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![[A Strong Breeze.]](jpegs/13863.jpg)
[A Strong Breeze.]
Bernard Carr [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Fine drypoint etching, 135 x 290mm. 5¼ x 11½". Slight age toning.
Yachts sailing at sea; a tug boat in the background far left, and a distant shoreline.
[Ref: 13863] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Bernard Carr [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Fine drypoint etching, 135 x 290mm. 5¼ x 11½". Slight age toning.
Yachts sailing at sea; a tug boat in the background far left, and a distant shoreline.
[Ref: 13863] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Sea Boy. "Poor child of danger, nursling of the storm, Sad are the woes that wreck, they youthful form! Rocks, winds, and waves, thy shatter'd bark delay; They heart is sad, thy home is far away." Pleasures of Hope.
W. Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Robert Bell Sculpt.
Printed by A Mc Gashon. [n.d. c.1825.]
A rare engraving. 292 x 197mm. 11½ x 7¾".
A young boy hanging to the rigging of a ship. A poem written below.
[Ref: 15583] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Robert Bell Sculpt.
Printed by A Mc Gashon. [n.d. c.1825.]
A rare engraving. 292 x 197mm. 11½ x 7¾".
A young boy hanging to the rigging of a ship. A poem written below.
[Ref: 15583] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Trombe Di Mare. Gli Marinari Per Inveterato Costume Fanno In Certi Passaggi Una Cerimonia Chiamato Battesimo...
[Venice, c.1691.]
Copper engraving with very large margins, -printed from three plates. Total 440 x 270mm (17¼ x 10½").
Two illustrations within a separately-printed frame-like border: six sea-spouts; and a scene of sailors 'baptising' a new recruit making a new passage. This was published in Vincenzo Coronelli's 'Isolario dell'Atlante Veneto'. Coronelli (1650-1718), was Official Cartographer to both Louis XIV of France and the Doge of Venice, as well as being Father General of the Franciscan order.
[Ref: 30332] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Venice, c.1691.]
Copper engraving with very large margins, -printed from three plates. Total 440 x 270mm (17¼ x 10½").
Two illustrations within a separately-printed frame-like border: six sea-spouts; and a scene of sailors 'baptising' a new recruit making a new passage. This was published in Vincenzo Coronelli's 'Isolario dell'Atlante Veneto'. Coronelli (1650-1718), was Official Cartographer to both Louis XIV of France and the Doge of Venice, as well as being Father General of the Franciscan order.
[Ref: 30332] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A seascape; ships saluting near shore.]](jpegs/11704.jpg)
[A seascape; ships saluting near shore.]
P. Monamy Pinx. E. Kirkall Fe.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint with etching printed in blue ink, 190 x 250mm. 7½ x 9¾". A fine impression.
Men on shore in the foreground, two drawing in a net, the other watching as a ship approaches a fortress on cliffs to left, with billowing smoke form its canons shrouding its sides. Other ships follow in a line behind, and another ship closer in to right has men putting off in small boats from either side. This vessel appears to be firing its canons in salute also. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
NMM: PAD7500.
[Ref: 11704] £420.00
P. Monamy Pinx. E. Kirkall Fe.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint with etching printed in blue ink, 190 x 250mm. 7½ x 9¾". A fine impression.
Men on shore in the foreground, two drawing in a net, the other watching as a ship approaches a fortress on cliffs to left, with billowing smoke form its canons shrouding its sides. Other ships follow in a line behind, and another ship closer in to right has men putting off in small boats from either side. This vessel appears to be firing its canons in salute also. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
NMM: PAD7500.
[Ref: 11704] £420.00
![[ SEASCAPE - from the collection of Marquis Jean Baptiste Boyer d'Aguilles]](jpegs/17030.jpg)
[ SEASCAPE - from the collection of Marquis Jean Baptiste Boyer d'Aguilles]
Montanie pinxit. S. Barras Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1709. ] Watermark in paper.
Rare mezzotint, 204 x 255mm. 8 x 10".
Seascape with ships being tossed about by a storm off a rocky coast. 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles...', was a series of 118 plates commissioned by Marquis Jean Baptiste Boyer d'Aguilles (1640-1709), and engraved by Coelemans and Sebastien Barras between 1690 and 1709. The original issues were published by Jacques Coelemans while the better known issue is by Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) who published a complete set of the plates with a description of each painting in 1744.
BM: 1855,0609.792.
[Ref: 17030] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Montanie pinxit. S. Barras Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1709. ] Watermark in paper.
Rare mezzotint, 204 x 255mm. 8 x 10".
Seascape with ships being tossed about by a storm off a rocky coast. 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles...', was a series of 118 plates commissioned by Marquis Jean Baptiste Boyer d'Aguilles (1640-1709), and engraved by Coelemans and Sebastien Barras between 1690 and 1709. The original issues were published by Jacques Coelemans while the better known issue is by Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) who published a complete set of the plates with a description of each painting in 1744.
BM: 1855,0609.792.
[Ref: 17030] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Collier, with a View of the South Foreland.
Dom.k Serres R.A. del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1806 by Edw.d Orme 59, Bond Street London.
Aquatint, small margins. 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼").
A collier, a coal-carrier, at anchor of South Foreland, the closest part of the British mainland to Europe, just north of Dover. Plate 20 of the 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres. Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 31895] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dom.k Serres R.A. del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1806 by Edw.d Orme 59, Bond Street London.
Aquatint, small margins. 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼").
A collier, a coal-carrier, at anchor of South Foreland, the closest part of the British mainland to Europe, just north of Dover. Plate 20 of the 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres. Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 31895] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Cutter, with a View of South Sea Castle.
Dom.k Serres R.A. del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1806 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King, 59, Bond Street London.
Aquatint. 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼"). Repaired tear bottom right. Some creasing. Holes near bottom edge where previously bound.
Small boats off Southsea Castle, the fort built by Henry VIII to protect Portsmouth. Plate 19 of the 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres, published during the Napoleonic Wars (and so perhaps explaining the coastal defences shown here). Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 53540] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dom.k Serres R.A. del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1806 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King, 59, Bond Street London.
Aquatint. 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼"). Repaired tear bottom right. Some creasing. Holes near bottom edge where previously bound.
Small boats off Southsea Castle, the fort built by Henry VIII to protect Portsmouth. Plate 19 of the 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres, published during the Napoleonic Wars (and so perhaps explaining the coastal defences shown here). Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 53540] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
met Jesus in't Schip zyn All de Scheeps Luy Vylig Mat 8:23-27 14:24-32
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraved vignette, sheet 60 x 60mm (2¼ x 2¼"). Glued to backing sheet.
Dutch vignette with ship surrounded by text and Biblical references relating to Jesus protecting ships.
[Ref: 44511] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraved vignette, sheet 60 x 60mm (2¼ x 2¼"). Glued to backing sheet.
Dutch vignette with ship surrounded by text and Biblical references relating to Jesus protecting ships.
[Ref: 44511] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[A ship hauled for caulking.]](jpegs/60395.jpg)
[A ship hauled for caulking.]
R. Zeeman fe.
Ar. Tooker Excud. Londini [n.d., c.1675.]
Etching. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, creases, very small hole filled.
From the series 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding', etched by Reinier Nooms (1623-67), Dutch painter and printmaker who signed his prints 'Zeeman' ('Seaman'). Nooms travelled widely as a sailor on Dutch merchant vessels in his early life, and his works include views of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers as well as many European ports. He produced some 170 etchings of seascapes include architecturally accurate renderings of Amsterdam. Arthur Tooker was a leading print publisher in Restoration London. His issue of 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding' was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty, but he is not mentioned in the Diaries.
[Ref: 60395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R. Zeeman fe.
Ar. Tooker Excud. Londini [n.d., c.1675.]
Etching. 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾"). Narrow margins, creases, very small hole filled.
From the series 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding', etched by Reinier Nooms (1623-67), Dutch painter and printmaker who signed his prints 'Zeeman' ('Seaman'). Nooms travelled widely as a sailor on Dutch merchant vessels in his early life, and his works include views of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers as well as many European ports. He produced some 170 etchings of seascapes include architecturally accurate renderings of Amsterdam. Arthur Tooker was a leading print publisher in Restoration London. His issue of 'Naval Harbours with Shipbuilding' was dedicated to Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty, but he is not mentioned in the Diaries.
[Ref: 60395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Chantier de Construction de Vaisseaux. Marines et suite des Galères ou sont representez samblables sujets de Vaisseaux. Présenté à Monseigneur de Phélypeaux chevalier Comte de Maurepas...
I. Rigaud Invenit et Sculpcit.
A Paris chez le Sr. du Change, Graveur du Roy, rüe St. Jacques et chez l'auteur vis à vis dans la même rüe [n.d., originally c.1720s]. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching, a later impression on watermarked wove paper
An interesting and busy scene of shipbuilding in the port of Toulon, southern France. Carpenters, joiners etc. at work in foreground; a hull under construction in dry-dock beyond to right, close to a cauldron of smoking tar. A ship under sail in the harbour in background to right. From a set of six marine subjects by Jacques Rigaud (1681? - 1754).
See BNF FRBNF42336122.
[Ref: 25147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I. Rigaud Invenit et Sculpcit.
A Paris chez le Sr. du Change, Graveur du Roy, rüe St. Jacques et chez l'auteur vis à vis dans la même rüe [n.d., originally c.1720s]. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching, a later impression on watermarked wove paper
An interesting and busy scene of shipbuilding in the port of Toulon, southern France. Carpenters, joiners etc. at work in foreground; a hull under construction in dry-dock beyond to right, close to a cauldron of smoking tar. A ship under sail in the harbour in background to right. From a set of six marine subjects by Jacques Rigaud (1681? - 1754).
See BNF FRBNF42336122.
[Ref: 25147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ships in Distress.
Brooking pinx.t B.B. Godfrey sculp.t
Published 12.th April by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street London.
Coloured engraving. Plate 293 x 420mm. 11½ x 16½". Tatty margins.
Three ships in distress, trying to cope on a choppy, breezy sea with cliffs to the right.
[Ref: 24710] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Brooking pinx.t B.B. Godfrey sculp.t
Published 12.th April by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street London.
Coloured engraving. Plate 293 x 420mm. 11½ x 16½". Tatty margins.
Three ships in distress, trying to cope on a choppy, breezy sea with cliffs to the right.
[Ref: 24710] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Shipwrack. Naufrage.
Swaine Delint. Parr Sculpt.
Published 12th.May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 53, Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured copper engraving. 285 x 388mm. 11¼ x 15¼". Trimmed close.
A group of ships struggling to keep away from the rocks, although two have already run-aground. Crews manage to reach the mast the climb aboard the smaller boats.
[Ref: 15931] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Swaine Delint. Parr Sculpt.
Published 12th.May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle. 53, Fleet Street, London.
Hand-coloured copper engraving. 285 x 388mm. 11¼ x 15¼". Trimmed close.
A group of ships struggling to keep away from the rocks, although two have already run-aground. Crews manage to reach the mast the climb aboard the smaller boats.
[Ref: 15931] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Shipwrack. Naufrage.
Swaine Delin.t Parr Sculp.t
Published 12.th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured engraving. Plate 299 x 400mm. 9 x 15¾". Tatty margins, creases and repaired tears.
Ships on a rough sea battling against the winds and waves; one ship crashing up against the rocks to left; a second ship sinking in near-left forground with dinghies to the right with rescued crew members; a third ship begins to the sink to the right; a fourth ship out at sea in far-right background and a fifth ship dangerously close to the rocks in far-left background.
[Ref: 24711] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Swaine Delin.t Parr Sculp.t
Published 12.th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured engraving. Plate 299 x 400mm. 9 x 15¾". Tatty margins, creases and repaired tears.
Ships on a rough sea battling against the winds and waves; one ship crashing up against the rocks to left; a second ship sinking in near-left forground with dinghies to the right with rescued crew members; a third ship begins to the sink to the right; a fourth ship out at sea in far-right background and a fifth ship dangerously close to the rocks in far-left background.
[Ref: 24711] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Small Breeze.
Brooking Pinx.t Tho.s Boydell Sculp. Harvarden 1755. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold by Jn.o Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside London.
London, 1755.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 290 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"), large margins. Top margin trimmed to platemark.
A seascape of ships and sail boats under a clearing sky.
[Ref: 55568] £360.00
Brooking Pinx.t Tho.s Boydell Sculp. Harvarden 1755. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold by Jn.o Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside London.
London, 1755.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 290 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"), large margins. Top margin trimmed to platemark.
A seascape of ships and sail boats under a clearing sky.
[Ref: 55568] £360.00
![Building of a Cutter. [&] Chace of a Cutter. [&] Unlading of a Cutter. [&] Dissolution of a Cutter.](jpegs/35606.jpg)
Building of a Cutter. [&] Chace of a Cutter. [&] Unlading of a Cutter. [&] Dissolution of a Cutter. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr Newton.
Painted by J. Kitchingman. Engraved by B.T. Pouncy.
Published as the Act directs March 1st, 1783, B. T. Pouncy, Pratt Street, Lambeth. [&] Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1st, 1783, B. T. Pouncy, Pratt Street, Lambeth.
Set of four etchings with engraving and large margins. Each c.265 x 330mm (10½ x 13").
A set of four oval scenes of the life of a smuggler's cutter from its construction until it is wrecked.
NMM: PAD6022.
[Ref: 35606] £750.00 view all images for this item
Painted by J. Kitchingman. Engraved by B.T. Pouncy.
Published as the Act directs March 1st, 1783, B. T. Pouncy, Pratt Street, Lambeth. [&] Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1st, 1783, B. T. Pouncy, Pratt Street, Lambeth.
Set of four etchings with engraving and large margins. Each c.265 x 330mm (10½ x 13").
A set of four oval scenes of the life of a smuggler's cutter from its construction until it is wrecked.
NMM: PAD6022.
[Ref: 35606] £750.00 view all images for this item
![A Storm [Yorkshire?]](jpegs/30228.jpg)
A Storm [Yorkshire?]
E.D. Worsley inv. et del. Printed by Engelmann & Co.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 350mm [11 x 13¾").
An atmospheric image showing four men pushing a longboat out to sea in a storm.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30228] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
E.D. Worsley inv. et del. Printed by Engelmann & Co.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 350mm [11 x 13¾").
An atmospheric image showing four men pushing a longboat out to sea in a storm.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30228] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.](jpegs/26457.jpg)
[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Narrow margins, slight creasing.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 26457] £350.00
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Narrow margins, slight creasing.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 26457] £350.00
![[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.](jpegs/57647.jpg)
[A stormy sea with two ships and a buoy at centre.] Engraved after an Original Picture of Monamy in the possession of Mr Bradford.
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Small hole in sky repaired. Small margins.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 57647] £350.00
Monamy pinxit. R. B. Godfrey Sculpsit.
T. Bradford Fleet Street, excudit [n.d., c.1770].
Rare engraving. 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Small hole in sky repaired. Small margins.
A seascape with high waves under an angry sky: one vessel struggling near rocks in right foreground, with figures on deck rushing to furl the sails; the other beyond at left. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 57647] £350.00
![[A Storm with Lightening.]](jpegs/3631.jpg)
[A Storm with Lightening.]
H.Kobell P. Thomas Watson S.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Feb.y 7, 1771 for S. Hooper
Mezzotint, Sheet 455 x 555mm. Trimmed within plate, top edge chipped.
Two sailing ships on a storm-riven sea, the nearer seen from its stern as lightning strikes from a gap between the clouds in upper l, breaking the main-mast, two dolphins leaping to right, towards a plank of driftwood, and a fort on the cliffs to l; after Kobell; S. Hooper published state. 1771, this state published 1783.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3631] £350.00
H.Kobell P. Thomas Watson S.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Feb.y 7, 1771 for S. Hooper
Mezzotint, Sheet 455 x 555mm. Trimmed within plate, top edge chipped.
Two sailing ships on a storm-riven sea, the nearer seen from its stern as lightning strikes from a gap between the clouds in upper l, breaking the main-mast, two dolphins leaping to right, towards a plank of driftwood, and a fort on the cliffs to l; after Kobell; S. Hooper published state. 1771, this state published 1783.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3631] £350.00
A Strong Gale or Squall. Vent Fort ou Raflais.
P. Monamy Pinx.t Swaine Delin.t Parr Sc.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Engraving, image 260 x 385mm. 10¼ x 15¼". Trimmed within plate and a small tear just into image upper right.
Different types of (Dutch?) sailing vessels in high seas; sailors in foreground ship (to left) busily taking in sails. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). From a series illustrating seamanship; numbered '7' upper right. London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
Not found in NMM.
[Ref: 26295] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
P. Monamy Pinx.t Swaine Delin.t Parr Sc.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Engraving, image 260 x 385mm. 10¼ x 15¼". Trimmed within plate and a small tear just into image upper right.
Different types of (Dutch?) sailing vessels in high seas; sailors in foreground ship (to left) busily taking in sails. After Peter Monamy (1681 - 1749). From a series illustrating seamanship; numbered '7' upper right. London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
Not found in NMM.
[Ref: 26295] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sweet William's Farewell, to Black Eyed Susan.
P. Monemie Pinx.t. Foudrinier sculp from the Original Painting in Vaux-hall Garden.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published by F. West, 83, Fleet S.t, London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured engraving. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with large margins. Mount burn, spot on left edge.
An illustration to John Gay's poem of the same name which tells the tale of Susan, whose eyes are black from crying. The scene shows Susan standing in a boat heading away from the ship. Gay's poem was set to music by Richard Leveridge and became a popular song amongst sailors. Originally published 1743, this example was issued by Francis West, along with many other Bowles plates. Australian & American interest.
See Ref: 47341 for an earlier cut version.
[Ref: 58537] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
P. Monemie Pinx.t. Foudrinier sculp from the Original Painting in Vaux-hall Garden.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published by F. West, 83, Fleet S.t, London [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured engraving. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with large margins. Mount burn, spot on left edge.
An illustration to John Gay's poem of the same name which tells the tale of Susan, whose eyes are black from crying. The scene shows Susan standing in a boat heading away from the ship. Gay's poem was set to music by Richard Leveridge and became a popular song amongst sailors. Originally published 1743, this example was issued by Francis West, along with many other Bowles plates. Australian & American interest.
See Ref: 47341 for an earlier cut version.
[Ref: 58537] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
A Tempest.
Painted by Swaine. Engrav'd by Jukes.
Published, May 1.st 1783 by F. Jukes No.1 Great Marylebone Street.
Aquatint. Plate 197 x 235mm. 7¾ x 9¼".
Ships rocking over the rolling waves during a storm, men in the foreground clambering onto the rocks from their wrecked ship that has crashed and is being dragged down by the elements.
[Ref: 25143] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Swaine. Engrav'd by Jukes.
Published, May 1.st 1783 by F. Jukes No.1 Great Marylebone Street.
Aquatint. Plate 197 x 235mm. 7¾ x 9¼".
Ships rocking over the rolling waves during a storm, men in the foreground clambering onto the rocks from their wrecked ship that has crashed and is being dragged down by the elements.
[Ref: 25143] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ships in a stormy sea]](jpegs/45163.jpg)
[Ships in a stormy sea]
[c.1810, probably restrike of a plate first published c.1760]
Engraving with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 275 x 395mm (10¾ x 15½`"). Trimmed along lower edge, losing text, large margins on 3 sides.
[Ref: 45163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1810, probably restrike of a plate first published c.1760]
Engraving with very fine hand-colouring, printed area 275 x 395mm (10¾ x 15½`"). Trimmed along lower edge, losing text, large margins on 3 sides.
[Ref: 45163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé d'Apres le Tableau Original de Dd. Teniers de 4 piet 4 pouces de large Sur 3 piet 2 pouces de haut Tire du Cabinet de Monsieur Le Chevalier De Verhulst.
D: Teniers P. I.L. Krafft Scul. ABruxelles 1762.
Etching, 320 x 400mm. A strong impression with full margins as issued.
A striking etching of typical Teniers subject matter showing survivors from a shipwreck being dragged to safety from a stormy sea on to rocks. Four ships are being tossed around in the waves. A castle is visible in the distance perched dramatically on the cliffs. Laid paper bears crown watermark.
[Ref: 7417] £380.00
D: Teniers P. I.L. Krafft Scul. ABruxelles 1762.
Etching, 320 x 400mm. A strong impression with full margins as issued.
A striking etching of typical Teniers subject matter showing survivors from a shipwreck being dragged to safety from a stormy sea on to rocks. Four ships are being tossed around in the waves. A castle is visible in the distance perched dramatically on the cliffs. Laid paper bears crown watermark.
[Ref: 7417] £380.00
On The Thames.
Drawn & Etched by Sam.l Prout.
Published Jan. 1, 1814 by T. Palser, Surry fide Westminster Bridge.
Soft-ground etching with colouring by hand, image 195 x 300mm. 7¾ x 11¾". Margins a little soiled and trimmed.
A vessel moored alongside docks and in the background a vessel sailing; two barges and a crane to foreground. From a folio of 12 seascapes by Samuel Prout (1783-1852), T. Palser 1814.
NMM PAJ1582. See Cambridge University Library: Harley-Mason.bb.97.
[Ref: 26350] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by Sam.l Prout.
Published Jan. 1, 1814 by T. Palser, Surry fide Westminster Bridge.
Soft-ground etching with colouring by hand, image 195 x 300mm. 7¾ x 11¾". Margins a little soiled and trimmed.
A vessel moored alongside docks and in the background a vessel sailing; two barges and a crane to foreground. From a folio of 12 seascapes by Samuel Prout (1783-1852), T. Palser 1814.
NMM PAJ1582. See Cambridge University Library: Harley-Mason.bb.97.
[Ref: 26350] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Under Convoy.
Drawn & Etched by Sam.l Prout.
Published Jan. 1, 1814 by T. Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge.
coloured etching. 230 x 345mm, 9 x 13¾". Trimmed within plate.
A large sailing boat in foreground at right and convoy of sailing boats in the distance; moorings in foreground at left. From a series of Twelve Tinted Marine Views.
In the National Library of Australia.
[Ref: 26271] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etched by Sam.l Prout.
Published Jan. 1, 1814 by T. Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge.
coloured etching. 230 x 345mm, 9 x 13¾". Trimmed within plate.
A large sailing boat in foreground at right and convoy of sailing boats in the distance; moorings in foreground at left. From a series of Twelve Tinted Marine Views.
In the National Library of Australia.
[Ref: 26271] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
From the original Picture in the Collection of Tho.s Lewis Esq.r
J. Vernet Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 342 x 496mm (13½ x 19½"). Laid on sheet, small tear where attached in lower right corner.
A serene setting of a coastal bay, a ship anchored and unloading; a town in the background. Sailing boats in the bay area; some sailors unloading a small dinghy to lower right. Fishermen by the cliff to the left; other sailors setting up camp by lighting a small fire.
[Ref: 19145] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vernet Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 342 x 496mm (13½ x 19½"). Laid on sheet, small tear where attached in lower right corner.
A serene setting of a coastal bay, a ship anchored and unloading; a town in the background. Sailing boats in the bay area; some sailors unloading a small dinghy to lower right. Fishermen by the cliff to the left; other sailors setting up camp by lighting a small fire.
[Ref: 19145] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Naufrage.
Peint par Joseph Vernet en. 1755. Grave par J.J. Avril en. 1775.
A Paris chex l'auteur rue de la huchette la porte cochere en face de la rue Zacharie.
Copper engraving with small margins. Platemark: 590 x 440mm. (23¼ x 17¼"). Laid on 18th century sheet with hand-drawn border; damage to top corners.
Coastal landscape during a storm, after Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789), with shipwreck scene in the foreground; fishermen are trying to drag the wreck while others support a woman. An infant lies on a rock, lower left, while two figures are mourning over the body. Large mountains surrounded by clouds in the distance.
[Ref: 28387] £320.00
Peint par Joseph Vernet en. 1755. Grave par J.J. Avril en. 1775.
A Paris chex l'auteur rue de la huchette la porte cochere en face de la rue Zacharie.
Copper engraving with small margins. Platemark: 590 x 440mm. (23¼ x 17¼"). Laid on 18th century sheet with hand-drawn border; damage to top corners.
Coastal landscape during a storm, after Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789), with shipwreck scene in the foreground; fishermen are trying to drag the wreck while others support a woman. An infant lies on a rock, lower left, while two figures are mourning over the body. Large mountains surrounded by clouds in the distance.
[Ref: 28387] £320.00
A Sea Storm.
[after Joseph Vernet.]
Printed for Jn.o Bowles [***] at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and Rob.t Sayer at the Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1764].
Mezzotint. 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A scene of a ship in trouble off a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water. Behind is an Italianate harbour with a lighthouse, with a lightning bolt crossing the sky. The removal of '& Son' from Bowles's address suggests this example was printed after Carington Bowles went independent in 1764. From a series of seascapes after Joseph Vernet (1714-89), father of Carle.
[Ref: 60181] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Joseph Vernet.]
Printed for Jn.o Bowles [***] at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and Rob.t Sayer at the Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1764].
Mezzotint. 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A scene of a ship in trouble off a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water. Behind is an Italianate harbour with a lighthouse, with a lightning bolt crossing the sky. The removal of '& Son' from Bowles's address suggests this example was printed after Carington Bowles went independent in 1764. From a series of seascapes after Joseph Vernet (1714-89), father of Carle.
[Ref: 60181] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A Sea Storm on the Coast of Italy.
Vernet Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1776].
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Narrow margins, creasing, toning, a few repairs.
A ship in trouble of a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water, after Joseph Vernet (1714-89, father of Carle Vernet). The engraver's name is Charles Corbutt, of whom nothing can be traced other than his prints. It is generally believed that the name is a pseudonym used by Richard Houston and probably also by Richard Purcell.
BM: 2010,7081.3227.
[Ref: 35846] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Vernet Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1776].
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Narrow margins, creasing, toning, a few repairs.
A ship in trouble of a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water, after Joseph Vernet (1714-89, father of Carle Vernet). The engraver's name is Charles Corbutt, of whom nothing can be traced other than his prints. It is generally believed that the name is a pseudonym used by Richard Houston and probably also by Richard Purcell.
BM: 2010,7081.3227.
[Ref: 35846] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Le Rocher Dangereux. Gravé d'après le Tableau peint par F. Vernet, de deux pieds et demi de large sur un pied huit pouces de baur.
F. Vernet Pinx. P.F.Tardieu Sculp.
et se Vend à Paris Chez Cochin, aux Galeries du Louvre. [n.d., 1790.]
Engraving. Sheet 450 x 615mm (13½ x 24¼"). Small margins.
Boats struggling in a storm, beneath a cliff with a castle on top.
[Ref: 43452] £420.00
F. Vernet Pinx. P.F.Tardieu Sculp.
et se Vend à Paris Chez Cochin, aux Galeries du Louvre. [n.d., 1790.]
Engraving. Sheet 450 x 615mm (13½ x 24¼"). Small margins.
Boats struggling in a storm, beneath a cliff with a castle on top.
[Ref: 43452] £420.00
La Belle Matinée
Gravé d'après le Tableau original de Joseph Vernet Peintre Par Pierre Benazach 1774
Engraving, platemark 460 x 345mm (18 x 13½"). Very large margins. Uncut.
Woman with two children unloading a small boat, after the famous marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789). Vernet studied and worked in Rome (1734-53) until recalled to Paris where he was commissioned to paint a set representing French harbours (the 'Ports de France'). He was the father of Carle Vernet, and grandfather of Horace.
[Ref: 38457] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé d'après le Tableau original de Joseph Vernet Peintre Par Pierre Benazach 1774
Engraving, platemark 460 x 345mm (18 x 13½"). Very large margins. Uncut.
Woman with two children unloading a small boat, after the famous marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789). Vernet studied and worked in Rome (1734-53) until recalled to Paris where he was commissioned to paint a set representing French harbours (the 'Ports de France'). He was the father of Carle Vernet, and grandfather of Horace.
[Ref: 38457] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Calm, with Fishermen, &c, on the Coast of Italy.
Vernet pinx.t.
London, Printed for & sold by Rob.t Sayer Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet St. [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with etching, 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½") on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A harbour with with a cliff arch with a tower above, and fishermen landing their catch. From a series of seascapes after Joseph Vernet (1714-89), father of Carle.
[Ref: 60182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Vernet pinx.t.
London, Printed for & sold by Rob.t Sayer Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet St. [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with etching, 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½") on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A harbour with with a cliff arch with a tower above, and fishermen landing their catch. From a series of seascapes after Joseph Vernet (1714-89), father of Carle.
[Ref: 60182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
La Tempeste. Peint par Joseph Vernet Peintre du Roy.
J. Vernet Pinx. AD *** Sculp.
Se. vend. a. Paris.
Engraving. Sheet: 360 x 420mm (14 x 16½"). Trimmed within plate.
A nautical scene during a storm in which a group of shipwrecked sailors attempt to save sailors still stranded at sea. In the distance a lighting bolt streaks through the sky and another ship leans dangerously.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46837] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vernet Pinx. AD *** Sculp.
Se. vend. a. Paris.
Engraving. Sheet: 360 x 420mm (14 x 16½"). Trimmed within plate.
A nautical scene during a storm in which a group of shipwrecked sailors attempt to save sailors still stranded at sea. In the distance a lighting bolt streaks through the sky and another ship leans dangerously.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46837] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Tems de Orageux. Dédiée à Monsieur Vialy Peintre du Roi Par son Serviteur et ami Aliamet. Ce Tableau est tiré du Cabinet de Mr Vialy.
J. Vernet Pinxit. J. Aliamet dirrexit.
A Paris, chéz Alimet, Graveur du Roy, rue de Mathurins vis à vis celle des Maçons. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 350 x 455mm (13¾ x 18"), with wide margins.
A stormy seascape with a ruined tower on a headland, after Joseph Vernet.
[Ref: 38114] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Vernet Pinxit. J. Aliamet dirrexit.
A Paris, chéz Alimet, Graveur du Roy, rue de Mathurins vis à vis celle des Maçons. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 350 x 455mm (13¾ x 18"), with wide margins.
A stormy seascape with a ruined tower on a headland, after Joseph Vernet.
[Ref: 38114] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Dangerous Rock / Ecueil Dangereux
J. Vernet pinx.t. J. Dixon fecit
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 255 x 360mm (10 x 14"). Slight creasing.
Shipwreck with survivors clambering onto the rocks. One of many British prints from the dramatic landscapes of Joseph Vernet (1714-89).
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36203] £320.00
J. Vernet pinx.t. J. Dixon fecit
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 255 x 360mm (10 x 14"). Slight creasing.
Shipwreck with survivors clambering onto the rocks. One of many British prints from the dramatic landscapes of Joseph Vernet (1714-89).
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36203] £320.00
Three Water Spouts, seen by Captain Read. Vol.VI. p.98.
J. Lodge sc p.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 140 x 82mm. 5½ x 3¼".
Waterspouts seen behind a lone ship floating on the undulating waves. The equivalent over water to tornadoes on land, however waterspouts are generally considered weaker than tornadoes.
[Ref: 25155] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J. Lodge sc p.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 140 x 82mm. 5½ x 3¼".
Waterspouts seen behind a lone ship floating on the undulating waves. The equivalent over water to tornadoes on land, however waterspouts are generally considered weaker than tornadoes.
[Ref: 25155] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[A yacht and three warships in a storm.]](jpegs/55340.jpg)
[A yacht and three warships in a storm.]
[W. Hollar inv: et fec: 1667.]
Etching, Sheet 115 x 270mm (4½ x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing Hollar's signature, image continued with old watercolour. Creasing.
From 'Sea Storms', a set of four plates, originally published by Peter Stent in London. The image was extended to fit with other prints on a print screen.
Pennington 1273.
[Ref: 55340] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[W. Hollar inv: et fec: 1667.]
Etching, Sheet 115 x 270mm (4½ x 10½"). Trimmed to image, losing Hollar's signature, image continued with old watercolour. Creasing.
From 'Sea Storms', a set of four plates, originally published by Peter Stent in London. The image was extended to fit with other prints on a print screen.
Pennington 1273.
[Ref: 55340] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)