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The Plough.
The Plough.
Drawn & Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Published as the Act directs May 10, 1804 by J.A. Atkinson & Ja.s Walker, No 3 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess.rs John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London.
Coloured soft-ground etching with aquatint and large margins. 180 x 250mm, 7 x 9¾".
A Russian horse-drawn plough, published in Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians'. According to the text the Russian plough is primitive and its effect 'in ploughing is very superficial... [but] enough, however, to answer all the Russian's purposes'. The author notes the recent introduction of the english plough by the nobility, although the peasants still prefer their own. Atkinson accompanied his uncle, James Walker. to St Petersburg when Walker was appointed engraver to Catherine the Great. On his return he and his uncle published this work, which contained 100 plates.
223 Abbey: Travel, 'These plates of Atkinson's show the spontaineity and sprit possible when the artist is his own engraver... The colouring is skilfully done'.
[Ref: 25076]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Swing.
The Swing.
Drawn & Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Published as the Act directs May 10, 1804 by J.A. Atkinson & Ja.s Walker, No 3 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess.rs John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London.
Coloured soft-ground etching with aquatint and large margins. 180 x 250mm, 7 x 9¾".
A swing, outside a Russian log cabin, published in Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians'. According to the text 'a song encourages and adds to the enjoyment'. Atkinson accompanied his uncle, James Walker. to St Petersburg when Walker was appointed engraver to Catherine the Great. On his return he and his uncle published this work, which contained 100 plates.
223 Abbey: Travel, 'These plates of Atkinson's show the spontaineity and sprit possible when the artist is his own engraver... The colouring is skilfully done'.
[Ref: 25077]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Russian Loyalty and Heroism.
Russian Loyalty and Heroism. Anecdote of the Russian Peasant of Smolensk, who being forced by the French, cooly chopped off his hand, rather than serve Bonaparte on his March toward Moscow.
I. A. Atkinson del. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
Published & Sold Jan.y.1. 1816. by Edw.d. Orme, Publisher to his Majesty, and H.R.H the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾").
Interior scene depicting a Russian peasants act of defiance. A central male figure with a beard, dressed in peasant costume holds an axe above his head in the act of chopping off his hand, his wife and child cower behind him. Four French soldiers enter the room, one of which holds his hands up in alarm. A soldier sits watching from a chair.
[Ref: 33599]   £360.00  
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17. Sappers at Work in the Batteries. No.18. The Search for the Wounded.
17. Sappers at Work in the Batteries. No.18. The Search for the Wounded.
Capt. G.F. Atkinson, del.t A.Laby lith.
London, Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Field. [n.d. c.1859.]
Tinted lithograph. 558 x 375mm. 22 x 14¾".
Sappers were the combat engineers who were typically incharge of any general construction and repair as well a bridge-building and field defenses. The images are taken from "The Campaign in India 1857-1858", from drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began in the town of Meerut when a group of sepoys, native soldiers employed by the British East India Company's army, mutinied because of perceived race-based injustices and inequities. The uprising was soon converted into insurrection or civilian rebellion against the Company.
Abbey Travel 486.
[Ref: 18874]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Ship in a Hard Gale Driving under Bare Poles.
A Ship in a Hard Gale Driving under Bare Poles.
Atkins delt. Merke sculpt.
London: Pub. Dec. 1. 1801, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand.
Aquatint with etching, an early issue. 285 x 350mm, 11¼ x 13¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
Stormy seascape, with waves crashing on a ship in the centre, which tilts to the right and shows the stern to the viewer; further ships behind. After Samuel Atkins (British, 1760 - 1810). Numbered '6' lower right.
Not in Parker. The impressions in the BM have an 1810 imprint.
[Ref: 26768]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A Cutter and a Ship of War in a calm off the North Foreland.
A Cutter and a Ship of War in a calm off the North Foreland.
Atkins delt. Merke sculpt.
London: Pub. Dec. 1. 1801, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand.
Aquatint with etching, an early issue. 280 x 350mm, 11 x 13¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
A flat-calm sea off North Foreland, the eastern extremity of the Isle of Thanet, Kent. View with a sailing boat in the left foreground, a rowing boat to the right, and a large three-masted vessel in the middle distance. After Samuel Atkins (British, 1760 - 1810).
Not in Parker. The impressions in the BM have an 1810 imprint.
[Ref: 26769]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A 74 Gun Ship in a Calm off the Rock of Lisbon.
A 74 Gun Ship in a Calm off the Rock of Lisbon.
Atkins delt. Merke sculpt.
London: Pub. Dec. 1. 1801, by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts, No. 101, Strand.
Aquatint with etching, an early issue on wove paper watermarked 'Russell & Co 1798'. 280 x 350mm, 11 x 13¾". A fine impression, with full margins, uncut.
Seascape with a three-masted ship in the right foreground, small boats beside, further ships and boats beyond to the left. Land is visible in the right background. After Samuel Atkins (British, 1760 - 1810). Numbered '7' lower right.
Not in Parker. The impressions in the BM have an 1810 imprint.
[Ref: 26767]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Consecration of the Waters.
Consecration of the Waters.
Drawn & Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Published as the Act directs May 12, 1804 by J.A. Atkinson & Ja.s Walker, No 3 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess.rs John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London.
Coloured soft-ground etching with aquatint. 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), watermarked 'J.Whatman 1801'. Small margins.
A view of the harbour of St Petersburg, published in Atkinson's 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians'. Atkinson accompanied his uncle, James Walker. to St Petersburg when Walker was appointed engraver to Catherine the Great. On his return he and his uncle published this work, which contained 100 plates.
Abbey: Travel 223, 'These plates of Atkinson's show the spontaineity and sprit possible when the artist is his own engraver... The colouring is skilfully done'.
[Ref: 43861]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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C.E. Trevelyan [facsimile signature]
C.E. Trevelyan [facsimile signature]
Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by John Watkins Parliament Street [n.d., c.1860]
Engraving, sheet size 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (1807-1886), administrator in India. Trevelyan became governor of Madras in 1859 (hence the referred to here by the volume inscribed 'Madras' he holds in his left hand). He was subsequently finance minister in India, and after returning to Britain, author of 'The British Army in 1868' and several pamphlets on charity, pauperism, and other social causes.
DNB
[Ref: 32561]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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The Battle of Waterloo.
The Battle of Waterloo.
Painted by J.A. Atkinson. The Portraits by A.W. Dervis. Drawn & Engraved by John Burnet.
London, J. Hagger, 67 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1850.]
Etching and engraving. Sheet 510 x 690mm (20 x 37¼"). Trimmed to plate.
The Duke of Wellington, mounted, hat in hand, the battle being fought across the fields behind. To the right Highlander foot soldiers fight French cavalry. A re-engraved plate, first published 1819.
[Ref: 36761]   £360.00  
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The Battle of Waterloo Decided by the Duke of Wellington, Heading a charge upon the French Imperial Guards, June 18.th. 1815.
The Battle of Waterloo Decided by the Duke of Wellington, Heading a charge upon the French Imperial Guards, June 18.th. 1815.
J. A. Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.
Published & Sold Sep.r.1. 1815 by Edw.d Orme, Publisher to his Majesty & H. R. H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street corner of Brook Street London.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), with large margins.
Wellington, mounted upon his horse Copenhagen, calls the charge on the Imperial Guard, brandishing his sword. Napoleon watches the battle from a platform built to allow him an overall view of the battlefield.
[Ref: 59516]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Marquis of Angelsea Wounded, Whilst heading a charge of heavy Cavalry at the close of the Battle of Waterloo. June 18.th. 1815.
The Marquis of Angelsea Wounded, Whilst heading a charge of heavy Cavalry at the close of the Battle of Waterloo. June 18.th. 1815.
J. A. Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.
Published & Sold Sep.r. 1. 1815 by EDW.D. ORME, Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H th Prince Regent Bond St., corner of Brook St. London.
Fine coloured aquatint with very large margins. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Some slight staining in lower right-hand corner of plate.
Battle scene depicting the moment Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Angelsea was wounded in the leg by artillery fire. Paget's, horse rears up and two cavalrymen near by look concerned. Meanwhile, the battle rages on with clouds of smoke billowing above the ranks of soldiers. On losing his leg Paget is reported to have cried 'By God, sir, I've lost my leg!,' to which Wellington replied, 'By God, sir, so you Have!'. Following the amputation of the wounded leg, it went on to have career as a tourist attraction in the village of Waterloo.
[Ref: 33577]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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The Battle of Waterloo Decided by the Duke of Wellington, Heading a charge upon the French Imperial Guards, June 18.th. 1815.
The Battle of Waterloo Decided by the Duke of Wellington, Heading a charge upon the French Imperial Guards, June 18.th. 1815.
J. A. Atkinson Del. M. Dubourg Sculp.
Published & Sold Sep.r.1. 1815 by Edw.d Orme, Publisher to his Majesty & H. R. H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street corner of Brook St London.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Tear taped. Cut inside plate.
Battle scene depicting Wellington's charge on the Imperial Guard. Wellington, mounted upon his horse Copenhagen, calls the charge, brandishing his sword. A figure in a recognisable bicorne hat (perhaps Napoleon) watches the battle from the safety of a platform behind the French line. Wellington's charge, which took place several hours into the Battle of Waterloo, combined with Blücher's attack on Napoleon's right-flank, drove the French troops into disorder allowing the coalition forces to win the day.
[Ref: 37132]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Waterloo, distributing, at the moment, to the brave Troops the Orders he then wore.
The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Waterloo, distributing, at the moment, to the brave Troops the Orders he then wore.
J. A. Atkinson Del.t. M. Dubourg Sculp.t.
Published & Sold, Aug.t. 20, 1815 by EDW.D. ORME, Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H the Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾").
Battle scene in which The Prince of Orange, mounted hands out his medals to foot soldiers in the midst of the battle. Dead and wounded men and horses lie on the ground and ranks of charging cavalrymen lead an attack in the distance.
[Ref: 33575]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Falls on the Rivek Kopal.
Falls on the Rivek Kopal.
W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Trimmed to image. Small tear to lower left corner.
Plate 15 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37259]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Tamchi-Boulac, or Dropping Spring.
Tamchi-Boulac, or Dropping Spring.
W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 120 x 165mm (4 x 6½"). Trimmed to image.
Plate 15 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37257]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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River Djem-A-Louk.
River Djem-A-Louk.
[W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.]
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 105 x 165mm (4 x 6½"). Trimmed to image.
Plate 15 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37258]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Volcanic Crater, Saian Mountains.
Volcanic Crater, Saian Mountains.
W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 120 x 165mm (4 x 6½"). Trimmed to image.
Plate 7 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37256]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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A Natural Arch on Nouk-A-Daban.
A Natural Arch on Nouk-A-Daban.
W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image.
Plate 19 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37254]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Zabata-Nor.
Zabata-Nor.
W. Atkinson del. _ J. Needham lith. Day & Son, Lithr's to the Queen.
London, Published by Hurst & Blackett. [n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Very rare. Sheet size: 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image.
Plate 7 from 'Oriental and Western Siberia' by Thomas Witlam published in 1858, a narrative of seven years of exploration in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia.
Abbey: 530.
[Ref: 37255]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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