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![[Two images of the tomb of Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), gardener, at Chelsea; one in pen and ink and watercolour, the other engraved.] (2)](jpegs/25707.jpg)
[Two images of the tomb of Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), gardener, at Chelsea; one in pen and ink and watercolour, the other engraved.] (2)
[Anon., British, n.d., 19th century; the engraving (right) for the Gentleman's Magazine Nov. 1815.]
Amateur watercolour drawing, unsigned, captioned 'In Chelsea Church Yard' below, together with an engraved illustration to a periodical. The two tipped into a single album leaf, sheet 330 x 480mm, 13 x 18¾".
Philip Miller FRS was a Scottish botanist and head gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. He wrote The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture (1724) and The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden, which first appeared in 1731 in an impressive folio and passed through eight expanding editions in his lifetime and was translated to Dutch by Job Baster. In 1815 the members of the Linnæan and Horticultural Societies raised this monument to his memory in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church, where he was buried.
Not in Longford Images of Chelsea.
[Ref: 25707] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., British, n.d., 19th century; the engraving (right) for the Gentleman's Magazine Nov. 1815.]
Amateur watercolour drawing, unsigned, captioned 'In Chelsea Church Yard' below, together with an engraved illustration to a periodical. The two tipped into a single album leaf, sheet 330 x 480mm, 13 x 18¾".
Philip Miller FRS was a Scottish botanist and head gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. He wrote The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture (1724) and The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden, which first appeared in 1731 in an impressive folio and passed through eight expanding editions in his lifetime and was translated to Dutch by Job Baster. In 1815 the members of the Linnæan and Horticultural Societies raised this monument to his memory in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church, where he was buried.
Not in Longford Images of Chelsea.
[Ref: 25707] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Royall Hospitall at Chelsey. To the Right Hon.ble Sr. Stephen Fox Kn.t Soley Employ'd by King Charles the Second to take care and build the Royal Hospital at Chelsea fro ye Superanuated and Indigent Officers & Soldiers towards which, he gave the Ground and a third part of his Office of paymaster to the Army which he then Enjoyed, and Carryed on the Work with Constant Payments.
Printed for & Sold by J. Smith in Exeter Change in the Strand. [n.d. c.1724.]
A fine engraving with etching. Two sheets conjoined, platemark total 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Original binding folds. Staining along centre fold. Tear where folds meet in the centre.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers.
Longford: 4:a.
[Ref: 18192] £690.00
Printed for & Sold by J. Smith in Exeter Change in the Strand. [n.d. c.1724.]
A fine engraving with etching. Two sheets conjoined, platemark total 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Original binding folds. Staining along centre fold. Tear where folds meet in the centre.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers.
Longford: 4:a.
[Ref: 18192] £690.00
![[Royal Hospital from the River, Before the Embankment.]](jpegs/14197.jpg)
[Royal Hospital from the River, Before the Embankment.]
Walter W. Burgess [signed in pencil.]
[n.d, 1894.]
Etching, with Burgress' sun symbol lower right. Limited edition. 203 x 336mm. 8 x 13¼".
William Walter Burgess [1844 - 1908] annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections.
Longford: Images of Chelsea, 62. Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess.Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894
[Ref: 14197] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Walter W. Burgess [signed in pencil.]
[n.d, 1894.]
Etching, with Burgress' sun symbol lower right. Limited edition. 203 x 336mm. 8 x 13¼".
William Walter Burgess [1844 - 1908] annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections.
Longford: Images of Chelsea, 62. Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess.Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894
[Ref: 14197] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Royall Hospitall at Chelsey. 33.
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
London. Sold by John Bowles Print and Map Seller over against Stocks Market [n.d., c.1730].
Engraving. 345 x 465mm (13½ x 18¼").
A bird's eye view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground and the formal gardens between the river and the hospital. The Westbourne can be seen entering the Thames.
Longford: Images of Chelsea, 5.
[Ref: 62823] £360.00
Sutton Nicholls sculp.
London. Sold by John Bowles Print and Map Seller over against Stocks Market [n.d., c.1730].
Engraving. 345 x 465mm (13½ x 18¼").
A bird's eye view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground and the formal gardens between the river and the hospital. The Westbourne can be seen entering the Thames.
Longford: Images of Chelsea, 5.
[Ref: 62823] £360.00
Royal Hospital from the River before the Embankment.
Walter W. Burgess [signed in pencil].
[n.d. 1894.]
Etching. 260 x 160mm.
Burgess, Walter (Southampton, 1844 - London, 1908).
Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
[Ref: 1097] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Walter W. Burgess [signed in pencil].
[n.d. 1894.]
Etching. 260 x 160mm.
Burgess, Walter (Southampton, 1844 - London, 1908).
Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
[Ref: 1097] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Royal Hospital from the Garden.
Walter W. Burgess signed in pencil.
n.d. 1894
etching 255 x 115mm
Burgess, Walter (Southampton, 1844 - London, 1908)
Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
[Ref: 1098] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Walter W. Burgess signed in pencil.
n.d. 1894
etching 255 x 115mm
Burgess, Walter (Southampton, 1844 - London, 1908)
Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
[Ref: 1098] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two watercolours of Chelsea Hospital.]](jpegs/29970.jpg)
[Two watercolours of Chelsea Hospital.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Two watercolours with pen and ink, one coloured, very fine. Sheet 483 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Tipped into album sheet, laid at edges on sheet.
Chelsea Royal Hospital (as inscribed on the watercolour) seen from across the River Thames, on which can be seen a sailing boat, rowing boats and a small cruise vessel. [&] A view from Royal Hospital Road, with people crowding in the street, and the distinguishable coat and tricorn of the Chelsea Pensioners seen inside the hospital grounds.
[Ref: 29970] £500.00
[n.d. c.1790.]
Two watercolours with pen and ink, one coloured, very fine. Sheet 483 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Tipped into album sheet, laid at edges on sheet.
Chelsea Royal Hospital (as inscribed on the watercolour) seen from across the River Thames, on which can be seen a sailing boat, rowing boats and a small cruise vessel. [&] A view from Royal Hospital Road, with people crowding in the street, and the distinguishable coat and tricorn of the Chelsea Pensioners seen inside the hospital grounds.
[Ref: 29970] £500.00
St Mark's College, Chelsea. South & East Sides of Quadrangle. Henry Clutton Arch.t _March, 1848. Preparatory School. Cloisters. Lecture Room. Cloisters.
Hawkins, Lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Rare Coloured lithograph. 286 x 430mm. 11¼ x 17".
St Mark's College, which was established in 1841 by the National Society. The first principal was Derwent Coleridge (son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge). Students were between 14 and 17 years olds, and were placed on three months of probation before being apprenticed to the National Society until they were 21. In 1923 St John's College and St Mark's were amalgamated to form one single college based in Chelsea, until later in 1973 they were moved to Plymouth.
Longford 408.
[Ref: 18193] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Hawkins, Lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Rare Coloured lithograph. 286 x 430mm. 11¼ x 17".
St Mark's College, which was established in 1841 by the National Society. The first principal was Derwent Coleridge (son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge). Students were between 14 and 17 years olds, and were placed on three months of probation before being apprenticed to the National Society until they were 21. In 1923 St John's College and St Mark's were amalgamated to form one single college based in Chelsea, until later in 1973 they were moved to Plymouth.
Longford 408.
[Ref: 18193] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Turner's House Chelsea (sunrise).
W. Sherborn [Pencil signed.] C. W.Sherborn Invt. Et ft aqua forti.
London Jany 1874 Delatre Imp.
Very rare etching. Platemark: 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾").
A row of terraced housing (Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England) to the left, with the Thames on the right, and the sun low in the sky. By English engraver Charles William Sherborn, (1831 - 1912).
[Ref: 40124] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W. Sherborn [Pencil signed.] C. W.Sherborn Invt. Et ft aqua forti.
London Jany 1874 Delatre Imp.
Very rare etching. Platemark: 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾").
A row of terraced housing (Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England) to the left, with the Thames on the right, and the sun low in the sky. By English engraver Charles William Sherborn, (1831 - 1912).
[Ref: 40124] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Prosepect of Chelsea-Bridge Water Works.
Sold by A. Benoist, at M.r Masons next door to the Golden Ball in the Hay Market, over against the Opera House. According to Act of Parliament. [n.d., c.1760]
Hand coloured engraving, frame 435 x 560mm (17¼ x 22"). Unexamined out of frame. Some paper toning
The Chelsea Waterworks Company was formed in 1723 and supplied water to Westminster and adjacent parts. It introduced the first iron main in London in 1746. The company held water in reservoirs in Hyde Park and Green Park and pumped water through an elaborate sysstems of canals which covered a large area of today's Pimlico. As the years marched by the water was becoming more and more contaminated and the Company installed the first Sand filtration operation to purify the water. Eventurally in the late nineteenth century the company became part of the Metropolitan Water Board. Longford: 645. the location of the water works is shown in Rocque's map of Chelsea, ref. 18215. See also 26908 for black and white version.
[Ref: 58158] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sold by A. Benoist, at M.r Masons next door to the Golden Ball in the Hay Market, over against the Opera House. According to Act of Parliament. [n.d., c.1760]
Hand coloured engraving, frame 435 x 560mm (17¼ x 22"). Unexamined out of frame. Some paper toning
The Chelsea Waterworks Company was formed in 1723 and supplied water to Westminster and adjacent parts. It introduced the first iron main in London in 1746. The company held water in reservoirs in Hyde Park and Green Park and pumped water through an elaborate sysstems of canals which covered a large area of today's Pimlico. As the years marched by the water was becoming more and more contaminated and the Company installed the first Sand filtration operation to purify the water. Eventurally in the late nineteenth century the company became part of the Metropolitan Water Board. Longford: 645. the location of the water works is shown in Rocque's map of Chelsea, ref. 18215. See also 26908 for black and white version.
[Ref: 58158] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View of Chelsea Water Works. No.5.
J. Boydell del. & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside. London 1752. Price. 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾").
View of the buildings at Chelsea, next to the Thames; a man on a raft in foreground, other figures by riverbank. The Chelsea Waterworks Company was formed in 1723 (where the Churchill Gardens estate, Pimlico now stands), and supplied water to Westminster and adjacent parts. It introduced the first iron main in London in 1746. The company held water in reservoirs in Hyde Park and Green Park and pumped water through an elaborate sysstems of canals which covered a large area of today's Pimlico. As the years marched by the water was becoming more and more contaminated and the Company installed the first Sand filtration operation to purify the water. Eventurally in the late nineteenth century the company became part of the Metropolitan Water Board. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
Adams (London): 47.5; the location of the water works is shown in Rocque's map of Chelsea, ref. 18215
[Ref: 29298] £300.00
J. Boydell del. & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside. London 1752. Price. 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾").
View of the buildings at Chelsea, next to the Thames; a man on a raft in foreground, other figures by riverbank. The Chelsea Waterworks Company was formed in 1723 (where the Churchill Gardens estate, Pimlico now stands), and supplied water to Westminster and adjacent parts. It introduced the first iron main in London in 1746. The company held water in reservoirs in Hyde Park and Green Park and pumped water through an elaborate sysstems of canals which covered a large area of today's Pimlico. As the years marched by the water was becoming more and more contaminated and the Company installed the first Sand filtration operation to purify the water. Eventurally in the late nineteenth century the company became part of the Metropolitan Water Board. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
Adams (London): 47.5; the location of the water works is shown in Rocque's map of Chelsea, ref. 18215
[Ref: 29298] £300.00
![[Hammersmith & Earl's Court.] London. Sheet LXXXVI.](jpegs/10999.jpg)
[Hammersmith & Earl's Court.] London. Sheet LXXXVI. Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen. A litle wear.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Hammersmith & Earl's Court, extending from Hammersmith Bridge & the Harrod's Repository to Warwick Road and Earl's Court Exhibition Centre. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10999] £260.00
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen. A litle wear.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Hammersmith & Earl's Court, extending from Hammersmith Bridge & the Harrod's Repository to Warwick Road and Earl's Court Exhibition Centre. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10999] £260.00
Holland House by Kensington.
Pub. Sept. 1. 1800 by I. T. Smith, No.20 Great Portland Street.
Aquatint. Plate: 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼'').
A view of the Jacobean house in what is now known as Holland Park in west Kensington, London. The house was mostly destroyed during the Blitz.
[Ref: 50549] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. Sept. 1. 1800 by I. T. Smith, No.20 Great Portland Street.
Aquatint. Plate: 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼'').
A view of the Jacobean house in what is now known as Holland Park in west Kensington, London. The house was mostly destroyed during the Blitz.
[Ref: 50549] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The South Perspective of Holland House, near Kensington, the present Residence of the Rt. Hon.ble Henry Fox Esq.r Secretary of War. [French translation to right.]
Engrav'd & Sold by P. Fourdrinier at the Corner of Crags Court Chering Cross Publish'd in Sep.r 1751.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 345 x 535mm (13½ x 21"). Trimmed to image on three sides, folded onto an album sheet.
The elegant facade of the west London residence of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland (1705 - 1774). Created in 1605 for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, most of this Jacobean mansion was destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing extends above the ground floor. Fox held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary and Paymaster of the forces, and was the father of Charles James Fox.
[Ref: 42171] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd & Sold by P. Fourdrinier at the Corner of Crags Court Chering Cross Publish'd in Sep.r 1751.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 345 x 535mm (13½ x 21"). Trimmed to image on three sides, folded onto an album sheet.
The elegant facade of the west London residence of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland (1705 - 1774). Created in 1605 for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, most of this Jacobean mansion was destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing extends above the ground floor. Fox held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary and Paymaster of the forces, and was the father of Charles James Fox.
[Ref: 42171] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The South Perspective of Holland House, near Kensington, the present Residence of the Rt. Hon.ble Henry Fox Esq.r Secretary of War. [French translation to right.]
Engrav'd & Sold by P. Fourdrinier at the Corner of Crags Court Chering Cross Publish'd in Sep.r 1751.
Scarce engraving. 355 x 640mm (14 x 24¼") Some restoration at edges. Small margins.
The elegant facade of the west London residence of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland (1705 - 1774). Created in 1605 for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, most of this Jacobean mansion was destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing extends above the ground floor. Fox held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary and Paymaster of the forces, and was the father of Charles James Fox.
[Ref: 46996] £360.00
Engrav'd & Sold by P. Fourdrinier at the Corner of Crags Court Chering Cross Publish'd in Sep.r 1751.
Scarce engraving. 355 x 640mm (14 x 24¼") Some restoration at edges. Small margins.
The elegant facade of the west London residence of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland (1705 - 1774). Created in 1605 for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, most of this Jacobean mansion was destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940; today only the east wing extends above the ground floor. Fox held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary and Paymaster of the forces, and was the father of Charles James Fox.
[Ref: 46996] £360.00
Holland House, Middlesex.
Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet: 340 x 250mm, (13½ x 9¾"). Slight foxing.
A view of Holland House in Kensington, originally built in the Elizabethan era by Sir Walter Cope only the east wing now survives and the grounds are now a public park.
[Ref: 40917] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet: 340 x 250mm, (13½ x 9¾"). Slight foxing.
A view of Holland House in Kensington, originally built in the Elizabethan era by Sir Walter Cope only the east wing now survives and the grounds are now a public park.
[Ref: 40917] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Dripping Well, Hyde Park [ms.]](jpegs/32307.jpg)
Dripping Well, Hyde Park [ms.]
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image.
Scene in Hyde Park. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32307] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image.
Scene in Hyde Park. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32307] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The South View of Kensington.
Chatelain delin. J. Roberts sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1750.]
Etching, with large margins, 85 x 130mm. 3½ x 5". Glue straining visible outside the image, top and bottom.
Figures and buildings in a landscape at Kensington, now in west London. Numbered '24' upper right. One of a series of views around London after Jean Baptiste Chatelain (French/British, 1710 - 1758).
[Ref: 26240] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Chatelain delin. J. Roberts sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1750.]
Etching, with large margins, 85 x 130mm. 3½ x 5". Glue straining visible outside the image, top and bottom.
Figures and buildings in a landscape at Kensington, now in west London. Numbered '24' upper right. One of a series of views around London after Jean Baptiste Chatelain (French/British, 1710 - 1758).
[Ref: 26240] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The South East View of Kensington Church. 25
Chatelain delin. J. Roberts sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Oct 20 1750.
Engraving. 85 x 130mm (3¼ x 5"); very large margins.
A view centred on St. Mary Abbots, from Jean Baptiste Chatelain's 'Fifty Views of Villages, &c. from the most agreeable Prospects near London'. Later editions were printed by Robert Sayer.
[Ref: 40678] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Chatelain delin. J. Roberts sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Oct 20 1750.
Engraving. 85 x 130mm (3¼ x 5"); very large margins.
A view centred on St. Mary Abbots, from Jean Baptiste Chatelain's 'Fifty Views of Villages, &c. from the most agreeable Prospects near London'. Later editions were printed by Robert Sayer.
[Ref: 40678] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![Near Kensington [ink mss].](jpegs/32395.jpg)
Near Kensington [ink mss].
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image.
A view of a road near Kensington, probably showing the turnpike. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32395] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image.
A view of a road near Kensington, probably showing the turnpike. From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32395] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
3. Kensington Palace Gardens. Italian.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt, creasing.
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50545] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt, creasing.
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50545] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Kensington Park Villas.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 310mm (10¼ x 12'').
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50543] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 310mm (10¼ x 12'').
A view of an italianate villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50543] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Residences No.5. Swiss Villa. 3. Kensington Park Villas.
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 415mm (11 x 16¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt.
A view of a chalet-style villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50544] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
E.T. Dolby Del.
Clerk & Co. Lith. 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 415mm (11 x 16¼''). Tears in edges and surface dirt.
A view of a chalet-style villa built in Kensington during the development of the area between the 1840s and 1870s.
[Ref: 50544] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Creswell Lodge, Old Brompton.
W. Cowen.
Printed by Hullmandel & Walton [n.d., c.1850].
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 260 x 320mm. 10¼ x 12½". Slight age toning.
A substantial residence on the site of what is now Creswell Gardens, between Old Brompton Road and Creswell Place in South Kensington, London. After William Cowen (1791 - 1864), landscape painter who lived at Gibraltar Cottage, Thistle Grove, Old Brompton.
[Ref: 10703] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Cowen.
Printed by Hullmandel & Walton [n.d., c.1850].
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 260 x 320mm. 10¼ x 12½". Slight age toning.
A substantial residence on the site of what is now Creswell Gardens, between Old Brompton Road and Creswell Place in South Kensington, London. After William Cowen (1791 - 1864), landscape painter who lived at Gibraltar Cottage, Thistle Grove, Old Brompton.
[Ref: 10703] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Kensington Gardens.]](jpegs/2593.jpg)
[Kensington Gardens.]
Signed John Fullwood.
Copyright Published by Eyre & Spottiswode 4 Middle New Street, London. EC4.
Etching 205 x 350mm
John Fullwood (1855-1931) exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy on 21 occasions and the Royal Society of British Artists on 99 occasions.
[Ref: 2593] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Signed John Fullwood.
Copyright Published by Eyre & Spottiswode 4 Middle New Street, London. EC4.
Etching 205 x 350mm
John Fullwood (1855-1931) exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy on 21 occasions and the Royal Society of British Artists on 99 occasions.
[Ref: 2593] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Orangery, Kensington Gardens.]](jpegs/50542.jpg)
[Orangery, Kensington Gardens.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
A rare etching. Plate: 165 x 235mm (6½ x 9¼''), large margins.
A view of the baroque orangery in Kensington Palace Gardens built in 1705.
[Ref: 50542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1790.]
A rare etching. Plate: 165 x 235mm (6½ x 9¼''), large margins.
A view of the baroque orangery in Kensington Palace Gardens built in 1705.
[Ref: 50542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The South front of Kensington Palace, as seen from the Verges of the great Walk. Façade Meridioinale du Palais de Kensington, vue de La grande allée.~
Highmore delin. J. Tinney Sculp.
London_Printed for Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street London, & John Bowles No.13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1751.]
Copper engraving. 240 x 482mm. 9½ x 19". Cut to image and under title, false margins added.
One from a set of very fine engravings published in 1751 as a collection of views showing Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace. Highmore, Anthony 1719-1799, draughtsman, was deaf, and resided principally at Canterbury, where he occupied himself with the study of theology. John Tinney, engraver, practised both in line and mezzotint, but with no great ability, during the reign of George II. He was also a printseller, and carried on business at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street, London, where all his own works were published. His mezzotint plates include portraits. He engraved in line a set of ten views of Hampton Court and Kensington Palace, after Anthony Highmore. Tinney is now remembered as the master of the distinguished engravers William Woollett, Anthony Walker, and John Browne. He died in 1761.
Crace IX: 13.
[Ref: 17015] £420.00
Highmore delin. J. Tinney Sculp.
London_Printed for Robt Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street London, & John Bowles No.13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1751.]
Copper engraving. 240 x 482mm. 9½ x 19". Cut to image and under title, false margins added.
One from a set of very fine engravings published in 1751 as a collection of views showing Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace. Highmore, Anthony 1719-1799, draughtsman, was deaf, and resided principally at Canterbury, where he occupied himself with the study of theology. John Tinney, engraver, practised both in line and mezzotint, but with no great ability, during the reign of George II. He was also a printseller, and carried on business at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street, London, where all his own works were published. His mezzotint plates include portraits. He engraved in line a set of ten views of Hampton Court and Kensington Palace, after Anthony Highmore. Tinney is now remembered as the master of the distinguished engravers William Woollett, Anthony Walker, and John Browne. He died in 1761.
Crace IX: 13.
[Ref: 17015] £420.00
![The Milk-Seller, Kensington, London [ms.]](jpegs/32306.jpg)
The Milk-Seller, Kensington, London [ms.]
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image; glued to album sheet.
Passers-by purchase glasses of milk while strolling in Kensington From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32306] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[by William Pickett.]
[Pub.d June 4th by T. Clay, 18 Ludgate Hill.]
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet approx 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to image; glued to album sheet.
Passers-by purchase glasses of milk while strolling in Kensington From Pickett's 1812 book of 'Ninety-Six Speciments of Cottages-Bridges-Castles-Churches [...] Intended to facilitate the Improvement of the Student, and to aid the Practitioner, in Landscape Composition'. Aside from its function as an educational volume, the scenes in the book also provide many unusual views of London in the early 19th century.
Abbey (Life in England) 168.
[Ref: 32306] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
A Distant View of Kensington Palace, with part of the Garden, & the Queens Temple, as seen from the side of the Sepentine River. Vüe dans the Lointain du Palais de Kensington, ainsi d'une partie du Jardin, et du Temple de la Reine, tels qu'ils paroissent d'un des Cotes de la Riviere Serpentine.
London Printed for F. West 83, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 175 x 275mm (7 x 11''), with large margins. Tear in bottom edge.
A view of Kensington Palace with groups of figures walking around the gardens.
[Ref: 50540] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
London Printed for F. West 83, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 175 x 275mm (7 x 11''), with large margins. Tear in bottom edge.
A view of Kensington Palace with groups of figures walking around the gardens.
[Ref: 50540] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Front View of the Royal Palace of Kensington. Vüe en Front du Palais Royal de Kensington.
Parr delin. et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Very fine hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 255 x 405mm (10 x 16''). Trimmed and laid on card, title excised and laid on verso as normal for the Vue D'Optique machines.
A view of Kensington Palace with groups of figures walking around the gardens. Trimmed and borders darkened to allow print to be used in a zograscope.
[Ref: 50539] £360.00
Parr delin. et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Very fine hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 255 x 405mm (10 x 16''). Trimmed and laid on card, title excised and laid on verso as normal for the Vue D'Optique machines.
A view of Kensington Palace with groups of figures walking around the gardens. Trimmed and borders darkened to allow print to be used in a zograscope.
[Ref: 50539] £360.00
Garden Front of Villa No.3. Queens Road, Kensington Palace Gardens.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 305 x 430mm (12 x 17''). Paper tone in edges.
A view of one of the italianate villas on Queens Road, now renamed Kensington Palace Gardens. Many of the houses on the street are now used as embassies and are among the most exclusive in London.
[Ref: 50541] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 305 x 430mm (12 x 17''). Paper tone in edges.
A view of one of the italianate villas on Queens Road, now renamed Kensington Palace Gardens. Many of the houses on the street are now used as embassies and are among the most exclusive in London.
[Ref: 50541] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![No. 1. A distant Front View of the Palace in Kensington Gardens. [&] No.2. A Side View of the Palace in Kensington Gardens.](jpegs/52187.jpg)
No. 1. A distant Front View of the Palace in Kensington Gardens. [&] No.2. A Side View of the Palace in Kensington Gardens.
F I Mannskirsch Delin. H Schutz Sculp.
London Publish'd Jan. 1st. 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery No.96 Strand.
Pair of rare coloured aquatints. Each 360 x 440mm (14¼ x 17¼"). With small margins. Short tear repaired in plate 1.
The first two plates from a folio of London views by the German landscape painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirsch (1768-1830). The series was reissued in 1813. Manskirsch spent most of his career in London before moving to Danzig to teach by 1822.
[Ref: 52187] £690.00
F I Mannskirsch Delin. H Schutz Sculp.
London Publish'd Jan. 1st. 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery No.96 Strand.
Pair of rare coloured aquatints. Each 360 x 440mm (14¼ x 17¼"). With small margins. Short tear repaired in plate 1.
The first two plates from a folio of London views by the German landscape painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirsch (1768-1830). The series was reissued in 1813. Manskirsch spent most of his career in London before moving to Danzig to teach by 1822.
[Ref: 52187] £690.00
A Front View of the Royal Palace of Kensington.
Parr delin. et sculp.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"), very large margins. A little creasing.
Kensington Palace with figures strolling, the women in hooped skirts.
[Ref: 45285] £360.00
Parr delin. et sculp.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"), very large margins. A little creasing.
Kensington Palace with figures strolling, the women in hooped skirts.
[Ref: 45285] £360.00
The Royal Palace of Kinsington. Le Palais Royal de Kinsington.
Mark Anthony Hauduroy delineavit.
Printed & Sold by Tho.s Bowles Print & Map Seller next ye Chapter House in St Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1720].
Etching. 470 x 655mm (18½ x 25¾"). Very small repaired tears in borders.
A large bird's-eye view of Kensington Palace from the south, formal gardens in the foreground and fields and hills behind. From the fourth volume of 'Britannia Illustrata' by Joseph Smith
[Ref: 63931] £580.00
Mark Anthony Hauduroy delineavit.
Printed & Sold by Tho.s Bowles Print & Map Seller next ye Chapter House in St Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1720].
Etching. 470 x 655mm (18½ x 25¾"). Very small repaired tears in borders.
A large bird's-eye view of Kensington Palace from the south, formal gardens in the foreground and fields and hills behind. From the fourth volume of 'Britannia Illustrata' by Joseph Smith
[Ref: 63931] £580.00
A distant Front View of the Palace in Kensington Gardens. No. 1.
F I Mannskirsch Delin. H Schutz Sculp.
London Publish'd Mar. 1st. 1813, at Ackermann's Gallery No.96 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 360 x 440mm (14¼ x 17¼"). Occasional foxing/staining, mostly in margin. Top right corner of sheet (outside plate mark) missing.
Plate from a folio of London views published by Ackermann from drawings by the German landscape painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirsch (1768-1830) and first published in 1798. Manskirsch spent most of his career in London before moving to Danzig, Poland by 1822.
for another plate from the series, see ref. 4051
[Ref: 4050] £750.00
F I Mannskirsch Delin. H Schutz Sculp.
London Publish'd Mar. 1st. 1813, at Ackermann's Gallery No.96 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 360 x 440mm (14¼ x 17¼"). Occasional foxing/staining, mostly in margin. Top right corner of sheet (outside plate mark) missing.
Plate from a folio of London views published by Ackermann from drawings by the German landscape painter and etcher Franz Joseph Manskirsch (1768-1830) and first published in 1798. Manskirsch spent most of his career in London before moving to Danzig, Poland by 1822.
for another plate from the series, see ref. 4051
[Ref: 4050] £750.00
The South View of Kensington. La Veüe de Kensington au Sud.
Published by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [n.d. c.1800]
Coloured engraving. 250 x 400mm, 9¾ x 15¾".
Based on a drawing by Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, the view looks across Kensington, with Campden House on the left. Although it has now been demolished it have its name to the area between Kensington and Notting Hill.
for the similar view after Chatelain see ref. 26240
[Ref: 26301] £380.00
Published by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [n.d. c.1800]
Coloured engraving. 250 x 400mm, 9¾ x 15¾".
Based on a drawing by Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, the view looks across Kensington, with Campden House on the left. Although it has now been demolished it have its name to the area between Kensington and Notting Hill.
for the similar view after Chatelain see ref. 26240
[Ref: 26301] £380.00
![Knightsbridge [in pencil.]](jpegs/21012.jpg)
Knightsbridge [in pencil.]
V. Sandby Ferris [?] [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1825.]
Aquatint. Sheet 388 x 520mm. 15 x 20½". Small tears and nicks along edges.
A night scene, looking southwest over the roofs of Knightsbridge towards the Brompton Oratory and Battersea Power Station.
[Ref: 21012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
V. Sandby Ferris [?] [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1825.]
Aquatint. Sheet 388 x 520mm. 15 x 20½". Small tears and nicks along edges.
A night scene, looking southwest over the roofs of Knightsbridge towards the Brompton Oratory and Battersea Power Station.
[Ref: 21012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Notting-Hill House.
Drawn on Stone by E. Shepheard from a Sketch by J. Maisey.
Printed by Graf and Sort. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾''). Foxing.
A view of Aubrey House in Campden Hill, Holland Park. From 1830 to 1854 the building was a boarding-school for young ladies. The house was known as Notting-Hill House until about 1860 when it was renamed.
[Ref: 50546] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by E. Shepheard from a Sketch by J. Maisey.
Printed by Graf and Sort. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾''). Foxing.
A view of Aubrey House in Campden Hill, Holland Park. From 1830 to 1854 the building was a boarding-school for young ladies. The house was known as Notting-Hill House until about 1860 when it was renamed.
[Ref: 50546] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Notting-Hill House.
Drawn on Stone by E. Shepheard from a Sketch by J. Maisey.
Printed by Graf and Sort. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 270 x 365mm (10½ x 14¼''). Large repaired tears in margins and into chine collé.
A view of Aubrey House in Campden Hill, Holland Park. From 1830 to 1854 the building was a boarding-school for young ladies. The house was known as Notting-Hill House until about 1860 when it was renamed.
[Ref: 50547] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn on Stone by E. Shepheard from a Sketch by J. Maisey.
Printed by Graf and Sort. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, printed on chine collé. Sheet: 270 x 365mm (10½ x 14¼''). Large repaired tears in margins and into chine collé.
A view of Aubrey House in Campden Hill, Holland Park. From 1830 to 1854 the building was a boarding-school for young ladies. The house was known as Notting-Hill House until about 1860 when it was renamed.
[Ref: 50547] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Paddington Canal, with the Passage Boat and Warehouse. [&] View of the Bason of the Grand Juction Canal, at Paddington. View of the First Bridge and Accommodation Barge of the Grand JunctionCanal at Paddington.
Published Feb.y 15, 1821, by Rich.d Holmes Laurie, 53, Fleet Street London
A sheet of two rare engravings, sheet 580 x 390mm (22¾ x 15¼"). Top print trimmed within plate loss in title. Both glued onto backing sheet. Both have small tears.
Two views of Paddington Basin.
[Ref: 61948] £320.00
Published Feb.y 15, 1821, by Rich.d Holmes Laurie, 53, Fleet Street London
A sheet of two rare engravings, sheet 580 x 390mm (22¾ x 15¼"). Top print trimmed within plate loss in title. Both glued onto backing sheet. Both have small tears.
Two views of Paddington Basin.
[Ref: 61948] £320.00
Portland Place.
Published May 15.th 1800 by T. Malton.
Colour etching with aquatint, sheet 305 x 415mm (12 x 16¼"). Trimmed within the plate. Mountburn.
Illustration to Thomas Malton's 'Picturesque Tour'. View down Portland Place in Marylebone, looking north; a small crowd gathers to watch a man taunting a bear on the street to the left, a couple of carriages in street.
Abbey Scenery 204.88.
[Ref: 63792] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Published May 15.th 1800 by T. Malton.
Colour etching with aquatint, sheet 305 x 415mm (12 x 16¼"). Trimmed within the plate. Mountburn.
Illustration to Thomas Malton's 'Picturesque Tour'. View down Portland Place in Marylebone, looking north; a small crowd gathers to watch a man taunting a bear on the street to the left, a couple of carriages in street.
Abbey Scenery 204.88.
[Ref: 63792] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Imperial Institute.]](jpegs/57379.jpg)
[Imperial Institute.]
[by William Monk.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Pencil sketch on paper, sheet 390 x 555mm (15¼ x 21¾"), on Whatman paper. Stitch holes around image.
A preparatory pencil sketch by British etcher William Monk (1863-1937), later published as the 'Calendarium Londinense' of 1910. The Imperial Institute was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840-1924) between 1887 to 1893. When the building was demolished in 1957 the campanile was saved after a campaign by Poet Laureate John Betjemen; now called the 'Queen's Tower' it stands off Imperial College Road in South Kensington, part of the Imperial College campus.
[Ref: 57379] £490.00
[by William Monk.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Pencil sketch on paper, sheet 390 x 555mm (15¼ x 21¾"), on Whatman paper. Stitch holes around image.
A preparatory pencil sketch by British etcher William Monk (1863-1937), later published as the 'Calendarium Londinense' of 1910. The Imperial Institute was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840-1924) between 1887 to 1893. When the building was demolished in 1957 the campanile was saved after a campaign by Poet Laureate John Betjemen; now called the 'Queen's Tower' it stands off Imperial College Road in South Kensington, part of the Imperial College campus.
[Ref: 57379] £490.00
An Inside View of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens. Vue de l'Interieur de la Rotonde dans le Jardins de Ranelagh.
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 405mm. 10½ x 16". Tatty extremities; a fine impression with full margins.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 14739] £220.00
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 405mm. 10½ x 16". Tatty extremities; a fine impression with full margins.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 14739] £220.00
The Royal Hospital of Chelsea.
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of the Royal Hospital on the banks of the Thames at Chelsea, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45324] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of the Royal Hospital on the banks of the Thames at Chelsea, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45324] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Hospital of Chelsey, fronting ye River Thames.
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of the Royal Hospital on the banks of the Thames at Chelsea, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45325] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Henry Overton, c.1724.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Marking in large margins.
A view of the Royal Hospital on the banks of the Thames at Chelsea, from 'Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the Citty of London, Neatly Engraved' published by Henry Overton.
[Ref: 45325] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)