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Spaniel.
Painted by A. Cooper. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
Published by Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A portrait of the head of a spaniel.
[Ref: 47735] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A. Cooper. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
Published by Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼").
A portrait of the head of a spaniel.
[Ref: 47735] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Water Spaniel
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thos. Fairland.
[n.d. 1835] London. Published by B.B.King Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret
Lithograph 205 x 275mm Minor crease in margin.
[Ref: 1381] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thos. Fairland.
[n.d. 1835] London. Published by B.B.King Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret
Lithograph 205 x 275mm Minor crease in margin.
[Ref: 1381] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Sportsman's Bothie. To George Rooke, Esq.r this Print is most respectfully Inscribed by his Obedient Servants, Abr.m Cooper & Will.m Giller.
Painted by A. Cooper, RA. Engraved by W. Giller.
Published May 23rd 1836 by Hodgson & Graves, 8 Pall Mall.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 385 x 460mm (15¼ x 18"), large margins. Slight spotting.
A hunter resting outside a thatched highland bothy, a kilted gillie standing by a horse-drawn cart.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd
[Ref: 49981] £320.00
Painted by A. Cooper, RA. Engraved by W. Giller.
Published May 23rd 1836 by Hodgson & Graves, 8 Pall Mall.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 385 x 460mm (15¼ x 18"), large margins. Slight spotting.
A hunter resting outside a thatched highland bothy, a kilted gillie standing by a horse-drawn cart.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd
[Ref: 49981] £320.00
![[Tam O' Shanter.]](jpegs/14862.jpg)
[Tam O' Shanter.]
[Painted by Abraham Cooper. Engraved by Henry Meyer.]
[London: S.Knight, 1814.]
Mezzotint, a unique unfinished proof before all letters with publication area uncleaned. 510 x 585mm (20 x 23"). Trimmed to image; laid on board. Slight foxing.
Illustration to the narrative poem 'Tam O' Shanter' written by Robert Burns in 1790, which describes a disturbing vision experienced by Tam on his way home from an inn: riding his horse Meg, he stumbles across some witches and demons in Alloway Kirk (seen burning in the background), who give chase. He escapes across a bridge over the River Doon (witches will not cross running water) but not before one catches Meg's tail and pulls it off.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. This proof also precedes the highlights in the pursuing witch's hat
[Ref: 14862] £480.00
[Painted by Abraham Cooper. Engraved by Henry Meyer.]
[London: S.Knight, 1814.]
Mezzotint, a unique unfinished proof before all letters with publication area uncleaned. 510 x 585mm (20 x 23"). Trimmed to image; laid on board. Slight foxing.
Illustration to the narrative poem 'Tam O' Shanter' written by Robert Burns in 1790, which describes a disturbing vision experienced by Tam on his way home from an inn: riding his horse Meg, he stumbles across some witches and demons in Alloway Kirk (seen burning in the background), who give chase. He escapes across a bridge over the River Doon (witches will not cross running water) but not before one catches Meg's tail and pulls it off.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. This proof also precedes the highlights in the pursuing witch's hat
[Ref: 14862] £480.00
Tam O' Shanter.
Painted by Abraham Cooper. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
[London: S. Knight, 1814.]
A rare mezzotint. Sheet 515 x 585mm (20½ x 23"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, into title at bottom, losing publication line and half of crest.
Illustration to the narrative poem 'Tam O' Shanter' written by Robert Burns in 1790, which describes a disturbing vision experienced by Tam on his way home from an inn: riding his horse Meg, he stumbles across some witches and demons in Alloway Kirk (seen burning in the background), who give chase. He escapes across a bridge over the River Doon (witches will not cross running water) but not before one catches Meg's tail and pulls it off.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47702] £360.00
Painted by Abraham Cooper. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
[London: S. Knight, 1814.]
A rare mezzotint. Sheet 515 x 585mm (20½ x 23"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, into title at bottom, losing publication line and half of crest.
Illustration to the narrative poem 'Tam O' Shanter' written by Robert Burns in 1790, which describes a disturbing vision experienced by Tam on his way home from an inn: riding his horse Meg, he stumbles across some witches and demons in Alloway Kirk (seen burning in the background), who give chase. He escapes across a bridge over the River Doon (witches will not cross running water) but not before one catches Meg's tail and pulls it off.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47702] £360.00
Sly Dogs.
Cooper Pinxt. W. Carlos Sculpt.
[British, n.d., c.1820s.]
Mezzotint on india paper, image 125 x 160mm. 5 x 16¼". Margins a little trimmed.
Two long-haired Jack Russell terriers waiting expectantly beside the entrance to an animal burrow. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868).
Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 26290] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Cooper Pinxt. W. Carlos Sculpt.
[British, n.d., c.1820s.]
Mezzotint on india paper, image 125 x 160mm. 5 x 16¼". Margins a little trimmed.
Two long-haired Jack Russell terriers waiting expectantly beside the entrance to an animal burrow. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868).
Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 26290] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Val Ombrosa, on the Appenines.]](jpegs/22170.jpg)
[Val Ombrosa, on the Appenines.]
[C. Willyams. J.C. Stadler.]
[London: J. White, c.1801.]
Sepia aquatint, proof before letters, with large margins, 185 x 245mm. 7¼ x 9¾". Captioned 'Vallombrosa' in ink by hand to lower margin; three-line quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost in the same hand to upper margin.
Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in Tuscany, Italy, south-east of Florence; in the Apennines, it is surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Giovanni Gualberto, a Florentine noble, in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order. After Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816), for his 'A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. ... with a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798' (1802). Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'.
See BL 210.i.5. Abbey Travel 196, 32.
[Ref: 22170] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[C. Willyams. J.C. Stadler.]
[London: J. White, c.1801.]
Sepia aquatint, proof before letters, with large margins, 185 x 245mm. 7¼ x 9¾". Captioned 'Vallombrosa' in ink by hand to lower margin; three-line quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost in the same hand to upper margin.
Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in Tuscany, Italy, south-east of Florence; in the Apennines, it is surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Giovanni Gualberto, a Florentine noble, in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order. After Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816), for his 'A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. ... with a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798' (1802). Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'.
See BL 210.i.5. Abbey Travel 196, 32.
[Ref: 22170] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Water Spaniel.
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by Harding and King, 24, Cornhill June__1834.
Fine hand coloured lithograph on india paper, india 290 x 230mm. 11½ x 9". Trimmed to india, so lacking wove margins. Laid on board.
Study of a spaniel's head, the body submerged. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868), from a series of 12 'The Sportsman's Kennel, A Series of Heads of the principal British Sporting Dogs...Executed in Lithography by Thos. Fairland, after pictures painted from the life', 1833-1835.
Siltzer p.95.
[Ref: 19447] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A. Cooper R.A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by Harding and King, 24, Cornhill June__1834.
Fine hand coloured lithograph on india paper, india 290 x 230mm. 11½ x 9". Trimmed to india, so lacking wove margins. Laid on board.
Study of a spaniel's head, the body submerged. After Abraham Cooper (1787 - 1868), from a series of 12 'The Sportsman's Kennel, A Series of Heads of the principal British Sporting Dogs...Executed in Lithography by Thos. Fairland, after pictures painted from the life', 1833-1835.
Siltzer p.95.
[Ref: 19447] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Water Spaniel.
Painted by A. Cooper R. A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by B. B. King, Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph printed on chine collé. Sheet: 335 x 215mm (12½ x 8"). Staining in corners, tear in bottom edge.
A portrait of a water spaniel swimming in a lake.
[Ref: 47737] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by A. Cooper R. A. Drawn on Stone by Thomas Fairland.
London, Published by B. B. King, Monument Yard. Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph printed on chine collé. Sheet: 335 x 215mm (12½ x 8"). Staining in corners, tear in bottom edge.
A portrait of a water spaniel swimming in a lake.
[Ref: 47737] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)