in the Royal Navy and then succeeded Arthur Phillip as Governor of New South Wales.
[Ref: 50024]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[G.P.R. James.]
[G.P.R. James.]
F. Cruikshank. J.C. Armytage.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼''). Foxing.
A portrait of English novelist George Payne Rainsford James (1779-1860) who served as British consul in Europe and the USA.
[Ref: 50582]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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W.m Johnson shooting Mr Spurling,
W.m Johnson shooting Mr Spurling, head Turnkey of Newgate, while Jane Housden (then going to Trial) stands by encouraging him.
Dodd delin. Scott sculp.
[n.d., c.1770]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
On trial for 'coining' (counterfeiting) in 1714, Jane Housden was being brought down to the dock when William Johnson, a butcher with a conviction for highway robbery (although pardoned), tried to talk to her. When the gaoler Spurling told him he would have to wait until the trial was over Johnson pulled a pistol and shot him dead. Housden's trial was halted and both tried for murder and convicted. Despite having the entire court as witnesses for the prosecution, both continued to deny the offence until their executions on the 14th September. Johnson was then hanged in chains near Holloway, between Islington and Highgate. Engraving published in the 'The Tyburn chronicle: or, Villainy display'd in all its branches'.
[Ref: 50078]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Immanuel Kant.
Immanuel Kant.
J. Chapman sculpt.
London, Published April 4.th 1812 by Adlard & Jones.
Colour-printed stipple. Plate: 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½''), with very large margins.
A portrait of German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) set within a decorative frame made up of a snake Ouroboros representing eternity.
[Ref: 50508]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[La Hollandaise Studieuse(?)]
[La Hollandaise Studieuse(?)]
Metzu pinx. Pelletier sculp.
[n.d., c.1775.]
Engraving with etching, proof before title. 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½").
A Dutch or Flemish woman drawing on her sketch book. A canvas is set up on an easel behind her and there is a globe on a shelf upper right. A very fine proof.
Le Blanc Blanc 14.
[Ref: 7970]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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A Bedouin Arab.
A Bedouin Arab.
Designed and Sketched on Stone by Rich.d J. Lane, A.R.A.
[Engelmann, Graf, Coindet, & Co.][n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8''). Slight foxing.
A portrait of Orientalist Edward William Lane (1801-1876) who translated 'One Thousand and One Nights' which was published in monthly parts between 1838 and 1840. By portrait artist Richard Lane (1800-1872).
[Ref: 50485]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Mexicaine. 24.
Mexicaine. 24.
Guérard del. Imp. par Lemercier. Régnier lith.
Paris_Desmaisons-Cabasson, Quai Voltaire, 15, et chez Jeannin, Place du Louvre, 20.
Tinted lithograph, with fine hand-colour. Sheet: 440 x 300mm (17¼ x 11¾''), with large margins. Slight foxing.
A portrait of a woman in Mexican-style costume.
[Ref: 50139]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Miller.
Miller. De la société Royale de Londres. De l'Academie des Botanistes de florence et Directeur du Jardin de Botanique Des Apothicaires de Chelsea.
C.F. Maillet, fecit 1787.
Engraving. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Trimmed to plate on top edge, ink marks from verso in French. Small margins on 3 sides.
A portrait of botanist Philip Miller (1691-1771), chief gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until shortly before his death. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 50114]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Grey Nevill Arm: Quantae Pietatis imago! Virg-.
Grey Nevill Arm: Quantae Pietatis imago! Virg-.
M. Dahl pinx: 1720 pro Gu.mo Benson Arm: Excu: G. White.
[1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Trimmed within plate, rubbed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of poltician Grey Neville (1681-1723) seated at a table.
[Ref: 50568]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Profile of an Old Man.]
[Profile of an Old Man.]
I.B. Piazetta delineavit F.X. Iungwirth sculpsit Mon. Cum Privil. Sac. Caes. Maj. I.C. Leopold excudit Aug. Vindelic.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4''), with very large margins.
[Ref: 49898]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Robert Owen, Esq.
Robert Owen, Esq.
Published by J. Robins & Co. London Aug. 9. 1823.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5''). Repairs top right.
A portrait of Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement Robert Owen (1771-1858).
[Ref: 50026]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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William Phillips F.R.L. & G.S.S.
William Phillips F.R.L. & G.S.S.
[John Elliot. Maxim Gauci.]
[John & Arthur Arch.][n.d., c.1831.]
Lithograph, printed in chine collé. Sheet: 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾''). Foxing in borders.
A portrait of mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1773-1828).
[Ref: 50586]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[William Pitt Earl of Chatham] Il Faut Déclarer la Guerre a la France.
[William Pitt Earl of Chatham] Il Faut Déclarer la Guerre a la France.
[n.d., c. 1782.]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4½''), with large margins. Messy.
An unusual image showing William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) stating his opposition to France at the start of the Seven Years War.
[Ref: 49932]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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The Right Hon: William Pitt.
The Right Hon: William Pitt.
Gainsborough Pinxit. William Bromley Sculpsit.
Pub. by Rob.t Bowyer, No 80 Pall Mall, June 4th 1808.
Engraving, title in open letters. 720 x 475mm (28¼ x 18¾"). Thread margins, wear to lower left edge, small repairs to margins.
Full length portrait of Pitt the Younger, standing at a table, official robes to his right. He had died in office two years earlier.
[Ref: 49831]   £380.00  
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[Albert Primrose, Lord Dalmeny.]''In his father's steps''.
[Albert Primrose, Lord Dalmeny.]''In his father's steps''. Vanity Fair. Sept.r 22.d 1904
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd. lith.
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 380 x 250mm (15 x 9¾'').
A portrait of Albert Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (1882-1974) who played cricket for Middlesex and Surrey counties. Supplement to the magazine Vanity Fair. The Cricketers of Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 50042]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Repentance.
Repentance.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. Proof before letters. Plate: 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾''). Trimmed within plate on lower edge. Slight hole in bottom of image.
A scene showing a young well-dressed woman walking down a country road crying.
[Ref: 49325]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[James Richardson.]
[James Richardson.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
A rare mezzotint, proof before letters. Plate: 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼''), with very large margins. Creasing.
A half-length portrait of a man looking right. Pencil annotations identify the sitter as James Richardson of Richardson's Hotel in Covent Garden.
[Ref: 50585]   £320.00  
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John Rickman Esq.r.
John Rickman Esq.r. Clerk of the House of Commons.
S. Lane pinxit 1831.
Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½''). Creasing and foxing off image.
A portrait of government official and statistician John Rickman (1771-1840) shown seated in his study.
[Ref: 50590]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Sharp, Archbishop of York.]
[John Sharp, Archbishop of York.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. Sheet: 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of clergyman John Sharp (1645-1714).
[Ref: 50548]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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J.E. Smith. Aet. 4.
J.E. Smith. Aet. 4.
Drawn by T. Worlidge. [Engraved by Mary Turner.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Plate: 125 x 100mm (5 x 4''), with very large margins.
A portrait of a four year old James Edward Smith (1759-1828). Botanist Smith was one of the founding members of the Linnean Society.
[Ref: 49955]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Dr. Swift.
Dr. Swift. Cives aliquos virtutibus pares, & habemus & habebimus, gloria neminem, Plin. Espist.
B. Wilson Fecit 1751.
Etching, fine impression. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼''). Trimmed.
A portrait of writer Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), frontispiece to Lord Orrery's 'Remarks on the Life & Writings of Swift' 1752.
[Ref: 50014]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Talma.
Talma.
J.P. Davies del.t. Mrs. D. [Turner] aqua fort.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching. Plate: 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾''), with large margins.
A portrait of French actor Francois Joseph Talma (1763-1828).
[Ref: 49956]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Published by Henry Ward, Canterbury. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman Str.
Fine & rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 230 x 200mm (9 x 8''). Dusty, trimmed.
A portrait of John Nichols Tom (1799-1838) who was known by several names, he was a Cornish wine-merchant who re-invented himself as Sir William Percy Honeywood Courtenay, he took to wearing exotic costumes and stood for MP of Canterbury in 1832, though he was unsuccessful.. After being convicted of perjury after intervening for some smugglers he spent some time in a lunatic asylum. After being released he gathered a group of followers which ended in a confrontation with some soldiers in Basseden wood in which Tom was killed.
See 49935 for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 49949]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Published by Henry Ward, Canterbury. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman Str.
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 125mm (8½ x 5''). Trimmed.
A portrait of John Nichols Tom (1799-1838) who was known by several names, he was a Cornish wine-merchant who re-invented himself as Sir William Percy Honeywood Courtenay, he took to wearing exotic costumes and stood for MP of Canterbury in 1832, though he was unsuccessful.. After being convicted of perjury after intervening for some smugglers he spent some time in a lunatic asylum. After being released he gathered a group of followers which ended in a confrontation with some soldiers in Basseden wood in which Tom was killed.
See 49949 for coloured version.
[Ref: 49935]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Lord Holland and Lord John Russell in consultation on the Bill for the abolition of The Sacramental Test,
Lord Holland and Lord John Russell in consultation on the Bill for the abolition of The Sacramental Test, This Plate is dedicated to the friends of Religious Liberty.
Painted and Engraved by H. Hughes.
[n.d., c.1828.]
Rare hand-coloured mezzotint. Sheet: 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼''). Trimmed and damage in margins, stains and paper tones.
A double portrait showing Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840) sitting in a chair and Lord John Russell (1792-1878) standing beside him. The portrait commemorates the Scramental Test Bill which repealed the requirement for MPs to take communion in the Church of England.
[Ref: 50551]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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