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Pont de Serrières près Neuchatel. [ms]
Pont de Serrières près Neuchatel. [ms]
L.C.C.R. / Litho. Newlands [c.1830]
Lithograph with large margins, printed area and text approx 180 x 215mm (7 x 8½"). Foxing to edges.
The well-known railway viaduct traversing the rue des Usines in the Serrières district of Neuchatel, Switzerland. By an unidentified amateur printmaker, and printed at the private lithographic press established at Newlands, Hampshire by Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1784-1850).
Ex: Collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35707]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Garden Island.
Garden Island.
Woodthorpe sc.
Published March 5 1803 by M. Jones Paternoster Row.
Hand-coloured stipple, sheet 125 x 210mm (4¾ x 8¼"). Cut to plate at bottom.
Garden Island, an inner-city locality of Sydney since joined to the mainland, and used for government and naval purposes since the first days of British settlement. From 'The History of New South Wales [...]' supposedly by the famous pickpocket George Barrington (first published 1802), although there is no evidence of his involvement with the book, and London publishers used his name without scruples. As Tim McCormick shows, the views and text in the book were plagiarised from various sources. This engraving does not relate to any other known views but uit and the other views of the book 'are of interest because they illustrate how the already complex process of converting an original field drawing to a published book illustration can be still further extended by an illicit traffic in images'.
Tim McCormick, 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825', p.276; for another view of Sydney from the series see ref. 15718.
[Ref: 37078]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Entrance of Paramatta River.
Entrance of Paramatta River.
Woodthorpe sc.
Published March 25 1803 by M. Jones Paternoster Row.
Hand-coloured stipple and etching, 1804 watermarked paper; sheet 125 x 210mm (4¾ x 8¼").
The Paramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, Australia. It is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour. Here a ship can be seen entering with a British Flag marking the territory on the shore. From "The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its dependancies, from the Original Discovery of the Island with the Customs and Manners of the Natives; and an Account of the English Colony, -from its- Foundation, to the Present Times. by George Barrington; superintendent of the Convicts. Enriched with beautiful Coloured Prints."
Tim McCormick, 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825'; for another impression see ref. 15621.
[Ref: 37079]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Town & Cove of Sydney.
Town & Cove of Sydney.
Woodthorpe sc.
Published by M. Jones Paternoster Row March 18. 1803
Hand-coloured stipple, sheet 125 x 210mm (4¾ x 8¼"). Slight staining to edges. Cut to plate at bottom.
Early view of Sydney, from 'The History of New South Wales [...]' supposedly by the famous pickpocket George Barrington (first published 1802), although there is no evidence of his involvement with the book, and London publishers used his name without scruples. As Tim McCormick shows, the views and text in the book were plagiarised from various sources. This engraving does not relate to any other known views. McCormick states of this view that it appears to show the Clock Tower (completed 1797) and a view across Bennelong Point and the Cove.
Tim McCormick, 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825', p.276; for another view of Sydney from the series see ref. 15718.
[Ref: 37077]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The night Raile 'tis A cunning Subtile Thing / In Summer 'its Coole in Winter heat doth bring [...]
The night Raile 'tis A cunning Subtile Thing / In Summer 'its Coole in Winter heat doth bring [...]
[Anon., c.1720]
Scarce engraving, sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark; slight creasing.
A prostitute (identifiable from the pockmarks on her face) sits with her foot in the stocks. A child stood nearby chides her for the shortcomings of her night rail (a loose garment worn by both). The verses below explain that it is this deception which has landed her in the stocks. The final line of the verses advises that 'Chalk and Chees are not the same', and both can be found on a plate on the far left. Rare early satire.
Not in BM; Lewis Walpole Library OID 10697387
[Ref: 37356]   £420.00  
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Nurmahal,
Nurmahal, uxer Schach Selim, Supremi Mogol.
[anon., c.1710]
Etching, platemark 285 x 170mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Small margins.
Scene in Nurmahal, or Noor Mahal, a city in the Jalandhar district in the state of Punjab, India. Plate from 'Principum et Illustrium quorundam Virorum qui in Europa alibique Terrarum, quà Fama, quà Eruditione célèbres fuerunt, verae Imagines' published by Pieter van der Aa in Leyden.
[Ref: 37016]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[George Onslow as a cock-fighter]
[George Onslow as a cock-fighter] Game
Published 7th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching with very large margins, platemark 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). 'Col. Onslow' in ms. lower margin.
Caricature of politician George Onslow (1731-92). Onslow had earned the nickname 'little cocking George' owing to his fondness for cock fighting allied to his capacity as a 'burlesque orator' (Walpole). A firm supporter of North's ministry, he made a notable speech shortly before this print was published, denouncing Opposition leaders as responsible for the loss of America.
[Ref: 34682]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Six parakeets]
[Six parakeets] 1. Little Green and Red Long-tailed Parroquet [...]
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co Nov.r 6th 1784
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 365 x 220mm (14¼ x 8¾"). Large margins. Small stain on right. Trimmed to plate on right.
[Ref: 37081]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Two figures in a landscape]
[Two figures in a landscape]
[Anon., c.1810]
Pen lithograph, sheet 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Glued to backing board at corners; surface loss on left filled in ink.
Unidentified early lithograph showing the influence of Salvator Rosa, whose landscapes were significant in shaping the concepts of sublime and romantic representations of nature in the late Georgian period.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36939]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Two figures in a landscape]
[Two figures in a landscape]
[Anon., c.1810]
Pen lithograph, J. Whatman watermark (PT) printed area 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7").
Unidentified early lithograph showing the influence of Salvator Rosa, whose treacherous landscape were significant in shaping the concepts of sublime and romantic representations of nature in the late Georgian period.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36940]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Penn achete des Sauvages le Pays qu'il veut occuper
Penn achete des Sauvages le Pays qu'il veut occuper
[Anon, c.1780]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed close and glued to backing sheet.
French rendering of the familiar subject of William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here the legend is rather different to in British engravings: 'Penn buys from the savages the land he wants to occupy'.
[Ref: 34861]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Politicians
The Politicians Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
[Anon.]
Published by W. & J. Stratfords, No. 112 Holborn Hill, Dec. 1 1792
Engraving, sheet 165 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet. Rare.
Two politicians disputing, probably in a coffee-house. Newspapers on the table (the 'Oracle' and 'Argus'); tattered and highly inaccurate map of Europe hung from the wall, alongside portrait of a man. Illustration to the 'Carlton House Magazine'.
[Ref: 34831]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Frontispiece to Onofrio Panvinio's 'XXVII Pontificum Maximorum']
[Frontispiece to Onofrio Panvinio's 'XXVII Pontificum Maximorum']
[Rome, published 1568 by Antoine Lafrery]
Etching, sheet 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Small tear at bottom.
Frontispiece to Panvinio's book of the likenesses and portraits of popes from Urban VI to Pius V, described as the 'first portrait book' (Bronwen Wilson, 'The World in Venice). The title page includes shields, a female personification of the church holding a cross, and the Holy Dove.
[Ref: 32538]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Potter, 25 Years Groom of Magdalene College, aged 82
Mr Potter, 25 Years Groom of Magdalene College, aged 82
[Anon., c.1790]
Soft-ground etching, very scarce; platemark 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Trimmed inside top platemark edge, with good margins.
Anonymous etching in the genre of locally-distributed portraits of celebrated eccentrics and other well-known figures.
[Ref: 33982]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Design advertising Allsopps Pale Ale, with allegorical illustrations of the brewing process and profile heads representing the continents]
[Design advertising Allsopps Pale Ale, with allegorical illustrations of the brewing process and profile heads representing the continents]
[Anon., c.1880]
Etching on india, very scarce; sheet 205 x 200mm (8 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside platemark on one side; taped to backing sheet at edges; tear inside platemark.
Reversed design advertising Allsopps Patent Pale Ale, with illustrations of putti 'picking', 'brewing', 'drinking' and 'exporting'. The profile heads representing the four continents atest to the global reach of the company. Samuel Allsop and Sons, brewing giants of Burton-on-Trent, exported pale ale to India fom 1822 and became a spectacularly successful Victorian firm (the world's third largest brewery in the 1870s). A label attached to the backing sheet reads 'W.T. Copeland. Seen on a change-well for a shop or public house counter', suggesting the involvement of pottery manufacturer William Taylor Copeland (1797-1868) and possibly linking the design to use on ceramics. The image could have been printed onto transfer paper and then onto ceramics, reversing the image again so it reads the right way around.
[Ref: 33744]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Slip, or Miss, willing to be in the Ton.
The Slip, or Miss, willing to be in the Ton.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 Aug.t 1778
Mezzotint with hand-colouring, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
A young girl in tears pulling her slip about her bosom while facing an elderly woman (possibly a procuress), watched by a man standing on the left and another woman on the right.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32377]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Six Weeks after Marriage.
Six Weeks after Marriage.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St Pauls Church Yard London / Published as the Act directs [1777]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Year of publication scratched out.
As opposed to the situation 'Three Weeks after Marriage' (see ref. 36224) which depicts only a tense situation, here it has become violent, with the husband attempting to defend himself not only from his wife but also the terrier biting at his clothes. An overturned table sends plates and cutlery across the floor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 4625
[Ref: 36225]   £400.00  
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Battle of Sobraon,
Battle of Sobraon, A Faithful Representation of the Storming of the Sikhs Position at the Bridge of Boats at Sobraon.
[Lithographed by Richard Evan Sly?]
[Published by Blackwood & Page, n.d., c.1846.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"), large margins. Trimmed, some staining and marking.
The Battle of Sobraon, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Empire of the Punjab during the First Sikh War (1845-6). The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War. This scene shows the Sikh retreat over the single pontoon bridge over the Sutlej River; when the bridge collapsed under the weight of the troops, those Sikhs trapped with the British refused to surrender and fought to the death.
[Ref: 42744]   £350.00  
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Palais de la Tauride.
Palais de la Tauride.
À St.-Pétersbourg, chez Alexandre Pluchart, imprimeur-libraire, éditeur. // Grande Morskoy, maison Kossikoffsky, n° 69. // 1827
Lithograph with hand-colouring, lage margins, printed area 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½").
The Tauride Palace in St Petersburg, Russia, designed in a Palladian style by Ivan Starov and built in the 1780s. Plate 43 from a series of 46 views of the town published in St Petersburg to be sold to tourists.

[Ref: 32449]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of the Governors Residence in the Botanic Garden _ St. Vincent.
A View of the Governors Residence in the Botanic Garden _ St. Vincent.
On Stone by C. Haghe
Printed by W. Day
Lithograph on india paper with large margins, sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8½"). Toning to edges.
The St Vincent Botanic Gardens were established by Sir Robert Melville in 1765 (making them the oldest botanic gardens in the Western Hemisphere). In 1823 three acres were set aside for the construction of a house for the Colonial Governor, shown here. Plate from 'Four Years' residence in the West Indies' by Frederick William N. Bayley (1808-52), who accompanied his father (a soldier) to Barbados in the 1820s. Bayley writes in his book that 'perhaps I could not have been on a more delightful spot than the citadel at Forth Charlotte'.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 33772]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of Fort Charlotte_ St. Vincent.
A View of Fort Charlotte_ St. Vincent.
On Stone by C. Haghe
Printed by W. Day
Lithograph on india paper, sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8½"). Toning to edges.
Fort Charlotte on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, which stood on Berkshire Hill, Edinboro, 6000 feet above sea level. The fort was constructed between 1763 (when the British recovered the island) and 1806. The fort is now a historical site. Plate from 'Four Years' residence in the West Indies' by Frederick William N. Bayley (1808-52), who accompanied his father (a soldier) to Barbados in the 1820s. Bayley writes in his book that 'perhaps I could not have been on a more delightful spot than the citadel at Forth Charlotte'.
[Ref: 33695]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Stonehenge, and a 'natural theatre' at (?)Salzburg.]
[Stonehenge, and a 'natural theatre' at (?)Salzburg.] Surprennante Structure de Rochers en Engleterre dite Stonehengs [...]
Cum. Priv. Sac. Caes. Maj. [Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to margins only.
Stonehenge, the most famous prehistorical monument in England, dedicated to the owners of the estate on which it stands. Among the sightseers are soldiers in uniform. The Antrobus Family bought the estate in 1824, but after the heir to the baronetcy died in WW1 the estate was sold for £6000 in 1915. The new owner, Cecil Chubb, handed it over to the first Commissioner of Works in 1918, passing Stonehenge to the nation. Also a performance taking place using a rock formation as a theatre. Plate from Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
[Ref: 33415]   £360.00  
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[Ruined church in a field with tree and seated figure]
[Ruined church in a field with tree and seated figure]
Lithograph, very scarce; sheet 255 x 330mm (10 x 13"). Damaged, torn. Manuscript in ink verso: 'By Mrs Arnold Warrington [?] An early lithographic sketch supposed to be in 1806'.
Interesting early lithograph combining the Romantic landscape tropes of the solitary figure, ruined church and gnarled tree.
[Ref: 36809]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Isaac Watts D.D.
Isaac Watts D.D.
[Anon, pub. W. Richardson 1803]
Mixed-method, sheet 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark; laid on backing sheet.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Independent minister and writer. Watt's most lasting impact was as a poet (in which capacity his abilities were recognized by Samuel Johnson) and hymn-writer. The success of Watts' hymns and psalms was partly due to the Methodists, as John Wesley included many of them (with modifications) in his first hymnbook, in 1737. Watts' 'Divine Songs' were imitated and parodied by, amongst others, William Blake (''Songs of Innocence', 1789) and Lewis Carroll ('Alice in Wonderland', 1865).
O'D 13
[Ref: 35272]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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William Wilberforce Esq.r M.P.
William Wilberforce Esq.r M.P.
[Anon., 1820]
Stipple, rare; sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½). Trimmed inside platemark; laid on backing sheet.
William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833), politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Wilberforce entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies. He holds "Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade".
[Ref: 35281]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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