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The Bombardment of Sebastopol.
From a drawing by Mr E.W. Brooker HMS Spitfire. _ E. Walker lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published March 1st 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, chine collé, with highlights added by hand. Sheet 370 x 625mm (14½ x 24½"). Laid on backing sheet. Slight crease in sky.
A view of the naval bombardment of Sevastopol, 17th October, 1854, with the ships and their commanders listed under the scene. Edward Wolfe Brooker (1828-1870) was Master on HMS Spitfire under Captain Thomas Spratt, surveying in the Mediterranean when the Crimean War broke out. He earned a commission by placing buoys to mark channels at the entrance to the Dnieper River while under enemy fire. At the end of the war he returned to surveying, both in the Mediterrean and around Tasmania. He was given the command of HMS Sylvia and joined Keppel during the opening of the trade ports of Osaka and Kobe in 1869. Taking ill in Japan he died there in 1870.
[Ref: 54064] £390.00
From a drawing by Mr E.W. Brooker HMS Spitfire. _ E. Walker lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published March 1st 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, chine collé, with highlights added by hand. Sheet 370 x 625mm (14½ x 24½"). Laid on backing sheet. Slight crease in sky.
A view of the naval bombardment of Sevastopol, 17th October, 1854, with the ships and their commanders listed under the scene. Edward Wolfe Brooker (1828-1870) was Master on HMS Spitfire under Captain Thomas Spratt, surveying in the Mediterranean when the Crimean War broke out. He earned a commission by placing buoys to mark channels at the entrance to the Dnieper River while under enemy fire. At the end of the war he returned to surveying, both in the Mediterrean and around Tasmania. He was given the command of HMS Sylvia and joined Keppel during the opening of the trade ports of Osaka and Kobe in 1869. Taking ill in Japan he died there in 1870.
[Ref: 54064] £390.00
![[The Sika Deer] The Formosan Deer.](jpegs/50358.jpg)
[The Sika Deer] The Formosan Deer. Cervus Taivanus.
[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 245 x 355mm (9½ x 14"), with very large margins and text sheet.
The sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Japanese deer or the spotted deer (being one of the few deer species that does not lose its spots upon reaching maturity), 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: 50358] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[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 245 x 355mm (9½ x 14"), with very large margins and text sheet.
The sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Japanese deer or the spotted deer (being one of the few deer species that does not lose its spots upon reaching maturity), 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: 50358] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk] The Patagonian Skunk.](jpegs/45778.jpg)
[Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk] The Patagonian Skunk. Mephitis Humboldtii.
[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").
Also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk. 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: 45778] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[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").
Also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk. 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: 45778] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Small Indian Civit] The Rasse.](jpegs/50353.jpg)
[The Small Indian Civit] The Rasse. Viverricula Malaccensis.
[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 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"), with a letterpress description, very large margins.
The small Indian civet, Viverricula indica, widespread through India and Incochina. 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: 50353] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[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 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"), with a letterpress description, very large margins.
The small Indian civet, Viverricula indica, widespread through India and Incochina. 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: 50353] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Second Chûte du Staubbach prise de sa gauche dans lad Vallée de Lauterbraunn. No.5.
C. Wolf pinxit. Schellenberg sculpsit.
a Berne chez A. Wagner Imp de LL:EE:
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Surface dirt. Cut to platemark.
A view in the Swiss Alps from 'Collection des Vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse' 1789 engraved after Caspar Wolf's paintings done from nature.
[Ref: 42757] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Wolf pinxit. Schellenberg sculpsit.
a Berne chez A. Wagner Imp de LL:EE:
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Surface dirt. Cut to platemark.
A view in the Swiss Alps from 'Collection des Vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse' 1789 engraved after Caspar Wolf's paintings done from nature.
[Ref: 42757] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Prémiére Chûte du Staubbach dans la Vallée de Lauterbrounn. No.4.
C. Wolf pinxit. Schellenberg sculpsit.
a Berne chez A. Wagner Imp de LL:EE:
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Surface dirt. Cut to platemark.
A view in the Swiss Alps from 'Collection des Vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse' 1789 engraved after Caspar Wolf's paintings done from nature.
[Ref: 42756] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Wolf pinxit. Schellenberg sculpsit.
a Berne chez A. Wagner Imp de LL:EE:
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Surface dirt. Cut to platemark.
A view in the Swiss Alps from 'Collection des Vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse' 1789 engraved after Caspar Wolf's paintings done from nature.
[Ref: 42756] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Swiss landscape with a small village and church set at the base of the mountains, where further houses are seen up the steep mountainside.]](jpegs/9383.jpg)
[Swiss landscape with a small village and church set at the base of the mountains, where further houses are seen up the steep mountainside.]
[Wolf pinxit. Descourtis sculp.]
[Yntema Amdsterdam, 1785.]
Coloured aquatint. Proof before all letters. 292 x 375mm. 11½" x 14¾". Stain in the top right-hand corner, and crease in the bottom left-hand corner.
HENTZI, Rudolph, [editor]. Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d''Apres Nature, Avec Leur Description. J. Yntema 1785 One of the Earliest and Rarest Alpine Colour Plate Books.
[Ref: 9383] £360.00
[Wolf pinxit. Descourtis sculp.]
[Yntema Amdsterdam, 1785.]
Coloured aquatint. Proof before all letters. 292 x 375mm. 11½" x 14¾". Stain in the top right-hand corner, and crease in the bottom left-hand corner.
HENTZI, Rudolph, [editor]. Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d''Apres Nature, Avec Leur Description. J. Yntema 1785 One of the Earliest and Rarest Alpine Colour Plate Books.
[Ref: 9383] £360.00
Vue de Thun du Côté du Midi. Dedié à S.A.Royale M.e F. Sophie Wilhelmine Princess d'Orange et de Nassau Née Princesse de Prusse, Par son très humble et très respectueus serviteur Henzi.
Wolff pinx. J. Janinet sculp. Gravé sous la direction de M.r Vernet, Peintre du Roi.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins.
A fine view of Castle Thun with a footbridge over the Aare river. Plate 6 of ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54919] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)
Wolff pinx. J. Janinet sculp. Gravé sous la direction de M.r Vernet, Peintre du Roi.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins.
A fine view of Castle Thun with a footbridge over the Aare river. Plate 6 of ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54919] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)
![[Urial] Vigne's Wild Sheep.](jpegs/50359.jpg)
[Urial] Vigne's Wild Sheep. Ovis Vignel.
[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 245 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), with very large margins.
The Urial, also arkars or shapo, from central Asia. 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: 50359] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[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 245 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"), with very large margins.
The Urial, also arkars or shapo, from central Asia. 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: 50359] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venice.] Unbestän=dige Wanderschafft. In constans migratio.](jpegs/59464.jpg)
[Venice.] Unbestän=dige Wanderschafft. In constans migratio.
J.W. Baumgartner del.
[German, n.d., c.1720.]
Scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 210mm (9¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed into image at sides, new margins added..
A view of boats including gondolas at a dock in Venice, a church behind. By Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1712-61).
[Ref: 59464] £320.00
J.W. Baumgartner del.
[German, n.d., c.1720.]
Scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 210mm (9¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed into image at sides, new margins added..
A view of boats including gondolas at a dock in Venice, a church behind. By Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1712-61).
[Ref: 59464] £320.00
Victoria Pacifico. Carolo Guill: Ferdinando Duci Brunsuicensi Regn: Pontis Diaboli Delineationem D: D: D: R. Hentzi, Puerorum Nobilium in aula Principis Auriaci Guber:
Wolf pinxit. Carré sculp. Descourtis direx.t
[Yntema Amdsterdam, 1785.]
Coloured aquatint. 406 x 294mm. 16" x 11½". Some staining, tears and creasing. Bottom of the title area slightly cut.
HENTZI, Rudolph, [editor]. Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d''Apres Nature, Avec Leur Description. J. Yntema 1785 One of the Earliest and Rarest Alpine Colour Plate Books.
[Ref: 9379] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Wolf pinxit. Carré sculp. Descourtis direx.t
[Yntema Amdsterdam, 1785.]
Coloured aquatint. 406 x 294mm. 16" x 11½". Some staining, tears and creasing. Bottom of the title area slightly cut.
HENTZI, Rudolph, [editor]. Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d''Apres Nature, Avec Leur Description. J. Yntema 1785 One of the Earliest and Rarest Alpine Colour Plate Books.
[Ref: 9379] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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The Walrus. Trichecus Rosmarus.
[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").
A colony of walruses on a beach. 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: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[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").
A colony of walruses on a beach. 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: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Hairy-Nosed Wombat. Phascolomys Lasiorhinus.
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Joseph Wolfe.]
[n.d., 1864.]
Coloured lithograph 585 x 440mm. [sheet].
The Zoological Sketches were commissioned by the Zoological Society as a record of the rare species of birds and animals in the Society's Gardens. - This pair of wombats arrived at the Gardens in spring 1862 having come from South Australia.
[Ref: 6679] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vue Générale des Alpes et Glacieres Prise du Chateau de Worb. Dedié à S.A.Royale Frederic Guillaume D Prince heréditaire de Prusse, Par son très humble et très respectueus serviteur Henzi.
Clement pin.x. Descourtis sculp.t. Imprimé par Guyant le jeune.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins
A large & fine view of the Alps, Worb Castle in the foreground. From ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54921] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)
Clement pin.x. Descourtis sculp.t. Imprimé par Guyant le jeune.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins
A large & fine view of the Alps, Worb Castle in the foreground. From ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54921] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)