Vera Effigies Iohannis Weever Aetatis Suaw 55. Anno 1631. Lancashire gave him breath, And Cambridge educaton. His studies are of Death. Of Heaven his meditation.
I. Taylor sculp.
[n.d. 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper at edges.
Portrait of John Weever (c.1575-1632), poet and antiquarian, wearing an embroidered cap and lace ruff, half-length in an oval, with hand on a skull next to two books. A reversed copy of the frontispiece engraved by Cecill for his 'Ancient Funeral Monuments Within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and The Islands Adjacent', originally published 1632.
[Ref: 59853] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Wickliffe. Penn. Luther. Calvin Winchester. Baxter. Whitfield. Wesley.
Engraved by P. Roberts.
Published March 25 1801 for Crosby & Letterman Stationers Court.
Stipple. 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed to plate at top. Small margins.
Medallion portraits of eight religious figures with their dates, probably to accompany biographies: John Wycliffe (c.1328-84), Martin Luther (1483-1546), William Penn (1644-1718), John Calvin (1509-64), Richard Baxter (1615-91), Elhanan Winchester (1751-97), George Whitefield (1714-70) and John Wesley (1703-91).
[Ref: 60109] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
William Wilberforce Esq. Member of Parliament for the County of York.
Engraved by J. Vendramini, from an original Drawing by H. Edridge.
Published Oct. 27. 1809, By T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple. 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Creasing, small margins.
Portrait of abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck.
[Ref: 59648] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
On the Wings of Love. 218.
Publish'd 12.th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") with large margin. Glued on an album sheet.
A woman with a plumed hat sitting on a striped sofa, holding a letter in her left hand and pointing at it with the other, while smiling towards the viewer. Reworked state republished 1794.
[Ref: 60087] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)